User Profile for general_ludd

Symantec Norton Utilities 8.0.2 (Mac OS X)

Does not work in OS X 10.4 +  

I have been a long-time user of Norton Utilities (since version 3) and have considered it a valuable part of my computer support toolkit. Sadly, is clear that Symantec is no longer planning any updates or support for the tools since there hasn't been an update or bug fix in 2 years. None of the tools that come with Disk Doctor work in Tiger except for the disk editing tools. These can be handy if you are trying to recover data that was erased from a still-functioning hard drive. But this function is hardly worth the cost. I only give the software a slightly better than poor rating because it still works well under older versions of the OS from 8.5 to about 10.3.5. [alert admin]

Post a comment | More Info  |  3 of 3 users found this helpful

Tuesday, February 14 2006 @ 05:12 PM PST

()

Good Digital Version  

This is quite a decent variation on the popular word game Boggle™ by Hasbro®, the only problem I have--and this is a small one considering that the software is offered free and has such a small footprint!--is that it doesn't have a consistent dictionary (recognizes "but" not "buts", "mute" but not "mutes"). A better option would be to offer an editable dictionary option so the developer, who is offering the game for free, doesn't have to spend the tedium of having to create or add to a dictionary. [alert admin]

Post a comment | More Info

Tuesday, December 27 2005 @ 03:13 PM PST

Adobe FreeHand MX 11.0.2 (Mac OS X)

Windows Bias=poor interface  

Freehand 10 & 11 insist on saving files in the application folder instead of going to whatever system default I have selected. With a control panel like DefaultFolder Freehand just takes longer to readjust to a new location to save files. The program offers no contextual menus even though this feature has been available on the Mac since OS 8.0, and the floating tool windows clutter up the screen with no easy keystroke to temporarily hide them to see one's entire work area. Versions 10 and 11 offer little improvement over version 7 which was the previous version I used. It is markedly slower and places more demands on the CPU and the memory. Unfortunately Illustrator is still more awkward and less intuitive to learn when it comes to using basic tools and doing simple manipulations of vectors. I only wish Freehand 7 were OS X native. I would gladly give up all the fancy features for a cleaner vector drawing application that Freehand used to be. [alert admin]

Read Comments (1) | More Info

Friday, April 15 2005 @ 09:00 PM PDT

No user comments.