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User Name neb_orbit_greely
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MySQL Query Browser 1.1.1a (Mac OS X)
Wow, a tremendous tool making great progress 
I'm really surprised at how this free tool from mysql.com seems to be slipping under the radar. I've been a cocoamysql user for some time -- and while cocoamysql is a nice tool, it hasn't seen development in eons and it has a lot of limitations. Mysql.com is obviously gunning to make MySQL Query Browser a top notch tool and it is equal to or better than every other mysql query tool I've tried. This app is far closer to the advanced functionality of an app like safari, note that you can: run multiple queries in tabs keep a query history (that spans days) bookmark queries to name a few similarities. Here are a few other features that are worth noting: The entire mysql reference is built right into the app. sweet. You can compare resultsets [ run two queries and it'll highlight line by line the differences between them], very cool. it highlights tablenames/column names as you type the query so you're not always trying to guess what you named the 8th column in your six table. While it has a few interface quirks (run a query, then select 'Explain Query', now select 'Explain Query' again, and again, now try to get rid of any of those panes -- or type a query that doesn't work, it'll disappear) I'm going to peg this at 5 stars as the best free tool I've seen for mysql yet. [alert admin]
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Saturday, June 18 2005 @ 12:03 AM PDT
CopyWrite 2.1.7 (Mac OS X)
I am also a registered user of CW and I would very much like a fullscreen mode. Lately I've taken to writing in MacJournal (the new version has fullscreen editing! but also costs money now) and then pasting it into Copywrite so it stays part of the project. I can't imagine w/ the frequency with which I hear this request that the next version won't have a fullscreen mode. CW is a great app and I recommend it, but a fullscreen mode would push it to the top. [alert admin]
Sunday, January 09 2005 @ 11:18 PM PST
TextMate 1.0.2 (Mac OS X)
For Coders - this is a great app that w/ a few more features and polish will be at the very top of the text editors list for the mac. I code using this --How it handles the site drawer is far more intelligent than most other apps I've seen, and the snippet/auto complete features are gold -- but I keep BBEdit handy for file comparison, folder comparison, and tag completion. As it is, I'm spending about 70% of my time in Textmate and 30% in BBedit. I expect a lot higher percentage in Textmate as new versions come out. If only I could get a combination of the two. I don't need ftp integration in a text editor -- I use the excellent Transmit. But some may find that lacking. I also dislike the way it handles undos; it undoes each character typed instead of grouping characters making a large undo tedious. In the end I give it five stars as the most promising text editor out there, though admittedly every time you turn around a new, very competent text editor for the mac shows up. SubEthaEdit, Smultron, Hyperedit, skEdit. The days of BBEdit monopoly are over. [alert admin]
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Friday, December 31 2004 @ 01:28 PM PST
Apple Xcode 1.5 (Mac OS X)
not sure how long it will last, but as of Aug 7 2004, there's a torrent link here: http://pigpen.memphis.edu:6969/ My xcode download is moving right along now. [alert admin]
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Monday, August 09 2004 @ 10:27 AM PDT
AirStumbler 1.0 (Mac OS X)
Air stumbler is fun. I've also used macstumbler which is a good app and also free, but air stumbler has a brushed metal look and the ability to join networks as opposed to just detecting them. Try driving around neighborhoods with airstumbler open to discover wireless networks, quite fun. I feel like it needs a little more polish to be perfect -- I think the signal and quality meters are reversed in the drop drawer, and I had trouble getting it to consistently play a noise when detecting a new signal. However it's a must have -- I think -- for anyone with a wireless connection or traveler w/ wireless. Certainly a better meter of signal/quality than os X's built-in tools, and for that it's useful for obtaining the best signal on your own network. [alert admin]
Wednesday, May 26 2004 @ 07:55 PM PDT
Mailsmith 2.1.1 (Mac OS X)
different strokes for different email clients. 
Mailsmith -- I'm guessing -- will probably never include html formatting. The people for whom this email client was built don't value html formatting. I have turned email formatting off in every client I've used. It's still there -- via safari -- if you need it. Where html formatting should be, in a browser. Mailsmith is a solid email client for people who receive a ton of email. Folder based filters are brilliant. Search capabilities are outstanding. Scriptability is great. Anti-Spam features are unbeatable. However, I think it will be several versions yet before it is THE Mac os x email client for power users. I'd like to see fast searching like Mail/Entourage have, imap access, more interaction with the server (ability to automate deleting files from the server), and interface improvements -- barebones seems religiously minimalistic in their interfaces -- but an email client is different than a text editor. It needs to alert you and give you feedback and direct your attention more, which means using icons. An icon/graphic gives far more information in a smaller amount of space than a word. I'd also like to see speed improvements and more threading (or whatever it is that causes the app to be unavailable as it pulls a large attachment off of the server). Still, in these days of spam and multiple accounts, I'm finding it hard to go back to entourage, and apple's mail is no competition whatsoever. Yes, it's spendy, I think it'd do far better as a $60 app, but if you're wasting an hour a day sorting through messages and trying to cope with your email client, the price seems like a lot less and the value a lot more. [alert admin]
Friday, February 13 2004 @ 03:17 PM PST
ManySMSender 2.3.0 (Mac OS 9, Mac OS X)
I'm quite surprised at the relative obscurity and poor reviews for this app. It's true, the interface is a little bit funny, but on the whole I thought it was excellent. Hooking up my Sony Erricson T68i via bluetooth was a snap. Then I could edit addresses in real-time and better: Send SMS messages straight from the computer and view/resend messages I'd already received/sent. It's a small app, but I think what it does it does well. Normally I'd give four stars, but I'm going to bump it up to five for the bad/unfair reviews and to encourage the developer to keep working on this. [alert admin]
Thursday, July 24 2003 @ 10:57 PM PDT
iWork 1.3 (Mac OS X)
all of the other invoicing and time-tracking programs out there for freelancers. With the new ability to mark individual items in a project as paid, it's nearly perfect. What I'd like to see in the future is template-based invoices as the invoice system still feels a little kludgy -- why not html with user-definable data fields. The integration with ical and address book is very, very cool. It's worth the $$, keep up the good work IGG. [alert admin]
Wednesday, April 02 2003 @ 01:32 PM PST
WebDesign 2.0 (Mac OS 9, Mac OS X)
tooling around with this app. A lot of things have come a long way since I last checked in: Multi-file search/replace seems quite good now, just slightly behind bbedit. There are a number of areas that I feel WebDesign beats BBEdit: visual table editor, excellent tag attributes table, better CSS support, a Site Manager. I've never liked the idea of an ftp client built in to a text editor (especially when there are clients like Transmit out there), but I couldn't get WebDesign's to connect anyway. I also feel they have a ways to go on syntax coloring (// and # not recognized as comments in PHP, etc). Considering the price tag of BBEdit these days ($179!), WebDesign might be a first choice for a large percentage of developers, or it might be used in connection with BBedit. Some features it could really use: Find Differences & tag completion. I also very much miss the 3 paned interface of Homesite (pc). I'm going to give this 5 stars to balance out Irish's 2 star rating as it seems he rated the app based on screenshots (?!). I believe this is a solid 4 star app. [alert admin]
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Thursday, February 20 2003 @ 10:42 AM PST
iConquer 1.1.1 (Mac OS X)
fun, hilarious beginning choice of dictators you compete against. All I think that would add a little to the game are few sounds, but I'm going to give it 5 stars because of the beautiful interface and cocoa features. [alert admin]
Saturday, January 18 2003 @ 10:16 AM PST
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