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User Name tinrocketjohn
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SOHO Notes 5.5.2 (Mac OS X)
I know there's been a lot of stink from folks about this product, but I've not had a bad experience. I did opt to buy StickyBrain 4 (when it was still a product) instead of SOHO Notes, but recently that product has been dropped and I was given a free upgrade to SOHO notes. To start off with, there are features in SOHO Notes that I wanted in StickyBrain, such as the ability to print a web archive or view a pdf in preview (instead of in SOHO Notes). I've not experienced any problems with data loss either, however, I think it is a big mistake for the developer's to store the database *outside* of the user's home folder because A) it does not get backed up with my daily backups and B) there's no logical reason for it to be there (other than the fact that it seems their DB engine requires it). In fact, I'm not at all crazy that files are stored in a database...I'd much rather have SOHO Notes mirror a folder on my HD so that A) I can view any of the files in the finder and B) if I ever stop using this product, I won't have to export anything. I'm dropping my review 1 star for the shady database implementation. That said, syncing the database folder along with my user folder during my twice daily Desktop <-> Laptop sync has worked just fine and I'm able to edit notes on both machines and the changes are copied correctly. [alert admin]
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Friday, July 21 2006 @ 06:22 PM PDT
REALbasic 2006 r3 (Mac OS X)
I've used every version of REALbasic since it's inception as CrossBasic -- for the purposes of full disclosure, I have been employed by RS in the past. While there have been ups and downs with Rb in the past, it has consistently met my needs as a software developer -- with the possible exceptions of the IDE rewrite of 2005, which introduced some major growing pains. However, with 2006 R2 and now 2006 R3, I think the dust has finally settled and the future is looking good: As a long time user, I have finally been able to move from version 5.5.5 to version 2006 R3 and be as productive as I was before. A few things to be aware of: Universal Binary support is not yet implemented, but according to RS it is scheduled. The IDE has many multi-window improvements in R3, but the debugger does not yet support multi-windows for variable watching/debugging. Performance also seems to be a bit more sluggish over 5.5.5. Despite the shortcomings, many of which reviewers have echoed here, I think Rb fills such a unique niche compared to the alternatives (XCode, CodeWarrior, .Net, RuntimeRevolution) that for me, it has no other competition at the moment. Every development environment has pros and cons; I think it really boils down to what a developer feels comfortable working with and whether it fits their needs. Rb has met those requirements for me for close to a decade now. [alert admin]
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Tuesday, July 18 2006 @ 11:13 AM PDT
Zen Puzzle Garden 1.2 (Mac OS X)
This game uses the perfect metaphor for the puzzle mechanics. The graphics and audio are also spot-on and of the highest quality. This is an original classic! [alert admin]
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Tuesday, June 06 2006 @ 04:31 PM PDT
Zen Puzzle Garden 1.2 (Mac OS X)
This game uses the perfect metaphor for the puzzle mechinics. The graphics and audio are also spot-on and of the highest quality. This is an original classic! [alert admin]
Tuesday, June 06 2006 @ 04:30 PM PDT
EuclideanGarden 0.7 (Mac OS X)
I have a new favorite screensaver -- this one is quite nice: understated & elegant. [alert admin]
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Saturday, June 03 2006 @ 11:20 PM PDT
EuclideanGarden 0.7 (Mac OS X)
I have a new favorite screensaver -- this one is quite nice: understated & elegant. [alert admin]
Saturday, June 03 2006 @ 11:15 PM PDT
Bee Docs' Timeline 1.5 (Mac OS X)
This is a very elegant timeline creator. My only criticism is that I wish there were more features, such as the ability to create parallel timelines in the software rather than requiring a page layout program. However, for what it does do, it does very, very well. [alert admin]
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Saturday, April 15 2006 @ 07:25 PM PDT
CoverScout 1.2 (Mac OS X)
I registered this product today, in general, I like it very much, however, I've discovered a few bugs which, unfortunately, will stop me from using it until fixed. Watch out for these: CoverScout does not copy artwork to every track in the album (skips the last track). CoverScout copies artwork to the last track of some totally unrelated album. The author has been notified of these bugs, and I'm hoping for the best. I can't recommend it until fixed. [alert admin]
Sunday, March 19 2006 @ 10:58 PM PST
Cepstral Voices 3.3.1 (Mac OS X)
Although all the voices on their site have the same version number, there are qualitative differences between them -- the two new voices, David & Diane, are the best in my opinion. Another, Duncan, is also very easy to understand. Overall, this product is much better in quality and value than the Apple voices (although they are "free"), or even Speechissimo , which I was using before (Enan cut down the quality of the Elan voices used in Speechissimo.) However, I wish some of the other voices they offered were of better quality. For example, the British female voice, Millie, is a bit choppy and 'pops' frequently when speaking, when I did some real-world tests on my machine. I also think the default speed is too fast for a couple of voices -- Millie sometimes skips over words such as "the" -- fortunately, the speech rate is adjustable on a voice by voice basis in Apple's speech preference pane. I had to take Millie down half a notch to make her more understandable. How do these compare to the holy grail of TTS voices, AT&T voices? Well, AT&T still holds the prize for quality -- the AT&T British female voice, Audrey, runs circles around Millie, for instance. But OS X availability of the AT&T voices is currently limited to a programmer's SDK starting at $300. Quality of the Cepstral voices is still the best I've heard, second to the AT&T voices. In terms of cost and system integration, Cepstral wins by a mile. I highly recommend these voices. I'm currently using David to proofread my writing and to read long news and science articles in the background. Cepstral also offers demo downloads of each of it's voices, which is a good way for you to become familiar with them before deciding which to buy. Finally, I think these voices raise the bar enough to show the short comings of enabling/controling speech from within OS X, and I hope to see some apps in the future that make controlling TTS a bit easier. [alert admin]
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Sunday, July 17 2005 @ 11:15 AM PDT
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Gus, this is not a technical or customer support forum for iDefrag. Try emailing customer support on the Coriolis website. I'm sure they'll be happy to help you -- they handled my pre-sales questions very promptly.
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Wednesday, January 17 2007 @ 08:21 AM PST
Well, last week I had my first problem with SOHO... After a restart, SOHO was unable to connect to its database. I was completely locked out of my notes and had a very important call to make. Fortunately, the SOHO Forums had a solution that involved reinstalling the software and swapping out database folders. Terrible. I immediately went looking for a replacement software. I've found something called Keep It Together which will organize my files/notes/PDFs/webArchives (Hierarchical…
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Thursday, July 27 2006 @ 10:14 PM PDT
The Cepstral voices have been released and they are amazing. See the Cepstral entry elsewhere on versiontracker.
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Sunday, July 17 2005 @ 12:13 PM PDT
