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Commented on AirmailThis app has gotten a lot better in the last year or so. When it was first released, it was really not that great at all-- it could only support Gmail accounts, the interface looked like junk, etc. Recently, however, AirMail has entirely replaced Sparrow (which was discontinued last year) as my desktop email client of choice. It's rapidly improving, and I can only expect things to get better from here.
Commented on FlashblockI'm generally not a big fan of these types of "shoot first, ask questions later" extensions (case in point: NoScript and co.), but in the last few months, I've actually found Flashblock to be surprisingly useful. For starters, it's not particularly annoying to use--enabling Flash on a case-by-case basis is quick and always just one click away. Unlike in the case of NoScript, it doesn't actually break any websites; instead, disabling Flash with Flashblock simply lets you speed up the loading...
Commented on ReederReeder 2 is finally out-- with iPad support! Huzzah!
Reviewed Press★★★★
Commented on DisqusIt was ridiculously easy to implement Disqus on my blog in Blogger. I just added the widget to the blog, and everything else worked immediately. I didn't have to do any configuring whatsoever, and I even managed to import all of my old Blogger comments in a single click. Awesome.
Commented on Google ChromeI've recently noticed that Chrome loads large webpages much slower than Safari in Mac OS X. While the difference isn't large enough to notice in most day-to-day browsing, Chrome tends to stutter and lag out on my Hackintosh when it attempts to load extremely large pages, such as long Wikipedia articles or forum threads.
Meanwhile, Safari can load anything pretty much instantaneously. I love Chrome (and there's no chance that I'm giving up all of its extra features for Safari), but this...
Commented on CinchCinch is nice and simple (and looks good), but at $7, that's a tough sell when you have competitors like BetterTouchTool.
Commented on BetterTouchToolUnlike its competitors, BetterTouchTool is free. That's enough justification for me to put up with its clunky setup interface.
Commented on Coupons At CheckoutI was surprised at how well this actually worked. Normally, I have pretty low expectations for these sorts of apps, but this addon really pulled through. In the two times I've tried it so far (both on Monoprice.com), I've already saved $10 with minimal effort. Sure, stuff like RetailMeNot has always existed, but who can remember to check for coupon codes everytime they buy anything? Download this addon now.
Commented on PDF CompressorI love the interface of this app. Simple and clean, without any over-the-top themes or whatnot. Essentially, what every Windows app should look like (in my opinion).
However, the app itself doesn't work as well as I'd hope. I tried compressing an 83MB PDF file, but it somehow only removed 18KB in terms of file size. Granted, the PDF was already compressed beforehand, but that's a disappointing result regardless.
Commented on ScreenFlowI don't know how Screenflow gets away with charging $100 for its application. I mean, it's a good app (probably the best recording app I've seen for Mac OS X), but $100 is just ridiculous. Maybe I'd pay $20 for it, but that would probably be my limit.
Commented on XtraFinderXtrafinder does everything that TotalFinder does (and more), and it's free. It's hardly even a contest.
Commented on EaseUS Partition MasterEaseUS Partition Master is better than Window's built-in partition manager in every single way. It has plenty of features (including hard drive cloning, my personal favorite), the interface is logically designed, and its color scheme doesn't look half-bad either. It's nice to have a decent partition manager on Windows, so that I don't have to boot with my GParted bootCD every time I want to edit any of my hard disk partitions effectively.
Commented on EasyBCDEasyBCD does what I need to, and at the same time, the user interface doesn't confuse the hell out of me. That's all I'm asking for.
Commented on iPhotoiPhoto is always incredibly slow to launch, the app itself is way larger in size than it should be, and the libraries that it creates are completely nonsensical to navigate from Finder. Nevertheless, iPhoto has the best user interface of any photo management app I've seen so far. So I'll allow it.
Commented on LightshotOne of my favorite features in Mac OS X is its built-in screenshot tool. The default "PrntScrn" function in Windows sucks, since you're forced to take a screenshot of your entire screen (a huge pain due to my dual-monitor setup), and there's no easy way of saving the image. The Snipping Tool in Windows is a little bit better, but there's no easy way to turn it on, and it's not very flexible or quick to use, either. Meanwhile, the screen capture feature in Mac OS X allows you to select only a...
Commented on ApplanetAppPlanet has been seized by the FBI. It will not be missed. :P
Commented on macFUSEIf you're like me, the only reason you would install OSXFuse is to enable support for NTFS-3G in Lion and Mountain Lion. In which case, you've come to the right app. OSXFuse works great for that.
You'll probably also want to install the fuse-wait patch. Otherwise, NTFS-3G will you give you mounting errors every time you boot Mac OS X, even with OSXFuse installed.
Commented on ImgupImgup is probably the most surprisingly useful app I have ever downloaded. It has its fair share of kinks: namely, Imgur account sign-ins aren't supported, and I have to restart the app for no reason every now and then. However, Imgup has still saved me a ton of time in the past few months. Who knew that I used Imgur so often?
Commented on CheatSheetCheatsheet isn't an app that I'd use every day, but it's still extremely useful to have.
Commented on SuperDuper!In the past, I've always preferred Carbon Copy Cloner over SuperDuper, because CCC included a whole bunch of features that weren't available in the free version of SuperDuper. However, now that CCC has become a commercial app, the free version of SuperDuper is finally a credible alternative. You won't still get neat features such as scheduling and different methods of backup, but SuperDuper does the job, and it doesn't cost $30.
Commented on Slice Package TrackerI normally don't bother with package tracking. Too much effort. However, this is what makes Slice so cool. It requires no effort on your part. I just inputted my email address, and Slice immediately picked up two orders that I had made in the past few days, one from Amazon and one from eBay. I don't see myself using Slice too frequently, so it'll probably be running in the background most of the time. But in case I ever want to know when my packages are arriving, it's good to know that I can...
- Commented on Google Chrome
Chrome for iPhone and iPad doesn't have a lot of extra features, unlike other 3rd-party browsers (e.g. Atomic Web Browser, Mercury Browser, iCab, etc...). However, Chrome is a real pleasure to use on my iPhone, which is more than can be said for the other browsers.
Commented on SilexThe entire product website is made in Flash, so it takes like half a minute to load the homepage, and my scrollwheel doesn't even fricking work. Yes, this really makes me want to build a website with your tools.
Reviewed EasyBib★★★★This is so incredibly easy to use. Everybody who needs to put together a bibliography should use it.
