Posts Tagged: Software
Folderblog Review - Photoblog Software
Review by Product: • Folderblog (download site) • What’s Good: • Very easy to install and use, It's Free • What’s Bad: • Possibly too basic for some • While the developers at silverorange are hard at work building a new photo gallery system, I was impatient and wanted to try a photoblog style …
Lux Review
Review by Product: • Sillysoft Lux (Product Site) • What’s Good: • Classic Risk, Fun and Addictive, Lots of Maps, Active Player Community, Available for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows • What’s Bad: • Addictive, Online Games can be slow, Relatively Pricey at $24.95 US • I’ve long had a soft spot for …
Google Earth Review
Review by Product: • Google Earth Beta • What’s Good: • 3D Rendering, Quick, Google Search, World Coverage • What’s Bad: • Required Internet Connection, Not all areas are high resolution yet. • I was working on a review about Keyhole and how it compares to NASA World Wind but when I got an email …
NAPP PhotoshopUser & PhotoshopWorld Review
Review by Product: • National Association of Photoshop Professionals Membership (website) • What’s Good: • Lots of information available, Well managed, Overall Interesting. • What’s Bad: • Can easily be considered expensive. • This review is based on a 1 year Canadian membership to the National …
ACDSee 7.0 Review
Review by Product: • ACDSee 7.0 (company site) • What’s Good: • Easy to use, Fast, Archives CD content • What’s Bad: • Communication to server, Average price tag ($50 USD, free software is always better) • I don't think there is a single application that I rely on more then ACDSee. For the past …
Adobe Type Basics Review
Review by Product: • Adobe Type Basics (company site) • What’s Good: • Cheap, great type foundation. • What’s Bad • May not use all the type faces. • We don't do a ton of print work around here, so the need of a vast type library has never been a big issue. However, on several occassions we've …
Amazon A9.com Search Review
Review by Product: • A9.com Search (website) • What’s Good: • Clean design/layout, interesting feature set (book search, search history) • What’s Bad • Missing key Google features (dictionary/definition links, image search), features not enough to make switching from Google worthwhile • After …
Microsoft Streets and Trips 2004 Review
Review by Product: • Microsoft Streets and Trips 2004 (company site) • What's Good: • Fast, easy to use, route finding & planning, finding places. • What's Bad: • Missing some Canadian roads, could improve GPS tools, no ability to update data. • Ever since the day I found Microsoft Streets and …
Nullsoft's Winamp 5 Review
Review by Product: • Winamp 5 (company site) • What's Good: • Stable, supports most media types, better interface than earlier versions. • What's Bad: • Interface is still skinned, AOL viral marketing. • Winamp3 undeniably sucked. Whereas version two was light and efficient, three was heavy …
Salon.com Premium Subscription Review
Review by Product: • Salon.com Premium Subscription • What’s Good: • Consistent and thorough articles • What’s Bad: • Having another password in your life, music and other side-benefits aren’t valuable • Salon Premium is a for-pay ($35US/year as of this writing) subscription for extra content …