Tag Archives: Software

Sparrow & the Mac App Store

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Robin

Today I made my first purchase (ever) from the Mac App Store. I can’t say I’ll be purchasing anything from there again, but seeing as Sparrow was only available on the App Store, I didn’t really have any choice. Sparrow … Continue reading →

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WebKit

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Robin

I’ve had it with Firefox on Mac OS X. On Windows, it’s fine, but on Mac OS X it’s unbearable. It crashes too often, it’s slow and sluggish all the time, and it just eats up my RAM1. So I’m … Continue reading →

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Google Notifier + Growl

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Robin

A while back I listed my wishlist for Google Notifier, and one of them was the lack of Growl support — instead they use a home-grown one that reinvents the wheel, so to speak. Fortunately, someone created Gmail+Growl for Google … Continue reading →

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MarsEdit

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Robin

I just downloaded MarsEdit and I’m giving it a trial run. I’m just finding the WordPress admin a bit… web-like. I’ve probably stared at those shades of blue a little too much. So far so good. The setup wizard which … Continue reading →

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Google Notifier Wishlist

Posted on September 21, 2007 by Robin

Jealous of Microsoft Outlook users’ system tray icon notifying them of new messages, I’ve begun using Google Notifier to help sate this jealousy. Growl support — why go through the trouble of using your own notification system? How about, if … Continue reading →

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