fractalhorizon updated Microsoft Courier

fractalhorizon — Sun, 02 May 2010 22:24:55 -0400

May 2, 2010 at 10:24 pm

fractalhorizon updated 11 products

fractalhorizon — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:37:32 -0400

1. updated NewEgg - April 19, 2010 at 11:37 pm

2. updated GMail - April 19, 2010 at 11:33 pm

3. updated Mac OS X Snow Leopard - April 19, 2010 at 11:30 pm

4. updated Microsoft Windows 7 - April 19, 2010 at 11:28 pm

agreed: "volume mixer can control sound output for each application individually (centralized, from taskbar sound icon) - extremely convenient"

5. updated Barnes & Noble Nook - April 19, 2010 at 11:28 pm

6. updated Microsoft Courier - April 19, 2010 at 11:21 pm

7. updated Apple iPod Touch 2nd-Gen - April 19, 2010 at 11:19 pm

agreed: "easily customizable, both onscreen and outer"
disagreed: "Expensive for limited storage"
disagreed: "Poor battery life (20 hours audio)"
disagreed: "No micro SD/SDHC Expansion capabilities"
disagreed: "Lacking standard USB connection; forced to use apple's proprietary docking connector"
disagreed: "Poor audio codec support (lacking OGG/FLAC)"
disagreed: "have to jailbreak if you want any customization"

8. updated Microsoft Zune HD - April 19, 2010 at 11:18 pm

chose iRiver P35 over Microsoft Zune HD
chose Creative Zen X-Fi2 over Microsoft Zune HD
chose Archos 5 Internet Tablet over Microsoft Zune HD
chose MSi MT-V887 over Microsoft Zune HD
chose Cowon S9 Curve over Microsoft Zune HD
chose Apple iPod Touch 2nd-Gen over Microsoft Zune HD
found tonyx's review unhelpful
found hezheng's review unhelpful
found Scott Collier's review helpful
found Howard Huang's review unhelpful
found Shani Mehatzri's review helpful
found David Ly's review unhelpful
found Omar's review helpful
found Robb Lincoln's review helpful
found dialupinternetuser's review unhelpful
found Blade's review helpful
found Posthaus's review unhelpful
found adk0557's review unhelpful
found Brian Gregson's review unhelpful
found mmw125's review unhelpful
found fractalhorizon's review helpful
found Dave Haynie's review helpful
found dakmartin's review unhelpful
found shadowtech's review helpful
found maathewof's review helpful
found Cheezer's review unhelpful
found Joel Shapiro's review unhelpful
found dom's review unhelpful
found Yale's review helpful
new pro/con: No Matroska (.MKV) support
disagreed: "charges fast: 2hrs with wall charger, 3hrs from USB (current gen iPod touch needs at least 4hrs)"
agreed: "No MSC support (Drag n' Drop)"
agreed: "64GB option was late to market compared to the Touch"

9. updated CorelDRAW - April 19, 2010 at 11:14 pm

chose Adobe Illustrator over CorelDRAW
new pro/con: MS Windows only
disagreed: "Can import and export most relevant popular formats"
agreed: "Maximum page size is enormous (45mx45m), great for large scale signage"
agreed: "Can be used to create TrueType, PostScript, and OpenType fonts"
agreed: "Direct link to Whatthefont type identification service"
agreed: "Can design items for output with sequential numbering/names (i.e. raffle tickets, membership cards, invitations)"
disagreed: "Ability to flow text across multiple documents"
agreed: "Ability to flow text across multiple documents"
disagreed: "Ability to flow text across multiple documents"
agreed: "Handles multi-page documents & master pages"
agreed: "Can "print" directly to a laser cutter"
agreed: "Is an entire graphics suite (vector & raster) in one package"
agreed: "Cheaper than Illustrator"
agreed: "Unix/Linux no longer directly supported as of 2001"
agreed: "Macintosh versions no longer made as of 2001"
agreed: "Not as widely used and supported as Adobe Illustrator"

10. updated Adobe Illustrator - April 19, 2010 at 11:12 pm

new pro/con: Does not feel like a native application on either Mac or Windows
new pro/con: Slow
tapped as "love it"
tapped as "have it"
new pro/con: A de-facto standard in the publishing industry along with InDesign and Photoshop
agreed: "Well supported"
agreed: "Newer versions are very stable & use less RAM"
agreed: "Clean interface that is easy to navigate & implement"
agreed: "Equally powered student version available for cheaper"
disagreed: "Save money when purchased in a bundle"
agreed: "Integrates well with other Adobe software"
disagreed: "As with most vector drawing programs, has a very steep learning curve"
agreed: "Expensive"

11. updated Safari (iPhone app) - April 19, 2010 at 11:07 pm

chose Safari (iPhone app) over Opera Mini (iPhone app)
found Erik's review unhelpful
found fractalhorizon's review helpful
new pro/con: Websites displayed as on desktop, not a crippled mobile version
new pro/con: Supports slient-side databases
new pro/con: Handy debug console for the developers
new pro/con: Pop-up blocker
new pro/con: Automatic fraud warning feature warns user when visiting fake web sites
new pro/con: Can remember your login / password settings
new pro/con: Does not require special web-to-mobile proxies to use
new pro/con: Metadata recognition with good integration with phone, email, address book, maps functionality
tapped as "love it"
tapped as "have it"
new pro/con: Intuitive automatic and manual zoom using multitouch
new pro/con: Beautiful rendering of even most complex sites, unlike any other mobile browser
new pro/con: Standards-compliant HTML4 (and 5), css and javascript support
new pro/con: Great support for tabbed browsing
new pro/con: Extremely fast
new pro/con: Intuitive uncluttered user interface
new pro/con: Bookmarks can be synchronised with desktop and me.com on the fly