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This is an issue that keeps coming up on the Acronis TrueImage forum - upgrades are free within 30 DAYS of purchase. A lot of people bought TI 9 Home in the fall (say September 15) and were hopping mad because they were required to pay the same upgrade fee on (say) October 16 as everyone else. I think anything less than 90 days is a  rip-off, personally. Like mouser, I think 6 months to a year is more reasonable still! Having said that, there are reports of people contacting sales and being given free upgrades outside of the 30 day window, so I guess if you make noise you get results. This should proabably be noted in the review along with the fact that Acronis seems to be going the  Corel route and issuing paid for upgrades instead of point releases to address bugs in their software. Many of the issues in Acronis TI 9 have yet to be addressed and version 10 is out. If memory serves, within a year of 9 being release, to boot... (sorry, got off topic a bit LOT  )

I spent about 30 minutes trying to generate a 3D blue ball with Cody inside it... But was defeated by a lack of ability!

Yeah... hadn't thought of that! Good idea. I wonder if indexing could be handled the same way? The modular approach would really make FARR a killer app.

Nice idea. I have licenses for both DirectAccess and for ActiveWords and one point to be made with respect to FARR going down this path is the increase that it will require on its footprint. One of the things that makes FARR so popular is how light on resources it is, I *think* that adding text recognition will impact it in this area.

Don't get me started about SpyCatcher...

Even though you've indicated that it's a dead/non issue, I'm really curious about what led to your posing scenario two? I've been hasty in buying shareware in the past only to find that there are free alternatives available. While annoying, it's never occurred to me to blame the developer. Rather, I (try to) put it down to experience and hope to learn from it. So, again, what's the "history" behind number two?

Don't beat yourself up, urlwolf. This is prominent at the bottom of the page:

Page version 2.20c - Updated 28 June 2006

Of course, this is at the bottom of the version history page:

Page version 2.10 - 8 May 2002

Still, I've got my fingers crossed for you!

Yup, I agree with mouser and Josh, WTF is Wargames doing on this list?

HOORAY! 

Also, Mouser, please add me to the list of people hoping for a Donationcoder FinePrint discount!

I have a Samsung 2010 - it's great. My only complaint is the volume of the fan after a print job. It actually (no kidding) hurts my ears!

Yup, I'm a Maxthon lover too. I'm at 1.59 as well - I've run the betas for Maxthon 2 in the past but am not doing so at the moment.

Now, I actually showed up here to say: Curse you patteo! I've assiduously avoided trying FinePrint for at least 5 years (I kid you not) because reading about it I always thought "what's the point"? Zaine's review of it at the Great Software List has been wearing me down for over a year but this was the last straw and I installed both it and ClickBook last night. ClickBook is already gone but I am hopelessly in love with FinePrint. Patteo, this is going to cost me money! My wife will be wanting a word with you when she sees the credit card statement. You have been warned.

I use a badger brush and hard shaving soap, which I lather up and apply to a freshly scrubbed and wet face. I haven't tried an old fashioned safety razor in 25 years and don't know if I can go back (I just chucked two Sensor's because 6 years with Mach 3/Quattro/Fusion have left me a total wimp and I LACERATED my face and neck three times in a row when reverting to what used to be my favourite razor)! My dad swears by them (safety razors) though and has a couple (with a jealously guarded horde of Wilkinson Sword blades - predate the Schik buy-out - doubt he'll part with any of those, though!) so I'll try and give one a shot. I'd actually like to try a straight razor...

I've seen launchy top other lists, too. I was reading one recently and got as far as thinking "I'd better point this bozo towards F&RR", then promptly forgot the whole thing... I had that thought because it was the second time I've seen launchy touted (this makes three) in the last month or so.

I just spent a fruitless 20 minutes trying to find an alternative download link. The pages I *could* read say the file has been removed. The Japanese and Chinese sites throw up "This program cannot display the webpage" in IE7/Maxthon 1.59 and Firefox 2 just sits there. Seems like it's gone!

FWIW, I'm using ButtonBoogie 2.1 by PCMag - it does all that I want it to. I can't comment on resource usage, because I've never been able to find it in TaskManager!

I think they're overdoing it with razor blades, too... 

ObjectDock is candy for the eyes, but will to my understanding not remote control any media players, or tell anything about the system - and you'll need the $20 version to have System Tray Support. But even $20 seems cheap.

Both the pro and the free versions accomplish both via "docklets" (much like TrueLaunchBar's plug-ins). To check out what is available, go here, enable advanced search options, then select "docklets". Note that the link goes to a search for "Winamp". I tried Media and got skins only... system resource information is handled by a lot of different docklets, but the most popular seems to be systats, which also works on yzdock, among others. I own a license for ObjectDock Plus but don't have it installed anymore - I use TrueLaunchBar instead.

I'm a DOpus user and love it... However, I've been running a trial of XYplorer and can see what the fuss is about. I love the information panel at the bottom of the screen -very, very useful. The thing I LOVE most about XYplorer (at the moment and after mimimal usage of it) is its portability. DOpus forums are rife with requests for this functionality and there is no official support for it and no plans for adding this in the future. There have been some awkward workarounds that users have posted, but these seem to violate the license. Anyway, XYplorer's portability might just compel me to buy so that I can carry it on my thumbdrive. Now, having said that, I'm always getting enthusiastic about using my thumbdrive in this fashion, but never do

Well, what springs first to mind is TrueLaunchBar followed closely by mouser's own LaunchBar Commander, then ObjectDock/ ObjectBar/ YZDock and MobyDock/ RocketDock/etc...

Thanks Arjen! I went so far as to visit the SpySearcher page but didn't download and install. No doubt I will experience Vista's search capabilities first hand in the coming months as new machines with it pre-installed start appearing in stores and in people's homes...

and my wife is Korean...

You're kidding... OK, looking closely, you're not 

How did I miss that? I've spent a year thinking that she was an Asian - Korean/Japanese/Chinese model!

Zaine, I can't find anything concrete about OpenOffice.org 3! Do you have a link that you could post?

Added in edit: Sorry, that should read: "...anything concrete about what's coming in OpenOffice.org 3...". While I'm editing, I can't find any info about a time frame for release, either!

I've been avoiding mentioning masu's avatar for getting on for a year now - you've opened the floodgates, mimiihu! She's breathtaking - who is she, masu?