Activity for November 5

Review - ConvertXtoDVD
4.0.313 (Nov 5, 2009)

Making perfect discs with this as always and like yokozuna mentioned, I'm loving the new Lanczos filter. I made another copy of a disc I had made with v3 to see if it would make a noticeable difference and it did.
Review - Auslogics Disk Defrag
3.0.3.50 (Nov 5, 2009)

I have to admit it, I think Defraggler does a better job. This still appears to me to do the fastest job though but it now comes second all be it a close second.
Review - Mozilla Firefox (v3.5) for Windows
3.5.5 (Nov 5, 2009)

My testing and overall impression still remains the same as it always has and that's in spite of all the (false)claims and rhetoric FF is resource heavy, slow and not feature rich. The plug-ins are still great but I credit the community for making them and thats only because FF lacks those features out of the box. Honestly, FF is the Apple of browsers, all hype but in reality tripe.

If people would actually give some of the others a REAL chance you would see how this piece hampers your browsing experience. IE is not what it once was, Chrome is a snappy bare-bones browser and Opera is a feature rich one.

In the end all the rhetoric does is hurt people who cheat themselves of something better thanks to their blind brand faith.

EDIT @Sven123456789, you mean the way you did with Chrome, Norton, VLC, etc.? Da Derp Dee Derp Da Teetley Derpee Derpee Dumb
Review - Miranda IM
0.9.0 Alpha Build 3 (Nov 2, 2009)

Well it's back to a buggy mess again. I've never had releases be so hit and miss like they have been ever since the version 8 builds although the latter ones of 7 were heading that way too.

The biggest problem(aside from the bugs) is that with this being such a bare bones program it, much like firefox, NEEDS 3rd party plug-ins to become more functional. That means that if the developers of the plug-ins stop developing you might be out of luck and that has become the case here. The old plug-ins are causing crashes and unfortunately they're not being updated which leaves Miranda thin.

While I've always appreciated the complete customization and lightweight nature of Miranda it has now become not really worth the hassle.

Targaff, I'm sure you feel you've made a point but I doubt that anyone but yourself knows what the hell it is because I know certainly can't decipher your gibberish to see one. Looking at your review history however makes things clear. You are argumentative and seem to be seeking some kind of attention on here because you aren't getting any in your real life and now you won't be getting anymore from me either. Have fun with your pompous self.
Review - Opera for Windows (Beta)
10.10 Build 1848 Beta (Oct 30, 2009)

IE has the largest user base by far with half of that number still using IE 6 so you can take that Opera low user base comment with a grain of salt.

Secunia continues to say that Opera IS the safest browser as it has (and always has) patched any exploits, something NO other browser (despite fanboy rhetoric) can claim. Go to Secunia and check for yourself.

It IS very lightweight and my side by side test keep proving that. Something like FF (STILL) uses 3x as much memory as Opera with the same amount of tabs open not to mention the inexplicable CPU spikes in FF. The funny thing is that it does this being packed with an email client, torrent client etc. etc. vs a bare bones FF.

Which leads to that last thing. IE and Chrome are very minimal browsers not offering a lot of options as they're intended to be only browsers. FF has a plug-in system with a good community making various plug-ins with many designed to emulate the very things that come standard (and are implemented better) in Opera.

Rhetoric don't mean sh8, the proof is there for you once you open your eyes.

The only issue I had with Opera was with very few sites not rendering properly but I've not come across that in any of the version 10 builds including the surprisingly stable alphas.