User Reviews
PCRE: Great little library
by lestermo
If you need regular expressions in your C/C++ app you've come to the right place. It's bug free and fast - and the API is rather sane. 2 thumbs up from me - and I'm usually cranky.
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Seashore: Not functional enough yet
by lestermo
Seashore is tantalizingly close to being a great OS X app. Unfortunately it looks like it ran out of steam and instead it's more of a toy. For example, you can't set the font size or family of the text (argh!). However - it runs very smooth on OS X (unlike GIMP). It will remain on my "watch-list".
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NeoOffice: I'm grateful, but just barely
by lestermo
Oh OpenOffice - how you tease me. You promise me Office-like features for free. Yet when I install you on my Mac, i need X11 and weird keyboard mapping. Sigh.
NeoOffice to the rescue. It installs well and works as advertised. However, it ... is...... very..... slow. Java gui bindings turned out to be a horrible choice.
Don't get me wrong, please. I'm grateful, but just barely.
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FreeMind: Weird, but cool app
by lestermo
My own unscientific survey says that if you sometimes refer to yourself in the 3rd person, than this app just might be for you. If you feel the need to classify your thoughts in an organized way then you should give it a shot. However in the end I just found myself writing down mostly gibberish that didn't help me out much. Yes, i have problems.
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Mochikit: Mochikit Rocks
by lestermo
The mochikit folks are up against serious contenders (scriptaculous, mootools, etc...). However, they are more than up for the task. They provide extremely well written libraries that are more capable (logging, syntax highlighting, etc..) than the rest. Very, very cool.
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GanttProject: Only if you _HAVE_ to
by lestermo
First of all, you should really ask yourself if a gantt chart is going to be useful to you. I've never seen a case where it was - but hey, you might be first!
I was once confused and thought it would help me. In fact, I also thought "why waste money on MS Project?" when there's a free alternative. Yep - I was mistaken.
This is more like an applet. It's clunky, doesn't look very good and is a pain to edit in. I suspect it's
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Mozilla Firefox: Firefox...zzZZzzzz
by lestermo
It's just a browser. Sure, we all use it, but c'mon...it's no big deal.
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Boost C++ Libraries: Boost is fine. STL? ...not so much
by lestermo
I guess my 4-star rating is somewhat confused. I don't fault Boost's code: it's rock solid, well written, etc... However, I think the Boost folks have drunk too much STL kool aid.
If you're still writing projects in C++ then Boost is definitely worth your consideration. My main complaint is that it was very difficult to just consume a little bit of it - I ended up finding myself biting off way too much. I'd find myself tweaking my code
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