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Sorry, OneButton FTP . . .

And so it came to pass that OneButton FTP was kicked off the island. wClock and uEdit get a reprieve.

OneButton FTP hasn’t been updated in ages, and there is not even an indication on the website as to whether anything is in the works. It’s time to go.

uEdit is hanging on by a thread. It still works in Panther, and at least the developer admits it doesn’t work in Tiger. We’ll keep an eye on this one, and if there is no update by the time Leopard comes out, uEdit will go back on the chopping block.

And finally, for wClock, MacUpdate comes to the rescue. This elegant little app, which puts the day of the week in the menubar the way it should be, can now be downloaded straight from the MacUpdate page.

Posted Monday, August 20, 2007 in

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Introducing Mac Freeware Survivor

Here at thriftmac, we pride ourselves on only having the cream of the crop in our collection of Mac freeware. But no matter how carefully you tend a garden, a few weeds are bound to show up.

That’s why we’re introducing Mac Freeware Survivor, a chance for thriftmac readers to pick the apps they feel deserve to be voted off the island.

I’ve gone through the collection myself, but to be honest there are precious few I want to give the boot. They all seem like old friends. To get started, though, here are three candidates:

OneButton FTP: This open source project started off with a lot of promise, but development appears to be stalled. And connection to the website is sporadic. Meanwhile, Cyberduck continues to be refined as a top-notch FTP client. Is it time to push the eject button for OneButton?

uEdit: It’s still a pretty good text editor, but it hasn’t been updated in ages. In fact, it won’t work at all with Tiger. Should we move on, and edit out uEdit?

wClock: This one has been missing in action for a long time now, and meanwhile has been equalled and surpassed, some might argue, by MagiCal. But believe it or not, I’ve still got it running on my Mac, so I have a soft spot for it. (Perhaps it could be made a download from thriftmac.) Should we finally admit that wClock’s time has ended?

Those are three, but there may be more. Use the comment form if you would like to add a candidate.

Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2007 in

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