*IF* the bookmarks section worked well (and that means things like cross-referencing with other manpages, etc), I might find this software to be worth $5 or less.
#GLIMMERBLOCKER REVIEW HOW TO#
Really, anyone using this app knows how to run 'man.' These man pages are obviously not useful if you don't know about Unix programming, and if you do, you would not be using this program. Not that that means much, since 90% of "Hello World" apps would get a 3 or better. The one category that I give this app anything other than a 1 (worst) for is in stability, since it hasn't crashed on me, frozen up, or anything else. However, I ran into bugs adding bookmarks, and there are also no shortcuts set for adding/removing/displaying bookmarks. The single potentially useful feature I see is bookmarks. There are visually 3 panes however, they're arranged as the man section as the first part, then the man page short name and description as two more panes that line up with each other.
#GLIMMERBLOCKER REVIEW FOR FREE#
This is required on every launch unless you pay the developer to let you display the man pages that Apple includes for free with OS X. Took me a good 5 seconds to get into the app, on a 2.16GHz C2D. Fair enough, since this is shareware, but NOT good when the next thing (after clicking "No") is a "Manpower" window that briefly freezes and resizes. Thorough user documentation via the "Help" menu.įirst impression: I get a little "AppMain.tcl" window next to the window asking if I want to buy a license.Search, browse, display, and save new man pages in a single window.Clean, three-pane interface: Reading man pages is as easy as reading e-mail.Manpower compared to Terminal and other man page viewers: Any app that uses the system-wide proxy configuration (and not all do, like Firefox) will be hidden from LittleSnitch, which substantially reduced its. If you setup a system-wide proxy, like GlimmerBlocker, LittleSnitch will only see GlimmerBlocker connecting. Manpower provides a simple, elegant three-pane interface that makes reading man pages as easy as reading e-mail. LittleSnitch works by examining what apps send out information on the network. It is difficult to read documentation in the Unix console the type is usually very small, and can only be read one screen at a time, making scrolling and skimming through the material a tedious process. While accessing the man page system in this manner is efficient, it has limitations. Man pages are typically accessed in the Unix terminal by typing the phrase "man program," with "program" being the specific name of the Unix tool you are trying to learn more about. Browser add-ons provide users with the ability to tweak their browser of choice with additional features or functionality. Man pages are concise but thorough descriptions of the functionality and methods of the various Unix command-line programs there may be hundreds of such programs installed on a Unix or Linux system. Mac Apps for Other Browser Add-ons & Plugins. Manpower is an OS X graphical user interface to the main system of Unix software documentation, the man page.
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