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A member has been adding all the apps that come built in. That member has noted in their profile that they are running 10.6. So what's the point in being here?

First: All the versions posted are for the Snow Leopard versions not the new versions in Lion.
Second: There are some apps that have been removed in Lion and should not even be on here. (Thank you moderator for deleting iSync)
Third: This one is a personal opinion but how is adding a bunch of apps as unknown constructive or helpful? Just clutters up the list. I don't believe unknown should be an option as it provides no useful information about whether the app works or not which is the primary function of the site (is it not?).

Well thats my rant. This is not meant to be mean in any way to any one.

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A member has been adding all the apps that come built in. That member has noted in their profile that they are running 10.6. So what's the point in being here?

Anyone is perfectly capable of contributing to the website, even if they are not using 10.7.

First: All the versions posted are for the Snow Leopard versions not the new versions in Lion.

Then you can edit the page to change it to the latest version? That's the beauty of a wiki format - anyone can edit the pages in order to fix mistakes like this.

Second: There are some apps that have been removed in Lion and should not even be on here. (Thank you moderator for deleting iSync)

Personally, I feel the opposite about this. Such applications should be recorded here with a note to indicate that they are not available for 10.7.

The whole point of this website is for people to check the compatibility status of their most-used applications in 10.6 or an earlier version of Mac OS X, and from that decide whether it's worth upgrading immediately or waiting for their apps to be more compatible.

Finding the application they are searching for and seeing a note to indicate that it is no longer included in Lion… that is a much better option that not being able to find their application at all. Wouldn't you agree? :)

Third: This one is a personal opinion but how is adding a bunch of apps as unknown constructive or helpful? Just clutters up the list. I don't believe unknown should be an option as it provides no useful information about whether the app works or not which is the primary function of the site (is it not?).

The benefit of adding applications and marking them as 'unknown' is that it tells everyone else that the app still needs to be tested, and therefore might encourage someone to try it out and update the page.

I'm sure that the vast majority of people that are visiting this site are doing it to check for a few specific applications - so a cluttered, comprehensive list is better in my opinion, as most of the time people will type the name of the application they are looking for into the search field, and be taken straight to the right page.

Yes, the primary function of the website is to provide details about whether a specific app will work on Lion. And yes, in that case 'unknown' isn't very useful. But as I mentioned above, I believe that 'unknown' is better than not having the page exist at all.

Well thats my rant. This is not meant to be mean in any way to any one.

Likewise, I hope you don't misinterpret my post to be provocative. Would like to hear what you think about my response.

Cheers,
Shane

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