Reviews of HostsMan

1. 
   Diam0nd

   Reviewing 3.2.70 Beta 6 (Oct 30, 2008)

   Very slick app (gui-wise), that does exactly what it says it does.
   
   yokozuna: Thanks for your answer, man! :D
2. 
   Undesired Username

   Reviewing 3.2.69 Beta 5 (Sep 29, 2008)

   What's wrong with Notepad? Well, I thought it was obvious, but HostsMan makes life easier. First of all, and obviously, it makes updating the hosts file easier. This is especially true for people who don't simply use an entire third-party hosts file as-is, but use a customized file instead. Why would you want to visit a web site and manually download a ZIP archive, then extract it, and all that? And if you have a customized hosts file, you have to copy/paste... Why, just why?
   
   You can add whitelist items, so when you update the list, you don't have to manually remove lines that point to domains you don't want blocked. Why would you want to use a text editor for all of this? Using Notepad is like shooting elephants with a BB-gun.
3. 
   ninjeratu

   Reviewing 3.2.69 Beta 5 (Sep 29, 2008)

   What's wrong with notepad?
   The hosts file is a textfile and this program is like shooting mosquitos with a bazooka. Still getting 2/5 because it works.
   
   Get a nice site blocking hosts file ( http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt for example) and you're set to go.
   
   Problem with large hosts files is that it's stored in RAM at startup and that Windows always will query the file when doing DNS lookups (even when not browsing).
   This can be counter productive if you only want to block ads and phishing sites in IE/Firefox. You're much better off getting AdMuncher or a plugin for Firefox. Seriously.
4. 
   yokozuna

   Reviewing 3.2.61 Beta 1 (May 7, 2008)

   Very good program!
   
   @Diam0nd
   
   Hosts file filtering is something what has always been present in UNIX machines. It filters machines with certain IP addresses - can be parental, spyware, ad protection - or whatever else. Put simply, the machines are not accessible from your computer and vice versa. You have to remember though that you cannot program certain protocols in hosts file so you block them for good independently what is transmitted from/to the addresses.
5. 
   DKDude

   Reviewing 3.2.61 Beta 1 (May 6, 2008)

   This app. ROCKS, thanks for a great program.

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