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Shareware Beat Friday, May 31, 2002

Nisus Email 1.6.1 Email Client
GNUMail.app 1.0.2 Clone of Mail.app Email Client
GPS3D 1.20 To Navigate a 3D Textured-map Model Of The Earth
EarthBrowser 1.6 Dynamic Earth Shows Current Weather, Webcams, Earthquakes, Volcanoes And Clouds
Simple Dock Preference Panes 1.0 Launches Individual Pref Panes From Dock
Trash It! 1.01 AppleScript That Force-Empties Stubborn Trash Items
Drop Script Backgrounder version 1.0
Finderella 1.0b10 (My First Finder) Simple Finder Replacement For Very Young Children
Prompt! 3.0 Simple Teleprompter Application
SpeedMeUp Lite 1.5a AppleScript To Update Prebindings So Apps Launch Faster
AutoHide 1.1 Automatically Hides Apps After Switch
MoosePad X 10.2 Build 2A74 Replacement for Apple's Note Pad
JewelCaseIllustrator by Blue Line Studios Updated To Version 1.2.0

Friday, May 31, 2002


By Applelinks Contributing Editor Charles W. Moore

Nisus Email 1.6.1 Email Client

Nisus Email 1.6.1 has been released. This update is free for those who have already purchased Nisus Email. New since 1.5.1:

This product allows you to edit, write and manage your email via any text editor, and allows you to quickly send mail from any application via its DragSend feature. In fact, sending email has never been easier and quicker, with our exclusive click and drag feature.You can send mail in just two clicks: Drag your text (or attachments) to the floating window, one click to choose your recipient, and it's gone! You can also do a one click send: Just pre-address the text, drag it to the floating window, and off it goes. It is really that simple! This is great for inter-office emails, or for anyone who wants to send email quickly, from any application. That means that wherever you are, Nisus Email is ready.

Nisus Email has several ways in which you can send emails from within other applications. In fact, any application that supports either Drag and Drop or file saving can be used to email a file or message. All this is done quickly and without leaving the application you are currently working in.

New in this version:
• OSX version now available.
• Better automatic conversion of HTML to plain text.
• SMTP authorization supported, for example: your mac.com email account. (SMTP AUTH extension using the "login" and "plain" SASL mechanisms).
• Incoming emails with foreign character set encodings are automatically displayed in the proper font if possible.
 
System requirements:

Classic Mac OS
• MacOS 8.5 and up
• PPC 601 or greater
• 12MB RAM
• 10MB free disk space

OSX
• OSX 10.1 and up
• 10MB free disk space

Nisus Email is $29.95 demoware
   
For more information, visit:
http://www.nisus.com/Products/NisusEmail/

GNUMail.app 1.0.2 Clone of Mail.app Email Client
 
GNUMail.app is a clone of NeXT/Apple's excellent Mail.app application. It uses the GNUstep development framework or Apple Cocoa, which is based on the OpenStep specification provided by NeXT, Inc.. GNUMail.app is licensed under the GPL, and the full sources of the application are available.

GNUMail.app was written from scratch. It uses Pantomime as its mail handling framework. You NEED to download and install Pantomime in order to get GNUMail.app working.

The current version of GNUMail.app is 1.0.2. This release is quite stable and rich in functionalities and will work well for a day-to-day MUA use.

Version 1.0.2 has the following supported features:
• Multiple POP3 (with APOP support) accounts with local cache support (for leaving messages on server);
• Multiple delivery agents (SMTP or local mailer);
• Mail spool file support for receiving;
• Good IMAP support with local caching;
• Full RFC822 and RFC2822 support;
• Read, compose, bounce, reply and forward mails ;
• Mailbox management (create, delete, locking and transfer messages) using the Berkeley mbox format;
• Personal preferences management;
• MIME support (decode and encode);
• A full MIME types manager;
• Quoted Printable and BASE64 support;
• Address Book with groups support;
• Find Panel with regular expressions support;
• Automatic or manual fetching of your mails (user's choice);
• Powerful filters that supports regular expressions;
• And more...

New in this version:
• brand new fonts and filtering panel
• you can now show/hide read messages
• you can now have your Drafts/Outbox/Trash folder on an IMAP server
• new icons have been added
• added a LDIF import filter in the Address Book
• you can now stop the bounce/send/receive mail operations
• fixed a lot of bugs and improved the speed and the stability
 
System requirements:
• Mac OS X 10.0 or higher
 
GNUMail.app is freeware  
   
For more information, visit:
http://www.collaboration-world.com/gnumail/

GPS3D 1.20 To Navigate a 3D Textured-map Model Of The Earth

gps3d lets you navigate a 3D textured-map model of the earth.

You can point at various area of the planet and get it to download maps from the internet and "stick" them onto the 3D model.

It can also connect to a GPS receiver unit and display trips, current position, and satellite trajectories.

Finally, it lets you measure distances on the earth's surface

GPS3D is a collection of utilities to manipulate a handled GPS device from your computer, and vizualize the result in 3D.
 
Even without a GPS device, you can still use gps3d to play interactively with a 3D texture mapped model of earth and vizualize MapBlast maps in 3D.
 
New: public GPSD server
A public, read-only GPSD server on http://www.mgix.com. There is an actual GPS device hooked up to the serial port of http://www.mgix.com and gpsd broadcasts its outputs 24/7 on port 2222.
People who do not own a GPS device can now view the satellites in real-time.
Just type: viz http://www.mgix.com
 
New in this version:
• Fixed a win32 port issue
• Added support for downloading waypoints from an internet server based on map brush

System requirements:
• Mac OSX
• Requires OpenGL Accelerated OpenGL a plus.
 
GPS3D is freeware  
   
For more information, visit:
http://www.mgix.com/gps3d/

EarthBrowser 1.6 Dynamic Earth Shows Current Weather, Webcams, Earthquakes, Volcanoes And Clouds

Lunar Software has announced the release of EarthBrowser 1.6.

New to version 1.6:
• New earth map with 3 times more resolution
• New cloud engine with up to 2 days of animated clouds

EarthBrowser is an innovative Earth simulation that combines an easy to navigate 3 dimensional globe with real-time weather conditions and 5 day forecasts. Live earthquakes, webcam images, volcanoes and current cloud formations are also featured. A screen saver option lets it take over your desktop with a gorgeous image when you are away from your computer. Great as an educational tool, a must have for avid weather watchers!

Features
• Worldwide weather conditions and forecasts for over 800 cities
• Satellite cloud animations are updated every 3 hours
• Webcam images from all over the globe updating dynamically
• Screen Saver
• Live earthquake locations and magnitudes
• Volcanoes with links
• Current time of day in cities worldwide
• Links to facts about countries all over the world
• High resolution satellite map of the Earth

System requirements:

PowerPC processor
System 8.1 or above, Mac OS X
Quicktime 4.0

Earth Browser is $19.95 shareware and can be downloaded from:
http://www.earthbrowser.com

Simple Dock Preference Panes 1.0 Launches Individual Pref Panes From Dock

Make a script from the script source below using the Script Editor in Mac OS X. You can put the script in ~/Library/Scripts and run it using the Script Runner in /Applications/Applescript or you can save it as in application from the Script Editor and just double-click it. It finds all your System Preference panes in the various places where they may be installed locally and makes a folder in ~/Documents that you can drag to your Dock, so when you control-click that folder's icon in the Dock, you can select the individual preference pane of your choice. You can run the script again if you install something that adds new preference panes, and aliases will be added to the docked folder without your being prompted to do anything else. There are a couple of freeware applications that make the individual panes available from the dock, but this Applescript method requires a very slight degree of use of system resources. Maybe the next Finder will let me script copying the icons as well, but in the mean time they work without icons. .
 
System requirements:
• Mac OS X 10.1.2
 
Simple Dock Preference Panes is freeware  

For more information, visit:
http://www.txdirect.net/users/llee/applescript/dockprefpanes.html

Trash It! 1.01 AppleScript That Force-Empties Stubborn Trash Items
 
This little AppleScript does one thing and one thing only: force-empties your Trash. Especially useful if you have files or folders in the Trash with permissions set incorrectly.
 
New in this version:
• Improved error handling
• Removed redundant code
 
System requirements:
• Mac OS X 10.1.2 or higher
 
Trash It! is freeware  
   
For more information, visit:
http://www.nonamescriptware.com/

Drop Script Backgrounder version 1.0

Drop script backgrounder is a freeware app that turns an applescript compiled as a stay open application into a background only app. It does this by editing the "plst" resource. It can also edit this resource in other carbon apps if it exists, but the results of doing that may be unexpected. OSX is less strict about background apps opening windows, they will not crash the machine if they do so like an OS9 app will, but you will not be able to access any menus even if a window is open.

The only way to quit a script that is running as a background process is with another script that just tells it to quit. Otherwise you wont even know it's running unless you look at the process viewer.

This program was originally written as a helper app for acgi dispatcher to let you run acgi programs with apache on OSX the way you could on OS9.

To turn a compiled script application into a background only application just drag and drop it onto the program icon, or into the program window if it's already running. To turn it back to normal drag it into the program again. Backgrounder is smart enough to know if it's already a background app and act accordingly. Dont drag an application that is already running onto backgrounder! If it cannot find the resource of if the resource contains data that backgrounder does not recognize it will not try to edit the program and will return an error while leaving the program untouched.

Though the program has never corrupted a script while I was using it and should not be able to do so, you use it at your own risk and should make a backup copy of your work before converting it.

Drop Script Backgrounder is released as freeware

For more information, visit:
http://www.sentman.com/software.htm

Finderella 1.0b10 (My First Finder) Simple Finder Replacement For Very Young Children

Finderella is a simple Finder replacement for very young children whose parents do not want them to mess up their hard disks. It also allows parents to limit the applications that their child can use. It is also Mac OS X compatible.
 
New in this version:
• Fixed crash with 68K Macs using System 7.1.
• Made System 7.1 compatible.
• If Finderella is hidden (using Hide Finderella) it will show itself again.
• If edit basic or adult user, will no longer create a child user with the same name.
• Adult and Basic users no longer speak icon as the cursor moves over it.
 
System requirements:
• Macintosh PowerPC (or color capable 680x0 family).
• System 7.5 up (or OS X)
• QuickTime 3.0 or later.
• Drag and Drop Manager (pre-installed with System 8.5)
• Carbon Library (not necessary for Classic version or 680x0 Macs).
• 2Mb RAM free.
• 2Mb Hard disk space.
 
Finderella is freeware  
   
For more information, visit:
http://www.landsbert.freeserve.co.uk/finderella/

Prompt! 3.0 Simple Teleprompter Application

Prompt! is a simple teleprompter application. When on-camera talent performs, they read what they speak from a teleprompter. Traditionally, this task is performed by a dedicated computer with an application to edit and scroll the text at a user driven speed using a piece of hardware called a "scroller". The Video output of the scrolling text is reflected from a half silvered (pellix) mirror and the camera shoots through the other side of the mirror so that the talent is looking into the camera but reading the reflection of the text. This requires lots of hardware and software to achieve the same results as Prompt! and a laptop computer or computer monitor. By placing the laptop computer between the talent and the camera the talent can read text from the top of the laptop screen and still appear to be looking at the camera if the camera is far enough back using a long lens. Trial and effort is the key to getting a natural look to this process but the further the camera is from the subject, the better. If the talent will be controlling their own scrolling then mouse control is the best and if you have long mouse cord, that's even better. There is a built-in function to allow someone else to control the speed by using the keyboard or mouse. Use both if you like.

Features:

· Text can be imported and exported
· Simple text editing is available
· Macintosh and PC playback · Control over font size
· Automatic backups · User control using the mouse or keyboard
· Free

Prompt! saves its file so you can import the copy for the talent to read and theadjust the settings and then give the application and the file to your on-camera person to practice at their leisure in their own environment.

Simple is the key to Prompt! as it has very little word processing functions and thus less clutter to the application. You can delete selected characters and words and type in new copy but that is about all. Text is imported to the application but if you do make some changes the text can be exported.
 
New in this version:
• Mouse control, automatic backups to text files. It is now free.
 
System requirements:
• System 7.5 or higher

Prompt! is freeware  
   
For more information, visit:
http://www.movieclip.biz/prompt.html

SpeedMeUp Lite 1.5a AppleScript To Update Prebindings So Apps Launch Faster

SpeedmeUp is a free down-and-dirty AppleScript that will help your OSX applications load faster immediately after launching since the application will spend less time looking up and "binding" with various libraries and frameworks. Recommend running it 1-2x/month.
 
New in this version:
• Shows progress indicator bar to let you know it's running
• Includes 24U OSAX with freeware registration built into the script
• Optimized Code
• Corrected system font bug
 
System requirements:
• Mac OS X 10.1.2 or higher
 
SpeedMeUp Lite is freeware  
   
For more information, visit:
http://www.nonamescriptware.com/

AutoHide 1.1 Automatically Hides Apps After Switch

AutoHide is a simple background application that will automatically hide applications after you switch out of them. This is convenient if you work with applications that have many windows and switch between them often. AutoHide will automatically hide your other applications, reducing screen clutter and making a cleaner work environment.
 
System requirements:
• Mac OS X 10.1 or higher
 
AutoHide is freeware  
   
For more information, visit:  
http://cryptonictech.com/products.html

MoosePad X 10.2 Build 2A74 Replacement for Apple's Note Pad

MoosePad is a modern replacement for Apple's Note Pad and unlike Stickies does not require that you keep all of your notes open. MoosePad also supports Speech and Multiple Memo Databases. MoosePad is a great utility for anyone who may reuse large amounts of text, or store an inventory of product serial numbers and software activation codes. Memos are not stored in clear text and can be password protected.
• Spell Checking
• Multiple Fonts
• Embedded objects (graphics, movies)
• Rulers
• Individual Color Pages
• Table of Contents with unlimited nested Folders
• Multiple Databases
• Multiple Windows
• Application Services (Service and Client)
• AppleScript (Scriptable page objects and more)
• Strong Encryption
• Password protected Databases
• Database wide search
• Page Search and Replace
• Build your own keywords
• UNICODE native
• Supports Mac OS X international language input methods
• Page Tear off
• Page Locking
• URL activation
• Speaking Memos
• Intuitive interface
• Drag/Drop editing
• Built-in Software Update and logging facility
• Gobs of Documentation
• Great Oatmeal Cookie Recipe

New in this version:
• Defined project to build both the normal MoosePad and The special edition MoosePad SE. MoosePad SE contains a subset of the MoosePad features and is license only for bundling with other applications. The special edition will only allow fro one open database at a time.
• Fixed a problem with delete that would cause it to get confused when you tried to delete a new page with new text that has not yet been saved.
• Fixed a rare problem introduced in the last version that in very rare cases might look like a page was missing from a folder when in fact it was there. This was caused by some test code that was not supposed to be compiled into the release.
• Reset the evaluation version allowing an extension of the trial period to previous trial users.
 
System requirements:
• Mac OS X 10.1.2 or higher
 
MoosePad X is $15.00 shareware  
   
For more information, visit:
http://www.wundermoosen.com/wmXMoosePad.htm

JewelCaseIllustrator by Blue Line Studios Updated To Version 1.2.0

Blue Line Studios today announced an update of their new drawing program JewelCaseIllustrator. Not only the interface elements now work consistently, the application has also some new functionality: volume directory lists can now be typeset in color and there are many additional keyboard shortcuts.

The application writes a slightly different data format, but documents created with an earlier version of JewelCaseIllustrator will be automatically converted to the newer format.

This is an important maintenance update. it is free to registered users.

An OSX version of JewelCaseIllustrator is planned, but not yet available.

JewelCaseIllustrator is a drawing program for creating labels, tray liners, and booklets for CDs and DVDs. Its main feature is the creation of Finder-like directory lists to index volumes.

Product homepage
http://www.blueline-studios.com/jcMain.html Download area
http://www.blueline-studios.com/jcDown.html Direct download link
http://www.blueline-studios.com/downloads/JCI.sit

For more information about the latest Mac software releases and updates, you'll find it on the Applelinks Search Engine here:
http://www.applelinks.com/pages/search.shtml


Charles W. Moore

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