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Press release edited by Applelinks senior editor Kirk Hiner

DEVONtechnologies, LLC has released version 2.2 of DEVONagent, its intelligent Web research tool and alternative Web browser. DEVONagent 2.2 allows the user to save the addresses of all currently open web pages in a "workspace" that can be recalled at any time later. This way, the user can create specialized workspaces for various browser-centric tasks such as news reading or database work. Also, DEVONagent shows the available web services advertised on the local network through Bonjour in the Go menu, the bookmarks drawer, and gives access to both workspaces and Bonjour services via the Dock menu. The Bonjour integration makes it easy to access, for example, shared DEVONthink Pro Office databases or other devices present on the local network. The Go menu and the bookmarks drawer use web page icons, too, to make it easier for the user to find the bookmark she or he is looking for.

A new search engine plugin for Apple's Cocoa Dev mailing list has been added, several other plugins have been improved, and all scanner plugins got a major internal overhaul. DEVONagent now much more reliably recognizes thumbnail galleries, wallpapers (desktop pictures), news feeds, downloadable files, multimedia files, email addresses as well as Office documents. The new XML-based Office file formats are supported, too.

In addition, Finnish, Swedish and Polish have been added to the language filter, and the other available languages have been extended and revised. DEVONagent 2.2 follows links of matching items of news feeds, too, comes with a stronger advertisement filter as well as better filtering of social bookmarking services. Finally, the Dashboard widget has been completely redesigned, the overall performance has been improved, and some minor glitches have been fixed.

DEVONagent 2.2 requires Mac OS X v10.3.9 or later and a reasonably fast Internet connection is recommended. The new version is immediately available from http://www.devon-technologies.com and can be test-driven for free for 60 hours of runtime until it needs to be properly licensed. The update is free for all registered users.

DEVONagent sells for US$49.95 in DEVONtechnologies' online shop. DEVONagent and DEVONthink Professional (Office) are also available as as bundle for US$99.95 or US$169.95 respectively. Upgrade coupons are available. For more information, visit the DEVONtechnologies website.