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Eudora 6.1b2 Email Client Released
Tex-Edit Plus 4.6.5b1 Scriptable Text Editor [OS X 10.1 up]
DesktopMagik 1.0v785 Images, Movies, Webpages On Your Desktop [OS X 10.3 up]
Safari2Yahoo 1.2b Makes Safari 1.2 Use Yahoo! Instead Of Google
SnapNDrag 1.3.6 Screen Capture Utility [OS 10.2 up]
Myster PR 7.6 File Sharing System [OS 8.1 up/10.1 up]
VolSpace v1.1.0 Volume Space Information [OS X 10.1 up]
Password Retriever 4.6 448-Bit Password Storage Utility [OS 8.6 up]
Splendid City Lite 3.0 Team Sports Scheduler [OS 10.2.6 up]
Web Crossing Express Adds Plug-ins/Discussions[/url]
Eudora 6.1b2 Email Client Released
Qualcomm has released a the first version 6.1 Eudora public beta.
New in this version:
Complete list of changes and bugfixes here:
http://www.eudora.com/download/eudora/mac/6.1/Betas/releasenotes_b2.txt
System requirements:
• Mac OS X 10.0 or higher
For more information, visit:
http://www.eudora.com/download/eudora/mac/6.1/Betas/
Tex-Edit Plus 4.6.5b1 Scriptable Text Editor [OS X 10.1 up]
It's been tough to keep up with all the Tex Edit Plus version updates lately, but keep 'em coming, Tom. This superb program just keeps getting better and better.
New in this version:
• Added automatic version checking at launch (with scriptable pref switch).
• Fixed Tools palette error involving several non-English localizations.
• Synchronized keyboard shortcuts for all localizations, adding many shortcuts for non-English versions.
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.1 or higher
Tex-Edit Plus is $15.00 shareware
For more information, visit:
http://www.tex-edit.com/
DesktopMagik 1.0v785 Images, Movies, Webpages On Your Desktop [OS X 10.3 up]
The desktop is a great thing. It started out as a gray homogeneous backround on which the files and folders stood out and were easily located. Later the background color could be customized, giving you the ability to adjust your Mac's desktop to the mood you were in. Again later, desktop pictures were introduced, and your desktop became a ways of expressing yourself, your mood or what you thought about the world (or your work). And ever since the desktop has stayed the same. Until now.
Introducing DesktopMagik, the next step of the desktop's evolution.
With DesktopMagik you can turn your desktop into practically anything you can think of. No more boring backgrounds, no more static images. DesktopMagik brings you images, websites and movies that display and play on your desktop, right under your icons. DesktopMagik makes it all possible and as easy as anything on your Mac.
The power of DesktopMagik lies in its simplicity, unobtrusiveness and straightforwardness. DesktopMagik runs in Faceless Mode, meaning it won't show up in your dock – which is rather crowded on most Macs anyway. It runs transparently to the user, only an optional status item next to your sound and monitor settings shows that it is present.
A simple click on the DesktopMagik status icon and/or a fully customizable hotkey reveals the preferences window where you can set DesktopMagik to either display images, movies or websites on your desktop. You can even set different features, like a background fill color if the images or movies you want displayed are not the size of your screen, or even set change or reload intervals. It's all very easy and straightforward.
DesktopMagik needs absolutely no configuration to run, but it has plenty of user customizable features to offer. With DesktopMagik you can have three basic choices: use images, movies or websites for your desktop. All three categories have their own respective settings, so you can set different background fill colors for images or movies and different time intervals for all three options. The website option even lets you customize the position and size of the given webpage and change its visibility, making it see-through if so desired. All of these settings can be changed with a few simple clicks. DesktopMagik is always there when you need it, and never in your way.
And if you need help getting started you can use DesktopMagik's built-in help system that utilizes stupidFish programming's own online help system. It's all just a click away.
Start using DesktopMagik and you may soon start to wonder how you ever managed to live with the rather boring desktop of the past.
And it's not just the movies! Since DesktopMagik uses QuickTime APIs, it can playback all files your QuickTime Player can play, that is even Macromedia Flash .swf files. So you can create amazing Flash animations that will play on your desktop. DesktopMagik makes it all possible.
New in this version:
• set desktop background images
• watch movies on your desktop
• view websites on your desktop
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.3
DesktopMagik is $12.50 shareware
For more information, visit:
http://www.stupidfish23.com/DesktopMagikinfo.php
Safari2Yahoo 1.2b Makes Safari 1.2 Use Yahoo! Instead Of Google
The developer says:
With the recent launch of the all new kick-butt Yahoo! search, I really wanted to have Safari use Yahoo! instead of Google. There have been other postings on how to do this but none have worked quite right without additional tweaking. So I have provided here a simple script with some perl pie that does the magic. As a bonus, it also changes the word "Google" in the search box when empty to say "Yahoo!".
The URL you replace the search pattern with must match the exact length of the one they compiled in. I've padded it with spaces and that works and has no ill effects that I can find. If you wanted to modify the default search parameters a little bit you would just want to make sure the length stayed the same by getting rid of the spaces. When Safari parses this search url it seems to make 3 substitutions for the 3 %@ 'variables'. The first is 'www', the second is 'search', and the third one is the query you typed in.
This has only been tested with Safari 1.2 (v125) on OS X 10.3. You can make a backup copy of Safari before doing this by right clicking (Control click) on Safari in applications and select Duplicate. When a new version of Safari comes out I will have to create a new application to do the change, but hopefully Apple will make it a preference instead. This also only works on the English version of Safari. If you use another language the change will still work, but the it will still say Google in the search field and menu.
The files that are edited are:
• /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
• /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/Browser.nib/keyedobjects.nib
• /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/MainMenu.nib/objects.nib
• /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Info.plist
System requirements:
Safari 1.2
Safari2Yahoo is freeware
For more information, visit:
http://ruminate.net/pdm/mt/os_x_tips/make_safari_12_use_yahoo_instead_of_google.html
SnapNDrag 1.3.6 Screen Capture Utility [OS 10.2 up]
SnapNDrag lets you take a screen shot by simply clicking a button and dragging the image off. Need to e-mail a screen shot? Just drag from SnapNDrag and drop it on your e-mail application. It is that simple. No funny key combinations to remember, no file conversion to deal with, no file dialog boxes to navigate, no temporary files to delete.
SnapNDrag features:
• Elegant and intuitive user interface.
• Output in JPEG, PNG or TIFF.
• JPEG compression settings.
• Localized in Korean, Japanese, German, Spanish, Polish, Italian and of course, English.
• It is FREE!
New in this version:
Automatic version checking is now optional and set to 'Off' by default.
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.2 or higher
SnapNDrag is freeware
For more information, visit:
http://www.yellowmug.com/snapndrag/
Myster PR 7.6 File Sharing System [OS 8.1 up/10.1 up]
Myster is a file sharing utility. Similar projects include Napster, Hotline and Gnutella. Myster allows you to share your files with others and download files being shared by others on the Myster Network, over the internet.
The most interesting features include:
-Zipped files are now read for relevant contents and are shared appropriately (no more need to add a .mp3 at the end of your zipped albums!!!)
-Added a bunch of new statistics: Server Statistics Window -> General Statistics Tab
-Optimized download information: Server Stats Window -> Outbound Transfers Tab
-Added AAC and and Mpeg 4 audio file support to the Music category
-Multisource Downloads are now resumable across quits, crashes and re-launches of Myster
New in this version:
1. Refactored Operator event model.. Removed another thread!!
2. Added number of search - by - hash statistic to Server Stats Window.
3. Added number of concurrent connections to Server Stats
4. Added number of pings to Server Stats.
5. Added number of connections to server stats.
6. Added uptime to server stats
7. Added ".m4a" to .mp3
8. Added the RING type.
9. Added an "is Archivable" flag to say if the type can be in an archive.
10. Re-did the TypeDescription list to add file types.
11. ".extensions" can now be configured via the typdescriptlist.mml
12. Fixed a bug where the search list was cleared TWICE.
13. Fixed bug where files downloaded to an unexpected location would not rename properly
14. Fixed bug correcting bytes transferred when downloads have an initial offset.
15. Fixed a bug causing files downloaded to a user specified location would acquire 2 ".i"s.
16. Server Stats now reports progress of downloads relative to the FILE, not current block.
17. Multi-source downloads are now resumed if Myster crashes or is quit with downloads open.
18. Guillaume added code to move the preference file location around on Linux & added an architecture to find the current working folder consistently.
19. Guillaume added some code to check INSIDE OF ZIP FILES for files that match the right types.. so if you have an ".nes" file but it's inside a .zip file, Myster will now OPEN THE ZIP FILE and find it and make it downloadable.
Myster is freeware
System requirements:
• Mac OS X 10.1 or higher or
• Mac OS 8.1 - 9.2.2
For more information, visit:
http://www.mysternetworks.com/config/main.php
VolSpace v1.1.0 Volume Space Information [OS X 10.1 up]
Volume space is a small simple Freeware program, which informs you at a glance about the current utilization of your active volumes.
New in this version:
• Watch(warn)list added
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.1 or higher
VolSpace is freeware
For more information, visit:
http://www.ralf-papenfuss.de/mac/info.html
Password Retriever 4.6 448-Bit Password Storage Utility [OS 8.6 up]
A day at the office can be especially frustrating when you just can't remember the password to the server right before giving a presentation. Password Retriever will let you store and categorise thousands of passwords for everything from your voice mail to your countless e-mail accounts.
Password Retriever offers an encrypted file format so just anyone can't go and peek in at your passwords using Text Edit. RC4 is a very secure 448 bit encryption method used in the industry. Storing your passwords on the computer versus a piece of paper will allow you to keep your mind at ease. Never again worry about where you last put that vital slip of paper.
Password Retriever provides a very sleek interface with very powerful tools. After the launch of the program you're only a double mouse click away from accessing your stored information.
New in this version:
• Enhancement: Scrolling the main list is drastically faster.
• Enhancement: Full Keyboard Access is now fully supported.
System requirements:
Mac OS 8.6 - 9.2.2, or
Mac OS X 10.0 or higher
Password Retriever is $15.95 shareware
Demo Limitations (after 15 day trial)
• Shareware Message
• Some Input Fields Disabled
For more information, visit:
http://www.koingosw.com/products/password_retriever.shtml
Splendid City Lite 3.0 Team Sports Scheduler [OS 10.2.6 up]
Splendid City (formally known as 'Advanced Team Scheduler' ) is available as a free, easy-to-use, full-featured Team Sport Scheduler and Sports Scheduling System dedicated to the volunteers who spend countless hours towards the noble cause of organized sports. Let's move those kids away from their TVs, off the streets... and into the arenas!
Download a free copy of Splendid City Lite for your specified platform from one of the following locations The links below for Windows, Linux and Unix users are distributed with bundled Java runtime environments (JRE) and are automatically configured by the installer. If you are not sure whether Java is already installed on your machine, you should download from the following group of files as it will not affect your Java installation regardless. Macintosh OS X Jaguar v10.2.6 or higher with Java 1.4.x is required to run the Mac version. Works by default with the current release, Panther v10.3 .
Older versions, ATS 7.5.2 for Classic Macintosh and ATS 7.5.3 for Mac 10.1.x users (as well as other platforms), remains available for downloading, however support for these versions is limited.
New in this version:
• Added support for Cross Divisional Scheduling where users may specify teams and the opponents they should play.
• The Scheduled Teams panel is now divided into two lists, one representing teams and their opponents. If users have selected 'Cross Divisional Confrontation' as the target schedule type in the Object Wizard Start panel, both lists are enabled for editing to allow preparation for inter-divisional scheduling where teams play only their opponents and not among themselves. Otherwise, only the 'Teams' list is editable and the 'Opponents' list becomes a mirrored representation of the teams, indicating the schedule is an intra-divisional schedule where all teams play with their own division excluding games against themselves.
• Added support for creating Practice Schedules assigning one location per team per time slot.
• For leagues who wish to de-emphasize competition for it's younger competitors, Splendid City version 3 includes a new option to exclude schedule game standings and game results when publishing completed schedules.- Added an important new 'Emergency Contact' attribute for schedule game participants.
• Added support for Moving/Copying partially completed or completed schedule(s) along with it's associated data across projects.
• Added support for Moving/Copying selected games to other schedules across or within projects.
• Added support for 'Selecting All' and De-Selecting All' games within the Schedule View interface.
• The Schedule View frame size and position is now remembered after it has been hidden and subsequently reopened making the UI more manageable and user friendly.
• Updated Splendid City help manual.
• Fixed a bug that would not update game constraint status after adjusting for objects that could not play on certain days resulting in an incorrect game time placement.
• Tested and verified to work with java JRE 1.4.2.
System requirements:
• Mac OS 10.2.6 or higher
• Java 1.4.1 or higher
Splendid City Lite is freeware
Upgrading to the Splendid City Professional distribution is $36 US, and can be unlocked from within the Lite version.
For more information, visit:
http://www.splendidcity.net/
Web Crossing Express Adds Plug-ins/Discussions
Web Crossing, Inc. has announced Web Crossing Express, a free integrated Web Crossing Web/Mail/FTP server platform, now includes a low-volume license for discussions and plug-ins.
Available immediately, Web Crossing Express provides unlimited Web, FTP and Email (POP/SMTP/IMAP) servers in Web Crossing's core integrated environment, and now includes an additional low-volume license for plug-ins or discussions. Plug-ins are available for a extensive array of functionality, such as discussions, Weblogs, RSS feeds, personal and shared calendars, WebMail, wiki web, Neurons, and more. Additional information and the Web Crossing Express download can be accessed at <http://www.webcrossing.com/expr>.
"Web Crossing Express is a powerful, integrated server platform for core site functionality," explained Tim Lundeen, president and CEO of Web Crossing, Inc. "We're excited to offer our legendary discussions and other plug-ins to go with it. We think people will really enjoy how easy it is to extend Web Crossing Express in a few clicks. Web Crossing Express can even replace administration-heavy Apache/sendmail/IIS/Exchange setups with no licensed traffic limits on fundamental Web/Mail/FTP functionality."
Essential Server Needs in One Integrated Package Built on the core Web Crossing engine, Web Crossing Express has all the robust user access controls available in Web Crossing, plus Themes to wrap HTML pages and a plug-in architecture for extensibility without programming.
With administration from any modern browser, Web Crossing Express is easy to install and manage. Web Crossing Express requires no operating-system-level user accounts, making it ultra-secure and less prone to attack.
Web Crossing Express includes its own user database and essential HTTP, HTTPS, POP/IMAP/SMTP and FTP, plus HTTP digest and basic authentication for private areas, allow/deny connection control, and high-performance full indexed search. A built in Themes Manager makes it easy to customize the look of any Web Crossing Express site.
The plug-in architecture allows the system to quickly extend without programming. Web Crossing Express also includes the WebFiles mirroring system to managing server files by mirroring them into the file system directly from a Web browser and automatically synchronizing them in real-time.
Web Crossing Express is available immediately for free as a software license only, directly from:
http://www.webcrossing.com/expr
The Web Crossing Express license now provides unlimited use of Web Crossing's core integrated Web, FTP and Email server environment, plus a 100-pageviews/day license for plug-ins or discussions. Web Crossing Express runs on Windows, Macintosh, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and other Unix operating systems. Web Crossing Express can be upgraded as needed to Web Crossing, priced on a traffic-based sliding scale model, without reinstalling.
Charles W. Moore
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