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ohphoneX 0.1c H.323 Client For Telephony & Video Conferencing

[OS X 10.2.4 up]

ohphoneX is targeted as a simple Mac-to-Mac video conferencing and Mac-to-Phone voice only communication tool, some features will not be provided, but will be included in another application. It provides Mac-to-Mac, Mac-to-PC (NetMeeting and GnomeMeeting compatible) video conferencing, as well as Mac-to-Phone through Internet telephony providers that allow you access their H.323 call gateway.

The goal of the project is to develop a set of Internet video conferencing and telephony applications in native Mac OS X GUI (as in Cocoa or Carbon, not X11). In particular, we want to develop a set of Internet utilities so that not only you can do Mac-to-Mac video conferencing and Mac-to-Phone telephony, but also use other features such as answering machine, multi-party conferencing and so on.

Currently, H.323 is the only supported protocol, support of SIP may be added in a later date.

In short, H.323 is a protocol that enables one party to signal another party, negotiate and establish media streams, and management the streams throughout their lifetime. The other party can be another H.323 application/client, or a gateway that bridges your call into other type of network, such as the telephone network. That is, you can use an H.323 application to call a friend's application (Mac-to-Mac, Mac-to-PC), or you can use an H.323 application to call a telephony service provider's gatekeeper and bridge to PSTN network. (Mac-to-Phone)

Most users of this project use its software for Mac-to-Mac, for example, you can talk to a friend over the Internet. Some of them use it for Mac-to-Phone, but almost all of them use it through their company's H.323 gatekeeper.

For more information about ohphoneX and XMeeting project, visit

http://xmeeting.sourceforge.net/

New in this version:

• Fixed some bugs that cause 0.1b to crash on Panther (10.3).

System requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.2.4 or higher

• Audio devices for input and output (1 or 2 input/output channels)

• USB webcam or FireWire camcorder device (may require driver)

ohphoneX is freeware

For more information, visit:

http://www.xmeeting-project.net/

MacAstronomica 2.0.3 Astronomy Software

[Mac OS 8.6 /OS 10.2 up]

MacAstronomica generates sky maps at any time, from anywhere on Earth. The maps show all the planets and stars visible to the naked eye, as well as some galaxies and nebulas, the Ecliptic, meteor showers and the Milky Way. Constellations are drawn in their traditional form, and a table lists the visible objects. Win/MacAstronomica also features an Orrery that simulates the solar system, a sundial/moon dial, and a lot more. The interface is very elegant and easy to use. And finally, MacAstronomica lets you print customized sky maps.

Identifying celestial objects is simple in MacAstronomica. Simply move the mouse over any object and the object's name and basic information will appear in a tooltip. Finding objects is also very simple in Win/MacAstronomica. Using the Find command, you can specify search criteria such as the object's name and type. MacAstronomica will locate the objects that match your criteria and highlight them. The sky map may be printed and used outside, as a guide to the stars and planets. No additional equipment is needed.



New in this version:

• Native support for Mac OS X 10.3 Panther.

• Other minor enhancements.

MacAstronomica is $25.00 shareware (Edu. - $10.00)

System requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.2 up

• Mac OS 8.6 up

For more information, visit:

http://pages.infinit.net/trottier/astronomica.html

Mac Messenger 3.0a13 MSN Chat Client

{OS 9 - OS X}

Chat program that uses the MSN protocol.

New in this version:

• Bugfix in chat window when leaving windows open for a long time

• Improved "typing" and "message sent" in chat window

• See when people close your window (customizable in the preferences)

• Leave Messages

• Emoticon Menu

• Find Field

System requirements:

• Mac OS 9 - OS X

Mac Messenger is freeware

For more information, visit:

http://www.sparktech.tk/

Smart Trash 1.0.6 Enhances Mac OS X Trash

[OS X 10.1 up]

Smart Trash enhances the functions of the Mac OS X trash by adding several menu options including: selective file deletion, extensive logging, the ability to empty the trash on specific volumes, and more

New in this version:

• Fixed some bugs that caused incompatibles with Panther.

• G5 optimized.

System requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.1 or higher

Smart Trash is $15.00 shareware

For more information, visit:

http://www.hyperbolicsoftware.com/

Omnigroup Address Book Chart Builder 1.0

[OS X 10.3 up]

This add-on demonstrates the interactions possible using AppleScript with OmniGraffle and the new Address Book in Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. Scripts are included for building family trees, org charts, and relationships in a free-form chart. Where possible, pictures and email addresses from Address Book are also included in the resulting OmniGraffle document.

System requirements:

• OmniGraffle 3.02 or OmniGraffle Professional 3.02

• Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther" (which includes Address Book 3.1).

For more information, visit:

http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnigraffle/extras/

Hebrew Spelling Service 1.0.1, powered by Hspell 0.6

[OS X 10.2 up]

The Hebrew Spelling Service adds a Hebrew dictionary to Mac OS X's built-in spell checker.

Once the Hebrew Spelling Service is installed, the Hebrew dictionary can be selected and used in any application that has a standard Spelling submenu in its Edit menu, such as TextEdit, Mail or Mellel.

Features

• Seamlessly integrated with Mac OS X's built-in spell checker.

• Strictly compliant with the niqqud-less spelling rules published by the Academy of the Hebrew Language.

• Recognizes acronyms and gimatria.

• Features Hspell's vocabulary, which contains 394,833 words (when including kinuyim on verbs) based on 7462 nouns, 1533 adjectives, 5060 verb stems, and 1819 other words.

System Requirements:

The Hebrew Spelling Service requires Mac OS X 10.2 or later

For more information, visit:

http://mitzpettel.com/software/hspell.html

PDF Browser Plugin 1.2.1 Displays PDF Documents In Web Browsers

[OS X 10.1 up]

PDF Browser Plugin displays Quartz compatible PDF documents within web browsers.

With the help of PDF Browser Plugin you can view PDF documents directly in your web browser, print them, and save them to disk if you'd like to keep them.

PDF Browser Plugin can even display Postscript documents - a popular format for scientific publications (requires Mac OS X 10.3 or Ghostscript)

Features

• View Quartz compatible PDF documents within web browsers

• View Postscript documents (requires Mac OS X 10.3 or Ghostscript <IMG:lnk>)

• View embedded PDF

• Open in external viewer

• Save the PDF document from the plugin

• Saves document URL as Finder comment

• Printing

• Zoom into the document

• Mouse wheel support for scrolling and zooming in Carbon web browsers

New in 1.2.1:

• Improved compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.

• PDF Browser Plugin can now save Mac OS 9 compatible PDF documents.

• Spanish localization

(Some features not available in Mac OS X 10.1. Not all features available under all browsers.)

Internet Explorer 5 is not compatible with this version of the PDF Browser Plugin. You need to install version 0.4.

System Requirements

• Mac OS X 10.1 or later

PDF Browser Plugin is freeware

System requirements:

http://www.schubert-it.com/pluginpdf/

Ultimate Pen 1.0.2 Lets You Draw On Top Of Any App Or The Finder

[OS 10.2 up]

ltimate Pen is a new application for drawing on top of other applications. Ultimate Pen has a variety of tools to draw with in a choice of colors, and is pressure sensitive with a pen tablet. All tools have keyboard shortcuts. There is a system wide hot key so it is very easy to start drawing quickly or hide your drawing. There is also a feature called Click-Through that allows your drawing to float above the rest of the applications, while other applications are still responsive to control. You can save your drawing in a choice of file formats, and choose a background for the saved image; this allows you to save a screenshot for later use. There is a Polish translation included with the application.

Ultimate pen allows you to draw anything on top of any application. It is most useful when working with presentation software allowing you to add notes, make comments, and add illustrations on the screen. It can also be used with a group when brain storming or working out the kinks in that new project.

• Draw on almost any application at any time.

• System wide hot key to quickly show and hide your drawing.

• Tablet aware! Use pressure to affect the drawing.

• Hide the menu bar to draw seamlessly on other full screen applications.

New in this version:

• Save As command now lets you choose file format and background of image. You can save a screenshot for later use.

• Tested and verified on 10.3 (Panther).

• Fixed bug that left shadowy remains of drawing after erasing on 10.3 (Panther).

System requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2 or higher

Ultimate Pen is $19.95 demoware. You try it for twenty days (or forty launches) before purchasing it.

For more information, visit:

http://www.snowmintcs.com/

SimpleKeys 2.0b4 Sets Hotkeys To Trigger Macros And Type Text

SimpleKeys 2 is a complete rewrite of the popular f-key shortcut program. Now in addition to programing your function keys, SimpleKeys allows you to:

• Execute an action with any key combination

• Now types as fast as the recieving application can accept keystrokes

• Create Macros by combining multiple actions under a single KeyStroke

• Import and Export Settings

• Supports drag and drop of shortcuts to and from the items list. This allows you to email a shortcut to a friend, or save it for later.

• Execute AppleScripts on the files selected in the finder or using the text on the clipboard.

• Supports all special accented characters.

• Type text, including the date, the text on the clipboard, and any KeyCombo (ie. Apple-S to save a file)

• Paste text, including the date.

• Pause to wait for events to complete.

• Launch a file with the default application, or with a specific application.

System requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.1 or higher

SimpleKeys is $9.99 shareware

For more information, visit:

http://pidog.com/SimpleKeys/

RBrowserLite 3.3 FTP Client

[OS 10.2 up]

RBrowserLite provides access to files on the local host as well as remote FTP Servers with an easy-to-use graphical interface. RBrowserLite provides a uniform interface to file transfer and file related operations, greatly simplifying access and use of files on remote systems scattered across the Internet. Who is RBrowserLite for? Anybody who needs to use FTP server for downloads, backups, anything. If you work on remote systems or have to move files back and forth often, RBrowserLite can make your life a lot easier.

• RBrowserLite, the free cousin of RBrowser, is a full featured free graphic FTP client. RBrowserLite allows the user to manage/browse/transfer files on the remote host with an easy-to-use graphic interface

• Entire file trees can be moved between local and remote host, or between remote hosts by simple drag & drop

• Ability to connect to Web Hosts and public FTP sites

• Multitasking allows you to do many operations simultaneously

WORKSPACE

• Remote File System Browser using FTP

• Column, List or Icon View in all File Viewers

• Easy downloads/extracting of URL's

• Protocol Helper for browser's or other apps

• Drag and drop file transfers between Local and Remote hosts

• Drag and drop file transfers between the Finder and all RBrowserLite File Viewers

• All FTP Modes Supported: Binary, Automatic and Text

• Full connection transcript attached to every viewer

• Easy to see progress monitoring in the dock icon

• Site aliases on the desktop, with direct launch

• FTP File Transfer Restart

• Local File System Browser

• Support for Firewalls (SOCKS v4/4A)

• Full MacBinary support

• Character set translation in the browser

• Automatic display of available file system space

• Computes sizes of folders and file systems

• Inspector window displays file attributes

• Change file group, file owner (if root) and permissions

• Set Type and Creator (on HFS+ only)

• Customizable appearance

• Automatic connection configuration

• Supports all document types known to local system

• Copy, move, remove, and rename files on remote system

• Create/delete folders

• Duplicate files and folders

FILE TRANSFERS

• Drag and drop user interface to transfer files between machines

• Multiple simultaneous transfer operations



New in this version:

• 3.3: Panther native build 3.2.2: small fixes

System requirements:

3.3 Mac OSX 10.3 or higher

3.2.2 Mac OS X 10.2.x

RBrowserLite is freeware

For more information, visit:

http://www.rbrowser.com/RBrowserLite/RBrowserLite.html

MacZoom 1.2 To Meet Other Mac Users Around The World

[Mac OS 9 up/OS X 10.0 up]

MacZoom.com service is a fun and easy way to search and find Mac users near your city or worldwide.

The MacZoom utility allows you to display some infos of MacZoom in a small floating window available above all applications. Works on Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X.

Free functions:

• search Mac users in any city or any country

• exchange info with other users of your preferred application

• share your experience and tips about your peripherals

• search Mac specialists that fit your criteria

• edit and manage your profile (with a lot of info and pictures)

• send messages to any members with a private & safe system (members don't see your email)

• search users of Apple iChat AV and iSight for videoconference

• Easy two minutes signup

New in this version:

• New functions

• Install application

System requirements:

Mac OS 9 - OS X 10.0 or higher

MacZoom is freeware

For more information, visit:

http://www.maczoom.com/

DeepVacuum 0.70 Download Utility For FTP, HTTP

[OS 10.2 up]

DeepVacuum is a utility based on GNU wget command line tool. Program includes a vast number of options to fine tune your downloads through both http and ftp protocols.

DV enables you to download: whole single pages, entire sites, ftp catalogs, link lists from a text file, filtered types, ex. images.

New in this version:

• optimized for OS X systems versions: 10.1 (Puma), 10.2 (Jaguar), 10.3 (Panther)

• log view holds on position now - easier to browse when still logging

• a few PRO options added:

- time delay between downloads (fixed, random)

- log server responses

- use base URL

- exclude domains

System requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2 or higher

DeepVacuum is donationware

For more information, visit:

http://www.hexcat.com/deepvacuum/index.html

Easy Card Software For Mac OS X For Printing Your Own Greeting Cards and Envelopes

Thanksgiving/Christmas/Hanukkah/Kawanzaa is coming, give your mom a big smile by making a greeting card especially for her. Include your digital pictures of family, pets and friends. Never again buy her one of those overpriced, mass produced, commercial greeting cards again.

Birthdays - Anniversaries - Holidays - Get Well - Good Luck - Graduation Weddings - Engagements - New Born Babies - Sympathy - Thank You

So many occasions and so many friends and family. How many greeting cards do you buy in a year? Easy Card was created specially to help us all to easily and inexpensively create greeting cards. Easy Card solves the age old dilemma of mankind by making it easy to give a birthday card at the last minute to a close friend and:

- without having to drive 20 miles in the rain to get it.

- give one which actually expresses your real feelings and sentiments and not those of some writer at Hallmark.

- that contains your own digital photography, art and unique fonts.

- which makes envelopes just the right size (patented technology) and prints them (with address) out. No more searching for an envelope that fits.

- send via email allows you to send the card thousands of miles at the last moment or hopefully sooner and get it there before its too late.

- without having to pay $$ for a card that does not really capture your feelings.

Create and send professional quality greeting cards for all occasions, right from your home computer. Send your greeting cards via regular surface mail or via e-mail. Use the built in envelope system to create envelopes for your cards, when sending via surface mail.

There are 3 ways to use Easy Card.

1. Download a beautiful ready made card from within Easy Card.

2. Use a template of your own.

3. Create a greeting from scratch.

If you choose to create a greeting card from scratch you can use your own graphics, photographs, scans or download pictures from within Easy Card, using the "Get Picture" option. When you have a picture you can then apply a series of effects to that picture, including but not limited to rotation, inverse and grayscale. Writing the message is just as easy. Choose from a selection of pre-written messages or compose your own. Spice up your messages by using the standard bold, italic, underline and easy card's shadow, outline or caption. Change the color and choose the font using a font selector that shows what the font looks like before using it.

One of Easy Card's patented abilities is creating perfectly fitting envelopes for your greeting cards. You can customize the envelope in the same way you customize the sections of the card, you can also place your address on the envelope as the return address. Mac OS X users can choose the recipients address from the Apple Address Book.

Download it here:

http://scriptsoftware.com/ecc/

KavaSoft releases iTunes Catalog 1.0

KavaSoft, the creator of iConquer, has announced iTunes Catalog 1.0 for Mac OS X. iTunes Catalog creates web catalogs of your iTunes music library, displays the cover artwork for each album, and copies album artwork into iTunes.

iTunes Catalog can create HTML catalogs of your music with the same brushed-metal look as iTunes, complete with the cover artwork. It can also create catalogs in text, PDF, or XML format.

iTunes Catalog can add album artwork to all the music in your iTunes library in one click, automating a process that otherwise takes hours to complete manually. It can also create custom icons for your music in the Finder.

Besides displaying your music collection, HTML catalogs let you play music, find song lyrics, search Google for artist info, and buy music from the iTunes Music Store or Amazon.com.

iTunes Catalog costs US$9.99, and you can try the the program on part of your library for free. You can purchase iTunes Catalog using secured online payment through PayPal or Kagi. Most major currencies are accepted.

Website:

http://www.kavasoft.com/iTunesCatalog/

Examples:

http://www.kavasoft.com/iTunesCatalog/examples/

Download:

http://www.kavasoft.com/iTunesCatalog.dmg

Budget Updated to 4.3.1 for MacOS X

Budget version 4.3.1 includes an income allocation method that allows users to easily set up their envelopes to pay regular bills. There are also several bug fixes for minor problems.

Budget is a powerful but simple to use personal finance tool that has been developed over the last five years and used by thousands of consumers around the world. Budget allows users to obligate their money for future expenses, track where they've spent their money in the past, and stick to a budget. The product can also track a stock portfolio, help balance a checkbook, and print checks on any printer. With its integrated long term planning capabilities.

System requirements:

This version of Budget has been tested and verified on 10.3; the minimum system requirement is 10.1.

The new version is a free upgrade for all current customers and is available to new customers for a price of US$29.95. Potential customers can "try before they buy" by downloading the application from:

http://www.snowmintcs.com/

Icy Juice 0.9d10 ICQ Client

[OS X 10.1 up]

Icy Juice is a Cocoa-based ICQ client for Mac OS X. It supports multiple accounts.

New in this version:

• Fixed frequent crashes under Mac OS X v10.3 Panther

System requirements:

Mac OS X 10.1 or higher

Icy Juice is freeware

For more information, visit:

http://www.mitzpettel.com/software/icyjuice.html

iMakeHTML 1.3.2 HTML Editor

[OS X 10.1.2 up]

iMakeHTML is a step-up from writing HTML in SimpleText. It can generate HTML for many tags including text, images, tables, and even Quicktime movies. It also has a convenient preview in browser function, and a multi-document interface that allows easy site coding.

New in this version:

• Fixed a bug that prevented users from opening files

• Added templates

System requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.1.2 or Higher

iMakeHTML is $20.00 shareware

For more information, visit:

http://home.comcast.net/~aarpodo/imakehtml.html

DoubleCommand 1.4.4b6 Remaps Function Keys

[OS X 10.1 up]

DoubleCommand is a Mac OS X kernel extension that lets you remap certain keys to certain other keys. It started out as a quick way to turn the Enter key into a Command key, but is now far more powerful than ever before. Why would you want to do this? Well, on my PowerBook G3 there is an Enter key to the right of the space bar - where I would really rather have a Command (Apple) key. So now I can! Many people have emailed and requested different key changes, so now DoubleCommand allows you to choose from several key mappings. For the full feature listing look at the install page.

DoubleCommand started out as a hack of iJect, which was generously GPL'd by Christian Starkjohann. So go check out the great software he makes over at Objective Development [url=http://www.obdev.at]http://www.obdev.at[/url]

As a result, DoubleCommand is released under v2 of the GPL. Please read the file Licence.txt for more information.

New in this version:

• This new beta fixes the bug with forward delete in Office, fixes a bug with home and end keys, and adds support for function key swapping on more PowerBook keyboards.

System requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.1 or higher

If you want the extra Command key feature under Classic Mac OS (8 or 9) you could go here:

http://www.resexcellence.com/hack_html_99/07-02-99.shtml

or here:

http://www.macmilitia.com/how-to/ibookhack.shtml for resedit hacks,

or here:

http://www.opus.plugin.ch/freeware/sk/

for more friendly software.

DoubleCommand is freeware

For more information, visit:

http://doublecommand.sourceforge.net/

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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