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Shareware Beat - Friday, December 3, 2004
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Free Open Source Web Publishing Tool Nvu Now Available at Nvu.com
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0rc1 Mozilla Email Client [OS X]
WindowDragon 1.0b2 Lets You Drag Windows By Clicking Anywhere [OS 10.2 up]
Apple Security Update OS X 10.3.6
Apple Security Update for OS X 10.2.8
File Buddy 8.0.6 Desktop & File/Folder Editing & Task Tool [OS X 10.3 up]
Christmas Image Set 1.0 Mail Factory Add-on With Christmas Designs [OS 10.2 up] [/url]
]Full Color Bossa Screensaver Shows Beautiful Colors [OS 10.2 up]
Renicer 1.2.8 Graphical Tool To Automatically Set Process Priorities [OS X 10.1 up]
Free Open Source Web Publishing Tool Nvu Now Available at Nvu.com
Nvu, the free, easy-to-use Web editor and authoring system for desktop Linux, Macintosh and Microsoft Windows users, was released yesterday in beta version in advance of the forthcoming Nvu 1.0 product sponsored by Linspire, Inc. Nvu gives non-technical computer users the power to create, edit and publish professional, attractive Web sites, much like Microsoft FrontPage or Macromedia Dreamweaver. Based on Mozilla Internet technology and Netscape Composer, the tool allows users to easily author and manage rich Web documents without programming or HTML coding. Nvu 1.0 beta is available for free download at:
http://www.nvu.com
Nvu is a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) HTML editor, which means users can create Web pages as easily as they would type a word processing document -- complete with font pickers and paragraph and table controls. Instead of typing in HTML code and guessing what the published Web site may look like, Nvu allows users to constantly see how their site will look even before it is posted online. While the user works in a friendly, visual environment much like a word processor, Nvu creates the HTML code in the background -- code which can easily be viewed or directly edited using Nvu's tabs. Publishing pages to a Web site is accomplished with one click using Nvu's FTP Site Management feature.
Because users can quickly toggle between the WYSIWYG editing mode and the HTML code mode, Nvu is also ideal for more advanced users or those wishing to learn HTML programming, as they can easily observe the interaction between the HTML code and what will actually appear in the Web browser. To see more features of Nvu, visit:
http://www.nvu.com
Linspire, Inc., producer of the popular desktop Linux operating system, started the Nvu project as a complement to the other desktop Linux Web browsers and tools offered by the leading open source innovator Mozilla. Nvu was created from the code base of Netscape Composer, one of the most successful first-generation WYSIWYG Web editors.
Mozilla was broken off from Netscape after Netscape was acquired by AOL. The Mozilla group continued development of an open source Internet suite, pouring most of their efforts into browsers and email programs. Their work has recently resulted in Firefox, a hugely successful Internet browser, and the soon-to-be-released Thunderbird email program. Since most of Mozilla's efforts were going into the development of Firefox and Thunderbird, there were less resources available for advancing a Web authoring tool based on Netscape Composer. Linspire contributed to this part of the project by providing more development resources and capital to the Composer-based product -- renamed Nvu -- to round out the Mozilla Internet suite.
"Mozilla has done phenomenal work developing a Web suite with alternatives to Microsoft, including the Firefox browser and soon, the Thunderbird email program. But there was a void in developing a Web publishing tool, which is why we adopted the Nvu project," said Michael Robertson, CEO of Linspire, Inc. "Our hope is that Nvu will compete with FrontPage just like Firefox competes with Internet Explorer."
Nvu is available in many different languages, including English, Italian, Russian, and Chinese. The cross-platform Web editor works on numerous operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Apple OSX, OS/2, FreeBSD, Linspire, and many Linux-based systems. Since Nvu 1.0 is a beta version, Linspire would appreciate community feedback on the product -- to submit a comment or suggestion, email
For more information, visit:
http://www.linspire.com
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0rc1 Mozilla Email Client [OS X]
Thunderbird is Mozilla's next generation email client. Thunderbird makes emailing safer, faster, and easier than ever before with the industry's best implementations of features such as intelligent spam filters, a built-in spell checker, extension support, and much more.
Smartest Way to Stop Junk Mail
Thunderbird provides the most effective tools for detecting junk mail. Our tools analyze your e-mail and identify those that are most likely to be junk. You can automatically have your junk mail deleted or you can put it in a folder you specify, just in case you like reading junk mail.
Your Mail, Your Way
View your e-mail the way you want it. Access your e-mail with Thunderbird's new three-column view. Customize your toolbar, change its look with themes, and use Mail Views to quickly sort through your e-mail.
Safe and Secure
Thunderbird provides enterprise and government grade security features such as S/MIME, digital signing, message encryption, support for certificates and security devices.
Packed with Features
Thunderbird gives you IMAP/POP support, support for HTML mail, saved search folders, message grouping, labels, quick search, RSS, smart addressbook, return receipts, advanced message filtering, LDAP address completion, import tools, powerful search, and the ability to manage multiple e-mail and newsgroup accounts.
Unlimited Features
Thunderbird lets you add additional features as you need them through extensions. Extensions are a powerful tool to help you build a mail client that meets your specific needs.
In addition to the feature set found in Mozilla Mail, Thunderbird has several new features and improvements to make your mail and new experience better. Highlights include:
• The ability to customize your toolbars the way you want them. Choose View / Toolbars / Customize inside any window.
• UI extensions can be added to Mozilla Thunderbird to customize your experiene with specific features and enchancements that you need. Support for extensions. Extensions allow you to add features particular to your needs such as offline mail support. A full list of available extensions can be found here.
• A new look and feel. Thunderbird also supports a large number of downloadable themes which alter the appearance of the client.
• An addressing sidebar for mail compose which makes it easy and convient to add address book contacts to emails.
• Online help includes a FAQ, tips and tricks and other useful information.
• Simplified preferences UI and menus.
• Footprint and performance improvements.
New in this version:
Lots of bug fixes and improvements for features like saved search folders, the RSS reader, mail migration, and message grouping. The default themes have both been updated with new improved artwork as well.
System requirements:
• Mac OS X 10.0 or higher
Mozilla Thunderbird is freeware
For more information, visit:
http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/
WindowDragon 1.0b2 Lets You Drag Windows By Clicking Anywhere [OS 10.2 up]
WindowDragon allows you to move windows by clicking and dragging anywhere within the window structure. It also allows you to move all of an application's windows at once.
WindowDragon requires Unsanity's Application Enhancer in order to function. If you do not have Application Enhancer installed on your system, it can be downloaded from http://www.unsanity.com/haxies/ape
WindowDragon is configured from the APE Manager preference pane. To access the WindowDragon configuration window, choose System Preferences from the Apple Menu, click on the APE Manager icon, and choose WindowDragon from the Application Enhancers list on the left side of the window.
Clicking the "Drag Anywhere" checkbox toggles the feature on and off. To set the desired mouse and modifier key combination to be used for Drag Anywhere functionality, hold the modifiers down and click the box next to the "Drag Anywhere" text with the appropriate mouse button. The box will be updated to reflect your new settings.
Clicking the "Bring Window to Front" checkbox allows you to toggle between WindowDragon's two window dragging behaviors. If "Bring Window to Front" is enabled, the window that is being dragged will become the front window. If the feature is turned off, the window will not be brought forward. Holding down the command key while using "Drag Anywhere" will use the alternate behavior.
The "Drag All" feature is similar to "DragAnywhere" except that it allows you to drag all of an application's windows at once.
Clicking the "Exclude List" tab in the preference window will allow you to specify applications that you don't want WindowDragon to affect.
New in this version:
- Added "Drag All" functionality.
- Allow user to choose whether dragged windows are brought to front by default.
- Performance increase for Cocoa apps.
- Fixed a bug that could cause windows in Carbon apps to jump to a new location when initially clicked on.
- Carbon windows can no longer be dragged above the menu bar (on the main screen) or the top of the screen (on all other screens).
- Expire date extended to January 10, 2005.
Known issues:
- Cocoa applications are incorrectly activated if the primary mouse button (Mouse 1) is used for the Drag Anywhere feature.
- It is not currently possible to use the Drag Anywhere feature with windows in Apple's X11 program.
- WindowDragon preference pane may have problems displaying under Mac OS X 10.2.
- Some Carbon windows (e.g. Finder windows) can still be dragged partially above the menu bar.
- Drag All can act kind of funky if a sheet is being displayed in one of the dragged windows.
- A crash occurs if windows are closed while being dragged (via cmd-w or similar) in Cocoa in apps.
- WindowDragon needs an installer.
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.2 or higher
For more information, visit:
http://homepage.mac.com/tconkling/windowdragon/
Apple Security Update OS X 10.3.6
This update delivers a number of security enhancements and is recommended for all Macintosh users. This update includes the following components:
Apache
AppKit
HIToolbox
Kerberos
Postfix
PSNormalizer
Safari
Terminal
For detailed information on SHA 1 Digest, please visit this website: http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n75510
For detailed information on Security Updates, please visit this website: http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n61798
Version: 2004-12-02 v.1.0 (Mac OS X 10.3.6 Client)
File Size: 16MB
System Requirements
— Mac OS X
— Mac OS X 10.3.6 Client
Download
Apple Security Update for OS X 10.2.8
This update delivers a number of security enhancements and is recommended for all Macintosh users. This update includes the following components:
Apache
AppKit
Kerberos
Safari
Additionally, Security Update 2004-08-09 and Security Update 2004-09-07 have been incorporated into this security update.
SHA 1=9b6e9a63272a9faf77a173a24536b6d4db380edb
For detailed information on SHA 1 Digest, please visit this website: http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n75510
For detailed information on Security Updates, please visit this website: http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n61798
Version: 2004-12-02 v.1.0 (Mac OS X 10.2.8 Client)
File Size: 15.6MB
System requirements:
• Mac OS X 10.2.8 (separate versions for iChat 1.0 and AV 2.0)
Download
File Buddy 8.0.6 Desktop & File/Folder Editing & Task Tool [OS X 10.3 up]
File Buddy 8 is a powerful and popular high-level file utility available for use with Mac OS X 10.3. File Buddy 8 has been optimized for Panther, adds an administrator mode, and much more.
New in File Buddy 8
• A new Administrator Mode
• ViewersÂ? for viewing the content of files in the List and Info windows
• Customizable toolbars
• A redesigned, resizeable Info window
• New and more flexible renaming options
• A redesigned Broken Aliases window for easier use
• A QuickViewÂ? menu for instantly viewing standard system folders in a List window
• A new contextual menu plug-in with more commands
• Droplets have been reengineered and new droplets can be created
• QuickNotesÂ? provide simple feedback
• Optimized for Panther (requires Mac OS X 10.3 or later)
For working with files and folders such as:
• View and edit a wide range of file and folder information.
• Create droplet applications that automatically apply changes to items dropped on them, including the contents of folders.
• Find files and folders using an extensive set of search criteria. Enhance file searches with plug-ins that extend file search capabilities. Conveniently perform a wide variety of actions on found items. Make File Buddy your default file finding application using the File Buddy CP control panel.
• Modify the names of multiple files at once. For example, remove ".txt" from the names of a group of files.
• Use contextual menus to accomplish many tasks in a single step. Contextual menus are supported on all versions of the Macintosh operating systems.
• Create custom icons: from PICTs on the clipboard; from other icons; for folders using a variety of templates; with blank icons; using only small icons.
• Create aliases.
• Find empty files and folders, orphaned files, duplicate files, broken aliases, and unused preference files.
• Automatically repair broken aliases
• Rebuild the desktop file.
• Move, delete, and copy files. Even copy invisible files and use the Replace Different option to skipping copying files that already exist.
• Delete data and resource forks from files.
• Erase files and unused disk space.
• Create snapshots that can be used to track the changes on a disk, such as files installed by an installer. Use snapshots to uninstall applications.
New in this version:
• When one or more items was dragged from a List window to a folder or window in the Finder, the Finder was ignoring the first item. It's a bug in the Finder and we've found a way to work around it.
• Fixed a problem which was causing creators to be removed from the Info window's Creator pop-up menu.
• The Erase menu item in the Select Action window's pop-up menu would open an Info window instead of erasing the dropped items. Fixed.
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.3 or higher
File Buddy 7.6 is available for Mac OS 9/CarbonLib 1.5 or higher and Mac OS X 10.1-10.2.8. File Buddy 7 is no longer sold as a separate product
File Buddy is $39.95 shareware
For more information, visit:
http://www.skytag.com/filebuddy/
Christmas Image Set 1.0 Mail Factory Add-on With Christmas Designs [OS 10.2 up]
Christmas Image Set is a collection of Christmas-style designs of envelopes, mailing labels and postcards for Mail Factory. It inlcudes a dozen of cool designs for each envelope, label or poscard size, and about 60 designer-quality clipart images. Use it to create unique Christmas greetings for your colleagues, partners, relatives and friends! Note: Christmas Image Set works exclusively with Mail Factory - the software for creating envelopes, mailing labels and postcards. You can download a free trial of Mail Factory at [url=http://www.belightsoft.com/mailfactory]http://www.belightsoft.com/mailfactory[/url]
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.2 or later
Mail Factory software
Christmas Image Set is freeware
For more information, visit:
http://belightsoft.fileburst.com/mailfactory/MFChristmasSet.dmg
Full Color Bossa Screensaver Shows Beautiful Colors [OS 10.2 up]
A private beach colored in natural hues. How would you like a desktop that is bursting with primary colors?
New in this version:
• Japanese Traditional Color added.
• Japanese beach.Japanese Traditional Color added.
• Japanese beach.
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.2 or later,
Helvetica Font.
Japanese Font (Hiragino Mincho)
Full Color Bossa is $7.00 shareware
For more information, visit:
http://www.zugakousaku.com/e/
Renicer 1.2.8 Graphical Tool To Automatically Set Process Priorities [OS X 10.1 up]
The Unix underpinnings of Mac OS X allow users to assign priorities to processes with the Renice command. Higher priority processes get more CPU time and vice versa. The downside is that you have to use the terminal, and you have to know the renice syntax, process ID's, etc. Wouldn't it be nice to automatically adjust application priorities on the fly? Renicer is designed to run in the background, and automatically prioritizes whatever application is in front. It also ups the priority of the Finder, Dock, and Window Server. Renicer is designed to be simple enough for novices, yet flexible enough for the power user.
Features
Attractive, easy to use interface.
Simple set and forget operation.
Automatically raises priority of frontmost application.
Increases priority of the Finder, Dock, and Window Server.
User adjustable priority levels.
Maintains log of priority changes.
Maintains list of applications that get reduced priority.
Maintains list of applications that get increased priority.
Priority levels are automatically adjusted whenever apps launch.
Renicer is application based for convenience and stability.
All changes are removed when Renicer quits (default).
All changes can persist if Renicer quits (optional).
Illustrated Documentation.
System requirements:
Mac OS X version 10.1 or higher
Renicer is $7.95 shareware
For more information, visit:
http://www.northernsoftworks.com/renicer.html
Charles W. Moore
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