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Friday, July 12, 2002
NetNewsWire Lite public beta
- NetNewsWire is an easy-to-use news reader for web sites. It reads RSS files and uses a familiar three-paned interface - like that of Outlook Express or Mailsmith - to display websites and their news. It doesn't appear to be scriptable but finding AppleScript related news should be much easier! Now I just need to make the move to OS X as my main OS.
10:03:47 PM
Satimage osax X v2.4.2
- The Satimage Scripting Addition (or "Satimage osax") is an extension to the AppleScript language. Features offered by the Satimage osax include: Basic commands on strings, lists and records, commands for reading and writing resources, a library of math functions, a framework for performing fast computations on list of real numbers and regular expressions. Version changes: New "reversearray" command. Same as AppleScript's "reverse", but much faster on long lists or real numbers.
9:37:53 PM
Smile X v2.4.3
- Smile is a script editor for AppleScript that features several levels of usage for beginners through experts and developers. This release includes various bug fixes and enhancements. [release notes]
9:33:54 PM
iView MediaPro v1.5r3
- iView MediaPro can be used as a media browser and organizer, media presentation system, or as a drag-and-drop palette side by side with your favorite media editor, multimedia scripting system, or HTML authoring application. [release notes] The release notes don't appear to reflect this release.
8:08:42 PM
OmniGraffle v2.0.5
- OmniGraffle helps you draw diagrams, family trees, flow charts, org charts, layouts, and other directed or non-directed graphs. [version history] The version history doesn't appear to reflect this release.
7:57:08 PM
Web Jumper 2.0
- Web Jumper is an OS X application that provides a single floating window with a search button, a text field and a popup menu of possible search engines. Enter search criteria and Web Jumper automatically enters a query at the chosen search engine using the input text. Version changes include 19 additional search engine options (34 total), user preferences and a new "Recent Searches" feature.
7:48:16 PM
PageSentry v4.1fc1
- PageSentry monitors crucial Internet services. Among the numerous changes in this version: Various "file open" features, for example the "Open Anything" and AppleEvent Notifier actions, have been rewritten for OS X and should now always work as expected. A new option has been added to automatically run a cleanup script on a daily basis. The script can perform routine maintenance (log rolling, etc.) but is primarily intended to perform a periodic PageSentry Mac restart, clearing out Open Transport, the file system, PageSentry itself, and other system components.
4:57:15 PM
Microsoft Outlook Express v5.0.5 for Mac OS 8.1 to 9.x
- OE is Microsoft's scriptable email client and newsreader application. Version changes: Includes support for MSN Web mail accounts and resolves all security vulnerabilities in previous versions of Outlook Express 5. This includes vulnerabilities that might have caused Outlook Express to stop responding or caused a memory problem that compromised the security of the computer.
4:37:28 PM
Presentation Prompter v3.0.4
- Presentation Prompter is a teleprompter with features such as support for fully styled text, multiple monitors, image prompting, mirror prompting, full screen setups, auto-openers to queue complex presentations, AppleScript functions, unlimited keypoints, and even remote control features. Version changes: Fixed size submenu not editing proper selection. Fixed font submenu not editing proper selection. Changed mirror-prompting menu command to Command+Shift+M so it would not conflict with minimize window.
4:32:06 PM
O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference set for September 30, 2002
- The conference, which will be held in Santa Clara, CA, is designed to let Unix people and Mac people learn from each other, and to let both learn from the people who're pushing the envelope, using the new Mac as a platform for building the future. Apple's Sal Soghoian will be among the speakers, with two AppleScript tutorials slated - Tutorial: AppleScript I and Tutorial: AppleScript II.
1:25:46 PM
ScriptBuilders News
- Updates: Drop 'n Mail 2.0
11:53:37 AM
OnTime v1.1
- OnTime allows OS X users to create reminders that will play sounds, run macros, or run applications when they come due. Version changes: Improved sorting capabilities, better sound capability, and various internal enhancements.
10:59:37 AM
SuperCard OS X version is on its way
- According to this MacCentral article, the new owners of SuperCard have announced that an OS X version is in the works. SuperCard is a rapid application development environment which provides support for Apple's Appearance Manager, Drag and Drop, Color, multiple windows (including dialogs and palettes), QuickTime and QTVR, Speech Recognition, AppleScript, and much more.
9:23:56 AM
- NetNewsWire is an easy-to-use news reader for web sites. It reads RSS files and uses a familiar three-paned interface - like that of Outlook Express or Mailsmith - to display websites and their news. It doesn't appear to be scriptable but finding AppleScript related news should be much easier! Now I just need to make the move to OS X as my main OS.
10:03:47 PM
Satimage osax X v2.4.2
- The Satimage Scripting Addition (or "Satimage osax") is an extension to the AppleScript language. Features offered by the Satimage osax include: Basic commands on strings, lists and records, commands for reading and writing resources, a library of math functions, a framework for performing fast computations on list of real numbers and regular expressions. Version changes: New "reversearray" command. Same as AppleScript's "reverse", but much faster on long lists or real numbers.
9:37:53 PM
Smile X v2.4.3
- Smile is a script editor for AppleScript that features several levels of usage for beginners through experts and developers. This release includes various bug fixes and enhancements. [release notes]
9:33:54 PM
iView MediaPro v1.5r3
- iView MediaPro can be used as a media browser and organizer, media presentation system, or as a drag-and-drop palette side by side with your favorite media editor, multimedia scripting system, or HTML authoring application. [release notes] The release notes don't appear to reflect this release.
8:08:42 PM
OmniGraffle v2.0.5
- OmniGraffle helps you draw diagrams, family trees, flow charts, org charts, layouts, and other directed or non-directed graphs. [version history] The version history doesn't appear to reflect this release.
7:57:08 PM
Web Jumper 2.0
- Web Jumper is an OS X application that provides a single floating window with a search button, a text field and a popup menu of possible search engines. Enter search criteria and Web Jumper automatically enters a query at the chosen search engine using the input text. Version changes include 19 additional search engine options (34 total), user preferences and a new "Recent Searches" feature.
7:48:16 PM
PageSentry v4.1fc1
- PageSentry monitors crucial Internet services. Among the numerous changes in this version: Various "file open" features, for example the "Open Anything" and AppleEvent Notifier actions, have been rewritten for OS X and should now always work as expected. A new option has been added to automatically run a cleanup script on a daily basis. The script can perform routine maintenance (log rolling, etc.) but is primarily intended to perform a periodic PageSentry Mac restart, clearing out Open Transport, the file system, PageSentry itself, and other system components.
4:57:15 PM
Microsoft Outlook Express v5.0.5 for Mac OS 8.1 to 9.x
- OE is Microsoft's scriptable email client and newsreader application. Version changes: Includes support for MSN Web mail accounts and resolves all security vulnerabilities in previous versions of Outlook Express 5. This includes vulnerabilities that might have caused Outlook Express to stop responding or caused a memory problem that compromised the security of the computer.
4:37:28 PM
Presentation Prompter v3.0.4
- Presentation Prompter is a teleprompter with features such as support for fully styled text, multiple monitors, image prompting, mirror prompting, full screen setups, auto-openers to queue complex presentations, AppleScript functions, unlimited keypoints, and even remote control features. Version changes: Fixed size submenu not editing proper selection. Fixed font submenu not editing proper selection. Changed mirror-prompting menu command to Command+Shift+M so it would not conflict with minimize window.
4:32:06 PM
O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference set for September 30, 2002
- The conference, which will be held in Santa Clara, CA, is designed to let Unix people and Mac people learn from each other, and to let both learn from the people who're pushing the envelope, using the new Mac as a platform for building the future. Apple's Sal Soghoian will be among the speakers, with two AppleScript tutorials slated - Tutorial: AppleScript I and Tutorial: AppleScript II.
1:25:46 PM
ScriptBuilders News
- Updates: Drop 'n Mail 2.0
11:53:37 AM
OnTime v1.1
- OnTime allows OS X users to create reminders that will play sounds, run macros, or run applications when they come due. Version changes: Improved sorting capabilities, better sound capability, and various internal enhancements.
10:59:37 AM
SuperCard OS X version is on its way
- According to this MacCentral article, the new owners of SuperCard have announced that an OS X version is in the works. SuperCard is a rapid application development environment which provides support for Apple's Appearance Manager, Drag and Drop, Color, multiple windows (including dialogs and palettes), QuickTime and QTVR, Speech Recognition, AppleScript, and much more.
9:23:56 AM