BBEdit, Mariner, Lingon

• ($200) is a maintenance release of the professional HTML and text editor for the Macintosh that fixes reported issues and adds minor interface refinements. Version 8.2.4 adds a new option in the Application preferences: "Script Menu" to turn off the built-in script menu. [Download - 14.8MB]


• Mariner Calc 5.5 and Mariner Write 3.7.1 ($40 each) are updates to the applications, introducing several feature enhancements and bug fixes. Mariner Calc adds Japanese language support, while Mariner Write fixes the print envelop dialog for the Swedish localization.


• Lingon 1.0 (free) is a graphical interface for creating launchd configuration files and controlling them through launchctl for Mac OS X Tiger. Launchd is a system daemon that is used to run scripts/programs automatically at scheduled times. [Download - 633KB]


• Disk Order 1.5.6 ($23) updates the utility for managing files, folders and archives that is designed to be a "Total Commander" equivalent for Macintosh users. Version 1.5.6 offers various omissions and bug fixes, improving stability and performance. [Download - 1.8MB]


• EarthBrowser 2.8 ($24) displays the earth with live weather, satellite overlays, clouds, earthquakes, Web cams and more. The update adds three new 500 meter-per-pixel basemaps, daily satellite overlays at full 500m resolution, and weekly sea surface temperature animations. [Download - 8MB]

by MacNN Staff