Apps: PAD Editor, Browseback, Imagewell

• Apimac PAD Editor 1.0.1 (free) is a PAD (Portable Application Description) file editor, helping software authors to provide product descriptions and specifications to online sources in a standardized fashion. The application is fully XML compliant, and uses a "smart engine" to directly obtain information about PAD files from the PAD specification XML file. Information retrieved includes names, descriptions, field length, allowed characters, and format. [Download - 1.8MB]


• Browseback 1.1 ($30) updates the visual Web history tool, allowing users to search by date or with Spotlight. Browseback stores a PDF of every Web page visited, and makes the copies accessible through a unique interface. The application offers the ability to surf thumbnails in browser history, or users can search history using keywords. The software allows export of Web pages as PDFs to save or share via email, and can quickly retrieve a site that was discovered weeks before. [Download - 3.4MB]


• Imagewell 2.1 (free) is image editing software designed to quickly manipulate and upload images to remote locations such as .Mac accounts and FTP servers. Imagewell allows users to resize, crop, or shape images, and can add watermarks, borders or drop shadows. The update offers native support for Intel-based Macs, and provides Dutch localization. Version 2.1 also incorporates new "Random Filename Generator" and "Send to Folder" features. [Download - 467KB]


• BeerAlchemy 1.1 ($30) is designed to help homebrewers create great beer. The application attempts to take the drudgery out of recipe formulation, and keeps track of recipes for users. The update introduces native support for Intel Macs, and can import recipes in the open BeerXML format. The update also includes "a novel approach" to ingredient shopping, and offers Skype support so that users can phone favorite establishments. [Download - 2.9MB]


• Advanced Web Ranking 4.5 ($60) performs checks on a website's position with all major search engines. The application can query over 700 search engines and quickly discover if a site is moving up or down in the rankings, and can track the progress of rankings over time as well as display graphical or tabular reports. Version 4.5 changes the database format to SQL, and compresses information retrieved from search engines when possible. [Download - 13.5MB]


• PM2Q6 1.3 ($200) is an XTensions module designed to import Adobe PageMaker files into a QuarkXPress 5.0 document easily and efficiently. Version 1.3 supports conversion of PageMaker files to QuarkXPress 5.0 for the following items: Layers, runaround on all sides from the obstruction object, runaround path that doesn’t match the box, and Pantone Hexachrome. PM2Q5 also displays QuarkXPress 5.0's missing font dialog, enabling users to replace fonts.

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