Apps: ChatFX, Who Said This?
updated 05:15 pm EDT, Fri June 2, 2006
ChatFX, Who Said This?
- ChatFX 1.1 ($20) adds special effects to video conferencing in iChat. ChatFX effects include bluescreen, distortion, 3D comic book, desktop, and more. The software combines Quartz Composer and iChat to offer a new video conferencing experience, allowing users to chat with various themes such as King Kong or Star Wars in the background. [Download - 2.9MB]
- Who Said This? 1.0 (free) is designed to make learning quotations fun. The application offers a test to identify 20 authors of 20 quotations, selecting a quote at random as the test begins. Users pick the author from a drop-down menu of ten names for each quote, and correct answers are rewarded with five points. [Download - 1.9MB]
- Kitty Spangles Solitaire 2.1 ($20) updates the collection of Solitaire games, adding French translation as well as new game types. Version 2.1 includes "Baker's Dozen," "Double Scorpion," and "RedBlack Spider" games, while improving the Solitaire player guide documentation. [Download - 8.9MB]
- Album Cover Finder 4.0.4 ($9) allows users to search for multiple album covers, track listings, reviews, artist info, and videos. The updated version can automatically add images to digital music files, offers a new user interface, provides access to six different Amazon databases, and includes a quick search feature that produces high-quality JPEGS of requested artwork as well as 36 other covers by the same artist. [Download - 3.9MB]
- Pandora 1.9.7 ($20) updates the Web spider and search agent for Mac OS X, resolving an issue with a new Google results format. Pandora 1.9.7 introduces faster keyword searches, fixes a bug when encountering an EPS file while previewing a folder, and respects the "custom icon" preference. [Download - 919KB]
