Apps: GraffitiButton, VuMan, Lux Delux

GraffitiButton 3.0 ($50) enhances the button class for the REALbasic integrated development environment, offering 30 custom and standard button styles in REALbasic applications. Version 3.0 boasts performance increases, improved stability, a global registration system, additional styles, and REALbasic 2006R3+ compliance. The update requires REALbasic 2006R3 or later running on any R3-compatible version of Mac OS X. [Download - 149KB]

VuMan 1.0 ($20) is a page viewer for Mac OS X designed to be user-friendly and versatile. The application allows users to link a number of UNIX command-line tools together to make searching, reading, and printing man page documentation a simple task. Version 1.0 is a Universal Binary offering native performance on both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs, as well as improved portability running as both a native Aqua application and as a Unix-style X11 application. The Unix/X11 version is available for free. [Download - Aqua Form, Free X11 ]

Lux Delux 5.4 ($25) is a game of strategy and domination inspired by the board game Risk, placing players in control of armies to conquer and hold strategic countries to take over the world. Version 5.4 adds an improved plug-in manager, improved networked games support, a new info button on the map window, and offers a fix for saving games. Lux Delux 5.4 requires Mac OS X 10.2 or later. [Download - 8.3MB]

Encryptor 2.5b ($80) allows users to secure FileMaker data, share medical data over the internet, and verify the correctness of important text. The software also supports compression of large texts, encrypts text or container fields, verifies data integrity as well as sources, and make documents readable only by user selection. The Universal plug-in runs natively on PowerPC as well as Intel Macs, features compatibility with FileMaker Pro 8.5, and updates the User Guide for version 2.5. [Download - 1.5MB]

RAW Developer 1.5.2 ($price) is a RAW image conversion application designed specifically for advanced photographers using Mac OS X. Version 1.5.2 adds support for more than 10 new camera models including the Nikon D2Xs, Sony Alpha DSLR-A100, Pentax K100D and K110D; and expanded support for digital backs from Leaf, Sinar, Hasselblad/Imacon and Phase One. The software also offers direct use of embedded ICC profiles from RAW files; support for export of 16 bits/channel and EXIF metadata for Photoshop file format export; and improved performance of TIFF files. RAW Developer 1.5.2 requires Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later. [Download - 4.3MB]