Apps: MapSpinner, PDFpen, Nano, iCalamus

• MapSpinner 1.0 ($15) is a Web authoring utility that offers an easy-to-use "what you see is what you get" means to edit HTML image maps without writing code. Users can save image maps created in MapSpinner directly as HTML documents, or paste them into existing HTML documents. The software also features a new map wizard, layout helpers, image zoom functionality, a browser preview, and more. [Download - 706KB]


• PDFpen 3.1.1 ($50) is a $25 upgrade to the PDF editing tool for Mac OS X. The latest release enables users to start editing quicker by remembering zoom level and page position of previously opened documents. PDFpenPro 3.1.1 was also released, which can create PDF forms in addition to all of the PDF editing functionality found in PDFpen. PDFpenPro 3.1.1 respects default font size preferences when creating form fields. [Download - 7.1MB]


• Nano 1.3 (free) enhances the open-source C++ framework for developing high-performance applications that run on Mac OS X systems. The latest revision includes substantial performance improvements, offering automatic copy-on-write behavior for CoreFoundation objects and tuning performance-critical classes such as NBitVector. The update also features more than 70 bug fixes and improvements. [Download - 5MB]


• BurnAgain DVD 1.1 ($25) signals a major upgrade to the software that supports using a DVD+RW, CDR, or CD+RW like a hard disk. BurnAgain DVD adds files to a disk several times without creating multiple volumes and without erasing files in a platform independent way, and preserves all HFS-specific attributes such as resource forks. Version 1.1 brings improved performance, as well as better handling of aliases and German localization. [Download - 1.3MB]


• Syncro SVN Client 2.3 ($60 with 1-year of maintenance) updates the Subversion client, allowing users to quickly discover what happened in a project or what a user worked on during a given period of time. Syncro SVN Client 2.3 also improves integration with bug tracking tools, and adds application global ignores for universioned resources displayed in the Working Copy view. [Download - 11.3MB]


• iCalamus 1.07 ($175) is publishing software for Mac OS X. iCalamus 1.07 comes with a new plug-in called Photographerbook that is usable for typesetting and purchasing photobooks in various versions directly in iCalamus. Further improvements include a Document Template Manager, the ability to use custom Exception Dictionaries for optimized hyphenation of texts, and the ability to enter RGB color values as percentage, integer, or hexadecimal values. [Download - 22.8MB]

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