• Bare Bones Software today released , a free update to its file and folder information utility for Mac OS X, offering a more flexible interface than the Finder's "Get Info". Users can now invoke Super Get Info from within any application that supports Mac OS X Services as well as "add" and "remove" permissions using an improved interface designed for more flexible application of recursive permissions to files and folders. A 30-day demo of the $20 software is available online. [936KB]


• Purple E Software's FabGrab is a new audio and video capture Widget for Konfabulator, a shareware JavaScript runtime engine for Mac OS X. It can record audio and/or video from any QuickTime-compatible device, grab still images from a video source and save to a file, preview live video feeds in a window on your desktop, and change preview and recording dimensions. It is $10 shareware. [FG, KF]


• SereneScreen Marine Aquarium 2.0 features five new fish types and a new user interface. The five new fish include an Emperor Angelfish, Blue Ring Angelfish, Red Fin Butterfly fish, Rock Beauty Angelfish, and Squarespot Anthias, increasing the number of fish in Marine Aquarium to 26. The user interface also presents interesting facts about each fish. A demo of the $20 Mac OS X screen saver is available online. [3.0MB]


• Unsanity's FruitMenu 3.01 offers the ability to customize the Apple Menu and contextual menus by adding custom commands, folder, and other menu items. The $10 shareware for Mac OS X can display your IP within a menu, assign hotkeys to file/folders, create application-specific contextual menus, move/copy file/folders, and other advanced features. It adds an ability to specify the contextual menu popup delay for the "Click and Hold Mouse Button to Access Contextual Menu In Finder" option (for single-button mouse users). [1.0MB]


• David Stark's freeware Xkeys 1.01 (XK) allows you to "launch applications and open files and folders just by pressing a function key. Function keys can have submenus, duplicating the functionality of Fkey Expander. It can also be put on standby with a keystroke." Meanwhile, the freeware uControl 1.3.2 removes the one-handed typing feature (due to possible patent infringement) from the freeware utility that offers the ability to remap (modifier) keys, create a virtual scrollwheel on any trackpad, and offer lefties a sensible mouse. [XK, UC]

by MacNN Staff