http://www.macnn.com/articles/03/11/04/apps:.xback,/
Apps: xBack, PageSpinner, Mergemill, Fracture
updated 10:55 am EST, Tue November 4, 2003
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- Gideon Softworks has released xBack v2.5.1, an update to its utility that allows you replace your desktop with a screen saver. Users can customize the backdrop on multiple monitor setups. The $12 "honorware" runs on Mac OS X only. [1.9MB]
- The database publishing tool Mergemill 2.6 ($60) merges templates with content source files to create the desired output. It enables users to quickly and easily generate web pages from a database, or reformat database data into readable form for publishing. It runs on Mac OS 9/X and requires QuickTime for graphics processing. [7.1MB]
- Optima System's PageSpinner 4.6 Public Beta 2 is a preview of the $30 web authoring package for Macintosh. PageSpinner 4.6 supports live previews of HTML pages, better CSS support (with previews), interface fixes for Mac OS X Panther 10.3, improved AppleScript support and other enhancements. [4.2MB]
- Fracture 1.2 updates Stick Software's $10 screensaver that draws fractal images, patterns that are created from mathematical formulas. It can draw a variety of types of fractals and offers several configuration options. Version 1.2 of Fracture adds a "save every completed image" feature. [275KB]
- J2SEditor 1.5 is an update to the IPTC caption editor with file management capabilities for Mac OS X. It can be usded to view images according to their color profile, sort files and add or modify textual meta-data of graphics files without affecting the documents. It can now search for files based on IPTC information. [form]
- Mellel 1.6.8 is a new version of the $25 word processor for Mac OS X; it adds support for Mac OS X 10.3 and several bug fixes to the advanced, multilingual word processor with options for paragraph/character styles, tables, page styles, footnotes/endnotes, RTF export/import, spell-as-you-type, etc. [3.7MB]
