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Thursday, Jun 03, 2004 12:15pm
Apps: SwitchXS, WebDesign, ...
SwitchXS 1.5 ($250) provides virtually complete access to Mac OS X and all standard Mac applications for people who can only use one or more switches. It adds speech-cueing, provides new functions for moving the cursor, fully customizable key repeat, customizable settings for controlling scanning and mouse movement, and support for multiple monitor setups. [1.5MB]
WebDesign 2.5 ($30) updates the web-authoring package offering a drag & drop interface, a feature-rich text editor, site manager, built-in FTP, and support for HTML, XHTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, ASP and more. It offers an improved UI, new icons, extensive preview options (including PHP), better intradocument navigation, and integrated help. [Classic, OSX]
NetShade 1.2.2 ($25) adds a French localization to the Internet security tool which makes your Web presence anonymous and secure by routing your Internet requests through a third-party proxy server. Users have the ability to manually enable/disable proxies, filter proxy servers used, and can enable NetShade on specific network ports. [1.1MB]
PhotoGia ($200) is a set of Actions for Adobe Photoshop designed to quickly and easily complete dozens of commands to "enhance photographs to professional levels." It can automate repetitive actions through batch photo processing and also offers genre-based actions for different photo types. Introductory pricing of $100 is available through July 15.
KeepAnEye 1.6.2 ($12) is a monitoring application for Mac OS X 10.2 (or later) that can track RSS feeds, eBay auctions, pictures, web pages, software updates, disk usage, IP addresse, and more through a flexible plugin architecture. It adds keyboard shortcuts and updates several plugins with better feedback, more info, and more. [3.5MB]
BottomFeeder 3.5 (free) updates the news aggregator client (RSS and Atom) written in VisualWorks Smalltalk. It offers both 2- and 3-pane modes, subscriptions to an unlimited number of feeds, support for HTTPS and authentication, plugins (blogging, IRC, MSN Messenger contacts), import/export in common OPML format, and more. [1.4MB]
iBlog 1.3.7 ($20) is a desktop application for publishing weblogs (via .Mac, WebDAV, AFP, FTP). It can also generate RSS/XML files, subscribe to other feeds, filter feeds based on keywords, create multiple categories, and more. It adds support for Moblogging, file sharing entries, chaining/linking, and improved .Mac publishing. [3.8MB]
Function Prototyper 1.3 (free) can generate PHP and JavaScript function prototypes for any number of open BBEdit documents. Users can select a folder, and generate the prototypes by scanning all the documents within the folder. It offers formatting functions such as upper/lower case, multiline file headers, etc. [200KB]