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Wednesday, February 13,2008 @ 7:45pm
Wednesday, February 13,2008 @ 7:45pm
Apps: Opacity, SyBrowser, TranslateIt
- Opacity 1.0 ($90) program for drawing graphics for the screen. Useful for making resolution independent images and icons for applications and the web. It includes vector objects, pixel editing, and live filters. It also has plenty of new features like Variables and Factories -- and Opacity can help you make your graphics resolution independent. [Download - 7.4MB]
- SyBrowser 8.6 ($90) can query Sybase, OpenBase, MySQL, PostgreSQL and ODBC databases hosted on OSX, UNIX, Linux, and Windows servers. Offers Point and Click generated SQL, Database, Table, Column lists and an ER Diagramme module. In this release there is a new menu "Check for Updates". This checks for a new version of SyBrowser. Also, the number of rows is now displayed more often. Finally, the release has increased the size of the autocomplete listbox by 2 pixels per row. [Download - 9.5MB]
- TranslateIt 9.1 ($20) multilingual dictionary that allows you to look up words on the fly. Just hover the pointer over an unfamiliar word in any Cocoa Application, and you will see its translation in a pop-up window instantly. The deluxe version includes improved on-the-fly word look-up in Cocoa applications: real-time translation of words under the pointer in Cocoa applications (without selecting them), including UI elements such as menu items, buttons, Dashboard, etc. [Download - 19.8MB]
- Valentina 3.5.2 ($200) build Local Applications in Ruby and Web Applications with Ruby on Rails. The new release includes these enhancements: allowing data files under the Linux operating system to be larger than 4 GB; execute complex SQL JOIN statements that include filter conditions in the FROM clause; executing NOT (FldMethod) SQL statement is now over 40 times faster in this release. Valentina Server products now have improved encryption support between different user sessions. It is strongly recommended that any installations of Valentina Office Server and Valentina Embedded Server are updated to 3.5.2. [Download - 21.8MB]
- GroBoto 2.2.1 ($80) 3D art and animation application (OS X version 2.2.1). This is the first version to offer GroMobile Gizmo creation tools. GroMobile Gizmos are Dynamic, interactive 3D Desktop games and kinetic sculptures, playable with our free GroMobile Player application (available for OS X and Windows). Also included are full Leopard compatibility, new object group management tools and more.[Download - form]