Thursday, September 21, 2006

OmniWeb 5.5 Review

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A "power user's" web browser which hails from the NeXT glory days but has been thoroughly updated for Tiger. Useful features include resizable graphical tabs, collections of windows and tabs called workspaces, and preferences customizable on a site by site basis. Web browsing is a fast and pleasant experience since the rendering core is shared with Safari.

The joy of using this browser is in discovering all the finishing touches that have been put in. For example, to duplicate a given tab, hold down the option key and drag the tab in the vertical tab drawer (akin to copying files in the Finder). When relaunching the browser, the previous workspace is restored including all windows, tabs, and scroll positions, enabling you to pick up browsing right where you left off. Begin typing in a window and matching links are highlighted; hit return, and the selected link is followed. ⇧⌘ (shift command) F jumps to the web search field which defaults to Google, but is completely customizable.

Other interesting features include searchable and sync-able bookmarks, RSS feed support, speech recognition, HTML source code editor, ad blocking, ability to send a workspace to another user, and form fill. The peace of mind attained by using this browser will make you forget you had to pay for it! A free demo is available.

*****

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Tofu 1.3 Review

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Tofu is a unique electronic book reader which splits text files into columns and scrolls horizontally rather than vertically. This creative approach improves readability on a computer screen while saving your eyes from fatigue. A horizontal scroll bar along the bottom shows your position in the text while easy keyboard controls move the text side to side. Tofu also includes speech recognition support and a full screen mode - both appear to work well. An alpha of version 2 is also available.

****_

Saturday, September 16, 2006

Capture Me Now OpenGL Based

Rewrite of Capture Me in Cocoa and upgrade to universal binary is imminent! New version is 4 times faster and uses OpenGL!

Saturday, August 26, 2006

Chimoo Timer Universal

First universal binary (Intel/PPC) release! Chimoo Timer is now universal!

Thursday, April 27, 2006

Terrabrowser Tiger

Terrabrowser is not yet fully compatible with Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4.x). Currently, it appears to work correctly as long as the bookmarks file is not present. If your copy crashes upon launch, move your bookmarks file out of the way first. The Tiger compatible version of Terrabrowser will be released tomorrow (April 28th).

Saturday, January 21, 2006

Garmin Supports OS X

Garmin has announced Mac OS X support for all of their GPS software!

Sunday, March 6, 2005

Chimoo Improvements

New version of Chimoo Timer with many changes and improvements including a detachable controller. Check it out!