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<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-80241"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple Releases QuickTime 4 Public Beta With Internet Streaming
Apple First To Embrace Non-Proprietary Streaming Server Software
NAB, LAS VEGAS-April 19, 1999-Apple Computer, Inc. today released the
public beta of QuickTime 4, its industry-leading multimedia software,
for both the Macintosh and Windows platforms. QuickTime 4 features
"streaming" of live and stored video and audio over the Internet, and
is the first Internet streaming solution to use non-proprietary
industry-standard RTP and RTSP protocols for streaming over the
Internet. In addition, Apple announced that it has begun licensing
its open Internet Streaming Server software under an Open Source
model (see separate release). The public beta software also includes
an all new QuickTime Player that offers easy access to QuickTime
content, and significant enhancements to the QuickTime PictureViewer
application and QuickTime Web Browser Plug-in.
"We are embracing the non-proprietary open server model for Internet
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-80232"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">*** Breakthrough: Run scripts without user interference ***
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WESTFORD, MA -- April 19, 1999 -- PreFab Software, Inc. is pleased to
announce that version 1.5 of Player shipped today. Although an
increasing number of applications and control panels include some
support for scripting, key features are left untouched. Player fills
the gap, adding verbs to AppleScript and Frontier to query and
control the user interface.
The 1.5 release adds support for MacOS 8.5.x, user-requested commands
and options, plus a breakthrough feature: a verb to disable user
input to prevent interference with running scripts.
Very cool! This is the last piece of my major puzzle. Thanks!
Steve Briggs, steve@wowpages.com, Wow Pages Interactive,
http://www.wowpages.com
PreFab Player 1.5 will retail for $139 ($79 for education); the
current $95 price will be honored through May 15. The price includes
one license for Player Runtime. Additional Runtime licenses are $25
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-80226"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Elegant Chaos is pleased to announce the release of Script Runner 1.2
Script Runner is a post-linker plugin for Metrowerks CodeWarrior.
Script Runner allows you to execute any AppleScript or application in
the post-link phase of your compilation. Sample AppleScripts are
included to do such things as: add a custom icon, compress the linked
file, copy the linked file to another folder.
Version 1.2 adds support for locating the script file using access
paths, rather than specifying an absolute location - particularly
useful for multi-programmer projects where the scripts may be stored
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-80218"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Sig Software would like to announce Email Merge version 1.7.5.
Email Merge is an intuitive Macintosh program for creating mailings
of individualised email messages. It takes a database of information
and a message template, and merges the two to create customised email
messages. On high-end Macs, over 1000 messages per minute can be
queued for sending.
Version 1.7.5 adds full support for Outlook Express 4.5. Other
improvements include more comprehensive message verification (with
explanations) and a fix for sending multiple attachments via Eudora.
Email Merge supports Claris Emailer, Outlook Express, or Eudora.
The Sig Software home page is at : http://www.sigsoftware.com/
The Email Merge page is at : http://www.sigsoftware.com/emailmerge/
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-80215"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">MacHack PR: Early Registration, Palm Promo To End
MacHack: The Annual Conference for Leading Edge Developers
c/o Expotech
1264 Bedford Road
Grosse Point Park, MI 48230
Contact: Carol Lynn
mailto:info@machack.com
Tel: (313) 882-1824
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dearborn, MI -- April 13, 1999 -- Even as the momentum for the 1999
incarnation of MacHack: The Annual Conference for Leading Edge
Developers grows stronger, some things are disappearing quickly.
In the last two weeks, the conference has announced its keynote
speaker, popular Macintosh and technology columnist Andy Ihnatko. The
preliminary list of technical sessions has been released and more
sessions are slated to be announced in the coming weeks. The academic
paper finalists have been announced. More information on all of these
conference features can be found on the MacHack web site
(http://www.machack.com/).
If the looming tax deadline were not enough to conjure fear and
loathing, on April 15, we will witness the demise of early...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-80206"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">I've got an almost complete collection of Inside Macintosh books and some
older ETO stuff. I don't need them anymore. Anybody interested in buying
them should contact me at zztong@laxmi.ev.net for more details.
Bruce Tong | Got me an office; I'm there late at night.
Systems Programmer | Just send me e-mail, maybe I'll write.
Electronic Vision / FITNE |
zztong@laxmi.ev.net | -- Joe Walsh for the 21st Century</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-80196"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Elegant Chaos is pleased to announce the release of Report Spam 1.2.
Report Spam is a small AppleScript designed to be used with Claris
Emailer (Outlook Express version coming soon). It attempts to combat
unsolicited email (Spam), by automating the process of reporting it
to the relevant authorities.
Version 1.2 includes bug fixes, changes to the domain searching code
to make it more thorough, and a slightly altered report message.
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-80195"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple Announces Fourth Annual Design Awards for Mac OS Software
New Power Macintosh G3 is Top Prize in Software Innovation, User
Experience, Adoption of Apple Technologies and Best New Product
Categories
CUPERTINO, California--April 7, 1999--Apple Computer, Inc. today
announced its fourth annual software design contest for Mac OS
developers, the Apple Design Awards. The awards celebrate the
creativity of the Mac OS developer community and recognize superior
software in the areas of innovation, user experience, and adoption of
Apple technologies. With iMac and new Power Macintosh G3 computers
inspiring developers to release new Macintosh software, this year
Apple has also added an award for best new product. Winners in each
category will receive a top of the line Power Macintosh G3 with Apple
Studio Display.
The Apple Design Award winners will be announced during Apple's
Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on May 12, 1999 and the
deadline for entries is May 1. WWDC takes place May...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-80184"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">KlepHacks Shareware is pleased to announce that HTML Markdown 2.1 is
shipping as of 4/4/1999. This is the first major update to the HTML
extraction and conversion utility in nearly three years.
The main new feature in this release is support for Apple's new
Internet Clippings files. This new file type, which appeared in Mac
OS 8.5, allows users to store URL clippings that will automatically
load in the appropriate Internet application. HTML Markdown can
automatically extract all links from one or more HTML files and
convert them to individual Internet Clippings.
The ideal application of the new feature is to run your Netscape
bookmarks file through the converter. Just throw all of the clippings
into a folder and put it in your Apple Menu Items folder. Now you
have system-wide bookmarks accessible from any application.
Other changes in the new version include the ability to extract all
URL's from a web page into a single HTML file, better conversion of
HTML to text, and a lower price...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-80181"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Subject: Desktop Database information released (free)
From: Thomas Tempelmann (tt@tempel.org)
Would you please post the following information in your next MacTech
issue. It is very valuable stuff to some Macintosh programmers and it
is available all for free:
Thomas Tempelmann has dug deeply into the Mac OS Desktop Database and
came up with the following information free to the public:
* Two html pages with everything you need to know about the format of
the DTDB and how apps like the Finder use it.
* The application "Desktop DB Diver" that allows you to browse all
contents of your Desktop Databases.
* Some source code dealing with finding the correct creator
application for a document just as the Finder does it.
All this available at his web site: http://www.tempel.org/macdev
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-80180"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Introducing version 1.0.8 of AutoScript.fm with Interactive Mode.
AutoScript.fm is a scripting aid for FileMaker Pro, making the
replication of FileMaker scripts between database files much easier
and quicker.
Interactive Mode is a new feature where AutoScript.fm pauses each
time a script, field or file needs to be selected during script
entry. When AutoScript.fm pauses, it displays the details of the
object to be selected along with instructions and waits until the
operator has selected the object before continuing script entry.
Version 1.0.8 also includes two small bug fixes, and improved
versions of the About AutoScript.fm and About OneClick files.
An AutoScript.fm updater is available for people who already are
enjoying the functionality of AutoScript.fm.
A demo version of AutoScript.fm is available from AutoScript.fm's web site now.
AutoScript.fm is Mac-only, and is fully compatible with Mac OS 8.5.1.
AutoScript.fm's web site is at (http://www.gnb.com.hk/autoscript.fm/)
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-80178"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">1999 FileMaker Developer Conference Set for Aug. 24-27 in San Diego
Early-bird registrants get $100 discount
Santa Clara, Calif., April 5, 1999 - Early-bird online registration
is now open for the 1999 FileMaker Developer Conference, in San
Diego, Aug 24-27, the company announced. Registrants may sign up
online for the annual conference at http://www.filemaker.com.
FileMaker is an increasingly popular platform for workgroup and
Internet/Intranet publishing solutions. This year's conference will
feature over 40 workshops and experts focusing on present and future
FileMaker development issues. The conference will deliver all the
latest, in-depth information and tools needed by IT managers,
webmasters, commercial software developers, technical managers, power
users, corporate and government programmers, and independent
consultants and trainers.
Technical workshops will include: FileMaker Pro Server technologies,
FileMaker Pro Plug-Ins, scripting and calculations, interface design,
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-80177"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Mailsmith 1.1.3 Now Available from Bare Bones Software
Bedford, MA -- April 2, 1999 -- Bare Bones Software is pleased to
announce the release and immediate availability of an update to
Mailsmith, the company's Internet email client. Mailsmith 1.1.3
features significant enhancements, and addresses an assortment of
customer-reported problems. This update is available free of charge
to all Mailsmith customers.
"Users of previous versions should be pleased by this update," says
Rich Siegel, president and CEO. "We feel that Mailsmith 1.1.3
represents a significant step forward for the product, and we hope
that our customers will appreciate the improvements in this release."
Mailsmith 1.1.3 features a new "POP Monitor" window, which enables
users to manually download or remove selected messages from their POP
server.
In addition, the ground-breaking "Rewrap Quoted Text" tool,
introduced as a plug-in in Mailsmith 1.1.2, has been integrated into
the application, along with several new...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-80170"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">MacHack: The Annual Conference for Leading Edge Developers
c/o Expotech
1264 Bedford Road
Grosse Point Park, MI 48230
Contact: Carol Lynn
mailto:info@machack.com
Tel: (313) 882-1824
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dearborn, MI -- April 1, 1999 -- MacHack: The Annual Conference For
Leading Edge Developers is proud to announce the winners of the 1999
papers competition. This annual event centers around academic style
papers on topics of interest to the software development community.
In the months preceding the conference, MacHack solicits and accepts
papers on a wide variety of topics related to software development.
For example, the subjects of last year's papers ranged from
cross-platform development techniques, to anonymity in internet
communications, to exception-handling strategies on the Macintosh, to
macroscopic object architectures. Each paper accepted is published in
the MacHack Conference proceedings and included on the MacHack CD.
Each author gives a 50-minute presentation on his...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-80168"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Squamish Media Group Releases New Wired Sprite Authoring Tools for QuickTime VR
Squamish, BC Canada, March 31, 1999 - Squamish Media Group, Inc.,
today announced two new wired sprite authoring tools, mapsaVR and
revolVR, designed for content creators utilizing QuickTime VR on the
web, CD-ROM or DVD. These new tools each provide a unique degree of
functionality, and work together with soundsaVR 1.1, Squamish Media
Group's popular wired sprite tool for embedding directional sound in
QTVR.
mapsaVR is a fast and affordable way to add clickable node markers,
3D direction/location indicators, and overhead maps to single node
and multinode QTVR (1.0 or 2.0) panorama movies, radically reducing
the time, effort, and expertise needed to create interactive QTVR
movies using wired sprites. These features help the user to remain
oriented while exploring complex QTVR environments, and significantly
enhance the user navigation capabilities within nodes and scenes.
With mapsaVR, you can import...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-80167"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Soundz(sm) is an application for Mac OS 8.5 to create/modify sound
sets to be used with Appearance. It comes with a few sample sounds
and you can record your own right from within Soundz itself.
This is donationware. There are no restrictions on its usage. If you
would like to pay me, you can use the included Register program to
send payments to Kagi. This will allow me to at least cover my
development costs on programming tools! As this is my first program
that I am releasing to the public I would very much like all your
feedback. You can enter your remarks in the guestbook on my site.
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-80165"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Antoine Beyeler proudly annouces the release of the much-awaited H2C 1.0.
H2C is a time saving jewel for C++ programmers. Instead of declaring
each class member functions twice -- once in the header file (.h) and
once in the source file (.cp) -- H2C automatically generates a source
file containing all the class member functions from a given header
file.
H2C features:
++ rapid access with drag and drop of header files
++ plug-in architecture to create personalized output (source files written
with a customized style, or, for example, code documentation template --
anything is possible!).
Requirements:
System 7.5 or later
PowerPC processor
For questions and information, be sure to visit
http://www.poboxes.com/abeyeler
If you decide to use H2C, please register. It's only 15 USD for a single
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-80159"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">ALADDIN SYSTEMS SHIPS DRAGSTRIP -A POPULAR DESKTOP ORGANIZER FOR
AUTOMATICALLY LAUNCHING, FINDING, ORGANIZING, AND ACCESSING DOCUMENTS
QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY
DragStrip Is The Ultimate Desktop Organizer For Instant Access To
Frequently Used Applications, Files, Folders, And Information
Watsonville, CA- March 29, 1999 - Aladdin Systems, Inc. today
announced that DragStrip(r) 3.7 shareware, the ultimate desktop
organizer, is now available. DragStrip is a full-featured application
that allows users unlimited flexibility in organizing and accessing
frequently used files and applications. It helps to eliminate desktop
clutter and repeated searches in disks, folders, and on the Internet,
by placing drag-and-drop modifiable palettes on the desktop. A
palette can easily handle a user's files, folders, applications, and
URLs all in one location.
"Aladdin is known for its helpful and easy-to-use organizational and
access utilities," said Christopher Evans, president of Poppybank
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-80157"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Red Hat and Metrowerks Deliver Mainstream Development Tools for Linux
Red Hat Linux Positioned for Next Wave of Growth
Research Triangle Park, N.C, and Austin, Texas--March 29, 1999- Red
Hat(r) Software, Inc., the leading provider of Linux software and
expertise, and Metrowerks, Inc., (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE:MWK), a leading
supplier of software development tools for telecom, desktop, embedded
systems, and consumer electronics announced today that CodeWarrior(r)
software development tools have been ported to the Red Hat Linux
operating system. This agreement to bring commercial development
tools to Linux is the latest in a series of applications that enhance
the viability of the Linux OS.
"Our work with Metrowerks helps to accelerate the adoption of Linux
in the enterprise market," said Bob Young, CEO, Red Hat Software. "By
making CodeWarrior's user-friendly development tools available, we
will attract a broad base of software developers writing applications
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-80152"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Win a Web Design Tool Chest with IncWell NetAnimator!
March 26, 1999 Beaverton, Oregon. IncWell DMG, Ltd and Proactive
International, LLC present the first IncWell NetAnimation Contest,
celebrating the release of IncWell NetAnimator, a powerful web
animation utility that anyone can use to build interesting
interactive web sites.
Create fun and interesting content and deploy it using IncWell
NetAnimator on one of the Internet's many free web page hosting
services, such as Tripod, Xoom, MacRules or any other. You can enter
in any of three categories (but only submit one entry per category)-
Games. IncWell NetAnimator creates fun and fast online games. Using
NetAnimator powerful interactivity functions such as animation loops,
markers and member morphing, create fun web based games.
Web Design. Create web banners, navigation bars or some other web
interface. Make use of IncWell NetAnimator's ability to jump within
animations or launch URLs!
Screen Saver. NetAnimator builds great native...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-80151"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Spinalot is a CGI tool for building a dynamic web-site that supports
a community working together. It lets your members talk to each other
in conferences, share image, sound and movie files, publish URLs and
create, organize, annotate and structure content.
Download a fully functional trial version from
http://www.ultralab.anglia.ac.uk/spinalot/
This release is a "work-in-progress" version for people who want to
experiment with Spinalot's features before some of the final "rough
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-80147"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">GenieWorks, LLC announces the release of SpotCheck 1.2, the Java code
editor / browser made exclusively for the Macintosh. SpotCheck is the
Java editor that really knows the Java language, analyzing your code
as you work, providing ongoing feedback about "compiler" errors, and
maintaining full-time, "live" cross-reference links for all
identifiers.
At $20, SpotCheck is by far the most value for your money in the
arena of Mac Java development tools. It is the perfect companion to
the free MRJ SDK -- together they form a complete, low-cost, yet
remarkably effective Java development environment for the Macintosh.
Version 1.2 contains many improvements. Most important is support for
ANY 3rd party class libraries... now your code can be "SpotChecked"
against any JAR or ZIP archive in your MRJClasses folder. This means
that SpotCheck 1.2 can grow with you, as new releases of MRJ, JDK,
Swing, etc. appear. Furthermore, the contents of MRJClasses are
quickly indexed at startup, allowing you to...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-80146"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Style Master, the acclaimed cascading style sheet editor for the
Macintosh available just got better.
Bondi Beach, Australia, March 26 1999. Western Civilisation
(http://www.westciv.com/style_master/)
announces the release and immediate availability of Style Master 1.2
, an important upgrade to the cascading style sheet editor that makes
this new web standard accessible to all web developers.
Now web masters of all levels of expertise can create and edit
cascading style sheets that will work every time in targeted
browsers, and easily integrate them with their sites. But most
importantly, Style Master uses innovative online help to guide users
through the pitfalls of style sheets, particularly selectors, and the
problem of developing for different browsers that support style
sheets only partially.
TUCOWS said "It's a must for anyone who wants to work with style
sheets". Web Review said: "Creating style sheets just got easier for
designers working on the Mac, as Western Civilisation's...</div></div></span>
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