Apple Developer News

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This year's HIDE Award winners and runner-ups were unveiled at an awards ceremony that was part of Apple's World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC). HIDE Award Winners and Runner-Ups follow:

• Most Innovative: Kai's Power GOO 1.0, MetaTools, Inc.
  First Runner Up: Starry Night Deluxe 2.0, Sienna Software, Inc.
  Second Runner Up: YOYO Telephone Manager for Macintosh 1.5.1, Big Island Communications, Inc.

• Most Elegant: Starry Night Deluxe 2.0, Sienna Software, Inc.
  First Runner Up: CalcWorks 1.5.2, John Brochu
  Second Runner Up: AMBER: Journeys Beyond 1.0, Changeling, Inc.

• Best Look & Feel: YOYO Telephone Manager for Macintosh 1.5.1, Big Island Communications, Inc.
  First Runner Up: Adobe Illustrator 6.0, Adobe Systems, Inc.
  Second Runner Up: Symantec Visual Cafe for Macintosh 1.0, Symantec Corp.

• Best Overall Design: YOYO Telephone Manager for Macintosh 1.5.1, Big Island Communications, Inc.
  First Runner Up: Starry Night Deluxe 2.0, Sienna Software, Inc.
  Second Runner Up: Kai's Power GOO 1.0, MetaTools, Inc.

"Although it was difficult to choose from among the finalists, the winners in each area were definite stand-outs, said Cordell Ratzlaff, manager of Mac OS Human Interface and coordinator of the HIDE Awards. "The Best Look & Feel and Best Overall Design winner, YOYO Telephone Manager, from Big Island Communications, Inc., offers a fun, intuitive and easy-to-use interface for users' telephone and telephone company services, along with important features such as caller ID and paging."

Continued Ratzlaff, "Kai's Power GOO, by MetaTools, Inc., was selected for the Most Innovative Award and is a creative entertainment tool with a pioneering interface. It enables users to stretch, grow, animate and apply a multitude of special effects to images. Starry Night, by Sienna Software, Inc., is an educational astronomy program aimed at anyone interested in the night sky. Starry Night received the Most Elegant Award and does a beautiful job of making a complex subject simple and engaging."

Macworld tested these computers, among others:

• Sony PCV-120 running Windows 95 on a 200-MHz MMX-enabled Pentium
• QP6/200 SM-4 from Quantex running Windows NT 4.0 on a 200-MHz Pentium Pro
• CLR Infinity PTK-5A system from CompuLink running Windows NT on a prerelease 233-MHz MMX-enabled Pentium Pro
• PowerTower Pro 225 from Power Computing
• Four-processor Genesis MP 800+ from DayStar Digital
• A prototype of the SuperMac S900/250 from Umax Computer

This benchmark tested 11 applications that run on both Mac OS and Windows systems.

For details, see the report at this web site:

For product and availability information, see this web site:

Starting with the May 1997 issue, MacTech magazine delivers a special section of develop written by Apple engineers and reviewed by Apple technical support that will enable develop's high-quality technical articles and code to reach more developers than ever before. This first develop section is included on the CD.

The CD has a list price of $129. Upgrades from previous versions of the CD (for those who don't receive it free of charge) are $49. Everyone who has purchased MacTech CD Volumes 1-11 since November 1, 1996, will be sent a beta version of this CD by the last week in May, free of charge. All recipients of the beta version will be sent the final, fully polished version of the 1-12 CD around July.

• Moofwars 1.01
• ARPSample 1.0b1
• TPIFile 1.0b1
• NeoTextBox97
• FinderDragPro
• Gestalt Selectors List 3.7
• Disk Copy 6.1.2
• Drive Utilities
• Macintosh CD-ROM Setup 5.3.2

(NOTE: As of Nov. 20, 1997, these files are no longer available from the URL previously placed here. --ADN)