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updates its professional Internet research tool and alternative web browser<br />
DEVONagent to version 1.6 and also releases some minor updates for the<br />
freeware applications EasyFind, ThumbsUp and XMenu.</p>
<p>DEVONagent 1.6 now features quick search keywords that allow users to<br />
access all major search engines directly from the address field of web<br />
browser windows. To query e.g. Google, one simply enters "google" followed<br />
by the search term. This makes a toolbar search field like in Safari<br />
completely obsolete.</p>
<p>The new version also comes with new plug-ins for searching TidBITS,<br />
MacUpdate.com and Versiontracker.com, a new scanner to filter or search for<br />
pages linking to BibTeX and LaTeX files, the possibility to specify a word<br />
range for the "after" and "before" operators and a complete French<br />
localization. The address field in browser windows auto-completes URLs<br />
based on the bookmarks and the history of previously visited pages, the<br />
scheduler sends styled e-mail notifications with all found search results<br />
and DEVONagent 1.6 supports the same boolean operators also used by the<br />
Finder and Spotlight.</p>
<p>Maybe most important news is that scheduled search runs now execute<br />
AppleScripts that can even interact with the search results. This greatly<br />
enhances DEVONagent's ability to integrate with other applications and<br />
workflows. Additionally, an overhauled Scripts menu makes it easy to extend<br />
DEVONagent's feature set with new functions.</p>
<p>EasyFind 3.4 moves files instead of copying them when dragging them to the<br />
Finder or the Desktop, supports the boolean operators inofficially used by<br />
Finder and Spotlight, is faster and uses less memory. ThumbsUp 4.1 adds the<br />
possibility to create thumbnails for complete folders of images (and so<br />
allows real batch processing) and makes creating thumbnails from images<br />
with wrong file name extension or HFS type more reliable. XMenu 1.5,<br />
finally, displays menu titles in bold and fixes some minor bugs. As always,<br />
all applications are faster, more reliable and quite a few minor bugs have<br />
been fixed.</p>
<p>DEVONagent 1.6 requires Mac OS X 10.2.7 or later, a fast Internet<br />
connection is strongly recommended. EasyFind and ThumbsUp require Mac OS X<br />
10.2, XMenu runs on Mac OS X 10.3 and higher. All applications are<br />
immediately available as a free download from <a href="http://www.devon-technologies.com" title="www.devon-technologies.com">www.devon-technologies.com</a>.<br />
DEVONagent must be purchased in DEVONtechnologies' online shop for US$ 35<br />
after the evaluation period, the update to version 1.6 is free for all<br />
registered users. DEVONagent is also available with DEVONthink as<br />
"Infoworker's Bundle" for US$ 65.</p>
<p>Contact details for your readers:<br />
E-Mail <a href="mailto:info@devon-technologies.com">info@devon-technologies.com</a>, Internet <a href="http://www.devon-technologies.com" title="www.devon-technologies.com">www.devon-technologies.com</a></p>
<p>BACKGROUND: DEVONAGENT</p>
<p>DEVONagent overcomes all the shortcomings that make Google & Co. such a<br />
pain for serious research. More than 50 plug-ins for search engines,<br />
scientific databases and research tools, predefined search sets you can use<br />
right away and a clean, easy to use user interface make DEVONagent the #1<br />
tool for finding information on the web for the Mac.</p>
<p>DEVONagent is much more than just an interface for web search engines. It<br />
helps you</p>
<p>searching,<br />
collecting and<br />
organizing</p>
<p>information with a powerful and flexible search architecture, a simple to<br />
use built-in archive and perfect integration with DEVONthink. DEVONagent<br />
creates perfectly tailored summaries, acts as a fast and lean web browser,<br />
supports news feeds like RSS and shows all items of interest in a separate<br />
drawer. It can't be easier to look for information on the web.</p>
<p>Key features:</p>
<p>* Collects, analyzes weights and summarizes search results from all major<br />
Internet search engines. Eliminates junk, similar, archived or error pages<br />
on-the-fly and looks for specific types of data, e.g. webcams, multimedia<br />
files, downloadable archives, e-mail addresses or links on demand.</p>
<p>* A scheduler allows to run predefined queries completely unattended and to<br />
execute a series of actions like archive in DEVONagent or DEVONthink, send<br />
an e-mail or speak a text.</p>
<p>* The integrated web browser based on the Safari engine is especially<br />
tailored at the needs of web researchers. Access all your Camino, Firefox,<br />
OmniWeb and Safari bookmarks, filter out e-mail addresses, images or linked<br />
files with just one click and compare the results of a search run using A.I.</p>
<p>* DEVONagent is able to scan RSS, RDF, RSD and Atom feeds. In addition, the<br />
integrated web browser converts such feeds on-the-fly to HTML and presents<br />
them similar to Safari 2.0.<br />
Presents the result of the search run in human-readable format as digest,<br />
dynamically assembled to selected topics. Found search words are<br />
automatically highlighted and texts summarized.</p>
<p>* An easy-to-use but powerful web page archive allows you to organize and<br />
search stored pages.</p>
<p>* DEVONagent is built on a flexible and extensible plug-in architecture<br />
that allows to query a great variety of search engines and write new<br />
plug-ins at ease. Also, DEVONagent automatically scans your favorite web<br />
pages for news and follows promising links.</p>
<p>* DEVONagent features a clean, intuitive user interface and full<br />
AppleScript integration. Like all DEVONtechnologies applications,<br />
DEVONagent is built to seamlessly integrate with Mac OS X and supports<br />
services or drag-and-drop and provides a Dock menu.</p>
<p>CORPORATE BACKGROUND</p>
<p>DEVONtechnologies LLC, founded in 2002, incorporated in 2004 and<br />
headquartered in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, USA, researches in the field of<br />
semantic and associative data analysis and synthesis, and develops key<br />
applications based on the DEVONtechnology. Named after the Devonian Period,<br />
the DEVONtechnology marks the departure into a new age of data processing.<br />
The main focus of all activities is clearly on using the robust, flexible<br />
and versatile architecture intelligently to create rock-solid applications<br />
for a variety of purposes, including but not limited to databases,<br />
intelligent agents, data-mining, information retrieval and<br />
human-computer-interfaces. More information: <a href="http://www.devon-technologies.com" title="www.devon-technologies.com">www.devon-technologies.com</a>.</p>
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