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Tue, 21 Jan 2003
Unsanity Releases Application Enhancer and APE SDK Updates
Unsanity LLC announces the immediate availability of Application Enhancer 1.2.1 and Application Enhancer SDK 1.2.1.
Application Enhancer 1.2.1
Description: System which allows for modules to modify and enhance the way applications behave and operate.
Download: http://www.unsanity.net/ape-121.dmg
Changes in this version:
- Enhanced APE Manager preference pane so the links in the module information panes can be clickable.
- Holding down the Shift key at login now will display an "Application Enhancer disabled" message.
- Expanded the Application Enhancer SDK (available as a separate download for software developers).
- Fixed two small memory leaks.
APE SDK 1.2.1
Description: Software Developers Kit to create APE modules.
Download: http://www.unsanity.net/apesdk-121.dmg
Application Enhancer is distributed at no cost, but the modules which use it are priced as each developer sees fit. For a list of APE modules, please visit:
http://www.unsanity.com/haxies/ape/
For more information on Unsanity haxies, please visit:
http://www.unsanity.com/haxies/
Unsanity LLC is the creator of other popular haxies such as Application Enhancer, WindowShade X, FruitMenu, Xounds, Dock Detox, Silk, Cee Pee You, and ShadowKiller. Unsanity is dedicated to providing quality software for the Macintosh community.
Contacts:
Public Relations:
feedback@unsanity.com
General:
unsanity@unsanity.com
Unsanity LLC
http://www.unsanity.com/
521 South 100 East
St. George, UT 84770
USA
''Welcome Safari User''
If you visit Apple's web site with Safari, you'll now see a Safari icon at the top with the words "Welcome Safari User".
I hope this doesn't mean Apple will offer features that only work with Safari and/or eventually lock out other browsers or limit functionality.
Right now the Mac has several excellent browser alternatives, including Chimera & OmniWeb. I hope Apple doesn't crush the smaller developers with Safari.
Yesterday, Mike Pinkerton, one of the Chimera developers, mused about possibly giving up on the project. It would be a great loss if Apple's promotion of Safari kills one of the best browsers currently available.
In its current form, Safari isn't completely usable as my primary browser. In particular, it has a problem with logging in to PHP-Nuke based sites such as MacMegasite and MacMerc as well as many others.
Also, and this is a matter of personal choice, I really dislike the way Safari manages bookmarks. When you switch to the bookmark view, you can't see your web page at the same time, as you can in most other browsers where bookmarks open in a drawer. Also, most of the bookmarks listed in the view aren't included in the bookmark menu unless you specifically put them there. Since I use the bookmark menu as my primary way to access bookmarks, I find that a major pain.
On the plus side, I do like Safari's integrated Google search and Snapback feature.