Year: 2003

WebDesktop 2.0 integrates Apple’s WebKit

Posted by | Jul 4, 2003 | |

Panic developer Steven Frank has released WebDesktop 2.0, an update to his software that layers a fully-functional Web browser over your Mac OS X desktop. The new version utilizes WebKit, Apple’s HTML rendering engine from Safari. This means that Web pages should appear exactly as they do in Safari, including advanced features such as animated GIFs, CSS and Flash. The software also offers optional periodic refreshing for news pages and other sites that update frequently.

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O’Reilly releases ‘Google Pocket Guide’

Posted by | Jul 4, 2003 | |

O’Reilly has announced the release of the “Google Pocket Guide” (US$9.95), which helps daily Google users learn the fundamentals of a Google search. “This includes making the most of its special syntaxes, hidden options, and powerful combinations; consulting the Google dictionary; looking up individuals and businesses in the Google phonebook; finding related web sites and pages; and restricting or expanding a Google search by subject, web site, domain, time, title, etc.”

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Apple co-sponsors inaugural Ridley Scott Awards

Posted by | Jul 4, 2003 | |

Apple will be a co-sponsor of the Ridley Scott Awards, a new initiative put on by London visual effects school Escape Studios to seek out and support film, television and computer game creatives. The awards are open to anyone not currently employed in these industries, according to an Apple UK Hot News posting. Winners will receive copies of Alias|Wavefront’s Maya, Apple’s Shake and a work experience placement with a top company.

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