Year: 2005

Freeway One Word Invitational launched

Softpress and Partners today announced the launch of the “Freeway One Word Invitational,” a multi-prize Mac Web design competition. “Entrants to the Freeway One Word Invitational will build a four page Web site using either Freeway Express or Freeway Pro and the theme of the site must be based on a single word. The winners will be judged by a panel of experts on originality, quality of design and use of materials.

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Excel Software shipping QuickHelp 2.0

Excel Software today announced that they have started shipping QuickHelp 2.0 for Macintosh, Windows, and Linux. “QuickHelp is a development tool for creating and deploying application help on Windows 95 through XP, Mac OS 9, Mac OS X and Linux. QuickHelp is unique in its ability to author, maintain and test application help in a single tabbed window running on your platform of choice, then deploy the help system to virtually any computer.

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Sonny Software releases Bookends 8.1

Sonny Software today announced the release of Bookends 8.1, a Mac-only, full-featured bibliography/reference and information management application for professionals and students. Some of the changes in version 8.1 include an enhanced interface, automatic optional substitution of dashes for repeated authors in bibliographies, configurable name display in the list view, direct e-mail of selected references, and more.

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Desktop pictures/icons weekly recap

Over the course of the past week, MacDesktops has posted 14 new desktop pictures, including: Linear RocketMac (Logos, non Apple), Power and Beauty (Logos, Apple), and Piccadilly Circus (Landscapes – Urban). MacMonkies have posted four new desktop pictures and three new icon sets and Mandolux has issued two new dual monitor desktops: Refracted Fresnel (Abstract) and Remnants (USA Flag/Abstract).

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Big Nerd Ranch Announces August Cocoa Bootcamp/Core Data Coverage

Atlanta, GA – July 8, 2005 – Big Nerd Ranch Announces August 22-26, 2005
Cocoa Bootcamp Featuring New Core Data Coverage

Big Nerd Ranch, Inc., a leading provider of intensive training classes for
Mac developers, announces the dates for Cocoa Bootcamp, highlighting key
features in the Tiger version of Mac OS X (10.4). The Panther version
brought special attention to the use of bindings. This key feature
facilitated the synchronization between the data model and the
application’s user interface and streamlined coding.

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