Subject: Info-Mac Digest V19 #84 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Tue, 12 Nov 02 Volume 19 : Issue 84 Today's Topics: [*] Allgood Solitaire v3.0 [*] beermeister2.0.sit [*] ClassFoot 0.9.2b3 [*] Coffee Break Pro 2.0 [*] Coffee Break Pro Classic 2.0.1 [*] DIFfersifier HyperCard2DIF conversion [*] Dominoes v3.0 [*] ffmpegX 0.0.4f [*] File Buddy 7.2.4J - Japanese Version [*] HTML-Optimizer 6.2 (68K) [*] HTML-Optimizer 6.2 (OSX) [*] HTML-Optimizer 6.2 (PPC) [*] HTML-Optimizer Pro 2.0 (OSX) [*] HTML-Optimizer Pro 2.0 (PPC) [*] Icon Machine 3.0b22J - Japanese version [*] iPod2iTunes 1.7 [*] Lemon v1.1b8 [*] NutDatViewer X 13v1.0 [*] os x'erox (open source for os x) [*] Page Sender 2.2 - now with German and editable Get Info! [*] Page Sender 2.2J - Japanese Version [*] V&N Webster AB 1.1 - foreign language learning [*] Verbs & Nouns 2.5.9 - foreign language learning [*] Web Site Maestro 1.6 (OSX) [*] Web Site Maestro 1.6 (PPC) The Info-Mac Network is a volunteer organization that publishes the Info-Mac Digest and operates the Info-Mac Archive, a large network of FTP sites containing gigabytes of freely distributable Macintosh software. Working with the Info-Mac Digest: * To submit articles to the digest, email . * To subscribe, send email to with the words subscribe info-mac in the message. * To unsubscribe, send email to with the words unsubscribe info-mac in the message. * To change your address, unsubscribe from the old address, then subscribe from the new address. * Please send administrative queries to . 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America Online donated the main Info-Mac machine . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V19 #84" ------------------------------ Date: 25 Oct 2002 From: Mike Perry To: Subject: [*] Allgood Solitaire v3.0 Allgood Software has released Allgood Solitaire v3.0, now running natively under OS X. Allgood Solitaire offers 65 different variations of Solitaire, from the well known Klondike, Pyramid, and Canfield, to the more eclectic Will O Wisp, and Monte Carlo. All games support undo/redo, pile peeking, statistics, and much more. As a Carbon application, Allgood Solitaire requires OS X, or CarbonLib when running under OS 8.6 and above. This software is shareware, and costs $15 to register. [Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/allgood-solitaire-30.hqx; 2098 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Oct 2002 From: Ethan Rutter To: Subject: [*] beermeister2.0.sit BeerMeister is the easy way to organize your homebrewing recipes. It is a full-featured database designed explicitly for the needs of brewers with import/export, printing, searching by any field, room for brewing notes, and a recipe creation guide. New to Version 2.0 + Recipe creation guide: Use the guide to help you create recipes for a variety of beer styles. + Save to file: In addition to exporting tab-delimeted recipes, you can now save a recipe set as an editable text file for use in other documents or programs. + Remembers last search/sort so the next time you start BeerMeister you're right back where you left off. + Open multiple recipe books and copy/paste between them. BeerMeister received a 4 cow rating (out of 5) from TUCOWS . There is an OS X (Carbon) version available at the BeerMeister home page . Ethan Rutter MR Stuff Shareware [Archived as /info-mac/app/beermeister-20.hqx; 2648 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Oct 2002 From: Jean-Pierre Curcio To: Subject: [*] ClassFoot 0.9.2b3 ClassFoot is an application that allows to store football match results, compute ranking and display statistics for virtually any football competition. The 0.9.2b3 version is still under construction but allows to manage national championships, European Champions League, UEFA Cup, Euro qualifications and more. Go to the Web site to download current or completed competitions. Runs under Mac OS X or Mac OS 8.6 with CarbonLib 1.4 in English, Spanish and French languages. Note new web site : http://classfoot.free.fr/ ClassFoot est une application qui permet de stocker des resultats de matches de football, de calculer les classements et d'afficher les statistiques d'a peu pres n'importe quelle competition de football. La version 0.9.2b3 est encore en construction mais permet de gerer les championnats nationaux, la Ligue des Champions, la Coupe de l'UEFA, les qualifications pour l'Euro, etc. Allez sur le site Web pour telecharger les competitions en cours ou terminees. Fonctionne sous Mac OS X ou a partir de Mac OS 8.6 avec CarbonLib 1.4 en anglais, en espagnol et en francais. [Archived as /info-mac/game/classfoot-092b3.hqx; 628 K] ------------------------------ Date: 25 Oct 2002 From: Thomas Reed To: Subject: [*] Coffee Break Pro 2.0 Coffee Break Pro is an application designed to prevent (or improve) repetitive stress injuries. It does this by making the user take periodic breaks. It also provides some basic user activity data, such as key presses or mouse clicks per second. Coffee Break Pro is shareware ($20 US). If you use it for more than 30 days, you should register. Coffee Break Pro requires System 8.1 or later to run. Coffee Break Pro X runs under Mac OS X, including Jaguar (10.2). [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/coffee-break-pro-20.hqx; 2159 K] ------------------------------ Date: 30 Oct 2002 From: Thomas Reed To: Subject: [*] Coffee Break Pro Classic 2.0.1 Coffee Break Pro is an application designed to prevent (or improve) repetitive stress injuries. It does this by making the user take periodic breaks. It also provides some basic user activity data, such as key presses or mouse clicks per second. Coffee Break Pro is shareware ($20 US). If you use it for more than 30 days, you should register. Coffee Break Pro requires System 8.1 or later to run. Coffee Break Pro X runs under Mac OS X, including Jaguar (10.2). [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/coffeebreak-pro-201.hqx; 2167 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Oct 2002 From: Mark Schonewille To: Subject: [*] DIFfersifier HyperCard2DIF conversion File: differsifier211ppc.hqx Software name and version: DIFfersifier 2.1.1 Category: Utility, Database Author's homepage: http://home.zonnet.nl/marksch Author's e-mail: marksch@zonnet.nl Description DIFfersifier 2.1.1 lets you convert HyperCard stacks to DIF files. DIF files are recognized by several databases, one of them being FileMaker Pro. One of the main purposes of this application is to increase compatibility of HyperCard with non-Macintosh databases. Requirements MacOS 7.5.3 up to and including 9.2.2. DIFlet may not work with pre-8 OSs. AppleScript 1.1 or later. Memory requirements depend on size of converted HyperCard stacks. New in this version Bug in help file resolved. Small interface improvements. DIFfersifier Help menu item added to Help menu. License information DIFfersifier is freeware and may be distributed for non-commercial pusposes. Read the Read Me file for full license information. [Archived as /info-mac/dev/card/differsifier-211-ppc.hqx; 1106 K] ------------------------------ Date: 30 Oct 2002 From: Mike Perry To: Subject: [*] Dominoes v3.0 Allgood Software has released Dominoes v3.0, now running natively under OS X as a Carbon application. Dominoes offers 12 different variations of the popular tile game, including the straight forward Block and Draw, all the way up to the more involved Matador, and Mexican Train. You can play against up to three computer opponents, with three different skill levels to keep everyone from first time players, to seasoned experts challenged. Dominoes works on Macintoshes running OS X, or also with OS 8.6 and above, if CarbonLib is installed. The software costs $19.95 for a single user license. [Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/dominoes-30.hqx; 356 K] ------------------------------ Date: 1 Nov 2002 From: major4@mac.com To: Subject: [*] ffmpegX 0.0.4f ffmpegX 0.0.4f Video/audio encoder/decoder for DivX, MPEG-1/2, VCD, SVCD... (c) Copyright 2002 Major, major4@mac.com http://homepage.mac.com/major4 Freeware released under GPL license (included with the software). ffmpegX is a Mac OS X GUI to ffmpeg the "hyper fast video and audio encoder" (http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net). It can decode MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 (aka DIVX4/5), VOB, AVI MS-MPEG4 V3 (aka DIVX 3), WAV, WMA, Real Audio, H263(+) (aka RealVideo 1.0), PGM, YUV, PPM, AC3, PCM8/16 bits, mulaw/Alaw, SUN AU format, MPEG audio layer 2, MPEG audio layer 3, MJPEG and even more formats. This GUI provides quick encoding to DivX, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MP2, MP3 & AC3. MPEG-2 encoding relies on mpeg2enc component from the mjpegtools package (http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net). You can convert DVD video to DivX, DivX to VCD or SVCD, and DVD to VCD or SVCD. Includes a bitrate calculator and a mpeg splitter for multiple CD burning. When encoding to MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 it can author the video as VCD or XVCD (.bin/.cue files for burning with Toast by dropping the .bin into VCD window) or as SVCD or XSVCD (two .img files to be burned in Toast under Multitrack XA window). System Requirements - Mac OS X 10.2 - To playback DivX, use codecs from www.3ivx.com or www.divx.com What's new in 0.0.4f? - Updated to ffmpeg CVS of 31 oct 2002 with all libs. - Better handling of .mov container input (ie can now convert DV video .mov to DivX, just export first the sound as WAV and "Add" it in the Audio tab), better video/audio sync and WMA audio decoding. - The new mpeg-1 "VCD" muxer has still issues and the mpeg-1 streams can play choppy. Try qmin=qmax and mpeg-1 "2-pass" encoding. - New version of the splitter works FAR better on mpeg-2 split, though in some cases the 1st chunk can be shortened at authoring step. - Added calculator presets for 90 min and 99 min CD media. - The Mpeg Tools "Mux as.." function will use the Audio Sync ms value specified in the mpeg-2 options tab. - Multiple parallel 2-pass encoding processes are now allowed. - Added "Passthrough" in the video codec and audio codec dropdowns which will copy the video or audio stream directly to the output file. Works only with AVI containers in output. Useful to change AVI files with WMA audio into MP3 without reencoding video, just remuxing it. - To address insisting request, added "Echo command line" option in the Tools tab. It will echo the command line directly to Terminal -when possible- (there are cases when it is not) so you'll enjoy again the ability of stopping the encode with the "q" key. ********** ABSTRACT CROPPED ********** [Archived as /info-mac/gst/ffmpeg-x-004f.hqx; 2341 K] ------------------------------ Date: 31 Oct 2002 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] File Buddy 7.2.4J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the FileBuddy package. File Buddy is quite simply the best utility available for working with files and folders on your Macintosh. First released more than nine years ago, it has been continually enhanced, improved, and supported since that time. File Buddy 7 requires a PowerPC-based Macintosh with Mac OS X or Mac OS 9 and CarbonLib 1.5 or later. File Buddy 6 requires a PowerPC-based Macintosh with System 7.6 or later. File Buddy 5 is available for 68K Macintoshes. * View and edit a wide range of file and folder information in the info window. * Create droplet applications that automatically apply changes to items dropped on them, including the contents of folders. * Find files and folders using an extensive set of search criteria. Enhance file searches with plug-ins that extend file search capabilities. Conveniently perform a wide variety of actions on found items. Make File Buddy your default file finding application using the File Buddy CP control panel. * Use the Rename window to modify the names of multiple files at once. For example, remove ".txt" from the names of a group of files. Replace characters in multiple names. * Use contextual menus to accomplish many tasks in a single step. * Create custom icons: from PICTs on the clipboard; from the contents of graphics files and, with Mac OS X, PDF files; from other icons; for folders using a variety of templates; with blank icons; using only small icons. View complete icon families with the icon family viewer. * Create aliases. * Find empty files and folders, orphaned files, duplicate files, broken aliases, and unused preference files. * Automatically repair broken aliases * Move, delete, and copy files. Even copy invisible files and use the Replace Different option to skip copying files that already exist. * Delete data and resource forks from files. * Erase files, entire folders, and unused disk space to avoid unauthorized recovery of deleted files. * Create snapshots that can be used to track the changes on a disk, such as files installed by an installer. Use snapshots to uninstall applications. * Much, much more... [Archived as /info-mac/disk/file-buddy-724-jp.hqx; 1472 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Oct 2002 From: Ton Brand To: Subject: [*] HTML-Optimizer 6.2 (68K) HTML-Optimizer 6.2 (68K) What it is: Tool to check and optimize your web pages to make them load faster. Author: Ton Brand Company: Tonbrand Software License: Shareware US$12 Mac OS: 7.6.1 - 8.1 (68K) Abstract: HTML-Optimizer is a useful tool for the web amateur who wants to make sure that his or her site is always in top condition (for professionals we have Web Site Maestro that can handle a large number of web sites). HTML-Optimizer checks your web pages for dangling tags, missing attributes and broken links, and - most importantly - it makes your pages load faster by optimizing both HTML and script code. The program features Smart Handling which means that only the pages that you have changed are processed, i.e checked and/or optimized. HTML-Optimizer helps you keep organized by creating a duplicate site folder for the optimized files. An added benefit is that it leaves your original files untouched. Drag and drop is supported. HTML-Optimizer comes in four models: Mac Classic - PPC and 68K, Mac OS X and Windows. With this you have the 68K model. [Archived as /info-mac/text/html/html-optimizer-62-68k.hqx; 1260 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Oct 2002 From: Ton Brand To: Subject: [*] HTML-Optimizer 6.2 (OSX) HTML-Optimizer 6.2 (OSX) What it is: Tool to check and optimize your web pages to make them load faster. Author: Ton Brand Company: Tonbrand Software License: Shareware US$12 Mac OS: X 10.1 or later Abstract: HTML-Optimizer is a useful tool for the web amateur who wants to make sure that his or her site is always in top condition (for professionals we have Web Site Maestro that can handle a large number of web sites). HTML-Optimizer checks your web pages for dangling tags, missing attributes and broken links, and - most importantly - it makes your pages load faster by optimizing both HTML and script code. The program features Smart Handling which means that only the pages that you have changed are processed, i.e checked and/or optimized. HTML-Optimizer helps you keep organized by creating a duplicate site folder for the optimized files. An added benefit is that it leaves your original files untouched. Drag and drop is supported. HTML-Optimizer comes in four models: Mac Classic - PPC and 68K, Mac OS X and Windows. With this you have the OSX model. [Archived as /info-mac/text/html/html-optimizer-62-x.hqx; 2041 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Oct 2002 From: Ton Brand To: Subject: [*] HTML-Optimizer 6.2 (PPC) HTML-Optimizer 6.2 (PPC) What it is: Tool to check and optimize your web pages to make them load faster. Author: Ton Brand Company: Tonbrand Software License: Shareware US$12 Mac OS: 8.1 - 9.x (PPC) Abstract: HTML-Optimizer is a useful tool for the web amateur who wants to make sure that his or her site is always in top condition (for professionals we have Web Site Maestro that can handle a large number of web sites). HTML-Optimizer checks your web pages for dangling tags, missing attributes and broken links, and - most importantly - it makes your pages load faster by optimizing both HTML and script code. The program features Smart Handling which means that only the pages that you have changed are processed, i.e checked and/or optimized. HTML-Optimizer helps you keep organized by creating a duplicate site folder for the optimized files. An added benefit is that it leaves your original files untouched. Drag and drop is supported. HTML-Optimizer comes in four models: Mac Classic - PPC and 68K, Mac OS X and Windows. With this you have the PPC model. - [Archived as /info-mac/text/html/html-optimizer-62-ppc.hqx; 1388 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Oct 2002 From: Ton Brand To: Subject: [*] HTML-Optimizer Pro 2.0 (OSX) HTML-Optimizer Pro 2.0 (OSX) What it is: Tool to check and optimize your web pages to make them load faster. Author: Ton Brand Company: Tonbrand Software License: Shareware USD 20.00 Mac OS: X 10.1 or later Abstract: HTML-Optimizer Pro is a useful tool for those who update their web site(s) regularly, especially for professional web masters with large sites. But it's also very valuable for the amateur with a smaller web site who wants to make sure that his or her site is always in top condition. It checks your web pages for dangling tags, missing attributes and broken links, and - most importantly - it makes your pages load faster by optimizing both HTML and script code. The program features Smart Handling which means that only the pages that you have changed are processed, i.e checked and/or optimized. HTML-Optimizer Pro helps you keep organized by creating a duplicate site folder for the optimized files. An added benefit is that it leaves your original files untouched. Drag and drop is supported. HTML-Optimizer Pro comes in three models: Mac Classic - PPC, Mac OS X and Windows. With this you have the OSX model. [Archived as /info-mac/text/html/html-optimizer-pro-20-x.hqx; 2058 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Oct 2002 From: Ton Brand To: Subject: [*] HTML-Optimizer Pro 2.0 (PPC) HTML-Optimizer Pro 2.0 (PPC) What it is: Tool to check and optimize your web pages to make them load faster. Author: Ton Brand Company: Tonbrand Software License: Shareware USD 20.00 Mac OS: 8.1 - 9.x (PPC) Abstract: HTML-Optimizer Pro is a useful tool for those who update their web site(s) regularly, especially for professional web masters with large sites. But it's also very valuable for the amateur with a smaller web site who wants to make sure that his or her site is always in top condition. It checks your web pages for dangling tags, missing attributes and broken links, and - most importantly - it makes your pages load faster by optimizing both HTML and script code. The program features Smart Handling which means that only the pages that you have changed are processed, i.e checked and/or optimized. HTML-Optimizer Pro helps you keep organized by creating a duplicate site folder for the optimized files. An added benefit is that it leaves your original files untouched. Drag and drop is supported. HTML-Optimizer Pro comes in three models: Mac Classic - PPC, Mac OS X and Windows. With this you have the PPC model. [Archived as /info-mac/text/html/html-optimizer-pro-20-ppc.hqx; 1413 K] ------------------------------ Date: 25 Oct 2002 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] Icon Machine 3.0b22J - Japanese version This is the Japanese version of the Icon Machine package. Icon Machine is a Macintosh icon editor designed to take advantage of the great features of the Mac OS to give you the power to make the icons you want. Now updated and redesigned for editing all icon sizes from 16x12 Mini to Mac OS X's 128x128 Thumbnail, and Carbonized for Mac OS X, Icon Machine is a great tool for creating icons for applications, customized folders, eye-catching documents, and everything else. "The Photoshop of icon editors!" - Andrew Miller "Icon Machine has a way of making a little square of 1024 pixels feel like an expansive painter's canvas." - Eric Prentice, MacTips Changes in versrion 3.0b22 - Fixed anti-aliased text drawn by the text tool (finally) - Fixed the -1310 errors that happened when trying to save in OS 9 - The text and polygon tools now redraw immediately when the color is changed - The Color window updates its palette to reflect the current icon and view, and works better overall with mask view - Fixed the bug where popup menus didn't work while the text tool was active - Fixed the bug in mask view where all drawing would come out black regardless of what color you chose - Fixed the Font Panel (10.2 only) - The text field of the Other Size dialog now properly handles typing a size with more than one digit - Fixed a typo in the easter egg - Opening the Other Size dialog (or bringing any other window forward) no longer interrupts the text tool - Fixed the offset problem with rotating or flipping some pasted/dropped images - Fixed the problem with adding to a selection - the previous selection would disappear - Added description text for error code -5000 (insufficient access privileges) - Added an error dialog for errors that occur while saving - Error dialogs (except debugging alerts) are now draggable in OS X [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/icon-machine-30b22-jp.hqx; 1198 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Oct 2002 From: cris To: Subject: [*] iPod2iTunes 1.7 *** What does it do? iPod2iTunes is the only utility which provides real synchronization of tracks and even playlists from your iPod(s) to your Mac(s). The synchronization ensures that no duplicates are produced as it is easily possible if files are copied from the iPod via other blind methods. iPod2iTunes can be used to keep music on different Mac's up to date, to do = a full restore of tracks and playlists after a hard disk failure or accident deletion of tracks or to clone an iPod. Track transfer: iPod2iTunes shows which of the iPod tracks are not on your Mac. Some or all of these tracks can then be transferred to the Mac. iPod2iTunes builds the folder structure for the files by the one of the following orders: - album - artist/album. - genre/artist/album. iPod2iTunes can merge the files seamlessly into the iTunes Music folder and does never overwrite anything. Playlist transfer: iPod2iTunes can optionally synchronize the iPod playlists to iTunes. This creates the iPod playlists in iTunes with only those tracks which are reall= y on the Mac (you don't get "dead tracks" if you haven't transferred all tracks from the iPod). This feature works also if you have used other methods in the past to transfer tracks. Transfer history: iPod2iTunes creates for every session a date&time stamped playlist containing the tracks which were copied to the Mac. This makes it easy to add those tracks to existing playlists or to create new ones from the just transferred tracks. *** Requirements Mac OS 10.1.2 up to 10.2.1 OS 9? Please use iPod Free File Sync for OS 9. iTunes 2.0.3 up to 3.0.1 iPod firmware 1.0 up to 1.2.2 *** Links Homepage: http://www.crispSofties.com/ Readme: http://www.crispSofties.com/i2i_x/index.html ********** ABSTRACT CROPPED ********** [Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/ipod2itunes-17.hqx; 332 K] ------------------------------ Date: 25 Oct 2002 From: lemon To: Subject: [*] Lemon v1.1b8 Lemon is HTTP Download Manager for Macintosh. Features Link Analyzer (processing of download links from HTML source,Text, and etc. File Downloader (HTTP download manager) URL Generator URL Editor File Renamer System Requirements Macintosh PPC MacOS 8.5/8.6/9.0/9.1/9.2 OpenTansport Author CloverSoftware (lemon@miracle.on.arena.ne.jp) Distribution Notice Lemon is freeware. It can be freely distributed as long as there is no charge for it, it is unmodified, and all of the files are included. Disclaimer The author declines any responsibility for damages caused by using this software on your computer. It's provided as-is, and the user uses this software at your own risk. Contact If you have any questions or comments about Lemon,please e-mail me. mail : lemon@miracle.on.arena.ne.jp CloverSoftware : http://miracle.on.arena.ne.jp/lemon/index_en.html [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/lemon-11b8.hqx; 2224 K] ------------------------------ Date: 3 Nov 2002 From: Dave Oshel To: Subject: [*] NutDatViewer X 13v1.0 NutDataViewerX13v1.0 is the Jaguar/Cocoa successor to NutDatViewer 1.0.3 for OS 9. NutDatViewer X13 is a simple lookup tool for the USDAüfs Nutrient Database for Standard Release 13 (November, 1999). It reports either calories (in various serving sizes or portions) or else a complete table of nutrient values for a particular entry. Results are passed to your web browser, which displays nicely formatted tables and compendia. This program requires Macintosh OS X 10.2 (Jaguar). The USDA has a small executable for Palm handhelds on its website, which I have not seen, and an on-line query tool which does nutrient lookups (only), one of the same jobs as NutDatViewer X13. Thereüfs no accounting for tastes, you may prefer it ;-) NutDatViewer X13 is SHAREWARE, but you need not register ($15) unless you would like to receive product updates as these are released. The USDA periodically revises its relational database structures, adds new entries to its database, removes or updates old information, significantly adds to the kinds of data it collects, and so forth. The USDA's 2002 release (SR15) had minor data changes, but major structural changes. If you are serious about nutrition, registering NutDatViewer X13 probably makes sense for you, as I will be releasing NutDatViewer X15 to registered users shortly. David C. Oshel Cedar Rapids, IA November 1, 2002 [Archived as /info-mac/data/nut-data-viewer-13-osx.hqx; 3858 K] ------------------------------ Date: 27 Oct 2002 From: "Paul M. Sheldon" To: Subject: [*] os x'erox (open source for os x) This is the first draft of an ongoing project. It is open source. It is spinoff from Mike Beam's column on cocoa programming. I have a cannon elph powershot 200 2 megapixel digital camera which I wanted to turn into a xerox machine for my research. To inspire this (other than I want glory to get me credibility for a post doc in quantum optics somewhere) : Why pay xerox? Why pay with filesize and lose hard drive space or burn too many cd's? Why not hyperlink derivations for all books with adobe acrobat. I have done this in journal publications in pdf format, but not with textbook excerpts. I only needed black and white and that reduces the filesize cost from color by as much as 24 times. To this end, I've invented the notion of "convolution thresholding", thresholding a sharpening convolution of the digital camera image. This is something like the human eye does with lateral inhibition, that is something like a digital Laplacian. Not quite. I am subtracting out the background and thresholding to black and white. These convolutions can be sped up with being modularized in FFT's, fast fourier transforms. It would take about a semester to do, as I have done, with butterfly diagrams guiding coding. Don't see anything in the next step frameworks to assist development time, yet... When I or someone else gets a FFT in it it will be one lean mean xerox copying machine. Note, not exactly 24 times reduction as above because the .JPG file you get out of a camera is compressed whereas the tiff you throw into a pdf file is not, not at least as I understand how to do it. There is no JPG compression for black and white. But, sometimes I can get costs of 16k, 32k and 50k for page that started out as a 1Meg JPG and that's more than 24 times (I use other tricks, exporting from iPhoto by rescale when resolution not required and cropping). [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/os-xerox.hqx; 1238 K] ------------------------------ Date: 31 Oct 2002 From: Greg Scown To: Subject: [*] Page Sender 2.2 - now with German and editable Get Info! Page Sender 2.2 updates Smile Software's fax send & receive and print-to-Email (PDF) utility with a German localization, editable get info, landscape support, and a hot key for manually answering fax calls. Page Sender (30-day free demo, $29.95) requires Mac OS X 10.1.3 or later. Fax or E-mail anything you can print, directly from the print dialog. Page Sender can also receive faxes using your fax modem and automate sending & receiving faxes. Features: - Send faxes and (PDF) E-mails directly from the print dialog - Receive faxes using your fax modem - Print, E-mail, and even AppleScript received faxes - Use with any popular address book or E-mail client - Attach additional PDF documents when faxing - Use any font on your system (including Chinese, Japanese, Korean) - Send faxes easily via eFax, jConnect, EasyLink, or MaxEmail services - Automate sending of faxes and (PDF) E-mails via AppleScript - Includes English, German, and Japanese localizations Requirements: - Mac OS X 10.1.3 or later, including Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) - Send from any Mac OS X application (Classic & Mac OS 9 not supported) - Send via these E-mail applications: Claris E-mailer, Eudora, Mail, Mailsmith, Microsoft Entourage, Outlook Express, PowerMail - Drag & drop support for these address books: Address Book *, Claris E-mailer, Eudora, Mailsmith, Microsoft Entourage *, Outlook Express *, Now Contact *, Palm Desktop, PowerMail (and vCard files) [* = supports live addressing] - Fax support for these services: Fax modem, eFax.com, jConnect (j2.com), EasyLink, MaxEmail You can find the latest version of Page Sender and technical support at: http://www.smilesoftware.com/pagesender.html Page Sender costs US $29.95 and may be purchased from itself or from: http://store.eSellerate.net/s.asp?s=STR420897976 We welcome your inquiries and feedback at: pagesender@smilesoftware.com (attention: Greg Scown) [Archived as /info-mac/prn/page-sender-22.hqx; 2957 K] ------------------------------ Date: 30 Oct 2002 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] Page Sender 2.2J - Japanese Version Page Sender 2.2 updates Smile Software's fax send & receive and print-to-Email (PDF) utility with a German localization, editable get info, landscape support, and a hot key for manually answering fax calls. Page Sender (30-day free demo) requires Mac OS X 10.1.3 or later. Page Sender, Smile Software's fax send & receive and print-to-Email (PDF) utility has been updated to version 2.2, which includes: - German localization - Get Info (editable for sent items) in Page Sender Fax Center - Landscape orientation support - Hot key support for manual answer (in Receive preferences) - Live addressing for Now Contact (v4.2.5 and later) - Live addressing is now optional (in E-mail and Fax preferences) - "Ignore dial tone" option (in Modem preferences) - Select E-mail account for fax-to-Email services - Fixed status bug where "receiving" was reported when sending - Fixed conflict with Unsanity's Application Enhancer (FruitMenu, ClearDock, etc.) and with St. Clair Software's Default Folder X Fax or E-mail anything you can print on Mac OS X with Page Sender, which makes sending documents and receiving faxes as easy as making a paper airplane. Page Sender presents a fully-functional fax or E-mail envelope when you print - just fill in the envelope, click "Print", and your document is on its way. Page Sender can send and receive fax documents using your fax modem or send via eFax, jConnect, EasyLink or MaxEmail. Page Sender E-mails printouts as Portable Document Files (PDF), viewable with Adobe Acrobat Reader on Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. System Requirements: - Mac OS X 10.1.3 or later, including Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) - Send from any Mac OS X application (Classic & Mac OS 9 not supported) - Send via these E-mail applications: Claris E-mailer, Eudora, Mail, Mailsmith, Microsoft Entourage, Outlook Express, PowerMail - Drag & drop support for these address books: Address Book, Claris E-mailer, Eudora, Mailsmith, Microsoft Entourage, Outlook Express, Now Contact, Palm Desktop, PowerMail (and vCard files) - Fax support for these services: Fax modem, eFax.com, jConnect (j2.com), EasyLink, MaxEmail [Archived as /info-mac/prn/page-sender-22-jp.hqx; 2711 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Oct 2002 From: Jacek Iwanski To: Subject: [*] V&N Webster AB 1.1 - foreign language learning 'Webster AB' is a dictionary module (simple-dictionary) for use with the 'Verbs & Nouns' and 'V&N Lookup' programs. You can download the latest versions of 'Verbs & Nouns' and 'V&N Lookup' directly from the Info-Mac archives (the Education/Language directory), or via links from this web site site: . 'Webster AB' contains the first part (letters A and B) of "The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary". The dictionary module itself is free, to use it you need the shareware program 'Verbs & Nouns 2.5.9' or later (or 'V&N Lookup 1.4.7' or later) which you can download from the same places as this module - the unregistered versions of 'Verbs & Nouns' and 'V&N Lookup' have some limitations. Jacek Iwanski. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/vn-webster-ab-11.hqx; 5097 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Oct 2002 From: Jacek Iwanski To: Subject: [*] Verbs & Nouns 2.5.9 - foreign language learning 'Verbs & Nouns' is an application for practising inflection, translation and pronunciation at the level of single words. Features include the opportunity to do various inflection exercises, and translation exercises in both directions; to record and play sound for single words; to do exercises based on sound or pictures; and to play various word-games. The program keeps a record of exercises, and identifies the words that the student has difficulty with. Along with the program, you need a module for the target language concerned. The program can also be used as an authoring tool to write your own modules of inflected words for any language. A built-in 'inflection-generator' simplifies the addition of these words. A 'Find' feature allows the modules to be used as bilingual dictionaries. Ready-made modules are already available for certain languages. You can visit: to get more information. Jacek Iwanski. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/verbs-and-nouns-259.hqx; 1910 K] ------------------------------ Date: 27 Oct 2002 From: Ton Brand To: Subject: [*] Web Site Maestro 1.6 (OSX) Web Site Maestro is a useful tool for those who update their web site(s) regularly, especially for professional web masters with large sites. But it's also very valuable for the amateur with a smaller web site who wants to make sure that his or her site is always in top condition. It checks your web pages for dangling tags, missing attributes and broken links, and - most importantly - it makes your pages load faster by optimizing both HTML and script code. The program features Smart Handling which means that only the pages that you have changed are processed, i.e checked and/or optimized. Web Site Maestro helps you keep organized by creating a duplicate site folder for the optimized files. An added benefit is that it leaves your original files untouched. Uploading your optimized pages to a remote server is done with one mouseclick. Drag and drop is supported. Web Site Maestro comes in three models: Mac Classic - PPC, Mac OS X and Windows. With this you have the OSX model. [Archived as /info-mac/text/html/web-site-maestro-16-osx.hqx; 2233 K] ------------------------------ Date: 27 Oct 2002 From: Ton Brand To: Subject: [*] Web Site Maestro 1.6 (PPC) Web Site Maestro is a useful tool for those who update their web site(s) regularly, especially for professional web masters with large sites. But it's also very valuable for the amateur with a smaller web site who wants to make sure that his or her site is always in top condition. It checks your web pages for dangling tags, missing attributes and broken links, and - most importantly - it makes your pages load faster by optimizing both HTML and script code. The program features Smart Handling which means that only the pages that you have changed are processed, i.e checked and/or optimized. Web Site Maestro helps you keep organized by creating a duplicate site folder for the optimized files. An added benefit is that it leaves your original files untouched. Uploading your optimized pages to a remote server is done with one mouseclick. Drag and drop is supported. Web Site Maestro comes in three models: Mac Classic - PPC, Mac OS X and Windows. With this you have the PPC model. [Archived as /info-mac/text/html/web-site-maestro-16-ppc.hqx; 1520 K] -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************