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Quicksilver Cube interface - "beautiful" doesn't do justice

by David Chartier (Jun 27th, 2006)

Now that you have a Quicksilver cheatsheet and manual, check out one of the most beautiful UI plugins I've seen for this app: the Cube Interface. Tim Gaden at Hawk Wings has put together a short video of the interface in action, catching the drool-inducing eye candy in all its glory. I'm not ...

iPhoto Batch Enhancer

by David Chartier (Jun 16th, 2006)

iPhoto Batch Enhancer is a handy tool that allows you to apply iPhoto's built-in effects to a group of photos, instead of just one at a time. One feature specific for users of iPhoto 5 + 6 is 'Snapshot', the ability to quickly record the slider positions of iPhoto's built-in adjustments panel and ...

Google Maps Plugin 2.5 for Address Book goes Universal Binary, gets Google Earth integration

by David Chartier (Jun 15th, 2006)

The Google Maps Plugin for Address Book has updated to version 2.5, adding Universal Binary super-powers and a slick new feature: Google Earth support (which is handy, since Google Earth just went Universal, too). Also in this new version is a true-blue Apple installer package (no more digging ...

FlickrExport 2 is done, shipping soon

by David Chartier (Jun 14th, 2006)

Fraser Speirs announced on his personal blog today that FlickrExport 2, his fantastic iPhoto plugin for uploading to Flickr, is done and will be shipping soon. Yes, we know that since it isn't available right now, this post becomes a little less useful, but we thought y'all might appreciate ...

AOL opens doors to AIM developer program, includes Mac OS X and Linux tools

by David Chartier (Jun 13th, 2006)

Macworld is reporting that AOL (our parent company, by the way) has announced AIM developer tool support for Mac OS X and Linux, opening the doors for more interoperability to come from an even larger playing field. AOL launched this 'web 2.0-esque' Open AIM program last March, allowing 3rd party ...

Yojimbo plugin for Quicksilver (or: My heart just skipped a beat)

by David Chartier (Jun 13th, 2006)

I need to make more of a habit of rooting around in Quicksilver's plugin pane, as I almost always find stellar new tools each and every time I open it. This time around I stumbled on a Yojimbo plugin for Quicksilver that seems to do a better job of adding items to the Yojimbo database than the ...

Three-pane Mail.app turns into a plug-in

by David Chartier (Jun 2nd, 2006)

Well that was quick. First Mail.app received a widescreen, three-pane face-lift, and now it's been morphed into a plug-in. The author provides two different sets of instructions for installing: drag and dropping into your ~/Library/Mail/Bundles/ directory or using a couple of commands in Terminal. ...