EvangeList Digest Thursday, April 2 1998 Volume 01 : Number 1142
In this issue:
?? - Gas Station Management Software ?? - Speech Pathology Report Software ?? - Mac Radio Show Info Wanted Tidbit - QuickTime Pro 3.0 Success Story (already!) PR - CronoTask 1.06 for Macintosh Servers PR - Myth - The Fallen Lords Giveaway PR--WEB FM 4.0 for FileMaker Pro 3.0/4.0 PR - Graphic Converter 3.2 Tidbit - Free Web based e-mail in Chinese or English Interface PR - FretPet 1.2 "More than a sequencer" Tidbit - MacToday Editorial - Why Windows Should Care About Apple $$ - Tax-time Special on CalcWorks
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Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 02:11:41 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: ?? - Gas Station Management Software
This request is from:
Bob O'Connor, <bob@justbob.com>
My neighborhood gas station wants to automate the record keeping for fixing cars, pumping gas, etc. He would love do do it on the Mac, but has only been able to find Windows software.
Does anyone know of Gas Station Management Software for the Mac?
My mother-in-law is having trouble finding non-Wintel software for her work... can anyone help with leads on MacOS software for her? She'll be buying a new laptop computer in the next couple of months, and has actually started mumbling about having to switch to the dark side to run the software she needs... help! Feel free to e-mail her directly, her address is at the bottom of her note. Thank you all in advance!
My name is Marilyn Tindel and I am a Speech Pathologist working with elementary and high school students. I am looking for a report writing software that is designed for schools (parent friendly) to use on a Mac. I am also looking for scoring porgram for the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals (Mac). Any thing else useful for evaluation in Speech Pathology would be of interest. I'm looking for specifically Mac programs and am not particularly interested in using Virtual PC etc.
Marilyn Tindel, <MTindel@compuserve.com>
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Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 02:10:50 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: ?? - Mac Radio Show Info Wanted
This request is from:
Shawn King, <sking@direct.ca>
MacHome's MacTalk Radio Show is looking for some friends! :-)
Actually, what we are looking for is other shows similar in format to ours. We want to promote them on our web site.
If you know of any radio or TV shows in your area that talk about Macs on a regular basis, drop us an email at <mailto:mactalk@machome.com>. Even if they don't have a web page, let us know the city where it plays, the station ID and any other info about the show that you can come up with and we'll include it on our web pages so folks can find more great TV, Radio and Internet shows about, for, and on Macs!
Shawn King <mactalk@machome.com> King InfoMedia Computer Consultants Listen to MacHome's MacTalk Radio Show Every Wednesday from 6 to 8PM PST <http://www.machome.com>
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Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 02:11:14 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Tidbit - QuickTime Pro 3.0 Success Story (already!)
You don't have to be a multimedia demigod to use QuickTime 3.0. Apple technology is so easy and transparent that I became productive with it within hours of downloading it and paying $29.95 online for the upgrade to QuickTime Pro 3.0.
I will finish a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Penn State University next week. As such, I'm finishing up my doctoral thesis, written in Nisus Writer 5.1.2.
I have a lot of PICT and EPS images imported into my thesis document. This makes the document size very large. It would be useful if I could reduce the document size.
Enter QuickTime Pro 3.0. After registering it, I realized that the new MoviePlayer application could import PICT files and then save them as QuickTime movies that were 80% smaller!
I intend to replace all my embedded PICT images with these QuickTime movies to reduce my thesis file size by megabytes. To any PC users out there: remember that QuickTime 3.0 is cross-platform! I would think that Windows users could do the same thing.
You've got to salute a company that makes the most advanced multimedia technology so accessible. Keep up the good work, Apple.
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Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 02:11:01 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: PR - CronoTask 1.06 for Macintosh Servers
This announcement is from:
Tension Software, <mc5230@mclink.it>
CronotTask is the true Cron utility for Macintosh. It provides via an intuitive and easy to use interface the possibility to open as much 'task lists' as the user likes. Any task list, which is a CronoTask document, can contain an unlimited number of tasks (documents, apps, scripts) to be launched at the specified time, using a daily, weekly, monthly and even yearly plan. All the setting can be customized using controls inside configuration panels, no code to remember, no string to digit. It's for Macintosh, right? Please note that it's not a Unix port, we write CronoTask from Scratch on Macintosh for Macintosh !
CronoTask uses a full Macintosh interface, using the new amazing features of System 8 such as clock controls, chasing arrows, placards and window headers in their native system 8 implementation. Best of all Cronotask, using the Appearance control panel by Apple, can now perfectly work under system 7, too!
If you run a Macintosh server we think CronoTask _is_ for you.
You can download the FULL working version of Cronotask from the TENSION SOFTWARE web site at:
<http://www44.pair.com/tnet/tensionSW/>
Feel free to download and use CronoTask, available both for 68k and native for PPC. Only if it fits your needs and you like continuing to use it you are requested to pay US$ 29.00 for the user license.
We put a lot of work in this program for Mac, and we think, if you are a Mac administrator, you will find it useful to improve your work.
Inside Mac Games and Bungie Software are sponsoring a Myth: The Fallen Lords Giveaway. One lucky winner will win a free autographed (by the Myth development team) copy of the highly-acclaimed real-time strategy game, Myth: The Fallen Lords. Up to 10 runners up will win free Myth T-Shirts and Soundtracks! To enter the contest, please visit the Inside Mac Games web site at <http://www.imgmagazine.com> and fill out an entry form.
The contest opens March 30th and runs through April 5th. Only one entry per contestant will be accepted. - ----- Doug Hempel Online Evangelist -- Inside Mac Games Magazine
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Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 22:36:39 -0800 From: Guy Kawasaki <Kawasaki@garage.com> Subject: PR--WEB FM 4.0 for FileMaker Pro 3.0/4.0
Keyword: Market by market, Internet
This announcement is from:
Eric Bickford, eric@macweb.com
- -------------------------- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 12, 1998
Media contact: Eric Bickford, President Web Broadcasting Corp. http://webfm.com/ eric@webfm.com (650)329-9676
WEB BROADCASTING SHIPS 100% JAVA-FREE WEB FM 4.0 FOR FILEMAKER PRO
MAJOR NEW VERSION ADDS SUPPORT FOR EASY-TO-USE, INTERNET STANDARD TEMPLATE FILES WITH NO NEED TO LEARN YET ANOTHER MARKUP LANGUAGE
"JUST SAY NO" TO CONFUSING, INCOMPATIBLE, PROPRIETARY MARKUP [/TAGS]
Internet World, Los Angeles CA -- March 12, 1998 -- Web Broadcasting Corporation today announces the release of WEB FM 4.0. WEB FM 4.0 is a plug-in to popular Mac OS web servers such as WebSTAR, Quid Pro Quo, WebTEN, and AppleShare IP that enables FileMaker Pro developers to quickly and easily build wicked fast, truly dynamic and interactive online database applications for the World Wide Web or corporate Intranet.
WEB FM's extensive feature list mirrors that of FileMaker Pro 4.0 for Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows 3.1 and Mac OS from FileMaker Inc. It fully supports relational and portal fields; browsing, sorting, creating and editing database records; even running ScriptMakerTM scripts via a web browser interface.
WEB FM is optimized for top performance and is compatible with either FileMaker Pro 3.0 or 4.0 on the PowerPCTM or 68K Mac OSTM platforms. With accelerated database performance measured in fractions of a second, WEB FM is capable of handling the higher traffic web sites requiring tens of thousands of database transactions per day.
NEW TEMPLATE FILE SUPPORT
WEB FM 4.0 introduces support for easy-to-use Template files. Template files are Internet standard HTML documents void of confusing, incompatible, and proprietary markup [/tags]. For this reason a webmaster need not learn yet another markup language, and Template documents are fully compatible with all existing web page editors and client browsers.
A new highly intelligent parsing algorithm in WEB FM automatically selects appropriate pop-up/pull-down menu items and automatically checks appropriate radio button or checkbox fields in a Template document using database record information. A single context-sensitive [field name] token may be used throughout a Template document to dynamically insert cell data where desired, auto-populate pop-up/pull-down menus, and auto-replicate radio button and checkbox fields from database value lists, all with no tags required!
NEW PLUG-IN PROCESSORS
WEB FM 4.0 introduces a new plug-in architecture for database-level add-on Filter and Server-Side Include Processors such as Maxum Development's NetCloak 2.5. Processors are separate web server plug-ins supporting the PIXO ("Plug-In Cross-Over") API standard for web server plug-ins to communicate and cooperate.
NEW RECORD-LEVEL SECURITY
WEB FM 4.0 significantly enhances features for record-level security. A fully revised FindUser command now supports most Find command features, but with record-level user authentication requirements. This means users can flexibly Find and modify their own, and only their own, records in databases where the permission to Browse records is disabled. Moreover, a client Cookie value may now also be used in place or absence of a valid password when finding or updating database records.
NEW BUNDLED SOLUTIONS
WEB FM 4.0 includes GOT COOKIES?, a new web server tool for easy, feature-rich "cookie" management. Cookies are useful for state management and electronic commerce applications when adding, updating, or searching for database records.
WEB FM 4.0 includes FM@iler, a ready-to-use program for email archival via Emailer 2.0 to a new searchable web database.
WHAT'S NEW?
http://macweb.com/webfm/docs/intro.html#new
ORDERING & DOWNLOAD INFORMATION
WEB FM 4.0 is available direct from Web Broadcasting or through select reseller channels at a retail price of $395. Upgrade orders placed by April 30th, 1998, are $195 with free shipping. To order WEB FM 4.0 online or download a full 7 day demo version visit:
http://webfm.com/
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Lemke Software has released Graphic Converter 3.2.
Graphic Converter can be downloaded at Lemke <at<http://www.lemkesoft.de/us_gcdownload.html>. Lemke's server is very over loaded so Insanely Great Mac maintains a mirror for GV at <http://www.insanely-great.com/software.html>.
Some key features/fixes of GraphicConverter 3.2:
* import of QuickTime qtif added (requires QuickTime 3.0 or later) * storyboard window added: * fill tool supports now a tolerance (double click on the tool) and requires less memory * trim option supports now a tolerance (new menu item) * trim batch function allows now to specify the color and a tolerance * tolerance to find and replace added * trim can now be limited to a special direction * import and export plug-ins will appear in the apple menu * support for import of GIF animations with zero loop added * possible crash during save of MacPaint files fixed * redraw bug of clipboard window fixed * possible hang during use of lasso tool fixed * bug in saving of resolution value to JPEGs fixed * speed of saving of JPEGs with comments and/or IPTC improved * bug in saving of LOWSRC GIFs fixed * bug in length of IFF BODY chunk fixed * trash function in slideshow/browser will no use the scriptable finder * check for exceed of limit during resolution change added * ibeam cursor corrected * bug with extension for long names in convert more fixed * bug with progress bar in in plug-in calls fixed * crash in level dialog on 68k machines fixed
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Graphic Convertor...for those times when Adobe Photoshop is major overkill. :-)
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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 02:10:32 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Tidbit - Free Web based e-mail in Chinese or English Interface
This tidbit is from:
Tan See Long <seelong@xipmail.com>
To all Chinese & English Mac Users in the world, point to <http://www.xipmail.com> to see the latest, may be the first in the world , a web based e-mail provider which provide a choice of Chinese & English interface.
It has great features for users and it is free for every evangelista.
Most importantly, Xipmail is powered by Xipcode <http://www.xipcode.com>>, the company which created the e-mail engine ( central gateway interface ) fully developed on Power PC platform.
The Xipmail cgi is also offer for sales to any Power PC platform's Intranet Solution Provider to integrate e-mail handling with their Intranet applications.
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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 02:10:35 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: PR - FretPet 1.2 "More than a sequencer"
This announcement is from:
Scott Lahteine, <slur@world.std.com>
FretPet 1.2 is released, bringing a host of interface improvements to this impressive guitar-oriented musical sequencer.
New improvements to the dynamic sequencer make it possible to use FretPet as an imrovisational instrument. Smart cursors now indicate what will happen when you click on an area of the screen. The new "Pencil Button" improves the integration of editing and playing.
As always users can play compositions through the built-in QuickTime synth or (with MIDI Manager or Opcode Music System) through any General MIDI instrument and export QuickTime MIDI movies for use with Apple's MoviePlayer, Macromedia Director, or any programs which support QuickTime.
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 02:10:38 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Tidbit - MacToday Editorial - Why Windows Should Care About Apple
This tidbit is from:
Scott Kelby, <skelby@mactoday.com>
The latest issue of Mac Today magazine <http://www.mactoday.com> has an article that has really struck a chord with Mac users around the world. The article, by Scott Kelby, is called "Why They Should Care About Apple" and it looks at why Apple's success is especially important for Windows users.
This is Mac Today's biggest issue ever (more pages, more articles, and on more newsstands than ever before!) and it's packed full of news, reviews, gossip, scoops and editorial comment from Macintosh movers and shakers like Don Crabb, John Halbig (the Digital Guy), and many others.
Also updated this month at Mac Today is their Mac Facts page (with ammo galore) including Apple stats, facts, and figures that the mainstream press often ignores. Check out Mac Today, the Alternative Macintosh magazine, at <http://www.mactoday.com>
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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 14:17:43 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: $$ - Tax-time Special on CalcWorks
This special offer is from:
John Brochu, <jbrochu@mediaone.net>
SPECIAL TAX-TIME REGISTRATION DISCOUNT ON CALCWORKS
CalcWorks is a Mac-only replacement desktop calculator with many special features and an award-winning interface. As a special incentive offer during tax-time, you can register through April 15th for only $10! To take advantage of this offer, you must register online using our secure server. Your registration information will be returned by email within 24 hours.
CalcWorks includes a printable paper tape window that keeps track of your calculations, customizable constants and conversions, optional RPN, and a fully customizable interface. For full information visit our web page at <http://www.tiac.net/users/jbrochu/>. CalcWorks is the only shareware program to win an Apple Design Award (1997 Finalist - Most Elegant Product - Apple HIDE Awards).
Brochu Shareware <http://www.tiac.net/users/jbrochu/> Authors of CalcWorks & PopupCD
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