A rush of software updates

Here are a few of the new software releases that highlight better compatibility with OS X 10.2:

Launch Items X v1.1.8 - This program allows you to control-click on the screen to open a dialogue box that can launch programs, Web pages, folders, or files.

Key Xing v2.1.3 - A keyboard file and script launcher.

Page Sender 2.0 - A utility that allows you to send and receive faxes as well as print to PDF document formats under OS X.

DigiChat v 4.0 - A redesigned interface and new functions like real-time language translation are part of this new version of the Java-based chat server.

SmartWrap 2.2.2 - The newest version of this text analysis and tweaking tool installs in a new folder and it has a few new enhancements.

AOL Instant Messenger X 4.5.794 - No details on this update as far as new features yet, but presumably this will make the chat client work better under Jaguar, where early adopters have noted instability problems.

ICQ X 3.1a47 - New version adds file transfer and chat with PC versions that didn't previouslyu work. It also offer a log file of previous conversations.

Expect more of this as the week winds down. As I have said before, we are in for an interesting next few weeks in Mac OS X land...

Rob McNair-Huff is a longtime Mac user and writer from the Pacific Northwest. In addition to writing about the Mac, and running this Web site, Mac Net Journal, he is the author of two books - Insiders' Guide to the Olympic Peninsula and Mountain Bike America: Washington - and he is working with his wife Natalie to write a third book this year called Birding Washington. If you have a need for Mac consulting, writing, Web design or photography help, check out Rob's business site: White Rabbit Publishing.
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