The Mac Software Hunt

This guide covers the mac software hunt with practical context and easy-to-follow details. Use it to understand the subject and apply the information confidently.

Windows expert Scot Finnie recently used a Mac computer for three months, both at work and at home. And now, you tell us something from an expert's perspective.

Saft offers several extension options for Safari

The first gadget of interest is Saft, an extension, that provides a complete list of additional enhancements available in Apple's browser. Surprisingly, Saft has not really been loved so far. Actually this component is not of great value. The most interesting point is that it does not need the data attached. This means that you can double-select any blank space on the tab bar to open a new tab. A Firefox extension called Clicking Options Tab also has the same functionality. In addition to Safira, there is Shiira, a browser based on the same open source Web rendering engine as Safari: WebKit. (Rendering is a term derived from the graphic field, a technique to transform a sketch into a three-dimensional, full-form image). Shiira provides an elegant and attractive user interface with many nice little details. But too many functions in Shiira are not compatible with the beta 2 version of Tiger, so it is not appropriate to become the default browser during this test. Packing screenshots: SnapNDrag During the last installment, Scot consulted a list of 10 advanced screenshot utilities with tips from some readers. One of the interesting utilities is SnapNDrag developed by Yellow Mug Software and provided for free. SnapNDrag 2. 1. 3 is well designed with a surprisingly simple interface, meeting the requirements as well as attracting users with a good visual experience.

SnapNDrag supports almost all of the most important components for a screen image packaging program

Yellow Mug also offers a number of other programs, which can be integrated with SnapNDrag with extensive features on the scope and boundary impact. But Yellow Mug does not provide the image file conversion function, or the ability to temporarily hide all icons on the desktop background (other free software is available). They also do not provide a capture preview window that allows you to take out a number of small screens, the ability to record group names of settings for screen packaging and later cancel them. Important: SnapNDrag has all the necessary components, enough to meet your basic requirements. SnapNDrag is free to use, but if you spend $ 4. 95, you will be given access to some other components, sometimes useful (like adding a basic rule for an image, for example). You might wonder if you should buy EasyCrop for $ 11. 95 (SnapNDrag Pro is free) or Yellow Mug program 8 for $ 40 (some are not related to functionality). Photo management). Four of the eight programs are quite interesting. Check what you have forgotten: antivirus software Many people claim that there is no need for any antivirus program for Mac computers. But in fact, during the time of use, Scot received many junk e-mails containing dangerous hidden files. If 'carefree' sent them to Windows users, he must have become 'a sinner'. Mac is not as inviolable operating system as many people think. If it is as popular as Windows, there will certainly be many problems discovered.

Intego's VirusBarrier with easy access, repair components and good configuration options

The first antivirus software to be considered is ClamXay. But after two months of testing, Scot discovered that the utility could detect the problem, but there was no real tool to fix or solve them. Then he switched to VirusBarrier X4. The function, the tool is much more amazing than ClamXav, but for $ 70 it is not so gentle for our budget. Intego provides an interesting set of software for Parallels users. Including VirusBarrier for Mac and BitDefender for installing Windows based on Parallels. But you will have to pay an extra 10 dollars compared to the single VirusBarrier. Norton AntiVirus also developed a version for Mac. HTML Editor Parallel programs for desktops still work well on Macs. The Dreamwaver software for the Mac operating system is fully integrated into all parts of the HTML Editor. Here, the 'coding' Dreamweaver environment is taken seriously, which is HomeSite. Macromedia has several components of HomeSite, such as intelligent search and replace. It allows you to find multiple lines of text, regardless of line endings like in Dreamweaver. Quite complicated! Another annoying point is that Macromedia eliminates the ability to split the source code window into two blocks of code to compare in different parts of the file. The split screen now only provides the code in a frame. There is another candidate, WYSIWYG, but not perfect. Scot has tried some familiar HTML pages in WYSIWYG, but the results are not satisfactory. These pages have been opened normally at least 6 times in Windows, Linux and Mac browsers, the results are quite similar. In Dreamweaver, these Web pages look like HTML Frankenstein. If Dreamwear is bad, Linspire's Nvu is worse. WYSIWYG HTML package receives many feedbacks that encourage your most read use. NVU does not have the necessary functions we are looking for, but it joins the problem by reordering the source code automatically without requiring, when working in the 'HTML' model (not WYSIWYG). ). NVU can be useful for those who don't know the HTML source code, compete with Microsoft's original FrontPage.

Another program that received many offers is Bare Bones Software's BBEdit. BBEdit is extremely not suitable for HTML editing. Although very powerful, people often use the Unix command line rather than the clunky version of BBEdit, because its user interface is sometimes very bad. BBEdit should be used as the main text editor with many features that other programs do not have. But it's really not useful for HTML editors.

BBEdit's HTML editor interface.

Some people mentioned the Optima System Pagespinner, but we haven't had a chance to review this software here yet. Instead is Taco HTML of Taco Software. Taco HTML has a bright, beautiful user interface. Unfortunately, this component is also quite 'light weight'.

Taco HTML: nice interface but the search dialog is not complete.