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Today's News by Cletus™ A Better Finder Attributes X is a CMM to help quickly change the attributes of a selected file. The description goes this way: The tool allows both the modification and the creation date of a file to be adjusted. Moreover you can "lock" files so that they cannot be modified, renamed, moved or copied; and you can decide on a per-file basis whether its file extension (e.g. ".gif") is visible or not.
 WorkStrip X not only has been updated, but is being offered at a special discount of 25% off if purchased before March 21st. It is a system wide productivity-enhancement tool. Two of the main features that are cool are that it allows you to preview files without loading an application, and allowing for multiple Workspaces to organize your work. This update bring with it compatibility with Jaguar.
Roadbook provides a nice GUI in the menubar for accessing bookmarks of all the popular web browsers. The list is long. Using Roadbook, you can control and edit the bookmarks you have Safari, Mozilla, Netscape, Chimera, Omniweb, iCab, Internet Explorer, Address Book, iChoose, and RADBookmarks. Pretty comprehensive. - Supports Apple's Address Book.
- Now launches Camino instead of Navigator (i.e. Chimera).
- Improved Internet Explorer bookmark importing.
- You can now remove duplicates from your Roadbook bookmarks database.
- Contains various other bug fixes.
Show Desktop 1.6 is the newest release from Everyday Software. By clicking on the Dock icon when this program is running, you can hide all current applications and bring the Finder to the front. Works great. Additionally, Shift-clicking on the icon will show all apps. It also offers several Finder options such as: minimizing Finder windows, opening a new Finder window, and hiding the Finder. Version 1.6 adds the following: - Added contextual menu to the menu bar icon. (Note: invoke via control-click, rather than right-click.)
- Fixed a bug that would prevent the Show Finder Window after hiding option to not work correctly.
- Hopefully fixed a bug that would cause the menu bar icon to draw incorrectly after pushing it.
DockExtender by CodeTek Studios, Inc. will allow you to minimize dock clutter by allowing you to create DockExtender Menus that fit right into the dock. Version 3.0.3 adds the following: - Fixed a crash caused by multiple threads attempting to access the preferences files.
- Clicking on a DockExtender Dockling can no longer accidently activate the screensaver.
- The menu selection is no longer un-highlighted when you move the mouse after opening a Dockling menu.
- The menu bar tool no longer relies on the Helvetica font being installed and active.
- Fixed an issue where the DockExtenderPref package was sometimes cancelling the installation.
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Icon & Desktop News: by Dan
 Icons - Desktops: Yo! We've got another great selection of icons and desktops to feed your need for desktop decoration. Starting off with (6) New Desktops, (2) New Icon Sets, and of course, updated "News From Around the Web". Take your time going, and hurry back!
In an ongoing effort to make it easier for you to send us your Icons and Desktops, we've designed a new Browser Based Upload Page for the task. Just follow the easy to use instructions, and you'll find submitting your artwork is a piece of cake!
- Omega Dock by Troy Dunham is a cool looking set of six application icons featuring his OmegaKitty character. Just in case you wanted to know, OmegaKitty is a girl of the future. She always makes sure to have the latest tech. Her 20gig iPod is the envy of all her pals She is quite excited about the release of OSX Jaguar but is more than a little upset at the $129 price tag.
- Flax Creations submits another stylish grouping of OSX folders, a continuation of the Real Aqua Folders series. Folders Different is a small experimental set of nine different multi layered folders that I think you will find useful.
- If you loved Timothy Zulewski's Darn Cute Icons we posted on Wednesday, you certainly will want to have his ultra cute companion desktop titled Cricketdock. This one is available in three different resolutions.
- Anyone up for Photoshop Tennis? The kind folks over at Digikitten keep on sending us loads of great desktops to share with ResExcellence readers. By way of introduction, one of Digikitten's missions has been to provide a free place for digital artists to display their work without having to pony up for a server. Foursvie1 by Chelle and Midnightz is the next great set of four desktops from this ongoing display, and are available in 1024x resolution.
- St. Patricks day is right around the corner, and what better way to show your love for the Irish than to invite a Leprcaun to your desktop. This one was made by Ned Bustard, and comes in 1024x and 800x resolutions.
- Corey R. Shaud sends us a some more St. Pactrick's Day cheer with a humorous St. Apple's Day Desktop. This one comes in 1024x resolution.
- How about a little Mindless Self Indulgence from Paul Probert? This fun and funky desktop comes in 1024x and 1280x resolutions.
- You know you are going to want one! M.J. Stone created a handsome looking desktop for enthusiasts of the new SSR coming from Chevrolet. This one is available in 1280x resolution.
News From Around the Web: Timeoutofmind.com updates with five new desktops. Burntcanvasdesign Studio updates with an entirely new style with 6 new 3d pieces at last. Simple and effective, focusing on atmosphere - these really are artworks. Flax Creations updates with six new icon sets. This is the beginning of the new Aqua Fusion Icon series, which ultimately includes over 500 individual icons. The complete set of Aqua Fusion Icons were originally designed for use with Linux KDE, and can be found @ KDE-Look.org . Keep your eyes open here for many more sets to follow for use with OS X. Live Pencil updates with more singing animals, new animations, emoticons, hidden images and much much more to make you smile. Mando would like to inform you that http://www.mandolux.com has issued a new Graffiti desktop titled Kid Jason. It is part of the DAIM.ORG V2 collection of wallpapers. Hoeslyvista updates with seven new pictures! An RSS news feed has also been implemented to announce updates to the site, allowing frequent visitors an easy way to keep informed of the latest developments. Icons.cx updates with two new icons sets: Badged Folders and Developer Tools Icons. DV Graphics today announces a brand new icon set available for immediate download. The new set, called "Everything But the Kitchen Sink", offers 10 brand new icons to represent everything from word processors to virus protection software. So what's up WWW? Icons? Desktop Pictures? News? Inform us! We'll post it!
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Today's News by Cletus™  Mighty Mouse 1.1 was released yesterday from Unsanity. Mighty Mouse allows you to customize your cursors with style - and it does so on the fly, without modifying any system files! This update is free to all registered users, and adds the following (partial listing): Remember to get your cursors here at ResExcellence!
- It is now possible to save previews of the currently installed cursors in the GIF format.
- Changing resolutions or awaking a computer attached to multiple displays no longer removes customized cursors.
- Cursor images are usually now premultiplied properly when necessary and unpremultiplied when separated into opaque and mask images.
- Fixed inconsistencies in mask colors - white is always fully opaque, black is always fully transparent.
- The Opaque and Mask image wells now indicate when they have keyboard focus.
- Fixed a bug that disabled cursors that contained no transparent areas.
- Mighty Mouse no longer utilizes the CPU to animate images when the System
- Navigating Mighty Mouse with Full Keyboard Access now makes sense.
WeatherPop and WeatherPop Advance 1.7 is now out. This menubar weatherman has the following feature addition to this release: WeatherPop 1.7 has the ability to determine whether or not a weather data source is missing data for the city the user has chosen and will automatically choose a different data source with more accurate and complete information.
Now you can doodle on your monitor screen! What next? Panic has released Desktastic 3.0. Desktastic lets you take notes, visually demonstrate, draw stupid pictures, and much more! Kill some time and relieve your brain from stress and try this out
Robb Timlin thought the ResExcellence readership might be interested in his new freeware product (currently in Public Beta, v1.0b3) known as Classic Window Management. I think he will be correct as this sounds pretty darn cool if you ask me. CWM for short, allows you to have your OS X windows grouped (or layered) by application, so when you click on a window to bring it the front, all of that app's windows come forward with it, just like in OS 9. This works especially well with the Finder, allowing you to once again simply click on the Desktop to bring all open Finder windows to the front. CWM lets you choose which layering style (Classic or standard OS X) you prefer as the default, and configures a modifier key so you can use the alternate layering style when you want to. CWM requires OS X v10.2 or higher, and Unsanity's Application Enhancer (APE) v1.2.1.
HotApp has been bumped up to 1.7.2. Use this keyboard launcher to assign shortcut keys to launch applications or switch between running apps/ quickly. This update fixes the problem when quitting System Preferences. It also includes minor internal improvements such as a minor memory leak, and improved internal logic for speed.
Another beta is out for Keyboard Maestro 2.0.0b2. This is a popular little program for launching applications and creating shortcuts and macros. The PR reads: This version of Keyboard Maestro represents a complete rewrite of its "inner core" in order to introduce a new and excitement enhancement - multiple trigger types for macros! As of this beta version, Keyboard Maestro supports these trigger types:
Iconizer Pro 1.8.1 is the newest release of this icon creating tool. Using a selection if pictures, you can generate a set of 32 bit full color icons. This feature is normally used for creating a background of CD, folder or other container windows. The icons can also be viewed on any Mac OS but Mac OS 8.5 or higher is required to view 32 bit icons. Version 1.8.1 adds the following: Users can drop an image file to the preview area to view that image. Iconizing engines were updated to improve their performances.
 I received nothing but positive emails concerning GyazMail. Which brings me to my one last rant ... for a while that is. iCal is suffering. My problems with reminders never running continue with iCal. They have only come on one time since it came out. Why it worked that one time I will never know. Plus I need to change my eye glass prescription every week as I can only read the pastel colors when I am two inches away from the monitor. Apple seems intent on not updating iCal except sporadically and then not addressing these issues people complained of back in July of 2002. Therefore it is time to switch and that took me directly to DayChaser.
Consider this another plug. Look into DayChaser from Econ Technologies, Inc. Superb! It instantly replaced iCal for me. I have never looked back. It was actually around long before iCal came out. It provided me with my much need reminder function. And get this.... It works! It was just updated also. Be sure to check out their other fine programs also like: Portraits & Prints and its companion app TemplateMaker, ChronoSync and ImageCaster. DayChaser is a calendar and scheduling application that not only allows you to organize your time but can also organize your work habits. Sporting a very user friendly Max OS X native user interface, DayChaser allows you to create and manage multiple calendar documents simultaneously. Each calendar document contains its own unique set of scheduled entries - events, appointments, memos and executable tasks.
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Icon & Desktop News: by Dan
 Icons - Desktops: Yo! We've got another great selection of icons and desktops to feed your need for desktop decoration. Starting off with (6) New Desktops, (2) New Icon Sets, and of course, updated "News From Around the Web". Take your time going, and hurry back!
In an ongoing effort to make it easier for you to send us your Icons and Desktops, we've designed a new Browser Based Upload Page for the task. Just follow the easy to use instructions, and you'll find submitting your artwork is a piece of cake!
- Darn Cute Icons by Tim Zulewski of CrickBow Design is a wonderfully whimsical set of twenty cuddly creature icons designed for use with OSX.
- Julia Nikolaeva, also known as Flameia sent us a great collection of ten Smiles Icons for OSX. These are no ordinary smile icons though. The collection includes a great spread of emotions: ate something bad , dazzled, Eh?, happy, laughter, make fun, sad, to sulk, Uhh.., You make me hurt.
- Not only does Flameia make great icons, but her desktops are excellent as well. Add a little light hearted cheer to your desktop with Happy Macintosh. This one comes in 1024x and 1280x resolution
- Warning. This desktop is not for kids! Desktop Girl Revisited by Paul Bush just about crosses the border just south of "family friendly". This provocative fantasy illustration sequel is available in four different resolutions.
- Paul Boutin took a photo he's titled "Moody Way" with his Powershot S40 on a trip back from Tahiti this February. He was in the plane, an Airbus A340 from Air Tahiti Nui (quite a nice company), not even sitting next to a window. He says he just turned head and there is was! Paul captured this gorgeous aerial sunset in 1024x resolution.
- Rapp fans will enjoy this desktop tribute to Tupac by Corey R. Shaud. This one comes in 1024x resolution.
- Quiet Still and Alone by Ed Allen of EA Design continues an amazing new series of 3-D desktop pictures on display here. This one comes in 1024x and 1280x resolutions.
- You never know what Bob Booten will come up with next. The Pool is the next creative piece from this prolific artist, and is available in 1152x resolution.
News From Around the Web: Burntcanvasdesign Studio updates with an entirely new style with 6 new 3d pieces at last. Simple and effective, focusing on atmosphere - these really are artworks. Flax Creations updates with six new icon sets. This is the beginning of the new Aqua Fusion Icon series, which ultimately includes over 500 individual icons. The complete set of Aqua Fusion Icons were originally designed for use with Linux KDE, and can be found @ KDE-Look.org . Keep your eyes open here for many more sets to follow for use with OS X. Live Pencil updates with more singing animals, new animations, emoticons, hidden images and much much more to make you smile. Mando would like to inform you that http://www.mandolux.com has issued a new Graffiti desktop titled Kid Jason. It is part of the DAIM.ORG V2 collection of wallpapers. Hoeslyvista updates with seven new pictures! An RSS news feed has also been implemented to announce updates to the site, allowing frequent visitors an easy way to keep informed of the latest developments. Icons.cx updates with two new icons sets: Badged Folders and Developer Tools Icons. DV Graphics today announces a brand new icon set available for immediate download. The new set, called "Everything But the Kitchen Sink", offers 10 brand new icons to represent everything from word processors to virus protection software. So what's up WWW? Icons? Desktop Pictures? News? Inform us! We'll post it!
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- ResForkStream 1.0
- RB Plugin Plunger
- iListBox
- Doing Things as Root
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Tools of the Trade by Michael Coyle A small roadblock is stopping me from using a new ext2 driver to mount Linux partitions under MacOS X. Unknown to me, one of the recent MacOS X updates rendered my Adaptec SlimSCSI card inoperable! Now I have no way to mount SCSI drives at all on my Titanium Powerbook. I ordered a Belkin SCSI to Firewire adapter. Hopefully it will allow me to mount my old SCSI devices. Maybe then I can move on to the ext2 Linux partitions.
Kevin Husted spent several sleepless nights creating his newest MacOS X Appearance Theme, SS_TuXedo. While the color scheme is black and white, it's amazing how light the look of the theme is.
User Contributed Splash Screens. by Michael Coyle It's easier than ever to contribute using the new Browser Based Upload Page! If you contribute a file to any section of ResExcellence, you could win a PowerMax gift certificate worth $50 ! (How?) - A pair of Perhaps things are cooling down after the hot release of Mighty Mouse. Today I'm posting only three Mighty Mouse Cursors has been added to the archive.
- A contributor named Thinkdifferent1984 created a nice looking Brushed Metal Boot Panel.
- Now named Camino, Kevin MacLeod has created an Aqua button theme for the browser formerly known as Chimera.
- Jason Kennedy created a graceful little dragon for you to view as a Boot Image.
- The computer of Chris Ericson is 100% Microsoft free. He is so proud of the fact that he made a Winblows Boot Panel!
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Today's News by Cletus™  A new beta version of Safari Xtra is available at 3.0b. Safari XTra lets you view all your bookmarks (Bookmarks Menu, Address Book, Rendezvous, History and all other custom folders) from the system menubar. This means that you can go to any site you've got in your bookmarks with a simply click. This update allows a sites favicons to be loaded.
Time to refill your Cocktail as is goes to 1.2. This little application simplifies the use of advanced UNIX functions and gives access to hidden Mac OS X settings. The list is long on what it is capable of and replaces a lot of small single purpose utilities. Version 1.2 adds the following: - New "Spindown" disk feature allows you to set the disk spindown time
- New "DS_Store" files feature removes DS_Store files from selected disk or folder
- Minor speed optimization
- A brand new "About" window .
Folder Icon X version 1.4.8 is the latest release of this program allowing for custom icons. It places a custom icon on a standard (Plain) icon. - "Save" button of the main window will save all icons without warning.
- "Template" menu can show the contents of "Template" folder in hierarchical sub-menus.
- Users can create template categories by adding folders into the "Template" folder.
- Hierarchical feature of the "Template" menu can be turned off from the
- Preferences window.
Tidbits: Updates coming soon for Unsanity's Labels X and Mighty Mouse. Plus a small hint at yet another new Haxie!
 Time for a plug. I don't normally do this, but I really like this program. I have been back and forth between Entourage and Mail.app. I have never had a single problem with Entourage, but since switching to DayLite for my PIM/CRM needs, it has made Entourage redundant. Mail has been difficult to use. I have had trouble sending files and it keeps forgetting my password. I have tried all the fixes suggested and it still fails.
Enter GyazMail! Outstanding is the best way I can think of to describe the program. It has a clean, logical interface. It imported from items from Mail and Entourage without a hitch. It sort reminds me of Claris Emailer for some reason, which I had used for years. The author is very responsive to suggestions and updates are frequent. It is currently freeware during the beta stages and will be priced under $18's for the final release. Well worth it, and I would pay it now if I could. If you are looking for an alternative to Apple's Mail program, I recommend GyazMail. Some details can be found below and screenshots from the homepage here.: GyazMail is an e-mail client software for Mac OS X. GyazMail is developed from scratch to be a simple, easy-to-use e-mail client with many features, based on the Cocoa framework. Currently it is in early development stage , but progressing every day. - Multiple accounts
- Management of messages by one file per message (RFC 822 format)
- Many character sets support, including UTF-8 (Unicode)
- Main window with 2 or 3 panes
- Message threading support
- Message search on multiple criteria, in specified folders
- Message rules and filters
- Template for outgoing messages
- Message queueing
- POP3 (APOP), SMTP (POP before SMTP, SMTP AUTH) support
- SSL support
- RFC 2822(822) support
- MIME support
- Remote mail
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Polling Place by Michael Coyle  Just about two-thirds of readers have the G4 chip. Which isn't surprising since Apple is really pushing the G4. If you go to their site, the G3 equipped iBook isn't even mentioned on the main page! The same is true of the old Snow iMac.
G3, we hardly knew ya! G5, I hope you come soon! I have a hard time believing that there are a dozen readers still using a 68k Mac! Tell me you're pulling my leg. My Powerbook 3400 with MacOS 8.6 is barely usable anymore. It feels like MacOS X 10.0.3. :-)
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the Pledge of Allegiance could not be recited as long as it contained the words "Under God". These two words were adding in 1954 by Congress after a campaign by the Knights of Columbus. The words are not in the original version written by Francis Bellamy in 1892. Even if you are not an American, this court case is an interesting test on the separation of church and state. This week's Polling Place asks, "Do you think 'Under God' should be in the Pledge?"
Icon & Desktop News: by Dan
 Icons - Desktops: Yo! We've got another great selection of icons and desktops to feed your need for desktop decoration. Starting off with (6) New Desktops, (3) New Icon Sets, and of course, updated "News From Around the Web". Take your time going, and hurry back!
In an ongoing effort to make it easier for you to send us your Icons and Desktops, we've designed a new Browser Based Upload Page for the task. Just follow the easy to use instructions, and you'll find submitting your artwork is a piece of cake!
- TGS Icons by Skinny Moo is a set of icons originating from the Homestarrunner.com web site.
Strong Bad was asked if he could make a comic about one readers group of friends, so he created the TEEN GIRL SQUAD! The set of seven icons consists of all the girls and the opening banner.
- Tim Dehring sends us few more Legend of Zelda icons he made while impatiently waiting for the release of the new game to finally come out.
- Snake Eyes by Ed Allen of EA Design begins an amazing new series of 3-D desktop pictures on display here. The image preview really doesn't do this one much justice, so you will us have to download yourself a copy, and see it's merits for yourself. Comes in 1024x and 800x resolutions.
- The kind folks over at Digikitten keep on sending us loads of great desktops to share with ResExcellence readers. By way of introduction, one of Digikitten's missions has been to provide a free place for digital artists to display their work without having to pony up for a server. Grey Kitten by Chelle is the next great desktop from this ongoing display, and is available in 1024x resolution.
- David Lopez really has a visionary sense of design. Pin Wheel is a gorgeous composition displaying @ 1024x resolution.
- Arm chair travelers will enjoy this lush photograph of a tropical forest sent to us by Ambitiouslemon. Shadow Tree -Tahiti comes in 1536x resolution.
- Kurage (Medusa) by Pixelpusher is reminiscent of OSX Jaguar's default desktop picture. This easy on the eyes desktop comes in several different resolutions.
- You know you want one! Xterra by David Lopez streaks across your desktop in 1024x resolution.
News From Around the Web: Flax Creations updates with six new icon sets. This is the beginning of the new Aqua Fusion Icon series, which ultimately includes over 500 individual icons. The complete set of Aqua Fusion Icons were originally designed for use with Linux KDE, and can be found @ KDE-Look.org . Keep your eyes open here for many more sets to follow for use with OS X. Live Pencil updates with more singing animals, new animations, emoticons, hidden images and much much more to make you smile. Mando would like to inform you that http://www.mandolux.com has issued a new Graffiti desktop titled Kid Jason. It is part of the DAIM.ORG V2 collection of wallpapers. Hoeslyvista updates with seven new pictures! An RSS news feed has also been implemented to announce updates to the site, allowing frequent visitors an easy way to keep informed of the latest developments. Icons.cx updates with two new icons sets: Badged Folders and Developer Tools Icons. Here we go again with another odd update at the Burntcanvasdesign Studio. With a whole load more mobile graphics for most mobile madness and at last the release of his first icon set called 'another blue folder set.' hop on down to bcd. DV Graphics today announces a brand new icon set available for immediate download. The new set, called "Everything But the Kitchen Sink", offers 10 brand new icons to represent everything from word processors to virus protection software. MacMonkies adds warmth to your weekend with 4 New Icon Sets! Featured this Friday are works from latest contributor Steven Ansell, along with Agrapha Icons, miX the piX, and WatiWorks. All this and more this Friday at MacMonkies.com. Get your mouse in gear and check 'em out! Timeoutofmind.com updates with three new desktop pictures. The Iconfactory is pleased to announce the immediate availability of version 4.0 of our professional icon construction filter for Adobe Photoshop, IconBuilder Pro. So what's up WWW? Icons? Desktop Pictures? News? Inform us! We'll post it!
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