DragThing, you make launching… groovy.

Apple’s Dock was made to be simple and useful. Drag mostly anything into it and you can launch it from there. But the Dock has some built-in limitations to keep it simple and therefore not useful in all occasions. Launcher applications are a personal thing. They...

Go Bananas!

If you remember my previous posting on FontCard from Unsanity, then you will appreciate this next jewel called FruitMenu. It provides the same functionality in OS X as the Apple Menu Items did in OS 9 – that is, to allow you to add commonly used applications, files,...

Spotlight: Database Publishing

Mailing lists, company directories, product catalogs — any type of “bulk” information that has a uniform structure — belongs in a database. By structure I mean something that can be broken down into records and fields. For example, a simple database of...

The MacGyver of Graphic Apps

There are advantages for professionals to having a full-featured, robust and extremely complex applications like Photoshop for doing certain kinds of graphic work that require $800, hours of training, and the processing power of MIT’s Computer Development Lab....