Archive for April, 2007

by mkeefe on Apr 26th, 2007

Great SVN application for the Mac

svnx_2.jpgAfter trying some command line and GUI based SVN applications I think I finally found one that works well. It looks great, but even more importantly it works great. The tool would be svnX, currently available only on the Mac.

Two of my favorite features would have to be the Repository Inspector and the Working Copy Inspector both of which offer greater control over your files.

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If you are looking for a powerful Subversion tool then I highly recommend svnX

by mkeefe on Apr 26th, 2007

Better icons for CS3 programs

The CS3 icons have been a topic of discussion around the graphics world. Some like the stock icons, others find them to be a poor example from a creative company… I am with the latter on this one, the CS3 icons just aren’t a great thing, especially on the Mac OS X dock where there are so many great icons.

That being said, some others have built custom icon packs, such as a simple rounded rectangle and others that tie into the branding of CS3. Those new icons really do look nice on the dock, as shown here:

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This is what the second option looks like, kind of harder to see a difference in at smaller sizes, but still cool:

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by mkeefe on Apr 23rd, 2007

Zinc vs Apollo, mdm is kind of off

I noticed an article on MDM’s website where they are comparing Zinc to Apollo. Now that in itself isn’t a bad thing, but I should point out Apollo is in alpha. Interesting that they forgot one of the most important points which would be the price. Why can’t Apollo play external video? I mean it can load files locally, so what gives? I also know developers are experimenting with SQLite support so that point isn’t 100% true.

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Figure from www.multidmedia.com

Basically I think mdm is pushing their own product and that isn’t the best way, especially considering how much you have to shell out for Windows, Mac and Linux development kits so you can make it “cross-platform”. Just my 2 cents. Thanks for reading.

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