Tag: Mac

Inquisitor 3 for Safari is free

Dave Watanabe’s Inquisitor “live search” plugin for the Safari web browser has just hit version 3. The most significant upgrade is the price tag; Inquisitor is now completely free.

The new version of the plugin boasts an updated interface, and a more integrated, slicker feel. This one adds a pane to Safari’s own preferences, where Dave admits, it should have been in the first place. You can set Inquisitor to autocomplete entire phrases, or the first word, and it also gives you the option of offering search suggestions. Add to that the subtle fade in and out effects he’s just added, and you’ve got yourself a handy little plugin.

Well, what are you waiting for? There price tag has been removed, so go check out Inquisitor - Spotlight for the web.

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CGS Framework now Universal! Tremendous power…

The fabled Core Graphics Framework is now released!

All the PPC / Intel specific bugs have been found, caught, and eradicated. The framework should now be ready for developer consumption for use in commercial apps, or for experimentation and utter bewilderment. Be amazed. Be very amazed, and download the framework straight from here or read and download it from the original post.

The ultimate Core Graphics resource

Liberate your application

Now works on all architectures, and without hiccups!

Can’t get enough of window transitions? Love a little eye candy? Well, you’re in luck. The Core Graphics Framework and Xcode Project Template make adding the fantastic Core Graphics function to your app a breeze. In fact, it’s even more complete than the tutorial, and already has more features in it before you write a single line of code! It doesn’t stop there, however. This framework powerful enough to use the genie effect. That’s right. That awesome Mac OS X transform you can get when you minimize an application. Core Graphics contains a wealth of resources. You really have to check it out.

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Core Graphics, meet Core Image

Following on from the Core Graphics tutorial, this download-able demo app presents an easy way to look at the various effects available both through documented and undocumented code.

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Lessons from Shiira

Shiira is an open source web browser based on Web Kit and written in Cocoa. The goal of the Shiira Project is to create a browser that is better and more useful than Safari. This article presents the most useful features of Shiira and gives a preview to the some of the new additions that are coming in version 2, including exclusive information from the latest build.

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Xcode Animations and Transitions

Ever wanted to be able to use fancy transitions and animations in your Xcode applications? This series provides the method and the means to implement terrific flips and ripples throughout your app, showing window transition effects using undocumented and documented Objective-C code that can be implemented anywhere quickly and efficiently.

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