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  • 4/14/2001 Flying Buttress 1.0.2 released. Improved generation of firewall rules to properly allow outgoing traffic in restrictive configurations, added 'Remove Startup Script' option. Also added beginnings of a FAQ, and an important tip for PPPoE users
  • 4/14/2001 Pseudo 1.0.1 released. Fixed problem involving non-ASCII characters in launch paths.
  • 4/14/2001 Launcher 3.0.1 released. Many bugs fixed. Dropping files on folder buttons now copies or moves them into that folder. You can drop folders on Carbon CFM applications now. Performance improved when resizing the Launcher window.
  • 4/14/2001 MacJanitor 1.0 released. Freeware utility to run the system's daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance scripts. Execellent for laptop users and others who shut their Macs off at night.
  • 4/7/2001 Launcher 3.0 released. Due to popular demand, Launcher for Mac OS X has been updated and fully Aquified to run on Mac OS X 1.0. Many new features.
  • 3/28/2001 Flying Buttress 1.0.1 released. Fixed sporadic app crasher when zeroing monitor rule counts. Changed window title to indicate configuration mode, added iDisk label to AppleShare option. Added missing additional import filters. Added additional documentation.
  • 3/23/2001 Flying Buttress 1.0 for Mac OS X 1.0 released. Made numerous changes for compatibility with release version of Mac OS X 1.0. New features include: Improved Monitor window, customizable toolbars, Security framework support, support for SMB/Samba port rules and the firewall denial log. Experimental support for dynamic NetInfo/NFS port rules.
  • 3/23/2001 xFiles 1.0 for Mac OS X 1.0 released.
  • 3/23/2001 Pseudo 1.0 for Mac OS X 1.0 released.
  • 3/23/2001 PuzzlePalace 1.0 for Mac OS X 1.0 released.
  • 1/14/2001 Flying Buttress 1.0b4 released. Fixed bug that appeared when creating Startup File when Flying Buttress was launched by root.
  • 12/25/2000 Pseudo 1.0b1 released. Drag and drop program to launch an application with another user's acess.
  • 12/22/2000 PuzzlePalace 1.0b1 released. Drag and drop strong file encryption for MacOS X Public Beta.
  • 11/2/2000 Flying Buttress 1.0b3 released. Removed rsh, rlogin and exec quick config options and replaced them with DNS, finger and talk since they're much more likely to be needed by regular people. Fixed a minor issue with the bootp and ntp rules and removed an overly-restrictive default rule that could prevent desired incoming connections in some cases. Fabulous new full-color icon!
  • 10/22/2000 Flying Buttress 1.0b2 released. Update fixes configuration issue with restricting the outgoing traffic in computer lab setups, and a cosmetic issue with re-sizing the Monitor window. Also fixed application crasher while monitoring the firewall when logged into the computer as the root user.
  • 10/20/2000 Flying Buttress 1.0b1 released. Flying Buttress is a firewall configuration program.
  • 10/05/2000 xFiles 0.1.3d1 released. Updated for MacOS X Beta, minor bug fixes, new disk image-based install.
  • 09/03/2000 xFiles 0.1.2d.2 released. Added batch operations, browsable outline view and split preview pane in file list, and context menus.
  • 07/28/2000 ModelViewer for OSX DP4 announced. ModelViewer is a native Cocoa 3DMF file viewer based on the Quesa project.
  • 07/27/2000 xFiles 0.1.1d.2 released. The HFS+ Catalog Search is now functional.