It is with great pleasure that I announce the immediate availability of MarsEdit 2.1, a significant update to Red Sweater’s Eddy-Award winning desktop blog editing application.
Download MarsEdit 2.1 From The MarsEdit Home Page
I’ve updated the high-level “what’s new” page, but of course I also love the sound of my own keyboard, so I thought I’d [...]
I’ve been so busy working on the next release of MarsEdit that I haven’t had a lot of time to do much else, aside from my normal second job as head of customer support!
But I’ve been seeing a lot of exciting things happening, and I want to help spread the word, along with my modest [...]
Brent Simmons writes about designing the first-launch experience for NetNewsWire 3.1. I find his reasoning especially interesting because MarsEdit also has a strong incentive to provide users with a smooth first-launch experience.
One of the points that resonates most for me is Brent’s point about friction:
Present as little friction as possible—don’t overwhelm the new user so [...]
I’m proud to say that all of my apps are pretty solid. They rarely crash. At least, I assume they rarely crash, because I very rarely receive crash reports from users. When I do, it’s usually from beta testers before the application has been shared with the general public.
But after Apple released 10.4.11, I started [...]
My name is Daniel Jalkut. I'm a Mac software developer and founder of Red Sweater Software, LLC.
MarsEdit. Powerful blog publishing from your Mac. Freedom from web browsers.
FlexTime. Stay focused throughout the day with this innovative timer.
FastScripts. Attach keyboard shortcuts to almost anything on your Mac.
Black Ink. Solve crossword puzzles with style. A gym membership for your brain.
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