[ANN] PreFab UI Browser 1.0.1
[ANN] PreFab UI Browser 1.0.1
- Subject: [ANN] PreFab UI Browser 1.0.1
- From: Bill Cheeseman <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 15:16:30 -0500
PreFab UI Browser 1.0.1 is now available for download at
<
http://www.prefab.com/uibrowser/>.
Although we're promoting this mainly as an AppleScript utility, it has much
broader uses for developers. Starting with Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar, Apple has
incorporated accessibility features for persons with disabilities into
almost all standard Carbon and Cocoa user interface widgets. However, if you
write custom widgets into your software, you have to add a few lines of code
to make them accessible to assistive devices (screen readers and the like).
By federal law (Section 508), the federal government and many state agencies
and educational institutions can only purchase software that is accessible.
PreFab UI Browser is an ideal tool to test your own applications for
accessibility.
Here's the official press release:
PreFab UI Browser 1.0.1 enhances Apple's GUI Scripting
North Andover, MA -- February 28, 2003 -- PreFab Software, Inc. is pleased
to announce the release of UI Browser 1.0.1, an update to its utility to
help scripters write user interface scripts using Apple's new "GUI
Scripting" technology for AppleScript in Mac OS X version 10.2.3 and higher.
PreFab UI Browser is the ultimate assistant for GUI Scripting. It helps
scripters explore, control and monitor the user interface of most Mac OS X
applications, navigating the interface hierarchy then generating useful
AppleScript statements with a single click.
UI Browser 1.0.1 fixes several minor problems, improves speed and stability,
and adds many new features, including these:
- Keyboard shortcuts to generate commonly used AppleScript commands,
including three new commands in this release. These AppleScript commands can
be generated even when UI Browser's action and attribute drawers are closed,
making it easier than ever to write scripts for GUI Scripting.
- Preference options to send generated scripts directly to Script Editor
2.0, Script Debugger or Smile in a single step, bypassing the clipboard, or
to place them on the clipboard automatically for pasting into any editor.
- Send non-printing control characters and function keys, such as tab,
return, delete and arrow keys, to any target application, and generate
AppleScript commands to do the same thing.
- Optionally target background applications such as the Dock.
- Take advantage of Accessibility enhancements in Mac OS X 10.2.4.
A free trial of UI Browser 1.0.1 is available now at PreFab.com. Normally
priced at $39.95, PreFab is offering an introductory price of $24.95 through
April 19, 2003. Download the free 30-day trial version at
<
http://www.prefab.com/uibrowser/>. Purchasers who buy version 1.0.1 will be
entitled to a free upgrade to version 1.1.
PreFab Software, Inc. has unrivaled experience in scripting the GUI,
shipping PreFab Player since 1994. For this Mac OS X product, PreFab joined
forces with well-known AppleScript and Cocoa guru Bill Cheeseman to bring
you a utility that makes GUI Scripting easy.
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Bill Cheeseman - email@hidden
PreFab Software, Inc. - www.prefab.com/uibrowser/
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