Autumn Updates for DEVONthink, DEVONagent, and DEVONnote

Coeur d'Alene, ID (PRWEB) October 8, 2006

DEVONtechnologies, LLC updates all its commercial applications: the document and information managers DEVONthink Professional and Personal, the Internet research agent and alternative Web browser DEVONagent, and the intelligent notepad application DEVONnote.

DEVONthink Professional 1.2.1 features full screen editing of rich text files with customizable background and foreground colors, allows to manually rearrange the items in the Three Panes view, and recognizes more plain text file types. Previous versions always displayed rich text documents using the documents' colors in full screen mode. In addition, the new version improves CSV (comma separated values) files import, URL handling as well as handling of bugs in Mac OS X's PDF engine. The improved advertisement filter used by the built-in Web browser recognizes and blocks inline advertisements of RSS feeds. The AppleScript support has also been enhanced, some scripts have been overhauled, and the Automator actions have been updated to use DEVONthink Professional's log panel.

DEVONagent 2.0.3 also comes with the improved advertisement filter. The Plugins & Scanners panel highlights groups with special plugins for clarity and shows a help button that links to the according pages in the online help. A number of plugins has been updated as well, most scanner plugins have been optimized, and the Marketing search set has been enhanced. Version 2.0.3 also removes more unimportant words from the list of topics, and improves the URL handling.

DEVONthink Personal 1.9.8 "inherits" many improvements from its Professional sibling, for example the support for "bookmarklets", the better advertisement filter, the enhanced full screen mode, and the support for third-party QuickTime file types. Finally, DEVONnote 1.9.1 is a maintenance update that also brings many improvements of the latest releases of DEVONthink to DEVONnote.

All four applications greatly benefit from recent improvements to the underlying technology that make them faster and use less memory. Again, all search operations, AI-based functions such as classify or see-also, as well as many database operations have been sped up. All releases also fix minor bugs and interface glitches, too.

All four applications require Mac OS X 10.3.9 later and a fast Internet connection is strongly recommended for DEVONagent. All updates are immediately available from http://www.devon-technologies.com. They must be purchased after the evaluation period of 150 (DEVONthink, DEVONnote) or 60 (DEVONagent) hours of non-continuous runtime.

DEVONthink Professional sells for US$ 79.95, DEVONthink Personal for US$ 39.95, DEVONagent for US$ 49.95, and DEVONnote for US$ 19.95 in DEVONtechnologies' online shop. DEVONthink Professional and DEVONagent are also available as the "Infoworker's Pro Bundle" for US$ 99.95; DEVONnote with PhotoStickies for US$ 29.95. Owners of DEVONthink Personal can upgrade to DEVONthink Professional for US$ 45, DEVONagent 1.x can be upgraded to DEVONagent 2.x for US$ 19.95. Upgrade coupons are available.

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BACKGROUND: DEVONTHINK

Everything is digital today. But where to store all these e-mails, PDFs, Word documents, images and multimedia files you accumulate every day? How to organize them, and find the right one when one needs it?

DEVONthink is the solution for the digital age, the one database for all your documents. And it's flexible. It adapts to your personal needs. Use it as your document repository, your filing cabinet, your e-mail archive or your project organizer. Collect and organize data from the web for a publication, enrich it with sound and movie files, and export everything as a web site, drag it to an Apple Pages document for publishing in print, or copy it to your iPod.

The Database for the Internet Age:

DEVONthink keeps important data in one database, regardless where the data is physically located. It integrates both local documents and live content from the Internet to keep, e.g., all project-related information together. DEVONthink seamlessly mixes local documents, clippings and live web pages.

DEVONthink is not only a simple database, it's a flexible work environment with powerful management features. It provides its users with all the tools they need for effectively working with documents. They can use the integrated RTF editor to write new documents, or open them in a third party application.

Intelligent Assistant:

DEVONthink is based on a powerful AI architecture that helps organize and navigate the information collection. It assists the user with filing documents and with finding similar items. It's easy to master even huge data collections with a few simple clicks.

BACKGROUND: DEVONAGENT

The knowledge of mankind doubles every one to two years, speed increasing. How to cope with this unbelievable huge mass of data? How to find that very document one is looking for? How to find the answer to a question?

DEVONagent is the solution for those who are tired of clicking hundreds of links delivered by Google & Co. just to find out that most of the links are either outdated, broken or lead to junk pages. It communicates with search engines, digs through all the results and presents only those documents that are really worth reading. Also, it summarizes the accumulated knowledge and make it available as a list of the most important topics and an interactive mind map. Finding information on the Web has never been easier!

DEVONagent finds, collects and organizes information with a powerful search architecture, a simple to use built-in archive and perfect integration with DEVONthink. More than 130 plugins for popular search engines, databases and search tools, predefined search sets, and a clean Mac-like user interface make DEVONagent the number one tool for finding information on the web for the Mac.

DEVONthink companion: DEVONagent can send search results as plain or rich text, web archive or as PDF directly to a DEVONthink database with just one click and from any view. Then, one can use DEVONthink's intelligence to organize it.

BACKGROUND: DEVONNOTE

DEVONnote helps taking notes and keeping them organized. It keeps ideas, documents, important information, and even web browser bookmarks in one single, accessible place. DEVONnote supports the user with professional, easy-to-use features, and helps create structure out of chaos. DEVONnote is the most sophisticated notepad application for Mac OS X, and the only one that uses AI (artificial intelligence) instead of relying on your NI (natural intelligence).

DEVONnote was designed with the typical Mac user in mind. It comes with a clean, easy-to-use interface that gives you all the tools you need in a familiar Mac-like package. Even the most complex AI functions are just "buttons", meaning one simple click can send DEVONnote into action, digging through all of your data to find a place for your latest note, or to show you all your ideas and concepts that are similar to the one you've just selected.

Of course, creative people don't just "have thoughts", they often need new "input", too. DEVONnote comes with a complete Safari-based web browser and solid, but flexible, bookmark-managing capabilities. With DEVONnote, the user can browse the Web and clip the most important information directly to DEVONnote. Finally, DEVONnote displays and regularly reloads web cams directly within the application.

CORPORATE BACKGROUND

DEVONtechnologies LLC, founded in 2002, incorporated in 2004 and headquartered in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, USA, researches in the field of semantic and associative data analysis and synthesis, and develops key applications based on the DEVONtechnology. Named after the Devonian Period, the DEVONtechnology marks the departure into a new age of data processing. The main focus of all activities is clearly on using the robust, flexible and versatile architecture intelligently to create rock-solid applications for a variety of purposes, including but not limited to databases, intelligent agents, data-mining, information retrieval and human-computer-interfaces.

More information: http://www.devon-technologies.com.

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