Tuesday, Aug. 7 Ignoring legal issues involving jailed Russian coders, Adobe Systems Inc. has released the Acrobat eBook Reader 2.2 for the Mac. This update to the free software for displaying eBooks includes new scrolling and panning, fitting and other features. No information available on what's new in Version 5.0. This improves compatibility with operating systems from System 7 to Mac OS 9.1 and adds bug fixes. It's free but you have to be an Apple Developer Connection member to download it.
New features includes performance improvements, bug fixes and more.
Version 4.0 adds the ability for building Excel spreadsheets on a Palm OS thingie and synchronization with multiple Macs. 4.0.3 from the Omni Group adds Swedish, Japanese and Danish support as well as better French and German support to the Mac OS X-only Web browser. It also has better support for more scanner and bug fixes. In addition to a few theme tweaks, this version tosses in bug fixes and improved stability. This version gets a re-entrant toolkit.