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OSXplanet - 0.3b01

Dynamic desktop based on xplanet

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All Time:	(4.4)
Version 0.3b01:	(4.7)
Selected Version:	0.3b01
Release Date:	2004-01-10
License:	Beta
Downloads (version 0.3b01):	1,531
Downloads (all versions):	87,530

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Product Description:

OSXplanet is a front-end to the popular program xplanet made in Cocoa and Objective-C. It is in its beta version. It replaces your desktop with a picture of earth showing where it is night and day. It also downloads the latest cloud maps and overlays it with the earth map.

Make sure you read the README (Which is now in the OSXplanet program and do all the things on it before reporting bugs! OSXplanet will not work with the option "Change Picture" enabled.

This version unfortunetly does not read the previous version's preferences due to the numerous changes. This also means it could have serious bugs that I overlooked.

What's new in this version:

Ability to have cloud maps (Yay!)
Cities are now much easier to work with.
Added a splash screen
The default for planet position is now Origin not random.
Projection Preview is now bigger.
Removed Range of View Preferences
Radius Size Preference is now easier to work with.
Rotate Preference is now easier to work with.
Refresh Intervals is now easier to work with.
Overall stability has been improved.
Fixed a bug with the refresh interval not working.
Fixed a bug that caused OSXplanet to crash on quitting if xplanet wasn't running.
The preferences file is now under a different name: com.gabrielotte.osxplanet.plist.
Integrated the Readme and the Documentation into the Application.
Colored Cities.
Ability to control how much info about a city is shown.
Radius and Rotate preferences are now much easier to use.
Added ability to control whether OSXplanet sets desktop to default aqua or xplanet after xplanet is killed.
The menubar now changes according to the status of the program. For example when xplanet is not running it will have a circle with a line through it. When it is updating clouds, it will have a cloud on it.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2 or higher

Feedback Summary:

Version 0.3b01:
Overall Rating:	(4.7)	Features:	(4.7)	Support:	(3.3)
Ease of Use:	(3.7)	Quality / Stability:	(4.5)	Price:	(5.0)

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Still Not For Leopard - Version: 1.0.1, 8/4/2008 03:30AM PST

sounds good

Though OS X 10.5 Intel is listed under Operating System Requirements OSXplanet does not run.
On the OSXplanet Project Main Page the developer says it does not run under Leopard and he is working on a version that will. I enjoyed the product when I ran 10.4 but now running 10.5.2, Version 1.0.1 no longer works.