Greetings From Nisus Land
"Lion, Express, Pro, and You"
According to various news reports, Mac OS X 10.7 (otherwise known as Lion) will be released on the 20th of July. That means that developers are scrambling to get their applications ready for the big release. We at Nisus are no exception, except there is no scrambling here. Unless it is eggs.
Currently, Express 3.3.2 and Nisus Writer Pro 2.0 are compatible with Lion, apart from a few issues that we have identified so far. To address these issues we have released beta versions of Nisus Writer Pro 2.0.1 and Nisus Writer Express 3.4.
Nisus Writer Pro 2.0.1 also has received a handful of fixes for issues that appeared after its release (including fixes for the page number display bug and the Bookends issue). The beta release of Nisus Writer Pro 2.0.1 is available now (this is a direct download link).
Nisus Writer Express 3.4 also addresses Lion incompatibilities and receives a number of bug fixes. Express 3.4 is available now for your downloading pleasure.
There is another big issue that needs to be dealt with as well. The elephant in the room, so to speak. If the reports are true, Rosetta will no longer be included in OS X.
(A quick primer: Rosetta is software that enables PowerPC applications to run on the newer Intel Macs.)
Rosetta was introduced with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4) and was also included with Leopard (10.5). It then became an optional installation with Snow Leopard (10.6). That is apparently where it will end.
How does this relate to Express and Pro? While both of these applications are universal binaries (which can run on both PowerPC and Intel Macs) the file importers were PowerPC until recently. Since that means using Rosetta, this presents a problem.
In the case of Pro, we have already switched the file importer to Intel, so there is no problem for owners of Intel Macs. We still offer a version with a PowerPC importer, but moving forward we will phase out PowerPC support.
Express uses a different file importer that is only PowerPC. With Rosetta (allegedly) being phased out we will switch Express to use the file importer built into OS X, which is compatible with both Intel and PowerPC Macs.
So to sum up: beta versions of Pro 2.0.1 and Express 3.4 are available now and fix Lion incompatibilities plus other bugs. The possible disappearance of Rosetta has been dealt with. And my crippling emotional problems are still in place.
Nisus Writer Pro 2
"Purchase Now, Purchase Often"
Now that the last Harry Potter film has been released, we can now all go back to our normal lives. This is a good thing because I know some of you have been waiting for this movie to come out before you purchase Nisus Writer Pro 2.
Well, now your wait is over, and you can now purchase Nisus Writer Pro 2 at your leisure. Now some of you may ask what you receive for your $49 upgrade price. It's a long list, so let me summarize.
and much more! There are also over 500 fixes, additions, optimizations, and other changes in Pro 2. If you would like to read the full list of changes in Pro 2 you can head over to the Pro release notes page.
If you would like to purchase Pro 2 from our store you can for only $79 for the full version and $49 for the upgrade from Pro 1.x. A family pack can be purchase for $99 (or you can upgrade a family pack for $69). A CD is available for an extra $10 plus shipping.
Nisus Writer Pro 2 requires OS X 10.4.11.
For more information and to download the 15 day fully working demo please visit our Nisus Writer Pro page.
Nisus Writer Pro 2 Reviews
"The Reviews Are In"
Nisus Writer Pro 2 has received plenty of attention in the Mac press. Very positive reviews have been written, like this one from TidBits. It is a pretty extensive review, so be prepared for a long, but great read.
Another great review comes from MacFormat in the UK. The Cult of Mac had some nice things to say.
Maybe you don't believe us when we hype Pro 2, but these guys are just as excited about Pro as we are. We hope that you will be as well.
Odd And Ends
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