The Iconfactory

$19.99 paid upgrade for registered users of 2.x

Check xScopeApp.com for the latest changes.

General:

• Modern Interface – Re-designed for increased usability and a fresh new look
• SmartTools – Turns tools on or off depending on what apps you’re using
• Optimized code base – Launches faster, greatly improved performance
• Screen Awareness – Self aware tools to keep them from staying off screen
• Custom Toolbar – Change the size of xScope’s toolbar to fit your workspace
• Space-Saving Menubar – Display individual menubar tools as a single item

Mirror:

• Requires the FREE xScope Mirror App for IOS – http://xScopeApp.com/ios
• Remote Viewing – View any Mac window on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
• Pin & Lock – Move the Mac window anywhere & it always has focus on iOS
• Chromeless UI – No overlaid chrome to get in the way while you work
• Multiple iOS devices can connect and view the same window on a single Mac

Dimensions:

• Pattern Recognition – Measures properly on patterned or noisy backgrounds
• Screen Capture – Shift-Cmd-7 screencaps the current measurement
• Improved performance when measuring photographs

Rulers:

• Edge Snapping – Holding control key while dragging now snaps to edges
• Increased Readability – Redesigned to provide increased usability

Screens:

• Platform Sizes – Organized by platforms: iOS, Android, Mac, Win & TV
• Updated Resolutions – New resolutions including latest Mac and iOS models
• Edge Snapping – Holding control key while dragging now snaps to edges
• Vision Simulation – Simulate vision defects like color blindness & presbyopia
• Ability to snap screenshots from Screens
• Collapsable sidebar for compact display

Loupe:

• Color Palette – Collect your favorite color swatches with Shift-CMD-C
• Import/Export Colors – Save out or import .ACO color swatch files
• Color Formats – Cycle through color formats to fit your project’s needs
• Intelligent Gridlines – Auto adjusts color of grid & centerlines for visibility
• Magnify Modes – Under the cursor or what’s directly under the Loupe
• Vision Simulation – Simulate vision defects like color blindness & presbyopia
• Added CSS3 rgb() and HTML names for displayed colors
• Collapsable sidebar for compact display
• Zooms up to 1600%

Guides:

• Per Screen Control – Show guides on the left, right or both displays
• Simple Interface Mode – Hide guide handles when in the background
• Automatic adjustment of measurements so they stay visible at screen edges
• Undo (Cmd-Z) for closed guides

Frames:

• Edge Snapping – Holding control key while dragging now snaps to edges
• Per Screen Control – Show frames on the left, right or both displays
• Simple Interface Mode – Hide frame controls when in the background
• Shrink Mode – Cmd-Shift-5 to shrink a selection and create a frame
• Undo (Cmd-Z) for closed frames

Crosshair:

• Design or Develop Mode – Change origin from the upper-left to lower-left

And much more:

• See xScopeApp.com for a complete list

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed bugs and potential crashes associated with Lion

Improvements:

• Fixed problems with windows moving with Expose and Spaces
• Fixed a potential crash when using the Loupe
• Fixed problem that caused Dimensions to stop updating
• Dimensions and Loupe now work correctly on Lion
• Screenshots now work correctly on Lion

Improvements:

• Fixed a problem with hex color value in Loupe not updating correctly

Improvements:

• Compatibility fixes for Snow Leopard
• Loupe updated to use the correct color profile for display
• Images exported to files and clipboard now include a color profile

New Features:

• Global hotkey to copy the color under the Loupe to the clipboard
• General pref to add screen captures to the clipboard for pasting
• Dimensions tool preference to display aspect ratios
• Setting to make aspect ratios in Frames always visible
• Info icon added to Frames to copy width/height to the clipboard
• System hotkey to “Create guides from Dimensions measurement”
• YCbCr values in Loupe in addition to HSB values (click to toggle)
• Loupe has prefs for CGColorCreateGenericRGB() and UIColor formats

Improvements:

• Color of screens content rectangle can now be customized
• Color of gridlines in the Loupe can now be customized
• Function keys F17 to F19 can now be used as hotkeys
• Screens now has sizes for Firefox 3 and IE 8

New Features:

• Toolbar can be displayed vertically
• Active tools are highlighted in the toolbar
• Shift-Control-Arrow key can be used to resize Rulers and Frames
• Screens now show content area size along with screen size

Improvements:

• Guides now work correctly with multiple monitor configurations
• Fixed problems with screenshots in multiple monitors configurations
• Laser beam measurements on upper & right screen edges no longer cut off
• Fixed labeling of Windows Mobile screen resolution
• Improved wording in registration dialogs
• Fixed positioning of open file dialogs in preferences
• Updated tooltips for toolbar buttons
• Minor bug fixes and other improvements

$10 paid upgrade for registered users of 1.x

New Features:

• New Dimensions tool to quickly measure the size of on screen elements
• Beam mode to measure between elements; Shrink mode to “lasso” elements
• Current dimensions measurement can be highlighted
• Screens now support mobile devices like iPhone and Window Mobile
• Screen sizes editable and updated for latest browsers
• Loupe now provides quick pixel measurements
• Distance between Guides is now displayed
• Gutters can now be created with Guide wizard
• Added composition and layout grids to each Frame
• The Crosshair transparency can be adjusted
• New global hotkey to bring xScope to the front
• Added sound effects as feedback when using the tools
• Screen captures added to several of the tools
• Integrated tool help into the application

Improvements:

• Toolbar improvements including a new look
• Rulers can shrink down to 9 pixels
• Rulers can be nudged with arrow keys and the shift key
• Improved interface for selecting Screen sizes and browsers
• The Loupe window can be made much smaller
• Guides created with the wizard are now linked as a group
• Guides can be nudged and snapped with arrow keys and the shift key
• Frames can be nudged and snapped with arrow keys and the shift key
• Several fixes for issues caused by switching screen resolution
• Many controls were made larger and easier to read
• Minor bug fixes and other improvements

New Features:

• xScope is now a Universal binary for native performance on Intel Macs
• Frames can now be linked and moved simultaneously
• Horizontal and vertical guides can now be linked and moved simultaneously
• Frames can now be resized by dragging on the width or height indicator
• Added calipers to the Ruler making certain measurements easier
• Added a menu option to reset the Ruler to its default position and size
• When the Loupe is locked, the arrow keys can be used to nudge its position

Improvements:

• Rulers can be extended to a maximum size of 2400 pixels
• Rulers now snap to 5 pixel increments when the shift key is held down
• Added command keys to adjust Ruler length
• Guides and Frames can now be nudged with the arrow keys when selected
• Added an indicator to Frames when using a constrained ratio
• Added an option to copy the Loupe color as an NSColor definition
• Added a preference to copy HTML color strings using lowercase letters
• Fixed a bug / crash with the Loupe being offset on a second screen
• The Loupe now displays the Hue in degrees, not as percentage
• The bottom line of the screen is now magnified with the Loupe
• The Loupe no longer shows the Crosshair color when both tools are selected
• Added sound feedback when copying from the Loupe to the clipboard
• Fixed a bug where the vertical Crosshair indicator was off by one pixel
• Minor bug fixes and improvements

• Ruler will now go smaller than 240 pixels
• A cursor position indicator has been added to the Ruler
• When using Exposé, the tools now remain on-screen
• The position and rotation of the Ruler can be nudged
• Added aspect ratios to Frames (1:1, 4:3, 16:9 and the Golden Section)
• Holding down the command key drags all Guides or Frames at once
• Changed the display of coordinates and other items to increase readability
• Fixed bugs with the Ruler and Guides on a second monitor
• Fixed a display bug with the Ruler on Tiger

• Increased readability for several tools against light backgrounds
• Increased readability for Ruler tick marks against dark backgrounds
• Locking the Loupe no longer displays a shadow on the indicator box
• Loupe preference to copy HTML colors with or without a leading hash (#)
• Fixed a bug causing Rulers to display incorrectly when rotated with deltas
• xScope now remembers if the toolbar was closed or not at startup
• The preference toolbar now highlights the selected pane (Panther only)
• Fixed a bug that caused the “Unregistered” text to appear in text copied from the Loupe