PortAuthority 3.0 released

[Kevin Walzer]

Code by Kevin has released PortAuthority 3.0, a GUI for the MacPorts 
Unix software management system for Mac OS X.

PortAuthority provides a graphical user interface for the MacPorts 
software management system for Mac OS X. MacPorts is a powerful 
command-line tool for installing and updating a variety of Unix-based 
applications for the Mac. Its power, though, comes at the cost of some 
complexity; in the past the only way to utilize MacPorts was to type in 
various commands into the Mac's Terminal application, which can be 
intimidating for those users without a Unix background.

PortAuthority aims to bring the power of MacPorts to the traditional Mac 
user by providing a user-friendly graphical interface to MacPorts. Using 
a familiar combination of windows, icons, and menus, PortAuthority users 
can search, install, update, and remove MacPorts programs and the 
MacPorts infrastructure itself.

Among the features and improvements in this release:

* Now a 64-bit application built on the Cocoa frameworks.
* Updated user interface includes more modern button styles.
* Context-sensitive popup menu in table display.
* Now checks for MacPorts installation on startup and notifies user if 
MacPorts not found.
* Better experience for first-time users; fewer popup dialogs, smoother 
startup.
* Faster, more intuitive help viewer.

PortAuthority is shareware; a license costs $24.95 and a 30-day demo is 
available. Mac OS X 10.5 is the minimum supported OS. PortAuthority is a 
universal binary.

For more information about PortAuthority, including download links, see 
http://www.codebykevin.com/portauthority.html.
-- 
Kevin Walzer
Code by Kevin
http://www.codebykevin.com