REAL Software Announces REALbasic Design Awards 2005 Winners
AUSTIN, Texas (March 30, 2005)— REAL Software announced today the winners of the REALbasic Design Awards 2005. The criteria on which the software was judged included creativity, ease of use, design, utility, and supporting information.
“Judging these awards gets more challenging every year, and this year was no exception,” stated Geoff Perlman, president and CEO of REAL Software. “We encourage everyone to learn out more about these award-winning products, as they easily represent excellence in software design and utility, and they show how REALbasic helps bring ideas to life.”
The winners and runners-up in each category are listed below. More information and direct links to the software are available on www.realsoftware.com/awards.
Winner, Best Overall Software and Winner, Best Cross-Platform Software:
ProSelect enables photographers to help their clients quickly narrow down their preferred photographs, compare between photographs, design multi-image layouts and collect orders. Available for both Windows and Macintosh.
ProSelect from TimeExposureWinner, Best Business Software:
The ultimate organization tool for professionals, Studiometry tracks all client, project, time, contact information and more. Available for Windows and Macintosh.
Studiometry from Oranged.net SoftwareRunner-Up, Best Business Software:
The easy, effortless way to process credit card payments. Using the popular Authorize.Net payment gateway, iAuthorize enables fast, efficient credit card processing on Mac OS X.
Iauthorize from Intelli InnovationsWinner, Best Consumer Software:
iVideo is the equivalent of iPhoto or iTunes for video files. Items are organized using playlists and thumbnails, and can be viewed directly within iVideo. Available for Macintosh.
iVideo from Waterfall SoftwareWinner, Best Graphic Design Software:
PhotoEdit is a powerful image editing tool that lets you create professional-quality images. It features all the tools you'll ever need; filled with tons of image filters and effects.
PhotoEdit from Mien SoftwareWinner, Best Utility Software:
With 23 network tools — from DNS queries to MX lookups to SSL terminals — Net Tool Box has nearly every feature that power users need for network testing and monitoring. NetToolBox is available for Macintosh and is in beta for Windows.
Net Tool Box from Charlie BoisseauRunner-Up, Best Utility Software:
DarkAdapted is a gamma control application program. It modifies your screen gamma settings so that you may, for example, preserve your dark adaptation while using your computer.
DarkAdapted from American Dream Partnership.Winner, Best Educational Software:
starQuiz is an easy to use software package that makes computerized testing easy. You can create quizzes with multiple choice, true or false, short answer, fill in the blank, matching, and essay questions. Quizzes can include pictures, movies, web links, time limits, and more. starQuiz is available for Windows and Macintosh.
starQuiz from cosmicsoftRunner-Up, Best Educational Software:
Program a virtual robot with a flowchart. First draw the flowchart, then run the program and watch the robot execute the program. With RobotProg, learn programming in gradual levels, even program several robots to play games.
RobotProg from Corinne QuemeWinner, Best Developer Tool:
Easily integrate Amazon Web Services into REALbasic 5.5 applications with this comprehensive class library, available for Windows, Macintosh and Linux.
WSL-Amazon from Electric Butterfly, IncRunner-Up, Best Developer Tool:
On-Target Reports can quickly and easily generate reports from most popular databases with a step-by-step assistant. Available for Windows and Macintosh.
On-Target Reports from Aaron BratcherWinner, Best Entertainment Software:
Midi made easy, Rondo is a simple, uncluttered and easy way to access midi files. Rondo has many interesting features including a vertical piano roll with live scrolling and a pull down piano that will play along with the music. Available for Macintosh.
Rondo from FracturedSoftware
About REALbasic
REALbasic is a full-featured software design environment easily suited to creating all kinds of applications, from utilities to enterprise-class applications. REALbasic is highly compatible with Visual Basic and includes a utility to help migrate existing Visual Basic applications. REALbasic is available now starting at $99.95 direct from REAL Software, Fry's and other software retailers. REALbasic Professional Edition, required for cross-platform deployment, starts at $399.95 and includes extended functionality for database and team development. Download a free trial of REALbasic at www.realsoftware.com/demo.
About REAL Software
REAL Software provides REALbasic, Cross-Platform That Really Works, for people who want to create and deliver cross-platform software for Windows, Macintosh and Linux. REALbasic is highly compatible with Visual Basic and includes a utility to help migrate Visual Basic applications cross-platform. REAL Software was founded in 1996 and is based in Austin, Texas.For more information visit www.realsoftware.com or call 512.328.7325.
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