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QuickWho 2.1 released

I've released version 2.1 of QuickWho, my domain-search GUI for OS X. The big new feature in this release is support for AppleScript and Services, opening up possiblities for inter-appliction communication between QuickWho and other apps. The other big feature is that QuickWho is now a fully 64-bit application; I solved the build issues that previously prevented this from happening. This version also incorporates much of the work I've done recently in Tk itself for a better UI, and also includes a good deal of under-the-hood optimization to reduce the application's size and startup time.

One other major change: I've lowered the price for QuickWho from $24.95 to $12.95. Previous versions of QuickWho haven't sold very much, and what sales I did receive most often came when I ran a discount campaign. I think this fact shows that the market judged QuickWho to be overpriced at $24.95, especially when you compare its relative simplicity to some of my other, better-selling programs that also have a $24.95 price tag (such as PortAuthority). I still believe that QuickWho's polish, documentation, and its system-wide integration via AppleScript and Services make it a superior alternative to command-line and freeware tools--it offers value that is worth paying for. But I think $12.95 is a more accurate reflection of its value.

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