What’s Coming Up Next? Tomato Software Introducing 2nd Launcher for macOS

Mac 2nd Launcher

YOKOHAMA (Señor Tomato) – The rainy season is definitely back because it rains every day this September. Yesterday, I was caught in heavy rain on my way to a grocery store.

Well, we had two iOS apps in a row earlier. My main focus is always on desktop applications. So here we go. The latest software release to introduced to you today is called 2nd Launcher.

Every macOS user must be thinking that the Dock is very useful in listing dozens and then launching a specific one. One big problem that I always have is that the Dock is so crowded that I have trouble finding a specific one that I need to launch. When the Dock is very crowded, each application will become very tiny.

2nd Launcher lets you manage and organize desktop applications by enlisting them over 50 pages. You can highlight an important application with one of a dozen colors. Additionally, you have options of launching or not launching each application when this application starts up.

2nd Launcher comes with a menu bar icon. When you click on its icon, it will show a list of desktop applications you can launch over 50 pages. You can click on the left and right button to switch pages. If you have given an application a level of importance in color, the application name is highlighted here accordingly.   Continue reading

トマト・ソフトウェアからの新しい製品の紹介-薬の時間ですよ for iOS

iPhone iPad 薬の時間ですよ

YOKOHAMA (Señor Tomato) – ここのところ雨続きの日々の連続ですが、皆さんどのようにお過ごしでしょうか?関東地方で9月にこれほど連続して雨が降るのはあまり記憶がありません。確か2015年の4月に雨日が長く続いたのは覚えています。しかも最高気温が30度になったり、次の日にそれが21・2度に下がることもあるので、皆さん体調管理に気を付けてください。

さて久々に日本語化にしたアプリを紹介します。この製品は日本人の方々だけに使ってもらうためのiPhoneとiPad用のアプリです。だから標準言語が日本語になっています。製品名は「薬の時間ですよ」と言います。

日本で一般に普及している薬の服用の仕方は海外ではあまり見当たりませんね。日本では食前30分とか食後2時間以内とかいう服用の仕方が一般的です。もし服用薬が1種類であれば服用時間を間違えることはないかもしれませんが、それが3種類・4種類となると、それらの服用時間を間違えないようにするのにも気遣いが必要でしょう。そのような方々のためにつくったのがこの「薬の時間ですよ」です。名前のごとく、この製品ではそれぞれの薬に対して服用時間を設定することができ、服用時間になる度に端末に通知が送られます。またそれぞれの薬に対して毎日服用するのか、或いは特定の曜日を設定することができ、毎日その日にだけ服用する薬の情報が画面下に列挙され、しかも服用方法(食前・食後30分など)も確認することができます。

「薬の時間ですよ」では薬の服用済み・未服用をそれぞれの登録薬に関して毎日記録できるようになっています。「服用済み」にしたい場合は時間のボタンをタップすることで、右横の「未服用」の表示が「服用済み」に変わり、戻したい場合は同じ時間のボタンをタップするだけです。もし服用履歴を確認したい場合は、画面上で特定の服用薬のアイコンをタップした後に右にスクロールして「記録」ボタンをタップすることで、その薬の全服用履歴を確認することができます。

もし複数のiOS端末を使っているのであれば、登録した服用薬の情報を他の端末で再度入力する必要はありません。同じiCloudアカウントを使うことで1つの端末で登録した服用薬の情報は自動的に他の端末にも共有されからです。ただ服用履歴は共有されないのでご注意ください。  Continue reading

What’s Coming Up Next? Tomato Software Introducing Audio Levels for iOS

iPhone iPad Audio Levels

YOKOHAMA (Señor Tomato) – An unusual rainy season continues. I have not been able to go jogging for two straight days. I hope I can today. But the latest forecast says that it will start raining at 3 PM. If that’s the case, my stress will pile up even higher.

Well, I had nothing to develop. But I have to keep going, you know? So a desperate software release that I announce today is Audio Levels.

Audio Levels is an iPhone & iPad app that lets you measure audio levels with your device through its microphone. Make sure you know where the microphone is located on your device. Then tap the Start button, and the app will continuously measure audio levels with minimum and maximum decibel values.

When you return to the main screen, you will get the minimum and maximum audio levels from the last trial. When you quit and then open the app, you will see those last values at the top.   Continue reading

What’s Coming Up Next? Tomato Software Introducing Nopac Desktop for macOS

Mac Nopac Desktop

YOKOHAMA (Señor Tomato) – The second software release of this month is Nopac Desktop.

Nopac Desktop and its iOS counterpart Nopac Mobile are designed for college students who use their iPads and Macs to regularly take notes during lectures and then review their notes on their devices. Nopac Desktop and Nopac Mobile have basic writing style features such as bolding, italicizing, underlining, colorizing a text segment. They also support the Undo/Redo stack such that you can click on the Undo button to undo the last text style change.

Nopac Desktop isn’t just a simple word processor for your desktop computers. When you register a course, you can create a list of keywords so that you can click on one to insert the selected keyword to the note document. Additionally, you can attach one or more photos to each document by clicking on the Add Image button.

Whether you take lecture notes on your iPad or Mac, you can easily share data course data between them. Sharing data between devices cannot be any easier than just with the click of a button since it doesn’t involve a special account for it. Just make sure that they are on the same iCloud account. If you want to share course data, select a course record on the right pane at the Startup screen. Then click on the Push button. On the other hand, if you want to view and edit a course record that you created on your iPad or another Mac, just click on the Fetch button.

With the click of a button, you can export selected lecture notes as a PDF file or an RTF file. The export options are available in the Settings sheet. Click on the Settings toolbar button at the Startup screen for more information.   Continue reading

What’s Coming Up Next? Tomato Software Introducing Nopac Mobile for iOS

iPhone iPad Nopac Mobile

YOKOHAMA (Señor Tomato) – It’s really strange. The rainy season ended a few months ago, but it rained a few times last week. And the latest weather forecast suggests that it will rain daily for the next 7 days or so. Although I don’t like the scorching summer, when the month transitions to August to September, I feel as if the year were almost over. That’s why I don’t quite like September. Yet, since it’s been raining, there’s no indication that the last summer ended just a few weeks ago.

Anyway, I have double releases to announce today. The first software title to introduce to you is an iOS app titled Nopac Mobile.

Nopac Mobile is an iPad-only iOS app that is designed for college students who use their devices to regularly take notes during lectures. It has basic writing style features such as bolding, italicizing, underlining, colorizing a text segment. Nopac Mobile also supports the Undo/Redo stack such that you can tap the Undo button to undo the last text style change.

Nopac Mobile isn’t just a simple word processor for mobile devices. When you register a course, you can create a list of keywords for all sessions so that you can tap one to insert the selected keyword to the note document of the selected session. Additionally, you can attach one or more photos to each document by tapping the Add Image button.

If you have multiple devices, Macs or iPads, you can share your notes among them. The desktop counterpart is Nopac Desktop. You can push data on your iPad so that you can read and edit the same notes on your Mac. With the tap of a button, you can fetch notes that are pushed on other devices of yours as long as they all share the same iCloud account. No, there is no special account required to share data between your devices. Just make sure they are all logged into the same iCloud account.

With the tap of a button, you can export selected lecture notes as a PDF file or an RTF file. The export options are available in the Settings sheet. Tap the Settings toolbar button at the Startup screen for more information.   Continue reading