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Kaleidoscope spots differences in text and image files.
Features:General TEXT SCOPE
Features:
- Single window workflow: One tab per comparison
- Compare two+ files: Add any number of files per tab
- Always up to date: Auto-refreshes when files change
- File Shelf: Quickly go from file to file
- Path Bar: See where your files are
- Keyboard shortcuts: Every action has a shortcut
- Supports any text file: Plain text, source code, HTML, etc.
- Clear comparisons
- Three layouts: Blocks, Fluid & Unified
- Compare documents: Imports
What's New
Version 1.1.6:
- Implemented full screen support for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
- Integration improvements for Mercurial & Bazaar
- Updated License Agreement and Acknowledgements information
- Updated ownership and contact information from Sofa to Black Pixel
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later
Intel, Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later
Kaleidoscope User Discussion (Write a Review)
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| Downloads:3,392 |
| Version Downloads:644 |
| Type:Utilities : File Management |
| License:Shareware |
| Date:22 Dec 2011 |
| Platform:Intel |
| Price: $39.00 |
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Kaleidoscope spots differences in text and image files.
Features:
Features:
- General
- Single window workflow: One tab per comparison
- Compare two+ files: Add any number of files per tab
- Always up to date: Auto-refreshes when files change
- File Shelf: Quickly go from file to file
- Path Bar: See where your files are
- Keyboard shortcuts: Every action has a shortcut
- TEXT SCOPE
- Supports any text file: Plain text, source code, HTML, etc.
- Clear comparisons
- Three layouts: Blocks, Fluid & Unified
- Compare documents: Imports text from .doc and .rtf files
- Instant search
- Change Stepper: Quickly jump from change to change
- Highlights: Added, deleted and changed text
- IMAGE SCOPE
- All popular image file formats: JPEG, TIFF, PNG, PSD and more.
- Four connected layouts: Two-Up, One-Up, Split & Difference
- Comprehensive image support: RGB/CMYK/LAB, alpha, any size.
- Multi-touch support: Smooth scrolling and pinch to zoom
- Customizable environment: Change background color, difference mask and checkerboard settings
- Two difference mask modes: Spot absolute or relative changes
- INTEGRATION
- Git, Mercurial, SVN & Bazaar: Integrate with a couple of clicks
- Versions
- TextMate SVN
- Cornerstone
- ksdiff Command-line tool: Integrate with practically anything
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Despite the fact Black Pixel prefer white text on a pitch black background on their website, which is always a bad thing (and might signal bad design choices ahead of Kaleidoscope's path), there could be hope for the app's survival.
Black Pixel: my apologies this comes out a bit like a rant, but if there's one thing the web needs to get rid of, it's such accessibility flaws where I can't read your site due to pain in the eyes and flashing phantom text, caused by high contrast in text/background. This is obviously a bit over-exaggerating, but you might want to consider the fact that you will inherit a userbase that has grown to appreciate Sofa's attention to detail and well-designed outcomes – so as not to cause a void between such expectations and your own presentation.
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SHRIMPS reviewed on 02 Nov 2011
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hced reviewed on 11 May 2011
The image comparison facility in Kaleidoscope. I find it actually justifies the price, easily. I didn't anticipate it would be so useful, but it really is when you're reaching some 40 design iterations and need to see what went where from file to file. Is the sense of change between files only placebo, or did some small glitch occur somewhere, and so on.
To Sofa: credit for this feature. I really hope the app has diff merging up its sleave next, and that you give it #1 priority – user opinion is __overwhelming__. I recommend you respond to this.
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http://http://www.kaleidoscope.net/
It only runs on MacOS 9 though. ;-)
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Mtin79 reviewed on 17 Feb 2011
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cksum reviewed on 27 Jan 2011
When comparing large text files (~3MB+) is just chokes. These are just plain text files. I would find it invaluable when coding and it works on small files, but small files I can almost eyeball the differences. I would want something to make my life easier when combing through log files or the bits of code. Sadly, it just tells me its working. And never stops working.
Hopefully they'll fix these issues, maybe add a progress bar on what it's doing so I don't sit there for 30 mins to have nothing happen.
Again, it has a lot going for it, but when push comes to shove, this app falls over faster than a one-legged drunk guy at a bar... A shame; as I said, I really want to like it.
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