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Free Ruler 1.7b5

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Free Ruler is a screen ruler for OS X with many intuitive features. Great for web developers, graphic designers and programmers.

Features:

A horizontal and vertical ruler which can be used independently or simultaneously.
Measurement in pixels, inches, picas, or centimeters.
Automatic alignment of rulers.
The ability to group rulers and move them around as a unit.
Shadowless rulers with customizable transparency.
Interactive tick marks which follow the mouse location for more precise measurement.
Independent resizing of rulers, from 200

What's New

Version 1.7b5:

Universal Binary!
Recompiled using latest version of REALbasic (RB 2007r1)
Had to remove transparency support for now - RB2007 doesn't support WindowAlpha plugin..

Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.1 or later

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Free Ruler User Discussion (Write a Review)

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AndrewK714 reviewed on 21 Sep 2011

I use Free Ruler a lot when I am working on websites and graphics.

Really good app, and you can't beat FREE!

[Version 1.7b5]

+264

Drdul commented on 11 Jan 2010

Works fine on 10.6.2. Unfortunately, as the notes for the latest release (over two years ago) state, the transparency feature has been removed (although the commands are still available in the menu).

[Version 1.7b5]

-4

Tapper commented on 23 Aug 2009

This application has been around for many years and still works well.

[Version 1.7b5]

+17

PXL reviewed on 07 Mar 2007

Finally... I can put down my makeshift paper ruler. A perfect asset for web designers!

[Version 1.7b5]

Crow reviewed on 13 Feb 2007

I don't know what I'd do without this app. As a web designer, it's invaluable for determining available screen real estate. Thanks so much for this - I've been using it since the first version.

[Version 1.7b5]

+57

Matthew Green commented on 03 Jan 2007

in the next release can we have an angle measure pleeeeeease

[Version 1.7b5]

1 Reply

+12

FoxyOrb replied on 18 Jul 2008

While on the subject of angles, a radius tool would be fabulous for maps.

JetFireDX reviewed on 29 Jul 2006

Great tool. Very easy to use. Came in handy for me just after this version was released.

Thanks for the work in making this! Just need a universal version now.

[Version 1.7b4]

amake commented on 19 Jul 2006

Thank you so much for making a ruler app that actually gets physical measurements (in, cm, etc.) correct. I tried to get the author of G-Ruler to implement this feature, but he didn't seem to understand the issue.

[Version 1.7b4]

+117

Shock-J reviewed on 19 Jul 2006

This is "THE" Ruler appliation. PERIOD. I've been using this since time began. It continues to be the premeire ruler app even though it hasn't been updated in over three years..until now. I figured it wouldn't be updated again, but praise Allah, it lives on! Now, if we can get a Universal version for Intel machines, then the universe will be at peace.

[Version 1.7b4]

Anonymous reviewed on 01 May 2005

I hate to knock a free application, but Free Ruler has two big problems:

1. It uses way more CPU cycles than it should have to, causing my fan to come on full blast.

2. The drop shadow sometimes makes it very difficult to see details on the screen you're trying to measure. (You can work around this by moving the ruler and using the cursor, but still, the drop shadow needs to go.)

I've used Free ruler for a couple of years now, and I'm very grateful to the author, but I've just tried out a program called PixelStick that I'm finding more useful. It's not as intuitive as Free Ruler, but it's worth taking the time to learn it.

[Version 1.6]

1 Reply

pascalpp replied on 21 Jan 2006

1. Regarding CPU usage, this is a known problem. I'm currently working on a rebuild of Free Ruler using a newer version of RealBasic that will hopefully address this problem.

2. If you're using version 1.6, you shouldn't be seeing a drop shadow on the rulers at all.

3. PixelStick is neat.

There are currently no troubleshooting comments. If you are experiencing a problem with this app, please post a comment.

-4

Orlandoech rated on 05 Jul 2011

[Version 1.7b5]

+23

Bordsenius rated on 02 May 2011

[Version 1.7b5]

Downloads:23,788

Version Downloads:16,632

Type:Utilities : Desktop

License:Free

Date:02 Jan 2007

Platform:PPC / Intel

Price:Free

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Free Ruler is a screen ruler for OS X with many intuitive features. Great for web developers, graphic designers and programmers.

Features:

A horizontal and vertical ruler which can be used independently or simultaneously.
Measurement in pixels, inches, picas, or centimeters.
Automatic alignment of rulers.
The ability to group rulers and move them around as a unit.
Shadowless rulers with customizable transparency.
Interactive tick marks which follow the mouse location for more precise measurement.
Independent resizing of rulers, from 200 pixels to 5000 pixels in length.
Single key shortcuts for most ruler functions.
Conversion assistant to set ruler resolution based on screen size and resolution.
Unit converter utility for converting numbers between different units of measure.

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