Delicious Monster is ’n sagtewaremaatskappy in Seattle, Washington wat die program Delicious Library ontwikkel en verkoop. Die stigters van die maatskappy is Wil Shipley, een van die mede-stigters van The Omni Group en Mike Matas wat as ’n koppelvlakontwikkelaar by The Omni Group gewerk het. Matas het Delicious Monster in 2005 verlaat om by Apple te gaan werk. Apr 22, 2013 Mac software developer Delicious Monster has informed MacRumors that a major new version of its popular OS X cataloging app Delicious Library is.

Introduction

'MacLibrary X is a cataloguing application that stores information about your collection of books, movies, music and games. It also tracks borrowers and suggests other, similar products that you may like. Product images, descriptions, and other metadata may be pulled from Amazon.com or entered manually.'

That sounds like a pretty boring product, doesn't it? In fact, it sounds like a good first project for a programmer just starting to learn how to create Mac applications. Not surprisingly, there are many Mac OS X applications that do more or less what's described above. Why does something like this even warrant a review, let alone a review at Ars?

Let's start with the actual product name. It's not 'MacLibrary X' or anything similarly predictable. The application is called Delicious Library. That sounds...odd. On the other hand, it's also slightly intriguing, maybe even fun.

But come on, it's a glorified list of books, movies, music, and games. Surely anyone who's even interested in such a thing already has a text file or Excel spreadsheet or (for the truly industrious) FileMaker database that works just fine, thank you, for tracking media libraries. Heck, I recall videophiles in the heyday of the VCR proudly displaying tightly-printed sheets of paper containing alphabetized lists of their vast VHS collections. Putting this stuff on the computer seems like using a sledgehammer to kill an ant.

Title: Delicious Library
Developer:Delicious Monster
Price:$39.95
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther)

And yet, if you travel in Mac enthusiast circles on the net, you've probably already heard of Delicious Library. Even if you're not a Mac user, perhaps a Mac-using friend insisted on showing you some screenshots. Delicious Library is an application with some buzz.

This phenomenon is quintessentially 'Macintosh', as is Delicious Library itself, from its purpose, concept, and design, to the people that make it and every last pixel and line of code it contains. If you're reading this on a PC that you built yourself from carefully selected parts for about the price of a low-end iMac, I hope this review will help you to begin to understand what's so special about the Mac, Mac software, and the Mac community. If you're already one of the faithful, sit back and relax as we examine the latest software offering from some old friends.

A brand-new version of Delicious Monster’s Delicious Library 3, the company’s popular cataloging app for OS X, is now available in the Mac App Store. The updated app offers a new recommendation engine, 3D cover-view interface, interactive charts mode, flexible smart shelves, and more.

MacRumors:

Among the most immediately obvious changes for existing users of Delicious Library is its updated look, which includes the use of SceneKit to boost the realism, along with subtle animation that allows shelf items to constantly move to face the user’s mouse cursor.

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“We cranked up all the visuals and then cranked down every visual effect so it was something you didn’t notice very much,” Delicious Monster CEO Wil Shipley said. “This has all the graphics effects and polish of a game from a couple years ago. As far as I know, nobody else has used OpenGL in consumer products like this at all, much less the environment mapping and other stuff like that.”

The app also includes a new stats pane to give users quick overviews of their collections, along with a completely revamped recommendation engine.

“This isn’t about what I own, it’s about getting my personality in the computer,” Shipley said. “Now, if you scan your whole DVD collection, it provides a bunch of recommendations based on the aggregate of that information. Then if you rate them all, it’ll refine the recommendations.”

There is also a companion app for iOS, called Delicious Scanner. The app pairs with the user’s Mac over Wi-Fi, and allows the iOS device to act as a mobile barcode scanner.

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Delicious Library 3 is available now for $24.99 in the Mac App Store. [DIRECT LINK]

Delicious Scanner is available FREE in the iOS App Store. [DIRECT LINK]

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