I am very pleased to announce the release of Iris 1.0, an all-new image editor for Mac OS X.

Iris has been created for previously overlooked Mac users who simply wanted an accessible and easy to use image program that provides professional results, without the professional price tag.

Iris takes a different approach to traditional image editors like Photoshop. Instead of spewing confusing palettes everywhere Iris presents everything in an elegant one-window interface.

Iris requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later. Mac OS X 10.5.3 is strongly recommended.

You can download a free trial of Iris 1.0 here.

If you are after an old version of Interarchy the place to look is ftp.nolobe.com. You should be able to find every version of Interarchy and almost every version of Anarchie.

We are missing is Anarchie 1.0 through 1.5. If you happen to have any of these versions please let us know.

If you want new tabs and windows to open with an empty listing instead of asking you to create a new connection do the following.

1. Choose Interarchy » Preferences, and then click General.
2. Choose “Empty Listing” from the “New windows and tabs open with” pop-up menu.

That’s it.

You also have the option of new windows and tabs opening with your Bookmarks.

Interarchy 9.0.1 is now available. It address a number of small bugs and issues with Interarchy 9.0. Detailed release notes can be found here.

The handling of file editors is much improved in 9.0.1. You can once again change the editor for a file type via the Get Info window. You can also change editors via the Always Edit With menu (open the File menu and hold down the Option key).

Interarchy 9.0 uses the system wide Launch Services database. Most of the time this is a good thing. If, for example, the Finder opens .txt files with BBEdit, Interarchy will also use BBEdit. However if you wanted the Finder to open say .html files with Safari and Interarchy to edit .html files with BBEdit you were out of luck. Interarchy 9.0.1 solves this. When you change the editor for a file type Interarchy will ask you if you want the change to be local to Interarchy or global across all applications.

9.0.1 also allows you to set a universal editor. If you always want to use BBEdit, regardless of file type, have a look at the Editor popup menu in the Helpers Preference Pane.

Fans of spatial navigation should be happy with 9.0.1. It once again does the right thing.

“Out of the box” Interarchy will work in browser mode. To activate spatial behaviour go to the Tabs Preference Pane. You should check the the “Always open folders in a new window” and “Select tabs and windows as they are created” checkboxes.

Enjoy!

Oh no! Spy shots of our booth at Macworld have leaked out. I’ll have to call in the lawyers.

Seriously, we are in the South Hall, right behind Apple, in booth #1338. If you are lucky enough to be at Macworld please drop by and say hi. We would love to see you.

In all the excitement I forgot to mention Interarchy 9 is now available.

It is a pretty big update. Release notes can be found here.

My favorite new feature is the new SSH protocol. It offers a number of advantages of SFTP, especially when mirroring, and moving forward it is going to allow you to do some really powerful things.

We are very excited to pre-announce Iris - the ultimate image editor for Mac OS X. Iris has the power of Photoshop but with an easy to use, intuitive interface. Not only that you won’t need to take a second mortgage out on your house to purchase Iris.

Iris requires Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. A release date hasn’t been set yet but it will be released shortly after Leopard.

If you would like to be kept up-to-date you can subscribe to the Iris Announcement Mailing List here.

Nolobe now has a Twitter account. To get the latest info from Nolobe add Nolobe as a friend.

The transition from Stairways to Nolobe has, for the most part, been smooth. However, there have been a few issues and we are dealing with them as quickly as possible. Please be patient.

If you notice anything wrong we want to know about it. Please send an email to support@nolobe.com detailing the problem.

We just discovered the static IP address of our mail server is listed in the SORBS database as a dynamic IP address. This is not correct and may prevent you from receiving email from us. If you are expecting an email from us please be patient. We hope to have this fixed as soon as possible.

Welcome to Nolobe!

As you have probably aware Nolobe has been formed and aquired all rights to Interarchy from Stairways Software. This is essentially an employee buyout. I have worked on Interarchy with Peter N Lewis for a long time.

Interarchy’s loyal customers need not have any concerns about this transition. Interarchy is in good hands. The same person that was working on Interarchy a year ago is still working on it today. All existing licenses will remain fully valid and you can expect to receive the same high level of support and software from Nolobe as you received from Stairways Software.

For more background you can read our Daring Fireball interview or Stephen Wither’s iTWire article.

On a personal note I would like to thank Peter and Nikola for everything they have done for me. Six years ago they welcomed me into their home and made me a part of their family. Words can’t express how much they mean to me. It is going to be very hard not seeing them every day.