Romeo 0.9.3 review
DownloadRomeo is a program which makes a recent Sony-Ericsson phone, combined with bluetooth, into an all-purpose remote for Mac OS X.
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Romeo is a program which makes a recent Sony-Ericsson phone, combined with bluetooth, into an all-purpose remote for Mac OS X.
Romeo gives you remote control of your mac via Bluetooth and a compatible mobile device, controlling programs such as iTunes and DVD Player, as well as presentation applications. Use your mobile as a mouse, as a volume control, or as a method of telling your mac when you're there. If you want to add support for another application, use the built in editor - and share your new plugin with the mac community!
If you don't like the current menus, open them up, play round with them, and create your own from scratch. Romeo supports communication with other applications through Applescript, or via direct key and mouse emulation as well as a couple of other cool extras - zoom into your screen? No problem!
What's New:
Interface localized into French and German.
Graphical bezel-style Caller ID, using the Address Book framework for IDing people.
Improved dock and menubar menus, including a status item.
Fixed dock icon hiding in 10.3 and higher.
Now checks whether devices are paired and points the user to the Bluetooth Setup Assistant as appropriate.
Added some basic AppleScript commands including connect, disconnect and status.
Added user feedback display, fully controllable via AppleScript ("display text ...")
Fixed zooming in Panther.
Fixed AppleScript launching Classic applications in the supplied menus (thanks to Leor Bleier)
New "About" window including links to the website.
Interface tweaks including GUI layout, Open and Save dialogs remembering last directory, and improved error dialogs.
Improved handling of drag-and-drop.
Fixed Screensaver interaction methods to no longer conflict with Panther's screensaver security features
Improved phone name fetching and storage.
Improved handling of phone calls and SMSes whilst in a dialog.
Improved processor use dramatically when bluetooth hardware is not present or disabled.
Added key emulation for numpad keys.
Updated default menus and actions. Due to changes and fixes, all users will be prompted for an upgrade.
General bugfixes and improvements to make Romeo a better OS X citizen.
Extensive code rewrites; if you've downloaded the code before and blanched, it's still bad, but it's much better.
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