Zengobi's Blog: Another taste of Curio 5

Another taste of Curio 5

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

As we continue wrapping up work on Curio 5 (due to be released in the next several weeks), feedback we've received from those who have seen it in action has been incredibly positive. Everyone seems genuinely excited about the upcoming release (not the least of which is yours truly).

One of the many cool new features added to Curio 5 is the WebView figure. That's right, an actual web browser embedded within your Curio idea space, and with it, a whole new world of possibilities.

A WebView figure can point to reference web sites, an internal company site, classroom exercises, lab monitoring pages, even Web 2.0 sites like 37signals' Basecamp, Google Maps, Google Docs, Flickr, Yahoo Mail, Facebook, and more! Anything that can go into a Safari browser can go into a Curio WebView.

Mmmm, delicious! Stay tuned for more info...

Labels: Curio 5

7 Comments:

Sounds great. Can't wait.
Note: Your RSS feed isn't showing new posts in Google Reader. Last one was March 6, 2008 - about Italian Sodas. May want to check it, as your news is worth reading.

By speedofjoy, at 2:08 AM
Thank you so much for mentioning that! It turns out our feedburner feed was not updated after we moved to a new server. It has now been corrected. Thanks again!

By George, at 10:08 AM
Can't wait to see it! Are you accepting beta testers?

By Dana, at 4:02 PM
If we purchase now, will v 5.0 be a free upgrade?

Thank you

By Grant, at 4:06 PM
Yes, if you purchase now, you will receive a free upgrade to Curio 5.

By Greg Casey, at 4:14 PM
Gents,

Just a suggestion for the embedded WebView (which I think is an AWESOME idea). There are times when you want the webview to be 'live' meaning every time you look at it, it refreshes the contents with the contents of the remote URL.

Then there are times when you want to freeze the site in time (essentially a visible web-archive -- which is currently a little cumbersome to do). If a frozen site changes under you, you still have a copy you can refer to later on.

What I'm saying is, it would be great if we could choose whether the webview is live or frozen.

Given your history of covering every possible angle, I have no doubt you've already thought about it. But I thought I'd mention it, just in case.

FYI, I use Curio practically every day to store notes, ideas, and screenshots while designing my software. You'll be happy to know it's been extremely useful in the design and gestation of a couple of upcoming iPhone apps :-)

Looking forward to playing with the new version.

By Ramin, at 9:04 PM
Great idea about freezing a website image. One way is to use Skitch (a GREAT free tool and site if you haven't tried it yet). You can just grab a shot of the page (or part of it) and drag it into Curio. Then drag the link next to it and you've got a quick and easy record of the page and its current state.

By josh freeman, at 1:42 PM