This screen shot — nabbed from Andrew’s development machine while he slept off a night of celebration — shows that the work is going well on the Eclipse upgrade. Based on the tidbits Andrew muttered in his sleep, it looks like Eclipse will feature the following:

100% PowerPC native code for speed (though it runs well on 68K Macintoshes too.)

Eclipse is now an Application to eliminate potential Extensions conflicts, and ensure that it will work with Copland (the next version of the MacOS.)

Eclipse transparently loads when you startup your Mac.

The screen can be dimmed to any arbitrary brightness level.

Password protection in order to wake up your machine is offered.

QuickTime movies and graphics can be displayed, in order or randomly.

Eclipse still uses little memory (100K.)

You can exclude applications that you never want dimmed.

All the standard screen saver trappings, such as dim now/never corners, etc.

...and a whole boatload of other features of course.

Eclipse follows in the Ambrosia tradition of simplicity, elegance, and functionality. It will be a free upgrade for all registered Eclipse users, or $15 for you folks who haven’t taken the plunge yet.



If you are a registered user of an older version of Eclipse, your previous license code will work just fine on this new version. If you no longer have a record of your license code, or never received one (early versions did not require one) simply contact our technical support department at 716.325.1910 or eMail them at AmbrosiaSW@aol.com. Please note: the toll free line is for new orders only, the toll free operator does not have access to our existing customer database.

For large site licenses, Ambrosia has a special discount rate, and is open to customization ideas for Eclipse. Contact David Richard at 716.325.1910 or AmbrosiaSW@aol.com. Eclipse’s low price, smooth compatibility and low memory requirements make it the ideal screensaver choice for companies and educational institutions.

Eclipse 3.0.0 just went into beta testing, so should be available before the November issue of The Ambrosia Times. Meanwhile, if there is a feature you’d like to see in the next version of Eclipse, let us know!