Eagerly awaiting the sea lions

As we get into our "busy season" here at Mariner (which most of the staff would debate in that _every_ day is our busy season) I wanted to put out a special post for those lucky enough to be making the trip to San Francisco next month for the Macworld Expo. We are incredibly excited to be exhibiting again this year and have 4 exciting product announcements that will be rolled out at the show (in the media world I believe they call that a "tease." :-) In addition to the product announcements, Corey Johnson, our Director of Product Development, will be giving "Drill Down" presentations every 2 hours on each specific product. This is where Corey drills down on more of the obscure features in whatever product he will be talking about. We also will be having a drawing and free software given away.

Again, if you are attending, please stop on by and introduce yourself (Booth # S-2623). We always get a kick out of this show as it gives us the ability to meet our customers face-to-face. Who knows, we may even have a few tee-shirts to give away.

Have a great Christmas season.

Mike

Montage 1.3 Ships!!

Wow, this was a complicated release. With as many features and bug fixes that were added, it ultimately could have been a major release. But given the fact that the product is still young and we have a ton of innovative and industry-first features still in our quiver, I'd say we made the right move. We still have a long ways to go to be the leading Mac OS X screenwriting app on the market, but I can safely say (and our beta team full of professional writers will second it) that 1.3 doesn't take a few small steps toward our goal, but more like a few giant leaps!

Here are a few interesting (well, maybe to some - :-)) behind-the-scenes highlights to Montage 1.3.

-One feature (Save as Final Draft) took more than 13 months to complete.
-There were, at one point early on in the Alpha stage, 111 outstanding bugs.
-Montage 1.3 ships the day after CompUSA closes its doors. Sigh.
-(For geeks only) There are 779 text strings in Montage, not including some plists and templates.
-Montage was code-named, "Rosebud."
-The Montage user guide contains a reference to the author's allergy to chicken.
-Montage 1.3 was first announced at the Cannes Film Festival.

If I can think of a few more, I'll add them.

If you are a seasoned screenwriter or a newbie with an idea, give Montage a try. I assure you it's like nothing you've tried before. You can do so from our Downloads page here...http://www.marinersoftware.com/download.php

One last plug for all those that participated (internal and external) to help get this release out. A heartfelt "thank you" for all your effort!

Mike

MacSanta is Back!

Look for some of Mariner's titles to be featured on the front page of MacSanta on December 9th. If you are holding out for a great deal on a Mariner product, make sure you check this one out...


http://www.macsantadeals.com/


Mike