Comictastic 2.0 Now Shipping

· by Mike Washlesky · News

Spiny Software has released a new version of Comictastic, bringing it to version 2.0. Comictastic is a comic strip viewing utility designed for enthusiasts of the popular entertainment genre. The latest version features simultaneous multiple downloading and improved viewing. According to Spiny Software:

Spiny Software, developers of applications for Apple Mac OS X, is proud to announce the release of their shareware comic-strip viewer Comictastic 2.0.

The job of Comictastic is to make finding and viewing your favorite comic-strips a quick and convenient process. Supporting over 160 strips out-of-the-box, all you have to do is choose your favorites, and Comictastic does the rest.

New In This Version:

  • Complete rewrite, with all-new code
  • Downloading of multiple comics simultaneously
  • Automatic searching of web pages to add support for new comics
  • Greatly improved viewing, with unread indicators, reordering of comics in the list, ability to select multiple comics to aggregate them, and more
  • Pervasive contextual menus and drag-and-drop
  • Calendar to view previously downloaded comics
  • Manual refreshing of comics, as well as canceling of downloading
  • Many more things, too numerous to list

You can find more information about the Comictastic 2.0 release at the Spiny Software Web site. Comictastic available as freeware.

Mike Washlesky

TMO Staff

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