Dejal Systems has released an update for Simon, bringing it to version 1.0b2. Simon is a site monitoring app designed for checking the status of Web and FTP sites. The update ships with new window enhancements and other features. According to Dejal Systems:
Dejal Systems today announced the immediate availability of Simon 1.0b2, a significant upgrade to its new Mac OS X SIte MONitor.
This application checks web and/or FTP sites that you specify at the desired frequency, and indicates when they change or go down.
Changes in b2:
- Added Source and Preview windows
- Improved the Dock icon badge
- Changed the way changes are detected
- Change detection can now be disabled or enabled for each test
- Added tabs to the main window, with Changes and Failures as the (current) options
- Added a separate check frequency for when a site is down
- Added tables for specifying notifiers for each test
- and more..
You can find more information about the Simon update at the Dejal Systems Web site. Simon is currently available as freeware.