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Utilities Updates: Kaleidoscope 2.1.1, Web Buddy 2.002; Mac OS USB 1.1a6

Utilities Updates: Kaleidoscope 2.1.1, Web Buddy 2.002; Mac OS USB 1.1a6

CNET staff
Kaleidoscope 2.1.1 is out! It "improves window drawing speed and fixes truncated menus under Mac OS 8.5. It also fixes problems with the Appearance and Internet control panels, Sherlock, MiniCad, Eudora Pro 4.1, POV-Ray, Macromedia Flash, DragStrip, MacSoup, ColorSwitch Pro, QuarkConnect, AlarmsClock, and others. The included schemes have been updated, with better Finder icons in BeBox, improved windows in System 7 andvarious minor tweaks." It also adds several international versions.

Web Buddy 2.002 fixes Mac OS 8.5 compatibility problems.

A Better Finder Creators & Types 1.1.2 is now available. It fixes some bugs in the 1.1 version.

Sleeper 303b8 is out.

Hard Disk Speed Tools 1.5.3 is out.

Mac OS USB 1.1a6 is a prerelease version of Universal Serial Bus (USB) software that includes support for more than one USB controller, support for isochronous transfers, improvements to bus enumeration at startup, support for the sleep mode, a new "locationID" device registry, and important API (application programming interface) changes. [Note: When I clicked on the link to download the software, I got an error message. Try this instead. (Thanks, Fred Stratton .)]