Layers Screenshot App 50% Off Today Only
Layers, the new screenshot app that captures your screen and saves each window and icon as its own layer in a PSD, is on sale for $10 USD on MacUpdate today.
Layers generated a lot of buzz on its release about a month ago, and it certainly looks interesting, but I can’t think of a good use for it myself. Still, $10 is hard to beat. Let me know if you purchase or already own the app — how do you use it and how does it fit in your workflow?
Tools of the Trade: Stardock Fences
I just discovered a sweet, free, Windows-only beta product from Stardock called Fences. Fences is a program that “helps you organize your desktop, and can hide your icons when they’re not in use.”
Basically, Fences creates separate areas on your desktop dedicated to specific types of icons (Programs, Folders, Recently Used, Games, etc.), letting you better organize the icon clutter from all your programs, files, and folders:
Three or four years ago I actually modified a desktop background to have groups like this, but it definitely wasn’t a great solution. Fences, on the other hand, seems to work really well and I can spot the file or program I need at a glance instead of getting lost in the typical mess of icons on my desktop.
Foxmarks Now Supports IE and Safari
Foxmarks, the bookmark and password synchronizer for Firefox, now also supports Internet Explorer 6 & 7 and Safari 3, letting you share bookmarks across multiple OSes and browsers. Last March, I wrote about using BookIt and Foxmarks to accomplish the same thing, but BookIt doesn’t support Firefox 3. Now, you can simply install Foxmarks. You can download Foxmarks from the Foxmarks website.