The Enkoder for Mac OS X Is Back, Too
11 June 2008 · 19 Comments · development, enkoder, software
Yesterday I announced the return of the Enkoder Form.
Today, I’m happy to announce an all-new (or at least partly new) version of the Enkoder for Mac OS X.
Just like the Enkoder Form, The Enkoder for Mac OS X helps protect email addresses by converting them into encrypted JavaScript code, hiding them from email-harvesting robots while revealing them to real people.
But the Mac app is smarter (it can remember previous encodings, for example). And it runs on your very own machine.
The new version includes several behind-the-scenes improvements, has been updated to work for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), and sports a spiffy new logo created by the talented Mark Bixby.
Thanks to everybody who helped me get this release out the door (you know who you are)!
Comments
Matt · 11 June 2008 at 03:06 PM
Very cool. Out of curiosity, is this in Objective-C? RubyCocoa?
Dan Benjamin · 11 June 2008 at 04:06 PM
@Matt - it's a native Objective-C/Cocoa application.
riki · 12 June 2008 at 10:06 AM
It doesn't seem to launch on OX 10.4
Luca · 12 June 2008 at 11:06 AM
It doesn't seem to launch on Mac OS X 10.4 (PPC)...
Chris Griego · 12 June 2008 at 05:06 PM
Cool to see this return. Quick bug report, the Link Text field is outside the expected tabbing order.
rob · 12 June 2008 at 06:06 PM
@riki, Luca,
says right there above the download link, "The Enkoder will work on Mac OS X 10.5. If you're running an older version of Mac OS X, please use the web form instead."
Beckley · 12 June 2008 at 07:06 PM
You rock! Thanks so much for this. I've been using the original OS X version (often) all this time. It still pretty much works in Leopard but I'm delighted to see a more up-to-date version. Excellent work.
simon · 12 June 2008 at 08:06 PM
get on 10.5 peeps!
miko · 12 June 2008 at 09:06 PM
This is a great tool. I've used it on hundreds of e-mails and it's a great way to encode a whole string of code.
Tom · 12 June 2008 at 10:06 PM
Ok, but why?
This is a perfect example of something that can be accomplished simply and easily in a web app. There are no benefits to it being on the desktop, except you get a pretty icon in your dock.
I also question the necessity of your "encryption" scheme. I use something simple like the following,
function email_me() { window.location = "mailto:" + email_string(); }
function email_string() { var asdf = "@", qwer = "."; return "myemil" + asdf + "mydomain" + qwer + "com"; }
function email_link(text) { document.write("" + (text || email_string()) + ""); }
then just have a script tag with a call to email_link() or email_link("Email me") etc. I've been using it for a few years and have never gotten spam. Even this little thing has some extra paranoid features that are probably overkill.
Colin · 13 June 2008 at 01:06 AM
Thank you for this! I'm a long-time Enkoder fan.
@Tom - give us a break, buddy. If you don't like what's on then change the channel.
hroch32 · 13 June 2008 at 04:06 AM
It's wonderful! Just when I used web version of Encoder, I had to type UTF-8 codes instead of letters with diacritic marks. Doesn't matter, neverthelles it's great.
Todd · 13 June 2008 at 09:06 AM
@Tom
Why a stand-alone program? Web apps don't work so well without an internet connection. There are probably at least a few web developers who develop websites locally, then upload them to the internet. Seems the stand-alone program would be ideal for them.
Dmitry · 13 June 2008 at 11:06 AM
This is hot -- thanks a lot for making this great tool!
Dave Newman · 13 June 2008 at 11:06 AM
Great tool and much easier than using the various web forms to do this.
Pål Degerstrøm · 13 June 2008 at 12:06 PM
Dan,
Thanks a lot -- both the enkoder form and app is much appreciated.
Joshua · 14 June 2008 at 12:06 PM
Is anyone else not able to paste info into the fields of Enkoder for OS X?
I have a ton of email addresses that I would like to convert for my school's website, but if that involves typing them in, it's going to take me a lot longer. :(
How could this basic functionality (copy/paste) not be included?
I'm using 10.5.3 w/all latest updates.
- Otherwise a great app!
Joshua · 14 June 2008 at 12:06 PM
Okay, so I discovered that I can right-click and paste, but I'm into those things called keyboard-shortcuts... you know Command+C and Command+V.
:/
Hope this makes it into the next update.
Also! You may want to update the listing over at MacUpdate. It's pointing to site that isn't online anymore (maybe your old site?).
Kevin · 14 June 2008 at 01:06 PM
so glad that the Enkoder is back online and that you have only developed a Mac version for download.This is an excellent service you provide. I really missed it when it was gone.
I have downloaded the Mac app to use at home just in case it goes down again.
One other feature that would be nice is to be able to add text to the body, maybe in another version for the future
Many thanks and keep up the good work
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