Bean 2.3.1

Bean 2.3.1 is designed as a small and easy-to-use word processor (or more precisely, a rich text editor) which helps you write conveniently, efficiently and comfortably.

Bean is Open Source, fully Cocoa, and is available free of charge! MS Word, OpenOffice, etc. try to be all things to all people. But sometimes you just want the right tool for the job. That is Bean's niche. If you use TextEdit but have to jump through hoops just to get a word count or change the margins, try Bean. If you desire a simple, beautiful writing environment, try Bean.

Major Features:

1. A live word count;
2. A Get Info panel for in-depth statistics;
3. A zoom-slider to easily change the view scale;
4. An Inspector panel with lots of sliders;
5. Date-stamped backups;
6. Autosaving;
7. A page layout mode;
8. An alternate colors option (e.g., white text on blue);
9. An option to show invisible characters (tabs, returns, spaces);
10. Selection of text by text style, paragraph style, color, etc.
11. A floating windows option (like Stickies has);
12. Easy to use menus;
13. Remembers cursor postion (excluding .txt, .html, .webarchive formats);
14. All of Cocoa's good stuff (dictionary, word completion, etc.).

Enhancements:

• Fixed UI glitch: Bean Preferences > Style > Line Spacing now assigns line spacing correctly (user reported).

Requirements:

• A Mac with a PPC or Intel processor running OS X 10.4+ Tiger or OS X 10.5+ Leopard.