PageSpinner is a semi-

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for

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. It is developed by Optima Systems and released as

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, PageSpinner is

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compliant and uses the

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and the

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library. It was originally released for

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but was ported to OS X shortly after that operating system's release. It was used by

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for 13 years before he switched to

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. Version 4.0, released in 2002, introduced multiple undo, double-byte input support, and

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support on Mac OS X. Version 4.6.3 was deemed "quirky and erratic" in 2006 by the reviewer for

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. Version 5 was released in 2010 and reviewed by

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, which faulted its appearance for being dated, and found its price to be high for the features it provided, but the reviewer was impressed with its multiple site support and integration with

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, OS X's standard web server. As of June 2019, the Optima Systems website is offline and the current status of PageSpinner is unknown. As of February 2020 the Optima Systems website links to an unwanted site not safe for office viewing.

External links

Optima website does not exist
1997 Tidbits review of version 2.0.1Edit Tag Appearance - change how PageSpinner inserts HTML tags

References

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