This weeks pick is cute little utillity app from the Iconfactory 1 called xScope. If you do any kind of design work xScope will most certainly help you in your day to day work. xScope is really a compilation of seven small tools combined in a great looking package. For only $26.95 you get the following tools:
- Dimensions Measure anything on the screen instantly. E.g. the distance between two elements.
- Rulers How much is 200 pixels again? - Use the rulers to quickly align stuff on your screen.
- Screens Ever wondered how big the viewable area of IE 6 is 2 with a resolution of 1024x768? Screens gives you an overlay that you can configure with the measurements of every major player on the browser marked 3.
- Loupe Zoom in on anything and copy the pixel color to the pasteboard or use it for precision editing in programs that do not have a loupe.
- Guides Just like guides in PhotoShop but here they fill the whole screen.
- Frames Square guides for when you need to contain stuff.
- Crosshair A mouse cursor that fills the whole screen.
I mostly use Dimensions, Rulers and the Loupe and that easily justifies the $26.95 price tag.
