I wouldn't want to have the job of coming up with new features for Adobe Illustrator, because it certainly wouldn't be easy to dream up something new for version 14 of the industry-standard vector drawing program. As one of those programs that has ...

Multiple artboards are well executed and very intuitive, Smart Guide changes are welcome, New interactive Gradient Tool with transparency

Can't export all pages as single-page PDFs for multiple artboards, No ink limit warning or color readout for Separations Preview cripples the tool's usefulness, The tabbed interface is not a good alternative to Exposé on the Mac

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 is simply the best voice recognition we've ever used, but it's Windows-only and may not be worth an upgrade for current users.

Forum denizen Underthumb gives the ultimate review of OS X macro software Quickeys X2

Quickeys requires some hand-holding. Nonetheless, if you can cope with its peculiarities, it does deliver on its promise to automate tasks without any background knowledge in scripting. I would speculate that the initial output from its recording ...