Author Archives: Rowan Hanna

Benubird Pro 1.3.1.2 Released, Includes New PDF Functionality

We’re pleased to announce the release of Benubird Pro 1.3.1.2. This new version of Benubird Pro introduces a number of new features, bug fixes and usability improvements. The full list of new features is included here: Convert any file that can be printed to PDF from within Benubird Pro by right-clicking on it and selecting [...]

Benubird Pro promotion at Bits du Jour

We’re excited to announce that Debenu will soon be featuring Benubird Pro on Bits du Jour, a ‘deal-of-the-day’ website that offers fantastic, one-time discounts on a variety of great products. Bits du Jour will be offering Benubird Pro on Saturday 14 February, 2009 at the dramatically reduced price of $39.00. The normal purchase price for [...]

Quick PDF Library (formerly known as iSEDQuickPDF | QuickPDF) acquired by Debenu Pty. Ltd…

We’re (really) very pleased to announce that Debenu has acquired the rights to the Quick PDF Library (formerly known as iSedQuickPDF or QuickPDF) from SedTech (Pty) Ltd. Quick PDF Library was first released in Q1, 2001 by SedTech and has been one of the foremost and popular libraries for creating, manipulating, and rendering PDF files.

Digital Documents – a blog with an electronic document theme

You may have already noticed — but just in case you haven’t — Karl and I have been writing at a blog called Digital Documents for the past few months. It’s a blog with an electronic document theme that covers a whole range of relevant technologies and concepts from PDF, XML, XPS, Flash to eBooks, hardware, [...]

Skype helps us communicate better

I was reminiscing this morning while browsing the web archival from 2001 — thanks Google – when it struck me just how profoundly the way we work, communicate and interact with the web and each other has evolved. It’s hard to imagine that even just a few years ago, technologies like YouTube, Gmail, Facebook, Skype, and many [...]

New blog dedicated to all things PDF

Quick note to let you all know that we’ve started a new blog solely dedicated to bringing you the latest in the world of PDF. Since we’ve been developing products, starting online communities, moderating conferences and writing articles about PDF almost 15 years, we think we’re perfectly positioned to keep you up-to-date about what’s going on [...]

Windows 7, Paint, WordPad, and the ribbon interface

One of the major complaints about Windows Vista has been the thorough lack of consistency when it comes to the user interface. Earlier this year Jeff Atwood, of Coding Horror fame, expressed his deep disappointment with the inconsistencies of the user interface. “…nothing is more disapponting than the overall fit and finish of Vista, which [...]

Automatically import files to Benubird Pro using watched folders

The single most important thing to remember when using a personal document management system, is that you actually need to use it, for it to be effective. That means you need to set a few rules and stick to them — when a new file comes in, you need to add it to the document [...]