Here is a new beta of the Contacts plug-in. This release simply corrects a problem running under 10.5 and extends the preview date. No work has been done to enhance the plug-in for use in RapidWeaver 4 or use the new API features.

'List view' will give more reliable results than 'Cards view' but please test thoroughly before using on a public site. Most of the 'display issues' still occur in Internet Explorer 6 and vary depending on the RapidWeaver theme used. Clicking on telephone numbers still gives unpredictable results in Internet Explorer.

Many of the issues with the first version still remain. Public Beta 2 will expire on 25th June 2009.

Download Contacts Public Beta 3.

In the Watershed Café/Bar there are a number of ‘Slacker Tables’—public web browser kiosks set in glass tables. Oliver asked about a way to ensure that the instances of Safari running on the tables would open a new tab and not a new window. This is a simple AppleScript, to be saved as an Application and run, in a loop in the background.

This was only a quick, five minute hack but the results are surprisingly usable. Running the script as an application in the background doesn't appear to affect performance or stability over longer periods of time.

Note: this script has only been tested with Safari 3.2.1 in MacOS X 10.5.5