Lighthouse revs apps

by Eliot Bergson

San Mateo, CA Ð The crew at Lighthouse Design had a busy fall.

The company in October shipped Foundation Classes 2.1, a library of 15 Objective-C classes designed to speed software development. The library includes a string class, an error-reporting class, and a set of collection classes for lists, sets, stacks, and queues. Foundation Classes costs $4995 for object code for five developers and $9995 for source code.

Lighthouse also shipped TaskMaster 1.5, an update to its integrated project-management app that adds data compatibility with Microsoft Project and Claris MacProject, as well as support for mpx (Microsoft Project Exchange) files. TaskMaster retails for $1395.

And fat-binary versions of Diagram! 2.1 and Concurrence 1.2 have been released. The software sells for $499 and $995, respectively, but current registered users can upgrade for a "nominal" media fee, according to the company.

Lighthouse Design can be contacted at 415/570-7736; info@ lighthouse.com.