Bare Bones Software : COMPANY : History

COMPANY : History

Bare Bones Software, Inc. was founded in May 1993, and incorporated in June 1994. We are a privately-held corporation based in Bedford, Massachusetts. Our mission is to produce best-of-class software for the Mac that incorporates state-of-the art engineering techniques and takes advantage of the latest system software technologies.

2008

February 5: Yojimbo 1.5.1 update released
January 15: TextWrangler 2.3 released with many significant enhancements

2007

December 19: BBEdit 8.7.2 maintenance update released
December 19: Super Get Info 1.3.1 update released for Leopard support
December 5: Yojimbo 1.5 offers image support and dramatically faster search!
October 31: BBEdit 8.7.1 maintenance update released
August 2: BBEdit 8.7 update released with many new features and enhancements!
April 19: BBEdit 8.6.2 maintenance update released
March 14: Yojimbo 1.4.2 update released
February 20: Yojimbo 1.4.1 update released
February 15: BBEdit 8.6.1 maintenance update released
February 15: TextWrangler 2.2.1 maintenance update released
January 9: BBEdit 8.6 update brings a cornucopia of enhancements and language updates!
January 9: Yojimbo 1.4 update offers extensive AppleScript support!
January 9: TextWrangler 2.2 released with major interface overhaul and over 100 new features!

2006

December 4: BBEdit 8.5.2 maintenance update released
November 9: Yojimbo 1.3 released with tagging support and many other enhancements!
October 12: BBEdit 8.5.1 maintenance update released
September 6: BBEdit 8.5 released with Code Folding, Clippings, and much more!
June 20: TextWrangler 2.1.3 maintenance update released
June 13: Super Get Info 1.3 released as a Universal version
June 6: Yojimbo 1.2 update includes new "Copy Link" command and other enhancements
June 1: BBEdit 8.2.6 maintenance update released
March 13: TextWrangler 2.1.2 maintenance update released
March 9: Yojimbo 1.1 update released
March 6: BBEdit 8.2.5 maintenance update released
January 22: Yojimbo 1.0 released—an effortless, reliable information organizer for Mac OS X!

2005

November 22: BBEdit 8.2.4 maintenance update released
August 10: BBEdit 8.2.3 released, runs as a Universal Binary for the Apple Developer Transition Kit
July 6: TextWrangler 2.1 update released
June 22: BBEdit 8.2.2 update released
May 11: BBEdit 8.2.1 maintenance update released
April 28: BBEdit 8.2 adds support for Automator, the new personal automation assistant in Mac OS X 10.4
March 28: BBEdit 8.1 adds support for Subversion, enhancements to Text Factory and more
March 9: Mailsmith 2.1.5 update released
March 3: Super Get Info 1.2.2 update released
January 11: TextWrangler 2.0 adds HTML syntax coloring, Documents Drawer, Shebang Menu, SFTP support and much more

2004

December 17: BBEdit 8.0 wins Macworld Magazine 2004 Editors' Choice Award
December 8: BBEdit 8.0.3 update released
November 5: Super Get Info 1.2.1 released with new preferences and interface refinements
September 30: BBEdit 8.0.2 update released
September 27: Mailsmith 2.1.4 maintenance update released to fix reported issues and add minor interface refinements
September 24: BBEdit 8.0.1 update released
August 30: BBEdit 8.0 adds Documents Drawer and Navigation Bar, Text Factories, Perforce support, and much more
August 25: Mailsmith 2.1.3 update released to fix reported issues and add minor interface refinements
July 21: Mailsmith 2.1.2 adds support for Unix Tools and server-side spam filtering extends client-side flexibility
April 28: BBEdit 7.1.4 released with interface enhancements
March 29: BBEdit 7.1.3 update released
February 5: TextWrangler 1.5.1 adds FTP server discovery via Rendezvous
February 3: Mailsmith 2.1.1 released with various enhancements and refinements
January 27: BBEdit 7.1.2 update released
January 6: Mailsmith 2.1 released at Macworld San Francisco, adds automatic attachment encoding, SMTP support, and other enhancements

2003

December 17: BBEdit chosen as "Best Third-Party Product" in MacInTouch Reader Choice Poll
December 17: Super Get Info 1.2 adds support for Finder labels
December 9: BBEdit 7.1.1 released with new "Refresh BBEdit Preview" command
December: Mailsmith 2.0 wins Macworld Magazine 2003 Editors' Choice Award
November 13: BBEdit 7.1 adds Preview in BBEdit command for live HTML rendering, SFTP support, and FTP and SFTP server discovery via Rendezvous
October 27: Bare Bones Software announces entire product line has been tested and current versions of all products are compatible with the recently released Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther"
September 23: Mailsmith 2.0.2 update released
August 20: Mailsmith 2.0.1 adds SSL support and free bundled copy of SpamSieve with purchase
August 12: TextWrangler 1.5 adds AppleScript® support and syntax coloring for nine more languages
July 24: BBEdit 7.0.4 released with various enhancements and refinements
June 18: Mailsmith 2.0 brings performance improvements to extra-strength email client and adds integration with SpamSieve, PGP, and the Apple Address Book
May: Bare Bones Software celebrates its 10th Anniversary!
March 19: Super Get Info 1.1 adds support for Mac OS X Services and an improved permissions interface
March 11: BBEdit 7.0.3 adds new preference option, HTML placeholder, and interface refinements
February 25: TextWrangler 1.0 released, new budget-priced product for composing, modifying, and transforming text
February 18: BBEdit 7.0.2 supports automatic sensing and translation of a file's text encoding

2002

November 25: BBEdit 7.0.1 incorporates various interface refinements and fixes
November 13: BBEdit 7.0 released, adding CVS support, multiple web site support, and more
September 5: BBEdit 6.5.3 released, improves compatibility with Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar)
August 21: Super Get Info 1.0.9 update enhanced for Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar)
June 12: Super Get Info 1.0.8 supports viewing and editing of Finder comments
June 6: Mailsmith 1.5.3 update includes relevance searching
April 22: Super Get Info 1.0.7 released with various enhancements
April 15: Mailsmith 1.5.1 adds optional "smart" columns to the mail browser
March 25: Mailsmith 1.5 released for Mac OS X with easier filter creation and "PCRE" grep engine
February 6: Super Get Info 1.0.6 update includes "Bare Bones Open With" plug-in
January 31: BBEdit 6.5.2 update released

2001

December 20: BBEdit 6.5.1 released, includes syntax coloring for Java Server Pages (JSP)
December: BBEdit 6.5 receives Macworld Editors' Choice Award for best Web Development Software
November 27: Super Get Info 1.0.5 adds new preference settings for keyboard shortcuts
November 1: Super Get Info 1.0.4 adds a Mac OS X Finder keyboard shortcut
October 17: BBEdit 6.5 released, adding CSS markup tools, more grep power, Unix scripting integration, authenticated saves, and more
September 10: Super Get Info 1.0.2 released with a powerful new "Empty Trash" command
August 24: Mailsmith 1.1.8 includes ability to export entire mailboxes to mbox format
July 16: Super Get Info 1.0.1 adds "Open Hidden" command and new Preview panel
July 9: Mailsmith 1.1.7 released with improved SMTP authentication
July 6: Super Get Info 1.0 released - new file info utility only for Mac OS X
May 31: BBEdit Lite 6.1 released, runs natively on Mac OS X
May 17: BBEdit 6.1.2 update improves performance under Mac OS X
April 20: BBEdit 6.1 released, first commercial product to run natively on Mac OS X

2000

December 12: BBEdit 6.0.2 introduces support for Compact HTML 2.0 and more
November 16: BBEdit 6 chosen as finalist for Macworld Editors' Choice Award
October 31: Mailsmith 1.1.6 introduces support for SMTP Authentication
October 24: BBEdit 6.0.1 includes substantial performance enhancements
September 11: BBEdit 6.0 released, introduces support for multi-byte text, XHTML, and added extensibility
January 19: BBEdit and webSavant bundle offers powerful combination for teaching and learning HTML

1999

November 11: BBEdit 5.1.1 honored as Macworld Editors' Choice Award Finalist
October 15: Mailsmith 1.1.5 released
August 17: BBEdit Lite 4.6 allows assigning key equivalents to menu commands
July 28: Mailsmith 1.1.4 brings significant enhancements to message composition and viewing environments
July 14: BBEdit 5.1.1 released, offers improved OSA scripting support
May 25: BBEdit 5.1 adds direct integration with MacPerl
May 14: Bare Bones Software celebrates its sixth birthday!
April 2: Mailsmith 1.1.3 introduces POP Monitor window, improved Rewrap tool
January 26: BBEdit 5.0.2 introduces numerous fixes and improved HTML tools

1998

December 22: BBEdit 5.0.1 update enhances HTML Tools scriptability
November 25: Mailsmith 1.1.2 released with performance improvements
November 6: BBEdit 5.0 introduces revamped and improved HTML Tools
October 26: Mailsmith 1.1.1 update includes coloring of quoted text content
September 1: Mailsmith 1.1 improves database performance significantly
June 23: BBEdit 4.5.3 update features enhancements to built-in FTP tool
May 27: Mailsmith 1.0.1 maintenance update released
May 4: Mailsmith 1.0 debuts, email client set apart by advanced filtering, searching, and scriptability
March 18: BBEdit 4.5.2 adds color printing for HTML tags and source code
February 20: BBEdit Lite 4.1 released

1997

November 4: BBEdit 4.5.1 brings new functionality to the core text-manipulation abilities of BBEdit
October 6: Bare Bones Software announces collaboration with Macromedia to provide high-technology web authoring tools
August 4: BBEdit 4.5 introduces new Table Builder companion application
July 31: Company announces new powerful email client developed under the code name "Bluto" will ship as "Mailsmith"
February 20: BBEdit 4.0.3 enhances FTP support, coding support, and HTML tools
January: BBEdit 4.0 wins Macworld's Web Authoring World Class Award
January: BBEdit 4.0.1 wins Eddy Award for Best New Development Tool

1996

December 10: BBEdit 4.0 honored as 1996 Editors' Choice Award Finalist
November 12: BBEdit 4.0.2 introduces Startup Items folder, improved key equivalents
August 7: Bare Bones Software unveils BBEdit for OpenDoc at Macworld Expo
June 30: BBEdit 4.0.1 update offers direct FTP access
May 13: BBEdit 4.0 introduces syntax coloring
May 13: Bare Bones Software announces release of first version of SoftPolish, the essential tool for software quality
January 8: BBEdit 3.5.2 released with integrated spelling checker and version 2.0 of the "HTML Tools" extensions

1995

August 7: Bare Bones Software releases BBEdit 3.5 and debuts company web site
March 15: BBEdit 3.1.1 adds QuickDraw GX and Internet integration
January 4: BBEdit 3.1 released, introduces new "soft" text wrapping feature

1994

July 29: BBEdit 3.0 is accelerated for Power Macintosh
June 20: Bare Bones Software incorporates in Massachusetts; Rich Siegel turns 27

1993

November 22: MacUser names BBEdit 2.5 a finalist for Editors' Choice Award
May 11: Veteran Mac developer Rich Siegel releases two new text editors for the Macintosh – BBEdit 2.5 and BBEdit Lite