About the Product
An overview of BioQuotes 4.0
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History, Description, Features, and Requirements.
A Brief History
Symbiotic Software Inc. is pleased to announce the Mac/PC release of BioQuotes 4.0.
It offers the convenience of easy desktop access without the hassle of searching the Net.
It is the ideal electronic reference if you want to add an extra spark to your paper,
article, speech or presentation.
For most of the 1990s, Quotable Quotes (as it was called then) was made available
to the Mac community as shareware. QQ 3.0 appeared in This Month on ZiffNet/Mac
in MacUser magazine (3/93). QQ 7.0 was rated 4 mice in MacWorld’s software library,
and it was described as “…kind of like a digital Bartlett’s” in their AOL forum.
Customer feedback included: “…great focus, comprehensive substance, ease of use,
and exceptional style.” —S. Detering, Oregon
Quotable Quotes II took my product to the next level and was available for purchase
through the Internet. QQ II had many changes, new features, and 2,000 added quotes.
QQ II appeared in your family [Education News] by Anne Marie Feld in MacHome (6/99).
In a CCPlace product review (www.ccplace.com), the reviewer had this to say:
“If you have ever wanted to place a little quote at the bottom of your report, message,
email, etc., this is a program for you. …definitely a valuable program to have…”
It was rated 7/10.
The new century brings another version of my reference software. I call it BioQuotes
to reflect that it deals with Life and the lives we lead, as viewed by notable people.
A significant change is that I no longer use HyperCard as my development platform;
I use Revolution (www.runrev.com). I was finally able to add color! Consequently,
the product now has nine redesigned, full-color backgrounds to please the eye.
Also, 1,250 new authors and 3,000 new quotations were added.
NOTE: A truly epic development is that the database is also available for Windows®.
Every effort was made to make it compatible with that platform. Welcome!
BioQuotes 4.0.3 was featured in Mac|Life (9/07) as a Shareware Pick. It said:
“Sometimes a good quotation is all you need to lead off a proposal or presentation.”
Leslie Ayers, Editor-in-Chief of Mac|Life, also talked favorably about the product
in her Mac|Live Podcast, saying, “You get addicted to browsing through all the quotes.”
“As a passionate quote compiler, it is my hope that fellow quotation lovers will appreciate
both the quality and diversity of the collection, and the aesthetically-pleasing design.
I quote, therefore I am.” —Robin Seer
Product Description
BioQuotes contains 12,000 hand-picked, “quotable” quotes, chosen for their brevity
and accessibility. They were selected from over 50 quote collections, books in my library,
and various magazines. The Net also contributed to this version. The quotes include
the wisest and wittiest words ever said by man or woman during recorded history.
All the most popular authors can be found, as well as many authors not quoted
in other collections you may have seen.
I quote everyone from Socrates to Sting, Cleopatra to Cher!
A unique aspect is that each quotation is shown individually, for maximum impact.
Unlike most other collections, this one is not just a long text document.
The database is divided into seven uniquely-designed parts. (See Graphics page.)
Each one has its own Part Title Card and color background.
They are: Definitions, Dichotomies, Writing, Art, Existence, Humor, Eating.
The last five parts are subdivided into 36 topics. They include: art, comedy, computers,
drinking, eating, education, families, film, humor, love, men, modern life, music,
nature, philosophy, photography, religion, theater, women, work, writing.
The new Navigation Palette makes quotation access easy and fun.
BioQuotes is a valuable resource for students, educators, speakers and professionals.
It can be interesting, amusing, and even inspiring for the casual browser.
“I quote others only in order to better express myself.”
—Michel de Montaigne
“Life itself is a quotation.” —Jorge Luis Borges
“The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages
are perpetuated by quotations.” —Benjamin Disraeli
BioQuotes Features
• 12,000 individually presented quotations
• 140 famous, or “classic”, sayings
• Index of 5,000 authors
• Biographical data on 600 key authors
• Nine colorful backgrounds
• Navigation Palette
• Custom Menus for full access
• Topic access from Part Title Cards
• Find feature to search for word or phrase
• Hypertext capabilities within text
• Random browsing
• Ability to copy quotation to clipboard
• Mark/Restore Place feature
• Extensive online Help
• Other features
System Requirements
Macintosh® Platform:
Macintosh® G4 computer, or later model (incl. Intel)
Mac OS X 10.3 or greater (Universal)
9.9M hard disk space
Windows® Platform:
Pentium® III processor or better
MS Windows® XP or Vista
7.3M hard disk space
Software created with Revolution Studio
by Runtime Revolution Ltd.
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