It appears that the Tasty Apps developers have been very busy lately. Just a few days ago I wrote about the major update to FLVR (now Videobox). But it appears that they recently also updated Red Snapper (now Web Snapper) and added, the fresh from the oven, Tasty Unzip.

Web Snapper shares a very similar interface to Videobox. The purpose of Web Snapper is to grab screenshots of a whole web page. You just drop a website URL in the window and it analyzes the website. If you use Safari you can install a button which just takes whatever site is open. Then, with the familiar screen flash and photo click, the website appears in Web Snapper. All you need to do now is click the download arrow to download a full page screenshot.

The only new application is Tasty Unzip. Tasty Unzip is a very simple application that can clear up your download folder. When you unzip a zip file Tasty Unzip automatically replaces the zip file with the contents of the zip. So then you don’t have to deal with throwing out the zip file once the files are extracted.

You can currently try the demo of both Tasty Unzip and Web Snapper at Tastyapps.com. Tasty Unzip is priced at $8 while Web Snapper costs $15, but you can pre-order it now for $8 until the final version is released. Who knows what else Tasty Apps has in the oven!

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written by Jack \\ tags: Tasty Apps, Tasty Unzip, Web Snapper

I just ran across a big update to a great application, Videobox 2.3 beta (formerly known as FLVR).

Videobox is a very easy way to quickly download videos and convert them to Quicktime format. Then you can put it on your iPod , save it to your computer, or do anything else.

This version has many differences compared to FLVR. The most noticeable difference is that it is no longer a simple Safari plugin, which used to reside in the Safari toolbar… it is now a full application. The fact that it is an application will help attract many more users, because now you can use whichever web browser you want.

Videobox supports lots of websites too, not just Youtube.

To use Videobox you can just drag a web URL to the Videobox window and then it will find the videos on that website and display them in the window. Then you just click the Download icon next to the videos you want or the X to remove videos from the list. If you have the optional Safari plugin installed it will automatically add videos to the list when you are at a website with a compatible movie.

Personally, I feel that Videobox seems to be the best Flash to iTunes downloader. It does everything in one simple package and supports a variety of websites.

You can head over to Tasty Apps and try out the demo for 5 days. If you are pleased with what you see, then you can currently preorder the full version for $8, and start using the beta today. If you would like to wait for the full version to be released then you have to pay $15.

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written by Jack \\ tags: FLVR, Tasty Apps, VideoBox