TattleTale gives you a quick and easy way to keep up with Macromedia news, right on your desktop. When there's a new post on a Macromedia weblog, or an update to one of the Macromedia Product XML Feeds, TattleTale will alert you politely and unobtrusively.

TattleTale monitors the following information:

• All Macromedia weblogs
• Security bulletins for most Macromedia products
• Tech notes for most Macromedia products
• Important product announcements
• The Macromedia Developer Center

TattleTale is still in beta, but there are three very functional preview versions available: Windows (.NET), Macintosh, and a Java version which will run on just about any platform with Java 1.4 support. You can see screenshots of all three versions below:

• Screenshot of the Windows (.NET) Version
• Screenshot of the Macintosh Version
• Screen of the Java Version

Windows Installation

1. If you don't already have the .NET runtime installed, you will need to download and install it first.
2. Download the preview version of TattleTale for Windows.
3. Unzip the TattleTale zip file.
4. Double-click on the TattleTale setup application to install TattleTale.

Macintosh Installation

1. Download the preview version of TattleTale for Mac OS X.
2. Unzip the TattleTale zip file.
3. Drag the TattleTale application to your Applications folder, or wherever you would like to keep it.
4. Double-click on the TattleTale application to start it.
5. You can set TattleTale to automatically start on OS X by adding it to System Preferences > Accounts > ACCOUNTNAME > Startup Items Tab.

Java Version

1. If you don't already have Java 1.4 or higher installed, download and install it first.
2. Download the preview version of TattleTale for Java.
3. If your platform supports it, you can just double-click on the TattleTale jar file.
4. You can also start TattleTale from the command line with the command "java -jar TattleTaleJava.jar".

TattleTale was created by Mike Chambers and Christian Cantrell. Feel free to email them with questions and/or suggestions.