Review: InspectorKit 1.0 Released

The other day my friend Steven from Thoughtful Tree Software released a new version of his Inspector Framework. This new version includes both the framework and an Interface Builder Plug-in which makes it extremely easy for you to integrate this into your own projects.

After reading his blog post and watching the video that he has created it looks like a very nice addition to any application that would require an inspector style window. I might have to look at using this in my project the TomTom POI Manager. I am not yet sure what I would use this for but surely I can find a reason to use it.

In the comments of Stevens prior post about the InspectorKit some people pointed out a few small things that should be fixed. One of the issues was how the mouse cursor did not change when you hover over a separator as it does in Interface Builder. Steven has told me that he fixed this issue however this was more of an overhaul to get it into the plug-in format than anything.

With Stevens InspectorKit you can add an inspector panel to your application with extreme ease. it is as simple as installing the Interface Builder Plug-in and dragging the elements into your window. Be sure to check out the video that Steven has created showing just how to use the InspectorKit. You can download InspectorKit 1.0 or you can get the source code and mess around with that.