WritePoint HyperPixel: our gift to you

WritePoint HyperPixel: our gift to you

We thought long and hard about what sort of gift to offer visitors to our site. We're documentation specialists, so something related to documentation seemed like a natural. But many of our clients and friends are either developers or regular Windows users who have no personal interest in documentation, and we didn't want to disappoint one group by pleasing another.

Tricky problems require creative solutions. We eventually realized that we could satisfy everyone, and do it with a single gift that will please authors/developers and casual Windows users alike.

...is a utility for "grabbing" pixel colors from the Windows desktop just by moving the mouse. It comes with a handy Windows palette and grayscale gradient, and makes selection of even the most subtle custom colors for HTML documents a snap.

...is a utility for unlocking hidden Windows Help functionality ranging from custom colors for hotspot links to a secret "hotkey" mode that can access hidden topics and improve browsability...you'll even see helpfiles from the developer's perspective using "Help Author mode".

Click on the screen shot to start the download. The software uses less than 300kb when installed, loads quickly, uses very little system resources, and includes a thorough uninstaller. These utilities are our gift to you for visiting our site, and you're free to share the complete archive with anyone you like, or even post it on your own site.

Download hyperpixel.zip (500kb, includes uninstaller)

One final note about HyperPixel. The program starts with a "splash" dialog that tells you a bit about the programs and about WritePoint. After you've used the program a few times, you'll be able to get rid of that screen forever, and the program will start at your last-used utility. There's even an "Easter egg".

The program also includes a clickable link to our Web site, but this is the only Internet connectivity included in the software. It collects no information about you, and won't even take you to our Web site unless you agree to the prompt that appears when you click the link. Also, the software should be completely non-intrusive. Once it has been uninstalled, no trace of it should be left anywhere on your system, and Hyperpoint makes no changes to significant WinHelp settings that you won't be given the opportunity to undo before you uninstall.

We take your privacy and comfort seriously, and nothing less than this degree of attention to detail would do. After all, we wouldn't be very good at helping users read developers' minds if we couldn't read our users' minds ourselves.