Crosshairs 1.1 released and screencast

Crosshairs 1.1 has been released and is now available in the mac app store. This release is mostly bug fixes and polish (full list below), but there is also a new feature called inverted mode. Currently, the default mode in Crosshairs is to fill in all the pixels of the selected area with the current color. This works great, but sometimes it might be better to to fill in the background, and leave the selected area clear. This is exactly what inverted mode does. The most useful thing about this is that you can still change the color and opacity, so you can black out the entire screen except the area you want to see. You can quickly switch between normal mode and inverted by hitting "i". This is much easier to see than explain, so I created a short video to demo Crosshairs, including inverted mode.

What's new in 1.1

• Added inverted overlay mode (shortcut: i)
• Made hotkey activate or deactivate app (instead of just activating it)
• Some minor user interface updates to handles and dimensions bubble to help stand out better
• Crosshairs will no longer deactivate the current app so it works better with apps like Photoshop. Side effect is no custom cursor support. Added preference to return the old way if you prefer.
• Added highlight to menu bar icon to show when app is active
• Added in-app help screen that lists all keyboard shortcut
• Left-click in menu bar icon activates app, right-click (control-click) shows menu
• Fixed bugs with color preference settings not taking effect right away
• Fixed bug with taking screenshots on computers with multiple screens being off
• Ensured overlay always snaps to whole pixels, even during screen zoom, for sharpest possible lines
• Now always showing dimensions outside box and removed option