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I have been using a similar program for Windows for ages : SequoiaView http:\u002F\u002Fw3.win.tue.nl\u002Fnl\u002Fonderzoek\u002Fonderzoek_informatica\u002Fvisualization\u002Fsequoiaview\u002F\u002F It…",{"value":70,"source":71,"evidence":72},"Paid app on the Mac App Store","commenter",[73,77],{"id":74,"by":75,"text":76},"2189920","jason_slack","I bought this morning, when do you anticipate 1.1? When did you submit the update? I thought that updates were generally processed a bit faster than brand new app submissions...",{"id":78,"by":75,"text":79},"2189912","Free, YES but not quite in the same league as Space Gremlin. 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