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FloSpace is my little software company and FloPrompter is my first product. It’s a teleprompter program for Windows PCs — it turns any PC into a studio quality teleprompter! (What’s a teleprompter?)

Today, I’m happy to announce that I’ve updated FloPrompter to version 3.0!

The newest version has several important new features, including mirrored text and support for multiple synchronized windows. Lots of customers have asked for those features and after nearly a year of trial and error, I figured out how to achieve them with very good performance.

In fact, those two features are critical for certain professional situations, but completely unnecessary for many of my “regular people” customers, like podcasters, churches, bands, and motivational speakers. So I created two editions of FloPrompter with this release: the Standard Edition, which has the same features as version 2.0, and the Professional Edition, which includes the mirrored text and support for dual monitors.

I left the pricing for the Standard Edition unchanged ($49.95), and set the price for the new Professional Edition to $250 for several reasons: The price is extremely good compared to competitors, the Professional Edition will be purchased by businesses rather than individuals and can be written off, and it will help me to recoup my substantial investment in producing the product (software tools, components, icons, professional services, etc.).

What’s particularly cool for hundreds of my customers is that they can upgrade for FREE from version 2.0 to version 3.0 (Standard Edition). Yes, that’s right — free!

Most software companies charge customers to upgrade to the newest version (hello, I’m talking to you, Apple and Adobe). But as version 3.0 includes many performance improvements and feature enhancements, as well, I know that my customers will appreciate the opportunity.

So — not only did I update the software, but I also worked with a friend of mine who’s a graphic designer to update the FloSpace web site. I really love the new design. I hope (potential) customers will, too!

The new web site looks professional, sophisticated, and polished. It offers much better features for showing off screenshots of FloPrompter in the Gallery. I love how when you click on a badge in the Gallery, the window becomes dark and the screenshot sort of unfolds into view. That effect is wicked cool. (It’s called a lightbox feature.)

I made numerous improvements to the FloSpace Store page, as well. The page is laid out better with big, clear buttons. I also include an Amazon.com store widget on the page. Many of our customers have asked us for recommendations on wireless remotes and foot switches, so this Amazon mini-store will help customers choose the right accessories to make the most of their investment in FloPrompter.

I hope you like the new FloPrompter web site and software! It’s been a long time coming. I’m really pleased to see how far along the product and web site have come in the past two years.