Bare Bones Software today announced the release and immediate availability of BBEdit® 8.2.2, the latest version of the award-winning HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. BBEdit 8.2.2 is a maintenance release to fix reported issues and add minor interface refinements and enhancements.

The BBEdit 8.2.2 update is available free of charge to all registered BBEdit 8 customers. An update package is available for download from the Bare Bones Software web site:

http://www.barebones.com/support/updates.shtml

About BBEdit
BBEdit is the leading professional HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. Specifically crafted in response to the needs of professional Web authors and software developers, this award-winning product provides an abundance of features for editing, searching, and manipulation of text. BBEdit reliably transforms text with high performance.

An intelligent interface provides easy access to BBEdit's best of class features including grep pattern matching, search and replace across multiple files, function navigation and syntax coloring for numerous source code languages, FTP and SFTP open and save, AppleScript, Perl and Mac OS X Unix scripting support, glossary support, intra-application automation, and a complete set of HTML tools.

BBEdit 8 introduced over one hundred new features and improvements, including a new Documents Drawer and Navigation Bar interface for working with multiple documents in one window, new Text Factories for intra-application text processing automation, numerous enhancements to the product's signature HTML markup tools, improved Unicode support, integrated support for Perforce and Subversion, integrated support for Automator, and much more.

For more information on BBEdit, or to download a fully functional demo version, visit the company's web site:

http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/index.shtml

Pricing and Availability
BBEdit 8 is available at a suggested retail price of US$199. A discounted price of US$129 is available to any registered TextWrangler user, and to owners of Adobe GoLive or Macromedia Dreamweaver. BBEdit 8 may be purchased directly from Bare Bones Software, the retail and online Apple Stores, and numerous major Macintosh software resellers. For a partial listing of domestic and international resellers, visit:

http://www.barebones.com/store/resellers.shtml

All registered owners of BBEdit version 2.5 and later are eligible to upgrade to BBEdit 8 by ordering directly from Bare Bones Software. Registered owners of BBEdit 7.0 and 7.1 can upgrade for US$49; registered owners of BBEdit 6.5 and older can upgrade for US$59.

Educational discounts and site license pricing are also available. For details please visit the company's web site at http://www.barebones.com/store/index.shtml, send email to sales@barebones.com, or call (781) 687-0700.

About Bare Bones Software, Inc.
Bare Bones Software, Inc. develops leading-edge power tools for the Macintosh. The company's passion for creating deeply functional software with a clean, effective interface has earned it devotion from Mac users worldwide. The company's award-winning products include BBEdit, a professional HTML and text editor, Mailsmith, an extra-strength email client, and TextWrangler, a high-performance plain text editor. The company's expanding product family also includes Super Get Info, a file and folder info utility. Bare Bones Software has been crafting fine Mac software since 1993 and operates as a privately-held corporation based in Bedford, MA. For more information, visit http://www.barebones.com/ or send email to sales@barebones.com.