Griffin Technology has introduced a piece of software that allows you to create your own OS X shortcuts. It apparently simplifies complicated tasks for you as an intermediary among various parts of your system, or even your network.

Proxi gives you a single, versatile interface within which you can configure several of your Griffin devices, define custom hot keys, monitor Mail, iChat, and RSS feeds, execute repeating tasks - and more!

Kind of like Mac OS X on steroids, you can do surprising and surprisingly complicated things with Proxi. It gives owners of AirClick, PowerMate and Radio Shark powerful new features to enhance and customise their hardware. For instance, you can program your own applications for use with AirClick, use multiple PowerMates in a single application, and fine tune Radio Shark.

You can also use AirClick to control Front Row, have a custom message pop up when a buddy is online, pulse the PowerMate when your favourite RSS feed is updated, send an e-mail when an item is added to a folder, or hide from your boss in iChat.

Proxi is built with beginners in mind but is apparently powerful enough meat for hardcore hackers. What makes Proxi so powerful is the concept of Triggers and Tasks.

A Trigger is a Proxi component that sets in motion a task or series of tasks. A Task is a Proxi component that performs an action when triggered. A set of linked Triggers and Tasks, together, compose a Proxi ‘Blueprint’: a complete set of instructions that tells Proxi how to perform a task for you.

Proxi comes with a library of useful Blueprints to get you started, but you will soon be setting up triggers and tasks of your own within Proxi’s easy-to-use, drag and drop interface. You can also view online tutorials on Griffin’s Web site.

Triggers and tasks can be configured in unlimited combinations, allowing you to control and monitor a wide range of system and hardware events in whatever manner suits you best. Proxi comes with a library of useful Triggers and Tasks.

When you develop a useful Blueprint, Proxi makes it easy to share: just send it to a friend. Proxi features a Blueprint Browser, which is always being updated with cool, new Blueprints. You can also join in the Proxi community, share new Blueprints, Tasks and Triggers, and get support and tips on the Proxi Support Wiki.

The Proxi beta preview is free and now available. The final version will be out in May, and will be a free download.

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