Announcing BackManager 1.0 by Harmony Data Systems

BackManager came out of my one big complaint with the NeXT user interface.
The program dock is the only simple way of launching applications, and it only
holds twelve applications. Of course, there are other methods of launching
applications, but none were quick and simple enough for me. I hate to spend a
lot of time running applications. And what about commonly accessed files and
directories? We have the shelf in the Workspace manager , but it's space is
limited. BackManager is my answer.

You use BackManager's simple file browser like interface to create menu
definition files. You can drag anything from the Workspace (or any application
that allows you to drag files to the Workspace) to the MenuEditor. Now, when
you click the left mouse button on the background and choose an item, you get
the same result as if you double clicked on the item in the Workspace

And because BackManager does not work with most background image utilities, it
also displays images on your background.  You can specify specific files or
directories, which can be changed in a specified amount of time or each time
you start BackManager, either sequentially or randomly.

BackManager is shareware for Black and White hardware and can be
registered for $30.00.


Questions or comments can be sent to Scott_Bender@harmony.digex.net

BackManager is available on

ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/util/BackManager-MAB-1.0.tar.gz