Visage v1.0.1
© Copyright 2002 Sanity Software. All rights reserved.

Date: 3/24/2002
Email:  sanity@mac.com

Product Description:
Visage is a System Preferences pane which allows you to easily customize your Boot Panel, Boot Strings, Login Panel, Login Screen Background, Dock Poof, and Dock Transparency.  Visage eliminates the need to use the terminal, login as root, or boot into OS 9.x in order to customize your Macintosh.  Preview options for each of the customizations allow you to see what your changes will look like without logging out or rebooting.  Visage helps you maintain and organize collections of Boot Panels, Login Panel elements, Login Screen Backgrounds, and Dock Poofs.  More importantly, Visage lets you quickly and easily switch between items in your collections without hassling with root privileges.  For Login Screen Backgrounds, you may have your background chosen randomly from your collection at every login.

Installation:
Put the file Visage.prefPane in the folder:
/Users/username/Library/PreferencePanes/
For example, if your username is joebob, place Visage.prefPane in the folder:
/Users/joebob/Library/PreferencePanes/
If the folder PreferencePanes does not yet exist, create it.
Open up System Preferences, and click the Visage icon.

Sample Files:
The included sample files were not created by Sanity Software.  Please see the ReadMe files in the corresponding folders for information regarding the authors of the sample files.  The sample files are included to make it easier for first-time users to visualize the power of Visage and to provide customization examples.  Many thanks to the contributing authors!

Feedback:
Please email sanity@mac.com with bug reports, suggestions, or feature requests.  For bug reports, please include your Macintosh model, processor type and speed, OS version, RAM, language setting, and a detailed description of the problem.  Your machine information can be found by using Apple System Profiler, found in Applications/Utilities.

Version History:
v1.0.1
-Added Dutch translations.  Many thanks to Hans Dobbelaere, from Brugge, Belgium for all the translation work!
-New icon.  Thanks to Adam Betts for his excellent artwork!
v1.0
-Initial release.

Know Limitations:
-This software is not designed for OS X Server.  The following options *should* work on OS X Server:  1) Changing your Boot Strings via the Boot Strings tab.  2) Changing your  Login Background via the Login Background tab.  3) Changing your Dock Poof and Dock transparency via the Dock tab.  The following options will probably NOT work on OS X Server: 1) Changing your Boot Panel via the Boot Panel tab.  2) Changing your Login Panel Logo or Login Panel Title via the Login Panel tab.  You may still use these tabs, however, your changes will not affect the appearance of your Mac.  If you would like these features implemented for OS X Server, send us an email.  Please note that Visage has not been tested on OS X Server, and Sanity Software cannot be held liable for any problems that may occur.
-If you use "Aqua Blue" (the default background) as your desktop background, changing your Login Background will also change your desktop background.  If you don't want this behavior, simply choose another image for your desktop background.  After changing your Login Background with Visage, you may still use Apple's default desktop background by opening the Desktop pane in System Preferences and choosing the image from the Apple Background Images collection.  From this point on, your Login Background and Login Screen will be independent. 

Future Plans:  Let us know what features you want most!  Email sanity@mac.com
-Make Visage work with all the Boot Panels on ResExcellence.com!
-Add tab for changing the image shown in the About This Mac window.
-Provide more Dock options, such as a transparent dock without borders or user specified dock backgrounds.
-Provide support for changing the Boot Panels, Login Panel Logos, and Login Panel titles in OS X Server.
-Allow users to import Boot Panels, Login Panel Logos, Dock backgrounds and About This Mac images from .theme files.
-Any other feature that users request!

Legal Stuff:  We really have no idea what this stuff means, but it makes us feel more important.  Just don't sue us.
Disclaimer of Warranties.  You expressly acknowledge and agree that use of the Sanity Software product is at your sole risk and that the entire risk as to quality and performance is with you.  The Sanity Software product is provided "as is", with all faults and without warranty of any kind.
Limitation of Liability.  In no event shall Sanity Software be liable for personal injury, or any incidental, special, indirect or consequential damages whatsoever, including, without limitation, damages for loss of profits, loss of data, business interruption or any other personal or commercial damages or losses, arising out of or related to your use or inability to use the Sanity Software product, however caused, regardless of the theory of liability (contract, tort or otherwise).