The Warper allows you to customize the visual aspects of your Macintosh Finder according to your tastes. You can choose between 20 complete preconfigurations, or create your own using the extensive bank of graphic resources (highly limited in this demo version). You can use the Warper on all Macintosh models, from 16 gray levels up to millions of colors running on System 7.0 or later.
･ Instructions:
- If you are reading this, then you have already decompressed the self-expanding-archive.
- Simply double-click the Warper 2.6 or Warper Demo icon to launch the program.
- For ease of folder personalization, drag-and-drop the folder on the Warper icon or an alias of it. The Warper will automatically launch with your folder selected, ready to customize with the icon you choose.
- The Warper installs an extension in the System Folder. It is not advised to use another utility which personalizes the same graphic elements as the Warper at the same time as the Warper. If a conflict should occur, it is possible to deactivate the individual functions of the Warper by using the Warper menu bar "Factory Settings..."
- If you use the Warper in 16 million colors on a PowerBook, we advise to use the Warper menu "Factory Settings" and select "Menu Bar Color".
- Use the menu "?", here you will find balloon help and keyboard shortcuts which are very practical!
･ The legend of the Warper:
It all began with a hacked folder in system 5-point-something on a Macintosh SE in November of 1989. A crazy graphic artist, just passing-by, inquired as to how such a cool hack could be possible...
Nico, a capable programmer in his own right, explained simply. And Yorick, the graphic artist became even crazier, and immediately began creating custom icons in black and white, and then in color for their own use (the "carnivore plant" which is now called Audrey II was the first).
Almost two years later, Riff (another developer) found himself seduced by the idea of an installer for these little icons. Too bad for him...
The ideas was all but forgotten like a topic from a late-night bull session...The poor unfortunate (Riff) brought to the graphic artist , the rough of the Beta version of a little utility to easily install an apple and trashes...from this day, the graphic artist lost right away, any hope to regain touch with reality and in the same way, the developer to sleep during the night.
In September '91, the first shareware version of the Warper with 10 Apples and 10 trashes hit the Macintosh world, accompanied by a batch of install yourself folders...
Here, the legend becomes a bit more blurred, we donﾕt know what kind of spell Yorick put on his partner Riff, nor how he was coerced bit-by-bit, to develop a bigger and bigger, more and more complex, a utility to satisfy the furious visions of the graphic artist (more and more insane).
In September '92, a publisher, full of good intentions, proposed to publish the Warper. At this time, some further improves were made (again) to the Warper. Not wanting to reflect badly upon a former colleague, suffice it to say that despite his good intentions, this publisher never came through.
That brings us to September '94. After a drawn-out effort to recover the rights to the Warper, the graphic artist (unrecoverable) aided by his all-time friends, has decided to publish the Warper himself.
So now, it is with sincere joy (and relief) that we present you with this text. We also have a bunch of new ideas up our sleeves (don't tell Riff, but we have some ideas for improvement to the Warper also...).
The story continuesﾉ
August 96 - A real nice guy named Joe took the challenge to publish the Warper in North America. Nobody knows why, but there is a real empathy between this gentleman and Yorickﾉ
･ About this demo version:
We put this "demo" version together to allow you to get to know the Warper. This version has 1/4 of the graphic resources of the "full" version (there are 562 different elements in the full version) and is limited to 21 days of use...
We hope that you find this "demo" version of the Warper sufficient to aide you in evaluating the product, and to make the (right) decision of purchasing the "full" version. By personalizing the interface of your machine, you please yourself. Then, as in the decoration of your apartment for example, through this personalization, you take possession of it. Your computer has imposed it's decor upon you for, I don't know how many years. With the Warper, you can now take your revenge!
Here it is, clear and direct. If you appreciate using the Warper and you wish to contribute to the fun of having even more choices in a possible new version, as well as the elaboration of new products by the same (by now totally insane) team...buy it! We have done everything humanly possible to make it affordable.
･ How to purchase the Warper:
The Warper is not a Shareware, but a commercial product! You can therefore order it from our U.S. representatives: Dragon Eye Productions.
Please send a check or money order for $24.95 (plus 7.25% sales tax for California residents) payable to the order of Dragon Eye Productions, accompanied by the following completed order form:
Et comme les r夙les de la profession l'exigent, bien qu'ayant apport tous nos soins l'四aboration et la r斬lisation du Warper :
Le Warper est fourni en l'師at. Dragon Eye Productions se d使agent par la pr市ente de toutes responsabilit市 en rapport avec ce logiciel, qu'elle soit implicite ou explicite, y compris et sans limitation toute garantie de capacit commerciale ou d'ad子uation un besoin particulier. L'仕iteur et l'auteur nomm市 ci-dessus ne pourront 腎re tenus responsables d'aucun des dommages particuliers, accidentels, pouvant r市ulter directement ou indirectement de l'usage du Warper, ou de toute r残lamation de quelque origine, quand bien m仁e Dragon Eye Productions, Yorick ou l'un de leurs agents auraient 師 inform市 de la possibilit de tels dommages. La personne utilisant le logiciel supporte tous les risques attenants la qualit aux performances et l'usage du logiciel.
Toutes les marques, noms, entreprises cit市 dans ce document, sur la bo杯e, pour la documentation et le logiciel lui-m仁e, sont la propri師 exclusive de ces m仁es personnes ou entit市. Leurs 思entuels d師ournements (logos d'Apple et d'IBM, par exemple) sont au titre de l'humour. Merci.
