・ □ and control key swapped. (control is context menu)
・ Added Help based on AppleGuide.
・ Update of Japanese catalog by Yoshihisa Kuzu Otsuka.
・ Added Ukrainian catalog by Igor Zakharov.
・ Improved check for Extensions Strip. Extensions Strip and Control Strip can run at the same time now.
・ Using IconServices when available.
・ Translucent Dragging works again in System 9.0.
・ Correct detection of system version.
・ Dropping an icon on the + that already exists works correct now (Thanks Daan Van Heghe).
・ Updating problems fixed with Control Strip 2.0.
・ Popinfo should always and faster appear now (Control Strip).
・ Both favorites and recent are added to application popup menu's.
・ Drag And Drop works for OutLook Express Enclosures (and many others).
・ Using Magic Icon Placements (see technote TB 42) for custom sorting.
・ Recompile with CW 5 and MacOS9 headers.
・ New Register Application Added.
・ Corrected email address in documentation.
・ New homepage address in documentation and Application.
Version 2.0.5
・ Oops: Removed Timelimit and Beta notice
Version 2.0.4
・ Removed Desktop Strip from the documentation. It's still supported but no longer mentioned in the docs since it does not work very well anymore with newer systems.
・ Added Support for 8.5 icns icon groups
・ Native module under Control Strip 2.0 (MacOS 8.5)
・ In System 8.5, □if there is no Recent Documents, favorites is used.
・ In System 8.5 a catalog file explains what it's used for when double clicked.
・ System's FindFolder used to find Recent Documents in System 8.5
・ Fixed crossed icon of Desktop Printers
・ Fixed generic icon of System 8 Control Panel Applications
・ Truncation of strings happens in the middle now
・ Drop on Trash or App from Metrowerks project window works now
・ Improved calculations where module rectangle is involved (thanks Jeffrey Backes)
・ Update of Dutch Catalog (thanks Ralph Witteveen)
・ Rebuild with CW Pro 4
・ Fixed problem where Popinfo was not properly reset sometimes
・ Small startup problem fixed (UpdateInfoFontSizes called too soon).
・ Added command key for info window when clicking on a file or making a selection from a folder popup menu.
・ Fixed some illegal memory reads
・ Fixed small Memory Leak
Version 2.0.3
・ Rebuild with latest CW
・ Added support for better background erasing.
・ Updated Norwegian catalog...
・ Basic support for Desktop Printers...
・ First icon offset one pixel less conform other modules...
・ Enabled Translucent Dragging for System 8.5 since it works fine now.
・ Enabled Translucent Dragging for Extensions Strip 1.6 or better
・ Enabled Drag Away by default now for System 8.5 since apple fixed it.
・ Appearance Savvy (no more white dlg backgrounds)
・ Menu's popup faster when clicking and moving the mouse away (if drag away is off)
・ If HandyMan times out, entering the registration code has become easier...
・ Using new ES header file.
・ Always trying "Recent Documents" folders, even when one uses a catalog for translations.
Version 2.0.2
・ Small German localization fixes
・ Norwegian localization fixed up by Fredrik Chr. Bolin
・ Menu Items referring to a file now get the color of the Finder label of that file. (Code example Ammon Skidmore)
・ OK (and Cancel) would be disabled when, on 7.6 with Extensions Strip, a notification pops up during a HandyMan alert (system blocks).
・ Fixed small visual problem where failed drop didn't track back to the original place. (Report from Ammon Skidmore)
・ Sometimes when the module moved, due to the change in size of another module, wrong info could be displayed.
・ Made HandyMan much more stable in some less common situations (hey, it was stable wasn't it?)
・ Fixed crash when quitting an application with the command-q shortcut and when popinfo balloon was visible.
・ Locking Triangle Pict Before Drawing
・ Menu's are now at ID 256 and 257, where all modules have their menu's. This should fix incompatibilities with some applications (e.g. Freeway). (report from Vanessa Gregory)
・ Fixed crash when selecting 'Delete Icon' from contextual Menu. (Report from Ammon Skidmore)
Version 2.0.1
・ Corrected misspelled Alfabetic in Alphabetic (thanks Douglas Kruschen).
・ Fixed automatic update problem with Control Strip and Desktop Strip. When dragging an HandyMan Item in a container on the strip (trash, folder) it did not do an automatically update of the icons.
・ Moved hardcoded Empty Trash string to the resources for translation.
・ Special Drop and Launch code for MacLinkPlus. You can add MacLinkPlus converters to the strip now. (Warren Rogers)
・ Fixed a problem with the French Catalog. (Venant-Henri Ouedraogo)
Version 2.0
・ Fixed registration mismatch between 68K and PowerPC version.
・ Cosmetic fix for Balloon Help (Markus Gloede)
Version 2.0b6
・ Registration code added.
・ Updated email address
Version 2.0b5
・ timelimit 31-12-97
・ Credits contained a Swedish String....
・ Sometimes strings could become too long and crash the system. This happend mostly to balloonhelp. (Markus Gloede)
・ Empty Trash added
・ Trash no longer shows items inside. Was useless...
Version 2.0b4
・ timelimit 31-12-97
・ Catalog files are in sync now
Version 2.0b3
・ timelimit 31-12-97
・ Fixed Alphabetic Typo (Neil Green)
・ contextual menu items show appropriate 'Bring To Front' when needed.
・ Added Norwegian and Swedish translation
Version 2.0b2
・ timelimit 1-9-97
・ added menu item for finder info
・ optionKey for unresolved info/show
・ Drop onto finder shows original
・ Control Dropping on finder icon shows finder info for dropped items
・ Faster when rearranging icons
・ Fixed drops from one row to the other
Version 2.0b1
・ Upon rereading (Update Icon List) the standard Icons are updated again as well.
・ Show Entry Tiles draws correct now if it was used without text labels
・ Less Icons in memory when they come from Desktop DB
・ Improved D&D outline when text labels are on
・ Implemented Translucent Drag but it does not seem to work with floating windows...
・ Slightly safer Resource Handling
・ When At Ease is installed a scriptable Finder is assumed and thus All icons will appear
・ CW11 & MSL
・ Invisible folders won't get added anymore...
・ Propper name is filled in when alias resolve failed
・ Fixed DisposeHandle(NULL)
・ Fixed DrawPicture(NULL) when InfoBar was used
・ Fixed creation of icons for added items (was wrong when toggled between large and small icons)
・ Fixed 'APPC' filetype introduced in 7.6
・ Custom Sorting added (= by finder positions)
・ Inserting in vertical iconlist improved.
・ Moving files into Folders improved (works with OS 8.0)
・ Compatible with OS 8.0 Clippings
・ Added Delete and Find Original To contextual Menu
・ Items starting with a -now show correct in contextual menu items.
Version 1.4.1
・ Fixed problem where HandyMan aliases was not found when in the preference folder.
・ Fixed problem where HandyMan showed complete preference folder.
・ Changes to Italian Catalog and added Italian Docs (thanks to Michele Pizzi)
・ Added 'original' Horizontal and Vertical Separator icons, check out the homepage for more icons (by Raymond Carles)