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WorkStrip X version 2.0.2
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System Requirements
Any Macintosh running Mac OS X version 10.1 or newer can run WorkStrip X.

How to Install
Quit any previous version of WorkStrip X, drag the WorkStrip X application to your Applications folder, go there and launch it.

What is WorkStrip X?
WorkStrip X is an intelligent, system wide productivity enhancement tool for professional and intensive Mac users. Situated on the desktop, WorkStrip provides a host of intuitive features:
  • Multiple “Workspaces” to organize your work
  • Instant file previews without loading an application
  • Advanced tracking of applications, documents & web sites
  • Bookmarked favorite items for ease of access
  • Instant panel views of recent files, folders and bookmarks
  • Ability to place folders and files directly on the strip
  • Flexible auto-hide options to suit your tastes
  • Fresh Aqua look and feel

Important information for users of WorkStrip prior to WorkStrip X 2.0
WorkStrip X represents a dramatic change from WorkStrip for Mac OS 9 and the WorkStrip X Preview release. Because of this, Workspaces created these versions cannot be used with this release — entirely new Workspaces must be created.  If WorkStrip X notices the WorkStrip X Preview on your hard disk, it will remove it.

Where's the manual?
A detailed, printable PDF manual is accessible within WorkStrip X from the Quick Access menu and panel window.

WorkStrip X 2.0.2 Release Notes - Changes since 2.0.1

What's New
WorkStrip X has been localized into the following languages: English, French, German, Spanish and Italian.

Items in Web Browser panel windows (e.g Bookmarked Internet items) can now be renamed via their contextual menu. Note. This does not affect the file names of local HTML files in these lists; only WorkStrip's internal name for the item is changed.

What's Improved
Local HTML files are no longer tracked as Recent Internet Items. They can still be bookmarked by dragging them to a Web browser's panel window.

It is now possible to drag non-HTML files to web browsers on the strip to open them (where appropriate).

Previously, when a file had been opened in multiple applications, multiple occurences of it would appear in the Recent Items menu for the Workspace and Quick Access menus. Now only one occurence will appear, and selecting that file will open it in the application it was most recently opened in.

What's Fixed
On Mac OS 10.2, clicks on certain parts of the Tab for items on the strip were being treated as clicks on the icon.

Having the WorkStrip X Trash shown no longer prevents other applications from using Command-Period to cancel operations.

Bookmarked local HTML files which are not on the startup disk no longer fail to open in some web browsers.

WorkStrip X 2.0.1 Release Notes - Changes since 2.0

What's New
Selecting 'More Applications' in the Recent Applications menu now opens up the Applications folder in the Finder.

The Quick Access menu now has a 'Quit WorkStrip X' option at the bottom.

What's Improved
Greatly reduced WorkStrip's CPU usage when it is idle.

On Mac OS 10.2 and later, you are no longer limited to 5 levels deep when working through WorkStrip's menus.

Command-Option-clicking an application on the strip is a shortcut to Hide Others.

Command-clicking an item on the strip is a shortcut to Show in Finder where appropriate.

Shift-clicking the tab of an application on the strip behaves the same as clicking that application's icon. This allows you to be less accurate with the mouse when switching applications. Command-Option-clicking and Command-clicking the tab can also be used for Hide Others and Show In Finder.

When copying/moving folders or packages by dragging them to a WorkStrip X panel window, if a same-named item already exists in the location you can now choose to replace the item instead of the operation being canceled.

Double-clicking a folder in a WorkStrip X list will now automatically scroll the list to show as much of the contents of the folder as possible. To expand a folder without moving it, click on its disclosure triangle.

Previewing icons no longer scales up icons which don't have 128x128 pixel versions.

Added support for previewing Mac OS X icon files ('.icns')

Added support for previewing more text-based file formats (e.g Perl and other common Unix text files)

What's Fixed
WorkStrip X now works correctly on Mac OS X 10.2.
NOTE - If you previously ran WorkStrip X 2.0 on Mac OS X 10.2, some of the information stored for items in Workspaces may have been corrupted. This version will delete such items when a Workspace is opened.

Changing the 'Start automatically at login' option would sometimes fail to take effect.

Various visual inconsistencies were fixed.

Sorting a list by Date Modified now actually works.

Disclaimer
Softchaos Limited, its distributors and dealers make no warranties, either express or implied, with respect to the information contained in this document, or its fitness for any purpose.

This information is made available only on an "as is" basis. The entire risk as to its quality is with the customer. Softchaos Ltd. its distributors or dealers are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages even if Softchaos Ltd. have been notified of errors in this information.

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