窶｢ New: FinderPop 1.5f11 fixes a problem with Sleeper and a couple of other apps. This became 1.5 final.
窶｢ New: FinderPop 1.5f10 allows user to turn off menubar clicking, new algorithm for determining whether a piece of menubar real estate is in use.
窶｢ New: FinderPop 1.5f9 attempts to get control-free clicking working in other apps. Rewrite of core low-level patches. Clicking in unused menubar can cause FinderPop to activate.
窶｢ New: FinderPop 1.5f8 should fix any menu font problems on Japanese OS 8 systems.
窶｢ New: FinderPop 1.5f7 should fix the odd behaviour of items in the 窶廛esktop窶 submenu.
窶｢ New: FinderPop 1.5f6 should fix the embarassing 窶彳very alias gets italicised窶 problem 窶 sorry about that (I窶冦 afraid I use it all the time, with generic icons and Geneva 9.)
窶｢ New: FinderPop 1.5f5 should fix the menu font/size problems that some people were experiencing. It also finally implements the Desktop submenu.
窶｢ New: FinderPop 1.5f4 was released only to a few people in order to test a couple of bugfixes.
窶｢ New: FinderPop 1.5f3 should fix the nasty 窶廚ouldn窶冲 prepare code fragment窶 startup errors which some people were getting. It also implements a first stab at a couple of extra features.
窶｢ New: FinderPop 1.5f2 is freeware again. Because I窶冦 currently working for Apple, this is probably the best way to avoid conflicts of interest.
窶｢ New: FinderPop 1.5f1 fixes a couple of cosmetic mini-icon bugs, and allows application launching to occur from the main menu even if there is no process menu (thanks, Stephen Giles.) There are also one or two menu item name changes pending a future release.
窶｢ New: FinderPop 1.5f0 has a revamped and simplified user interface, allows you to embed the FinderPop Items directly inside the Finder窶冱 original contextual popup menu as opposed to inside a 窶廡inderPop窶 submenu, supports generic icons and selectable menu fonts and sizes, plus a few bugfixes.
Oh yeah, it窶冱 also 窶弃intWare窶 窶 it窶冱 still free, but if you窶囘 like the opportunity to get me a couple of pints, you can do so by registering it via Kagi for $7 (the price of two pints of Murphy窶冱 in Fibbar Magee窶冱 窶 say, what窶冱 with these wimpy 16 fluid ounce 窶徘ints窶? :-). You are under no obligation to register it; this is strictly for the people who wanted to send me 窶徭omething cool窶, but got put off by the postage costs, hassle, etc.
There is no functional difference between PintWare-registered and 窶從ormal窶 FinderPops. See the FinderPop AboutBox for details.
窶｢ New: FinderPop 1.4b5 has a simplified user interface, getting rid of a few items which everyone seemed to have always turned on. FP 1.4b5 allows you to display the FinderPop Items inside the Finder窶冱 original contextual popup menu as opposed to inside a 窶廡inderPop窶 submenu. This was released only to one or two people who had a problem with Adobe Type Reunion.
窶｢ New: FinderPop 1.4b4 optionally adds a 窶弖olumes窶 submenu to the popup; this displays all mounted volumes, with hierarchy. 窶廩ide Others窶 works at last, as does the 窶廡inder Windows窶 submenu 窶 you can now move/copy/alias the Finder selection to a completely obscured Finder window! Hurrah!
To all intents and purposes, the 窶弖olumes窶 submenus behave like the 窶廚ontents窶 and 窶廡inderPop窶 submenus. 窶弋rashing窶 a volume by holding down the appropriate modifier keys (see the 窶廡eatures窶 section below) will cause that volume to be 窶徘ut away.窶
Did quite a bit on FinderPop this weekend. More next weekend (or sooner, if there are any serious bugs uncovered...)
窶｢ New: FinderPop 1.4b3 optionally adds a Finder Windows submenu to the popup (thanks to Aaron and others who suggested this!) This is just a Windows menu for now (i.e., there are no submenus and you can窶冲 copy or move the Finder selection in there), until I figure out how to get the disk location of Finder windows. Hey, just 窶冂os I work for Apple don窶冲 mean diddly when it comes to finding out stuff like this! (Hints gratefully accepted, btw :-) Also shrunk the control panel slightly, and hopefully fixed a problem that some people were seeing where the Finder small icon showed up as a generic document icon. Oh yeah, 窶廩ide others窶 still doesn窶冲 work, sorry.
And, err, I decided to enjoy my weekend instead of squinting at my PowerBook窶冱 screen. I did take a brief look at trying to build the FinderPop menus 窶彿n the background窶, but went to Santa Cruz instead (and have the sunburn to prove it.) Cool city, though!
窶｢ New: FinderPop 1.4b2 apparently fixes a problem with MS WORD 5.1 (I was not able to reproduce this problem.) This version was never released, except to the person who had the problem, who says it's fixed.
窶｢ New: FinderPop 1.4b1 fixes a problem where the Mac thinks the mouse button is still down when it isn窶冲. Also allow prefix ordering to work even when 窶廛isplay Small Icons窶 is not enabled. Fix the code which opens the folder selected in the Finder if you select the "Contents" menu item. Don窶冲 autopopup when a Finder window窶冱 scrollbar is being clicked. If the Finder selection contains aliases, opening them with a choice from a FinderPop menu will now open the original items, not the alias. (Unless the shift key is down.) Whew! And I swore blind that I wouldn窶冲 touch FinderPop until next weekend. Ah well 窶 these fixes were easily and quickly done 窶 I just hope I didn窶冲 break anything. Thanks to various people who spotted these bugs!
Oh yeah, one oddity 窶 if you click an icon on the desktop while some app other than the Finder is frontmost, autopopup doesn窶冲 happen as the Finder is not immediately switched in as it is on a Control-click. Clicking on the desktop, however, will result in autopopup. I窶冦 investigating. Oh, and the 窶廩ide Others窶 still doesn窶冲 work, dammit. I窶冦 investigating that too. Next weekend.
窶｢ New: FinderPop 1.4b0 fixes a cosmetic icon problem, and attempts to implement the "hold down the mouse button for a second and you get the contextual popup menu". The delay is configurable in the control panel. Let me know if you've any problems...
窶｢ New: FinderPop 1.3b3 fixes a problem with items which don窶冲 have small colour or black-and-white icons (i.e, no 'ics8', 'ics4' or 'ics#' icons.) We now scale down the item窶冱 'ICN#' icon. Not released due to absent-mindedness (Who was that Maude person, anyway?)
窶｢ New: FinderPop 1.3b2 fixes a problem with aliases to items on disks other than the startup disk not displaying their submenus properly.
窶｢ New: FinderPop 1.3b1 fixes a few glitches such as certain items beginning with a '-' character being transmogrified into menu dividing lines (due to an MDEF 0 oddity.) Also a number of other fixes and enhancements. FinderPop, as always, uses alphabetical ordering when adding items in folders to menus (i.e., the same ordering used by the Finder when you view by name); you can now have more control over the cosmetics of ordering by inserting an ordering prefix before the item窶冱 name in the Finder. This ordering prefix consists of three characters at the start of an item窶冱 name, of the form <digit><digit><rightparen>, i.e., '0'窶ｦ'9','0'窶ｦ'9',')'. This prefix will not appear in the menu. It means you may have more one-time work to do setting up your ordering, but it窶冱 eminently configurable!
Thanks to various people for the bug reports and suggestions.
The reason for the 10 day delay between 1.3b0 and this version is the fact that I窶况e just moved to Cupertino to start a new project (snif, goodbye SC[pp]) 窶 I窶冤l be here sunning myself for the next couple of months. The weather sure as hell beats Cork hands down (alas, the downside is that there窶冱 no Beamish!) Expect slightly more regular updates from now on (well, weekly-ish anyway.)
窶｢ New: FinderPop 1.3b0 is a major rewrite of the core engine. Lots of changes. Menus are now built 窶徙n-the-fly窶 as you move around the hierarchy. Placed FinderPop code back in the System Heap as some people were having 窶廚ouldn窶冲 Prepare Fragment窶 problems at startup (must look into this some more!) Removed superfluous 窶廬cons for Contents Menu窶 checkbox, you now get this if 窶廛isplay Small Icons窶 is on. The 窶廣re you sure you want to move窶 dialog now offers you the choice of moving, copying or making an alias of the Finder selection to your chosen folder, which is cool.
窶｢ New: FinderPop 1.2b5 removes the 窶廢xpand Folder窶 checkbox; folder expansion is now always on. You will now also get the 窶廚ontents窶 submenu if you control-click an alias to a folder in the Finder.
窶｢ New: FinderPop 1.2b4 is smaller, and finally allows you to act on all items in the Finder selection, rather than just the last one. Better icon and menu caching is done for the 窶廚ontents窶 submenu. The 窶廴ove to Trash窶, 窶廨et Info窶 and 窶彜how窶 cursors now also work for items in the 窶廚ontents窶 submenu. To prevent accidents, only aliasing of the Finder selection is allowed if the target is the 窶廡inderPop Items Folder窶 (i.e., choosing the 窶廡inderPop窶 item in the contextual menu, or the 窶廡inderPop Items Folder窶 from the 窶廡inder Windows窶 submenu.)
窶｢ New: FinderPop 1.2b3 adds a 窶彡ommand key canceller窶 feature -- lengthy operations (such as building the hierarchy of the 窶廚ontents窶 menu of a server) can be cancelled by pressing the command key twice; the menus displayed in such circumstances will obviously be incomplete窶ｦ
FinderPop 1.2b3 also resolves alias chains (an alias to an alias窶ｦ); I suspect this could be the cause of a number of people窶冱 problems with FinderPop not showing submenus properly. However, you should really consider replacing alias chains with just one alias to the original item. (Hmmm -- sounds like a good utility idea...)
The release notes for earlier versions of FinderPop have been lost in the mists of time窶ｦ
