This is the first general release of GIF Slideshow — an application designed to allow you to quickly view folders or disks full of GIF™ pictures.
Please read the accompanying instruction files for details about using the application. The instruction files are supplied in three formats: Microsoft® Word, MacWrite™ II, and straight text.
Rebuilding the desktop.
If the “drag and drop” capabilities of GIF Slideshow do not work under System 7, or if the application does not have a custom icon, you will probably need to rebuild your desktop. To do this, restart your Mac, holding down the Command and Option keys.
Getting started quickly.
Under System 7, “drag and drop” the icons for disks, CDROMs, folders, or individual GIF picture files onto the GIF Slideshow icon.
Under System 6, double-click the GIF Slideshow application, and then use “Scan folder” (Command-S) to scan folders containing GIF pictures.
You should see a progress box showing the number of GIF pictures found, and then the first one will be automatically displayed. Click the mouse, or press “space”, “return” or “enter” to proceed to the next picture. Press Command-period or “esc” to stop viewing the pictures. Press Command-Q to exit the application.
You can toggle automatic advancing of pictures by pressing Command-A.
You can toggle random sequencing of pictures by pressing Command-R.
Read the instructions file for further details.
ShareWare fee: $US 20.
Please send fee to:
Nick Gammon
PO Box 124
Ivanhoe VIC 3079
AUSTRALIA
Messages can be sent to Nick Gammon on CompuServe® at address: 100033,1340
Release history
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Version 1.0 — 7th November 1993
Version 1.0 released to a handful of local testers in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Based on their comments a few changes and additions were made to version 1.1, as described below.
Version 1.1 — 21st November 1993
1. A few wording errors in the dialog boxes and documentation were corrected.
2. Auto-advance disabled if only one file being viewed (so it doesn't disappear suddenly!).
3. “Help” button added to “About” box. Also, “help” menu item added to “Options” menu, plus support for “Help” key on keyboard, and Command-?. Any of these bring up a small help dialog box designed to help with basic program operation.
4. If user’s Mac not currently set to 256 colours when program starts, GIF Slideshow now allows them to change to 256 colours if desired.
5. Option to save a GIF picture in TIFF format added to “Write as…” menu item (Command-W). This is so that GIF pictures can be saved in TIFF format, which is more widely supported by desktop publishing and word processing programs.