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<h6>Move the Dock Quickly</h6>
<p><p>You may find it convenient to move the position of the Dock when working in certain programs or with certain files. Rather than choosing a different position from the Dock preferences pane or using a submenu in the Apple menu's Dock submenu, you can move your Dock to a different screen edge merely by Shift-dragging the separator that divides the application and document sections.</p></p>
<a href="/article/4768"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4768', 'show')">Double the Fun with Multiple Monitors</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4768" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4768">When Tonya and I were visiting family a few months back, we learned that Geoff Duncan was in a panic after experiencing a catastrophic hardware failure back at TidBITS Headquarters</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 23 Mar 1998</div></div>
<a href="/article/4719"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4719', 'show')">Newton Rumored Dead and Gone</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4719" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4719">Newton Rumored Dead and Gone -- Information from a reliable source indicates most of the engineers working on the Newton are gone, other than those fitting a PowerPC chip into the eMate shell in place of the existing StrongARM processor</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 16 Feb 1998</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4708" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4708">For a variety of reasons, I'll be more or less away from email for the next five weeks. I'll be using Mikael Hansen's free AutoShare to provide automated vacation mail replies, and although I will read everything I receive during this time, I may not be able to reply</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 09 Feb 1998</div></div>
<a href="/article/4709"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4709', 'show')">Speed Doubler 8.1 Coming in March</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4709" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4709">Speed Doubler 8.1 Coming in March -- Connectix has posted a Speed Doubler 8.1 FAQ that explains why Speed Doubler 8.0 and 8.0.1 don't work with Mac OS 8.1 and claims that a free update will be available in March</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 09 Feb 1998</div></div>
<a href="/article/4711"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4711', 'show')">Apple in 1998: Retreat or Focus?</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4711" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4711">Is Apple continuing to retreat after 1997's losses or starting to recover from those dark days? Apple has made a number of moves in the last few weeks which raise that question, and as with everything that happens at Apple, the answers aren't clear</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 09 Feb 1998</div></div>
<a href="/article/4698"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4698', 'show')">ADSL: What It All Means</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4698" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4698">The big news in the Internet world the last few weeks was the announcement of the Universal ADSL Working Group (UAWG), a collection of the industry's largest and most powerful companies, including Compaq, Intel, Microsoft, GTE, all of the regional Bell telephone companies, and a slew of networking companies</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 05 Feb 1998</div></div>
<a href="/article/4684"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4684', 'show')">Claris to Restructure as FileMaker, Inc.</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4684" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4684">Claris to Restructure as FileMaker, Inc. -- In a surprise move last week, Apple Computer announced that its Claris subsidiary will restructure to focus entirely on FileMaker Pro, Claris's best-selling database for Macintosh and Windows</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 02 Feb 1998</div></div>
<a href="/article/4685"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4685', 'show')">English Eudora Pro 4.0 to Be Available Overseas</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4685" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4685">English Eudora Pro 4.0 to Be Available Overseas -- Qualcomm has clarified their position on international availability of Eudora Pro 4.0 for Macintosh</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 02 Feb 1998</div></div>
<a href="/article/4688"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4688', 'show')">APS Files Chapter 11, Expects to Emerge Soon</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4688" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4688">APS Files Chapter 11, Expects to Emerge Soon -- Storage vendor, Macintosh clone maker, and long-time TidBITS sponsor APS last week filed for protection of assets under Chapter 11 of the U.S</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 02 Feb 1998</div></div>
<a href="/article/4689"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4689', 'show')">KeyQuencer Upgraded to 2.5</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4689" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4689">KeyQuencer Upgraded to 2.5 -- Binary Software has released KeyQuencer 2.5, a major upgrade to Alessandro Levi Montalcini's popular macro utility. New features include contextual menu support for Mac OS 8 users, an OpenURL command that opens any Web or FTP site with a keystroke, and KeyQuencer Helpers that simplify and automate macro creation</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 02 Feb 1998</div></div>
<a href="/article/4692"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4692', 'show')">OT 1.3 & Single-Link Multihoming</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4692" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4692">OT 1.3 & Single-Link Multihoming -- Mark Kriegsman of ClearWay Technologies writes:It's nice to see Open Transport 1.3 (OT) receiving good press, but I think you missed two important points in "Open Transport 1.3" in TidBITS-414.Although you focus on the multiple IP address functions of OT 1.3, you overlooked the far more universal and significant point of OT 1.3 for Web servers: it's much faster for Web servers than older versions of OT</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 02 Feb 1998</div></div>
<a href="/article/4694"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4694', 'show')">Macworld Geek Party Guide</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4694" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4694">I've attended many Macworld Expos, and at each one, I go to a number of the parties. You know what? Most Macworld parties stink, at least from the geek perspective</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 02 Feb 1998</div></div>
<a href="/article/4674"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4674', 'show')">Search, and Ye Shall Find</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4674" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4674">Search, and Ye Shall Find -- We've opened up our NetBITS search engine, so you should have no trouble finding old articles from now on. We've put a simple full-text search form on the NetBITS home page, and a more advanced search form is also available via the navigation bar</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 29 Jan 1998</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4664" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4664">Free Netscape -- In a move aimed at stemming the gains Microsoft Internet Explorer has made in the Web browser market, Netscape Communications announced last week that it is making Netscape Navigator and Netscape Communicator Standard Edition free (Netscape Communicator Professional Edition costs $29)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 26 Jan 1998</div></div>
<a href="/article/4665"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4665', 'show')">No Eudora Pro 4.0 for Macintosh Overseas</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4665" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4665">No Eudora Pro 4.0 for Macintosh Overseas -- Qualcomm has confirmed that Eudora Pro 4.0 for Macintosh may never be made available outside of North America</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 26 Jan 1998</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4655" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4655">Free Netscape -- In a move aimed at stemming the gains Microsoft Internet Explorer has made in the Web browser market, Netscape Communications announced today that it is making Netscape Navigator and Netscape Communicator Standard Edition free (Netscape Communicator Professional Edition costs $29)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 22 Jan 1998</div></div>
<a href="/article/4656"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4656', 'show')">And Who's Paying for This?</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4656" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4656">And Who's Paying for This? The other big news this week was the confirmed, but not yet announced plan from Compaq, Intel, and Microsoft, along with GTE and four of the five regional telephone companies (all except Bell Atlantic, which may yet join) to develop technology that would provide Internet access for consumers at throughputs up to 1.5 Mbps, much greater than today's 56 Kbps modems</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 22 Jan 1998</div></div>
<a href="/article/4659"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4659', 'show')">Question: How can I get multiple email addresses?</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4659" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4659">Question: How can I get multiple email addresses? Paul Travis writes: "I was about to change online services when my daughter discovered that she could have her own screen name and email box within our account at AOL</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 22 Jan 1998</div></div>
<a href="/article/4660"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4660', 'show')">Question: What's a Webring?</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4660" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4660">Question: What's a Webring? Dave Sacher asks, "I keep seeing references to 'Webrings' - what are they?"Answer: Webrings are actually the common name for a fascinating new form of fungus (Conocybe packetea; see a picture of the closely related Conocybe lactea at the URL below) that springs up, seemingly overnight, on related Web pages.Seriously, Webrings are a way for groups of Web sites with related content to link to one another in a circle, or ring, simplifying navigation and providing some locational context within the abstractness of the Web</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 22 Jan 1998</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4646" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4646">StuffIt Expander 4.5 Withdrawn -- Aladdin Systems has temporarily withdrawn StuffIt Expander 4.5 (the essential file-decompression utility) from distribution due to confusion over the version of the StuffIt Engine it requires</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 19 Jan 1998</div></div>
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