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<h6>Keyboard-based Dock Navigation</h6>
<p><p>If you're a fan of keyboard shortcuts and navigation, you may want try accessing the Dock from your keyboard. Press Control-F3 to enter the Dock's keyboard access mode. Then you can press a letter corresponding with an item's name to select it; press Return to open it, Command-Q to quit the selected application, or Escape to exit keyboard access mode. You can also use the arrow keys, Tab key, and other keyboard navigation keys to toggle between the Dock items.</p></p>
<a href="/article/7353"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7353', 'show')">Adam Speaking at Kansas City MacCORE</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7353" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7353">Adam Speaking at Kansas City MacCORE -- On Wednesday, September 17th, at 7:00 PM, I'll be speaking about wireless networking (and any other Mac-related topics we have time for) at the monthly meeting of the Kansas City MacCORE Macintosh users group</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> | 15 Sep 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7354"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7354', 'show')">Adam Keynoting O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7354" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7354">Adam Keynoting O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference -- This appearance is a bit further out at the end of October, but since you'll need time for travel and hotel plans, I thought I'd also mention that I'm giving a keynote address titled "Panther Report Card" at the second O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference (see "Mac OS X Report Card: October 2002" in TidBITS-650 for last year's grades)</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> | 15 Sep 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7355"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7355', 'show')">Comparing Asante and Linksys Gateways</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7355" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7355">My first wireless gateway was a graphite AirPort Base Station that served us admirably when we lived in Seattle, but when we moved to Ithaca, its coverage area couldn't quite reach Tonya's office, and because my cable modem had to plug into its single Ethernet port, it could provide only wireless coverage</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> | 15 Sep 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7336"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7336', 'show')">20 GB and 40 GB iPods Debut</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7336" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7336">20 GB and 40 GB iPods Debut -- Apple today announced the release of 20 GB and 40 GB iPods, replacing the 15 GB and 30 GB models in the current lineup. The 10 GB model remains available for $300, the 20 GB model is $400, and the 40 GB model costs $500</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> | 08 Sep 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7337"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7337', 'show')">iTunes Music Store Sells Ten Millionth Song</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7337" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7337">iTunes Music Store Sells Ten Millionth Song -- Apple announced today that after about four months the iTunes Music Store has sold its ten millionth song (in an ironic comment on the state of online music, the song was Avril Lavigne's "Complicated")</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> | 08 Sep 2003</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7340" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7340">Glenn Fleishman Joins TidBITS -- We've always tried to keep the TidBITS organization lean (though not mean), but our friend and colleague Glenn Fleishman has helped out for so long and in so many ways that we had to make it official</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> | 08 Sep 2003</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7342" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7342">Last week Qualcomm released Eudora 6.0, a major upgrade to the company's venerable email client. Eudora's marquee feature is SpamWatch, a new plug-in that employs Bayesian filtering to move spam-like messages to a new top-level Junk folder, but there are a few other welcome changes for users of both Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X.SpamWatch -- There's no question that spam is by far the worst problem facing email users today</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> | 08 Sep 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7322"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7322', 'show')">Adam Interviewed on The User Group Report</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7322" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7322">Adam Interviewed on The User Group Report -- Tune in (via streamed QuickTime or downloadable MP3) to the most recent edition of The User Group Report to listen to host Chuck Joiner, who also serves as the chairman of the Apple User Group Advisory Board, interview me about the history of TidBITS, our involvement with user groups, how we encourage user group publications to reprint articles from TidBITS, and more</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> | 01 Sep 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7326"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7326', 'show')">Trying New Revenue Sources</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7326" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7326">As I'm sure you've realized over the last year or two, the slow economy has affected almost everyone, including TidBITS, since our primary source of income is our corporate sponsorship program</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> | 01 Sep 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7327"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7327', 'show')">DealBITS Drawing: Tom Bihn Laptop Bags</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7327" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7327">Want your PowerBook or iBook to have a well-padded home to protect it from the cruel outside world? It's worth checking out the laptop bags, backpacks, and briefcases from Tom Bihn, a maker of high-quality bags in the Pacific Northwest</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> | 01 Sep 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7328"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7328', 'show')">The Vulnerability of the Internet to Terrorists</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7328" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7328">With terror alert color codes coming and going, and the constant presence in the news of both terrorist activities and anti-terrorist efforts, it's hard not to wonder what the vulnerability of the Internet might be to terrorists</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> | 01 Sep 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7315"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7315', 'show')">Snapz Pro X 1.0.8 Tweaked</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7315" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7315">Snapz Pro X 1.0.8 Tweaked -- Ambrosia Software has released Snapz Pro X 1.0.8, the latest version of their screenshot and video capture utility. Enhancements include a different method of pausing processes for screenshots that's compatible with iTunes 4 and new Macromedia products, Internet version checking, Panther compatibility, performance improvements, and more</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> | 25 Aug 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7316"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7316', 'show')">Dejal Simon 1.2 Monitors Internet Sites</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7316" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7316">Dejal Simon 1.2 Monitors Internet Sites -- Joining Maxum's venerable PageSentry and James Sentman's powerful Whistle Blower in the server monitoring category is Dejal's Simon 1.2</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> | 25 Aug 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7318"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7318', 'show')">AirPort Antennas from MacWireless</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7318" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7318">AirPort Antennas from MacWireless -- Want to increase the range of your AirPort or AirPort Extreme network? The Mac-savvy wireless company MacWireless is now selling a number of directional and omni-directional antennas that connect to graphite and snow AirPort Base Stations (MacWireless points at the necessary surgical instructions for these two, which weren't designed to have antennas added) and AirPort Extreme Base Stations with antenna connectors</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> | 25 Aug 2003</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7309" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7309">TextWrangler 1.5 Adds Scripting, Syntax Coloring -- Bare Bones Software has released the latest version of its streamlined text editor, TextWrangler 1.5 </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> | 18 Aug 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7312"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7312', 'show')">Electronic Book Experiments Continue</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7312" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7312">I remain fascinated by the evolution of electronic books, both those that started life on paper and those written purely for the digital world, so I'm continuing my experiments with both types.New 10 Quick Steps Guides -- Radio host David Lawrence (of Online Tonight and the new David Lawrence Show) has started a series of ebooks that he calls the 10 Quick Steps Guides</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> | 18 Aug 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7298"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7298', 'show')">Default Folder X 1.8 Released</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7298" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7298">Default Folder X 1.8 Released -- Jon Gotow of St. Clair Software last week released Default Folder X 1.8, the latest version of his utility for enhancing standard Open and Save dialogs in Mac OS X</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> | 11 Aug 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7299"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7299', 'show')">AirPort 3.1.1 Improves Performance and Compatibility</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7299" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7299">AirPort 3.1.1 Improves Performance and Compatibility -- Apple has released version 3.1.1 of the AirPort software, which includes version 5.1.1 of the AirPort Extreme Base Station firmware</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> | 11 Aug 2003</div></div>
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