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<h6>Mighty Mouse as Application Switcher</h6>
<p><p>Looking for an easier way to switch between multiple applications? Within Keyboard and Mouse Preferences under System Preferences, you can configure the scroll wheel to act as an Application Switcher. Press the scroll button to bring up Application Switcher, scroll to toggle to the application you want, and hit the scroll button again to switch. You can also double-click the scroll button to quickly switch to the previously active application.</p></p>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6487" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6487">The Handspring Visor family of handheld organizers boasts one major difference from its Palm counterparts: the Springboard expansion port. In last week's issue, I talked about six modules that offered features such as wireless communication, MP3 music playback, and even a way to run PowerPoint slide shows from the Visor (see "Diving into Visor Springboard Modules" in TidBITS-586)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/6477"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6477', 'show')">Diving Into Visor Springboard Modules</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6477" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6477">When you compare handhelds from Palm and Handspring, the two product families look quite similar. They all run the Palm OS, which includes a built-in calendar, address book, to-do list, and notepad; most of the models share the same type of screen and hardware buttons; and you can synchronize the data on a handheld with your Mac at the push of a button.However, the Handspring Visor features one notable difference: the Springboard expansion port, a slot on the back that accepts a wide variety of hardware modules (see "A Handheld Surprise: the Handspring Visor" in TidBITS-521)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/6467"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6467', 'show')">Mac OS X 10.0.4 Update Released</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6467" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6467">Mac OS X 10.0.4 Update Released -- Apple has updated Mac OS X to version 10.0.4, improving USB support, the Classic environment, and adding support for the new 17-inch Apple Studio Display monitor (see "The Flatter the Better" in TidBITS-581)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 25 Jun 2001</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6468" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6468">Suitcase 10 Delivered -- Extensis has released Suitcase 10, adding a number of features to the long-standing font management tool. The new version adds the capability to create application sets, which can automatically activate fonts when launching many popular programs; a QuarkXPress XTension also opens any font used in a QuarkXPress document (including fonts embedded in graphics)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 25 Jun 2001</div></div>
<a href="/article/6460"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6460', 'show')">Rewind Advances to 1.2</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6460" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6460">Rewind Advances to 1.2 -- Power On Software has updated Rewind, its $100 utility for reverting to previous incarnations of files or the system in the event of a crash or mistake (see "Macworld SF 2001 Trend: Cool Utilities" in TidBITS-564)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 18 Jun 2001</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6455" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6455">Word Macro Security Fix Available -- Microsoft has posted the Microsoft Word for Macintosh Security Update: Macro Vulnerability, a long title for a simple and important fix</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 11 Jun 2001</div></div>
<a href="/article/6449"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6449', 'show')">Now Up-to-Date & Contact 4.0 Released</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6449" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6449">Now Up-to-Date & Contact 4.0 Released -- Power On Software has released Now Up-to-Date & Contact 4.0, revamping the interface and improving performance of the widely used personal information manager</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 04 Jun 2001</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6451" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6451">MyFonts.com Adds Fresh Faces -- During this time of dot-com implosions, it's nice to see a good idea doing well. Online font vendor MyFonts.com announced that it has added 11 new font foundries to its lineup, increasing the size of its catalog to more than 13,000 typefaces</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 04 Jun 2001</div></div>
<a href="/article/6439"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6439', 'show')">OnStream Back in the Flow</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6439" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6439">OnStream Back in the Flow -- Less than two months after the company declared bankruptcy, the assets and intellectual property of OnStream Inc. have been acquired by the newly formed Netherlands-based OnStream Data B.V</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 21 May 2001</div></div>
<a href="/article/6429"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6429', 'show')">FreeHand 10 Goes Mac OS X Native, Adds Features</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6429" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6429">FreeHand 10 Goes Mac OS X Native, Adds Features -- Macromedia is now shipping FreeHand 10, improving the vector graphics program's integration with Flash 5 and running natively under 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/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 14 May 2001</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6411" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6411">Palm Desktop 2.6.3 Supports Newest Handhelds -- Palm has released Palm Desktop 2.6.3, a small update that primarily provides compatibility with the latest Palm devices running Palm OS 4.0</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6413" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6413">Apple Releases QuickTime 5.0.1 -- After a long public beta, Apple has released QuickTime 5.0.1, enhancing performance and finally cleaning up the QuickTime Player interface</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/6403"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6403', 'show')">Acrobat 5 Focuses on Online Collaboration</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6403" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6403">Acrobat 5 Focuses on Online Collaboration -- Adobe has released Adobe Acrobat 5, positioning its Portable Document Format (PDF) as an online collaboration tool rather than just a way to view documents across platforms (see the TidBITS series on document collaboration)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6386" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6386">Netscape Releases Communicator 4.77 -- Netscape has released Communicator 4.77, a maintenance update that provides a few minor fixes to the company's older Web browser for the Mac (most of Netscape's development efforts are focused on Netscape 6 - see "Netscape 6 Arrives on Wobbly Legs" in TidBITS-556)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/6387"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6387', 'show')">Toast 5 Titanium Adds Video CD Support</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6387" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6387">Toast 5 Titanium Adds Video CD Support -- When Apple announced the CD and DVD burning capabilities of its new Macs, we wondered what it mean for Roxio's Toast, the current standard in media burning</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6388" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6388">UpdateAgent Correction -- After reading last week's article on installing Mac OS X (see "Out of the Box: Installing Mac OS X" in TidBITS-574), the folks at Insider Software pointed out that the TidBITS copy editing team might want to spend some time back in the box</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6379" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6379">Microsoft Updates Office 2001 -- Microsoft has released the Office 2001 for Mac Service Release 1, which updates the suite of applications for Mac OS 9.1 and Mac OS X compatibility, international language support, and other improvements</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/6369"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6369', 'show')">Palm Announces Thin Color m505</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6369" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6369">Palm Announces Thin Color m505 -- Palm, Inc. has unveiled the Palm m505, which offers the long-awaited combination of a color screen in a thin case the size of Palm's popular Palm V series</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 26 Mar 2001</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6357" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6357">Default Folder 3.1 Released -- St. Clair Software has released Default Folder 3.1, improving performance in Navigation Services and Save As dialog boxes and fixing a few bugs</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 19 Mar 2001</div></div>
<a href="/article/6343"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6343', 'show')">Handspring Skirts the Edge with New Handheld</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6343" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6343">Handspring Skirts the Edge with New Handheld -- Handspring has announced what is sure to become the "must-have" accessory to Apple's PowerBook G4 Titanium: the Visor Edge, an anodized aluminum handheld that's just .44 inches thick</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 12 Mar 2001</div></div>
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