Shareware Fee: US $5 for all of a single user's machines.
• Release Notes:
Updated Stuff (since 1.1):
- There is a new, extensive Preferences dialog box that supports the following:
• Hiding or showing of the Strip bar depending upon mouse location.
• Key combinations for the menu items. Note that there is also a key combo which allows nothing to occur. I personally like to set this to be my help key for my extended keyboard because I hate it when I accidently press help when I meant to press delete in a word processor (yes, I can't use BBEdit all the time.)
• You can now set an application that the quit all command will never quit.
- FULL, complete balloon help has been added to the dialogs and to the popup menus.
- All of the events that this module sends will now work if the front application does not support Apple Events.
- When you quit the Finder, it also quits File Sharing if it is running.
- This module has been harder than usual to program to get all these features. For this reason (and the fact that I'm a poor college student) I'm acting for your payment of my shareware fee. Thank you for your support.
• About This Strip:
What is it?
This is a Control Strip module who's strip icon is pictured above. To use, simply put it into the Control Strip Modules folder and restart. If you do not have a Control Strip Modules folder (located in the root of your System folder) then you probably do not have the Control Strip control panel installed. Apple does not permit me to distribute Control Strip to other people (probably since it comes with System 7.5.) Desktop Macs can use Control Strip by modifying it with the Control Strip Patcher program that is widely available online (and on Skidperfect's www page listed above.)
Features:
• Extensive Preferences dialog box that supports the following:
- Hiding or showing of the Strip bar depending upon mouse location.
- Key combinations for the menu items. Note that there is also a key combo which allows nothing to occur. I personally like to set this to be my help key for my extended keyboard because I hate it when I accidently press help when I meant to press delete in a word processor (yes, I can't use BBEdit all the time.)
- You can now set an application that the quit all command will never quit.
• FULL, complete balloon help: the dialogs and the popup menus contain it so you really don't have to read the rest of this...
• Restart after quitting everything (as if it was selected in the Finder's Special menu.)
• Finder Active/Inactive (allows you to quit and reload the Finder. Useful to PowerBook owners because the Finder is constantly accessing the hard disk and using process power while launched.) Note that if you do not have another application open before you quit the Finder, the Finder will reload automatically.
• Quit All sends quit events to all the open applications. (Note that desk accessories cannot be quit this way.) To quit individual programs hold down the SHIFT key as described below.
• Tip: If you want to perform a "nice" restart or shut down immediatly (without waiting for the open applications to quit) simply hold down the SHIFT key before you click on the popup menu button. The items “Restart” and “Shut Down” will now say “Force Restart” and “Force Shut Down”. The rest of this menu contains all of the open processes and allows you to quit one of them by choosing their menu item. Note that these processes appear in the order that they were loaded.
• You can also create the registration form and show an info box from the popup. Please spent a couple minutes and fill out the registration form (see Shareware Info below.)
• Shareware Info:
This program is Shareware which means that you should pay for it if you find it useful and use it for more than a week. I do not believe in programs that work for a small amount of time and then all of a sudden refuse to work until you pay the shareware fee. There are no exploding logic bombs or annoying "give me money now!" messages if you do not pay the requested fee. I have worked hard on this program and simply request that you do what you feel is right and pay the small fee because:
a) Receiving shareware fees encourages me to continue developing this program, ie. adding features which you request.
b) If you have an Internet address you can choose to have me send you the latest releases of this program.
c) It has taken a long time to develop this program and make it error free so please, if you play, please pay.
d) I'm a poor college student who needs to pay off loans. ’Nuf said.
Please fill out the registration form at your nearest convenience. Thank you for your support.
• Misc. Legalities:
What is it?
Although this program is distributed as Shareware, Skidperfect Software retains all ownership and rights of ownership in this software. Distribute and copy freely so long as no one other than the author derives a commercial benefit from distributing this software. Info-Mac CD-ROMs and other free/nominal fee software providers are free to include any of my programs without even asking. CD-ROM collections and commercial software distributors though, such as EduCorp, must obtain permission from Skidperfect Software in order to distribute this program.
***If you redistribute this program it must contain all of its read me documents.***
Usual Disclaimer of Warranty:
In using this software, you understand and agree that this software is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind. The entire risk as to the results and performance of using this software lies entirely with you, the user. The author does not make any warranties, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, with respect to this software. This application has been extensively tested and should do no damage, but if it does then you will be on your own.
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