Brought to you by Skidperfect Software, Inc. - <skidperfect@kagi.com> http://www.shore.net/~chanson
Shareware Fee: US equivalent of $10 during the year 1995, $15 afterwards.
Contents:
Version history
Future version features
Cost/fee and registration
Distribution
Contacting the author
Disclaimer
• Version History:
1.0 - released Monday, October 30, 1995. First public release.
• Future version features:
Immediate future:
• Ability to move modules around within the same strip, like Control Strip.
• Don't show folders with no modules on startup. This will allow you to use Handy Man, by Bert Wynants, inside the root module folder and not have the aliases folder appear as a strip window.
• Removing the root module folder will cause the root strip window to be disposed (currently, it always remains active until you quit ES.)
Near future:
• Ability to "latch" a strip onto a side of a monitor like Control Strip, but with the ability to stick to the top or bottom of a monitor. This will be nice for users who change their monitor size.
• Option to made a strip grow to the left or up, instead of always to the right or down.
• "Always Visible" option for a strip so that the regular hide command will not hide that window.
• Option to hide a strip window's title bar.
• Configurable "Control Strip Modules Disabled" folder so that the Control Panels Strip module and other programs can be smarter under non-US systems for the folder names that you prefer.
• Configurable modifier key to move modules (currently is set to the option key.)
• Global hide/show strip windows key, just like what Control Strip version 1.3 and later have.
Mostly vapor:
• Ability to drag and drop onto the title bar of the strip windows. This would require overcoming a bug in Apple's Text Service manager through, which may be fixed anyway in Copland…
• Scriptable! Ability to use AppleScript to communicate with, and command modules.
• OpenDoc?
• Extensions Strip for BeBoxes?
If you have an idea for a feature you'd like to see, why not write and let us know about it? I love comments about my stuff: positive and especially negative. So if something's eating you, don't hesitate to write!
• Cost/fee and registration:
Extensions Strip is shareware. This means that you can freely copy the unregistered version of the software and try it out before you pay anything. If you decide to continue using this software after 30 days, you are obliged to register it by sending in the registration form and registration fee. Registrations that are sent in the year 1995 cost only US$10, and after 1995 they are $15. To let the Register program know that you are sending the form in before the year 1996, click the 'Fee for 1995' box. See the How to register part below for how to launch Register and details.
Note that this version is fully functional - there are no locked out or missing features. After 30 days, Extensions Strip will bring up a registration reminder whenever you start up your Mac.
Offer: registrations are offered in exchange for translations into other languages. Contact us at <skidperfect@kagi.com> for information about this. You will need an e-mail address if you want to do a translation.
Offer: registrations are also offered for a limited time to module developers who make good use of the new API. Contact us for details.
How to register: open the control panel Extensions Strip Control and click on the 'Fill registration form' button. The will launch the Register program, by Peter N Lewis. Register is used for payments to Kagi Shareware, a registration service run by Kee Nethery <kee@kagi.com>. The big advantage for you (and me) is that you can pay shareware fees with your credit card (VISA, MasterCard and American Express) via e-mail. This also makes it easier for people in other countries, since the currency conversions are handled automatically. If you are paranoid and concerned that this might be a clever forgery, feel free to mail me at <ammon@cs.byu.edu>. If you are a shareware author interested in this system, e-mail Kee.
When Kagi receives your fee, you will be sent the necessary registration information (preferably by e-mail.) If you do not have an e-mail address, then you must check the Paper Receipt box (for $1 extra) in Register so that Kagi can return the information to you.
Note that when Extensions Strip is registered, the information is stored in its preferences file - ie. Extensions Strip does not modify itself.
Upgrade policy: minor upgrades (eg, version 1.5 to 1.6) are free. Major upgrades (eg, 1.6 to 2.0) may have a small fee involved to upgrade - the details will be included in the upgrade's Read Me.
• Distribution:
The Extensions Strip package may be distributed freely but it must be distributed in its unmodified entirety. It can be put on disks and CD-ROMs that charge a reasonable fee for the cost of distributing it. I would appreciate a copy each of any such disks or CD-ROMs so that I know what it is being distributed on. Thank you.
I also ask that you contact me about the latest version so that only that version is distributed. The latest version is always available at this internet World Wide Web location:
http://www.shore.net/~chanson
• Contacting the author:
The author, Ammon Skidmore, can be reached by sending e-mail to <skidperfect@kagi.com>, which currently gets forwarded to my regular address of <ammon@cs.byu.edu> here at Brigham Young University.
If you're bored you can also check out my aging WWW homepage:
http://bert.cs.byu.edu/~ammon/ammon.html
• Disclaimer:
I hate these. Anyway, it's the usual stuff:
Use at your own risk. The author accepts no liability for any damage caused. All other copyrights are held by their respective owners. Etc, etc, etc.
Just for kicks, here's the tiny print that I borrowed from somewhere…
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.
Last but not least, have fun!
-Ammon.
Monday, October 30, 1995.
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“Indeed, it would not be an exaggeration to describe the history of the computer industry for the past decade as a massive effort to keep up with Apple.”
