The Tilery is a desktop launcher/switcher. It displays tiles, each of which represents an application, document, folder, control panel, or other such item. Clicking a tile opens its item: applications are launched and/or brought to the front, documents are opened, folders’ Finder windows are opened and displayed. Tiles stay out of the way when you don't need them, but float instantly above other windows with a mouse gesture or keystroke.
The Tilery can be a tremendous time-saver. You can make tiles for all of your most commonly used applications, documents, and folders, and access them with a single click or keystroke. Folder contents are easily, quickly available. The Finder’s tile gives you quick access to everything on your desktop, no matter how many application windows are in the way.
The Tilery is just an application. It’s not an INIT or system extension, not a DA, not a control panel. It doesn’t do anything that a well-behaved application shouldn’t do, so it is very reliable and highly compatible with the rest of your software.
What's New in version 4.1
New Features:
o Improved tile placement: Tilery now remembers your tile layouts at different screen sizes and monitor resolutions, and will correctly rearrange your tiles when your monitor setup changes. Helpful after playing that game that resets your monitor to 640x480 every time you run it! Also useful for Powerbook users who use a larger desktop monitor when not traveling, and folks who like to change their screen settings for different occasions.
o New "Select New Original" command allows tiles to be retargeted. This is especially handy when you've installed a new version of a favorite application, because you can easily switch your existing tile to use the new version.
o Improved icon display - Tilery can now display the new 32-bit true-color icons, and because of improvements in the Mac OS, no longer tends to forget what the Finder's icon looks like. (Mac OS 8.5 and later.)
o Tilery now uses Navigation Services (the new Open and Save dialogs) if enough memory is available. (Mac OS 8.5 and later.)
Bug Fixes:
o The "Blank Tile" bug has been fixed at last!
o Tiles can no longer be lost offscreen, under the menu bar, or under other tiles.
o Drag and Drop now working again on 68K Macs.
o Fixed a bug that could cause a system crash shortly after quitting The Tilery.
o Other minor bug fixes and improvements.
Requirements
Hardware: Power Macintosh, or 68020 or better.
Software: System 7.0 or later.
System 7.5 or later and color monitor are recommended but not required.
The Tilery works particularly well with Mac OS 8.5 and later.
Support
If you have questions about your payment: Write to Kagi Shareware at <admin@kagi.com>. PLEASE DO NOT send questions about The Tilery to this address. Kagi Shareware is only a payment service, and they will not be able to help you with technical questions.
If you have questions about The Tilery: Write to the author, Rick Holzgrafe, at <rick@kagi.com>, or visit the Semicolon Software Web site at <http://www.semicolon.com/>, where you'll find news, reviews, feature lists, screen shots, and latest versions of all of our products available for downloading.
You can also send postal mail to Semicolon Software at the address below. Including a stamped, self-addressed envelope will help speed our response. Thank you!
Semicolon Software
P.O. Box 700863
San Jose, CA 95070-0863
Shareware US $15
The Tilery is shareware. You may use it, fully enabled, for 30 days. After 30 days some of its features will be turned off until and unless you enter a valid registration key. To purchase a registration key, follow the instructions below.
Version 4.1 is free to registered owners of version 4.0 and later; your current registration key will continue to work with version 4.1.
==== How To Purchase The Tilery ====
1. Open the Register application by double-clicking its icon (or by clicking the Register button that you'll find in the The Tilery "About" box). You'll see a window titled "Register."
2. Fill in your name and addresses in the boxes at the top of the window.
3. How many copies? Fill in the number of copies you want in The Tilery "Single User" box.
4. Choose your method of payment from the pop-up menu labeled "Method."
5. Send in your payment to our payment service Kagi Shareware by following the directions in the "Payment Details" box. If you email your payment, send it to <shareware@kagi.com>.
6. Your registration key will be sent to you by email or postal mail after your payment has been received and processed. (This will take a period of time that varies with the way you send your payment. Checks sent by postal mail, with a postal mail reply, are slowest and may take several weeks. Payments made via email and credit card are usually fastest, and may take only days.)
7. When you receive your registration key, enter it by selecting Register from the File menu in The Tilery. Click the button labeled Enter Key, and enter your name and registration key in the boxes provided. If your key is accepted, all features of The Tilery will become enabled. Please write to <rick@kagi.com> if you are sure you entered your key correctly, but it was not accepted by The Tilery.
