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Info-Mac Digest Fri, 20 Oct 00 Volume 17 : Issue 165
Today's Topics:
[*] News XPress 1.2
[*] Orbit 1.2.1
[*] QuickShot Deluxe 2.03 DEMO
[*] String Generator Pro 1.0
[*] TaskMenuBar 2.2.2
[*] Twistory 2.2 - History Browser
[*] War on Lithon 2.4
Launcher Window on OS 9.04
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Date: 20 Oct 2000
From: Theo <delete@softhome.net>
To:
Subject: [*] News XPress 1.2
Theodore H. Smith releases News XPress 1.2 - Informative and easy News
viewing
News XPress 1.2 now includes enhanced news browsing, including access to
news while using any program at all, through a handy small window that
stays ontop of all your other windows.
News XPress lets you browse, read and keep up to date with news published
by big servers on the Internet. News published over the Internet are called
"News Feeds". Read your favourite news topics, learn about interesting
breakthroughs in science, keep up to date with changes in the computing
industry, all through one simple application!
The interface is simple and elegant, yet very functional. It is feature
packed, including find, ability to save views of news feeds, auto news
updating and news list merging.
News XPress is publically available for download at
<http://www.thsmith.dircon.co.uk/newsxpress/>
Requirements, Pricing:
News XPress needs a PowerMac, and 2.5MB of free RAM.
News XPress is available for $15 (US).
Features in News XPress 1.2
� Simple, powerful and intuitive interface.
� News XPress Floater offers browsing of news from inside your web browser.
� Auto checks for new news as often as you like.
�Powerful Favourites editor with copy & paste, and a Favourites menu.
� Many extras like Find, Server information, copying news items, etc
�Saving of news views and opening saved files.
�Viewing of many formats of XML News.
For more information about other products by Theodore H. Smith, such as
Email Cleaner, Character Generator and XML Engine, visit the website
<http://www.thsmith.dircon.co.uk/>
Contact email: <delete@softhome.net>
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/news-xpress-12.hqx; 1040 K]
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Date: 20 Oct 2000
From: "Aaron Golden" <zerro1@hotmail.com>
To:
Subject: [*] Orbit 1.2.1
Orbit 1.2.1 is the latest and hopefully last update for a while of Orbit.
It's open source and totally free, just like the others. The only things
added were one option (Fast Mode) and a couple more systems.
Author: Aaron Golden
System Requirements: MacOS 7.0 and up
License: Freeware/Open Source :)
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/orbit-121.hqx; 90 K]
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Date: 20 Oct 2000
From: QSDX@aol.com
To:
Subject: [*] QuickShot Deluxe 2.03 DEMO
QuickShot Deluxe 2 is is a police style firearms training simulation that
will test your reflexes, hand-eye coordination, and decision-making skills.
Threatening bad guys, created from digitized video, appear from behind cover
and you must respond with rapid, accurately placed shots. Some of the
persons which appear on the screen are innocents and a threat assessment must
be made before firing in order to prevent injury to these innocent persons.
At the conclusion of each level, the replay feature can be used to view the
location of each shot, determine what it struck, and how close it came to its
intended target.
QuickShot Deluxe 2 also features breakable items such as windows, that
shatter and break when struck, as well as bullet impact sounds which vary
depending upon the type of object shot. The QuickShot Deluxe 2 web site is
located at http://members.aol.com/qsdx/ and contains several screenshots and
additional information.
DEMO System Requirements - Apple Macintosh PowerPC; System 7.5.5 or later;
200 mhz 603e, 120 mhz 604, G3, or faster CPU; 14 MB free RAM; 7.5 MB HD
space; 640x480 (832x624 recommended) Monitor capable of displaying thousands
of colors.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/quickshot-dx-203.hqx; 7143 K]
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Date: 19 Oct 2000
From: Robert Lach <robert_lach@robs-world.de>
To:
Subject: [*] String Generator Pro 1.0
What is String Generator Pro (SGP) ?
SGP is a tool for all you boys & girls who have to handle with
structurated text, e.g. programming source code like Pascal, C, C++,
Basic, JavaScript, Java, HTML. SGP is also very useful when you want fast
and simply to build a table or a report or when you want to numerize
something.
The big diffrent between SGP and an normal text-editor, that SGP is not
able to edit any text, instead of this you are generating the text you
need.
SGP has a lot of features to do things like that very fast and easy. It
has great drag&drop support, which includes dropping of files & folders
(e.g. drop hunderts of picture files on SGP to create the img-tags for
your webpage).
SGP has great features:
- 'Generate on drop' (autogenerate strings by simply dropping text or
files on SGP)
- multiclipboard (you can drop more then one thing at the same time and
don't care if you just need this text later)
- save your string commands if you need them often without any
file-dialogs
- minimize-button to keep your screen free
and a lot of more things...
Just visit the SGP-Website to learn more about SGP, to see great examples
and Gif-animations which shows best the work with SGP.
http://www.robs-world.de/software/sgp/
Have fun generating string!p://www.robs-world.de/software/sgp/
[Archived as /info-mac/text/string-generator-pro-10.hqx; 1744 K]
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Date: 20 Oct 2000
From: Hugh Kawahara <kawahara@ix.netcom.com>
To:
Subject: [*] TaskMenuBar 2.2.2
TaskMenuBar is a control panel that uses the empty space on the
menu bar for many operations such as launching and switching
applications, and opening files. Because it only uses the menu bar,
unlike other utilities, it will never obscure or be obscured by other
windows.
The version 2.2.2 is compatible with Action Menus' drag and drop
feature and has reduced menu bar flicker.
Requires System 7.1 or later including OS-8 and 9 with a 68K
or PPC processor.
Shareware fee: $15.
Hugh Kawahara
kawahara@ix.netcom.com
www.netcom.com/~kawahara/taskmenubar.html
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/task-menu-bar-222.hqx; 165 K]
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Date: 20 Oct 2000
From: deboer@king.igs.net (J.D. & N.J. de Boer)
To:
Subject: [*] Twistory 2.2 - History Browser
Twistory 2.2 - History Browser
"Twistory" is a freeware history browser. It displays the lifetimes
and travels of historic figures, and the dates and locations of historic
events. It is a tool for keeping track of when and where things happened,
and their relationships to each other. It is meant to provide a way to
keep track of the multitude of different peoples, dynasties, empires and
developments throughout history.
The names of hundreds of historic figures are familiar to most people,
but it's a challenge to remember when and where they all lived. Many of
them are frequently referred to or alluded to in literature or in the
media; many of them made the world what it is today. But it can be
difficult to remember even what century some of them lived in. I wrote
this programme as an aid to sorting them all out in one's mind. It can
show in an instant the time and region in which they lived. It also
answers questions like, "Who else was living at that time, and what else
was happening in the world?"
Twistory is a historical dictionary that you can use to create maps
and time-lines. A resource of over 3200 people, events and places is
included. The database has an open text format, so that more historical
information can be added by any user. A complete description of the file
format is included.
The two main windows are the time-line window, which shows lives and
events against a variable time scale, and the map window, which shows
people and events in their geographic locations during an interval of time.
There is also a genealogy window which shows the ancestors and descendants
of a selected person, and an info window that shows additional details
about a person or event. Another window lists all milestones occurring on
a particular day of the year. There is also a search function.
Version 2.2 has several subtle enhancements over the previous version,
and a few bug fixes. The database has also grown again.
Twistory will run on any Mac with system 7 or later. It needs at
least 3 Mb of free RAM. With a large monitor or with several windows open,
about 5 Mb is better.
Twistory is now freeware. You may use and pass on Twistory free of
charge. It may be reproduced and distributed on CD-ROM or other media, or
placed on any web site. (See the instructions for conditions on
publication.)
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/twistory-22.hqx; 1185 K]
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Date: 20 Oct 2000
From: Sean Stewart <sstewar@telusplanet.net>
To:
Subject: [*] War on Lithon 2.4
War on Lithon is a simple war game. You choose a country to be from 5
different countries. The game allows up to 5 players. To win you must
take over all of Lithon, or you and your ally must take over the world.
There is a more detailed description built into the game.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/war-on-lithon-24.hqx; 462 K]
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Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 21:09:47 -0800
From: jonrelay@napanet.net (Jon Bettencourt)
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: Launcher Window on OS 9.04
> > Without warning, the lower border of my "Launcher" window has
> > dropped off the bottom of my iMac screen. Repeated dragging
> > shows no bottom edge! How do I shrink it?
>
>Have you tried temporarily reducing the size of all objects on the screen
>by going to the Monitors Control Panel? On my system, I can go to 1024 x
>768, thereby reducing the size of all objects and showing MORE of each
>object. Then, you will probably display the size-handle of the Launcher,
>and can reduce its size. Then, return to your normal resolution using the
>Monitors Control Panel again.
If that doesn't work, go into your Preferences folder and delete Launcher
Preferences.
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