Path: sdcc6!ucsd!orion.oac.uci.edu!ucivax!dhw68k!macintosh From: rmh@apple.com (Rick Holzgrafe) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.mac Subject: Applicon 2.1 (part 1 of 2) Message-ID: Date: 24 Aug 91 14:00:14 GMT Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA Lines: 684 Approved: bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com (Roger L. Long) [Applicon 2.1 - part 1 of 2] Applicon is a utility for System 7.0. It places a "tile" on your desktop for each running application listed under the Application menu. Each tile displays the icon and name of "its" application. Clicking the tile brings its application to the front, the same as if you'd selected that app from the Application menu. Option-clicking will hide the current app's windows before bringing the selected app to the front. Applicon is nice because you can see what's running without pulling down a menu, and because the tiles are easier to manage than menu items: you don't have to stop and read, and you don't have to be too precise with the mouse. This release, version 2.1, fixes the bug in version 2.0 that prevented your preferences from being remembered. It adds several new features requested by users, including: - support for color icons - a choice of tile styles and sizes - a way to hide the tiles for selected applications - better screen space management - better memory management. Applicon is a fully compatible System 7.0 application that shows how some things that used to require INITs can now be done with a small app. You can launch Applicon at any time, but it's most convenient to simply drop it into your Startup Items folder inside your System Folder. It features full on-line help, including Balloon Help. It is free. Copyright 1991 by Rick Holzgrafe. All rights reserved. rmh@apple.com --- .