Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #93 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Tue, 21 Apr 98 Volume 16 : Issue 93 Today's Topics: [*] Fashion Plate Kaleidoscope scheme [*] Amethyst 1.0 Kaleidoscope Color Scheme [*] B III =?iso-8859-1?Q?=AC=27s?= , 4 Kaleidoscope Color Schemes [*] clutEditor [*] Desktop Icon Manager 1.0 [*] Desktoppers [*] DevEdit 1.1 -a text editor for programmers [*] Dusty Rose; Kal. scheme by Start Gallery [*] Finder View Settings 1.2 for MacOS 8 - global folder views [*] Fractals scheme for Kaleidoscope [*] Icon Machine (FAT) 1.3.1J - Japanese Version [*] ModPlayer 2.16 [*] Name That Game 1.1 for Mac [*] P-in-P 1.1.1 - Picture-in-Picture - Johnny C N Lee [*] PageInspector 1.5 [*] PhotoXpress [*] Play It Cool 2.7J - Japanese Version [*] Sim Cinema Deluxe 2.1 [*] TidBITS#426/20-Apr-98 The Info-Mac Network is a volunteer organization that publishes the Info-Mac Digest and operates the Info-Mac Archive, a large network of FTP sites containing gigabytes of freely distributable Macintosh software. 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Or, click . * A full list of Info-Mac mirror sites is available at the URL below: * Search the archive at . Info-Mac volunteers include Gordon Watts, Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Mike O'Bryan, Michael Bean, and Liam Breck. The Info-Mac Digest is sponsored in part by StarNine Technologies, developers of Internet server software for the Macintosh, including Web and email publishing systems. We'd also like to thank AOL for the main Info-Mac machine. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V16 #93" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 10:02:45 -0700 From: royerm@icanect.net Subject: [*] Fashion Plate Kaleidoscope scheme Please post Fashion Plate for Kaleidoscope on your recent additions page. Thanks, Martha Royer [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/fashion-plate.hqx; 380K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 10:02:40 -0700 From: wmartin@teaser.fr Subject: [*] Amethyst 1.0 Kaleidoscope Color Scheme Amethyst 1.0 is a purple and dark gray Kaleidoscope color scheme that was designed for everyday use. It's very easy on the eyes. Though every effort was made to ensure that this color scheme looks good with each monitor resolution, black and white is not supported. If you have any questions regarding this scheme I can be reached at: William Martin wmartin@teaser.fr Thank you [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/amethyst-10.hqx; 322K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 10:02:42 -0700 From: rontwerp@worldonline.nl Subject: [*] B III =?iso-8859-1?Q?=AC=27s?= , 4 Kaleidoscope Color Schemes A submission for the Macintosch software-archive. The Be III =AC 's are Color Schemes for the Kaleidoscope (interface) Control Panel. Included: 2 desktoptexture, 1 folder plug-in. Viruschecked with Disinfectant 3.7.1 Best wishes Ren=E9 van den Berg. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/be-iii.hqx; 155K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 10:02:36 -0700 From: jkel@canit.se Subject: [*] clutEditor clutEditor is an application for editing and creating your own color schemes in the Appearance CP. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/clut-editor.hqx; 184K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 10:02:52 -0700 From: parker9@cwws.net Subject: [*] Desktop Icon Manager 1.0 Desktop Icon Manager v1.0 is an AppleScript which records and restores all icons on the desktop perserving the relative spacing regardless of the monitor resolution. In other words, Restoring the icon positions will place the icons in the same area of the screen regardless if you're view in 640x480 or 1280 x 1024 or whatever. Requires AppleScript and scriptable Finder (MacOS 7.5 or greater). [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/desktop-icon-manager-10.hqx; 21K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 10:02:39 -0700 From: i.burt@netmatters.co.uk Subject: [*] Desktoppers Here is a small collection of freaky Desktop Patterns in Self Extracting Archive format from CommunArt On-Line , a Community IT Resource Centre. This is email the sponsor ware. If you like the images enough to put on your desktop, send an email to the mailto address within the enclosed Read Me file. All images created by users of a drop in centre aimed at enabling people to lose their technophobia. You will be surprised how good they are too. These patterns may be added to CDROM collections, On-Line Archives etc. All the best, Ian Burt But you who walk facing the sun,what images drawn on the earth can hold you? mailto:i.burt@netmatters.co.uk http://www.netmatters.co.uk/users/i.burt [Archived as /info-mac/gui/txtr/desk-toppers.hqx; 256K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 10:02:29 -0700 From: louis_chartrand@mailexcite.com Subject: [*] DevEdit 1.1 -a text editor for programmers Here is DevEdit, a text editor for programmers. Special features: -When you type enter, it goes to the other line and put as many as space that you were having on the other line. -A "library" to put your most useful scripts in. -Commands that put rects and points location in your program. Comming in next version: -Ascii chart. -Macros. Free web-based email, Forever, From anywhere! http://www.mailexcite.com [Archived as /info-mac/text/dev-edit-11.hqx; 1206K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 10:02:44 -0700 From: jmiles@ewa.net Subject: [*] Dusty Rose; Kal. scheme by Start Gallery Due to the Start Gallery having to change ISPs, it has suffered from me working on a redisign of the site as well as trying to configure with the new server. In this time I've had the chance to try out Design Studio for creating kalidioscope schemes. Dusty Rose is my first, and probably my last scheme for Start Gallery. I've decided designing schemes for Kalidioscope is just to hard. And I never seem to be happy with what I create. Due to this fact Dusty Rose still has a few image glitches (nothing that will affect your computer) that I got tired of trying to trace. If you like it, great. If not....hey, it's free, what did you expect? I've also included a new Desktop Picture. It has the new Start Gallery title design which of course, is a blatant attempt at self promotion. Hope you like it. If you have any comments feel free to contact me at: mailto:start@ewa.net That's start@ewa.net http://users.ewa.net/patter/StartGallery.html Thanks Jeff Miles Start Gallery [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/dusty-rose.hqx; 1022K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 10:02:38 -0700 From: alm@montalcini.com Subject: [*] Finder View Settings 1.2 for MacOS 8 - global folder views Program: Finder View Settings 1.2 FAT Author: Alessandro Levi Montalcini Price: $10 (shareware) Register: http://order.kagi.com/?67 Download: http://www.montalcini.com Finder View Settings makes it much easier to manage the new MacOS 8 folder-specific view settings. It can globally override all of your folder-specific view settings, making MacOS 8 behave more like System 7, or easily change the requested view settings for single folders or entire disks. To globally override the view settings, Finder View Settings must be stored in the Control Panels folder so it can patch the System at startup. You can then enable or disable the Finder overriding option with the appropriate check box in the main window. To permanently change the view settings for a given set of folders, you can drop them on the Control Panel's icon or into the main window. Finder View Settings doesn't have to be in the Control Panels folder for this to work. New in version 1.2: - Fixed an incompatibility with Virtual Desktop and other third-party utilities. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/finder-view-settings-12.hqx; 189K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 10:02:47 -0700 From: royerm@icanect.net Subject: [*] Fractals scheme for Kaleidoscope Please post "Fractals Scheme for KAleidoscope" on your recent additions page. Thanks, Martha Royer [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/fractal.hqx; 601K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 10:02:54 -0700 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com Subject: [*] Icon Machine (FAT) 1.3.1J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the Icon Machine package. When I first started using System 7 and saw how you could customize icons by pasting them in the Finders Get Info windows, I immediately said, Hey, what we need is an icon editor! And the idea of Icon Machine was born, and has been evolving ever since. Other people have made icon editors too, and I have tried out as many as I could get my hands on (because if I found one I liked enough it would save me a lot of trouble!) but I was never quite satisfied. If you want a thing done right.... Icon Machine is an icon editor- it lets you customize the icons of items in the Finder. To edit the icon of an item, just drag it onto the Icon Machine icon in the Finder, and Icon Machine will open a window in which you can edit the icon. When you're done, use the Save command to apply your new icon. Icon Machine has been designed to take advantage of other great features of the Mac OS to give you the power to make the icons you want. Here are a few things people have said about Icon Machine: "The Photoshop of icon editors!" - Andrew Miller "My initial reaction: This is cool!" - Craig Hockenberry, author of Icon Dropper "I think Icon Machine is tremendous." - Brian Kelley, Apple Wizards Changes in version 1.3.1: 1.3.1 - Fixed a problem with incoming drag flavors marked "don't save". This was needed for drag-and-drop compatibility with the new version of the Kineticon editor. - Fixed the translucent drag image of small icons in the icon preview (they were being stretched to large icon size) - The Edit Icon plugin finally works correctly when Icon Machine is not on the startup drive. Christopher Li Bridge 1 Software English/Japanese Japanese/English Software Localization and Management mailto:ChrisLi@bridge1.com [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/icon-machine-131-jp.hqx; 910K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 10:02:55 -0700 From: jariuppa@utu.fi Subject: [*] ModPlayer 2.16 ModPlayer is a simple music program. It can play various MOD formats. Supported file formats are: MOD, MADx, MED, S3M, MTM, XM, 669, OKTA and IT. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/mod-player-216.hqx; 431K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 10:03:06 -0700 From: gbergero@teluq.uquebec.ca Subject: [*] Name That Game 1.1 for Mac Name That Game 1.1 for Macintosh Date : April 15, 1998 Email : gilles@nrj.qc.ca URL : http://www.nrj.qc.ca/nrj/games/ntg/index.html SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS System 7.0 or higher A Macintosh or a PowerPC Mac A 256 colors, 640 x 480 monitor 8 Mb RAM INTRODUCTION Name That Game is a unique concept in word puzzle games. Play with letters and solve puzzles to guess and spell the names of 36 games. The game contains complete instructions on how to play each game/puzzle. Thank you for supporting shareware, and ... have fun ! =A9 Copyright 1998, Gilles Bergeron. All rights reserved. [Archived as /info-mac/game/ntg-11.hqx; 2729K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 10:02:57 -0700 From: johnny@johnnylee.com Subject: [*] P-in-P 1.1.1 - Picture-in-Picture - Johnny C N Lee P-in-P 1.1.1 (c) Copyright 1998 Johnny C N Lee, All Rights Reserved. info@johnnylee.com http://www.johnnylee.com/ P-in-P contains two modules: P-in-P Moive and P-in-P Live. P-in-P Movie is a QuickTime movie player. It displays the movie on an always-on-top window. So you can watch your favorite movie while working. P-in-P Movie supports drag-and-drop. Just drag the movie file and drop it onto its window or its icon, you'll get your movie on a "Picture-in-Picture" window. P-in-P Live displays the video digitized content on an always-on-top window. So you can watch your favorite TV or video tapes while working. What's New - Fixed a bug that the applications crash when launching on some models. System Requirements - System 7.1 or later - QuickTime 2.5 or later Thanks and Regards, Johnny C N Lee A Hong Kong Macintosh Developer johnny@johnnylee.com http://www.johnnylee.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/gst/mov/p-in-p-111.hqx; 120K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 10:02:34 -0700 From: doug@kagi.com Subject: [*] PageInspector 1.5 PageInspector 1.5 http://www.kagi.com/doug/pi/ PageInspector is a Macintosh-only HTML syntax validator. It reports and corrects errors that cause HTML pages to render incorrectly, and that are difficult to find by eye. It also checks links, both local, FTP- and HTTP-based links. FEATURES: ========= - Displays the text of the open file and highlights the exact location of errors. - Checks local as well as Internet links (that is, HTTP and FTP -- no other program does this). - Checks the case of local links to ensure they are UNIX-safe in addition to being Mac-safe, which is not done even by programs that "specialise" in HTML link checking. - Obtains the document base URL from the file's Finder comment. No other program does this. - Lists up to 8192 errors in HTML documents. Explains why PageInspector reported the error, and how you can correct it (or even have PageInspector correct it for you.) - Contextual menus provide shortcuts to commands (even in pre-MacOS 8 systems). - Complete AppleScript support, including a scripts menu. Full scriptability lets you extend PageInspector's automatic error corrections, and select errors in your favourite text editor for correction. - Uses a modern MacOS 8 3D platinum interface. - Many preferences offers full customisation of PageInspector's behaviour. PageInspector works on all Macs running System 7 or later. It is accelerated for Power Macintosh. Open Transport and a Power Macintosh are required for Internet link checking. Shareware $15 through Kagi Shareware. Written by Douglas Clarke email: doug@kagi.com www: http://www.kagi.com/doug/pi/ [Archived as /info-mac/text/html/page-inspector-15.hqx; 464K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 10:02:31 -0700 From: miken@clinedavis.com Subject: [*] PhotoXpress About PhotoXpress AppleScript What it does: PhotoXpress AppleScript can be used from any location on your computer, It catalogs images from a folder of your choice. Builds pages in Quark and imports your pictures into picture boxes. When scanning a folder will recognize formats that Quark recognizes: EPSF, TIFF, JPEG, or PICT files types. Version 2.0 now allows you to include all images in sub-folders. Version 2.1 fixes a bug with the sub-folders feature. Version 2.2 Remembers settings from previous use. Version 3.0 Adds a number of user configurable settings Requires: Quark 3.32 or 4.0, AppleScript, MacOS [Archived as /info-mac/text/qark/photoxpress-30.hqx; 16K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 10:03:01 -0700 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com Subject: [*] Play It Cool 2.7J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the Play It Cool package. ***Mac OS 8 compatible! *****QuickTIme 3.0 compatible! Play it Cool is a QuickTime and QuickTime VR movie player and simple editor. It plays all types of QuickTime movies, including "mov", "MIDI", "MPEG" and "QuickTime VR". It is a "fat" application, plays movies very smoothly and contains many features not available in other movie players. MAJOR CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS VERSION: ==================================== - Looping information is now saved in movies. - Increased the maximum number of movies open at once to 40. - Implements the Platinum interface. - Added "Use previous 'Open options'" preference item. - Added "Default movie width" preference item. - Added "Go To Time" menu command. - Added "Play All Movies" menu command. - Fixed a bug which causes crashes when closing QuickTime VR movies under QuickTime 3.0. - Fully tested with QuickTime 3.0. MAIN FEATURES: ============== - load movie into RAM and set monitor to best depth for smoother playback - stage mode which hides the background and plays movies at optimum speed - useful information displayed about movies - real-time display of SMPTE time code, frame number and frames per second - ability to compress movies and pictures - cut, copy, paste and the ability to add sound to movies - creates self-playing Movie-Applications - make movies playable on non-Macintosh computers - movies can be played up to five times faster than normal, forwards or in reverse - printing - preferences - balloon help MINIMUM REQUIRMENTS: ==================== - Macintosh or better - 800K available hard disk space - 1.5 MB available RAM - System 7.0 or later - QuickTime 1.6 or later [Archived as /info-mac/gst/mov/play-it-cool-27-jp.hqx; 533K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 10:03:08 -0700 From: locowolf@txdirect.net Subject: [*] Sim Cinema Deluxe 2.1 Sim Cinema Deluxe is a simulation of the filmmaking process. In the game, you play a producer who owns a small production company. Your company must make many films to gain notoriety and respect from Hollywood and distributors. When making films, the game takes you through all levels of development. From cast and crew selection, to advertising, to determining the best time of the year to release your film. After release, not only will you have to worry about advertising, but also what film critics will say about your film. All of these things and more decide the box office performance of your film, which you'll follow as the weeks go by. Sim Cinema Deluxe also features an in-game cast and crew editor. Changes from 2.0: Minor bug and interface fixes Added the ability to add cast and crew in the editor Added the new "content" feature System Requirements: PPC or 68k Macintosh System 7.0.1 or later Sound Manager 3.0 or later 4 MB of RAM 256 color monitor For more info on this program please visit my homepage. Shannon Schroeder locowolf@txdirect.net http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/2556/ [Archived as /info-mac/game/sim-cinemadx-21.hqx; 897K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 21:59:42 -0700 From: TidBITS Editors Subject: [*] TidBITS#426/20-Apr-98 TidBITS#426/20-Apr-98 The online porn industry is often portrayed as the Internet's "back room." However, as guest writer David Strom notes, the technicians in that back room are largely responsible for advancing many Web technologies. Also in this issue, we report on Apple's profitable quarter, the loss of Quicken for the Mac, the release of a new backup program, and more responses about multiple monitors. Finally, we announce the creation of the TidBITS Talk mailing list. Topics: MailBITS/20-Apr-98 Announcing TidBITS Talk Monitor Shielding and Background In Praise of Porn [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-426.etx; 30K] -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************