Dragthing 16 Manual

Version 1.6 of 1st May 1996 by James Thomson “It’s not just another launcher…” “…a gorgeous, feature-laden productivity enhancer…” - David Pogue, MacWorld, January 1996 “…a solid, easy, elegant application…” - Tonya Engst, TidBITS#277 Almost Nominated for “Outstanding Programming for a Freeware Product” in the Second Annual Usenet Macintosh Programming Awards! Contents This document contains a brief introduction to setting up and using DragThing, along with some background information about the program and its author. The answers to most questions you have about DragThing should be in here (especially in the troubleshooting section), so have a read through it at least once. If you want to distribute DragThing on a CD or floppy disk, be sure to read the ‘Legal Stuff’ section first. 1. Introduction 2. Using DragThing 3. Troubleshooting 4. Secret Tips & Shortcuts 5. Version History 6. About The Author 7. Legal Stuff 8. Cool Stuff 9. Thanks 1. Introduction DragThing is an application dock designed to tidy up the icons littering your desktop. Simply drag an application from the Finder onto an empty square in a dock and then drag documents onto it as normal. Double-click a docked application to launch it or bring it to the front. In addition, the docks can contain files, folders, disks and servers, and there is also a option to display the currently running processes in a special dock. New in 1.6 is the ability to store and organise Internet URLs in docks and double-click them to open the URL with an appropriate helper application. You can drag URLs into any dock and edit them, and also import and export docks as HTML. It requires at least System 7.5 (or 7.1 with Drag & Drop, AppleScript and the Scriptable Finder) and a Macintosh with a minimum of a Motorola 68020 or PowerPC 601 processor. Storing URLs in docks requires Internet Config 1.1 or later. The application is distributed as a fat binary with both regular 68K and native PowerPC versions included. DragThing may be used freely - all I ask is that if you really like DragThing and keep using it, you send me something cool in return. There is a list of cool stuff later on to guide you. People who send me cool stuff have a much better chance of getting bugs fixed or requested features added, and can feel good about themselves. People who keep using DragThing and don’t send me anything will just have to live with the guilt… Postcards aren’t cool. Page 1 2. Using DragThing Most things in DragThing have Balloon Help - turn it on and point at anything you are unsure about. There are useful tips scattered throughout the Balloon Help messages for the menus and control…