Eyeballs Manual

Eyeballs User Manual Last modified January 28, 2004. By Ben Haller. Copyright © 2004 Stick Software. [ This manual is only available in English at present. ] Eyeballs is a Mac OS X application that gives you a fun set of eyeballs in your menu bar or on your desktop. This manual assumes that you have already downloaded a copy of Eyeballs; if not, visit Eyeballs' web page at http:// www.sticksoftware.com/software/Eyeballs.html. It also assumes that you know all the basics of using the Macintosh in Mac OS X, including using the mouse, menus, and windows, and opening and saving files. Right now this "manual" is really an FAQ (frequently asked questions) list, because Eyeballs is a simple enough app that it doesn't seem to merit a full manual — that would just be a lot of work and would probably be less effective at answering actual user questions. Let us know if you disagree, however; if a full manual is needed for Eyeballs, it can be made. Please send comments on this manual to us at bhaller@sticksoftware.com. Thanks! Questions What is Eyeballs and what does it do, in a nutshell? How and where do I install Eyeballs? What do all these controls do? OK, but how do I *use* the darn thing? How do I share my Eyeballs personalities with friends? What about skins? What is shareware? How do I pay? What is Eyeballs and what does it do, in a nutshell? Eyeballs is a "desktop critter" for Mac OS X. It provides you with a set of eyes on your desktop or in your menu bar, for your entertainment and amusement. For example, here's a very simple set of eyes: The appearance and behavior of the eyes are extremely configurable, so you should be able to create whatever eyes your heart desires. For more information on the basic concept of Eyeballs, and many more images of possible eyes, please check out its home page at http://www.sticksoftware.com/software/Eyeballs.html, which covers this pretty well. How and where do I install Eyeballs? Eyeballs is a breeze to install. Simply copy the Eyeballs application into one of the standard OS X locations for applications, such as /Applications or ~/Applications (where "~" is short for the location of your home directory). No further setup is required. Once you've got Eyeballs copied to a standard location, just double-click it in the Finder to launch it. Which folder should you use? ~/Applications is the typical location used if you do not have Administrator privileges on your OS X machine, or wish Eyeballs to be available only to you, not to other users of the machine. / Applications will make Eyeballs available to all users of the machine, but typically requires Administrator privileges for you to copy things into it. For more information on this, see Apple's documentation on using OS X; ~/Applications is the safer choice, however, if you are not sure. Drag Eyeballs from the disk image it is distributed on, into the folder where you wish to install it. After it has been copied, you may 'eject' and throw…