Finder Palette Help

Introduction Finder Palette is a file launch and organizational utility. With Finder Palette, you install links to your frequently-used applications, folders, desk accessories, etc., in a special launch palette. You then use the launch palette to launch/open those frequently-used files. With Finder Palette, you are not required to place your frequently-used files in a special folder (like you are required to do with Apple Menu Items). Since files can be located anywhere on your hard disk, the installation process is simple. And, as you will see, customizing Finder Palette to suit your personal preferences is a breeze. The launch palette contains an array of 3-dimensional buttons (or cells) that are labeled with the icon of the installed file or folder. Finder Palette supports the new System 7 color icons, including custom icons, and properly hilites them (instead of simply inverting the colors). Finder Palette's user interface was constructed with navigational speed in mind. All of the functions can be invoked from the either the keyboard or the mouse, eliminating the need to switch back and forth between the two. Even check boxes, radio buttons, and push buttons in dialog windows can be selected from the keyboard. And the launch palette can be accessed almost anytime using user-configurable “hot keys” and/or “hot corners”. Requirements • Finder Palette requires System 7.0 or later. If you attempt to run the program on an earlier System version, Finder Palette will warn you and then gracefully exit. • 150K of RAM is required. • A hard disk is required. • Finder Palette looks best on color monitors with at least 16 colors (and so do the file icons), but it works quite well on black and white monitors, too. Features -1- Finder Palette incorporates some of the more popular features found in other shareware and commercial file launch utilities as well as some features not found elsewhere. This version sports the following features: • Many Supported File Types: - applications - desk accessories - control panel devices - folders - system Clipboard file - Finder • System 7 Color Icons, including the new custom icons. In addition, Finder Palette properly hilites the icons; some applications simply invert the colors of the icons, which is not consistent with the hiliting scheme used by the Finder. • Finder-like Launches. Although Finder Palette is not meant to be a substitute for the Finder, it will attempt to launch applications just like the Finder does in memory-tight situations. For instance, if there isn't enough memory available to launch an application with its preferred memory partition, Finder Palette can attempt to relaunch the application with the application's minimum memory partition (just like the Finder does) if you so desire. • Auto-open Documents that can be attached to a cell's file to be opened at launch time. • Intelligent File Searches for files that have been m…