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This week's focus falls squarely on utilities, with Adam's follow-
   up about Aladdin Desktop Tools; the second part of Tonya's look
   at desktop launching programs, this time focusing on Square One;
   and Patrick Pruyne's detailed review of Conflict Catcher 3. Also
   check out announcements of a new version of the Apple QuickTake
   digital camera and of updates to two essential Internet
   utilities for Mac users, Anarchie 1.5 and Internet Config 1.1.

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Topics:
    MailBITS/08-May-95
    ADT Followup
    Square One: Desktop Launchers, Part II of III
    Conflict Catcher 3
    Reviews/08-May-95

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MailBITS/08-May-95
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**New Heights of Anarchie** -- Peter Lewis
  <[e-mail]> has released version 1.5 of Anarchie,
  his highly-regarded Macintosh FTP and Archie client. Version 1.5
  now includes Internet Config support, the ability to send raw FTP
  commands (such as the ever-useful SITE INDEX), improved Finder-
  like behavior in its directory windows, more complete URL support,
  and improved file uploading (including handling of MacBinary
  mode). For those of us who frequently find ourselves locked out of
  busy servers, there's also a convenient Retry button for failed
  FTP connections.

  Of course, key Anarchie features are still present and, in some
  cases, improved. Anarchie continues to support the Drag Manager
  (allowing you to drag files back and forth from the Finder) and
  continues to be Apple Scriptable and Recordable. Anarchie includes
  a complete list of Archie servers, an extensive bookmarks file of
  Mac-related FTP sites, a comprehensive Apple Guide (thanks,
  Quinn!) and a copy of Internet Config 1.1. If you have a TCP-based
  connection to the Internet and you don't have Anarchie, well, you
  probably want it. [GD]

ftp://ftp.tidbits.com//pub/tidbits/tisk/tcp/anarchie-15.hqx


**Internet Config 1.1** -- Peter Lewis and Quinn have also
  released Internet Config 1.1. As originally reported in
  TidBITS-255_, Internet Config stores a central set of global
  Internet settings for use by Internet Config-savvy applications,
  such as Anarchie, NewsWatcher, and NewsHopper. Internet Config
  handles settings and preferences for email and news, file suffix
  mapping, news and file transfer preferences, helper applications,
  and personal information like signatures and plan files. Version
  1.1 is more reliable under System 6 and on Power Macs, and
  includes new features for developers working on Internet
  Config-savvy applications.

  Why get this package if Internet Config is bundled in with the
  latest version of Anarchie? Simple: the package contains valuable
  goodies such as ICeTEe, an extension that enables you to Command-
  click URLs in any application that uses TextEdit (such as Eudora,
  SimpleText, and NotePad, but not most word processors), and
  Internet Config RandomSignature, an extension that allows Internet
  Config to provide random signatures in Internet Config-aware
  applications. Peter and Quinn have also released source code and a
  developer's kit for Internet Config. [GD]

ftp://ftp.tidbits.com//pub/tidbits/tisk/tcp/internet-config-11.hqx
ftp://ftp.hawaii.edu//mirrors/info-mac/dev/src/internet-config-11-p.hqx
ftp://ftp.hawaii.edu//mirrors/info-mac/dev/src/internet-config-kit-11.hqx


**Apple QuickTake 150** -- Following on the mixed success of the
  QuickTake 100, Apple has introduced an improved version of the
  QuickTake in an effort to show that it's still serious about the
  digital camera market. The QuickTake 150 features 1 MB of flash
  EPROM that can store 16 high-resolution images (24-bit, 640 by
  480) or 32 standard resolution images (24-bit, 320 by 240), a
  close-up lens, plus a serial cable and Apple's QuickTake software
  to transfer your images over to any Mac with a 68020 or better
  processor. The QuickTake 150 should be available now and pricing
  is estimated to be about $700. [GD]

http://www.austin.apple.com/qtake/


ADT Followup
------------
  by Adam C. Engst <[e-mail]>

  My review of Aladdin Desktop Tools in TidBITS-275_ prompted a
  number of email messages last week, a few due to an oversight
  about SpeedyFinder7, and a few due to points I missed or cut for
  space reasons.

  First, I must clarify that SpeedyFinder7 has been removed from
  distribution. I checked to make sure it was still available while
  writing that article, but since I wasn't reviewing it, I didn't
  read its documentation. As its documentation states, unregistered
  copies of SpeedyFinder7, including the copies stored on the
  various FTP sites, expired in March. Unfortunately, since the
  moderators of the mirror networks had no way of knowing this, the
  file remained available even after it had disabled itself. It's
  now gone, but has been replaced by an update that fixes an
  incompatibility with System 7.5.1. Of course, only currently
  registered users of SpeedyFinder7 need bother to download it.

ftp://ftp.hawaii.edu//mirrors/info-mac/gui/speedy-finder7-159i-updt.hqx

  This will be the _last_ SpeedyFinder7 update. All future
  development will take place in Aladdin Desktop Tools, and, in
  fact, the features of SpeedyFinder7 in ADT are much improved over
  the SpeedyFinder7 originals.

  Second, Jonathan Rynd <[e-mail]> commented that Desktop
  Viewer isn't unique in its capability to look inside many
  different file types. Perhaps the ultimate utility in that respect
  is the long-standing CanOpener, a $65 commercial program from
  Abbott Systems.

  With that out of the way, Leonard Rosenthol, Director of Advanced
  Technology at Aladdin, mentions some additional and important
  features of Aladdin Desktop Tools.


**Leonard Rosenthol** <[e-mail]> writes:
  The basic feature you attribute to Desktop SpeedBoost
  (accelerating copying and trashing files) is accurate, but it is
  just one part of what the program does. It also extends a number
  of common features in the Finder which are part of working with
  files.

  For example, we extend the auto-routing features of the System
  folder so that in addition to being able to have extensions and
  control panels dropped on the System Folder go into the right
  sub-folders, you can also drop BBEdit Extensions, KeyQuencer
  Extensions, Scripting Additions, After Dark modules, and more.

  One of my favorite features in Desktop SpeedBoost is the extension
  of the copy or trash operations by using the Command key as a
  modifier. In the case of copying, a Command-drag between volumes
  _moves_ the file instead of just copying it, so that you don't
  need to then throw the original in the Trash. For trashing,
  Command-drag causes the file to be immediately trashed, giving
  back the disk space immediately, which is useful if you trash a
  large file and want the space back right away.

  Also, like all other Aladdin products (and unlike our
  competitors), Desktop SpeedBoost takes advantage of (and
  integrates into) a number of Apple technologies and system
  software components. For example, Desktop SpeedBoost is Macintosh
  Easy Open-savvy and properly updates the desktop when used with
  Macintosh Easy Open. We also work with PowerTalk allowing your
  enclosures to copy in the background, and, of course, we integrate
  into the Scriptable Finder for full automation.

  I will also point out that even in just the aspect of copying,
  Desktop SpeedBoost is more intelligent than the other products of
  this genre. It uses optimal techniques when writing to different
  types of volumes in order to optimize for every type of media. For
  example, the amount of data we read and write from an ARA server
  is very different from the amount that we read and write from a
  local hard disk.

  Finally, you glossed over the "archive walking" feature of Desktop
  Shortcut that enables you to dip into StuffIt archives just as
  though they were folders. We believe this is the most compelling
  reason for StuffIt users to use Desktop Shortcut. In addition,
  Desktop Shortcut is fully compatible with Super Boomerang so you
  can run the two together, reaping the best features of both.


Square One: Desktop Launchers, Part II of III
---------------------------------------------
  by Tonya Engst <[e-mail]>

  It's time for Part II of our three-part series on desktop launcher
  programs, those programs that supplement the way your Finder works
  by giving you tiles that represent your files, folders, and disks.
  Today's installment takes a look at Square One 2.0, a $74 (list)
  utility from Binary Software. (I'm not sure to whom you would pay
  even close to list price - Square One sells mail order for about
  $45 and is normally available from Binary Software directly for
  $29.95, though if you place a direct order with Binary Software,
  they are offering Square One to TidBITS readers for only $19.95.)
  Next week I'll attempt to wrap things up with a look at the many
  shareware/freeware utilities available, and thanks to everyone who
  has written in mentioning their favorites.

  Square One requires System 7, about 550K of hard disk space, and
  about 50K of RAM for its extension, plus another 400K of RAM for
  the Square One application. It runs on any Mac that runs some
  version of System 7. I've used Square One, on and off, for a few
  weeks now - the first time without the manual and the second time
  (with a completely fresh start) with the manual. Square One and I
  didn't get along well at first, mostly because I had to figure out
  how to incorporate Square One's options into my working style, and
  I had to explore the menus and browse the manual before I felt
  comfortable.


**Starting at Square One** -- When you install Square One, you get
  the Square One application, a Square One extension, and an empty
  palette, to which you add items by dragging them on or by using
  the Find Applications or Add Files to Palette dialog boxes, which
  help you rapidly add applications and files. Square One does work
  as a stand-alone application, but the extension adds a number of
  key features.

  A Square One palette has tiles on one side and a file list on the
  other. Square One offers several options for customizing the
  palette, including tile size. The palette can be made smaller than
  the list of tiles and if you shorten it, you can use a vertical
  scroll bar to scroll the tile list. Drag a file, folder, or disk
  icon over a tile, and the tile takes on the dragged item's icon
  and (optionally) its name.


**Using a Tile** -- You use a tile in three basic ways. The first
  - and perhaps most unique - way involves the file list. Click a
  disk or folder icon and its contents show in the file list, along
  with keyboard shortcuts for opening any displayed files. (The top
  file in the list gets Command-1, the second file Command-2, and so
  on.) To open a folder, you must double-click its name; Square One
  does not offer a keyboard shortcut. If you double-click a folder
  in the file list, it opens as a separate window. It took me a week
  or so to train myself away from expecting to double-click a folder
  in the list and have that folder also open in the list.

  Because I dislike waiting for folders to open and then having them
  cluttering my desktop, what I should have done was to use the
  second technique. The second way to use a tile is to click and
  hold on a tile, which brings up a menu of choices for that tile,
  including a hierarchical way to navigate its nested contents.
  Clicking and holding on an application tile brings up a menu
  listing the last ten (or fewer) documents opened with that
  application. If you don't want to click directly on a tile, you
  can also choose the tile's name from the hierarchical menu that
  pops down from the Square One menu (just left of the Help menu on
  the menu bar). After you choose a tile's name, you slide over in
  the hierarchical menu to see approximately the same menu that you
  would see if you click directly on the tile.

  As a third technique for using a tile, you can double-click a tile
  to launch an application or open a window for a disk or folder.
  You can also drop document icons on application tiles to attempt
  to open those documents. You cannot drop an icon on a folder or
  disk tile and move the icon into the folder or disk.


**Additional Features** -- Square One offers an Active
  Applications palette, a row or column of tiles representing
  launched applications. You can show the Active Applications
  palette in Memory View, which makes it show memory use bars
  similar to those in the About This Macintosh dialog box.

  Square One also offers a Groups feature, whereby you can set up a
  tile that represents a group of either control panels, desk
  accessories, folder, projects (a collection of files and folders
  related to a project), QuicKeys, or sound files.

  Perhaps my favorite feature is a preference you can set whereby
  when you click a palette, all other windows (except for other
  Square One palettes) become hidden. This feature isn't useful all
  the time, but some days it helps keep the clutter down.

  Unlike DragStrip, which comes with additional special modules that
  you can put on tiles and use to control your Mac's operations,
  Square One comes with no special add-ons. Also unlike DragStrip,
  Square One does not work with Control Strip modules.


**Making More Palettes** -- To start a new Square One palette, you
  choose New from Square One's File menu. Square One then gives you
  choices for the System Folder and its standard sub-folders to add
  to tiles on your new palette, a curious choice, since Square One
  doesn't let you move things about in the Finder. For example, if I
  put my Extensions folder on a palette tile, I can more quickly see
  what's inside, but I can't more quickly move things in and out.
  With the exception of the Control Panels folder, I don't see why
  I'd want any of my System Folder sub-folders on a palette.

  After being given options for putting specific folders on your new
  palette, you then can click a button to add applications to your
  palette. Square One responds by displaying the Find Applications
  dialog box, which offers a list of all your applications. I
  somehow missed the easy way to add lots of programs quickly from
  the list. I thought I could Shift-click on items in the list to
  select a bunch of them and then click the OK button, but - in fact
  - I needed to click to each application's left (not _on_ it, but
  to its left), which adds a checkmark to the left. The hand-holding
  for setting up a new palette does not include the Add Files to
  Palette dialog box, which seems odd.


**Where's the Pat Conclusion?** Frankly, I'm having trouble
  drawing a pat conclusion about Square One. The more I use it, the
  more I like it, but it also feels like a grab bag of related
  features, with a neither astonishingly bad nor amazingly good
  overall coherence. I particularly like the hierarchical menus and
  the ability to open recent documents - it seems a touch more
  convenient then using Super Boomerang, but I'm disappointed that
  the file list can't display more than one level of items and that
  I can't move items in the Finder through the controls of Square
  One.

  If I'm not a typical Square One user, who is? Square One offers a
  lot of functionality in a single extension/application
  combination, so it might prove a useful way to consolidate a bunch
  of features into one product, thus enabling you to discard several
  others. Square One might also be a good choice for a company that
  has to buy a commercial product for a group of users and wants a
  launching utility that will have something for most anyone.

    Binary Software -- 800/824-6279 -- 310/449-1481
      310/449-1473 (fax) -- <[e-mail]>


Conflict Catcher 3
------------------
  by Patrick T. Pruyne <[e-mail]>

  Casady & Greene's major upgrade of Conflict Catcher moves the
  previously shadowy task of system extension management to front
  and center. No longer content with being just an indispensable aid
  in ferreting out incompatible system components, Conflict Catcher
  3 offers enhanced features, easy control via the menubar, and much
  more.


**Duct Tape and Baling Wire** -- In earlier days, system
  extensions were the exception rather than the rule. Many Macintosh
  owners didn't use any at all, and a power user might have had half
  a dozen icons appearing at startup. Many extensions (or INITs, as
  they were called before System 7) offered quaint functionality
  like the Talking Moose, a Moire-patterned screensaver, or giving
  the Eject Disk command a sound best not described. Other
  extensions were more serious in scope, offering utilities or
  enhancements to the Mac's interface. However, the precedent was
  clear: to add a capability to a Macintosh, you patch the system.

  Today, Apple's own System 7.5 can pile on dozens of startup files
  to enhance its core System and Finder. Fax modem and CD-ROM
  drivers, networking software, applications (like Microsoft's
  Office suite) and a high percentage of shareware utilities add
  patches to the System. These days it is not unusual to watch a
  Mac's startup screen fill with icons until it looks like a Pinto
  with too many Garfield dolls on the back window.

  Hanging so many baubles on the System and Finder tree raises the
  risk of apparently unrelated system tweaks colliding in a grinding
  crash. For Power Mac users, system patches can be obstacles to
  realizing the full speed potential of their new hardware since
  many do not include PowerPC native code.

  At their most basic level of functionality, extension managers
  like Conflict Catcher, Apple's Extension Manager, and Now
  Utilities' Now Startup Manager allow the user to selectively
  activate subsets of their system additions. By doing so, savvy
  users can tailor their working environment to a specific task,
  thus saving precious RAM and gaining speed.

  Perhaps the greatest value of this type of control is when things
  go wrong. When repeatable crashes occur, the ability to
  selectively disable subsets of system additions is the most direct
  way of determining which (if any) startup files are responsible.


**Cagey Conflict Catching** -- As in previous versions, Conflict
  Catcher handles the simple but extremely tedious task of testing
  all possible combinations of startup files until an offender (or
  an offending combination) is identified. It does this by
  restarting your Mac with half of the previous startup file set
  disabled, and then asking you if the problem still exists. This
  process is repeated until the offending startup files are isolated
  or startup file conflicts are ruled out.

  Conflict Catcher 3 (CC3) adds three new features to slash this
  potentially arduous "restart and check" chore. The Intuition
  feature allows you to tell CC3 what you suspect is causing the
  problem and have it tested first. Should your intuition fail, CC3
  can then begin a general test by targeting the most recently added
  startup files (which CC3 automatically tracks). For users with
  critical time constraints, these two enhancements can be
  priceless. CC3 has also gained the ability to scan startup files
  for damaged resources, and the capability to save an in-progress
  conflict testing session is a welcome option. Conflict detection
  is almost always a time-intensive process; this feature improves
  the possibility of detecting the source of intermittent startup
  conflicts.

  Sometimes a crash occurs because several startup files require
  loading in a specific order relative to each other. This version
  of Conflict Catcher improves its ability to explore and exploit
  the reordering effect by automatically creating a link between two
  picky startup files to guarantee the desired loading sequence.

  Past versions of Conflict Catcher relied exclusively on its
  ability to discover conflicts through the process of partial-set
  testing. Though that capability is still present, CC3 now ships
  with four pre-defined sets describing known incompatibilities.
  Files listed in these Incompatible Linked sets are not allowed to
  load in tandem. The sets describe competing Apple Menu and font
  utilities, as well as mutually-redundant screensavers and sound
  utilities. For example, the standard installation of CC3 disabled
  several components of the Now Utilities 5.0 suite on a Mac running
  System 7.5.1 because they duplicated user interface features (such
  as an hierarchical Apple Menu). Like all Linked Sets, these
  factory presets can be altered by the user (do so at your own risk
  - better to work on a copy). Other factory preset Linked Groups
  automatically manage Grouped sets (which can be either all on or
  all off, such as the GX suite) and Forced Order (e.g. RAM Doubler
  and its debugger-level patch).


**In Your Face** -- In the past, extension managers were added to
  the system and forgotten until their ability to control sets was
  needed. Conflict Catcher 3 boldly (and optionally) tucks a new
  icon for itself on the menubar to the left of the Help menu. From
  this drop-down menu you can open an About box, the Conflict
  Catcher 3 Control Panel, or directly select a startup file set to
  be used when you next restart. Such convenient access makes for
  increased and consistent use of Conflict Catcher. As in previous
  versions, a hot key can be assigned to any set so that holding it
  during startup loads that set: multiple users of the same machine
  can easily start up with the "personality" of their choosing.
  Finally, CC3 now displays the name of the active set in a small
  tag at the top of the Mac's startup screen.


**Preferences** -- The preferences interface has undergone a major
  overhaul in an attempt to accommodate a sea of choices and new
  features in a clean and logical manner.

  General Preferences controls CC3's own System patching, Startup
  Disk volume selection, system heap protection, crash response, and
  level of detail in system resource reports. Power Macintosh users
  will find the report option useful for identifying system
  resources using non-native code. (Non-native system extensions can
  drastically slow down aspects of a Power Macintosh's performance.)

  File Preferences permits control of other types of system
  extensions such as Chooser devices, dynamically loaded library
  files, and components. Network managers and RAM disk users will
  benefit from CC3's ability to load extensions via aliases to the
  actual startup files. This permits the distribution of small
  collections of aliases to networked users which point to a server-
  based set of extensions; it also reduces the portion of the RAM
  Disk allocated to system enhancements.

  Folders Preferences lets Conflict Catcher examine the contents of
  various folders within the System Folder for startup files. These
  can include the Fonts, Startup Items, Shutdown Items, Apple Menu
  Items, and Control Strip Modules folders.

  Several Preference panels deal with cosmetic features. Users can
  now assign colors to the various flavors of startup files in a
  manner similar to the System 7 Labels feature. Startup icon
  control offers some innovative and useful possibilities, including
  displaying the names of startup files as they load and using small
  icons.

  Finally, a Security Panel permits password protection of any of
  the Preference settings, a potential boon to network or lab
  administrators.


**Portable Smarts** -- Previously Conflict Catcher offered
  PowerBook users the advantage of loading system extensions into
  RAM Disk from an alias. This limits the frequency of hard disk
  spin-ups when running on battery. CC3 improves upon this feature
  by automatically sensing four PowerBook conditions (battery
  powered, AC powered, docked, not docked) and loading user-
  specified custom sets accordingly. For Duo users, CC3 can
  distinguish between different docks and respond with a set
  tailored for that configuration.


**The Proof's in the Pudding** -- After living with Conflict
  Catcher 3 for a month of daily, intensive Mac use, no adverse
  consequences have emerged. With the noted exception of the Now
  Utilities suite, startup sets carried over from a previous version
  of Conflict Catcher perfectly. Adapting to CC3's disabling of
  those Now Utilities 5.0 modules was easy with System 7.5.1, and
  (for those with a taste for reckless reinstallation) re-installing
  the disenfranchised Now Utilities components produced no
  reproducible problems.

  The presence of the Conflict Catcher menu feels like a real
  advantage. The ease with which sets can be toggled makes
  transitions between working sets a fearless effort. The net effect
  is the feeling of having more Mac with less hassle.

  The User's Manual has evolved to an attractive, ring-bound, 138-
  page document full of screenshots and practical suggestions. The
  manual includes a candid overview of non-startup file software
  problems which Conflict Catcher does not handle, including
  problems involving virtual memory, 32-bit addressing, and the
  Modern Memory Manager. There is also a reference section dealing
  with corrupted application preferences, replacing the System and
  Finder, virus myths, and basic hardware problems. Online help is
  available via Balloon Help for every component of the interface,
  although no Apple Guide is included.

  A time-limited, fully-functional demo version is available on most
  commercial online services and from:

ftp://ftp.hawaii.edu/mirrors/info-mac/cfg/conflict-catcher-301-demo.hqx


**Special Offer** -- Conflict Catcher has earned a place as part
  of special offer from Apple. Users purchasing the floppy version
  of System 7.5 between 01-May-95 and 31-Jul-95 will receive a
  coupon redeemable for either a watch or Conflict Catcher 3. Given
  that System 7.5 now includes a menubar clock, in my opinion CC3 is
  a far more useful choice.

  Conflict Catcher 3 requires System 7.0 or later on a Mac Plus or
  greater and is System 7.5 savvy. Conflict Catcher 3 has a
  suggested retail price of U.S. $99.95, and site licenses are
  available. Conflict Catcher II will continue to be sold for the
  benefit of users of System 6.0.5 or later.

http://www.casadyg.com/Welcome.html

    Casady & Greene -- 800/359-4920 -- 408/484-9228
      408/484-9218 (fax) -- <[e-mail]>


Reviews/08-May-95
-----------------

* MacWEEK -- 01-May-95, Vol. 9, #18
    Project-scheduling Software -- pg. 33
      FastTrack Schedule 3.0
      Plan & Track 3.5

* InfoWorld -- 01-May-95, Vol. 17, #18
    Zip Drive -- pg. 100


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