Smart Scrolls is a control panel that adds two features to regular scroll bars :
• the thumb indicator in scroll bars becomes proportional (i.e. if a window is displaying half of a document, the indicator will be half the scrollbar size).
• a 'page' number is displayed over the thumb. Here, a 'page' is what fits in the window, not the printed page (i.e. if you change the size of the window, the 'page' number changes).
Just a few days of using Smart Scrolls and regular scroll bars will look like something is missing !
System 7 or later with Color QuickDraw is required. An update to support System 6 and users without Color Quickdraw is planned !
Installation
1 Put Smart Scrolls in your Control Panels folder, by dragging its icon and releasing it over your System Folder.
2 Smart Scrolls will be active after you Restart.
Using Smart Scrolls
After restarting, use the control panel to enter your preferences.
Smart Scrolls needs certain information from applications to calculate the size of the thumb indicator. It obtains this information when you click the page up and page down areas (the gray areas either side of the scrollbar thumb).
When Smart Scrolls encounters a scrollbar it doesn't know, it displays a '?' over the thumb. Just click page up or page down.
note: If the '?' is still there after you clicked, move to the start or end of the document and try again : some applications, such as ClarisWorks, only give Smart Scrolls the info it needs when scrolling from either end of a scrollbar.
Smart Scrolls saves this information, so these steps are usually needed only once for each application. note: in some applications, scrollbar are all different from one another, and sometimes even change along with the document. You'll see the '?' reappear from time to time : just click page up or page down.
'Page' numbers
Check the show 'page' number box in the control panel to turn this feature on. It's useful when working with large documents in text editors, web browsers, or applications that don't provide page numbers.
note: some applications, such as MPW, manage their scroll bars in a way that makes it difficult to calculate 'page' numbers accurately if the document contents are very different from one page to the next (i.e page with very little text next to a page full of text).
Compatibility
A lot of time goes into making Smart Scrolls work as intended with as many other programs as possible. Please send me a short e-mail if you have a problem and I'll try to fix it.
Shareware Notice
Smart Scrolls is shareware. You may evaluate it freely for up to 12 days, then to continue using it you are expected to pay a $12 registration fee. Registration is handled by the Kagi Shareware service. You may register on-line with a credit card at :
(or http without the 's' if your browser doesn't support secure connections)
Or use the Register application to register by e-mail or by fax with a credit card, or through postal mail. Please run the application for more information (and turn on Balloon Help!). If you received Smart Scrolls without the Register application, please download the complete package.
After you register, you'll receive a code to disable the registration reminders. I'll e-mail you the code shortly after you receive Kagi's receipt. Please remember to include an e-mail address (or postal address, but it takes much longer) so I know where to send the code!
An individual with several computers need only pay for one copy. Site licenses are available. The Bonus box in Register may be used to adjust the price to what seems right. The Kagi Shareware address and fax number are for registrations only, please.
Please distribute Smart Scrolls as a complete package, with this document and the Register application.
Acknowledgments
Many thanks to Bill Goodman, Vils Legrand, Christopher Li, Marc Menschenfreund, Mark Nagata and Mark Shirley!
Disclaimer
The author makes no warranties, either express or implied, regarding the fitness of Smart Scrolls for any particular purpose. Use Smart Scrolls at your own risk. The author claims no liability for data loss or any other problems caused directly or indirectly by Smart Scrolls.
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Version History
Download the latest version from an Info-Mac site or (http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive.html) or other archives.
