Re: What's New From SSII

[Joe Kohn <joko@crl.com>]

Shifty List 2.0.1
 
Requires an Apple IIGS running System 6.0 or later.
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What's Shifty List?
 
   Shifty List is a system enhancement for the Apple IIGS computer that
   vastly improves your control over your computer's startup sequence. In
   the simplest possible terms, Shifty List lets you set up a list of
   system extensions, desk accessories, and so forth that are loaded if
   you shift-boot your computer. Normally, shift-booting results in no
   inits or DA's being loaded, but Shifty List changes that.
 
Let Your GS Get an Early Start
 
   Shifty List lets you select extensions (both TIF and PIF), desk
   accessories (both NDA and CDA), control panels, BRAM image files (so
   you can have your control panel settings adjusted automatically),
   graphic screens, sound resource files, and applications.
 
   There's a boot-time menu you can access to select one of up to 30
   scripts you create, to customize your boot on-the-fly. You can even
   set up scripts that automatically execute if you boot holding down
   certain keys on the keyboard.
 
  Here are just a few of the things you can do with Shifty List:
 
     * Create a script that loads up just the extensions you most need,
       and automatically boots you directly into your telecommunications
       software.
     * If you're a programmer, create a script that loads your favorite
       debugging utilities and nothing else.
     * Create a script that plays a sound effect after every extension
       loads, so you can isolate which extension is crashing your Apple
       IIGS.
     * Use your favorite paint program to create a graphic reminding you
       of an important appointment and create a script that displays that
       graphic while your Apple IIGS boots.
 
   But that's just the beginning--Shifty List users have found dozens of
   clever ways to take advantage of Shifty List's capabilities in totally
   unexpected ways. What can you come up with?
 
Convenient Configuration
 
   Configuring Shifty List is a snap! Just use the handy ScriptBuilder
   Finder extension to add items to your script, rearrange them to change
   the order they're loaded, and remove them.
 
           Shifty List ScriptBuilder Finder extension screenshot.
 
   In the sample script shown above, there are several permanent
   initialization files (including FixDiskMountBug and FixROMBlaster), a
   sound resource file (The.Suspense...), and a CDA (IINotDisturbCDA).
   This script is the one I use when I want to use Spectrum with only the
   bare minimum extensions loaded.
 
How to Get Shifty List 2.0.1
 
   If you're already a registered owner of Shifty List 2.0, you can
   simply download the Shifty List 2.0.1 updater. If you're not a
   registered user of Shifty List 2.0, you have to buy a copy from
   Shareware Solutions II; there's no update for the demo version of
   Shifty List 2.0. Shifty List 1.0 owners must buy a copy of Shifty List
   2.0.1; there's no upgrade available.
 
   You may buy a copy of Shifty List 2.0.1 on disk from Shareware
   Solutions II; to do so, send a check for $20 to:
 
     Joe Kohn
     Shareware Solutions II
     166 Alpine Street
     San Rafael, CA 94901-1008
     USA
 
   Visit the Shareware Solutions II web site for more information. You
   can find it at http://www.crl.com/~joko
 
Get the Shifty List 2.0 Demo
 
   Be advised that this version is out-of-date; however, there will not
   be any future Shifty List demos, so this is all you can get if you
   want to try before you buy.
 
   The Shifty List 2.0 demo disables printing support and severely limits
   the number of items you can have in your scripts. You may try the demo
   for 14 days; after that time, you're legally obligted to either buy a
   copy (as described above) or delete the demo.
 
   Download the demo.
 
What's New In Shifty List 2.0.1?
 
   Shifty List 2.0.1 is a valuable update to Shifty List that corrects
   several bugs, some of them serious. Here's a complete list of what's
   new:
     * Shifty List 2.0.1 doesn't crash if you hit an unexpected key in
       the ScriptBuilder Finder extension.
     * If you choose the Quit option without having saved your script
       since your last change, the "Save before you quit?" dialog box
       that comes up no longer forces a Save as if you click the Save
       button; instead, if the file has been saved (and therefore has a
       real name), it's just saved automatically without asking where to
       put it.
     * Choosing Help when the help system isn't installed now displays a
       dialog suggesting you install the help system, then displays the
       about box.
     * You can no longer add the files "P8" or "ProDOS" to scripts. Being
       able to do this was a Bad Thing(tm).
     * Deleting an application from a script turns off the "don't add
       more than one application" warning, so you can add another
       application without getting yelled at.