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Wed, 23 Oct 2002
Tiger Launch 1.0 Released
Ranchero Software has released Tiger Launch 1.0, an open source application launcher for Mac OS X.
What it is
TigerLaunch is an easy-to-use and easy-to-configure application launcher for OS X.
It displays an Apps menu at the top of your screen listing all your applications in alphabetical order—no matter what folder they appear in.
You can easily configure it to exclude applications you rarely or never launch.
This allows you to be more selective about what apps are dock-worthy, so your dock doesn’t get so cluttered. It also makes it easier to launch apps that are buried in sub-folders, such as in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
How to install
If an earlier version of TigerLaunch is running, quit TigerLaunch.
After unstuffing the download, open the folder and copy TigerLaunch into your Applications folder.
How to use
Launch TigerLaunch. An Apps menu will appear at the upper right of your screen.
Choose the Configure command to open a window that allows you to exclude apps from being listed in the Apps menu.
You can also choose an icon for the Apps menu.
Easter egg feature for developers
If you have a Projects folder in your home folder, a Projects menu will appear next to the Apps menu. It will list Project Builder, CodeWarrior, and REALbasic project files, making them easy to find and launch.
For more information or to download a copy, visit http://ranchero.com/software/tigerlaunch/.
MacHack Call for Papers
Programming is the ultimate "look what I did!" experience. Writing a paper for MacHack, the annual conference for developers, by developers, can be the, "and this is how I did it!" follow-up! MacHack invites developers from all areas of Macintosh and UNIX development to come and share their experiences, insights, and even interesting failures with their colleagues.
Previous conferences have featured papers with topics ranging from concurrency management, cross-platform messaging, programmer psychology, AltiVec, object frameworks, and virtual reality, just to name a few. Your last project could be your next paper. Share it at MacHack!
Paper authors do not pay the conference registration fee (US$550). You must give a brief presentation of your paper during the conference, which enables everyone to realize just how cool your topic really is. Copies of the papers will be included in the printed conference proceedings and on the conference CD.
Papers usually range from 2000 to 4000 words or 8-15 pages in length. Once your abstract is accepted, we will provide you with a document template for formatting your paper. Since the MacHack audience is almost entirely technically oriented, pure marketing topics or content, are unlikely to be well received. Paper acceptance is at the sole discretion of the papers committee, not all submissions of acceptable topics will be accepted for publication and presentation at the conference. Contact the committee via the conference website for more details.
If you haven't already, start thinking about the paper you would like to write. Let us know what you're planning via the link on the conference website. Abstracts are due by January 31, 2003.
We look forward to seeing your paper at MacHack 18! The conference will take place June 19-21, 2003, in Dearborn, Michigan. More information is available on the Web from http://www.machack.com/.
For attendees, discounted registration is available for early action. Full attendees can register for $450 online (before 02/28/03), a savings of $100 off the regular registration rate. Students can register for $50 which includes access to the entire conference as well as a special meal package. Total attendance is limited to 400. Student attendance is limited to 50. More details are available on the conference website.
MacHack is a registered trademark of Expotech, Inc. MacHack is not affiliated with The MacHax Group, although we've all been enjoying the Hack Contest together each year! Apple and MacOS are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective holders.
Gridz 1.5 has now been released!
Gridz, an award-winning game, combines strategy and action in an intense, 3-D, fast-paced world filled with an army of zany, animated ToolBots which you lead on a quest to take over NetSpace.
Gridz 1.5 is finally here. It runs native on OS X (as well as still running
on OS 8.6 and 9.x) and has some network tweaks in it to make netplay more
reliable. We also lowered the price to $20 and If you own any older version
of Gridz, the upgrade to Gridz 1.5 is only $10.
Also, anyone who bought Gridz during 2002 can upgrade to Gridz 1.5 for free!
For more information, visit www.gridz.com.
