- VMware
- Bare Bones Software
- CS Odessa
- Readers Like You!
- Mark/Space, Inc.
- Fetch Softworks
- Web Crossing
- Circus Ponies
- Microsoft
Option-Click in Scroll Bars for Jump Scrolling
In Mac OS X in general, and thus in most native Mac OS X applications, hold down the Option key and click anywhere in a window's scroll bar to jump to that spot (rather than scrolling one screen). If you like this behavior, you can make it the default in the Appearance preference pane. For "Click in the scroll bar to:" select "Jump to here."
Written by Adam C. Engst
Recent TidBITS Talk Discussions
- Why no keyboard support for the iPhone/touch (11 messages)
- Running iPhone apps on a Mac (6 messages)
- Moving Time Capsule backups offsite (2 messages)
- The iPhone Game Review Conundrum (1 message)
Published in TidBITS 107. Subscribe today to receive TidBITS in email every Monday.
- Administrivia
- Train Power
- TidBITS Survey II
- Yet More List Stuff
- DOS Michelangelo Virus Alert!
- Slip Slidin' Away
- Quadra Vampires
- International Upgrades, Ouch!
| Aladdin Deal
Here's a good deal for those of you who have been waiting for an excuse to pick up StuffIt Deluxe. Aladdin Systems and Raymond Lau have a special Valentine's Day offer only for users of online services, including the Internet. You can get StuffIt Deluxe for half price - $50 - which is even less than mail order firms charge. If you're the t-shirt type, you can get the StuffIt World Tour T-Shirt at the same time for $8. If you already own StuffIt Deluxe or are a registered shareware user, the shirt is $11. For all of these items, Aladdin will pay the shipping charges in the US and charges $5 for Canadians and $15 for those outside the US - certainly better than some companies though not as nice as others. The rest of Aladdin's fine print says that all Aladdin software carries a 30-day money back guarantee (a thoroughly enlightened policy), and residents of California and New York must add sales tax. The deal ends on March 1st, 1992, so if you've been considering StuffIt, move fast.
Aside from all that StuffIt Deluxe can normally do, if you take advantage of Aladdin's offer, you'll get a free upgrade to StuffIt Deluxe 3.0 when that comes out. 3.0 will also include StuffIt SpaceSaver, a transparent compression utility that works much like Salient's AutoDoubler. One main difference is that SpaceSaver can create and extract files from StuffIt archive merely by adding or removing the ".sit" extension from the filename. I haven't used either StuffIt Deluxe or StuffIt SpaceSaver seriously, but from what I saw at Macworld, they are both good programs.
To order, just send Aladdin your name, address, phone number, online address, MasterCard or Visa number and credit card expiration date. You can use email, snail mail, call, or fax your order, but be sure to include the t-shirt size you need (M,L,XL,XXL) if you're ordering one of them.
Aladdin Systems, Inc.
165 Westridge Drive
Watsonville, CA 95076
408/761-6200 voice; 408/761-6206 fax
AppleLink and America Online: ALADDIN
CompuServe: 75300,1666; GEnie: ALADDINSYS
Internet: aladdin@well.sf.ca.us
Information from:
Aladdin Systems propaganda
Bare Bones Software's BBEdit 9.0 -- A burly upgrade introducing newcapabilities like Projects, non-modal Find and Multi-File Search,
editing in browsers, text completion, Scratchpad, new Ruby module,
better JavaScript, ObjC, Obj-C++, YAML <http://www.barebones.com/>