chow@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Christopher Chow) (05/15/88)
Has anyone purchased On Cue by IMI Software? I recently downloaded MFMenu+ 1.31 from a bboard, which is apparently a demo version of On Cue. MFMenu+ seems pretty useful [its basiclly MFMenu with document/application launch capability], so I'm considering getting On Cue. If you already have it I'd like to hear from you. Christopher Chow /---------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Internet: chow@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (128.84.248.35 or 128.84.253.35) | | Usenet: ...{uw-beaver|ihnp4|decvax|vax135}!cornell!batcomputer!chow | | Bitnet: chow@crnlthry.bitnet | | Phone: 1-607-253-6699 Address: 7122 N. Campus 7, Ithaca, NY 14853 | | Delphi: chow2 PAN: chow | \---------------------------------------------------------------------------/
t-jacobs@utah-cs.UUCP (Tony Jacobs) (05/17/88)
In article <4797@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> chow@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Christopher Chow) writes: > >Has anyone purchased On Cue by IMI Software? I recently downloaded MFMenu+ >1.31 from a bboard, which is apparently a demo version of On Cue. MFMenu+ >seems pretty useful [its basiclly MFMenu with document/application launch >capability], so I'm considering getting On Cue. If you already have it I'd >like to hear from you. > >Christopher Chow I haven't purchased but I have seen it run and played with it. It works quite well. I don't know what MFMenu+ looks like so I cant compare. It lets you launch documents and applications and switch between opened applications. You can also go the the DA handler. It has a "Configure" and a "Preferences" menu items. Configure lets you add applications to the list and attach documents to an application. Preferences lets you turn on and off features like whether the icon appears on boot up, whether the small icon appears in the menu bar, if the application switching section of the menu appears, if the menu can be pulled down on the left, if the menu is to drop down automatically upon the cursor entering the pulldown regions, a key board shortcut to application switching, if small icons are to appear in the menu, whether the menu can be pulled down anywhere and what the modifier keys are to do so. The only short comming I could find is to open a document for an application that is already open. I tried this with a beta 6.0 System and it still didn't work. -- Tony Jacobs * Center for Engineering Design * U of U * t-jacobs@ced.utah.edu
dalea@cerebus.UUCP (Dale M. Arends X5706) (05/17/88)
In article <4797@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> chow@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Christopher Chow) writes: > >Has anyone purchased On Cue by IMI Software? I recently downloaded MFMenu+ >1.31 from a bboard, which is apparently a demo version of On Cue. MFMenu+ >seems pretty useful [its basiclly MFMenu with document/application launch >capability], so I'm considering getting On Cue. If you already have it I'd >like to hear from you. > >Christopher Chow At their introductory price of $29~ I figured that it would be a fair addition to my plethora of INITs. Well, folks, silly me..it's not a fair addition, it's a GREAT addition. I have been a user of MFMenu(s) for quite a while and now I have something good to replace it with. It allows you to set up applications, in the menu, to launch when selected. And if you want documents attached to the applications, fine, add then, hierarchically, to the menu. Plus, it acts as a regular MFMenu type replacement and is user-configurable. Want the On Cue! icon in the menubar? Ok configure it, and configure if you want key/mouse combos to drop the menu. How about NO mouse click to drop the menu? You can set it to drop its menu whem the mouse just MOVES to EITHER END of the menubar. I recommend this one highly (could you guess?) and would even pay twice the price (which is about what it will go for retail) if I hadn't already paid less :-). -- Dale M. Arends (Fujitsu America Inc., San Jose, Calif.) dalea@cerebus.fai.com dalea@cerebus.UUCP {...}!amdahl!cerebus!dalea The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of my employer. They are entirely my own if they make sense and I disavow them if they don't.
moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) (05/17/88)
I just purchased On Cue over the telephone, after seeing a co-worker use it
at Fluke. Basically, it allows me to get rid of PowerStation, especially in
Multi-Finder, where PS takes up about 150K in memory. Jump to any
application or document at any time. Really slick, and it seems to work
with any application I have.
Before June 1st, the price is $24.95 (plus $3 S&H) if you order direct from
IMI Software. Orders can be made w/charge card at (800) 284-4647. It goes
up to 39.95 after June 1st.
Of course, I've got no affiliation with IMI Software. I just like their
doohickey.
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