pv9y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (07/27/90)
Has anyone heard anything about a new utility package from Casady and
Greene called QuickTools? It seems to duplicate a number of shareware
packages and includes a screensaver of the same genre as After Dark
and Pyro!, but with more modules. I was surprised because it isn't
often I see a program before I hear about it. I didn't get a chance to
play with it much because it was on someone's portable and they
weren't there at the time. ANy other information ?
Thanks
PS: Everything seemed to be implemented in cdevs.
-ace
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Adam C. Engst pv9y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
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-Paul Simon hodas@saul.cis.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas) (07/29/90)
In article <4865.26b03380@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> pv9y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes: >Has anyone heard anything about a new utility package from Casady and >Greene called QuickTools? It seems to duplicate a number of shareware >packages and includes a screensaver of the same genre as After Dark >and Pyro!, but with more modules. I was surprised because it isn't >often I see a program before I hear about it. I didn't get a chance to >play with it much because it was on someone's portable and they >weren't there at the time. ANy other information ? >Thanks >PS: Everything seemed to be implemented in cdevs. >-ace >Adam C. Engst pv9y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu Yes, I didn't know it had finally shipped, but these are the commercial versions that grew out of Andrew Welch's Black Box init that was around several months back. Basically, when I last saw it (a beta a few months back), the package included a NeXT-like icon dock (the main feature of black box), a screen saver, a feature to let you use command key combinations to do things in dialogue boxes (ala Commander Dialogue), and one or two others I can't think of right now. All together a nice set of useful features. What is C&G charging for it? BTW: I have no commercial interest in this product but did Beta it. I also communicated Black Box bug reports from Usenet to Andrew in the early days of that version. Josh Hodas ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Josh Hodas Home Phone: (215) 222-7112 4223 Pine Street School Office Phone: (215) 898-2911 Philadelphia, PA 19104 New E-Mail Address: hodas@saul.cis.upenn.edu