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- Standalone Application Manual
-
-
- Note : This is the manual for the Standalone Application version of
- HotSauce. Go here for the manual for the plugin version. Depending on the
- platform, the plugin is called ProjectXPlugInPPC, ProjectXPlugIn68K or
- npProjX.dll. The standalone application is called Project X.
-
- Fly through the Internet
- Using your mouse & keyboard, you can fly through a 3D representation of the
- Internet. This technology prototype will allow you to move forward, backward
- and laterally within the Project X window. (We call the contents of the
- window the XSpace.)
-
- * To fly forward, or "into" the space, hold down the mouse button.
- * To fly backward, or out of the space, hold down the command key and the
- mouse button.
- * To accelerate your movement through the space, add the shift key.
- * To 'steer,' put the mouse on the black background, hold the mouse
- button down and move the mouse toward where you want to go.
- * To 'jump' to a node, double click on it. If it is a document node, the
- correct app will launch the document. If you double click on a folder
- node, you will jump to that folder.
-
- Windows
-
- * Use the grow box in the right hand side corner of the window to
- increase or decrease the size of the windows.
- * Open up multiple XSpace windows. To open a new window, select a node by
- clicking once on it and then choose the "Display in New Window" option
- under the Node menu.
-
- The Icons
-
- * Nodes with a page icon are documents. Double clicking on them will show
- you the content.
- * Nodes with a trident like icon have multiple parents. You can select
- them by clicking once on them and ask to see the other parents
- (command-P).
- * You can double click on nodes with a triangle icon in the upper left
- corner and the system will contact the appropriate server and expand
- the space. What is read in will be permanently part of your X Space
- (unless of course, you explicitly delete it).
-
- Customize the X space
- By using Apple's drag & drop, you can add, delete or move stuff within the X
- space.
-
- * To add web (HTML, FTP, News, Email) content to the space, drag & drop
- links from Netscape (support for other browsers coming real soon.)
- * To add gopher hierarchies to the space, drag & drop the gopher link or
- use the Add... command. The gopher structure will be automatically
- mapped into the space.
- * To add desktop content to the space, drag & drop it.
- * Try adding a desktop folder. (It will take a second or two to index the
- contents.) If your hard drive is below 1.0GB, you may want to try
- dragging it into the window. (If your hard drive is greater than 1.0GB,
- you may have to wait for a few minutes.)
- * To delete a node, simply drag it into the trash.
-
- Personalize the X space
- To personalize the X space, you can:
-
- * change the number of nodes displayed
- * change the number of levels displayed
- * change the color or an individual node or a node level
- * display topic nodes as ovals or rectangles
-
- Use the Finder view
- You may want to view your X space hierarchy in the more traditional Finder
- interface. This view is especially relevant for very dense portions of the
- space.
-
- Miscellaneous
- * Perform a Search : Use the Find command to search for nodes with the given
- string in their title. You can search around the place where you are or you
- can search globally. Try out the option of saving the search results in a
- new window.
- * You can select a node by clicking once on it. The selected node and its
- children turn into a dark and light grey color respectively. The menu
- options under Node become active when there is a selected node. You can also
- change a nodes title when it is selected and the cursor is an I-beam.
- * Open up a subhierarchy in a new window. Once you have done this, you can
- change the structure of the hierarchy. You do this by dragging and dropping
- the nodes from one window into another. If you want a certain node (or
- sub-hierarchy) to appear in multiple places, hold down the option key when
- you are performing the drag. After you have done this, you should see a
- little trident icon next to the node you just moved. This indicates that the
- node has multiple parents.
-