Released in response to claims that GoMac 1.1 infringed on an existing trademark, GoMac 1.2 makes slight adjustments in its terminology referring to the Keyboard Switcher and fixes several minor bugs (see below).
Fixed a bug in GoMac 1.1 which crashed with an unimplemented trap error at startup on 68K machines running System 7.6.1. (Oops.)
Fixed a bug in the handling of monitor rearrangment. GoMac will no longer "carve out" large portions of your monitor with unused gray space.
To address the problem raised with GoMac 1.1 where games and other programs requiring a 640 x 480 monitor would not run, GoMac now makes no change in the size of the monitor when using Auto hide. Auto hide can be quickly and easily toggled when it is required by command clicking on the Program Bar.
With Décor and GoMac 1.1, Décor would sometimes think that the screen size had changed and would take appropriate action (according to its settings). With GoMac 1.2, Décor should only register a change in the monitor size when you turn Auto hide ON or OFF.
Fixed an obscure anomaly with the Finder where icons would sometimes stay visible when "Hide programs after switch" was turned on and the Generals control panel was set not to show the Finder in the background.
With Systems earlier than 7.5.3, the Shut Down… feature did not work. GoMac now just shuts down the machine rather than doing nothing or presenting an option. Note that holding down "Command-Option" while choosing "Shut Down…" will sleep the computer, holding down "Command-Control" will restart, and holding down "Command" will Shut Down without a dialog.
An occasional problem with the coloring of GoMac should be fixed.
Known Problems
There is a known problem with the IMS TwinTurbo 128 graphics cards and GoMac 1.1. GoMac 1.2 does NOT fully address the problem, although using Auto hide should prevent it. We will keep working.
Version 1.1
5-10-97
GoMac 1.0 suffered from several conflicts with Apple software. All of these problems have been fixed, including the conflict with QuickDraw GX, PC Setup, and the AppleVision 1710 monitors.
GoMac 1.0 also ran into problems with many menu enhancement extensions (Suitcase, BeHierarchic, PopUpMenus, etc). Version 1.1 fixes many, if not all, of these problems. The addition of an option to "Use sticky menus" should prevent GoMac from conflicting with other utilities providing similar functionality.
The way in which GoMac "claims its real estate" at the bottom of the monitor has been radically changed. The new method fixes many, if not all, of the window related problems encountered with GoMac 1.0. An unfortunate side effect is that many games which ran under GoMac 1.0 may now "break" under 1.1. The best solution is disable GoMac while playing those games.
Kaleidoscope users will be happy to hear that GoMac 1.1 is Kaleidoscope 1.5 savvy.
For users of non-Roman script Systems, GoMac does its best to adjust.
