OneStep is an extension that transforms your Mac's user interface. Features include custom windows, menus, pop-ups, scroll bars, buttons, folder and trash icons, and more.
OneStep comes with a number of ready to use interfaces, such as "True NeXT" (a genuine NeXT-like interface), "Jump to Eight" (guess what it is?), etc. Just try them out! Each interface is contained in an Appearance file. Advanced users will be able to design and distribute their own customized Appearance files.
OneStep requires System 7.0 or better.
What's new in version 1.1?
• The “OneStep Inspector” application, which makes it easy to preview, select and install Appearance files,
• Even more customization settings, which are now integrated into the Appearance file itself (instead of a separate Preferences file),
• A brand new set of sample Appearances,
• Several bug fixes, particularly of a nasty bug that would prevent the correct installation of OneStep in certain configurations,
• For users who just can't stand our custom startup splash screen: simply uncheck the "Show splash screen" checkbox in the Inspector,
• Mac OS 8 compliance; however, the Finder itself doesn't use our windows and icons yet - but all other applications do, and there are no known problems so far. Expect full MacOS 8 functionality soon.
Installing ONESTEP
Put the OneStep extensions into your Extension folder (which is located inside your System Folder), and restart. It's that simple!
You can put the OneStep Inspector application and the OneStep Appearances folder (or an alias to it) wherever you want on your hard disk. Just take care that both are located in the same folder.
Using the OneStep Inspector application
• To choose and install an Appearance: select the Appearance you wish to use from the list on the left (a preview is shown on the right), click Install (or double-click the item in the list, or type Return or Enter), then Restart.
• If OneStep is not registered, the Control asks you if you want to save the Register utility every time you launch it.
• Japanese users: check the "Use Japanese version" checkbox to install a Japanese version of the Appearance file.
• For Appearance designers:
"Edit Appearance" in the "Special" menu opens the selected Appearance file with ResEdit or Resorcerer. "Edit a Copy" duplicates the file and edits the newly created copy (which is saved in the original item's folder and named "xxx 1", "xxx 2" and so forth). "Choose Editor" lets you pick your favorite resource editor. "Reveal in Finder" displays the selected Appearance file in its Finder window.
Paying for ONESTEP
OneStep is shareware; it is not free. If you use OneStep for more than a week or two, you should pay a $15 registration fee. Registrations for OneStep are handled by the Kagi Shareware service. After you register, you'll receive information on how to remove the "OneStep was not registered yet" reminder text that appears in scroll bars.
Paying for OneStep is simple. You can register one of two ways: on-line registration using a web browser, or off-line registration using the Register program.
Our online registration can be found at:
<http://order.kagi.com/?HL&S>
or <http://order.kagi.com/?HL> (if your browser cannot handle secure transactions)
or using the Objective Software WEB at:
<http://www.netinfo.fr/objectivesw/>
Or, to use Register utility, you need to:
1. Save a copy of the Register program: launch the OneStep Inspector application, choose "About OneStep Inspector..." in the Apple menu, and click on the "Save Register utility..." button.
2. Run the Register program and fill out the form: enter your name, email and/or postal address, and the number of single user (or site, or worldwide) licenses you desire to purchase. The form accepts many different payment methods such as: US Check, Money Order, Cash (in many different currencies), Visa, Mastercard, American Express, First Virtual, and Invoice (to be given to your accounts payable department).
3. Send it to Kagi Shareware: either email the data generated by the Register program or print it and send it via postal mail or fax. Credit card information is encrypted by the Register program. The address to send the completed form is output by Register when you Print or Copy the completed form. The addresses are:
Email: <sales@kagi.com>
FAX: +1 510 652 6589
Snail-mail:
Kagi Shareware
1442-A Walnut Street #392-HL
Berkeley, California, 94709-1405
USA
Features
• Replaces the windows, menus, scroll bars, push buttons, check boxes, radio buttons, and popup menus.
• Enables solid drag of windows (not just their outline) in real time.
• Can provide a NeXT-style thick bottom border to windows (allowing to modify their size in the vertical or horizontal direction), and an optional "miniaturization" widget in the title bar.
• Substitutes the chosen font (e.g. OneStep 12, inspired by Espy Sans 10) as the system font.
• Installs replacement icons for generic folders, the System folder and its subfolders, and the trash.
• Changes the background color of alert boxes and Finder windows.
• Gives you color alert icons (stop sign, caution, and note).
• Gives the disclosure triangles in the Finder a slight 3D effect.
• Provides a 3D progress bar, with colors reflecting the user's choice in the Color control panel.
Most features of OneStep are highly customizable. If you wish to create and distribute your own customized interfaces, look up the accompanying "Creating Appearances" document.
Tips and tricks
• Pressing on the spacebar at init time, just before the OneStep icon appears, will temporarily inactivate OneStep.
• Any Apple Menu item with a name ending with "-***" is considered a divider line. This is the same method used by the cool OtherMenu extension by James Walker <JWWalker@kagi.com>.
• OneStep is compatible with the SmartScroll control panel by Marc Moini <marc@kagi.com>, which enhances standard scroll bars by adding proportional tabs and active scrolling capabilities. Since this feature exists on NeXT computers, running both OneStep and SmartScroll will make your Mac even more NeXT-like.
• There are yet other features to discover...
Distribution
Please do NOT distribute modified versions of OneStep. Any distributed copy must be an unregistered copy, identical to the original OneStep package with no modification whatsoever. It would be difficult for us to support modified versions.
OneStep may be copied and distributed freely for non-commercial use : on-line services (Internet archives, BBSs, etc.), magazine disks or CD-ROMS , etc., without the authors' permission , provided the charges levied are reasonable distribution or download costs. Prior to any commercial use explicit permission must be obtained from the authors.
Known problems and incompatibilities
• Menus in Canvas 3/3.5 (5 is OK) and in MacWrite II do not currently work when OneStep is installed.
• OneStep is not designed for black and white screens.
• If you use the Japanese Language Kit, you may experience some instability in the choice of the System font, which may sometimes revert to Chicago or Osaka.
And surely other ones... we trust you to find them!
Support
Support is available via e-mail. You can send your questions, comments and bug reports to:
<mailto: onestep-objectivesw@dial.oleane.com>
Thanks to…
A great "thank you" to Masatsugu Nagata and all our beta-testers: Odile Brasier, David-Arthur Daix, Patrick Emond, Hubert Figuière, Jean-Philippe Guihard, Fabrice Guillemot, Eric Miclo, Fabrizio Oddone, Philippe Potier, Alberto Ricci, Martin Sassenberg.
Disclaimer
Harry Alloul, Bernard Frangoulis and Alessandro Levi Montalcini (thereafter "the authors") disclaim all warranties relating to this software, whether express or implied, including without limitation any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. The authors will not be liable for any special, incidental, consequential, indirect or similar damages due to loss of data or any other reason, even if the authors or an agent of theirs has been advised of the possibility of such damages. In no event shall the authors be liable for any damages, regardless of the form of the claim. The person using the software bears all risk as to the quality and performance of the software.
US Government:
If you are acquiring the Software and fonts on behalf of any unit or agency of the United States Government, the following provisions apply. The Government agrees:
(i) if the Software and fonts are supplied to the Department of Defence (DoD), the Software and fonts are classified as "Commercial Computer Software" and the Government is acquiring only "restricted rights" in the Software, its documentation and fonts as that term is defined in Clause 252.227-7013(c)(1) of the DFARS; and
(ii) if the Software and fonts are supplied to any unit or agency of the United States Government other than DoD, the Government's rights in the Software, its documentation and fonts will be as defined in Clause 52.227-19(c)(2) of the FAR or, in the case of NASA, in Clause 18-52.227-86(d) of the NASA Supplement to the FAR.
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