As the name suggests, this program will help you manage addresses, phone numbers, email and homepage URLs of your friends without resorting to more complex (and cluttered) applications. I gave this program such a generic name so that it can fit nicely under your Apple menu along with the other desktop utilities provided with Mac OS. By default, Address Pad will also behave like a typical Apple menu application (i.e. opening a default document when launched).
Features
• Full support for Mac OS 8.5 Themes;
• Drag & Drop between Address Pad documents;
• Clickable Internet addresses;
• Disk based storage and visualization (slower that RAM based implementations, but the number of entries you can store in any Address Pad document is only limited by disk space);
Requirements
Any Macintosh with Sytem 7 (or later). Mac OS 8.5 is strongly recommended. Some features (Drag & Drop, clickable URLs, etc...) will not be available unless the appropriate components are installed. For example, to make clickable URLs function properly, you need Internet Config 2 or later, available for download from http://www.stairways.com.
Distribution Notice
Address Pad is available free to the public. Please do not modify the program without my permission and please notify me if you plan to distribute it.
Version History
• PR1 - Initial public release.
• 1.0 - Handling of large documents has been improved; the interface is more-appearance savvy and should redraw faster than in previous version. The creator code for the application has been changed.
• 1.0.1 - 68K machines are now supported; minor changes were made to the code; scrollbars under Mac OS 8.5 are now proportional.
Developers
As opposed to my previous freeware projects, I developed Address Pad using Metrowerks PowerPlant. Although the code is rarely commented, I wrote a few interesting classes to handle disk based arrays (function names and parameters are identical to LArray), tooltips and the Appearance-compliant buttons you see in the main window. These classes are available from my homepage as a package named SolarPanel.
Author Information
I have wasted much of my young life writing software for the Mac. You might have seen some of my other freeware projects (ePress/eCard, Internet Launcher) or the only commercial package I worked on (the ichat Pager). I am originally from the province of Naples (Italy). I moved to Austin, TX a couple years ago and left that wonderful city a few months ago to come to Boston. I am now attending Boston University, whose tuition will make me a lot skinnier and less prone to give software away for free. If you wish to make a donation for this program, offer me an interesting job for the summer or if you just want to send me a postcard (very appreciated), please use the following contact information:
