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• Initial AWOL Utilities 1.0 release.
1.4.0 (October 2, 1993)
• Improved handling of desktop icons.
into two parts small enough for TeachText to handle.
user agrees to save the help file as a TeachText document, the file is split
• If the help server is absent when Virtual Desktop requests help, and the
1.4.1 (January 19, 1994)
one second to let the user release the key(s).
If the Help or Command-? key is pressed, the extension will delay up to
• If the Shift key is pressed on startup, the extension will not be loaded.
programs.
• Added Virtual Desktop Extension to improve compatibility with other
1.5.0 (January 30, 1994)
PowerBook computers.
• Increased minimum and preferred memory sizes to accommodate
than English.
• Desktop icons are properly handled in Systems whose language is other
wrong place.
• Corrected a bug which sometimes caused desktop icons to end up in the
version check or extension installation alert.
• Corrected a bug which could cause a crash on exit immediately after a
• Added virus protection removal advice to extension installation alert.
1.5.1 (February 7, 1994)
example, when startup disk is locked).
• Allowed the application to operate without a preferences file (for
• Added protection against loading duplicate copies of the extension.
is out of date.
• Improved messages given when Virtual Desktop Extension is missing or
Up, and Page Down keys.
• Added support for virtual desktop scrolling using the Home, End, Page
• Virtual desktop growth is limited to 32,767 pixels in each direction.
option which prevented help display.
• Corrected an incompatibility with SpeedyFinder7’s Help menu removal
other applications from finding files.
• Corrected a Virtual Desktop Extension bug which sometimes prevented
1.5.2 (February 27, 1994)
• Added the thank-you hot button under Acknowledgements.
opening, due to non-default layout preferences.
• Prevented visible shifting of anchor and scroll bar windows when
the user from overriding the built-in defaults.
• Corrected a bug which prevented default application preferences set by
dialog if the selected door no longer exists.
• Added disabled item to the pop-up menu in the application preferences
• Added the “Rename Door…” menu command and dialog.
item images and radio button.
• Prevented Full View from using white as the color for an application’s
Virtual Desktop Extension.
• Added a Help button to the alert which asks for permission to install
Macintoshes without Color QuickDraw.
• Corrected a bug which could cause the About dialog to crash on
Virtual Desktop Extension was installed.
• Corrected a bug which caused disk drives to access periodically while
1.6.0 (March 13, 1994)
• Improved performance of the “Key combination” usage option.
items from all scrolling” option were selected for desktop icons.
• Corrected a bug which could misplace desktop icons if the “Exempt
command.
• Added an optional confirmation alert to the “Trash Door” menu
placing a new door.
• Corrected a bug which could cause a switch to another application when
applications’ windows as it normally would.
lose track of the true home position, and refrains from moving other
• If the Virtual Desktop application crashes and is re-opened, it does not
• Added choice of door arrangements to the “New Door…” dialog.
1.6.1 (March 27, 1994)
other system extensions to reach the active application.
• Corrected a bug which could cause keystrokes normally trapped by
• Public AWOL Utilities 1.1 release.
1.7 (March 28, 1994)
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Click here to thank somebody personally!
to others who provided useful information, including the great Ben Haller.
Special thanks to the 170 fine people who beta-tested this software, and
One big hug to Toni and the family for enduring a LOT of late nights.
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automatically. Currently, they are not.
using the application preferences dialog, the windows should be moved
If you change the door to which an application’s windows are anchored
section of the virtual desktop and keep it in view in a floating window.
proposed “watch windows” scheme would let you select any rectangular
scrolling, which you can use to keep its windows in view at all times. The
Currently, you have the option to exempt an application’s windows from
keep an eye on a specific part of the virtual desktop at all times.
Having the ability to scroll the desktop, it would be nice if users could
desktop icons. This is under investigation.
location is stored in the Finder Preferences file, not like the rest of the
The Trash can may not always end up where you put it, because its
• ColorSwitch [?] — ?
window goes entirely off-screen
• Brown tn3270 [version 2.3d28 or earlier] — crashes if terminal
doors
• Data Desk Professional [version 2.0] — sporadic crashes when using
Here is a list of applications whose users have reported problems:
how to recognize and deal with incompatible applications.
See the section entitled “Sensitive Applications” for more information on
them, or not redrawing them when you scroll the desktop.
Virtual Desktop, perhaps putting windows in places where you can’t see
You may occasionally find an application which does not work well with
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