We are very happy to introduce this new release of Pop-Mouse. We had a lot of fun developing this version. Once again, we made several changes to make Pop-Mouse even more powerful and versatile.
Pop-Mouse 3.00 has a totally different architecture compared to previous versions. Here are some of the differences:
1) Pop-Mouse 3.00 can perform much more than executing pre-programmed keyboard sequences and some internal utilities. You can use Pop-Mouse now to open applications, documents, folders, www pages, you can execute user-programmable keyboard macros, you can paste text clips on an active document, launch your e-mail client aimed at a specific address, and more.
2) Tables, menus and floatbars, they all belong now to a new class of object: resources. You can create your own set of resources customized to fit your needs or adapt Pop-Mouse to work with different applications. All resources are stored in a single file, so that you can take all your menus and floatbars with you, wherever you go.
3) Resources can hold any kind (and any number) of commands. You can create a floatbar containing you most used applications, a menu with frequently visited URLs, another menu with frequently accessed folders of your disk and still another menu which holds all those resources to facilitate access. You can virtually create a floating shell from which you access all your system objects without ever minimizing a window.
4) The Pop-Mouse kernel has been re-written to improve memory management and performance. Startup time has been dramatically reduced.
5) Compatibility has been a priority while developing 3.00. Many incompatibilities previously reported have been solved on this release.
6) We have also focused on some interface details that were still in a development stage in previous versions.
7) Finally, Pathfinder has been revised once more. It has a renewed face and many internal enhancements which you will note as you start using it.
Overall, we think that Pop-Mouse 3.00 is finally a mature product. Of course, that doesnÆt mean we will stop thinking. We already have dozens of new ideas and concepts that we are eager to start testing and developing for the next release. We won't start right now though; we'll take a rest and get back to work after a short vacation... ;-)
