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SOFTWARE: X-IT 2.4 - New release - zap that Warp 4 close button!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Shillingford)
Sat Apr 19 20:57:37 1997
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 20 Apr 1997 00:05:09 GMT
From: mshill@elkvalley.net (Michael Shillingford)
Reply-To: mshill@elkvalley.net (Michael Shillingford)
Reply-to: mshill@elkvalley.net (Michael Shillingford)
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NEW RELEASE Apr 14, 1997 X-IT Version 2.4
The One Button Zapper
X-it gives you a single click to many common actions that normally take a
large number of mouse movements and clicking.
NEW FEATURES:
* Added "remove Warp 4 close button" option.
* Added 4 new key assignments (left and right windows key, windows menu key).
* Added /Pnn command line option to pause "nn" seconds before loading X-it.
Helps prevent startup conflicts with certain applications.
* Added Hungarian .dll, Portuguese .dll and readme.
* X-it doubleclick fix for sys3175 errs when dbl clicking on command line
window.
* Fix for "ghost" entries in the xit task list (for dead processes).
* Fix for registration disappearing.
* X-it popups are dismissed if action key is pressed a second time.
AND THE STANDARD FEATURES:
* Multiple user defined titlebar buttons - assign a predefined action to
them or launch any PM, DOS or Windows program. Place them on the left
or the right side of the titlebar.
* Over 30 useful predefined actions.
* Window actions include close, rollup, next, previous, move, size, task list.
* Edit actions include cut, copy, copy all, paste and clear. These actions
are available in any PM window or any command line window. Copy all
will copy the entire text in a PM multi-line entry field with a single click
- no need to mark it first! Copy from static text or the titlebar!
* Folder actions include open parent, open parent and close, sort,
arrange and refresh.
* User defined middle and right mouse buttons - assign them with the
same actions available for the titlebar buttons. Plus, you can assign the
right or left mouse button double click action to a single mouse button
or a key - never have to double click again!
* Keyboard keys can also be assigned any predefined action.
* User defined popup menus for edit and folder actions. Copy and paste
or sort a folder with almost no mouse movements.
* Full OS/2 and DOS command window support, including font size and
full screen actions. Bypass that pesky "are you sure" dialog when closing a
command line window or doing a system shutdown.
* Other available actions that can be assigned are X-it task list (single
click to another program), OS/2 task list, LaunchPad, and Help.
* Titlebar and Desktop clock, with date and/or time in your country format.
* "Auto drop down combo box on mouse click" - a handy windows-like feature
where you don't have to click on the tiny down arrow to open a drop down
list.
* X-windows like window focus - the window under the mouse pointer is
automatically activated. User defined delay, and Z-order can be preserved.
* Language support for German, French, Danish, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish,
Norwegian, Finnish, Dutch and English.
* No charge when updating from a previous 2.x version, and all your current
settings are preserved.
"I always feature the latest and greatest shareware in my demos and a LOT of
people ask me where to get X-IT. I have grown to REQUIRE it (and can't stand
working on a system that doesn't have it)." - David Barnes, IBM Senior Product
Manager for PSP, on X-it 1.0
"A VERY cool WPS enhancement!"
- David Barnes, IBM Senior Product Manager for PSP, on X-it 2.0
"There is a certain little desktop enhancement that is long overdue for a Rave
.. X-it v2.2.... everyone should know how incredible it really is. X-it is
super useful, super small, and super slick. This software is extremely
configurable, allowing users to place a zillion buttons on either the left or
right of any window's title bar to do about a zillion things. ... I've never
once had to look at a readme or manual to figure out what a feature does. ...
X-it is solid and beautifully discreet." - Trevor Smith, editor, OS/2 e-Zine!,
June, 1996
"After using it for the past two weeks or so I have found this to be one of my
most treasured add-ons."
- Collin Summers, OS/2 Warp Newsletter Feb. 1996
"This new version is *CO-OOL*!!!! A definite "must-have"."
- Rose Gerlach, IBM UK, rose_gerlach@uk.ibm.com
"This is a *very* useful gadget that deserves a spot on *everyone's* desktop."
- Chris Wenham, OS/2 e-Zine! March 1996
X-it was #2 in BMT Micro's Top 10 Shareware Sellers for spring and summer of
1996, and has been in the top 10 since February, 1996. X-it was the #1 utility
downloaded (1558 times) from HOBBES in January, 1996, with PMJPEG in close
second place (1529). And X-it was the #3 download for all of Hobbes files for
the same month.
Product Info:
Product: X-it for OS/2
Filename: XIT24.ZIP. Language specific versions (XITDE*.ZIP) can be found
at the X-it web page (see below)
Type: Desktop enhancement utility, Shareware
Price: $25 US
CIS SWREG: #11263
Company: CodeSmith Software, RR 1, S-2, C-23, Fernie, BC, Canada V0B 1M0
Web: http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/xit/xit.html
Update notices via list server: email: majordomo@bmtmicro.com
body: SUBSCRIBE XIT-LIST
Email: mshill@elkvalley.net
USA Phone: 800-414-4268 (orders only),
910-791-7052 (orders or order inquires only)
Requirements: OS/2 2.0 or later. @240K RAM (X-its usage), 300K disk space
Look for XIT24.ZIP at these sites:
http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/xit/xit.html (web)
ftp.bmtmicro.com /bmtmicro (ftp)
hobbes.nmsu.edu /wpsutil (ftp)
ftp-os2.cdrom.com (ftp)
http://www.musthave.com (web)
GO OS2BVEN, OS/2 Shareware, Library #1 (Compuserve)
Brad and Mike's OS/2 BBS: 604-436-0321 (Canada)
IBM OS/2 BBS: 604-664-6464 (Canada)
_________________________________________
Michael Shillingford "No thyself"
mshill@elkvalley.net
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