MENU, TOOLBAR & STATUS BAR ADDITIONS
Part 3 of 5

Package Popup 1.4 Last Update: 01/28/98

Package Popup places a small button in the status bar of the NotePad which, when tapped, pops up a list of all installed packages. In addition, if you have any frozen packages (denoted by a snowflake icon in the menu), you can tap on it to thaw it, launch it and automatically re-freeze it after you close. At the top or bottom of the menu (depending on your preference) are three special items that let you rotate the Newton screen, restart the Newton, or put it to sleep. Alternatively, you can eliminate these from the menu altogether. 30 day shareware. Credit: Stand Alone Software.

picky-1.1 Last Update: 03/02/97

Picky 1.1 - Picky puts a small black diamond on the top line of the Newton. Tap the diamond for a user-defined list of topics. Tap a topic for a user-defined list of phrases. Tap a phrase to insert it into the current text. For me, this has vastly increased my input speed on the Newton. Picky comes configured with some topics of wide applicability. Select "Settings" to add or modify topics or phrases. New - If a menu is too long to fit on the screen and the part you want isn't showing, tap outside the menu. A new menu will pop up with the first twenty items of the previousmenu removed. In the Settings View, you can now scroll the item list with the arrow under the list. An item list can now be sorted alphabetically. There is a very short help text on the "?" button in the Settings View.

PkgPopper 1.32 Last Update: 02/02/98

PkgPopper lets Newton users launch packages on the fly from a popup menu. Version 1.32 fixes a few minor bugs when using the software in the MP2000. PkgPopper adds a popup menu to the Newton MP to enable users to launch different Applications, Scripts, Books, HelpBooks, etc. If an application which is already open is selected, it will be brought to front without reopening. This popup menu is activated by tapping on the PkgPopper button. Pressing on the button also allows users to toggle the backlight. Credit: Richard C. L. Li.

ryo-iv-01 Last Update: 03/02/97

RYO IV 01 - RYO IV for Newton 2.0 provides the prinicple features of RYO III in for users of the Newton running OS 2.0. RYO IV lets you create "status bar" buttons at the bottom of the notepad to open apps. It also lets you create invisible buttons on the bottom halves of the printed "silkscreened" buttons. Thus if you set "Connection" to the "Names" button, tapping the word names on the button will open the connection. To use RYO IV, open it and select an application. The text line will show - the first letter of the application's name, if it is has no button; the text of the application's button if is has a status bar button; or the name of the silk button it is attached to. Requires NOS 2.0.

Scroll Menus 3.3 Last Update: 01/28/98

Allows any multi-screen menu on the Newton to scroll a page at a time, rather than line by line. Freeware. Credit: Stand Alone Software.