Version History


6/29/2005
Version 3.0

Feature - You can now add names to your folder icons and select a color.
This makes it easier to recognize folders in your Yellow Button window without having to roll the mouse over the folder icon to see the full name.
Right-click or Control-Click on a folder icon to give it a name.
There is a $10.00 upgrade fee for this version.


5/01/2005
Version 2.2

Feature - Added Tiger's Dashboard and Automator to the list of programs you can add when you click on an empty square.


9/10/2004
Version 2.1.9

Feature - Added iSync and Address Book to the list of programs you can add when you click on an empty square.


9/04/2004
Version 2.1.6

Fix - Each time you ran Yellow Button, an information window would pop up. Clicking on the checkbox "Don't Remind Me Again" was not working.


9/02/2004
Version 2.1.5

Feature - You can now Control-Click or Right-Click on an empty square to install a new button.

Fix - If you clicked on the bottom strip of the window (where there were no buttons), the program would crash.

Fix - Dragging the lower right corner of the window to re-size it could possibly show the contextual menu to add a new button or crash instead of letting you resize the window.


8/22/2004
Version 2.1.4

Fix - Window size was not being remembered when you quit.


8/22/2004
Version 2.1.3

Fix - Making the window larger, would make all of the buttons disappear until you clicked on a button or made the window smaller again. This problem was introduced in version 2.1.2.


8/17/2004
Version 2.1.2

Fix - Long file names now work when right-clicking on a folder to show the items in the folder. (Also applies to a control click or holding the mouse button down on a folder icon)
Versions prior to 2.1.1 would show garbage characters if the file name was too long.
Actually, the garbage looking characters are OS X cryptic file names for files longer than 31 characters.


8/08/2004
Version 2.1

Fix - Hovering the mouse over an icon now works with long filenames.
(Shows the whole file name instead of truncating with garbage characters).

Fix - Network icon was not showing it's contents when Control-Clicking if installed from clicking on an empty square.

Fix - Console log was showing malloc errors when you Quit Yellow Button.


8/07/2004
Version 2.0.9

Fix - When you quit Yellow Button, it would quit normally with no errors. But if you logged out or shut down your Mac, it would say that Yellow Button unexpectedly quit.


8/06/2004
Version 2.0.8

Fix - Clicking on an empty square to open a folder, let you open a drive but then complained that the drive could not be found (if it was not the boot drive.)

Fix - When you dragged a document in the YB window to an app in the YB window, it would launch the app as expected and open the document but then the next time you dragged an icon from the desktop, it would instead move the old document into the location that you tried to drag the new item from the desktop into. (Whew! what a long sentence.)

Fix - Change Preferences shortcut to CMD , instead of CMD ;

Fix - Preference window had white rectangles around the options.


8/03/2004
Version 2.0.7

Feature - Added Other File... and Other Folder... selections to the menu when you click on an empty square to install a new button.

Feature - Added sounds for drag and drop operations.

Fix - Clicking on an empty square to add the Applications folder was adding the user Applications folder instead of the normal Applications folder.

Fix - Volume adjustment slider now lets you hear the sound level as you change it.

Fix - If the mouse was moved after clicking on an empty square, the button could be created in the wrong square.


7/30/2004
Version 2.0

Feature - You can now click on an empty square to install a button from a list of standard Mac OS X applications and folders. Also, a few preset buttons are installed for first-time users including buttons for Mail, Safari, Documents and Home.


7/18/2004
Version 1.3.2

Feature - The old drive name and the new drive name are automatically filled in for you when you select "Change Drive Name" from the Special Menu.


7/17/2004
Version 1.3.1

Fix - If you made the Yellow Button window smaller, icons would cover the horzontal strip at the bottom of the window (should be a blank area).
Problem first appeared in version 1.2


7/15/2004
Version 1.3

Feature - You can now change your hard drive name without loosing the functionality of your buttons. Just tell Yellow Button what your old hard drive name was and the name of your new hard drive. (Change Drive Name under the Special Menu).
Previous versions required you to rebuild the entire window by dragging every icon back into the window after a drive name change.


7/11/2004
Version 1.2.7

Feature - Installer now installs the Yellow Button icon in the Mac OS X Dock.

Feature - You can now paste your registration number into the registration window.

Fix - Smoothed the edges of the Yellow Button application icon.


7/04/2004
Version 1.2.6

Fix - Could not delete a folder icon by selecting "Delete Button" when right-clicking
( if the folder had already been deleted by the finder.)


7/03/2004
Version 1.2.5

Fix - If you added a file to a folder, the file would not show up when right-clicking on a folder icon until you quit Yellow Button and ran again.


7/02/2004
Version 1.2.4

Fix - If "Hover Time" was enabled in Preferences, Yellow Button could hang when icons were dragged from the desktop to the Yellow Button window.


7/01/2004
Version 1.2.2

Fix - Right-Clicking on a file or folder (contextual menus) that pointed to a server volume, would not work after the server was unmounted and mounted again. It will now work as long as the server is mounted.


6/29/2004
Version 1.2.1

Fix - Clicking on a file or folder that pointed to a server volume, would never work after the server was unmounted and mounted again. It will now work as long as the server is mounted.

Fix - If you replaced your drive and reloaded all software, your Yellow Button icons would no longer work. Now they will work as long as your hard drive name is the same and all of the folders and files are in the same place (you have a restored image of your previous drive).


6/20/2004
Version 1.2.0

Feature - 125 More buttons! You can now increase the window height to fill a 20" cinema display vertically. Five rows of buttons have been added for a total of 624 buttons.

Fix - Yellow Button window would not refresh the window when switching back from fast user switching.


3/10/2004
Version 1.1.4

Fix - Yellow Button could crash if left running overnight.


1/21/2004
Version 1.1.3

Fix - Right-Clicking on an icon was intermittently not showing all contextual menu items when used with Panther.


11/07/2003
Version 1.1.2

Fix - Dragging an icon from the desktop to the Yellow Button window would sometimes create a gray square instead of installing the icon.


10/25/2003
Version 1.0.9

Fix - Contextual Menus now work in Panther.


10/17/03
Version 1.0.7

Fix - Menus now work in Panther (OS X 10.3)
Some menu items were missing when used with Panther (Mac OS X 10.3).


4/30/03
Version 1.0.6

Fix - Changing network preferences in the Network Preferences panel could possibly make the Yellow Button registration expire.


2/13/03
Version 1.0.5

Fix/Feature - When "Click Volume" is unchecked in Preferences, the click sound will now use the master sound volume level. (Some Macs have problems with sound volume adjustments).


2/1/03
Version 1.0.4

Fix - Registration was not being remembered on some Mac models.


 

1/20/03
Version 1.0.3

Fix - Intermittent hangs (spinning beachball) caused by sound problems.
Also, if click sound was turned off, the master volume would be lowered.


10/21/02
Version 1.0.2

Menus would not pull down if you held the mouse down.
Contextual menus would not pull down intermittently if the icons were packages.


10/19/02
Version 1.0.1

Installation Procedure Improved.
Yellow Button must be running at all times for it to be a useful tool.
Do not quit out of yellow button. Position the Yellow Button window on your screen where you will want to leave it.
(We suggest placing it vertically on the left side of your screen).
You will also want Yellow Button to start up automatically when your Mac starts up and you will want the Yellow Button icon to stay in your OS X Dock.


9/24/02
Version 1.0

First Release




Yellow Button is $19.95
For OS X Only

Yellow Button was written by Rich Love, Carnation Software, www.CarnationSoftware.com
(using the FutureBasic programming language by Staz Software, www.FutureBasic.com)
Copyright, Carnation Software 2002, All Rights Reserved