Creature 1.2.2
released February 1, 2004
Creature 1.2.2 is only for Mac OS X.
Please visit the Creature website for the latest information:
May I direct your attention to the end of this document first?
Please feel free to send any Feedback you might have regarding Creature. Feedback is what created most of the features you see in this release. I'd appreciate if you provide an email address so that I would be able to follow-up with a question or two, but you can be completely anonymous if you would like.
What is Creature?
Creature is a simple, mobile utility. You can setup a custom menu to launch applications, open files, visit websites, play sounds or speak text.
Requirements
Mac OS X
minimal hard drive space
Contents of the Disk Image
Creature - the program itself
ReadMe - this document
Installation
Copy Creature to a desired location on your hard drive (may I suggest the Applications folder). Open Creature from your hard drive to enjoy.
Note: Not copying to your hard drive and running from a disk image may cause Creature to crash.
Freeware
Creature is (and always will be) freeware. If you find Creature to be valuable, please let me know and consider trying my shareware programs, available from my website http://www.johnhaney.com/programs/
This program may be distributed provided the distribution is a package which includes both the Creature application and this original READ ME document. The distributor must not charge any fees for distribution of this software without express written consent. Registration codes for Creature are a one-user license. You may freely install a registration code on multiple machines, but only one copy should be running at any one time.
What's New?
- WinterSolo skin added. Solo in a sweater, created by David Pittaway.
- Snowman skin added. Feeling wintry? Try out the snowman skin...
New to Creature?
First of all, thank you for trying Creature!
Click on the grey center of the robot to see the popup menu. The last item, "Customize...", is where all the fun is. Setup the menu for what you'd like it to do. You can choose a different skin and even put use your own custom image!
Note: When using a custom image, you need to control-click for the popup menu.
If you need some further assistance, please see the Feedback section (at the bottom) for my contact page and let me know what's puzzling you.
Version History
Creature 1.2.2 - released February 1, 2004
- WinterSolo skin added. Solo in a sweater, created by David Pittaway.
- Snowman skin added. Feeling wintry? Try out the snowman skin...
Creature 1.2.1 - released February 10, 2003
- Bug Fix. Fixed a problem where descriptions were not being saved (also caused some crashes). Yikes!
- Separator Descriptions. Added support for entering descriptions for separators. They will appear disabled (grey and unselectable). Leaving the description blank gives the shorter separator look.
Creature 1.2 - released February 4, 2003
- Custom Skins. Use the Developer Tools to create your own plugin or download from johnhaney.com.
- Custom Images. Drag an image or browse for one to make your own custom look.
- Float Level. Choose whether Creature sits above everything or somewhere in between (like application windows).
- Folders. Items for your menu to open a folder in the Finder.
- Separators. Add some space between items in your custom menu.
Creature 1.1 - released October 22, 2002
- Select any Application or File to open from the standard file browser.
- Rearrange menu items. Drag and drop items to move them around in the menu.
- Right-clicking. Right-clicking anywhere on Creature will cause the popup-menu to appear.
- Dock menu. The dock menu contains the same items as the popup menu.
Creature 1.0 - released October 19, 2002
- First release for Mac OS X only.
Feedback
I welcome and strongly encourage your feedback in any form, but especially comments, questions, problems, confusions, suggestions, or even complaints. Please use the contact page on my website to reach me:
http://www.johnhaney.com/contact/
Creature is Copyright 2002-2004, John Haney.