Trampoline Release Notes

2.4.1

7/5/2009

Scroll wheel to advance between pages - a scroll wheel event causes a page advance.
Fixed a bug where quitting an app from the Trampoline could cause Trampoline to crash on non-English systems
Fixed another crash in the Add Special menu
The Add Special menu will no longer follow aliases to other folders inside the Applications folder.
Moved the quit menu item to the top of the contextual menu for running applications

2.4

6/28/2009

added the option to have the mouse center on screen before every trampoline opens, not just the main trampoline.
filtering with capital letters will cause a strong filter search (letters must be consecutive) instead of the weak search we use now
pressing the enter key when an icon is selected will now open that item. This includes filtering by typing a name and then pressing enter.
added an option to set the Trampoline preferences icon off center so the bottom spot can be used by one of your tools
added the option to turn off the glossy background and have a trampoline with just one flat color
Removed the register reminder icon from the Trampoline. Instead, Trampoline will now occasionally bring up the register dialog until it has been registered.
The quit item in a running application's contextual menu no longer uses larger text than the other items.
changed the toolbar icons in the preferences dialog
You can now control the number of items in each trampoline with a slider, not a stepper as before.
Removed the "Quit Trampoline" button from the preferences dialog
many other minor changes to the preferences dialog UI
fixed a bug where clicking on the close button would instead act like a click on one of the other buttons
fixed a bug where the mouse could leave the close button yet an item in the trampoline would not become selected
another issue with the Add Special popup menu was fixed

Previous Updates:

2.3.3 2/18/2008

Hopefully eliminated a bug where clicking the "Add Special" popup menu would cause a freeze
Reduced the number of items that appear in the Add Special popup menu

2.3.2 11/11/2007

fixed several bugs introduced in version 2.3.1 with the new drawing routines
added an option: "Faster Icon Drawing" which will turn off the new, more complex icon drawing routines from version 2.3.1
Fixed an issue with Time machine where the wrong window would appear if Time machine were invoked from certain applications using Trampoline.
Fixed a longstanding bug where the last application would not always come back to the front after Trampoline closed.
Some behind-the-scenes improvements.

2.3.1 10/28/2007

Trampoline 2.3.1 is fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
new, full-size icon
different default accent color for Leopard users - a little more subdued, like the new UI theme
Added a "copy contents" menu item to the contextual menu of files that we can copy.
the trampoline has a sleeker, more refined look when an icon is selected, making it more obvious

2.3 10/7/2007

Added an option to play a sound whenever the mouse moves over a new icon
drag a file over a running applications icon and hold it for 3 seconds and that application will come to the front
extended the timeout for drag-holding files over folders to 3 seconds from 2
Hint icons (little icons near the center of the Trampoline) would sometimes appear when they were not needed - this has been fixed
Added show/hide and relaunch menu items to the running applications contextual menu.
Improved the titles of contextual menus for running applications
Fixed a rare bug where Trampoline would crash on login if some other application were accessing the Services Menu when it started up.
Added some behind-the-scenes checks to prevent other potential crashes.

2.2.3 9/25/2007

eliminated an optimization introduced in version 2.2.1 that was causing a crash on PowerMac G5s and Mac Pros among other macs.

2.2.2 9/23/2007

fixed a crashing bug that was introduced in Trampoline 2.2.1

2.2.1 9/23/2007

More improvement to the way Trampoline handles itself near the edge of the screen:
- the cursor no longer needs to move outside the close button to move the trampoline, it just needs to move a few pixels
- changed the rate at which the trampoline slides when coming onto the screen
- After the trampoline moves itself onto the screen in one direction, it will not move again unless the cursor goes back over the close button - avoids times when the trampoline jumps around surprisingly
improved loading of the add special menu in the items tab
some simple optimizations and behind-the-scenes improvements
By default, trampoline no longer grows to fit the screen, and its default size is slightly larger. These will only affect new users, and of course can be changed in the preferences

2.2 8/20/2007

Trampoline now makes adding COCOAapp’s Dockables much easier, meaning that common tasks like restarting, emptying the trash, or starting a screensaver can be accessed in Trampoline with just one click.
- The first time Trampoline is run, it will add the Dockables folder to the trampoline if it exists
- The Dockables folder has been added to the “Add Special” menu in the Items preferences, making Dockables very easy to add to the Trampoline.
When an item is not visible on the screen, Trampoline now draws a smaller icon of that item close to the close button, making it easier to find objects that are off screen.
added an option to move the mouse to the center of the screen when the Trampoline appears, thus ensuring that the Trampoline always appears centered on the screen.
improved resizing of Preferences dialog tabs
The items table in the preferences window now supports the delete key.
more robust handling of web location files
fixed a potential crashing bug in the “Add Special” menu.

2.1 8/5/2007

added the ability to drag-hold an icon over a folder to open a new trampoline of that folder, allowing you to drag onto icons inside folders in the trampoline
Added a setting to show a files label color.
The "Show In Finder" and "Get Info" menu items (and their as- sociated key commands) will now use Path Finder if Path Finder is running and "Enable Reveal in Path Finder for third party applica- tions" is turned on in Path Finder's preferences.
added the ability to relaunch a running application either by pressing the 'l' key or by choosing the item from a contextual menu. (timeout is 2 minutes)
added a "Force Quit" menu item to the contextual menu of run- ning applications.
The "Add Special" popup button in the Items Preference now includes a submenu for the Applications folder, making it very easy to add most applications from within the Items Preferences.
Added a "Delete Icon" menu item in the contextual menu of URLs, so you can change the icon of an URL in Trampoline.
updated background appearance by adding a glasslike reflection, and changed the color cast of the bezel buttons to suit.
The registration reminder icon no longer grows over time.
added a paging prevention scheme to help Trampoline appear more quickly after it's not been used for a while.
fixed a bug where dragging onto an alias of a folder would not behave as expected (folder icon would not appear selected)
fixed a bug with exposé via e key press.
fixed an obscure memory bug
Updated the help menu items to include old-jewel.com rather than the old oldjewelsoftware.com addresses.
some behind the scenes cleanup.

2.0.3 4/17/2007

Improved the way Trampoline behaves when it appears partially offscreen. Now, moving your mouse in the direction of an icon off screen will make that icon come towards the mouse. This way, you move your mouse in the same way whether the icon appears on the screen or off it.

2.0.2 3/6/2007

Fixed a memory leak that could gradually cause Trampoline to use large amounts of memory.
Made a minor change to the way Trampoline draws icons that could speed up drawing.

2.0.1 3/3/2007

Dragging files onto icons in the Trampoline was accidentally turned off. It's back on now.
Pressing the 'r' key while hovering over an icon will now show it in the Finder. This maps better with the traditional command-R key combination that can be found in many Apple applications.
If you had Bullseye installed before, loading Trampoline for the first time will now load your old files from Bullseye, rather than reloading from the Dock.
Edited and added to the Trampoline help file.

2.0 2/23/2007

UI Changes:

Hierarchical Trampolines, click a folder icon, and a new trampoline with the contents of that folder appears.
If you want the trampoline to appear somewhere else on the screen while it's still open (perhaps it's too small where it is), you can now simply press the hot key in a different location and the trampoline will reappear there.
If the trampoline appears off the edge of the screen, simply moving the mouse in the DIRECTION of the edge will bring the trampoline back onto the screen, before, you would have to move ALL THE WAY to the edge.
Added a "Open with…" submenu to the contextual menus for files AND for URLs.
Keyboard navigation is much improved:
- up and down arrow keys change selection, up moves clockwise, down counterclockwise
- select the first 8 items using function keys
- filtering down to one item automatically selects that item
- after an item is selected, other keys can be used as before
- space bar now opens the selected item, exactly as if it had been clicked with the mouse
- esc key will deselect
URL support - you can now drag an URL onto the trampoline to add it. in fact, you can drag an image with a link to an URL, and you get the whole thing
dragging an image on top of an URL without an assigned image will assign that image to the url, so the url is easier to recognize
added a running applications menu when you right-click on the center button
Users can now set a limit to the number of icons shown in the Trampoline at a time. Should be handy for displaying folder contents, but also just for users who have lots of items.
command-clicking an icon will reveal that item in the finder
Added "Add to Trampoline" contextual menu item for items in folder trampoline windows.
dragging/deleting while filtering could cause havoc to your selected launch items. Now, you cannot add or remove items to the Trampoline while filtering, or while the list of items is limited.
I've added support for click & hold to bring up a contextual menu. This means that OFS needs to add Bullseye to its list of applications that shouldn't receive emulated right-clicks. It also just means better compatibility with OFS.
If the dashboard is being displayed when the Bullseye is activated, it will now be dismissed.
Pressing the hot key again while the bullseye is being displayed will now hide the bullseye.
The "Add Items" dialog is now a sheet.
The Hot Key is now selected via a modeless set of controls rather than a dialog or sheet. This makes the UI much simpler.
can now drag in images with links from a browser and get an image associated with a link that way.
Pressing the hot key or activating the trampoline via a double-click will bring up the preferences dialog IF it has been displayed from before. pressing again will then show the trampoline. if the preferences dialog wasn't visible before, then the trampoline appears.
The help menu item now shows a pdf document instead of the ugly web page from before.
first load now includes the trampoline help in the trampoline

Appearance Changes:

Total redesign of the look of the Trampoline
Unknown items are now shown with a much prettier icon (the default question mark that the Dock uses too)
Wheel Windows no longer use shadows. Faster and prettier with the transparent gradients.
The Trampoline icon now appears at the bottom of the bullseye, where it should have been all along.
new icon!
image files now display as thumbnails
The Trampoline preferences icon now defaults to a smaller size (smaller arc)
contextual menus now include the name of the item selected for "Open", "Quit" and add/remove items.
replaced registration reminder icon - a sort of a reminder icon WITH a red "R" - much prettier.
Rearranged the preferences window to make it more aesthetically pleasing and more logical
Instead of old "transparency" setting, now you can only show the trampoline as default or opaque (no transparency)

Architecture changes:

Trampoline is now a Universal Binary
double-clicking Trampoline while it's running, or running it from, say, a hot key or applescript, will cause it to display the trampoline - this makes viewing the trampoline from a hot key or other launch utility that much easier, especially e.g. the Mighty Mouse preference pane.
Moving Trampoline to another place on the hard drive will make it quit, making uninstalls easier
Got rid of mouse button launching, since it was causing the application to poll and slow things down, relevant changes to UI & preferences
Fixed some memory leaks
Smarter memory management to speed up Trampoline's drawing
Lots of under the hood redesign

Other Changes

KRM module working for in-app registration
added Sparkle integration, so we can automatically check for updates

Bullseye Release Notes

(Trampoline was once known as Bullseye)

1.4.2 5/22/2005

fixed an error where bringing up and then closing the Bullseye from the Finder could make the Finder create a new window. This may have happened in some other applications as well.
added an animation on quit

1.4.1 5/15/2005

improved Bullseye's reliability when it first loads up in Tiger
added a startup animation

1.4 5/8/2005

Added hierarchical menus when you control-click (or right-click) on a folder's icon (for Mac OS X 10.3 or later)
Added multi-button mouse support - if you have more than 2 buttons on your mouse, have Bullseye load when you press one of them.
Much faster drawing and user interface. The Bullseye should appear almost immediately after you press the hot key now.
You can now run applescripts by clicking on them in the Bullseye.
You can now add an item simply by dragging it onto the Bullseye.
You can now move items around simply by dragging them around the Bullseye.
You can now remove an item from the Bullseye either with the contextual menu or by pressing the delete key.
Some aesthetic improvements
Lots of under-the-hood redesign

1.3 3/1/2005

Added keyboard filtering. Type a few letters when Bullseye's showing and it will filter the items to only those that have those letters in their names.
You can now set the Bullseye's background and accent colors.
You can now set the Bullseye's minimum and maximum size, or set it to a constant size.
Improved responsiveness for quitting, showing, hiding applications
The register reminder now starts relatively small so people can use bullseye more as it's intended, then grows gradually to remind people to register.
Interface and design improvements

1.2 2/21/2001

added drag & drop to folders: drag a file onto a folder's icon in the Bullseye, and it will move or copy it; option-drag to copy; command-option drag to make an alias.
smoother drawing of icons
added separator lines
changed the way the close button is drawn
improved drawing code for shadows and for running application indicators
Bullseye now shows the name of an icon right beside it rather than at the bottom
the Bullseye is now slightly larger
improved upon the way Bullseye handles newly-launched applications
fixed option-clicking incompatibilty with the Finder

1.1.2 2/18/2005

Some users were reporting that at first launch, some icons were appearing twice in the Bullseye. This has been fixed.
Clicking the close button will now bring the last application used back to the front.
Clicking an icon with the option key down will hide the current application as well as open the icon clicked.
Pressing the "o" key while hovering over an icon will now open the icon but not close the Bullseye. The same happens if you use the contextual menu to open an item. This is a simple way to open a series of icons very quickly.
Improved the interface for drag & drop
The Bullseye will no longer totally fill up a very large display.

1.1.1 2/13/2005

Fixed the annoying beep that would happen sometimes after an icon had been clicked.
You can now add files to Bullseye by dragging them over the Bullseye icon
made some tweaks to the user interface

1.1 2/12/2005

Added Drag & Drop support - drag a file onto any application's icon in Bullseye to open it with that application
Added contextual menu support - right-click on any icon to bring up a set of commands to perform on it. For example, show or hide running applications, get info about any icon, quit any running application
You can now hide every app but the one you want to switch to using two clicks with the contextual menu.
Added keyboard shortcuts for quick access to show/hide, quit, get info, and other commands.
Bullseye now draws a gray circle under the icons of running applications, so you can tell quickly what applications are already running and which need to be launched.
Transparency is now settable. You can make Bullseye totally opaque as before, or almost totally clear so you won't hide other things on your screen.
It's now possible to turn on animation for either opening or closing the Bullseye. Before you had to animate both or neither.
Improved the look of the animations slightly.
Bullseye will now set itself to launch at login by default, this can of course be turned off in the Preferences.
Fixed some UI issues with menus and controls.

1.0 1/31/2005

Inital Public Release