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SideTrack 1.1 released

by Gand last modified 2005-01-23 12:40 AM

Is a replacement driver for the Apple PowerBook and iBook trackpads. With SideTrack installed your standard trackpad becomes a powerful multi-button scrolling mouse.


SideTrack 1.1
- trackpad utilty

Home page & download: here

Leave your external mouse at home and take full control over your trackpad:

  • Vertical scrolling at left or right edge of pad.
  • Horizontal scrolling at top or bottom edge of pad.
  • Map hardware button to left or right click.
  • Map trackpad taps to no action, left click, left click drag (with or without drag lock), or right click.
  • Map trackpad corner taps to mouse buttons 1-6 or simulated keystrokes.
  • Extensive control over accidental input filtering.

SideTrack is multiuser aware and fully compatible with MacOS X 10.3 fast user switching (FUS). Every user on your PowerBook can have different settings depending on their needs.


New in thist release 1.1 - January 2005

  • [FEATURE] Per-application corner tap configuration.
  • [FEATURE] Independent vertical and horizontal scroll speeds.
  • [FEATURE] Move pointer to default dialog button (requires MacOS X 10.3 and activation of "enable access for assistive devices" in Apple's Universal Access preference pane).
  • [BUG] Reduce threshold for keyboard ignore motion override. Improves Photoshop performance for some users.
  • [BUG] Extend keyboard ignore motion override timeout briefly past finger lift. Allows Photoshop users to use a spacebar drag followed by a rapid tap click.
  • [BUG] Driver threading fixes.
  • [BUG] During calibration dialog extended functions are disabled (scroll, corner taps, etc.) to prevent them from interfering with the calibration.



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