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SideTrack - Add new functionality to your trackpad
Authored by: TomorrowPlusX on Oct 08, '03 11:17:19AM

Does this (and/or uControl) work under panther? I mean, frankly, once you've used some sort of scroll-wheel emulator on a laptop, it's hard to go back.

Anybody know?



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SideTrack - Add new functionality to your trackpad
Authored by: hangon on Oct 08, '03 04:08:25PM

uControl is the best to me....but doesn't work under Panther...thanks to apple...



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SideTrack - Add new functionality to your trackpad
Authored by: alajuela on Oct 08, '03 06:46:57PM

uControl was developed by the same person. See this note from the SideTrack download & website:

"Q: What is SideTrack's relationship to uControl?

A: In an effort to bring scrolling features to MacOS X I originally contributed the scroll emulation feature for Shane Celis's excellent uControl utility (http://www.gnufoo.org). However, because of technical limitations, uControl requires a modifier key be held down to enable scroll emulation. Since uControl's scroll emulation was released many people have contact both myself and Shane requesting "keyless" scrolling familiar to the Wintel laptop world.

Although I originally believed this feature was impossible, thanks to the resourcefulness of Heiko Hellweg, a method was found to switch the trackpad hardware to the needed mode. SideTrack uses that mode to bring keyless scrolling to MacOS X.

SideTrack is separate from uControl because it operates at a different level than uControl within the kernel. SideTrack is 100% compatible with uControl, but does not require uControl for operation."



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SideTrack - Add new functionality to your trackpad
Authored by: alajuela on Oct 08, '03 07:57:01PM

Works with Panther on my TiBook 500.



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