Smart Scroll

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Version History

Version 2.8.8 - December 15, 2008

• Support for Mac OS X 10.5.6
• Fix for random slow scrolling in Safari (Thanks, Matt Bovett, Dave Yost!)
• Fix for Firefox horizontal scrolling (Thanks, Dustin Harman, Photo Tim!)
• Various other fixes and improvements.


• For Mac OS X 10.3.9 Panther, please use Smart Scroll 2.8.5 for Panther

Version 2.8.7 - October 6, 2008

• Support for Firefox 3.0.2 through 3.1b (Thanks, Patrick Rushton, Denys Galley, Hugo Aguirre!)
• Fix for Cover Flow in iTunes 8 (Thanks, Fareed Amir!)
• No longer interferes with Text Zoom in Camino (Thanks, Aydin Yulug!)
• On 10.4 Tiger, Smart Scroll automatically disables itself for BBEdit.
• Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.8.6 - September 17, 2008

• Support for Mac OS X 10.5.5
• Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.8.5 - July 28, 2008

• Support for Firefox 3.0 and 3.0.1
• Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.8.4 - June 30, 2008

• Support for Mac OS X 10.5.4
• Fixes video tearing when scrolling (see new Sync option under Misc. tab).
• Various other fixes and improvements. (Thanks, Bob Embry!)

Version 2.8.3 - May 28, 2008

• Support for Mac OS X 10.5.3
• Smoother scrolling everywhere! (Thanks, John Iversen!)
• Faster scrolling of complex pdf documents. (thanks, Mark Peletier!)
• Fixes crash in Mail and iCal on Mac OS X 10.5.2 (Thanks, Alan Schmitt, John Iversen!)
• Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.8.2 - May 6, 2008

• Safari no longer crashes when scrolling dynamic Javascript panes. (Thanks Gary Tamblyn!)
• In Safari, scrolling past end of nested pane now scrolls parent pane. (Thanks Ian Dean!)
• Fixes crash in Mail on Mac OS X 10.5.2. (Thanks, Bob Embry, David Phillips, Alan Schmitt, John Iversen, Tom Mead!)
• Camino pages can now scroll while they are loading.
• Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.8.1 - March 18, 2008

• Fix for Cocoa applications crashing on Mac OS X 10.4 (Thanks, Boris Wiederholt!)

Version 2.8 - March 13, 2008

• Fixes Quick Look and Cover Flow scrolling in the Finder.
• Adds support for mixed Carbon/Cocoa applications.
• Installer should now work on all Leopard systems upgraded from Tiger. (Thanks, Patrick Sitton!)
• Fixes side effects of clicks meant to stop scrolling in Carbon apps. (Thanks, Aayush Arya!)
• Fixes crash in Soundtrack Pro 2. (Thanks, Tom Fuldner!)
• Fixes crash in BBEdit's Preview window. (Thanks, Bob Embry!)
• Restores scrolling without moving cursor in Carbon apps. (Thanks, Hirotsugo Mori!)
• All panes of Google Video pages in Safari should now scroll correctly. (Thanks, Nicolas Letarte!)
• Disables Super Scroll for Google Reader in Safari. (Thanks, Nicholas Romyn!)
• Super Scroll now works in Character Palette. (Thanks, Alex Santos!)
• Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.7.5 - February 25, 2008

• Full support for Mac OS X 10.5.2 Leopard.
• New name, now simply Smart Scroll (was Smart Scroll X). And Super Wheel is now Super Scroll.
• For Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, please use Smart Scroll 2.7.3.

Version 2.7.5b3 - February 16, 2008

• Partial support for Mac OS X 10.5.2 Leopard (Cocoa applications only).

Version 2.7.5b2 - December 14, 2007

• Preference pane access fixed.

Version 2.7.5b1 - December 13, 2007

• Partial support (Cocoa applications only) for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

Version 2.7.3 - December 13, 2007 Mac OS X 10.3.9 to 10.4.11

• Fixes for Camino, Google Earth, FileMaker Pro, horizontal scrolling in Carbon applications. Thanks to Justin Thomas!
• Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.7.2 - September 18, 2007

• Multiple fixes for iTunes, FileMaker Pro, Finder. Thanks to Kenneth Gilbert, Nonoche, Guido Wenzl and ovea for reporting these problems!
• Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.7.1 - September 4, 2007

• Fixes a problem where Super Wheel would sometimes scroll backwards, or not at all. Thanks to Guido Wenzl, Aydin Yulug, Ryan Stern, Britt Hedman, Stephen Neale and David Spancer!
• Super Wheel support for iTunes.
• Various other fixes and improvements (open/save panels in Carbon applications).

Version 2.7 - August 23, 2007

• Super Wheel and Grab Scroll support for Eudora, Netscape 9, Papyrus, RagTime, and many other Carbon applications. Thanks to Eelco Houwink, Myles Harris, and David Ianni!
• Various fixes and improvements (Camino, FileMaker Pro 8.5 & 9, Google Earth, Pages).

Version 2.6 - July 7, 2007

• New: Lets you reverse scrolling on the Mac (trackpad, scrollwheel) to match your iPhone. Thanks to John Brooks for suggesting this, "It seems weird for about 5 seconds, then it seems like it should have been that way"!
• Various fixes and improvements (Safari 3.0.2, Grab Scroll for Firefox).

Version 2.5.1 - June 22, 2007

• Support for Safari 3.0b.
• Various fixes and improvements (Pages, Super Wheel, Grab Scroll).

Version 2.5 - June 8, 2007

• Super Wheel improved again: finer speed control and a greater speed range.
• New scroll wheel accelerator: extra-fast scrolling, less finger work!
• Grab Scroll can now share a button with a 2nd action: opening links in a new tab, or any action that does not involve dragging--not Dashboard or Exposé.
• Various fixes and improvements.

Version 2.4.1b2 - June 1, 2007

• Fixes spurious horizontal scrolling with Super Wheel.
• Disables Grab Scroll button sharing for Carbon applications, as too many of them do not distinguish mouse buttons beyond the first two. This will be added later on a per-application basis. Cocoa applications are fine.

Version 2.4.1b1 - June 1, 2007

• Super Wheel improved yet again!
• Fixes for Safari RSS, Java apps, Firefox, Grab Scroll.
• Grab Scroll can now share a mouse button: drag to Grab Scroll, click for another action (one that does not involve dragging--not Dashboard or Exposé).

Version 2.4 - May 25, 2007

• Improved, smoother Super Wheel.
• Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.3 - April 27, 2007

• Super Wheel and Grab Scroll support for new classes of Rosetta applications, on Intel Macs.
• Super Wheel and Grab Scroll support for MS Office (once the document has finished loading).
• New options to reverse the direction of scrolling for Grab Scroll. Thanks to Ron Norris for suggesting this!
• Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.2 - April 20, 2007

• Grab Scroll support for Safari's RSS display.
• Grab Scroll support for NetNewsWire (Thanks, Arnold Kid!)
• Super Wheel and Grab Scroll support for Camino (Thanks, Thomas Meyer & Timothy James!)
• By popular request, a "Scroll without moving cursor" option for Grab Scroll.
• Fixes a problem in v2.1.2 where Smart Scroll X would sometimes stop working in Safari.
• FileMaker Pro enhancements are now working again (broken since v2.1.1).
• Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.1.2 - March 16, 2007

• Intel-based Macs: the Smart Scroll X installer automatically removes Rosetta TuneUp, as this utility is no longer needed on Mac OS X 10.4.9.
• Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.1.1 - February 27, 2007

• Super Wheel and Scroll Keys are now automatically turned off for some incompatible apps (MS Office). Thanks to Aydin Yulug for his assistance!
• Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.1 - January 26, 2007

• Super Wheel improvements for the Finder, Firefox and other Carbon applications.
• Smoother horizontal scrolling for Super Wheel and Grab Scroll, in Carbon applications.
• Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.0 - November 29, 2006

• Various fixes and improvements (Super Wheel, Grab Scroll).

Version 2.0b5 - November 18, 2006

• Includes Rosetta TuneUp 2.0, a utility for preventing Rosetta-related crashes.
• Added Grab Scroll support for AppleWorks and FileMaker, various issues fixed.
• Works in the Finder again.
• The exclude feature now supports more applications variants.
• Various fixes and improvements.

Version 2.0b4 - November 4, 2006

• Improved Super Wheel for the Finder and other Carbon applications.
• New exclude feature to accommodate incompatible applications (such as PTHVolume).
• Scroll Keys can now be used with the Caps Lock key pressed. Thanks to Ian Fraser for reporting this problem!
• Smart Scroll X now includes Rosetta TuneUp, a small utility for preventing Rosetta-related crashes.
• Various fixes and improvements.

Version 2.0b3 - October 19, 2006

• Improvements to Super Wheel and Grab Scroll.
• Various fixes for Scroll Keys, the preference pane and registration reminders.

Version 2.0b2 - October 5, 2006

• The Smart Scroll X Installer should now open correctly on all systems. Thanks to Fernando Bracho for reporting this!

Version 2.0b1 - October 4, 2006

• New Super Wheel feature.
• New Coasting feature for Grab Scroll.
• New Grab Scroll feature for Carbon applications.
• Universal binary.
• Streamlined preference pane.
• Various fixes and improvements.

Version 1.3.3 - March 13, 2006

• Installer can now install on some systems where it failed before.
• A 4th Grab Scroll speed: if you hold down the designated key and also start dragging near an edge, the resulting speed will be the product of those two speeds.
• Usability changes to the preference pane.

Version 1.3.2 - June 28, 2005

• Enables scroll wheel use in FileMaker Pro Developer.
• Restores normal operation (i.e. fast, smooth scrolling) when running alongside QuickSilver.

Version 1.3.1 - June 23, 2005

• Fixes a crash that occurred when using the scroll wheel for FileMaker Pro feature with a single horizontal scroll bar displayed.
• Resolves a preference saving problem that was preventing the scrolling speed from being changed.

Version 1.3 - June 22, 2005

• Brings scroll wheel support to FileMaker Pro 6 and 7.
• Adds support for Mac OS 10.4 Tiger.

Version 1.2.2 - April 7, 2005

• Changes to improve compatibility with 3rd-party Safari enhancements.

Version 1.2.1 - March 12, 2005

• Fixed a crash bug affecting Carbon applications: although the Grab Scroll for Carbon feature is not available yet, Smart Scroll X was still trying to activate it. Thanks to James Thomson (of DragThing fame) for reporting this.

Version 1.2 - March 11, 2005

• New Grab Scroll feature.
• New "High Gear" feature for scroll wheels.
• Live scrolling for FileMaker Pro 7.
• Scroll keys now work with Ragtime, NetLogo and probably also the majority of CFM and Java apps.
• Scroll keys now work with Mozilla's other themes (besides Classic).
• Fixed an incompatibility which would crash Retrospect 6.0 on launch.
• Turning Smart Scroll X off now properly disables live scrolling in AppleWorks.
• Various fixes and improvements.

Version 1.1.1 - January 28, 2004

• Fixed a bug which sometimes caused Safari to freeze for over 10 minutes.
• Various minor fixes and improvements.

Version 1.1 - January 6, 2004

• AppleWorks< users can now enjoy Live Scrolling and Proportional Thumbs.
  Note: For some window widths (the wider ones) dragging the horizontal thumbs is sometimes erratic. And in Spreadsheet windows the proportional thumbs may not be accurate if the size of the rows and columns is changed from default. In any case, the larger thumbs help because they are easier to grab.
• If you use a scroll wheel mouse, you can now enable Panther's "Smooth Scrolling" for pageUp/pageDown (where it's most useful) while Smart Scroll X prevents it from interfering with feedback from the scroll wheel.
• The same feature also lets you use Scroll Keys with Smooth Scrolling turned on.
• The location of the hints display is now preserved across restarts/logins
• Hints are now visible after a restart/login if they were visible before.
• Various minor fixes and improvements.

Version 1.1b1 - October 20, 2003

• Support for Mac OS 10.3 Panther.
• Scroll Keys work with Caps Lock down.
• Fixed a crash bug in the preference pane.
• Fixed a bug that prevented turning the dials in Ableton's Live
• Various minor fixes and improvements.

Version 1.0 - October 13, 2003

• First public release.