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August 29, 2007

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Raging Menace releases SideTrack 1.5

Posted Aug. 29, ’07, 5:24 AM PT by Derik DeLong
Category | Software » Updates

SideTrack I got my Powerbook before Apple came up with its own solution for scrolling using the trackpad. With such a tiny screen, you can imagine that I need to scroll quite a bit. It was then that I bought SideTrack. This little gem allows you to use the sides of a trackpad as a scroll control (you slide your finger along the side).

Many of you may have become accustomed to Apple’s two finger method, but SideTrack’s method has become a muscle memory for me. The ability to assign various actions to the corner’s of the trackpad has also become a favorite gesture of mine. By tapping one corner, I right-click. The others expose two Expose functions and trigger a new tab in web browsers.

Version 1.5 supports the very latest Mac laptops and even adds preliminary support for Leopard. Considering part of the software package is a kernel extension, it’s good to know it’s being worked now.


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