Notify is a simple control panel-based reminder system. It allows you to specify
as many as 200 messages to appear on your screen at any time in the future, and to
repeat at any desired interval.
Features:
System requirements:
(There's hardly a Mac made since 1989 that can't meet these requirements!)
For more complete information, read the documentation enclosed in the download archive.
Notify is shareware. $10.
Click here to download Notify 4.0.6 (109K).
4.0.6 - a) Fixed a bug in the Message Editor dialog in which it would sometimes not accept dates unless they were in U.S. standard mm/dd/yy form. b) Previous 4.0.x versions would crash if an Notify alert came up in front of a Standard File dialog, and potentially other modal dialogs as well. In order to fix this, I had to become a regular modal dialog when in front of another modal dialog, instead of the hacked dialog that allowed the front process to run behind me. (Think C 7.0.5)
4.0.5 - Previous 4.0.x versions would display only an empty alert window when ClarisWorks was the front process. This has been fixed. (Think C 7.0.3)
4.0.4 - Previous 4.0.x versions would hang at INIT time if there was a message with a non-repeating primary event but with advance notices, and the Notify INIT happened to run after the last advance notice time but before the primary event time. This has been fixed. (Think C 6.0.1)
4.0.3 - a) 4.0.2 had problems with some applications depending on the fact that they "knew" they had put a window in the front. Now allow windows to go in front of alert, but clicking in alert brings it to the front and makes it modal again. b) Fixed a bug that bit when there were more than 128 messages. (Think C 6.0.1)
4.0.2 - Prevent applications from putting windows in front of a notification alert. If a window tries to go in front, it will actually go just behind the alert. (Think C 6.0.1)
4.0.1 - a) Interesting bug: The front application can quit behind the notification alert, and takes the alert window with it. Patched ExitToShell to test for that and attempt to re-post message in next front process. b) Since Copy Notify closes the driver, the trap patches become invalid. Fixed Copy Notify to re-lock the driver immediately after closing. (Think C 6.0.1)
4.0 - a) Nailed that one-minute auto-cancel bug. b) Discarded the multiple repeat intervals of 3.0.x in favor of advance alarms. c) Use my own window instead of the Notification Mgr's, which not only means that I can have a Snooze button, but also that I can hack a way for the front process to get time behind me. d) Allow any number of minutes on auto-cancel, instead of being fixed to the pop-up menu. [Also applies to Snooze.] e) Added some cute keystroke shortcuts to the message editor. f) Added an explicit "hourly" choice to the message editor Repeat pop-up. g) Bumped message count maximum up to 200. (Think C 6.0.1)
3.0.5 Added color icon support. (Think C 5.0.4)
3.0.4 a) When a message is automatically rescheduled, write the file but restore the modification date back to what it was before the write. If a message is deleted or the user makes the modification manually, allow the date to be changed as usual. This was done at the request of a user who wished to be able to compare mod dates of two different Notify files to determine which should update the other. b) Fixed the bug in Copy Notify that crashed System 7 Finder when uninstalling existing Notify. (Think C 5.0.4)
3.0.3 Messages to be displayed at boot time have sometimes been removed from the Notification Manager queue before the boot process has advanced enough to display alerts. Therefore, changed the driver startup so that overdue messages are not triggered until the Finder is ready. (Think C 5.0.3)
3.0.2 Fixed a bug that caused crashes when dismissing the Message Editor dialog in System 6. (Think C 5.0.3)
3.0.1 Fixed a handle-locking problem that caused intermittent crashes. (Think C 5.0.3)
3.0 Added auto-cancel and multiple repeat intervals. Also added standalone capability to the control panel to be able to read and write alarms in the absence of the driver. Rewrote entire control panel using OOP in order to simplify possible future expansion. (Think C 5.0.3)
2.3 Added Preferences dialog. Moved the startup icon checkbox from the main display to the new dialog. [This version never published.] (Think C 5.0.2)
2.2 Added Save defaults checkbox to Message Editor. Also, fixed a problem with preferences sometimes not being saved. (Think C 5.0.2)
2.1.2 Invoked International Utilities for handling dates and times in accordance to local preferences. Also fixed two bugs: a) deleting the last message in the file could cause an end-of-file error later; b) display update sometimes got Address Error bomb on 68000 Macs. [Hey, I've only had 020's and 030's for five years! No such animal as Address Error.] (Think C 5.0.2)
2.1.1 Fixed the delay so that Notify will be touched every five minutes. (Think C 5.0.1)
2.1 Restructured message allocation so that it is much easier to change the maximum number of messages, now at 64. Also pulled some things out of resources and into program data to cut down on system heap usage. Built Copy Notify utility application. (Think C 5.0.1)
2.0.1 Got Balloon Help working in the Message Editor. (Think C 5.0.1)
2.0 Added sounds, added Repeat menu, associated timeouts with individual messages, restructured message scheduling so that it steals much less time. First publicly released version. (Think C 5.0)
1.2 Moved from 7-crashy to 7-friendly, including Balloon Help on Control Panel. (Think C 4.0.5)
1.1 Worked some bugs out. (Lightspeed C 3.0)
1.0 Original. (Lightspeed C 3.0)
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