| Drop-down menu: iPOP Pro-X Powerbar I Version History
Features added up to version 6.9 include:
- True-type font support
- Improved compatibility with new operating system versions and new java versions
Features added up to version 6.8 include:
- History-tracking (ability to colour-code "active" and "visited" states)
- Note: despite naming changes, the "free lifetime upgrade" path has not
been broken - upgrade entitlements remain!
Features added up to version 6.7 include:
- "menusource" parameter changed to "menusourcetype" and
enhanced with an additional algorithm for reading external
index files
- "menuencoding" parameter added for better handling of
non-Roman character sets
- indices in DBCS and other non-Roman character sets can
now be supplied from external sources as well as parameters
- signing prompt modified so that the information under MSIE
emphasises that menu loading is immediate and no installation
is involved
Features added up to version 6.5 include:
- "menusource" parameter now used to set index ZIP decompression
- "topmenulayout" parameter with 5 layout definitions for buttons
along the topmost parent level; these include options for sizing
entries proportional to text width on horizontal bars, and a right
align option
- "topmenumargin" parameter for padding proportionally sized entries
- "topmenuspacing" parameter for adding space between entries on
horizontal bar layouts
- "opendelay" and "closedelay" parameters can be used to prevent
intermediate entries opening when moving between widely separated
entries on the topmost parent level
Features added up to version 6.4 include:
- "focustype" parameter now split between topmenu and submenu
versions
- Under MSIE/Windows, the applet returns the focus to the browser window
once the submenu system has been closed
Features added up to version 6.3 include:
- Ability to read external indices from compressed ZIP files, reducing
download volume/time by about 85% to 90%
- Exposed drill() method added to allow remote index reloads
- onLoad parameter which can trigger a javascript of your choice when
the applet has finished loading (not Mac)
Features added up to version 6.2 include:
- Mouse-over can now be indicated by underlines as well as rectangular boxes
- Extensive improvements to the menumaker applet configurator
Features added up to version 6.1 include:
- Variable height sidebar buttons
- Parameters can now accept multiple indices for high-speed page-sensitive menu-content changes
- VM detector for improved compatibility
- Comes with improved Powerbar Menumaker application for easier implementation
- Configurable auto-prompt if certificate declined
- Additional templates
Features added in version 6.0 include:
- Comes packaged with the new Applet Menumaker for easy implementation
- Stylesheets
- Submenu explosions
- Optional signed CAB file (removes MS window warnings)
- Optional signed JAR file for Netscape 6
- Dozens of new parameters
- Improved Linux/Unix/Mac & Netscape 6 compatibility
- Text shadow, alignment, offset options
- Line-wrapping
- Variable width topbar buttons
- Higher performance and speed
Features from version 5 and earlier include:
- Pop-up and/or drop-down menus from top or side bars
- Menus can drop-down over frames and window edges
- Tiling background images
- User-definable icons for each entry, plus optional bullets
- Internal buttonizer options for creating button effects along the bars
- Text and tag graphics for entering images after or instead of text
- Support for non-Western character sets (e.g. Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese and Greek)
- Ability to trigger javascripts directly from the applet (not Mac)
- Dynamic index support
- High volume index support (tested with a 100,000 entry single index file)
- Support for audio file playing
- Path substitutions for optimising complex URL's in the index files
- Timer command for triggering timed command sequences
- Precise positioning parameters for adjusting line spacing, text offsets, window overlaps, icon position and tag graphic position
- Extended colour formatting parameters
- Sub-menus can open up to 10 deep and will bounce off the right of
the screen if necessary
- Multi-frame parallel hyperlink targeting (unlimited triggers)
- Index can be loaded from external files, parameters or both
- Launch can be configured for mouse-over or mouse-click
- Requires JDK 1.1 (v.4.0+ browsers)
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