Look Mom, No Hands! 1.5.1

Look Mom, No Hands!
A Shareware Contextual Menus Utility
Written by Andreas Pizsa

[Info-Mac path: /gui/Look-Mom-No-Hands-151.hqx]
[Archive Keywords: Mac OS 8, User Interface, Contextual Menus]

What it does
Annoyed at pressing the Control key to open Contextual Menus? "Look Mom,
No Hands!" lets you open Contextual Menus by just holding down the mouse
button, keeping your other hand free for the coffee cup. This handy $9
Shareware requires less than 5 K of RAM, installs in less than a minute,
and is definitely a must-have for every Mac OS 8 lover!

Features
+ Automatically opens Contextual Menus without the Control key
+ Automatically opens Finder Folder Menus without the Command key
+ Compatible with 68040 computers
+ Uses less than 5 K of RAM
+ Installs in less than a minute
+ Mac First, Mac Only, Mac Forever!

System Requirements
+ a 68040 or PowerPC computer running Mac OS 8.
+ 5 K free RAM *:o)

What others say about "Look Mom, No Hands!"
I received a thousandbizillion e-mails from people all over the world...
thanks to everyone! Here are my favorites:

Shareware Pick of the Week! "At last, keyboard-free contextual menu-ing!
Well worth the $9 shareware fee."
-- MacAddict Magazine

"I installed this treasure earlier today, and I'm happily in puppy love"
-- Tonya Engst, TidBITS

"Very Cool! I've been thinking about this since I first used contextual
menus!"
-- Eric Prentice, The Macintosh Guy

"14 days? It took me 14 minutes to fall in love!"
-- Paddy Atherton

What's new in this release (reverse chronological order)

Version 1.5.1
+ Fixed a problem with Word 5.1 and 4D
+ documentation now describes compatibility with PowerMenu
+ documentation now describes "Keyboard-free finder navigation"

Version 1.5
+ Keyboard-free Finder Folder Menus
+ even less memory requirements
+ improved compatibility
+ added German "Readme" file

Version 1.4
+ unregistered version does not interrupt the startup process
+ works with SpeedDoubler 8, MacLink Plus and other Control Panels
+ new "Register Online" application

Version 1.3
(not an "official" release)

Version 1.2
+ now also runs on 68040 computers
+ supports Internet Config 1.4

Version 1.0.1
+ fixed a problem with Desktop-clicks
+ fixed Icon
+ updated documentation

Version 1.0
+ first public release

Known Issues
Does not support Apple Internet Detecors. You can still use them, but
you'll have to use the Control Key.

Using "Look Mom, No Hands!"

Installing the Software
To install "Look Mom, No Hands" (LMNH), drag the "Look Mom, No Hands"
extension on your System Folder. The Finder will automatically put it into
the "Extensions" folder. Then restart your computer.

Opening Contextual Menus
Click on an item on the desktop and keep holding down the mouse button.
After some time, the standard Contextual Menus will pop up, including any
CMM Plug-Ins you have installed.

Keyboard-free Finder Navigation (Finder Folder Window Popups)
This feature was so abvoius that I had to add it *:o) Normally, when you
Command-click in the title bar of a Finder window, you get a popup menu
with the path of that folder and you can navigate to one of the upper
level folders. "Look Mom, No Hands!" lets you use this feature without the
Command key!

Configuring "Look Mom, No Hands"
You can adjust the delay between a the click and the opening of the
Contextual Menu with the "Mouse" Control Panel. "Look Mom, No Hands" uses
the double-click speed: if you want the Contextual Menus to appear faster
or slower, simply set the double click speed accordingly.

Using "Look Mom, No Hands!" with PowerMenu
When you first install "Look Mom, No Hands!" together with Mark Aiken's
PowerMenu, you will notice that PowerMenu does not show all its menu
items. To change this, please open the "Power Menu Controls" control panel
and set the "To pop up menus" key to something different than Ctrl.

Removing the Shareware Message

Many, if not most, shareware products display some form of shareware
message. Amongst them are some of the most popular titles such as
Kaleidoscope, Snapz Pro, or Drag Thing. The shareware message is not
meant to be an insult, but it

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