August 30th, 1999

[7:45 AM]
Mac Desktop Utility Helps Keep You And Your Desktop Organized
Sig Software has released the final version of their much anticipated Drop Drawers. Drop Drawers is a very handy utility that places pop out drawers on the sides of your screen that allow you to store all manner of things. According to Sig Software:

After an extensive public beta phase involving hundreds of Mac users, Sig Software is proud to announce version 1.0 of Drop Drawers.

Drop Drawers is a revolutionary user-interface enhancement which provides floating pullout, snap-shut drawers on the sides of your screen to store text, URLs, aliases, pictures, sounds, movies and anything else.

Information in a drawer can also be worked with. It is not just another floating application launcher, although it fulfills all those functions too.

Examples of things you can store in a drawer :

  • Aliases to frequently used files, applications and folders.
  • URLs for web sites you often visit.
  • Snippets of text information you could otherwise forget.
  • A catalogue of thumbnails for image files.
  • E-mail addresses for individuals you often contact.
  • Multimedia formats including pictures, movies and sounds.
  • Styled text phrases for easy dropping into your documents.
  • Absolutely anything you can copy via the clipboard or drag and drop.

Features:

  • Drawers can be positioned easily on any side of any screen.
  • Drawers are self-contained files which can be moved around.
  • Image and movie files shown as QuickTime image thumbnails.
  • Drag files onto folders and applications in drawers.
  • Highly customizable interface with colors, fonts and tab shapes.
  • Multiple drawers can be open simultaneously.
  • Sophisticated arrange and clean up options.
  • Built-in styled text editor.
  • Full help files included.

You can find more information on Drop Drawers at the company's web site. The product is priced at US$15 and Sig Software is offering a free 30 day trial period.

Sig Software