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Day Job Softwerks have updated NavCom Cache Control to version 2.0. NavCom Cache Control is a small, PowerPC-only application that allows users to activate and adjust the memory cache of Netscape's Communicator and Navigator 4.x browsers. The new version includes a complete overhaul to make the utility more stable and faster. According to Day Job Softwerks.
Version 2.0 is a major new release, with complete overhauls of the event-handling and user registration mechanisms, significant changes in the user interface, and tweaks and fixes in every nook and cranny of N3C's greasy little heart.
- All the event-processing code has been converted to the traditional Macintosh application model. The File menu now has Open, Close, Save, Revert, and Quit items, which all behave as users would expect. The "Save Cache Settings" button has been removed from the main window, and N3C no longer quits after cache settings are saved, which should make things much easier for people who maintain browsers with multiple users. Support for basic AppleEvents was also implemented.
- Contrary to what prior versions of the User Manual stated, changes made to cache settings while the browser was running were not being permanently saved. The browser would write over those changes when it quit. Since there is no real workaround for this situation, the user is now notified (and given the option to quit the browser) when changes might be overwritten.
- A nifty little user pane, showing a graphical path to the target Netscape Preferences file, was added to the main window and file selection dialog. It's sort of a miniature version of the file path display used in Sherlock.
- Changed cache settings are now drawn in red italics in the main window. This should make it much easier for users to tell which cache settings have been changed during a session.
- Balloon help was installed for the File menu, the main window, the custom cache dialog, and the file selection dialog.
- The about box was completely redone. It now contains a cool (?) graphic, in addition to version and free memory information. The about now appears as a one-second splash when the application is launched and, after the application has loaded, it displays all of the user's registration information, for quick and easy reference.
- Definitively addressed (I hope) the issue of multiple registration codes for registered users. Backing up and restoring the N3C Preferences file will no longer cause registration to reset. If the N3C Preferences file is deleted, the user can enter the original registration code to reactivate N3C.
This utility is priced at only US$3 (three dollars) when purchased directly from the company. If purchased through Kagi, the price is US$5. The product can be demoed for free for 14 days.
Day Job Softwerks
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