Known Problems

Changes in Kaleidoscope 2.1.2

Fixes crashes and video problems on the new Blue & White Power Mac G3s.
Switching schemes from the Kaleidoscope control panel no longer triggers a crash. This was a conflict involving StuffIt SpaceSaver and Navigation Services.
FaxSTF draws bevel buttons correctly in FaxBrowser, and QuickNote no longer misappropriates Kaleidoscope's registration information as its default text.
Extension Manager's Selected Set popup menu responds better to mouse clicks, and its check boxes draw correctly with the System 7 scheme.
AppleWorks 5.0.3 draws its menus backgrounds correctly.
Internet Explorer 4.5 uses Kaleidoscope's tabs in its Explorer Bar. Also, its bevel buttons draw correctly, no longer leaving garbage on the screen.
Action Files no longer has drawing problems in the Select Scheme... dialog box.
SmartScroll's proportional scrollbars work correctly under Mac OS 8.5.
AliasMenu no longer uses absurdly wide menus.
Palm Desktop can once again change labels and edit categories in its calendar.
DeskScan II no longer crashes when drawing its floating utility windows.
The Appearance control panel's system font setting works correctly if Kaleidoscope's Substitute System Font feature is turned off.
Fixes various drawing glitches under Mac OS 8.5 in Sherlock, Navigation Services, Apple System Profiler, Transmit, MT-NewsWatcher, YA-NewsWatcher, and other Appearance-savvy software.
Fixes a crash when closing the Kaleidoscope control panel under System 7.
Bias Peak (sound editing software) no longer leaves its popup menus blank.
Claris Impact (Japanese version) no longer crashes when drawing color palettes.
Kaleidoscope deals better with windows that are too narrow to show the full title.
Menus with background patterns draw faster than in previous versions.
Many other minor fixes and improvements.

Changes in Kaleidoscope 2.1.1

Kaleidoscope 2.x-style windows now draw up to twice as fast.
Menu titles in the menu bar no longer become truncated under Mac OS 8.5.
Windows based on the BeBox WDEF can now collapse under Mac OS 8.5.
The Mac OS 8.5 Appearance control panel tab panes no longer overlap.
Sherlock no longer leaves gray blotches with the Apple platinum scheme.
Kaleidoscope now patches the disabled Mac OS 8.5 application menu grip.
MiniCad no longer crashes when drawing its color palettes.
Fixes popups in the Internet control panel, Sherlock, and Eudora Pro 4.1.
POV-Ray no longer has problems with its Preferences dialogs.
Macromedia Flash no longer cuts off the right sides of its toolbars.
DragStrip no longer prevents you from switching to other applications.
The Get Info window no longer reverts to black and white with some schemes.
Fixes custom menu glitches in MacSoup and ColorSwitch Pro.
Fixes crashes with QuarkConnect and drawing gltiches with AlarmsClock.
The BeBox scheme now offers a full set of improved Finder icons.
The System 7 scheme now uses Kaleidoscope 2.x-style windows.
Many other minor fixes and improvements.

Changes in Kaleidoscope 2.1

Kaleidoscope is now completely compatible with Mac OS 8.5, including
support for sounds, window proxy icons, and proportional scrollbars.
Fixes a crash at startup under System 7.
The Print Preview option of HP printer drivers no longer triggers a crash.
MacSOUP 2.4 menus and windows now draw correctly.
Anarchie Pro 3.0 no longer crashes when bringing up the Open dialog box.
Desktop icon labels use the right background color when viewed as Buttons.
Finder windows no longer flash the wrong color when opened or uncovered.
Finder window background patterns now scroll correctly.
Fixes a system-wide memory leak that particularly plagued Eudora.
Kaleidoscope now patches custom Appearance-savvy menus.
Fixes minor problems with Eudora Pro, Painter, CoolViews, and PowerBar Pro.
Many other minor fixes and improvements.

Changes in Kaleidoscope 2.0.1

Clicking in the Register dialog box no longer causes the Finder to quit.
Scherzo no longer crashes Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, and ICQ.
Window grow boxes work correctly in the Launcher and other applications.
Fixes scrollbar glitches in Internet Explorer, StuffIt TFI, and Civilization.
Progress bars in the Internet Explorer Download Manager draw correctly.
In the Select Schemes... dialog box, all the schemes should now have icons.
Desktop icon labels use the correct colors when viewed "as Buttons".
Includes enhanced versions of the old Onyx, Ice, and Sherbet schemes.
The installer is more robust and no longer mistakenly reports errors.
Many other minor improvements and fixes.

Changes in Kaleidoscope 2.0

Shareware Fee Changes

The Kaleidoscope shareware fee has been raised to $25.
We suggest an optional $5 upgrade fee for registered users of prior versions of Kaleidoscope. This is a purely voluntary contribution; it is not required, and your old registration code will continue to work with Kaleidoscope 2.0. This upgrade is listed in the Kagi Online Order Processing page and the Register application.
Registered users of DoubleScroll can upgrade to Kaleidoscope 2.0 for $15.
We are eliminating the reduced price upgrade for users of Greg's Buttons, BeView, or Aaron. Very few people are still taking advantage of this upgrade, and we feel that we have offered these users plenty of time to upgrade.

Improvements and Fixes

68040 Macs with Mac OS 8/8.1 no longer crash when opening Finder windows.
Command-clicking Finder window titles works with most schemes.
America Online 4.0 no longer crashes.
Window grow boxes no longer ignore mouse clicks.
Collapsed Finder windows behave correctly when zoomed or turned into popups.
Kaleidoscope now patches the Mac OS 8 contextual menu, alias, and copy cursors.
Extensions Manager draws its check boxes correctly.
Claris Emailer no longer attempts to draw a window title in its toolbar window.
Action Files no longer causes drawing glitches in the Select Scheme... dialog box.
TitlePop works correctly.
In the Select Scheme... dialog, the new schemes display the correct icon.
Snitch no longer crashes when opening a Get Info... window.
Windows with one pixel thick left or right sides draw correctly.
The Global Village status menu draws correctly.
Schemes have more control over scroll bar thumb stretching with SmartScroll, and the default stretching behavior is now the same as under Kaleidoscope 1.8.2.
Scroll bar arrows draw correctly in Scherzo.
The Navigation Services open and save dialog boxes draw correctly.
Fixes problems with desktop icon lables on non-English systems.
In Photoshop 5, the Curves dialog works correctly, albeit without its zoom box.
NetObjects Fusion 3.0 no longer crashes or garbles its tabs.
Chooser list highlighting works correctly in schemes with dialog box patterns.
Microsoft Office 98 highlights menu items correctly.
The scroll bar track no longer overlaps the last pixels of the scroll bar thumb.
Microsoft Internet Explorer draws scroll bar track patterns correctly.
Alpha deselects the scroll bar track after clicking the page up or down regions.
Collapsed windows in new schemes can have separate widget down states.
The picture border in the About This Computer... window draws correctly.
Fixes several menu drawing glitches.
The UnderWorld scheme uses the correct background color (blue).
Under System 7, if the Use This Scheme's...Finder Icons box is unchecked, Kaleidoscope still patches in its Mac OS 8 Finder icons.
Under System 7, the Finder header divider draws correctly.
The Kaleidoscope Preferences file should be more resistant to damage, but if it is damaged, Kaleidoscope tells you instead of reverting to the shareware message.
Kaleidoscope tells you if you open an incompatible scheme in the Finder.
Fixes an occasional crash when creating popup windows under Power Windows.
Increased the threshold size where scroll bars revert back to single arrows.
Increased Kaleidoscope's startup memory allocation.
The Use This Scheme's...Finder Icons box is enabled in schemes with trash icons.
Clicking the registration URL in the shareware message or the control panel's register box opens your web browser and takes you to the registration page (courtesy of Internet Config).
In schemes that do not specify tabs, the disabled tabs no longer have tinges.
Menu drawing should be noticeably faster in the new schemes.
Disclosure triangles animate faster.
Fixed a frame of the chasing arrows animation that would become garbled.
Kaleidoscope now patches sliders and offers enhanced progress bars.
Fixed a few black and white drawing glitches.
Improved support for the Appearance Manager APIs.

Changes in Kaleidoscope 2.0b3 (Public Beta)

Completely redesigned the control panel, removing the Color Schemes list,
adding options to disable specific parts of schemes, and reorganizing
it using tabbed panes.
Added a new window engine so cool that words cannot adequately describe it.
Menu titles can now draw as individual tiles, and menus are much enhanced.
Buttons, bevel buttons, popups, and headers can have background patterns.
Disclosure triangles can now draw an animation when switching states.
Alerts and dialog boxes can now have background patterns.
The scheme can now specify Finder background patterns and text colors.
Patches the Appearance Manager's tabs, chasing arrows, and little arrows.
Kaleidoscope now offers the option of scroll bars with arrows at both ends.
Kaleidoscope can now patch the desktop pattern, utility pattern, and cursor.
The user can switch off a scheme's Finder icons and WindowShade sounds.
Zillions of other minor improvements and fixes.

Changes in Kaleidoscope 1.8.2

Fixed a bug that could cause crashes when quitting applications under
Mac OS 8.1 (if Virtual Memory was on and the scheme used window
title bar or menu patterns).
FaxSTF popup menus in the Fax Options dialog box now respond to
mouse clicks. Also, FaxSTF now uses Kaleidoscope's push buttons,
check boxes, and radio buttons.
DiskCopy progress bars for self-mounting image files now draw correctly.
Kaleidoscope now patches the disclosure triangles under Mac OS 8.
Finder dialog boxes (Get Info, Preferences, View Options, and progress
boxes) now correctly use the dialog box text color instead of the window
header text color.
Fixed a few minor problems with the text color in Finder windows.
Acrobat menus highlight correctly in schemes with menu highlight patterns.
Japanese (or other non-Roman) utility window titles are no longer gibberish.

Changes in Kaleidoscope 1.8.1

Application-Specific Improvements and Fixes

The ATM popup menu in its Sets & Fonts tab now responds to mouse clicks.
Director 6 uses the correct menu colors, and its popup menus do not disappear.
StuffIt TFI no longer crashes if you select its New Archive menu option or click
a disclosure triangle in an archive window.
OneClick control panel check boxes no longer turn into push buttons.
MacMoney list text is no longer garbled.
ClarisWorks 5.0 tear off palette utility windows are correctly highlighted.
The Sound Volume control strip indicator no longer switches to a barber pole.
Microsoft Outlook Express uses the correct size system font.
In the Eudora Pro 4 Address Book, the Recipient List text is no longer cut off.
ShrinkWrap 3.0 now uses Kaleidoscope-enhanced progress boxes.

General Improvements and Fixes

Bevel buttons in Finder as Buttons views respond correctly to single clicks, and
they no longer leave a hole in the middle when using Window Monkey.
Alert boxes no longer come up disabled, with no way to dismiss them.
The Finder window color swatch no longer triggers the progress bar patch.
The System 7 menu bar clock draws correctly when using embossed text.
Removed the row of pixels that appeared at the top of scrolling popup menus.
Mac OS 8 Finder column header bevel button text no longer shifts down a pixel.
The New Folder button in Save dialog boxes uses the scheme's folder icon.
The control panel takes advantage of the Appearance Manager under System 7.
Dragging a color scheme to the Kaleidoscope control panel window automatically
moves it to the Kaleidoscope Color Schemes folder.
Popup window tabs are better aligned when using Power Windows.
Several minor changes for improved Appearance Manager compatibility.

Changes in Kaleidoscope 1.8

General Improvements

Arlo Rose, former Apple HI design lead, has taken over for Fred Bass.
Fixed an "FPU not installed" error when clicking on some menus.
Added the Kaleidoscope Extension, which lets you switch to a scheme by
opening it in the Finder (which is scriptable).
Optimized the code for faster drawing, particularly the windows.
Disabled scroll bars ends and window corners draw correctly.
Schemes look better in 16 grays; in 16 colors they use black and white.
Menus no longer scroll unnecessarily or have extra space at the bottom.
Appearance-savvy apps have colorized dialog boxes under System 7.
You can use aliases for the Kaleidoscope Color Schemes folder or schemes.
The Accent Color popup no longer reverts to Lavender unexpectedly.
The Color Scheme list scroll bar thumb uses the right accent color.
The Substitute System Font size popup no longer changes size.
Changed the name of the Apple Grayscale scheme to Apple platinum.
Added support for embossed push button, popup menu, utility window,
and menu text. See the "Creating Color Schemes" document for more details.
Many other fixes, improvements, and changes to the control panel.

Mac OS 8 Improvements

Kaleidoscope patches bevel buttons (used in Finder column headers).
Kaleidoscope patches popup windows (tabbed windows).
The System 7 color scheme now works under Mac OS 8.
The Finder uses the correct text color in the About This Computer window,
clipping window headers, and the Version column of "as List" views.
Sliders, focus rings, and drag highlights use Kaleidoscope's accent color.
Disabled menu titles draw in the correct color.
The Users & Groups sort order button uses the correct icon.
The "Creating Font List..." dialog draws correctly.
Finder grow boxes draw correctly in the BeBox color scheme.

Application-Specific Improvements

Infini-D 4.0 popup menus respond when you click them.
GoLive CyberStudio 2 should no longer crash unexpectedly.
Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop no longer use Kaleidoscope's push
buttons or popup menus becaused they caused too many problems.
Fixed various glitches with the Eudora Pro 4.0 public beta.
MT-NewsWatcher 2.3.5 uses Kaleidoscope's indeterminate progress bars.
DragStrip 3.0.1 window grow boxes draw correctly.

Changes in Kaleidoscope 1.7.3

General Improvements

Added the ten additional Mac OS 8 accent colors (Aquamarine, Copper, etc.).
Extensions Manager now uses Kaleidoscope's check boxes instead of its own.
Minor change to the scheme switching engine to let it work from D' Studio.
Fixed various problems drawing interface elements in black and white.
Tweaked the included schemes to work better on black and white screens.
The "Scheme Updater" application is no longer included with Kaleidoscope.

Mac OS 8 Improvements

Finder Info and Preferences window text boxes use black on a white background.
Desktop icon labels no longer partly switch to using the Finder background color.
The Users & Groups "Show: Identity/Sharing" popup menu now works correctly.
Custom WindowShade sounds work once again, and you can switch them on or off.
You can now switch Finder zoom rectangles on and off or make them zoom faster.
The Accent Color popup menu once again shows its icon swatches when popped up.
Finder icons update immediately when you switch to a scheme with its own icons.
The Finder no longer draws splotches of the wrong color on window headers.
Kaleidoscope uses alert cicn's 0, 1, 2 (stop, caution, note) from color schemes.
DoubleScroll 2.2 should now be completely compatible with Kaleidoscope.
Fixes various problems with the popup menus, check boxes, and radio buttons.
Adjusted the included font spacing to work better with the Global Village menu.

Changes in Kaleidoscope 1.7.2

General Improvements

Microsoft Word 6.0.1 draws menu key glyphs correctly with all system fonts.
Adobe Photoshop uses Kaleidoscope's buttons instead of Adobe's custom ones.
Anarchie and MT-NewsWatcher use Kaleidoscope's indeterminate progress bars.

Mac OS 8 Improvements

Adobe Illustrator 7 draws check box and radio button text correctly.
Lotus Notes no longer crashes while launching.
Starry Night no longer crashes when you click on the sky with the pointer.
Finder scroll bar arrows are no longer garbled when drawn on a second monitor.
The new menu glyphs (delete, option, etc.) draw correctly in all system fonts.
Fixes a bug that sometimes caused check box text to draw in the wrong color.
Fixes various minor glitches.

Changes in Kaleidoscope 1.7.1

General Improvements

QuarkXPress no longer crashes while launching. This was not actually a
conflict with Quark, but rather a conflict with certain third party Quark XTensions.
Adobe Illustrator 7 no longer has problems with check boxes and radio buttons.
Ircle 3.0 no longer triggers problems when dragging its scroll bar thumb.
Microsoft Word 5.1a no longer crashes when selecting the Print Preview option.
Font selection popup menus, such as the Substitute System Font popup in the
Kaleidoscope control panel, are now the right size. Super-sized font popups
were triggered by a conflict with non-Roman Language Kits.
Apollo, Cheat II, and other programs using the "Default" CDEF work correctly.
The MacLinkPlus Installer now works correctly.
Various other fixes.

Mac OS 8 Improvements

PC-Card modems now use the correct icon (instead of a sound clipping icon).
The American Heritage Dictionary now works correctly.
Kaleidoscope now patches the indeterminate progress bars (a.k.a. barber poles).
See the "Creating Color Schemes" document for more information.
Fixes missing check boxes and popup menus at the top of group boxes,
background color glitches with check boxes and radio buttons, and problems
with live scrolling, window collapsing, and the progress bars.

Changes in Kaleidoscope 1.7

Kaleidoscope is now compatible with Mac OS 8. See the FAQ for more details.
Color Scheme designers should check the "Creating Color Schemes" document
for some minor scheme changes.
Added support for menu bar patterns in color schemes. See the "Creating Color
Schemes" document for more information.
Global Village's FAX software no longer crashes when you click on a scroll bar.
This also fixes various other similar scrollbar-related crashes.
The American Heritage Dictionary 3.0 no longer has problems with Kaleidoscope.
Wunderbar now works correctly with collapsed windows and the BeBox scheme.
Church Windows is now compatible with Kaleidoscope.
Irregularly-shaped scroll bar ghost thumbs no longer leave a trail when dragged.
In Microsoft applications, the scroll bar now returns to normal after scrolling.
If you use Microsoft Word with GlobalFax, holding down the "option" key once
again changes "Print" to "FAX" in the "File" menu.
Fixed a bug that could position the scroll bar thumb incorrectly after dragging.
This happened in Netscape, Code Warrior, and various other applications that
use the PowerPlant LActiveScroller class.
Kaleidoscope now draws the scroll bar track pattern with the top left corner of
the pattern aligned with the top left corner of the scroll bar (i.e., the top left
corner of the up or left arrow).
Alpha no longer draws text in the wrong place after expanding one if its windows.
Fixed a problem that could garble the text in the Kaleidoscope control panel.
Fixed minor problems with the scroll bars, the System 7 scheme, window
collapsing, Claris Home Page, Zipple, the Global Village menu, Ircle,
HotLine, Pilot Desktop, and many others.
Updated the Kaleidoscope Classic Pack (available separately) to use the
scheme modifications introduced in this version of Kaleidoscope, and to
fix glitches in the Lavender color scheme.

Changes in Kaleidoscope 1.6

Kaleidoscope is now significantly faster. In particular, windows open more quickly,
scroll bar thumbs drag more smoothly, and progress bars are less choppy.
You can now collapse a window by double-clicking its title bar, just like with Apple's
WindowShade. And if you do use Apple's WindowShade (although there isn't much
point to that anymore), Kaleidoscope's windows collapse correctly.
Windows stay collapsed if you hide and then show the application.
Collapsed BeBox windows adjust their size correctly if their titles change.
Kaleidoscope is now compatible with DoubleScroll's live scrolling feature. You no
longer need to switch the load order of DoubleScroll and Kaleidoscope.
You can now open the Kaleidoscope control panel if Kaleidoscope is not running.
Global Village's status menu draws with the correct menu colors in all schemes, and
it no longer erases the bottom menu bar tinge.
Popup menus pop up with the cursor over the selected item, instead of popping down
below the menu button.
Popup menus no longer erase the window background to white unnecesarily.
Alpha's menus work correctly when the system font size is not set to 12 point.
ATM and WindowMonkey no longer trigger a crash when using Balloon Help in
the Kaleidoscope control panel.

Changes in Kaleidoscope 1.5.1

Floating windows in DragThing and other applications draw correctly when
deactivated. This happened only with schemes from the Kaleidoscope Classic
Pack or ones converted with the Scheme Updater.
Now SuperBoomerang no longer triggers a delay when drawing Open dialog boxes.
Fixed a crash, possibly triggered by RAM Doubler 2.0.1, when closing the
Kaleidoscope control panel after switching to a scheme with different Finder icons.
Adobe Type Reunion no longer causes menus to shift when selected.
CyberFinder icons should no longer appear as generic document icons.
StuffIt SpaceSaver compressed files are now drawn with the normal tag, instead
of covering them with a generic document icon.
Folder Icon Maker lets you choose different folder resources once again.
SilverLining's startup dialog box draws correctly.
Added a WindowShade widget to the windows in the BeBox color scheme.
Improved the accented characters in the Veritas 12 suggested system font.
SmartScroll thumbs taking up most of the scroll bar track draw correctly.
In Finder list views, the underline indicating the selected view now moves
with the header when you scroll horizontally.
Fixed various bugs in the included "Scheme Updater" application.
Added support for embossed window titles in color schemes. See the "Creating
Color Schemes" document for more information.
Many other minor changes and improvements.

Changes in Kaleidoscope 1.5

Changed the format of the color scheme files. Although old color schemes
designed for Kaleidoscope 1.0.x no longer work (that is what I meant when
I said that I was not supporting third party color schemes for Kaleidoscope 1.0.x),
the new format is much more flexible and easy to edit, so you will soon be able to
find even more and varied color schemes. If your favorite color scheme no longer
works, contact the author of that color scheme and ask him to update it. You may
find that there is already an update available.
Included a Scheme Updater application to convert your old color schemes to
the new format. To convert color schemes, just drag and drop them onto the
Scheme Updater, or drag and drop a folder onto the Scheme Updater to convert
all the color schemes in that folder.
We now actively support third party color scheme designers. See the Creating
Color Schemes document for more information on the color scheme format.
Clicking the logo at the top left of the Kaleidoscope control panel now brings
up an about box for the selected color scheme.
The Aaron color scheme has been renamed Apple Grayscale.
Included a BeBox color scheme based on the new BeOS interface from Be, Inc.
For more information about the BeOS, see the Be web site: http://www.be.com/.
This color scheme is based on our BeView extension, and registered users of
BeView can upgrade to Kaleidoscope for the reduced price of $10. See the Aaron
/ BeView / Buttons Upgrade document for more information.
Included a System 7 color scheme that gives you the standard Mac user interface
you would have if you were not using Kaleidoscope. Use this color scheme if you
want to switch off Kaleidoscope temporarily, such as if you need to take screen
shots of a normal Mac.
Included Veritas and BeBox suggested system fonts. Veritas looks like a cross
between Espy Sans Bold 10 and Chicago 12, and it is based on Apple's Truth font,
rumored to be the system font under Mac OS 8. BeBox is based on the system font
used under the Be OS and is the ideal system font complementing the BeBox color
scheme.
Updated the folder icons to better match the ones rumored to be used in Mac OS 8.
Also added icons for suitcases, fonts, clippings, and generic documents and applications.
SmartScroll version 2.03 or later is now compatible with Kaleidoscope. You can get
the latest version of SmartScroll from Marc Moini's web site:
http://www.kagi.com/authors/marc.
The Spinning Zoom Rectangles now work under System 7.6.
The windows now work correctly on the Power Mac 7300, 8600, and 9600, as well
as under System 7.6.1a9.
Fixed various problems that could cause Kaleidoscope to fail to install at startup.
Now Menus and Now Startup Manager no longer crash when you resize their
control panels.
Kaleidoscope is more tolerant of problems with third party color schemes.
Excluded Fontographer from the menu color patch.
The popup menu routines now handle 254-highlighting correctly.

Changes in Kaleidoscope 1.0.1

Selecting a popup menu in the Kaleidoscope control panel no longer crashes.
Claris Organizer 2.0 no longer crashes while launching.
Text entry fields in dialog boxes no longer become garbled.
Photoshop 4 no longer uses Kaleidoscope's floating windows.
FreeHand 7.0 is now also excluded from Kaleidoscope's menu colors.
Fixed the horizontal scrollbar ghost thumb in the Envy color scheme.
Resolved a font ID conflict between "Tecton" and the font used in FreePPP.
Fixed the system font size problem in Claris Home Page.
Various minor fixes and improvements.