Fiwi

Fiwi features, tips, shortcuts:

Fiwi

a compact, faceless (it has no interface per se) application

to help with moving files and folders via 2 symmetrical Finder windows

by WordPower

proud makers of GrupaDupa

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To be most useful Fiwi needs to be installed in the left sidebar of any Finder window, just above the desktop icon in the PLACES category.

Fiwi provides 2 symmetrical Finder windows on the desktop, side by side (columns) or one on top of the other (rows), and when it quits frees all memory (RAM).

The windows clear the dock wherever you keep it ( bottom right or left of the screen) and have a small gap between them.

If no windows are present Fiwi uses the Finder to create 2 new ones.

If they are already there Fiwi swaps them right to left or top to bottom.

I have installed Fiwi in the dock as well so, if there are no windows open, I just click it there.

If one window is present Fiwi resizes it and places it either at the top (rows) or left (columns) of the desktop. Fiwi creates the second window (with the user default settings for new windows) and places it underneath (rows) or to the right (columns) of the first.

If 2 or more windows are present the top 2 will be used and Fiwi leaves all the rest alone underneath them.

Fiwi also helps you reset the size of new Finder windows to one default size no matter how you resized them before running it. Once you run Fiwi they will all appear like that.

To learn Fiwi quickly please watch the video of its review by Don McAllister 181 Mac Montage

http://wordpower-software.com/WordPower/fiwi_movie.html

and/or

hear Allison Sheridan’s NosillaCast Mac Podcast:

http://wordpower-software.com/WordPower/fiwi_files/Alison%20Fiwi.mp3

http://www.podfeet.com/wordpress/2009/01/18/187-Fiwi-rpn-calculators-set-youtube-to-high-quality-desklickr/#Fiwi

Installation:

Decompress and drag the Fiwi folder to the Utilities (or any other folder) on your hard disk.

Drag Fiwi both to the dock (so you can access it even if no windows are open) and to the left sidebar of any Finder window, just above the desktop icon in the PLACES category.

Just grab Fiwi, hold your mouse button down and drag it into the far left of its own window. When you see the blue bar appear on your screen let go and you'll see its icon and name appear there.

From now on when you need Fiwi it will be there in all open windows. Easy to reach. No need to search for it.

NB: Spaces users.

In the "Expose & Spaces" preference pane, in tab "Application Assignements" please add Finder and choose "Every Space" from the pop up menu in tab "Space".

Upgrading:

To upgrade any version, trash the previous version and use the current one.

WordPower Upgrade Policy.

WordPower makes upgrades free whenever possible and keeps the price at 99 cents US.

The version of Fiwi bought works forever on that Mac with that operating system.

At times Fiwi users ask us to add new features and WordPower implements them.

WordPower makes improvements available to all Fiwi users and asks them to share in the expenses with the purchase of a new licence at 99 cents US.

Upgrade if you think the new features will benefit you.

Requirements:

Mac OSX 10.4 or later.

Usage:

First time only and optional:

In the Finder set up two windows in the format you like, side by side or one on top of the other, on the display of your choice and of the desired size then run the Fiwi set up utility provided free of charge with Fiwi.

Fiwi will remember and go on setting the 2 windows like that until you change them and run Fiwi set up again. Run Fiwi set up again and you will be able to reset Fiwi to default.

Always:

Doubleclick Fiwi to access 2 windows in column format, side by side, or in row format, one on top of the other or to swap them right to left or top to bottom.

Start up Fiwi holding the shift key down to toggle format from columns (side by side) to rows (top and bottom) or vice versa.

Settings will be remembered until you start with the shift key down again or you use the Fiwi set up utility to change them. The shift key has no effect when customised windows have been set.

Add a c or an r to Fiwi's name making it Fiwic or Fiwir to make Fiwi set up only for columns or rows until you change its name again.

NB: Fiwi set up takes precedence even if you have changed the name to Fiwic or Fiwir. Run Fiwi set up once more, choose columns or rows and Fiwic or Fiwir will work again.

Fiwi can be used to set up two windows in other applications besides the Finder. You can toggle this function on/off via Fiwi set up or by starting up Fiwi holding the option key down.

At this time Fiwi supports the following applications:

Finder 10.5.8, Script Editor 2.2.1 (100.1), Safari 4.0.3 (5531.9), Pages 4.0.2(751), Quicktime Player 7.6.2 (518), TextEdit 1.5(244), Firefox 3.5.2.

To increase Fiwi range of possible applications please enable guy scripting by checking the appropriate box in AppleScript Utility (Applications:Applescript:AppleScript Utility) end entering an admin password.

With guy scripting enabled at present Fiwi also supports the following applications:

Numbers 2.0.2 (322), Smultron 3.3 (3.3), Find Any File 1.1.2, EasyFind 4.0.1 (4.0.1), Norrkross MorphX 2.9.3 (2.9.3).

NB With guy scripting on Fiwi will also be able to recognize the dock size correctly and will create the 2 windows just clear it.

Tip:

If you drag Fiwi with the option key down you can add it to the tool bar at the top of your windows as well. To remove it drag it out of the tool bar with the command key down.

You can swap the source with the destination window by simply running Fiwi again when two windows are already present, even if they have been customised.

Fiwi will work 99 times for you without limitations in demo mode.

After that you can purchase a licence for it for only US$0.99 at our website:

http://www.wordpower-software.com

The licence is valid for one person on one machine only.

Entering the password:

Fiwi will offer you a chance to enter the password after 10 (and multiples of 10) uses. It will display a dialog box, you can click unlock and enter the password as follows:

Please copy the password making sure you have no blank spaces in front or after it.

When the box appears be sure NOT to click into it but just paste the password (cmnd v).

The encrypted password will show as one or more bullet sign.

Press the enter key.

Thank you to all of you who made suggestions for improvements :

Raphael Wolfer's 2finder www.raphaelwolfer.de for the original idea.

Jan Rybar whose comments in MacUpdate.com led to the name and icon change.

Mac Scripter where I found the brilliant one liner to find screen resolution at: http://bbs.macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=17701

Charles Maurer for encouraging me to develop version 1.5 and making Fiwi better

Richard Drdul for the excellent idea of creating a Fiwi set up application and his new icon for Fiwi.

Wayne Lammers for alerting us that front window was not appearing at top or left when 2 or more windows were present and Fiwi was showing wrong version number in menu bar.

Stefan Klieme for the dock orientation detection posted on macscripter.com(2008-02-26 01:37:28 am)

Jeff Kelley’s Blog for the idea of getting the size of the dock out of the process list 1.

Charles Maurer for alerting us that Fiwi would fail when a "copy" window was present.

David Fink and Ricardo Schmutzer for alerting me to the fact that Fiwi did not work for different users on the same Mac.

Thank you to the Mac scripter community and in particular to Nigel Garvey, Chrys and Yvan Koenig.

A warm thanks to Stefan Klieme Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Website: http://www.klieme.de for his checkModifierKeys to check for the shift key.

Thanks to Mark Friedman for pointin out the wndwN and wndwT variable error.

Thank you to Nigel Nicholls for alerting us about the Firefox error.

... and to all of you who posted nice words about Fiwi on the web.

Fiwi is getting international recognition and WordPower wishes to thank everyone who helps.

If you know of any other link to Fiwi please reply below or email info@wordpower-software.com so we can add to the list.

Fiwi featured on:

Mac Format issue 205 March 2009 (publshed in UK on 04/02/2009)

Click here to visit the Mac Format website

Don McAllister 181 Mac Montage

http://wordpower-software.com/WordPower/fiwi_movie.html

Allison Sheridan’s NosillaCast Mac Podcast:

http://wordpower-software.com/WordPower/fiwi_files/Alison%20Fiwi.mp3

video http://sideshow.co.il/mac/?p=186

video http://vimeo.com/2749549

http://www.podfeet.com/wordpress/2009/01/18/187-fiwi-rpn-calculators-set-youtube-to-high-quality-desklickr/#fiwi

http://www.macreviewcast.com/

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/206319

http://mac.sofotex.com/download-136568.html

http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Utilities/pwrWndws.shtml

http://www.download.com/Fiwi/3000-18487_4-206319.html?tag=mncol

http://software.techrepublic.com.com/abstract.aspx?docid=894805

http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/30/iarchiver.searchreplace/

http://db.tidbits.com/article/9955?rss

En http://fiwi.en.softonic.com/mac

Sp http://fiwi.softonic.com/mac

Sp http://fiwi.softonic.com/mac/comparar/livesearch,rcdefaultapp,google-desktop

http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=894805

http://www.zdnetasia.com/downloads/mac/swinfo/0,39043228,39566882s,00.htm

http://dictionary.zdnet.com/definition/Sidebar.html

http://mac.majorgeeks.com/download6153.html

http://bbs.macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?pid=108259

http://macblender.com/apps-album-artwork-assistant-ithief-fiwi/

Ru http://www.mirsofta.ru/index.php?id=1228792334

http://www.programatium.com/soft/descargar-software.php?id=Fiwi%201.8-Ejecuta%20dos%20Finder,%20uno%20al%20lado%20del%20otro,%20y%20desplaza%20archivos

http://descargas.hoytecnologia.com/ie/75419-Fiwi

SurfBits.com Mac Reviews

MacBreak Weekly (pick of the week June 30 2009)

WordPower looks forward to hearing from you.

Thanks once more for trying Fiwi.

Regards,

Mario Leonti

WordPower

Contact:

WordPower

PO Box 160 Waikanae

New Zealand

http://www.wordpower-software.com

New/changes in this version:

Fiwi 2.0.8 is reommended to all users of Fiwi 2 and later.

Toggle “using other applications besides the Finder” on/off via Fiwi set up and now also by starting up Fiwi holding the option key down.

Fiwi supports Finder 10.5.8, Script Editor 2.2.1 (100.1), Safari 4.0.3 (5531.9), Pages 4.0.2(751), Quicktime Player 7.6.2 (518), TextEdit 1.5(244). Firefox 3.5.2 is supported but not 100%.

With guy scripting enabled Fiwi also supports: Numbers 2.0.2 (322), Smultron 3.3 (3.3), Find Any File 1.1.2, EasyFind 4.0.1 (4.0.1), Norrkross MorphX 2.9.3 (2.9.3).

Fiwi version 2.0.8 is a free upgrade for owners of Fiwi 2.0 to 2.0.7.

Version history:

Version 2.0.8, finished 12 August 2009 at 10:15 SNZT

Maintenance upgrade. Reommended to all users of Fiwi 2 and later.

Toggle “using other applications besides the Finder” on/off via Fiwi set up and by starting up Fiwi holding the option key down.

Fiwi supports Finder 10.5.8, Script Editor 2.2.1 (100.1), Safari 4.0.3 (5531.9), Pages 4.0.2(751), Quicktime Player 7.6.2 (518), TextEdit 1.5(244). Firefox 3.5.2 is supported but not 100%.

With guy scripting enabled Fiwi also supports: Numbers 2.0.2 (322), Smultron 3.3 (3.3), Find Any File 1.1.2, EasyFind 4.0.1 (4.0.1), Norrkross MorphX 2.9.3 (2.9.3).

Fiwi version 2.0.8 is a free upgrade for owners of Fiwi 2.0 to 2.0.7.

Version 2.0.7, finished 15 July 2009 at 14:02 SNZT

Small maintenance upgrade. Reommended to all users of Fiwi 2 and later.

Fiwi version 2.0.7 is a free upgrade for owners of Fiwi 2.0,2.01,2.0.2,2.0.3,2.04,2.0.5 and 2.0.6.

Version 2.0.6, finished 12 July 2009 at 15:50 SNZT

Fiwi 2.0.6 is a minor maintenance upgrades that resolves an issue that Fiwi displayed a dialog box at startup when variable wndwsT was not found.

Version 2.0.5, finished 10 July 2009 at 16:56 SNZT

Fiwi 2.0.5 is a minor maintenance upgrade. Resolves an issue where Fiwi complained when Firefox was not present on the HD.

Version 2.0.4, finished 07 July 2009 at 22:03 SNZT

Fiwi 2.0.4 is a minor maintenance upgrade. Fiwi now starts up using the Finder only. To use other applications please use Fiwi set up. Holding the shift key down at startup toggles the format of the two windows from columns (side by side) to rows (one on top of the other ) and vice versa.

Fiwi version 2.0.4 is a free upgrade for owners of Fiwi 2.0,2.01,2.0.2 and 2.0.3.

Version 2.0.3, finished 29 June 2009 at 15:06 SNZT

Fiwi 2.0.3 is a minor maintenance upgrades that resolves an issue that Fiwi displayed a dialog box at startup when a variable was not found.

Fiwi version 2.0.3 is a free upgrade for owners of Fiwi 2.0,2.01,2.0.2.

Version 2.0.2, finished 28 June 2009 at 15:34 SNZT

Fiwi 2.0.2 resolves an issue that prevented user to enter the password after 30 seconds of inactivity because the dialox box would time out and disappear.

Fiwi version 2.0.2 is a free upgrade for owners of Fiwi 2.0 and 2.01.

Version 2.0.1, finished 18 June 2009 at 20:33 SNZT

Fiwi 2.0.1 resolves an issue that prevented it to work correctly with Numbers when Numbers preferences were set up to choose a template before creating a document.

Fiwi version 2.0.1 is a free upgrade for owners of Fiwi 2.0 and it is recommended for all users.

Version 2.0, finished 16 June 2009 at 08:24 SNZT

Fiwi 2.0 works with other applications besides the Finder. Shift key down at startup toggles the format of the two windows from columns (side by side) to rows (one on top of the other ) New Fiwi set up allows for changing the format, setting up customised windows and toggling the use of other applications besides the Finder.

Version 1.9.4, finished 23 May 2009 at 13:42 SNZT

Fiwi now works for different users on same Mac without having to reset the preferences. Fiwi set up allows for resetting the 2 windows to default.

Version 1.9.3, finished 11 March 2009 at 10:42 SNZT

Free to users of Fiwi 1.9.2. Fiwi now successfully recognizes and ignores "copy" windows.

Version 1.9.2, finished 19 February 2009 at 19:44 SNZT

Compatibility with Tiger System 10.4. Works like Fiwi 1.9.1 on Mac OSX 10.5+.

Version 1.9.1, finished 14 February 2009 at 11:44 SNZT

Free update to Fiwi 1.9 users. Fixed an issue where Fiwi failed if it could not find file com.apple.dock.plist in the user's library.

Version 1.9, finished 8 February 2009 at 16:24 SNZT

Fully Dock aware in all 3 positions, optimized windows creation, simplified Fiwi set up and posted review video and audio on http://wordpower-software.com/WordPower/fiwi.html

Version 1.8, finished 16 December 2008 at 16:15 SNZT

New Icons. Fiwi tries to create 2 windows without error message in new Macs. The front window comes at the top or left when 2 or more windows are present. Menu bar displays right version number.

Version 1.7, finished 6 December 2008 at 12:14 SNZT

Added Fiwi set up.

Version 1.6, finished 29 November 2008 at 13:45 SNZT

Maintenance Upgrade: optimized code and made password dialog box more user friendly.

If name is changed to Fiwic or Fiwir no dialog box appears not even the first time it is used.

Version 1.5, finished 25 November 2008 at 20:11 SNZT

Name change sets default format. Fiwic = columns, Fiwir = rows.

Version 1.4, finished 22 November 2008 at 08:59 SNZT

Fiwi now sets the 2 windows to the default Finder settings correctly

Version 1.3, finished 14 November 2008 at 17:50 SNZT

Fiwi now sets the 2 windows on the primary monitor only, even if you have multiple monitors connected.

Version 1.2, finished 11 November 2008 at 15:16 SNZT

Fiwi now allows user to select their preference of Columns (side by side) or Rows (one on top of the other) as default .

At startup the user chooses which format suits best by clicking on the appropriate button. That choice will be the default until the user changes it.

Version 1.1, finished 6 November 2008 at 15:46 SNZT

Version 1.0, finished 2 November 2008 at 00:46 SNZT

Easy windows versions" (never posted)

Version 1.3.1b, finished 3 November 2008 at 14:46 SNZT

pwrwndws versions:

Version 1.2, finished 1 November 2008 at 00:46 SNZT

Version 1.1, finished 28 October 2008 at 23:00 SNZT

Version 1.0, finished 13 October 2008 at 12:21 SNZT

Version b.0.0.1, finished 29 Apr 2008 at 10:03 SNZT.

Version a.0.0.1, finished 19 Jan 2008 at 13:01 SNZT.

Disclaimer:

This software package is very simple and has been built with care and the user in mind. However WordPower and its staff accept no responsibility for anything happening to Computer software and/or hardware and the operators of such computers.

Please use this software package entirely at your own risk. If you have any doubt please do not use use this software package or keep it on your system.

Fiwi

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free demo valid for 99 times

click here or icon above to download

Fiwi rquires Mac OSX 10.4 or later.

US $0.99

Fiwi is a compact, faceless (it has no interface per se) application to help with moving files and folders via 2 symmetrical Finder windows.

Fiwi is rapidly getting worlwide recognition, here are some links to Fiwi,.

Thank you to everyone who likes Fiwi enough to help.

Please email wordpower@clear.net.nz to add additinal links to the list below.

Fiwi featured on:

Mac Format issue 205 March 2009 (publshed in UK on 04/02/2009) gave Fiwi 1.7 a very positive review. Click here to visit the Mac Format website