Smart Scroll Version History

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Version History

Version 3.9.1 - October 28, 2011

Fixes hiccups in v3.9 when using a scroll wheel mouse (Thanks, Fabrice Douce, Alex Murray!)
Various other fixes and improvements.

For Mac OS X 10.3.9, please use Smart Scroll 2.8.5 for Panther.

Version 3.9 - October 12, 2011

This version of Smart Scroll supports Mac OS X 10.4 to 10.7.2 and is recommended for all users.
Full support for Safari 5.1.1 Reader and Reading List.
Support for iTunes 10.5
Support for Super Scroll and Grab Scroll in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 3.9 beta 4 - September 16, 2011

Support for iTunes 10.4.1
No longer interferes with horizontal swipes in Safari 5.1
Various fixes and improvements.

Version 3.8.5 - September 16, 2011

Same as 3.9b4, plus fix for erroneous beta expiration.

Version 3.9 beta 3 - August 20, 2011

Support for OS X Lion 10.7.1
Fixes for Safari 5.1, as well as other browsers.
Remaining Safari 5.1 issues: horizontal swipes, Auto Scroll in Reader, no Smart Scroll in Reading List nor RSS feeds (for swipes, a workaround is to disable Coasting on the X axis for Safari, in the Smart Scroll preference pane).
Various fixes and improvements.

Version 3.8.4 - August 20, 2011

Fixes for Safari 5.1, as well as other browsers. Remaining Safari 5.1 issues same as for 3.9b3.

Version 3.9 beta 1 & 2 - July 31, 2011

Initial support for OS X 10.7 Lion
Support for Safari 5.1 (except Reader and Reading List, later)
Separate settings for reversing scrolling on trackpad vs. scroll wheel mouse.

Version 3.8.3 - July 31, 2011

Support for Safari 5.1 (except Reader and Reading List, later)
Support for iTunes 10.4
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 3.8.2 - June 25, 2011

Support for Mac OS X 10.6.8
Super Scroll and Grab Scroll support for Sparrow, Tweeter, Carousel, Spotify, Reeder, Tweetie (Thanks, David Phillips, George Coghill!)
Easily compare Super Scroll to the built-in "with inertia" trackpad scrolling: use the Disable with Caps Lock switch to turn Super Scroll on/off on the fly.
Hover Scroll no longer interferes with the color panel's magnifier tool (Thanks, Richard Pitcairn!)
Scroll Keys can now be turned off for selected applications even when LaunchBar is running (Thanks, Michael Blair!)
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 3.8.1 - March 22, 2011

Support for Mac OS X 10.6.7
Various fixes and improvements (Thanks, Fabrice Douce, Mark Garfinkel, John Taschereau!)

Version 3.8 - January 7, 2011

Support for Mac OS X 10.6.6
New: Auto Scroll hands-free scrolling is now also available for reading in Preview and Skim (Thanks, Markus Struck!)
Various fixes and improvements.

Version 3.7.8 - November 29, 2010

New lower price: at $14 instead of $19, Smart Scroll is now more affordable than ever! Users who purchased a license in the past 30 days may request to benefit from the new price.
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 3.7.7 - November 11, 2010

Support for Mac OS X 10.6.5
Support for iPhoto in iLife '11
Fixes for FileMaker Pro 6 & 7, VMWare Fusion.
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 3.7.6 - October 16, 2010

Fixes for iTunes, VMWare Fusion, Adobe Lightroom.
Various other fixes and improvements.

Download Smart Scroll 3.7.6 (1.7 MB)

Version 3.7.6 beta 1 - September 16, 2010

Fix for some applications not launching (Handbrake, Quicken, Rosetta apps) on multitouch-equipped machines (Thanks, Phil Hubbard!)

Version 3.7.5 - September 9, 2010

Improved iTunes scrolling.
Fixes for Magic Trackpad, Hover Scroll, VMWare Fusion.

Version 3.7.4 - July 14, 2010

Fixes for Hover Scroll and random stopping of Smart Scroll on some systems.
Various fixes and improvements.

Version 3.7 - June 15, 2010

Support for Mac OS X 10.6.4
Various fixes and improvements.

Version 3.7b1 - June 11, 2010

New Auto Scroll feature: hands free scrolling for Safari Reader and Quick Look.
New "Adjust speed with arrow keys" checkbox for Hover Scroll.
Support for Safari 5.
Support for Firefox 3.5.9 (Thanks, Christopher Osborn!)
Support for FileMaker Pro 8.5, 9, 10 and 11 (Thanks Myles Harris, Patrick Poulou!)
Fixed scrolling in some Quick Look previews in Finder.
Fixed Smart Scroll stopping in some applications on busy systems.
Fixed memory usage problem.
Various fixes and improvements.

Version 3.6.3 - March 31, 2010

Support for Mac OS X 10.6.3
Various fixes and improvements.

Download Smart Scroll 3.6.3 (1.8 MB)

Version 3.6.1 - March 2, 2010

Improved Magic Mouse scrolling (Thanks, George Coghill!)
Scrolling no longer locks up in Firefox, Word, Photoshop (Thanks, Hart Posen, Rich Sauer!)
Added support for Stainless and Wyzo (Thanks, Doug, Aaron Arlof!)
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 3.6 - February 1, 2010

New: Touch trackpad with 2 fingers (1 for Magic Mouse) to stop coasting (Thanks, Erling Ellingsen!)
New: Separate settings available for Multi-Touch (trackpad/Magic Mouse) and Scroll Wheel.
Fixed Smart Scroll not always working in Finder.
Firefox problems: turn off Smooth Scrolling in Firefox under Preferences:Advanced:General (Thanks, Ari Takahashi!)
Fixed cursor still showing Hand after stopping Grab Scroll with Hold Primary button (Thanks, Nicholas Quixote!)
Various other fixes and improvements.

Download Smart Scroll 3.6 (1.8 MB)

Version 3.5.2 - January 8, 2010

New "Nudge cursor to stop coasting" checkbox (Thanks, Petteri Hiisilä, Dustin Harman!)
Support for Firefox 3.5.7

Download Smart Scroll 3.5.2 (1.7 MB)

Version 3.5.1 - January 6, 2010

Fixes for Safari 4: slow scrolling, Hover Scroll glitches (Thanks, Cowicide, Eric Pitcock!)
Improvements and fixes for Firefox and Chrome.
Trackpad: coasting can now be stopped by nudging the cursor.
Fix for another problem causing the "Could not start" message.
Fix for Open/Save dialogs in Carbon applications with Default Folder X (Thanks, Bob Embry, Jon Gotow!)
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 3.5 - December 23, 2009

Improvements and fixes for Safari 4 (Thanks, Ron Norris!)
Support for all Firefox themes, starting with Firefox 3.6 (but Hover Scroll had to be dropped).
Super Scroll and Grab Scroll for Chromium (Thanks, Dustin Harman!)
Super Scroll and Grab Scroll for NeoOffice.
Grab Scroll for Eclipse.
Fix for two memory leaks (Thanks, Bob Embry!)
Various other fixes and improvements (Finder, iCal).

Version 3.4 - November 10, 2009

Support for Mac OS X 10.6.2
New check for updates feature.
Various fixes and improvements.

Download Smart Scroll 3.4 (1.7 MB)

Version 3.3 - October 22, 2009

Fix for another problem causing the "Could not start" message (Thanks, Alan Bergstein, Bob Embry, Phil Hubbard!)
Many internal changes to solve settings problems and Smart Scroll stopping in Safari.
No longer uses Application Enhancer (on 10.5 and 10.4, partly replaced by APE Lite).
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 3.2 - September 29, 2009

New: HoverScroll lets you use the Left/Right arrow keys to adjust speed on the fly. Use the Up arrow key to scroll back, and the Down arrow to skip forward (Thanks, Alain Barras!)
Support for Rosetta applications (PowerPC on Intel).
This version supports Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard as well as 10.5 Leopard and 10.4 Tiger.
Removed separate Super Scroll settings for trackpad and mouse, until a 100% reliable way of determining the input device is available.
Various other fixes and improvements.
Thanks to all the people who provided feedback on the beta versions!

Version 3.2b3 SL - September 10, 2009

Support for Mac OS X 10.6.1

Version 3.2b2 SL - September 9, 2009

Support for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 3.2b1 SL - September 6, 2009

Initial support for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (no support yet for 32-bit apps on 64-bit Macs).

Version 3.1.3 - August 18, 2009

Support for Mac OS X 10.5.8
Fix for one more "Could not start" problem (Thanks, Stephen Alison!)
Fix for some sites not scrolling correctly in Safari 4.
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 3.1.3b4 - July 30, 2009

Untested support for Mac OS X 10.5.8.
Fix for more "Could not start" variants

Version 3.1.2 - July 20, 2009

Fix for another problem causing the "Could not start" message.
Fix for Xcode crash while browsing documentation (Thanks, John Iversen, Kusno Mudiarto!)
Fix for Super Scroll's Scroll Faster setting (Thanks, Bob Embry!)
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 3.1.1 - June 23, 2009

Multiple fixes: "Could not start", faster Super Scroll and Scroll Keys not working, scroll wheel settings... (Thanks, Herbert Reininger, Tom Brown, Ken Philbrick!)

Version 3.1 - June 19, 2009

New separate Super Scroll settings for trackpad and mouse.
New separate settings for horizontal and vertical Super Scroll (Thanks, Rob Lewis!)
Smoother Hover Scroll start.
Fix for "Could not start" problem in 3.0 (Thanks, Donald Duerksen, Bob Davis!)
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 3.0 - May 12, 2009

New Hover Scroll feature, for Cocoa applications
New "Lift fingers to coast" trackpad option for Super Scroll
New trigger options for Grab Scroll (Thanks, Andrew Smith, Mike Robertson!)
New per-application settings.
New Sync to Display option.
New Preference Pane.
Support for Mac OS X 10.5.7.
Support for Safari 4.
Support for Camino 2 (thanks, Ben Mondoux!)
Support for Firefox 3.5b (standard themes only).
Fixes for Mac OS X 10.4, Finder, iTunes (Thanks, Michael Bonnesen, Yi-Yu Hsiao!)
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 3.0b3 - May 1, 2009

Fixes ripples when scrolling (see new Sync option under Misc. tab).
Support for Firefox 3.5b (standard themes only).
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 3.0b2 - April 10, 2009

Fixes for Safari RSS, Google Reader (Thanks, Vern Pardue, Cesare Tagliaferri!)
Fix for "Could not start" problem (Thanks, Ian Dean, Jeff Mann!)
Supports all Firefox themes that use standard scroll bars.
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 3.0b1 - March 21, 2009

New Hover Scroll feature, for Cocoa applications.
New "Lift fingers to coast" trackpad option for Super Scroll.
New trigger options for Grab Scroll (Thanks, Andrew Smith, Mike Robertson!)
New per-application settings.
New Preference Pane.
Support for Safari 4.
Support for Camino 2 (thanks, Ben Mondoux!)
Fix for scrolling glitches in Cocoa apps (Thanks, Bob Embry!)
Fix for scrolling in Google Reader (Thanks, Pasquale Saccomanno, Twan de Veer!)
Multiple fixes for Firefox (Thanks, Dustin Harman, Jeff Mann, Thien Pham, David Phillips!)
No longer crashes the Firefox PDF plugin (Thanks, Sam Gross, Gabriel Parriaux!)
Fix for Macs booted from NFS servers (Thanks, Cédric Luthi!)
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.8.8 - December 15, 2008

Support for Mac OS X 10.5.6
Fix for random slow scrolling in Safari (Thanks, Matt Bovett, Dave Yost!)
Fix for Firefox horizontal scrolling (Thanks, Dustin Harman, Photo Tim!)
Various other fixes and improvements.

Download Smart Scroll 2.8.8 (2.2 MB)

Version 2.8.7 - October 6, 2008

Support for Firefox 3.0.2 through 3.1b (Thanks, Patrick Rushton, Denys Galley, Hugo Aguirre!)
Fix for Cover Flow in iTunes 8 (Thanks, Fareed Amir!)
No longer interferes with Text Zoom in Camino (Thanks, Aydin Yulug!)
On 10.4 Tiger, Smart Scroll automatically disables itself for BBEdit.
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.8.6 - September 17, 2008

Support for Mac OS X 10.5.5
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.8.5 - July 28, 2008

Support for Firefox 3.0 and 3.0.1
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.8.4 - June 30, 2008

Support for Mac OS X 10.5.4
Fixes video tearing when scrolling (see new Sync option under Misc. tab).
Various other fixes and improvements. (Thanks, Bob Embry!)

Version 2.8.3 - May 28, 2008

Support for Mac OS X 10.5.3
Smoother scrolling everywhere! (Thanks, John Iversen!)
Faster scrolling of complex pdf documents. (thanks, Mark Peletier!)
Fixes crash in Mail and iCal on Mac OS X 10.5.2 (Thanks, Alan Schmitt, John Iversen!)
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.8.2 - May 6, 2008

Safari no longer crashes when scrolling dynamic Javascript panes. (Thanks Gary Tamblyn!)
In Safari, scrolling past end of nested pane now scrolls parent pane. (Thanks Ian Dean!)
Fixes crash in Mail on Mac OS X 10.5.2. (Thanks, Bob Embry, David Phillips, Alan Schmitt, John Iversen, Tom Mead!)
Camino pages can now scroll while they are loading.
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.8.1 - March 18, 2008

Fix for Cocoa applications crashing on Mac OS X 10.4 (Thanks, Boris Wiederholt!)

Version 2.8 - March 13, 2008

Fixes Quick Look and Cover Flow scrolling in the Finder.
Adds support for mixed Carbon/Cocoa applications.
Installer should now work on all Leopard systems upgraded from Tiger. (Thanks, Patrick Sitton!)
Fixes side effects of clicks meant to stop scrolling in Carbon apps. (Thanks, Aayush Arya!)
Fixes crash in Soundtrack Pro 2. (Thanks, Tom Fuldner!)
Fixes crash in BBEdit's Preview window. (Thanks, Bob Embry!)
Restores scrolling without moving cursor in Carbon apps. (Thanks, Hirotsugo Mori!)
All panes of Google Video pages in Safari should now scroll correctly. (Thanks, Nicolas Letarte!)
Disables Super Scroll for Google Reader in Safari. (Thanks, Nicholas Romyn!)
Super Scroll now works in Character Palette. (Thanks, Alex Santos!)
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.7.5 - February 25, 2008

Full support for Mac OS X 10.5.2 Leopard.
New name, now simply Smart Scroll (was Smart Scroll X). And Super Wheel is now Super Scroll.
For Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, please use Smart Scroll 2.7.3.

Version 2.7.5b3 - February 16, 2008

Partial support for Mac OS X 10.5.2 Leopard (Cocoa applications only).

Version 2.7.5b2 - December 14, 2007

Preference pane access fixed.

Version 2.7.5b1 - December 13, 2007

Partial support (Cocoa applications only) for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

Version 2.7.3 - December 13, 2007 Mac OS X 10.3.9 to 10.4.11

Fixes for Camino, Google Earth, FileMaker Pro, horizontal scrolling in Carbon applications. Thanks to Justin Thomas!
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.7.2 - September 18, 2007

Multiple fixes for iTunes, FileMaker Pro, Finder. Thanks to Kenneth Gilbert, Nonoche, Guido Wenzl and ovea for reporting these problems!
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.7.1 - September 4, 2007

Fixes a problem where Super Wheel would sometimes scroll backwards, or not at all. Thanks to Guido Wenzl, Aydin Yulug, Ryan Stern, Britt Hedman, Stephen Neale and David Spancer!
Super Wheel support for iTunes.
Various other fixes and improvements (open/save panels in Carbon applications).

Version 2.7 - August 23, 2007

Super Wheel and Grab Scroll support for Eudora, Netscape 9, Papyrus, RagTime, and many other Carbon applications. Thanks to Eelco Houwink, Myles Harris, and David Ianni!
Various fixes and improvements (Camino, FileMaker Pro 8.5 & 9, Google Earth, Pages).

Version 2.6 - July 7, 2007

New: Lets you reverse scrolling on the Mac (trackpad, scrollwheel) to match your iPhone. Thanks to John Brooks for suggesting this, "It seems weird for about 5 seconds, then it seems like it should have been that way"!
Various fixes and improvements (Safari 3.0.2, Grab Scroll for Firefox).

Version 2.5.1 - June 22, 2007

Support for Safari 3.0b.
Various fixes and improvements (Pages, Super Wheel, Grab Scroll).

Version 2.5 - June 8, 2007

Super Wheel improved again: finer speed control and a greater speed range.
New scroll wheel accelerator: extra-fast scrolling, less finger work!
Grab Scroll can now share a button with a 2nd action: opening links in a new tab, or any action that does not involve dragging--not Dashboard or Exposé.
Various fixes and improvements.

Version 2.4.1b2 - June 1, 2007

Fixes spurious horizontal scrolling with Super Wheel.
Disables Grab Scroll button sharing for Carbon applications, as too many of them do not distinguish mouse buttons beyond the first two. This will be added later on a per-application basis. Cocoa applications are fine.

Version 2.4.1b1 - June 1, 2007

Super Wheel improved yet again!
Fixes for Safari RSS, Java apps, Firefox, Grab Scroll.
Grab Scroll can now share a mouse button: drag to Grab Scroll, click for another action (one that does not involve dragging--not Dashboard or Exposé).

Version 2.4 - May 25, 2007

Improved, smoother Super Wheel.
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.3 - April 27, 2007

Super Wheel and Grab Scroll support for new classes of Rosetta applications, on Intel Macs.
Super Wheel and Grab Scroll support for MS Office (once the document has finished loading).
New options to reverse the direction of scrolling for Grab Scroll. Thanks to Ron Norris for suggesting this!
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.2 - April 20, 2007

Grab Scroll support for Safari's RSS display.
Grab Scroll support for NetNewsWire (Thanks, Arnold Kid!)
Super Wheel and Grab Scroll support for Camino (Thanks, Thomas Meyer & Timothy James!)
By popular request, a "Scroll without moving cursor" option for Grab Scroll.
Fixes a problem in v2.1.2 where Smart Scroll X would sometimes stop working in Safari.
FileMaker Pro enhancements are now working again (broken since v2.1.1).
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.1.2 - March 16, 2007

Intel-based Macs: the Smart Scroll X installer automatically removes Rosetta TuneUp, as this utility is no longer needed on Mac OS X 10.4.9.
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.1.1 - February 27, 2007

Super Wheel and Scroll Keys are now automatically turned off for some incompatible apps (MS Office). Thanks to Aydin Yulug for his assistance!
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.1 - January 26, 2007

Super Wheel improvements for the Finder, Firefox and other Carbon applications.
Smoother horizontal scrolling for Super Wheel and Grab Scroll, in Carbon applications.
Various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.0 - November 29, 2006

Various fixes and improvements (Super Wheel, Grab Scroll).

Version 2.0b5 - November 18, 2006

Includes Rosetta TuneUp 2.0, a utility for preventing Rosetta-related crashes.
Added Grab Scroll support for AppleWorks and FileMaker, various issues fixed.
Works in the Finder again.
The exclude feature now supports more applications variants.
Various fixes and improvements.

Version 2.0b4 - November 4, 2006

Improved Super Wheel for the Finder and other Carbon applications.
New exclude feature to accommodate incompatible applications (such as PTHVolume).
Scroll Keys can now be used with the Caps Lock key pressed. Thanks to Ian Fraser for reporting this problem!
Smart Scroll X now includes Rosetta TuneUp, a small utility for preventing Rosetta-related crashes.
Various fixes and improvements.

Version 2.0b3 - October 19, 2006

Improvements to Super Wheel and Grab Scroll.
Various fixes for Scroll Keys, the preference pane and registration reminders.

Version 2.0b2 - October 5, 2006

The Smart Scroll X Installer should now open correctly on all systems. Thanks to Fernando Bracho for reporting this!

Version 2.0b1 - October 4, 2006

New Super Wheel feature.
New Coasting feature for Grab Scroll.
New Grab Scroll feature for Carbon applications.
Universal binary.
Streamlined preference pane.
Various fixes and improvements.

Version 1.3.3 - March 13, 2006

Installer can now install on some systems where it failed before.
A 4th Grab Scroll speed: if you hold down the designated key and also start dragging near an edge, the resulting speed will be the product of those two speeds.
Usability changes to the preference pane.

Version 1.3.2 - June 28, 2005

Enables scroll wheel use in FileMaker Pro Developer.
Restores normal operation (i.e. fast, smooth scrolling) when running alongside QuickSilver.

Version 1.3.1 - June 23, 2005

Fixes a crash that occurred when using the scroll wheel for FileMaker Pro feature with a single horizontal scroll bar displayed.
Resolves a preference saving problem that was preventing the scrolling speed from being changed.

Version 1.3 - June 22, 2005

Brings scroll wheel support to FileMaker Pro 6 and 7.
Adds support for Mac OS 10.4 Tiger.

Version 1.2.2 - April 7, 2005

Changes to improve compatibility with 3rd-party Safari enhancements.

Version 1.2.1 - March 12, 2005

Fixed a crash bug affecting Carbon applications: although the Grab Scroll for Carbon feature is not available yet, Smart Scroll X was still trying to activate it. Thanks to James Thomson (of DragThing fame) for reporting this.

Version 1.2 - March 11, 2005

New Grab Scroll feature.
New "High Gear" feature for scroll wheels.
Live scrolling for FileMaker Pro 7.
Scroll keys now work with Ragtime, NetLogo and probably also the majority of CFM and Java apps.
Scroll keys now work with Mozilla's other themes (besides Classic).
Fixed an incompatibility which would crash Retrospect 6.0 on launch.
Turning Smart Scroll X off now properly disables live scrolling in AppleWorks.
Various fixes and improvements.

Version 1.1.1 - January 28, 2004

Fixed a bug which sometimes caused Safari to freeze for over 10 minutes.
Various minor fixes and improvements.

Version 1.1 - January 6, 2004

AppleWorks< users can now enjoy Live Scrolling and Proportional Thumbs.
Note: For some window widths (the wider ones) dragging the horizontal thumbs is sometimes erratic. And in Spreadsheet windows the proportional thumbs may not be accurate if the size of the rows and columns is changed from default. In any case, the larger thumbs help because they are easier to grab.
If you use a scroll wheel mouse, you can now enable Panther's "Smooth Scrolling" for pageUp/pageDown (where it's most useful) while Smart Scroll X prevents it from interfering with feedback from the scroll wheel.
The same feature also lets you use Scroll Keys with Smooth Scrolling turned on.
The location of the hints display is now preserved across restarts/logins
Hints are now visible after a restart/login if they were visible before.
Various minor fixes and improvements.

Version 1.1b1 - October 20, 2003

Support for Mac OS 10.3 Panther.
Scroll Keys work with Caps Lock down.
Fixed a crash bug in the preference pane.
Fixed a bug that prevented turning the dials in Ableton's Live
Various minor fixes and improvements.

Version 1.0 - October 13, 2003

First public release.