	INDIETOOLBAR 2.5 FOR WINDOWS AND MAC

	Version 2.5	-- January 29, 2004


	Alexander Wilson Studios

	http://www.awstudios.net


Thank you for downloading IndieToolbar 2.5 from Alexander Wilson Studios.

To install, simply drag and drop the IndieToolbar icon into your Applications Folder (or wherever else you plan on keeping it). To use, simply double-click the IndieToolbar icon. If your default browser is not already open, clicking on any of the icon/links in IndieToolbar will open it and take you to the desired page. For this reason, you might find it helpful to keep the program on your dock (in OS X) and click on it (rather than your browser) when you want to surf the web.

A default set of icons is already available for you to use immediately. Click on "prefs" at the bottom of the Toolbar to change these icons around. 

Over 350 icons are now available (including all of those previously only available for Internet Explorer's Mac OS X version) along with a few custom icons as I begin to expand IndieToolbar's functionality. 

Upon each close, the program will generate or rewrite a preferences file called "IndieToolBar2Preferences" in your default preference folder (usually HOME/LIBRARY/PREFERENCES in OS X) to save your icon choices. IndieToolbar makes no changes to your system or browsers, it sends no information back to awstudios.net or any third party, and its links will work with whatever your default browser may be. Launch IndieToolbar again the next time you want to surf the internet.

If you are using the Mac OS X version of Internet Explorer, you might be more interested in these:
http://www.awstudios.net/software.php?Show=ieicons

Windows version has not been as extensively tested, so please let me know your positive and negative experiences at alex@awstudios.net.

New in version 2.5: 21 new custom icons and an icon set comparable to version 5 of the AWS Internet Explorer Toolbar Icon set. Windows version now has a close button.

Icons added in this version include:

Custom Banks
Custom Banks (2)
Custom Comics
Custom Entertainment
Custom Entertainment (2)
Custom Humor
Custom Misc (1)
Custom Misc (2)
Custom Misc (3)
Custom Misc (4)
Custom Misc (5)
Custom Misc (6)
Custom Misc (7)
Cusom Movies
Custom Music
Custom News
Custom Opinion
Custom Politics
Custom Reference
Custom Stores
Custom World
Amazon.com (9)
Amazon.com Daily Deals (9)
Amazon.com Gold Box
Amazon.com Mac Store (9)
Amazon.com Top 100 Albums
Amazon.com Top 100 Books
Amazon.com Top 100 DVDs
Amazon.com Top 100 Electronics
Amazon.com Used and Refurbished Electronics
BN.com (3)
BN.com New Music Releases
BN.com New Music Releases (2)
BN.com New Music Releases (3)
BN.com Poster Store
BN.com Poster Store (2) 
BN.com Poster Store (3)
BN.com Top 100
BN.com Top 100 (2)
BN.com Top 100 (3)
BN.com University
BN.com University (2)
BN.com University (3)
Musiciansfriend.com (4)
Musiciansfriend.com Clearance Center
Musiciansfriend.com Weekly Gear Giveaway
Navy Federal Credit Union
Spree
Wells Fargo
Comic Book Resources
MediasharX
Neil Gaiman Journal
New Yorker
Undersweet
Amazon.ca (9)
DNC
Christdot.org
Factcheck.org
RAINN
RNC
MyWay.com
WidgetGallery
Lockergnome
Expedia Daily Travel Bargains
Expedia Flights (2nd icon)
Expedia Hotels (2nd icon)
Expedia Vacations
Mapquest
Independent Media Center




PREVIOUS VERSIONS:

Version 2.02 -- October 31, 2003

Mac OS X 10.3 Panther incompatibility fixed.

Version 2.01 - July 24, 2003

Minor stability improvements. 


Version 2.0 - July 24, 2003

Current version of application, minus later bug fixes. Over 300 icons are now available (all of those previously only available for Internet Explorer's Mac OS X version) along with a few custom icons as I begin to expand IndieToolbar's functionality. New preferences icon-chooser interface.


Version 1.0 -- February 4, 2003

Introduced the app, with only 58 of the most popular IE Toolbar Icons, to see whether people were interested in this.

After creating the Internet Explorer Toolbar Icons found at awstudios.net/software.php, probably the two most frequent requests by visitors has been (1) the ability to use these icons with browsers other than IE, and (2) the ability to use more than just the few icons that fit on a horizontal toolbar. I created this program to fill that need and to evaluate whether there was demand for this alternative to the IE Toolbar.


FEEDBACK


To make feature requests, go to:
http://www.awstudios.net/software.php?Show=indietoolbar#FeatureRequests

To report bugs, go to:
http://www.awstudios.net/software.php?Show=indietoolbar#BugReports

or you can email alex@awstudios.net

Don't get mad if you don't see your favorite site! I don't know to add it unless you tell me! I have had numerous requests for more international icons, but very few specifics. If you have favorite German, British, and French sites for which you'd like to have site icons--please let me know about them as well.

Indie Toolbar is freeware. A few of the icon/link options offer minor referral fees to Alexander Wilson Studios when purchases are made after clicking. Though this is done at no cost to you, you are not required to use or choose any particular icons or links.  Either way, no data is collected by or sent back to Alexander Wilson Studios with, through, or because of this software. Visit http://www.awstudios.net/supportthissite.php for other ways to support Alexander Wilson Studios, IndieToolbar, and other products like it. The existence of a link on the IndieToolbar is not necessarily an endorsement as most of the icons were added by the request of users such as yourself.

For the latest version of the software, to request features or icons, to offer feedback, or to report problems visit:

http://www.awstudios.net/software.php

or email alex@awstudios.net

Your comments are appreciated. Thank you for using IndieToolbar!

This program was made with RealBasic.


LICENSE

IndieToolbar is freeware, which is to say:

1. You may use the software without registration or obligation
to the author.

2. The software is offered as is. If for some reason it does
not display or play properly on your computer, the author
apologizes. But he offers no guarantee that he will fix your
problem in a timely manner. The author will not be held 
responsible, legally or otherwise, for any problems with the 
software or third parties using the software for nefarious
purposes, although every precaution has been taken to ensure
that the software poses no threat to man or society. 

If you've enjoyed this free program, you can find ways to
show your support by heading to the following URL:

http://www.awstudios.net/supportthissite.php
