thought i'd share this interesting shareware: "Six buttons makes for a simple and clean remote, but without mira, the Apple Remote can get a little boring. mira was designed exclusively for the Apple Remote, to take it beyond Front Row and give you personal control over any application." Features: Versatile and Limitless Application Support Unlimited application support — use with any applications you choose New application profiles take seconds to create Comes with default profiles/settings for over 20 applications Just point, click and pick options from mira's action menu Supports completely unique button settings per application Simply click to add or remove profiles Application profiles all displayed with their current icons Special/custom icon built-in for Front Row More default profiles and special features being added right now No extra files, scripts, modules, plug-ins or SDKs needed! People & System Friendly The mira UI installs as a standard System Preference Pane Easy to use, clean and intuitive interface design Automatic activation of the profile for the current application Default profile/settings for applications without their own Point and click on-screen remote buttons to change settings Any default setting can be easily changed Built-in Help Tags and detailed Help Book Simple clean install using Apple Installer Built-in Uninstall feature (you won't need it Easily Disable/Enable any Profile or mira altogether with one click Supports multi-user systems and Fast User Switching Each user can have their own settings Supports Per-System settings All users with the same settings applied by an administrator Unlimited Button Creativity in your Hands Keystrokes that all applications understand Send keyboard commands to the current application Send keyboard commands to any background application! Built-in lists of common keyboard shortcuts Create your own custom keystrokes, with unique descriptions Supports key repeating with current system repeat rate System Keys & Actions Page scrolling — mouse wheel simulation Screen Brightness control on supported Macs Exposé and Dashboard control, regardless of keyboard shortcut settings Sleep (with visual feedback), Restart & Shut Down Power Button / Power Menu Eject key System Volume control — with bezel feedback Multi Actions — Multiple actions with a single button Base set of actions for Short and Long-Press of buttons for any profile Application-specific sets of additional Multi Actions Supports different action for Short and Long button press Supports different action depending on application state (e.g. DVD Player menu vs. playback) mira Launch Menu — Single-button access to favorite applications Large attractive graphical menu floats on your desktop Rendered in the same style as Mac OS Application Switcher Controlled directly with the Apple Remote (also supports the keyboard) Choose a vertical or horizontal menu layout Choose how many items appear at one time on screen Contents scroll to show extra items Graphics scale perfectly to fit onto desktop Always available with Long-Press of Menu button — a completely different action can be used for Short-Press You can pick any type of file supported by Mac OS to launch Uses current item/file icons, which can be changed from the Finder Special/custom icon built-in for Front Row Open/Launch Specific Item Pick any program/file & Launch Services takes care of the rest Special AppleScript support Runs AppleScript natively and transparently No need to launch external handlers or editors Create your own custom scripts for unlimited possibilities Open URLs in their default applications http: web addresses mailto: email addresses ftp: addresses and more... Application Switcher Open and control the standard Mac OS app switcher Quickly switch from one running application to another Global Action Used as a pass-through to the Global profile Performs the same action without having to set it up multiple times No Action Performs no action, effectively disabling a button Can be used to simplify the remote or prevent unwanted interaction Preserves all Original Apple Remote Functionality Pair feature — links your Mac to a single remote Enable/Disable the IR Receiver Default Sleep on Long-Press of Play button Full default Front Row support, with working Fast-Forward/Rewind! All original applications supported by included profiles download here
guys, i'm writing an article about this one for The After Mac I'd appreciate sharing your thoughts about this with me. Post your impressions here nalang or PM me. thanks.
