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• Notes (weeks 33-35) - Break
• Notes (week 32) - SVN Snapshot
• Notes (week 31) - Ubuntu in use
• Notes (week 30) - 0.90 RC 3
• Notes (week 29) - SVN Snapshot
• Notes (week 28) - 0.90 RC 2
• Notes (week 26-27) - Vacation
• Notes (week 25) - Happy Midsummer!
• Notes (week 24) - New Office
• Notes (week 23) - Back to work

It’s been quite productive week. I fixed few bugs and changed the tab bar to another component. Changing the tab bar was fairly big job so there might be bugs left. This new bar let’s you customize it similarly as toolbars can be customized. However, this release doesn’t yet fully support it and there are some bugs still left in it. Also I added a “change tab on drag over” feature. I’ll add the “drop to tab” support for next release.

I meant to release 0.90 rc1 this weekend but due to the new tab bar, more testing is needed. There won’t be anymore features added in 0.90, only bug fixes. I’m hoping to release rc1 next weekend and 0.90 final within few days from that.

Thanks to everyone sending bug reports. Any type of feedback is welcome and appreciated so keep them reports coming in.

NOTE!
This is a buggy release so use it only for testing purposes.

CubicExplorer 0.90 beta 5 (0.90.0.1041)
Installer (2.1MB)
Zip (2.0MB)

Fairly slow week again but there was some progress. I managed to find the cause for many refresh issues that were reported. There was a bug in the FoldersPanel which caused those issues and some others. So I had to make some changes on how it works. While I was doing those changes, I also added similar timer as WE has when you navigate with keyboard. Now it waits for 500ms before changing the folder. You can also use SPACE or ENTER to change the folder immediately.

Anyway, it looks like summer finally came in Finland, 20°C and sunny .

*** UPDATE 5.5.2008 ***
There was a bug in folder panel which prevented a folder change if the "Auto expand tree" setting was disabled. Also there was a bug which might cause CE to crash at startup. Those bugs are now fixed and the download is updated (new version is 0.90.0.1029).

CubicExplorer 0.90 beta 4 (0.90.0.1029)
Installer (2.1MB)
Zip (2.0MB)

It’s still been quite a busy week but I did manage to fix few bugs. Hopefully next week is better. I really want to get the 0.90 final out and start working with plugin support. Anyway, you can see all changes in the SVN Log. I made FileSearch to use the same layout as FileView does. TextEditor still has it’s own layout. In the future, toolbars will have a global layout so that their position wont change when user flips between different tab types.

Oh by the way, I’m now using WordPress plugin called WP Super Cache to ease up the server load. So if you see something strange or missing pages, let me know.

CubicExplorer 0.90.0.1021 (SVN Snapshot)
Installer (2.1MB)
Zip (2.0MB)

No progress this week at all. I’ve been too busy with some other stuff in my life. Good news is that once everything settles, I have a lot time to focus on CE. There has been reports on some bugs that need further testing so the next version will be 0.90 beta 4. My aim is to release it next Friday. Anyway, I’ll keep it short this week.

It’s been quite a busy week and I haven’t had much time to work with CE. The original plan was to release 0.90 final today but that was way too wishful thinking. Beta 3 brought some new bugs that need to be fixed. Hopefully I’ll make better progress next week. I did managed to fix few bugs and add a "ViewStyle Menu" button in Customizer.

Anyway, here’s the snapshot:

CubicExplorer 0.90.0.1017 (SVN Snapshot)
Installer (2.1MB)
Zip (2.0MB)

Little shorted this week. I fixed most of the reported bugs including the shutdown bug. I received tons of bug reports from it, which is OK. Keep sending them if crashes happen, they help a lot. I added refresh function to bookmarks. They now automatically update when a drive is inserted/removed, or other changes occur. I haven’t done much testing with it so any feedback is welcome. Another new thing is an "Arrange By" button you can find from the Customizer.

CubicExplorer 0.90 beta 3 (0.90.0.1010)
Installer (2.1MB)
Zip (2.0MB)

There’s been pretty nice progress. Many bug fixes and I added an "Arrange By" item in the background menu. I’m still working with the scripting engine and scripts to update SVN log and SVN download automatically. Anyway, I’ll keep it short this week. Here’s the download:

*** Update ***
There is a bug in this release that might crash CE when you close it. To "fix" it, disable the auto save from session properties. I’ll release new version this weeks Friday that will fix this issue.

CubicExplorer 0.90 beta 2 (0.90.0.1002)
Installer (2.1MB)
Zip (2.0MB)

Phew, finally things started to roll again. It’s been quite interesting week. I fixed many items from the todo list and did some research on techniques that I’ll be using in CE later. Also there is some fresh code from Jim which fixes few issues. Denis from MyTreeDB.com has created some nice themes that will ship with CE.

Also I’ve been doing a lot of work with automating SVN snapshots and logs. I had a bunch of batch files to do most of the stuff but using them was a pain. Also there was some other things that made me decide that it would be better to just write a program for the task. The solution I ended up using was to create a program that can run scripts. More specifically Pascal scripts. That way it’s possible to use it for other things also. All this work gets integrated into CE eventually.

Anyway, here’s CE 0.90 beta 1. It now includes the bug tracking system so if you have a crash, please send the report. Those reports do help a lot in finding the problem. Have a nice weekend everyone .

CubicExplorer 0.90 beta 1 (0.90.0.1000)
Installer (2.1MB)
Zip (2.0MB)

It’s been a bit slower week for a change. Been busy with some other stuff so didn’t have much time to do work with CE. I added full row selection option and a drop stack panel. The drop stack component is made by Jim from mustangpeak. It works fine but I’m thinking there could be some improvements done. For example when multiple items is dragged to the stack, they could be grouped in a tree so you could access individual files too. Also at the moment thumbnails are not working but I haven’t yet checked what’s up with that. Anyway, the drop stack panel is just a sketch at the moment so ideas are welcome.

I decided that version 0.91 will include the plugin support. I really want to get rid of the built-in text editor and replace it with a plugin. Not sure of the exact schedule yet. Also the SVN snapshots should start rolling soon. I’ve written some scripts to automate everything. Only thing that is missing is a script that extracts the log messages and uploads everything to the server. I’ll try to write it this weekend.

Anyway, have a nice weekend. Here’s the latest build

CubicExplorer 0.90.0.998 (SVN Snapshot)
Installer (1.6MB)
Zip (1.5MB)

So here’s CE 0.90 alpha 1. The base for the new settings engine is done. Also the options dialog framework is ready. And as a bonus, I managed to code a basic sessions support. There’s still work to be done with the sessions and at the moment they only support tabs. Also I’m going to need some fresh ideas on how to interact with sessions. At the moment there is a Sessions menu and a Sessions toolbar.

I also added some new settings in the options dialog. I’m still experimenting how to layout all settings and what settings should be included, don’t want to clutter the dialog too much. Anyway, I didn’t have time to add the bug report system in this build so there’s no way to send reports if CE crashes.

CubicExplorer 0.90 alpha 1 (0.90.0.996)
Installer (1.6MB)
Zip (1.5MB)