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Not that productive this week. I’ve still been occupied by other stuff but I did manage to do little work with CE. Still no sessions though, sorry. Also the todo list needs to be rearranged. However, this snapshot is more useful than the previous one. The keyboard bug is fixed which was also affecting the advanced settings editor. I added AutoFit and few other options to tabs. Those can be found in the advanced settings.
Anyway, I’m hoping to have sessions up and running next week. The reason why it’s taking so long is the fact that I’m rewriting the sessions support from scratch. Also I’ll try to sort the todo list. It’s quite a nasty job so I’m not really looking forward to it.
Change Log
- Added AutoFit tabs, MaxTabSize and CloseButton settings.
- Removed old bug fix.
- Fixed icon size bug (again).
- Fixed memory leaks.
- Fixed keyboard bug.
CubicExplorer 0.91.0.1149 (SVN Snapshot)
Installer (2.2MB)
Zip (2.5MB)
Just a quick note. This week I’ve been busy with other stuff and haven’t been able to work much with CE. Next week will be different and there should be some progress and snapshot release.
I still haven’t sorted out the todo list. I’ll try to do that next week.
This week I’ve been working with the new settings engine. I’ve removed the old engine and updated everything to use the new one. I’ll still have to update bookmarks and sessions to use the new engine. At the moment I’m in the middle of updating sessions. It looks like I’ll rewrite the whole session support as it’s easier like that. Also I wasn’t very happy with the old session support so now is good time to make it right. Today’s snapshot has sessions disabled but they should be up and running again next week. Hopefully I’ll manage to update bookmarks next week too.
I also added advanced settings editor in the Options Dialog. However, at the moment it doesn’t accept keyboard input for some reason. So you can only use mouse or copy/paste to change the values. I will write my own editor so this one is temporary. More options are coming also.
CubicExplorer 0.91.0.1145 (SVN Snapshot)
Installer (2.2MB)
Zip (2.5MB)
Unfortunately there’s no snapshot this week (sorry Tommy). I’ve been working with the new settings engine. Basically I need to add all settings stuff again and remove the old ones. At the moment I’m half way there. It’s quite a big job but well worth it. This new engine makes it very easy for me to add new settings. There are a lot of hidden settings available in CE. With the upcoming advanced settings editor and the new settings engine, it will be possible to access those settings.
I was meaning to post a new snapshot this week but at the moment CE is unusable mess so there’s no point in doing that. I’m pretty confident that I’ll finish everything up next week. So hopefully there will be a snapshot next Friday.
A special thanks to 2301 who has been working with the Wiki. I’ve also started to create a rough roadmap in there for future versions (see it here).
Phew, finally this site is ready. This week I’ve been doing a lot of tweaking and messing around with fonts and other formatting stuff. Also I made the forum login site wide. Now you can edit Wiki and write comments with your forum username. If you have any login related problems, let me know. I have tested everything in Windows with Firefox 3.10, IE 7 and Opera 9.64. On those everything seems to work and the site looks (almost) same. If you see any bugs, let me know.
I didn’t manage to write the roadmap for CE yet. Next week I’ll start to work with version 0.91 and on Friday there should be a new snapshot release. I’m not yet quite sure what features will be included in 0.91. However, at least there will be a new settings engine and advanced settings panel. Also DualView will be in 0.91. Anyway, I’ll figure out the roadmap next week.
Well, here it is. After tons of work the new site is starting to be ready. Basically what I’ve done is updated all software to their newest versions and created new graphics. Also there is now Wiki available which all forum members can edit. The graphics are a bit lighter and curvier than previous one. I still need to do some tweaking with font colors and sizes.
Anyway, I’m sure there are still some things not working correctly. If you see any bugs, let me know. I’m going to add some content and do more tweaking this week (it’s week 18 now). Hopefully by the end of the week everything is settled and maybe we even have some kind of roadmap for CE.
Here’s a list of all programs currently in use:
Notice: there is a bug in the forum login/logoff at the moment. On login or logoff it might redirect you in the Wiki page instead back to the forum. I’ll fix it as soon as possible.
This site will go offline later today or early tomorrow. That’s due to the site upgrade. Everything should be back online sometime tomorrow. CE downloads will still work during down time.
Well, I’ve worked whole week and the new site is still not ready. I had forgotten how much work it is to design and theme web site. At the moment I have all basic graphics done. Also I’ve created new theme for WordPress and have selected all necessary plugins for it. Today I started to theme SMF (the forum). After that I’ll create themes for FlySpray (the todo list) and PmWiki. Hopefully all that is done within next week.
Have a nice weekend everyone 
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This week I’ve been redesigning the layout for this site. I’ve done new graphics and done some planning on the features. I decided to take a bit of distance to CubicExplorer so I could see the big picture better when planning the roadmap for future versions. That’s why I started to work on the site. Also I need to upgrade all software for the sake of security. I have thought of coding a proper site (using CodeIgniter) with custom bug tracker and desktop software. However, that’s not the top priority at the moment, so I just thought to update everything instead.
I’m hoping to get everything done next week. There will be a wiki (PmWiki) for documents and roadmaps. If everything has gone as planned, this site will be offline next weekend for some time due to the upgrade.
Here’s the prototype for new graphics:
After quite a journey since last official release, here is 0.90 final. I know this release isn’t perfect and there are some known issues still in it, but I think it’s good enough to replace the 0.80 final. On this build I’ve fixed some bugs that I found from those missing bug reports. Also I added few new icons and updated couple old ones. As this is an official build, it will install itself by default into CubicExplorer folder and not in CubicExplorer_dev.
Next week I’ll create a roadmap for future releases and sort out the todo list. Also I’ll try to setup a wiki for documentation and other CE related stuff. 0.91 will be the next version milestone. It will have at least Dual view and an advanced settings editor.
Change Log
- Fixed View Style remembering bug.
- Fixed address bar popup bug.
- Fixed possible crash in Video Player.
- Fixed possible crash in File Search.
- Fixed possible crash when closing tabs.
- Updated few icons.
- Added new icons.
CubicExplorer 0.90 Final (0.90.0.1131)
Installer (2.1MB)
Zip (2.4MB)
