New week, new release. All reported bugs should be fixed (with few exceptions). I made the tab bar to remember some customizations. It’s working properly only when the actions are placed on the left side from tabs. If items are placed after tabs (right side), they are moved to left side when CE is restarted. Also it’s not yet possible to align items on the right border. These are things we’ll have to live with for now. I’ll have to do quite a lot of work to make the tab bar component suite my needs. So these issues will move to version 0.91.

I also added few new options for the tab bar. You can now choose what folder will be used for new tabs. Note, at the moment virtual folders won’t work (My Computer… etc.). I’ll fix that on 0.91.

Anyway, here’s the new build:

CubicExplorer 0.90 RC 1 (0.90.0.1049)
Installer (2.1MB)
Zip (2.0MB)

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)

No progress on CE this week. Last weekend I started to rebuild my HTPC. I figured since I’ve been using Windows to handle that task for many years, it’s time to see what Linux has to offer. The plan was to get everything up and running over the weekend. Obviously it was way too optimistic timeframe since I’ve been working with it whole week. Finally yesterday I finished the job… kinda. Due to my own stupidity, I managed to blow up the motherboard! So no HTPC for a while . I’ll write more about the HTPC endeavor in my blog.

Anyway, next week I’ll go back to the regular schedule and do more work with CE. I’m hoping to release 0.90 final next Friday. After it’s released I’ll write a proper roadmap for CE and also open help wiki. If anyone knows a good, easy to use (wysiwyg) wiki or help system, let me know. This server can only support PHP and MySQL.

Have a nice weekend everyone