7:00 PM - New Windows Client
I'm happy to annouce the new JJ Windows client, version 1.41. The 32 bit and 64 bit versions have been uploaded to the website. Most users will need the 32 bit version which works with Windows XP, Windows 2000 and any other version of Windows where the .NET framework 2 will work. It runs on all pentium class processors or compatibles (including AMD Athlon, Athlon XP, Sempron, etc).
The 64 bit version is for the lucky people who have AMD 64 or Intel's EMT64 based processors and Windows XP 64 bit edition. I can not test this version as I don't have a 64 bit processor yet. It does have some win32 api calls, but I believe it will work fine until Windows Vista ships in November and January.
For technical people, I've just commited the source code to the CVS repository on source forge.
Known Issues:
The 64 bit version is for the lucky people who have AMD 64 or Intel's EMT64 based processors and Windows XP 64 bit edition. I can not test this version as I don't have a 64 bit processor yet. It does have some win32 api calls, but I believe it will work fine until Windows Vista ships in November and January.
For technical people, I've just commited the source code to the CVS repository on source forge.
Known Issues:
- New toolbar does not save the location you re-arrange the toolbars too. (office 2003 style, but without the save)
- The new alert box is a bit hard to read on some systems do to the color scheme. I'll try to make a new background and change the fonts for the next release. It does alert you when a post has been made to the server without error. (looks like an MSN Messenger alert box)
- The client does not handle loss of conectivity well yet. I want to add a save feature for journal entries so that they are not loss in the event of a failure, etc. Hopefully this will be done for the next release.
- RTF to HTML conversion is still a bit buggy. I'm testing other libraries to do the conversion, but had nothing ready in time for this release.
- Win32 calls are made in several places in the program. I'd like to remove them for the 64bit edition and replace with equivalent calls. iTunes and Office integration may not work in the 64bit edition. Music detection may not work. If you have trouble, disable these features.
- New icons give it a more appealing look and might look more familiar to Word processor users.
- Toolbars similar to microsoft office and the new HTML based editor on the website.
- Bug fixes with music detection. The box is now grayed out if it is disabled.
- This release is distributed in RAR or ZIP format.
- Version numbers in the about box have changed. The build number is now included. The installer will continue to use the old number scheme (1.41, etc) The next release will now be 1.5, 1.6, etc.