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About two years ago Microsoft released Visual Studio 2010, and in doing so dropped support for the .NET Compact Framework, meaning that my flagship product here at work still has to be compiled in Visual Studio 2008. I posted about it at the time : If we go by our historical turn-around in devices, I...
Was digging around on an old server today and found this screenshot from the program that would one day become Comicster. I thought you might get a kick out of it, especially compared to the same screenshot in the latest version. ...
Want to sign up online for a Windows Phone 7 phone with Australia’s largest carrier? Microsoft Australia's " Major Launch Partner " for Windows Phone 7? Good luck! Edit! As predicted, Telstra have "fixed" the problem by removing the "Buy now on a plan" link entirely...
I’ve just uploaded a new extension for Comicster called Comicster.Searches.Top50. This extension adds two new custom searches: “Top 50 Characters” and “Top 50 Creators”. They display the 50 characters and creators in your collection by the amount of issues in which they appear. The results might surprise...
Something I added very early on in Comicster ’s life was a “welcome” page so that new users didn’t see a stark white screen when they first ran the program: I’m a firm believer in guiding users through the process of using your application, so this was a no-brainer. However, when the user got around...
The latest version of Comicster has escaped, and it’s a doozy. The biggest new feature in this version is the Extensions system , which lets you browse and install extensions from inside the application: Extensions like skins and plug-ins used to live in a folder called “Comicster” under “My Documents...
Hi guys, You might have noticed that the Comicster forums are offline. I’ve just moved madprops.org over to a new server, and have had to retire the old forums. The good news is that I’m getting some new, improved forums up and running over on the Comicster web site. Bear with me and I’ll update this...
Me, on Twitter, two days ago: The news this morning: Minecraft Coming This Winter to 360 and Kinect There goes my free time for the next, I dunno, ten years ....
And it’s awesome! Version 4.0.0.14 , just published, has a new button at the bottom left which brings you to the Search view (you can use Ctrl+F too). Let’s take a look! This search view lets you do a plain text search by typing in the “Find” box and hitting Enter, or a custom search by selecting an...
A couple of additions to issues in Comicster 4 this morning: The CMX Merger tool has also been updated to import these values from your original collection file! Go get it!...