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I’ve just published the first plug-in tool for Comicster 4. This will merge storylines and autographs from the CMX file you originally converted from the previous version of Comicster. Note that it finds storylines and issues based on the internal IDs, so if you’ve removed an issue and added it back...
A feature that was in the previous version that I’d forgotten about in v4 (thanks for the reminder, John) was the ability to record whether a creator has signed an issue. That’s now available in 4.0.0.11 . Now, if you’ve already imported your old CMX file and you’re missing some features that I’ve added...
With the latest release of Halfwit (version 2.0.0.36) I’ve changed the way the “Reply” and “Reply to All” actions work. In previous versions, clicking the “Reply” button (or pressing Ctrl+R on your keyboard) would start a reply tweet and automatically insert the name of the user you’re replying to, like...
This weekend I’ve added support for storylines (or crossovers, as we used to call them in the previous version) to Comicster 4. Here’s a screenshot: The idea is simple: Any issue can be part of a broader storyline that spans multiple titles. So when you bring up the properties of an issue, you can specify...
One reason both Mad Props and Matt Hamilton.NET have been a bit quiet lately is that Sal and I have been in the US and Canada so that I could attend the 2011 MVP Global Summit at Microsoft. We spent six nights in Vancouver before the summit, which aptly demonstrated why that city is often voted the “most...
Last night I decided to try something in Comicster that ended up working really well, and will make it to the next release. You remember that we have a couple of extra ways to add credits and appearances to an issue: you can insert characters from a group, and copy credits and appearances from another...
I’ve just published Comicster 4.0.0.6, which adds the ability to copy the credits and appearances from another issue in the same title. Here’s a screenshot! Comicster 1.x had this feature too, but it was a two step process – you had to copy the credits and appearances separately. I’ve combined the two...
I’ve just published version 4.0.0.3 of Comicster , which adds the final piece of the “group” puzzle: the ability to add appearances to an issue from a previously defined group. Here’s a screenshot! You know the drill. Comicster 4 is still very much a work in progress, but it’s at least as feature-rich...
Comicster 4.0.0.2 is now available, with limited support for groups/teams. Comicster will automatically update when you next launch it. The idea is that you can define your own groups and add characters to them, and then eventually it’ll be easy to add appearances to an issue by choosing a group and...
Ok, there’s a bit of demand out there for this plug-in, so I’ve made it available via BitBucket until such time as I can get an “official” plug-in page up on the Comicster web site . The Comicster.IO.Cmx plug-in allows Comicster 4 to open Comicster 1.x (I guess technically it’s 2.x, but whatever) files...