A Hard Day’s Write

Eternal Storms Software releases flickery 1.7.5

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:19:13 +0100

On the 15th of January, I released flickery 1.7.5, a maintenance release of my flickr desktop client for Mac OS X!

This new version brings you about 28 improvements and bugfixes.
A full list of changes can be read here!

Download flickery now and enjoy flickr on a whole new level!

Take care and a grand new year to you all,
Matthias

Eternal Storms Software releases flickery 1.7

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:03:23 +0100

On the 18th of December, I released flickery 1.7, a great new release of my flickr desktop client for Mac OS X!

New in this version, amongst others:
- Preferences for uploading, downloading and browsing
- Increased the number of items loaded to 100
- Photos can be set as desktop pictures
- Items’ metadata can now be edited in windowed mode
- Drag and Drop to Finder now downloads items

All in all, over 55 features, improvements and bug fixes have been implemented! A full list of changes can be read here!

Holiday Pricing!!
Over the holidays, until the 26th of December, flickery can be purchased at 25% off (€10.99 instead of €14.90 / $13.99 instead of $19.20)!

Download flickery now and enjoy flickr on a whole new level!

Take care and happy holidays,
Matthias

flickery 1.6 available

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:19:49 +0100

For everyone out there who appreciates software that makes life easier and computers better to use:
Version 1.6 of flickery has just been released!

All in all, flickery 1.6 comes with over 70 new features, improvements and bugfixes. Here’s a small excerpt:
Batch-editing of own photos / videos
Trimming of videos
Use of CoreLocation (on 10.6) for photos taken within flickery
Improved preloading of photos for snappier browsing
Release notes can be found here.

Here’s the direct download link.

As we did with 1.1.1 and 1.5, users who have exceeded their 15-day trial period and want to test this new version can do so because we’ve added another 3 days for them.

I hope you like it. Please let us know what you think by sending an eMail!

Thank you and take care,
Matthias

flickery 1.5 released

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:20:34 +0200

Dear readers of this blog, owners of and newcomers to flickery:
Version 1.5 has just been released!

All in all, flickery 1.5 comes with over 40 new features, improvements and bugfixes. Here’s a small excerpt:
Playback, upload and download of videos
Snow Leopard compatibility
Much improved tag management
Improved loading speeds
Higher quality of photos even in window mode
Better caching for less stress on bandwidth
Release notes can be found here.

Here’s the direct download link.

As we did with 1.1.1, users who have exceeded their 15-day trial period and want to test this new version can do so because we’ve added another 7 days for them.

I hope you like it. Please let us know what you think by sending an eMail!

Thank you and take care,
Matthias

It’s all over now, baby blue

Tue, 4 Aug 2009 21:49:49 +0200

You probably know it by now - GimmeSomeTune stopped fetching lyrics. Yeah, great.

Here’s the message the lyricwiki.org guys push through to anyone trying to access their lyrics via API (which GimmeSomeTune uses / has been using):
“Unfortunately, due to licensing restrictions from some of the major music publishers we can no longer return lyrics through the LyricWiki API (where this application gets some or all of its lyrics).

The lyrics for this song can be found at the following URL:
http://lyricwiki.org/<Artist>:<Song>

(Please note: this is not the fault of the developer who created this application, but is a restriction imposed by the music publishers themselves.)”.

Thank you to everyone who sent this in.

Now, obviously, this will be addressed in the re-write of GimmeSomeTune.
If you’re wondering if there’s going to be an update for the current version before I release the re-write - it doesn’t look like it. I know, it sucks.
The reason behind this, though, is time. I don’t have a lot of “free” time on my hands to work on all the projects I have going right now as it is. My daytime job 3-4 times a week takes up a lot of time, too.

GimmeSomeTune actually comes with more than one lyrics source. The problem, however, lies therein that GimmeSomeTune thinks the message from the guys of lyricwiki.org is the actual lyric and doesn’t query the other lyrics sources.
I’ll see what I can do. If I have some spare time tomorrow, I might even be able to resolve this and put out an update.

Paying for services like gracenote is definitely out of the question - I’d love to do it, but it’s not going to happen (it’s quite expensive) ;)

I’ll just say it out straight - I’ll keep going until they shut down GimmeSomeTune!

Take care!

GimmeSomeStatusUpdate

Sat, 1 Aug 2009 12:57:31 +0200

Since, apparently, you’re all eagerly waiting on the all-new version of GimmeSomeTune, here’s a little status update to tide you over.

What is this new GimmeSomeTune?
It is a complete rewrite of what you currently know as GimmeSomeTune. That means it’s going to be more performant, more stable and certainly more pleasant to look at.

How long will it take to get this finished?
To tell you the truth, I haven’t written any code for it yet.
Here are some rationalisations as to why:
a) flickery. Currently, all my free time goes into making flickery better and better.
b) Design. I’m in the stages of planning GimmeSomeTune’s overall design, feel and look.
c) Features. Obviously, most of the current features will be available in this new version. But there are some new things I’d like to do as well.
Basically, I don’t want to get myself into the same situation twice and rush into things. GimmeSomeTune was my first project and frankly, it shows. Planning is the key.

So, what’s this new GimmeSomeTune going to look like?
It’s going to be all new. Take a look at the current preferences window. It does quite a good job of representing the look of the code as well as the stability: It’s overloaded, clumsy and in some ways ugly and not intuitive. This is all going to be a thing of the past.

What’s that I hear about new features?
Who told you that? No, seriously. Before I start writing new features, I want to make sure the current ones (lyrics- and coverart-fetching) work like a charm and get an overhaul. I can’t stand that with every new version of iTunes, GimmeSomeTune has trouble working.

Is there any timeframe at all you can give us?
I’m afraid no. I guess it will be ready around the end of the year. Maybe a little sooner. With all the things I’ve got going at the moment, it’s really hard to tell.

Will GimmeSomeTune remain donationware?
I can’t say anything about that at the moment. Should I decide to make it shareware, people who donated certainly will be compensated for that. However, I haven’t made my mind up about that, yet.

I hope I could clear up some things about this - if you have any more questions, just comment here.

Thank you for your time,
Take care!