Beta testers needed
for a desktop address book widget
Saturday, March 26, 2005 by paxx | Discussion: DesktopX
I am on the final tweaks of a desktop address book widget I've been working on for the past few weeks. Here is a preliminary screenshot:
It includes a larger view for more details about the contact, of course an edit/add contact dialog, a search function, etc. It's a standalone address book, as it doesn't integrate with any other software. But I did program an import feature that will import from a LDIF file. LDIF export is available from Mozilla or Netscape adress books. I have no plans to inclide an Outlook import tool.
I will probably be ready to send it to beta testers in a couple of days. I just want to fix a few last things here and there first. Would anybody be interested into beta testing it then? I'd like to have a few people test it on different machines before I make it totally public on WC.
Just post here if you're interested. The only requirement is that you have DesktopX 3. Thanks.
It includes a larger view for more details about the contact, of course an edit/add contact dialog, a search function, etc. It's a standalone address book, as it doesn't integrate with any other software. But I did program an import feature that will import from a LDIF file. LDIF export is available from Mozilla or Netscape adress books. I have no plans to inclide an Outlook import tool.
I will probably be ready to send it to beta testers in a couple of days. I just want to fix a few last things here and there first. Would anybody be interested into beta testing it then? I'd like to have a few people test it on different machines before I make it totally public on WC.
Just post here if you're interested. The only requirement is that you have DesktopX 3. Thanks.
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saloom
Reply #22 Monday, March 28, 2005 5:35 AM
Reply #22 Monday, March 28, 2005 5:35 AM
Hello Paxx... I'd love to be a tester too 
... I have another Q... It's about your Slidshow Desktopx Object (https://www.wincustomize.com/Skins.aspx?LibID=3&view=1&sortby=4&sortdir=DESC&p=1&advanced=0&searchtxt=slideshow)
My Q (or request) is: Can you add a "Fade" effect in to this object? so that when a picture changes to another it would fade insted of jump to the new pic...
Thank you for all your great work... waiting for your reply...
Note: Send me the widget on [email protected]
... I have another Q... It's about your Slidshow Desktopx Object (https://www.wincustomize.com/Skins.aspx?LibID=3&view=1&sortby=4&sortdir=DESC&p=1&advanced=0&searchtxt=slideshow)My Q (or request) is: Can you add a "Fade" effect in to this object? so that when a picture changes to another it would fade insted of jump to the new pic...
Thank you for all your great work... waiting for your reply...
Note: Send me the widget on [email protected]
paxx
Reply #23 Monday, March 28, 2005 1:37 PM
Reply #23 Monday, March 28, 2005 1:37 PM
saloom, I sent you the beta. Thanks.
As for the slideshow, this is quite an old object. The first DX slideshow made, I believe. BUt since then a few better and easier to configure one have been created, I'm not sure it's worth it to update this one. Let me know if you'd still want me to. If I do, I'd have to work a bit on it in order to take advantage of the latest DX features and the more knowledge I've gained since then.
Jeff Steele
Reply #24 Monday, March 28, 2005 1:58 PM
Reply #24 Monday, March 28, 2005 1:58 PM
Maybe I'm not the norm, but I keep extra machines available just so I can beta test! I do a lot of work with Linux, which has taught me the value of a good beta-test program. I'm always happy to give new code a thorough real-world beating.
saloom
Reply #25 Monday, March 28, 2005 10:18 PM
Reply #25 Monday, March 28, 2005 10:18 PM
Hello paxx...
About the slideshow; your slidshow was and is the only simple one, the other ones have frames and other annoying stuff... I'm sorry for to lit you work more... anyways, take your time or if you can't then no need to bother... the thing is that I'm coustimizing my Destop to look just like longhorn Slate, mostley everything is done, except for the ExplorerBar (which I don't know where to get from! I NEED HELP ON THIS ONE) and some other little stuff such as the slidshow..
I'll not use any tranformation pack as they are filed with BUGs... I prefere creating my own, and then I'll give all people a full report on how to costimize your PC for to look like a Longhorn Slate without having troubles in Windows system and CPU performance.
About the widget beta... Thanx for sending it to my email, but the Hotmail services had BLOCKED the file! Their new rules state that NO .exe attachments are allowed what so ever (Dumb and stupid rules).
Can you please send me the widget in a zipped folder to the same email ( [email protected] ) and/or to this email ( [email protected] )...
Thank you for anything and everything... (sorry for writing a lot)
About the slideshow; your slidshow was and is the only simple one, the other ones have frames and other annoying stuff... I'm sorry for to lit you work more... anyways, take your time or if you can't then no need to bother
... the thing is that I'm coustimizing my Destop to look just like longhorn Slate, mostley everything is done, except for the ExplorerBar (which I don't know where to get from! I NEED HELP ON THIS ONE) and some other little stuff such as the slidshow.. I'll not use any tranformation pack as they are filed with BUGs... I prefere creating my own, and then I'll give all people a full report on how to costimize your PC for to look like a Longhorn Slate without having troubles in Windows system and CPU performance.
About the widget beta... Thanx for sending it to my email, but the Hotmail services had BLOCKED the file! Their new rules state that NO .exe attachments are allowed what so ever (Dumb and stupid rules).
Can you please send me the widget in a zipped folder to the same email ( [email protected] ) and/or to this email ( [email protected] )...
Thank you for anything and everything... (sorry for writing a lot)
sharpshark28
Reply #26 Monday, March 28, 2005 11:29 PM
Reply #26 Monday, March 28, 2005 11:29 PM
I love testing new stuff, but I dont have firefox or thunderbird. So I guess i'm out. But ill be checking for other stuff to beta test in the future. Good luck with your widget.
paxx
Reply #27 Monday, March 28, 2005 11:43 PM
Reply #27 Monday, March 28, 2005 11:43 PM
saloom, all right. I may update it some time in the near future.
Email resent with attachement zipped.
sharpshark: you don't need Thunderbird if you don't mind entering starting out with a blank address book and entering the contacts over one by one. It's just the importing feature only works with LDF files. You can still test the basic functionality if you want.
Email resent with attachement zipped.
sharpshark: you don't need Thunderbird if you don't mind entering starting out with a blank address book and entering the contacts over one by one. It's just the importing feature only works with LDF files. You can still test the basic functionality if you want.
paxx
Reply #29 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 1:04 AM
Reply #29 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 1:04 AM
Black Xero, do you have another email? GMail doesn't like the attachment. I wonder if it's their counter-action regarding the Gmail Drive software. Anyhow, attachment won't go through Gmail.
saloom
Reply #30 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 3:10 AM
Reply #30 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 3:10 AM
Hallo again paxx... I have these points to talk about for the ROLODEX DX...
---------Begining of Points--------
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1. "TAB" button not enabled.
While inserting information of
a new/exiting contact, when
pressing Tab on your keyboard
it doesn’t toggle to the next
text box.
2. "No contact matching your search".
When search gives the result
"No contact matching your search",
it stays there and gets stuck in
every new slide you open.
3. “Wrap around Scrolling” sometimes gets stuck.
When toggling contact list, sometimes
the arrow "next" doesn’t toggle to
the first contact again.
4. Home button.
When you re-search for a contact that
is not in the list, the home button disappears.
5. Wrong # of contacts on main slide.
When I open the widget, my number of
contacts is different than the real
number of contacts when toggling. The
main slid gives me double the number.
(I have 2, while it says 4). I found
out that the problem appears when
adding a contact (without adding a
picture), clicking “submit”, and then
going back again to add a picture. It
seems that the widget thinks that it
is a new contact although I’m just
editing an exciting contact for to
add a picture.
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------------End of points-------------
I'll update you with more soon.
---------Begining of Points--------
-----------------------------------
1. "TAB" button not enabled.
While inserting information of
a new/exiting contact, when
pressing Tab on your keyboard
it doesn’t toggle to the next
text box.
2. "No contact matching your search".
When search gives the result
"No contact matching your search",
it stays there and gets stuck in
every new slide you open.
3. “Wrap around Scrolling” sometimes gets stuck.
When toggling contact list, sometimes
the arrow "next" doesn’t toggle to
the first contact again.
4. Home button.
When you re-search for a contact that
is not in the list, the home button disappears.
5. Wrong # of contacts on main slide.
When I open the widget, my number of
contacts is different than the real
number of contacts when toggling. The
main slid gives me double the number.
(I have 2, while it says 4). I found
out that the problem appears when
adding a contact (without adding a
picture), clicking “submit”, and then
going back again to add a picture. It
seems that the widget thinks that it
is a new contact although I’m just
editing an exciting contact for to
add a picture.
--------------------------------------
------------End of points-------------
I'll update you with more soon.
paxx
Reply #31 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 7:21 AM
Working on this. Will be working on the next beta.
Yep, I think I've fixed that.
No, it doesn't wrap back to the first contact. When you reach the end, it stops there. Will try to make it go back to the first contact...
Yep, that's been reported too. Fixed now.
Hum, I'll look into this one. Thanks.
Reply #31 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 7:21 AM
| 1. "TAB" button not enabled. |
| 2. "No contact matching your search". |
| 3. “Wrap around Scrolling” sometimes gets stuck. |
| 4. Home button. |
| 5. Wrong # of contacts on main slide. |
DLWarren
Reply #32 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 1:34 PM
Paxx,
If your sending .exe files(even inside zip/rar files), Gmail blocks them as possible virus attacks.
Link
P.S. I'd love to test this for you as well, however I don't have DX3 at the moment.
Perhaps when I do? 
Maverick
Reply #32 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 1:34 PM
| Black Xero, do you have another email? GMail doesn't like the attachment. I wonder if it's their counter-action regarding the Gmail Drive software. Anyhow, attachment won't go through Gmail. |
Paxx,
If your sending .exe files(even inside zip/rar files), Gmail blocks them as possible virus attacks.
Link
P.S. I'd love to test this for you as well, however I don't have DX3 at the moment.
Perhaps when I do? 
Maverick
Shakey (the Original)
Reply #33 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 2:31 PM
Reply #33 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 2:31 PM
Paxx, I have sent you an e-mail with a few things that I have noticed. If you would rather have them posted here, please let me know.
paxx
Reply #34 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 2:34 PM
Reply #34 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 2:34 PM
Ah, even if I place the exe inside a zip? That sucks! I wonder if I just rename the .exe as .pax or something, then the recipient would need to rename it back. Wonder if that would work.
I'll give it a shot.
BlueDev
Reply #35 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 2:40 PM
Reply #35 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 2:40 PM
Paxx: Yep, that works. I just tried it with my Gmail account (using a widget) that I renamed .pjj. Worked just fine.
saloom
Reply #36 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 11:33 PM
Reply #36 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 11:33 PM
The Beta 2 seems to work great... no any flows until the moment... I'll keep you updated...
lotta
Reply #37 Wednesday, March 30, 2005 4:41 PM
Reply #37 Wednesday, March 30, 2005 4:41 PM
Am I too late with the request for the beta of your adressbook?
I really would like to test it out. Really want a good looking and good working adressbook.
My email: [email protected]
I really would like to test it out. Really want a good looking and good working adressbook.
My email: [email protected]
thomassen
Reply #38 Thursday, March 31, 2005 12:18 PM
Reply #38 Thursday, March 31, 2005 12:18 PM
Did you recieve my last two email regarding the second beta? I replied to the email address you sent the file from.
crissy14
Reply #39 Thursday, March 31, 2005 11:25 PM
Reply #39 Thursday, March 31, 2005 11:25 PM
Paxx
Im really sorry, but I have not been able to participate in beta testing your app. Been having computer problems. Better count me out. Sorry
Im really sorry, but I have not been able to participate in beta testing your app. Been having computer problems. Better count me out. Sorry
paxx
Reply #40 Friday, April 1, 2005 5:47 AM
Reply #40 Friday, April 1, 2005 5:47 AM
lotta: you should have received the last beta.
thomassen: sorry I didn't reply right away, yes I received your emails. Replied last night.
crissy, sorry to hear that. Just let me know if you want back in later.
thomassen: sorry I didn't reply right away, yes I received your emails. Replied last night.
crissy, sorry to hear that. Just let me know if you want back in later.
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Reply #21 Sunday, March 27, 2005 4:11 PM