Archives for October, 2005
Revived Project : Cache Out X
Here’s some cool news. I’ve recently partnered up with Tom Neveu over at NoName Scriptware, and picked up development of their nifty little utility “Cache Out X,” with the hopes of making it Tiger compatible in short order.
Tom was kind enough to pretty much turn the project over to me wholesale, giving me free reign to do as I wish with it. I’ve already looked at the code base, and determined it shouldn’t take too much work to get things up to snuff. So, if you’re a COX user, keep an eye out for progress in the near future.
Now, if I can just get the next month out of the way, everything should be fine…
Funny How Life is Sometimes…
It’s funny how Life has a way of making itself work out the way it wants no matter what you seem to think it should be. Just when you say "I’m in a good place to be able to deal with x," some curve ball comes flying at you. Case in point. I thought I had everything wrapped up, buttoned down and sealed tight in order to work on only two tasks - coding Yasu, and developing a user group presentation for early next month. I could’ve sworn I had my ducks in a row and nothing was going to stop me.
Heh. Yeah, right. As Life has decided to have it, those are the only two things she won’t let me get to. There’s this going on for so-and-so, or that needing to be dealt with for what’s their name or this family member coming from out of town who needs to be entertained.
I’m not whining, too much anyway. I’ve created it all and must get on with getting it done. It’s just funny when you say "I’m going to do this" and Life says, "Nope, I say you’re going to do that!"
Yasu Moving Along
I just thought I’d put up a quick post on Yasu progress, mostly because I’ve come to the point that I must admit to myself that it’s not going to be possible to roll functionality for both Jaguar/Panther and Tiger systems into one neat little package. There are just too many differences between the two to make it work well together. So with that, development on the version for Jaguar/Panther (1.0.3) is now officially frozen. There will be no further changes to that release for those systems.
However, now that I’m free to run amok in Tiger goodness without the burden of coding for previous systems, I’ve been able to work all sorts of coolness - like dialing in honest to goodness keychain support for those who begged for it, as well as fortifying the authentication routines to a level that’s even better than before. There’ll be some other cool (exclusive) features that many will enjoy, too. Just wait and see.
Which brings me back to a previous point. With the amount of work that’s going into this project, I’ve changed my mind (again) about the whole nagware thing. Yep, that’s right. Version 2 of Yasu is going to require a personalized registration code. The app won’t be crippled in any way, it’s just going to nag you to buy a license every fifth time you launch it. Some will be able to live with getting nagged, others will feel compelled to purchase. Either way, it’s cool. With a price point of a meager $5, and free upgrades, I think it’s a pretty fair deal. For those who don’t think so, I’m willing to accept the fact that having to lay cash out is going to turn you off to Yasu. It’s a bummer, but that’s just something I’m going to have to live with.
By the way, if you’ve donated in the past, be looking for me to contact you through email about getting you a registration code shortly before the official release. It’s just my way of saying thanks for your past support.