xpy

Xpy Burner? WTF?

jan — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:37:17 +0000

I wasn’t aware of the existence of a program called Xpy Burner until now. When you’re searching for it on Google, you will likely find a bunch of articles describing the removal of this software. In other words, it’s a program that’s not desirable to have.

Just for the record, “Xpy Burn” has nothing to do with xpy – it’s just some malware trying to gain some popularity by using the name of my product. Don’t ask me about it, I cannot help!

RunWithParameters integrates xpy

jan — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:17:11 +0000

The latest version of the commandline-helper RunWithParameters now integrates all default commandline parameters of xpy and Vispa.

RunWithParameters is running from the Windows context menu and allows easy execution of commandline parameters without the need to use the actual commandline tool.

Further programs that get supported by default include Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Outlook and others.

You can download RunWithParameters here!

xpy 1.0.0

jan — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:46:26 +0000

After more than 5 years of development, the final version of xpy has been released. I want to thank all supporters, bug reporters and translators for their work. As announced, future versions will exclusively hosted at Google Code, so please update your bookmarks.

Proceed to download xpy 1.0.0!

Goodbye SourceForge

jan — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 20:18:44 +0000

With the final release of xpy nearing completion, I decided to abandon SourceForge as hosting platform. Though I still plan to upload xpy 1.0.0 to their servers, I will no longer follow the reports coming in on the site. Why is that? I’ve always been a happy user of SourceForge, though the site always seemed overly complex. The latest redesign (one of many in recent months) makes it more confusing to find the tools needed. So, in future it’s gonna be Google Code that will be dedicated to all matters. For most end-users this will not mean any change, but bug hunters and feature suggesters will find this interesting.

xpy 1.0.0 Beta 3.1

jan — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:59:42 +0000

Interesting this stupid startup bug had to happen just when I upgraded to Windows 7, because it wouldn’t get triggered on Windows Vista or 7. I keep on telling everybody to use xpy for Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Server, so it’s a bit unforgiving I didn’t test Beta 3 on any of these.

I’m deeply sorry I wasn’t able to test Beta 3 properly, but the damage is done and I have learned my lesson. However, I find it interesting that none of the websites that featured xpy Beta 3 seemed to have tested it before writing about it. I’m not making them responsible for my mistake, but what about quality control in journalism? Is it all about being the first?

You can now download the all fixed Beta 3.1, of course it also works on Windows Vista (and maybe Windows 7) – but I recommend using Vispa if you for these.

xpy 1.0.0 Beta 2 & Vispa 0.5.1

jan — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:28:27 +0000

The all new versions remove some legacy-code and fixes minor bugs. If you haven’t used xpy since version 0.8.x (anno 2005), you might not be able to restore your settings properly. There’s also one new feature, that allows the user to ignore all existing settings and lets you change whatever you think is good. Most people will not want to try this, but it’s there for very unlikely cases.

Vispa 0.5

jan — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:14:00 +0000

Based on a newer sourcecode than last week’s xpy beta, Vispa 0.5 brings the same functionality and even adds some new features. If you are a user of Vista, Windows Server 2008 or Windows 7, Vispa has been made just for you!

xpy goes beta!

jan — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:30:36 +0000

To the day five years after the initial release, xpy is now available in a first beta. The all new version adds a graphical user interface for some of its more hidden features, like the creation of profiles. These allow you to save your preferred settings in a file, so you can easily apply these on multiple computer or every time you reinstall your computer. The command-line parameters have been overworked as well, which means that some of the old commands have been changed. Generally speaking, the parameters have been unified and offer some more options.

I am now looking for people to help me localizing xpy, the official call for help has been posted on SourceForge. Further details on the translation process can be found here, be sure to read both posts carefully before starting. Many languages are still available from earlier versions, so the translations just have to be updated.

xpy 0.10.9 and Vispa 0.2.9

jan — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:56:05 +0000

The works on the next major release stalled, but I had no intention of updating the old versions. I was notified of some bugs, and as they were easy to fix – here are the new versions. Thanks Mike!

Browser Statistics Sep/Oct 2008

jan — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:24:23 +0000

The browser statistics from the last 4 weeks show a growing use of Firefox, the majority of visitors on this website are using the alternative to 2nd place Internet Explorer. However, 76% of all Internet Explorer users have upgraded to IE7 or IE8. Firefox users are equally up-to-date with 86% running any 3.x version.

Altogether, more than 2/3 are using an alternative browser. It’s likely though, that vistors interested in software security (like my software) are more sensitive towards the issue and are especially fond of Firefox.