xpy

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.

New ClickFont beta

jan — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:48:23 +0000

ClickFont allows easy font installation from anywhere in the system. The all new beta version supports TrueType, OpenType and PostScript fonts. You can download it from the tools page.

xpy 0.10.7 and Vispa 0.2.7

jan — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:59:01 +0000

Lots of new features to restore deleted items and some minor bugfixes coming to the all new version. The Czech translation had to be removed temporarily, but should be back in 0.10.8/0.2.8 – most likely the last in this branch.

xpy 0.10.5 and Vispa 0.2.5

jan — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:25:28 +0000

Many new features and many bugfixes are coming with the all new version. A bug causing language problems should’ve been fixed, making English the default language (again) on unsupported language environments. Also some bugs with batch-files has been fixed, they now create restore points properly and read the search engine given in the file. The next release will see some more features and fix another minor bug.. and everything else i don’t know about yet!

What Language Files?!

jan — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:07:53 +0000

Unfortunately, some online publications point explicitly to the download of language files. Please note, that these are not required if you want to use xpy to tweak your system. These files exist, but are targeted only at our translators. Currently, only three translations are available (English, German and Czech) – all included in the standard builtdof xpy. Additional monolingual builds of xpy can be found on the SourceForge pages.

Please help stopping the rumour, that home users are in need of extra language files!