Author Topic: DC Forum Post Notifier Lite (a.k.a. Pop-Up Cody) - v1.1.6 - May 21, 2007 (Read 118077 times)

CodeTRUCKER · « **Reply #50 on:** January 16, 2007, 12:43 PM »

I've been silent, but I've been using it! Two issues, probably not new, but still a problem...

It keeps bypassing my proxy - need proxy dialog?
Steals focus - yes/no/sometimes... I know this doesn't help much, but this IS what is happening. Seems like it did not used to so this,but then it started??

Wordzilla · « **Reply #51 on:** January 31, 2007, 10:16 AM »

I've been silent, but I've been using it! Two issues, probably not new, but still a problem...
It keeps bypassing my proxy - need proxy dialog?
Steals focus - yes/no/sometimes... I know this doesn't help much, but this IS what is happening. Seems like it did not used to so this,but then it started??

I have been holding back from writing because I was waiting for a pattern to emerge. None has, except now it is to the point where it grabs focus every time.

Any ideas?
-Farmsteader (January 15, 2007, 07:26 PM)

Calvin, does the new upload work for you wrt proxy and stealing focus problems?

(here I experienced a lot of the Notifier taking away focus from active app recently)

Update: the problem of grabbing focus is still there, guess I'll have to explore win32 api methods

app103 · « **Reply #52 on:** April 21, 2007, 07:39 AM »

This is pretty cool!

One small problem I haven't seen mentioned yet:

The links to posts open in the default browser, which is nice, but if the post contains a link and you click it, it opens in IE (yuck!)

Screenshot:

Oh...and autorun at startup would be better for current user and not local machine. It's more polite. There could be other users on a pc that might not appreciate this application as much as we do.

And I have a feature request for the Pro version, if possible:

Ability to mark a post as read.

app103 · « **Reply #53 on:** April 25, 2007, 02:06 AM »

I have had some time to enjoy this now, and I am loving it...but...

I am afraid I won't be able to run this any longer. It's causing my general cpu usage to run much higher than normal (50-75%) for some reason...and of course raising the cpu temp (to near 67C).

Closing it seems to drop things back down to normal. (under 10% and about 52C or less)

For some reason, Explorer is going nuts while this is running.

Just for statistical reference:

P4 Prescott 3.2 ghz
Windows XP Home
1G ram
IE 7

What a shame too, because I really liked it.

If you need more info, let me know.

Wordzilla · « **Reply #54 on:** April 25, 2007, 02:16 AM »

Thanks for the input app103.

I'm sure the notifier needs a serious revamp and I'll get back to it asap (just needs to finish this DC web project first

)

Wordzilla · « **Reply #55 on:** May 13, 2007, 04:06 AM »

New version v1.1.4 uploaded!

Changes:

1. Links embedded in posts now open in default browser (instead of IE)
Yuck!
-app103 (April 21, 2007, 07:39 AM)

2. Autorun at startup option now modifies registry settings in CurrentUser only.
3. Use less system resources.

As for "Ability to mark a post as read.", I'm not able to tell the notifier to read your firefox forum logon cookie/credential.

Wordzilla · « **Reply #56 on:** May 13, 2007, 04:22 AM »

btw, v1.1.4 allows you to read posts in their entirety inside the notifier.

app103 · « **Reply #57 on:** May 13, 2007, 04:47 AM »

YAY!

and cpu usage is much lower.

lanux128 · « **Reply #58 on:** May 13, 2007, 10:42 AM »

i haven't used this much but it looks very nice..

btw, the links open in IE eventhough my default browser is Firefox..

Wordzilla · « **Reply #59 on:** May 13, 2007, 12:58 PM »

btw, the links open in IE eventhough my default browser is Firefox..
-lanux128 (May 13, 2007, 10:42 AM)

R u sure? If u are already using the latest version (v1.1.4), then congratulations you have found a bug for me to fix!

lanux128 · « **Reply #60 on:** May 13, 2007, 08:24 PM »

a colleague had used my computer and inadvertently changed the default browser settings.. sorry, false alarm..

app103 · « **Reply #61 on:** May 15, 2007, 05:18 AM »

I have a small feature request:

It would be nice if when you hover over links within a post that you could have a tooltip with the url it leads to.

Without a statusbar to show this, I have no idea where they go.

Wordzilla · « **Reply #62 on:** May 15, 2007, 06:34 AM »

You have it, app103! Download the new version 1.1.41.

Nice idea indeed. Ty!

app103 · « **Reply #63 on:** May 15, 2007, 06:48 AM »

Thanks!

and it works great!

lanux128 · « **Reply #64 on:** May 16, 2007, 01:32 AM »

yet another request, how about an option to turn off the transparency and fade-in/out effect? sometimes i'm stuck at a low-end pc with on-board graphics card..

Wordzilla · « **Reply #65 on:** May 16, 2007, 05:56 AM »

YOU MADE ME DO IT, lanux128!!

DC Forum Post Notifier Lite (a.k.a. Pop-Up Cody) - v1.1.6 - May 21, 2007

v1.1.5

Changes:

1. Move mouse cursor to the exact top-left corner of the screen to hide notification window instantly. ^YES!
2. Multiple user options added
3. Displays "Last Checked on" time in tray icon tooltip
4. Notifies connection error

justice · « **Reply #66 on:** May 16, 2007, 06:09 AM »

Hey Wordzilla I just installed this program and it's great maybe now I won't check the forum every 15 minutes at work.
However all the post contents are empty for me, even in the Show Recent Posts option! The title is displayed but nothing else.

DC Forum Post Notifier Lite (a.k.a. Pop-Up Cody) - v1.1.6 - May 21, 2007

Any idea?

Wordzilla · « **Reply #67 on:** May 16, 2007, 06:11 AM »

The title is displayed but nothing else.

Have u set up any proxies in IE?

justice · « **Reply #68 on:** May 16, 2007, 06:16 AM »

No proxies

Wordzilla · « **Reply #69 on:** May 16, 2007, 06:21 AM »

No proxies
-justice (May 16, 2007, 06:16 AM)

Possibly your antivirus / access control program is preventing the notifier from creating a temporary file in C:\ (root directory).

Do you see C:\dcloadhtml.htm when running the notifier?

justice · « **Reply #70 on:** May 16, 2007, 06:25 AM »

Ah I see. I'm running vista. You're only allowed to create a file in the root directory when run as administrator passing through UAC.
If you could change it to the Temporary files environment variable %temp% then it would run as normal user.

A file doesn't get created otherwise.

Wordzilla · « **Reply #71 on:** May 16, 2007, 06:26 AM »

Ah, i have UAC (user account control) disabled on my vista so i didnt see the prob

I'll come up with a solution very soon, stay tuned!

Wordzilla · « **Reply #72 on:** May 16, 2007, 07:16 AM »

Justice: vista bug fixed, plz download the latest version

Thanks!!

justice · « **Reply #73 on:** May 16, 2007, 07:24 AM »

It works! now I have to stop the habit of checking the forum manually...

Oh, and a feature request to keep you off the streets

Could you make it somehow that I could switch between:

getting notifications for any post
only getting notifications for replies to Show new replies to your posts

Thanks so much

Maybe by allowing us experts to change the RSS feed the notifications are based on? (don't know if that would work)

lanux128 · « **Reply #74 on:** May 16, 2007, 08:41 PM »

YOU MADE ME DO IT, lanux128!!
-Wordzilla (May 16, 2007, 05:56 AM)

thanks a bunch, Wordzilla..