The version of Cashbox that I have in development is looking great. Unfortunately school has started back up for me again today, and I have a pretty heavy course load. I'll be plugging away at Cashbox when I have time, but development will slow down a lot.
I wanted to be finished with Cashbox mid-summer, but it takes a conciderable amount of time to re-write an applicaiton. The good thing is that it's really shaping up to be something a lot better. I was able to implement some features that I didn't expect would be happening for a long time.
If you're still reading, chances are you might be one of the few people really excited about a new version. I'll hope to get it out soon. (I'm probably the most excited to use something new and better.) In the mean time, feel free to track what I'm doing. Send me an e-mail if you want to see a new, much improved version sooner, and I'll add you to my list of beta testers.
3 Comments Tags: Cashbox, Update
I imagine that the transition should go fairly smoothly. Rosette seems like it will work pretty well for many applications that can't compile right away for x86. By that I mean that from reports it seems like users will be able to run the applications without noticing too much of a speed lag if any at all.
From reports around the internet it seems that Apple might be ahead of schedule. That's all just speculation, so it's hard to say one way or another.
Anyway, my plan at this time is to release universal binaries for each of my applications around the time that the Intel machines start to ship (or possibly sooner). I'll hope to be able to make all of the universal binaries run on the same PPC platforms that they do right now. The information to target different settings for different architectures was buried deep in Apple's documentation, but it looks like it should be possible to get universal binaries that can work on all systems down to the ones that are currently supported. I don't have a way of testing on Intel machines, so I'll have to rely on community feedback (I have recieved a report that Senuti runs just fine on OS X for x86 when compiled for the x86 machines and don't know how it does under Rosette, but that shouldn't be an issue).
I'm posting this to give anyone who strongly objects the chance to do so, but I don't see any reason that anyone would.
No Comments Tags: Cashbox, iColors, OS X, Senuti, TuneKeys, Update
So it's been a long time since I've given an update on what I've been up to. I've been far busier than I expected to be this summer, so I unfortunately haven't had as much time as I would have liked to work on my software. Currently I'm working on a site for the people at AmbitiousLemon. My main focus for the summer will be completing that site. If I finish that, I plan to jump right back into working on my software.
I have a lot of changes that I'm planning on making in both Senuti and Cashbox. The next version of Cashbox will include a new icon thanks to a friend in the AL community. It will also have a completely redesigned user interface. I'll also hope to get a chance to update my site to comply with web standards and fix areas of the back-end that are no longer working.
On a completely separate note, I'd like to note a very significant change in regards to donations for software. As of this month, 10% of all donations will be donated to charity. When I update the site, I will include a lot more information about these donations, but if you have questions, feel free to e-mail me.
I'd like to thank you all for your continued support to my work and inspiring me to take my little projects farther than I ever thought they'd go.
Update: Removed dead link.
No Comments Tags: AmbitiousLemon, Cashbox, Donations, Senuti, Webserver
With Apple's release of Tiger imminent, I am considering discontinuing support in Cashbox and Senuti for Jaguar systems. Please e-mail me if you have concerns about this.
No Comments Tags: Cashbox, OS X, Senuti, Tiger