 |  blizzle news Amazing New Feature!!!Created by  az on 2008-04-30 01:56:18 +333 minok, so it only took two years, but you can once again COMMENT ON POSTS - but only, only if you're logged in.
I feel really bad that this took 10 minutes to implement, and most of that was figuring out how the blizzle code works again. Sorry!
 releases - Emerge Desktop 4.1.1 by Chris Sutcliffe (ironhead)
- Emerge Desktop (formerly known as iShell) is an alternate shell for windows. - posted by ironhead
 shell news LiteStep 0.25.0 scheduled; 0.24.8 around the cornerCreated by sryo on 2008-04-23 01:34:30 +333 minThe LSDev Team has shuffled priorities so as to get a v0.24.8 out the door sooner than later. So, Vista support has been moved back to the newly scheduled 0.25.0 release:
www.lsdev.org/bugs/view.php?id=42
And the 0.24.8 release will be seeing the light of day in a few weeks:
www.lsdev.org/bugs/view.php?id=32
One major item of note is that support for Win95 will be dropped with v0.25.0.
Source: LS Progress
releases - sharpE Testing Day 4 Release 3 by SharpE Dev Team
- SharpE is a complete shell replacement for explorer. It allows you to replace your default tasbar, system tray, and desktop with a completely new system. - posted by sryo
shell news April 2008 State of the StepCreated by sryo on 2008-04-14 23:25:41 +333 minThe LSDev Team has released another "State of the Step"!
April 2008 State of the Step
releases Releases: ToolPlayer, Foobar2000Created by blizzle on 2008-04-09 18:22:14 +67 min- ToolPlayer 0.2.5 by AleNofx
- ToolPlayer is a little and simple music player for OSX with support for many file types. Includes numerous effects like Equalizer, Reverb, Time Stretch, Pitch Shift, Echo. Moreover, all supported files can be exported to WAV format. - posted by sryo
- Foobar2000 0.9.5.2 beta 1 by Peter Pawlowski
- Foobar2000 is an advanced audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include ReplayGain support, low memory footprint and native support for several popular audio formats. - posted by sryo
shell news [Global]
* new configs: Task Filter, Taskbar, Taskswitch
* new service: Multimedia Input (support for multimedia keyboards, OSD display of volume changes (XP only) and generic media player support)
* task filters improved (again)
* added global notification system which can be used by any SharpE component/module
* changed SystemTrays balloon windows to use new SharpNotify system
* fixed that various tooltips from bar modules could be covered by other windows
* fixed a bug in SharpApi which still could cause the "file already used by another process" error
* fixed several bugs in the skin system
* improved and fixed how scheme colors can be used all over the shell
[VWM/Taskbar]
* added OSD display of new desktop number when switching a VWM
* improved "follow window focus" feature. It will no longer switch desktops if a window on Desktop B is closed and a window on Desktop A is getting the focus.
* improved "CurrentMonitor/VWM" filter. Minimized tasks will only show on the desktops where they have been minimized...
[Taskbar]
* added basic Unicode support for window captions
* made it possible to move minimized tasks to other VWMs with the right click menu
* fixed that Microsoft Office applications won't display a task item for each opened document
* fixed order of tasks being messed up when switching VMWs
[Taskswitch]
* added small icon overlay on minimzed tasks
[Shell.Service]
* new service providing basic shell functions. Replaces DeskArea, SystemTray and TaskManager services (all in one now)
* added basic application bar support (one app bar possible on the left and right of each screen)
[Exec.Service]
* improved how links are executed
[MediaControler.Module]
* removed media player selection and settings window
* replaced media player handling code with a generic solution which should work on most media players
[MemoryMonitor.Module]
* fixed wrong values being displayed on computers with more than 2GB RAM
[SharpMenu]
* added new dynamic menu items for 'recent/most used' lists
* fixed bug which caused the focus going back to top most menu when navigating through multiple sub menus with the keyboard
* fixed positioning problems with vertically aligned multi monitors
* Removable drives no longer report an error if no disk in drive
* Drives are only added if the media is physically accessible
[SharpBar]
* fixed black bars at startup bug
[SharpDesk/Wallpaper.config]
* fixed a bug in the color change effect
[SharpCore]
* fixed windows login screen staying visible for too long
* fixed a bug which could cause random AVs on XP 64bit
* fixed closing core sometimes not working
[SharpConsole]
* fixed several memory leaks
* fixed tray icon and window behaviour
* fixed SharpConsole slowing down the whole shell when receiving messages
Read the article on sharpe-shell.org
releases Releases: Vista Folder Background, StandaloneStack, Songbird, xPaintClass, NAPALMCreated by blizzle on 2008-04-04 20:19:17 +167 min- Vista Folder Background by Andreas Verhoeven
- In Vista, the ability to have custom backgrounds in explorer folders is gone. This small application makes folder backgrounds possible again. - posted by sryo
- StandaloneStack by Christian Salmon
- StandaloneStack is a Windows clone of Mac OS X dock's Stacks feature - posted by sryo
- Songbird 0.5 by Pioneers of the Inevitable
- Songbird is an open source alternative to iTunes which is currently in development. It is built on Mozilla's XULRunner platform, VLC and SQLite. - posted by sryo
- xPaintClass 1.0 Update 5 Beta by Andymon
- xPaintClass is a Litestep support library that allows the usage of the follwing without any deeper programming knowledge:
All kinds of background painting, images, icons, colors, or buttons. (position, color modifications, gradients, size, overlays, ...)
All kinds of icon painting (position, color modifications, size, ...)
All kinds of text painting (position, font attributes, special font effects, ...)
Easy tooltips for your module
Several useful functions, which most modules will need somehow
Retrieve all Litestep variables (bool, string, int, line, ...) with builtin full (nested) AddToGroup support
Retrieve special coordinates and dimensions with MultiMonitor support - posted by sryo - NAPALM by FireStarter
- NAPALM is a Windows clone of Compiz's Fire plugin. - posted by sryo
releases Releases: 3RVX, xTaskbar, bbLeanSkinMod, BBCleanCreated by blizzle on 2008-03-02 22:31:34 +133 min- 3RVX 2.0 by pogrelz
- 3RVX is a skinnable volume controller and display that supports alpha-blended skins, cool fade effects, drive eject notification, and a lot more. - posted by sryo
- xTaskbar 2.1.5 by Andymon
- xTaskbar is a Litestep module that shows the currently running tasks. - posted by sryo
- bbLeanSkinMod 1.16u (2008-02-11) by unkamunka
- bbLeanSkin is a Blackbox for Windows plugin that provides a way to skin your MS Windows' windows. - posted by sryo
- BBClean February 08 by noccy
- BBClean is another bbLean "mod". - posted by sryo
releases Releases: PureLS, NewsFireCreated by blizzle on 2008-03-01 23:05:17 +67 min- PureLS 0.41 by Chris Rempel (jugg)
- PureLS is a Windows Shell compatible with Litestep modules. - posted by sryo
- NewsFire 1.5 by David Watanabe
- NewsFire is a simple RSS newsreader for Mac OS X. - posted by sryo
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