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Version 0.9.1

A new version of Deck was released. It includes the following changes:

• Deck now remembers whether it was in miniview or in maxiview mode
• Make sure last track of album is scrobbled (Jeff Allen, issue 19)
• When holding down the option key on OS X 10.5 the application hung the system
• Switching quickly between miniview and maxiview could render the maxiview empty (Jelle De Laender)

Press “Check For Updates” everyone.

In case things go horribly wrong you can still download the 0.9 version as well. I really need more testers. Get in touch if you’re interested!

Idea For Drag’n'Drop

I really want to implement drag and drop like this in Deck. For a future version, maybe.

Source

Version 0.9

After one week of full time non stop coding and one more day because I missed my own deadline I have now put out version 0.9 of Deck.

That means that from now on it should be mainly bugfixing. All of the functionality that I want for version 1.0 is in it.

I am very happy with the way it looks at the moment. Hopefully all of you will be happy to use it as well.

Download it from the new website: http://www.deckapp.com/ or wait for the sparkle update to kick in.

Funny

It’s funny that I already did similar things back in 2004-2005 and made a program called CCTunes.

There are still people downloading it but it would surprise me if anything worked. The only thing that could still be useful about it is the documentation I wrote about the development of it all, with some XSLT techniques that you don’t come across very often.

Most of that was done on the train commuting from Gent to Antwerp. I have fond memories of those little experiments. That’s the main reason why I leave them online.

Initial Feedback

Well the initial feedback is in. And it’s mostly: “it’s ugly!”. That is a bit of a disappointment, but also a bit as what was expected.

Luckily the looks are part of the application that I still planned on devoting some time on. So expect the next update to look a lot nicer. The new icons are designed by my friend from Guidesign and there is even a new icon underway.

It will be better looking. Now let’s hope it will also be better!

Release Angst

So I overcame my release angst and sent out alfa versions to almost all the people that I think might be interested in testing something rather rough.

I was pleasantly enticed by a series of @codinghorror tweets that dissed iTunes. Exactly why I started programming on Deck for.

Many people seem to be getting fed up with iTunes. There are enough alternatives though and mine is just one of it. Hopefully Deck will hit just the sweet spot for some people that listen to music like I do.

Lifehackers 5 wishes for iTunes

Lifehacker lists the five features it would like to see in iTunes

It reads like the feature list I have on my roadmap for Deck. ETA: 2047.

Beta’s are imminent

It is about time I get something out of the door. It will not be what I would like it to be, but it will be useful to some, ridiculous to others.

Whatever it turns out to be, I’m determined to release it. Those people that find it useful will have to pay for it to use it. Sorry if that doesn’t fit your mindset or budget. It’s a tough world.

Delay

This one here is to admit to the fact that I’ve made a classical error: I suffered from a case of featuritis and wanted to add just one more feature. Well… that was a miscalculation from my part. I’ve spent way more time finishing that feature than I anticipated I would and it’s still not finished. On top of that, it probably wasn’t wise to spend so much time on that feature since there are other features that were already there that could have used some more attention.

Oh well. What’s done is done. I’m still trying to finish a beta anytime soon that I am confident enough about to let it be tested by a wider audience. Meanwhile I’m finishing that feature.