Comments on: AppFresh Preview 3

By: Premium Hosting Packages

Premium Hosting Packages — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:49:34 +0000

I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting

By: Michel

Michel — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:33:27 +0000

Thomas and all,

I do not agree with you ! The version detection IS THE ONE BIG POINT for the (at least) new release ! Once you will have killed the bugs (or “little problems”) in the version detection, you’ll be able to add new options to AppFresh !

One more thing, I have two folders of snapshots I have taken during the audit : one for 2.1 (“all” and “updates”) and one for 3 (same categories) ! Thomas and Jonas, are you interested by them ?

One option for P4 that will make me very very happy is a basic printing function that will export the content of the window (and its category) to a text file !

I just have read the new entry for version collector : downloaded it, extracted it and run it !

By: admartinator.de

admartinator.de — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:52:35 +0000

Wer seine Software-Sammlungs stets auf den neuesten Stand halten möchte, sollte mal ein Auge auf das Tool AppFresh werfen. Die Software liegt derzeit in der Preview 3 vor und soll später einmal, wie mir der Entwickler auf Nachfrage verriet, …

By: Thomas Winkler

Thomas Winkler — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:33:53 +0000

OK. Improving the version detection is one big point for upcoming releases. As more input we get like yours the better it will become since we do not have insalled. If there is an obvoius problem please do also use the Report broken feature, but I’d guess you already did. This is great help. Keep it up please.

By: Michel

Michel — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 20:09:49 +0000

Hi all, I have finished my little, personal and comparative audit of AppFresh (Previews 2.1 and 3)

Here are the results :

Preview 2.1

Before tweaks and after one relaunch :
All 272
Updates 14 x (AppFresh 0.3 included)
y (Magical Update found)
Unknown 101

After Adding Widgets Folder
All 274
Updates 14 x,y
Unknown 103

After Tweak
All 274
Updates 14 x,y
Unkwown 85
Tweaks : Archive Assistant, BackStage, Boinc Installer and Manager, Cha-Ching (x), Curio Pro, DropStuff, DVD Manager, File Buddy, Gimp (xx), Gizmo Project, Inbox, MagicMenu, NetBarrier, SnÃ¶ Desktop (xx), SteerMouse Installer, Stuffit (Archive Manager, SEA Maker, Setup Assistant), VirusBarrier, Zinio Delivery Manager

(x)not on iusethis
(xx) on iusethis but not detected

Preview 3

Before tweaks and after one relaunch
All 271
Updates 17 (No Magical Update ?!)
Unknown 103

After Adding Widgets Folders
All 273
Updates 17 (No Magical Update ?!)
Unknown 105

After Tweak
All 274
Updates 17 (No Magical Update ?!)
Unkwown 88

Preview 3 (Fresh Install)
Before tweaks and after one relaunch
All 271
Updates 16 (No Magical Update ?!)
Unknown 103

After Adding Widgets Folder
All 273
Updates 17 (No Magical Update ?!)
Unknown 105

After Tweak
All 274
Updates 17 (No Magical Update ?!)
Unkwown 88
Tweaks : Archive Assistant, BackStage, Boinc Installer and Manager, Cha-Ching (x), Curio Pro, DropStuff, DVD Manager, File Buddy, Gimp (xx), Gizmo Project, Inbox, MagicMenu, NetBarrier, SnÃ¶ Desktop (xx), SteerMouse Installer, Stuffit (Archive Manager, SEA Maker, Setup Assistant), VirusBarrier (xx), Zinio Delivery Manager

Apps in r-1 :
Moneydance, SnÃ¶ Desktop, TuxPaint Stamps Installer,

Apps not recognized in P3 (were in P2.1) :
1Passwd, Virus Barrier

The tweaks are the same between 3 and 3 FI

For ME, 2.1 is the most reliable : it has not found all the apps but the ones it has found need an update ! with some errors !

By: Thomas Winkler

Thomas Winkler — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 12:24:32 +0000

Even though it has been reported couple of times this is not reproducable with out current version. Did AppFresh quit correctly? The cache data is saved on closing the app, so if it crashes or will be terminated by hand the changed data is lost. Can you please check this, or contact me via mail.

By: Thomas Winkler

Thomas Winkler — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 12:00:01 +0000

Will be fixed in next preview. With lots of other cool stuff.

By: Thomas Winkler

Thomas Winkler — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 11:58:24 +0000

Quinn is reported as broken app. We are still tweaking the version detection and will hopefully soon have better results. If you have more Unknown state apps that should be detected correctly from your point of view, please use the Application -> Report Broken function within AppFresh. It will send useful informations we need to tell whats going wrong.

We’ll think about your other comments too. Glad to get feedback.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 11:57:20 +0000

AppFresh always forgets about “marked as up to date” status after quitting

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 11:52:52 +0000

Sorry for repeated posting …

Maybe you should deactivate the “Update” button in the toolbar if not applicable instead of showing a message?