Comments on: AppFresh Preview 5

By: Thomas Winkler

Thomas Winkler — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:27:56 +0000

For this app there are no auto search results, not even in the upcoming improved version. In this case you need to set the iusethis.com identifier manually to “Pagesender” in the iusethis context menu or main menu (iUseThis > Change iUseThis Identifier).

After that the App will be rechecked automatically and everything should be fine.

By: Ceriel Jacobs

Ceriel Jacobs — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:13:40 +0000

What should be done when AppFresh can’t match an app with iusethis.com, although the app can be found on the site when searching ourselves?
Example: PageSender Fax Center (4.0.2) -> PageSender (http://osx.iusethis.com/app/pagesender)

By: Michel

Michel — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:15:26 +0000

Hi Jonas,

Happy to hear from you

Thanks a lot,

Michel

By: Jonas Witt

Jonas Witt — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:53:17 +0000

Well, there is this thing called real life, and sometimes it needs some attention too. I can say that Thomas is working on AppFresh though and he made some great progress and I’ll be back on board shortly. So you’ll get a new release with some improvements and some fixes in the near future.

By: Michel

Michel — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:54:57 +0000

Well, No news from the front ? Everybody’s sleeping ? Nothing to say ?

Michel

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:37:03 +0000

Feature Idea:
Network connection detection.
No matter I’m not connected to any network, on starting up, AF tries to get update information. Although it seems unlikely anybody fires up AF without a network connection, it is quite a useful tool for checking which apps are no longer in use.
Could also start checking for updates just like Safari loads URLs after connecting to a network.

Feature idea:
Display of parent folder for application (at least Apps/Utils/Other).
Grouping of application by parent folder, maybe hierarchically displaying in a tree. Maybe useful for prioritizing updates, indexing installed applications (although also for checking which ones aren’t in use anymore).

Possible bug:
QSDroplet, located within the Quicksilver app-Package, is listed. Does not make sense to list application within app packages for me.

By: Thomas Winkler

Thomas Winkler — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 08:58:50 +0000

OK. First issue is a bug. The second seems to be a bug too. I have to look a little closer at it. Anyways, thanks for reporting.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:58:41 +0000

Modal sheets are fine when they make sense, but imho it would be better to keep the extra window and even be able to incrementally add tasks to the queue while navigating in the main window.

It this is too difficult / too low priority, a sheet would make sense, otherwise it sounds like the user-friendliest solution.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:56:21 +0000

1. When running AF at least ~1300px wide, the last used / release date info in the list is not right aligned anymore – if it’s a feature fine, otherwise I wanted to let you know.

2. After updating an “out of date” application from outside AF, I rescan it — in this situation, I had it happen more than once that the progress window didn’t finish anymore, although the bar was at “100%” (finished, solid blue color). Also, it didn’t close anymore.

By: Michel

Michel — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:17:03 +0000

Thomas,

I think I have found something that could help : I had a crash while AppFresh was getting infos on the updates, I have launched AF immediatly after, had accepted to send the crash info to… maybe you ! I don’t remember because I have seen, on the line just under the progress bar, the number of apps scanned : 423 (don’t worry : I won’t attack you on the fact that AF is hiding me apps) AND the beginning of the search for updates : 0 to 424 apps checked !

If I count right, that makes 425 and not, never makes 423 apps to be checked ! Is it possible that the problems of Daniel, me and (I hope it’s a few) probably other users, are linked to this bad counting ?

If you want, I can send all the infos !

HTH
Michel