Erica Sadun
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Erica Sadun | 6:48 pm | April 28, 2008 | Feature Requests, 2.0, Update, Applications, iPod touch, Software, iPhone
The new 2.0 SDK version of XLaunch combines all the features you use and love in the 1.1.4 version plus several new options. I’m pleased that I was able to upgrade the application without losing features along the way–and especially happy that I was able to merge MakeItMine and Banner in without destroying the simple interface.
You can still launch webclips and badge apps, and assign applications to the home key for double-taps. You can still browse in both table or coverflow modes.
Now you can also set carrier text and the banner text via the Customize options. And I’m considering adding other customization features there as well. If you have any other suggestions or feature requests, please speak up! Now’s the time to jump in while the design remains fluid.
Erica Sadun | 2:32 pm | April 27, 2008 | Experimental, 2.0, Feature Requests, Applications, iPod touch, Software, iPhone
So I’ve been hard at work on the new SDK and have been developing an application that more or less merges a lot of the functionality of SendSong, SendFile, SendPics, etc. Some features have been ellusive–Apple apparently disabled email attachments from the iPhone–others work well, such as Bonjour file sharing.
Here is the current feature set along with planned areas. Now’s the time to speak up if you’d like to see a feature added or have questions about how the program works. It’s basically a file browser that allows you to walk through the entire UNIX Application tree–wherever Apple’s sandboxing allows, that is–preview, inspect, and share files.
Erica Sadun | 7:00 pm | April 14, 2008 | Test Requests, 2.0, Update, Utilities, iPod touch, Software, iPhone
Here they are, ready to be downloaded as individual utilities. I compiled these within the last few weeks based on reverse-engineering but I haven’t had the ability to test them out until today. Some work well (deviceinfo, badge, ip-print, plutil, restart). Others need some TLC (itmsSearch, mailFile).
These utilities are pretty much useless unless you have an ipwned developer 2.0 release. I had to do a lot of updates, particularly on appLoad, which uses a new way of loading applications.
So, yay to the dev team and if you have any specific requests, let me know. So far I have not been able to make anything run that uses windowing. If you have any tips or hints about getting around this do let me know.
Erica Sadun | 2:51 pm | March 7, 2008 | Simulator, Update, Applications, Software
If you’ve installed the SDK, you can download and run a copy of my iPhone To-Do list software from my new SDK application folder. It’s basically my old ToDo list app ported to the new SDK, which took far longer than I honestly thought it would. No re-ordering yet on cells. When we either soft-upgrade to 1.2, or get an Apple 1.2 firmware upgrade, it should be able to run natively. For now, the point was to get a program running, figure out how to distribute and install it (instructions are on the linked page) so that it could be tested and used in the wild. So, you know, like “Yay!”
Erica Sadun | 6:06 pm | March 2, 2008 | Test Requests, Utilities, Software, iPod touch, iPhone
I’ve placed a much better version of the findme utility into the TUAW folder. Run it with -h to see all the options. You can now output a single google maps URL, request just the latitude/longitude, submit your value to Twitter.
I’ll be adding Yahoo ZoneTag support soon as well. If you have any special requests, speak now because I don’t have a ton of time to devote to this project.
Erica Sadun | 1:09 am | February 24, 2008 | Update, Software, iPod touch, iPhone
Version 0.31 is in the XLaunch folder. Try tilting it on its side! Now supports Webclips as well as app icons.Oh, and p.s. Yes, it does work on the touch. And p.p.s. This probably means that AppFlow is deprecated. What do you all think? Let me know.
Erica Sadun | 9:56 am | February 21, 2008 | Test Requests, Applications, Software, iPod touch, iPhone
As part of my iPhone Programming book project, I ended up doing some cover flow work last night and AppFlow is the result. It’s a simple cover-flow based application launcher. You can check it out here. To use, just flip to your favorite application (it’s alphabetical) and double-tap the icon to launch.
Erica Sadun | 4:36 pm | February 19, 2008 | Test Requests, Software, iPod touch, iPhone
Beta 5 (aka Version 0.35), here. Feedback solicited.
Erica Sadun | 3:11 pm | February 13, 2008 | Update, Applications, Software, iPod touch, iPhone
Huge, major, big-Mamma update, here. Feedback solicited.
Erica Sadun | 3:10 pm | | Update, Software, iPod touch, iPhone
Version 0.23 is in the XLaunch folder with greater stability. I made each of the program cells shorter so the taps do not interfere with the alphabetic index.