Side Tree Software Blog Comments http://tomis.blogsome.com Discussion of my various software projects Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:45:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Dave http://tomis.blogsome.com/2009/06/20/billboard-096/#comment-91 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:45:15 +0100 http://tomis.blogsome.com/2009/06/20/billboard-096/#comment-91 Tomis, Looking forward to the next version. Any issues with Snow Leopard compatibility in .96? Tomis,
Looking forward to the next version. Any issues with Snow Leopard compatibility in .96?

]]> by: Tina K. http://tomis.blogsome.com/2007/05/30/new-safesleep-10/#comment-90 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:38:02 +0100 http://tomis.blogsome.com/2007/05/30/new-safesleep-10/#comment-90 Can you please explain what exactly the command "Only Safe Sleep in Emergencies" does? It sounds to me like it sleeps to RAM unless/until the battery runs low and then sleeps to disk, is this correct? Can you please explain what exactly the command “Only Safe Sleep in Emergencies” does? It sounds to me like it sleeps to RAM unless/until the battery runs low and then sleeps to disk, is this correct?

]]> by: Sayid Munawar http://tomis.blogsome.com/2009/06/20/billboard-096/#comment-89 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:37:05 +0100 http://tomis.blogsome.com/2009/06/20/billboard-096/#comment-89 Hi, nice software it is! this is what i've been looking for my carpc project. my mac mini is installed inside my car, using a touchscreen as mouse input. but, there are things that don't work / fit when in touchscreen. They are: 1. The "Home" button left to the search bar, is too small. i can't click it easily with my finger. It would be nice if it is bigger, at least can be touched with my finger. prev+pause+next control buttons on the lower screen is not too small, but i wish it is bigger :) 2. this is the most annoying: it is very very hard to double click (with touchscreen) to browse music / artist / albums. since no keyboard + no mouse on my setup, browsing songs with touchscreen is my only option. i've make double click delay longer in system preferences, but no luck, still very hard to do just one double click. I think it's a bug in your application, because other application can do double click easily. when using mouse, it is easy to double click. And i found some bug: 1. the horizontal zoom / magnify bar (like in iphoto) when browsing artist / albums is GREAT ! i can make my vertical scroll bar bigger. that's exactly what i need. but, unfortunately, it can't remember the position of the magnification i have set. for example, when you resize the artists list, then you go to another part (home, for example), then you go back to artists list, it went back to small, but the zoom bar is still set maximum. anyway, billboard is soooo cool! i am going to purchase it later if i feel it fit in my touchscreen setup :) Hi, nice software it is! this is what i’ve been looking for my carpc project. my mac mini is installed inside my car, using a touchscreen as mouse input. but, there are things that don’t work / fit when in touchscreen. They are:

1. The “Home” button left to the search bar, is too small. i can’t click it easily with my finger. It would be nice if it is bigger, at least can be touched with my finger. prev+pause+next control buttons on the lower screen is not too small, but i wish it is bigger :)

2. this is the most annoying: it is very very hard to double click (with touchscreen) to browse music / artist / albums. since no keyboard + no mouse on my setup, browsing songs with touchscreen is my only option. i’ve make double click delay longer in system preferences, but no luck, still very hard to do just one double click. I think it’s a bug in your application, because other application can do double click easily. when using mouse, it is easy to double click.

And i found some bug:
1. the horizontal zoom / magnify bar (like in iphoto) when browsing artist / albums is GREAT ! i can make my vertical scroll bar bigger. that’s exactly what i need. but, unfortunately, it can’t remember the position of the magnification i have set. for example, when you resize the artists list, then you go to another part (home, for example), then you go back to artists list, it went back to small, but the zoom bar is still set maximum.

anyway, billboard is soooo cool! i am going to purchase it later if i feel it fit in my touchscreen setup :)

]]> by: Tomis http://tomis.blogsome.com/2009/06/20/billboard-096/#comment-88 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:57:48 +0100 http://tomis.blogsome.com/2009/06/20/billboard-096/#comment-88 <b>@SunByrne, Dave: I'll see what I can come up with for persistent time display. @Dave: There's an automatic quality throttle built-in so as to not adversely impact system performance, but I've noticed that it's not always as intelligent as it could be. I'm looking into improving it. Thanks for the feedback!</b> @SunByrne, Dave: I’ll see what I can come up with for persistent time display.

@Dave: There’s an automatic quality throttle built-in so as to not adversely impact system performance, but I’ve noticed that it’s not always as intelligent as it could be. I’m looking into improving it.

Thanks for the feedback!

]]> by: Dave http://tomis.blogsome.com/2009/06/20/billboard-096/#comment-87 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:34:26 +0100 http://tomis.blogsome.com/2009/06/20/billboard-096/#comment-87 Tomis, you work here is really excellent. I am getting a great deal of pleasure from the application. Thank you. I would agree though that having the progress/time info displayed in an elegant way without the controls displayed would be nice. Also, I find that my high quality album art is degraded quite a bit through Billboard. I realize that performance is the primary consideration, but I wonder if being able to tweak it based on system performance is possible. Again, great work. Tomis, you work here is really excellent. I am getting a great deal of pleasure from the application. Thank you. I would agree though that having the progress/time info displayed in an elegant way without the controls displayed would be nice. Also, I find that my high quality album art is degraded quite a bit through Billboard. I realize that performance is the primary consideration, but I wonder if being able to tweak it based on system performance is possible. Again, great work.

]]> by: SunByrne http://tomis.blogsome.com/2009/06/20/billboard-096/#comment-86 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:57:27 +0100 http://tomis.blogsome.com/2009/06/20/billboard-096/#comment-86 I love the changes in 0.9.5-6 (nice job with handling vertical monitors). I have one more request. I like that the star ratings and controls can hide, but I'd like the progress/time information to stay around. Any way those can be separated? (I liked the old time display a lot, actually.) I love the changes in 0.9.5-6 (nice job with handling vertical monitors). I have one more request. I like that the star ratings and controls can hide, but I’d like the progress/time information to stay around. Any way those can be separated? (I liked the old time display a lot, actually.)

]]> by: Tomis http://tomis.blogsome.com/2009/04/17/billboard-091/#comment-85 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:42:37 +0100 http://tomis.blogsome.com/2009/04/17/billboard-091/#comment-85 <b>@ Dave, Sebastian, SunByrne Thanks for your feedback guys. Most of these were feature ideas I had been toying with, and your requests spurred me to actually implement them in <a href="http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/30519" rel="nofollow">Billboard 0.9.5</a>. You can read about those changes and more at <a href="http://tomis.blogsome.com/2009/06/13/45/" rel="nofollow">http://tomis.blogsome.com/2009/06/13/45/</a>, and keep leaving your excellent feedback!</b> @ Dave, Sebastian, SunByrne

Thanks for your feedback guys. Most of these were feature ideas I had been toying with, and your requests spurred me to actually implement them in Billboard 0.9.5. You can read about those changes and more at http://tomis.blogsome.com/2009/06/13/45/, and keep leaving your excellent feedback!

]]> by: SunByrne http://tomis.blogsome.com/2009/04/17/billboard-091/#comment-84 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:02:15 +0100 http://tomis.blogsome.com/2009/04/17/billboard-091/#comment-84 I like the program, but I run it on a monitor that is oriented vertically, not horizontally. It doesn't use the screen space very well with a vertical orientation. I'd love to send you screen shots of this, but I can't find your email address anywhere. I like the program, but I run it on a monitor that is oriented vertically, not horizontally. It doesn’t use the screen space very well with a vertical orientation. I’d love to send you screen shots of this, but I can’t find your email address anywhere.

]]> by: Sebastian http://tomis.blogsome.com/2009/04/17/billboard-091/#comment-82 Sun, 24 May 2009 22:21:42 +0100 http://tomis.blogsome.com/2009/04/17/billboard-091/#comment-82 Hi! how about a clickable browsing and playback controll feature. In combination with a touchscreen this would be some really cool stuff. Greets Sebastian Hi!
how about a clickable browsing and playback controll feature.
In combination with a touchscreen this would be some really cool stuff.

Greets Sebastian

]]> by: Dave http://tomis.blogsome.com/2009/04/17/billboard-091/#comment-81 Wed, 20 May 2009 15:41:11 +0100 http://tomis.blogsome.com/2009/04/17/billboard-091/#comment-81 Really like the program. Almost perfect. Customizable font type and size would be great. Tilting options along the same lines as transitions would be great as well. Track time is a little quirky when making transitions. Maybe extend it to full screen width. Really like the program. Almost perfect. Customizable font type and size would be great. Tilting options along the same lines as transitions would be great as well. Track time is a little quirky when making transitions. Maybe extend it to full screen width.

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