localhostr app 1.2

[Mike]

What language are you writing it in? Also, how do you get the corners to be smooth, have a drop shadow on the form and make only the background transparent while keeping some things non transparent?

it's written in C/C++, the corners are smooth as they are alpha blended properly (from the pngs used), the rest isn't transparent as the images they are generated from have no alpha value.

* Portable - No installation needed! Just extract and run.

as you say it's portable, where exactly is the history saved to? i tried it out and couldn't find where the history was so not trully portable :p

A little update, you can now delete individual items as well and it stores all your history, not just last 5. :) (screenshots not updated, download version 2.0 again if you want the update.)

looking better :p

tbh i was hoping someone wouldn't do what you've done (2 things), 1. make a windows version of simon's widget (as i've already got 99% done, and 2. release it in bits when it's not complete.

either way i'll be releasing mine at some point towards the middle of next week hopefully no mattter what stage you're at.

[sachleen]

How is it not complete? It's fully functional for what it's meant to do. If everyone waited until an application was 'complete' it would never get released. You're supposed to release new versions with improvements and updates, and that's exactly what I'm doing.

lol, I had no idea you were working on one, and it's the exact opposite ;) considering I have a release.

by portable, I meant no installation. maybe that was misleading a little.

Edited July 12, 2008 by tehkubix

[Rappy Veteran]

I shall be using it all the time now I love localhostr!

[sachleen]

Yes, it is a great service :)

How many people actually have accounts to localhostr? I can't find much on google.

[Mike]

How is it not complete? It's fully functional for what it's meant to do. If everyone waited until an application was 'complete' it would never get released. You're supposed to release new versions with improvements and updates, and that's exactly what I'm doing.

lol, I had no idea you were working on one, and it's the exact opposite ;) considering I have a release.

by portable, I meant no installation. maybe that was misleading a little.

a program shouldn't change drastically in appearence/features over 3 days from its initial release is what i meant.

as for not knowing i was making/made one, it was said on the same day you created the topic :p not to mention mine had more features than your so called release :p

[sachleen]

If anything, only those (few?) who have localhostr accounts will 'lose' with my app. It works, it gets the job done, and that's what counts. For what I needed it to do, it does well, and then some. I'm sure there are many who just want a quick and simple way to upload a file and this does just that. The application is complete, like it or not, for what it was designed to do. If I get an account, i would gladly add login support for those who have accounts to benefit, if I don't, no big deal, it still works.

That said, what features does your app have (apart form account support, which I've already mentioned above) that mine doesn't? I mean actual features, not pretty shadows and such.

EDIT: I just reread, your app "had" more features, again, that's a stupid argument as that's what updated versions of applications are for.

How much sense does it make to say "my program, which is still at the same stage it used to be, was better than your program which started as nothing and now is just as good as mine"?

You really need to stop bashing on my app, if you don't like it, don't use it. You have your own, I use my own, let others decide for themselves which one they want to use. You're app does the exact same things as mine, good for you that it looks a little better, this was a good learning experience for me and I learned A LOT from it. Just because you have an app that does the same thing doesn't mean I should just stop with mine.

Edited July 12, 2008 by tehkubix

[Mike]

responses to latest post:

1. there are plenty of people with localhostr accounts

2. if people want a quick and easy way to upload, the website does just fine

3. the application wasn't complete when released otherwise you wouldn't have released a lot of updates in 3 days

4. if you're making an app for people to use, what *you* want doesn't matter really, it's what other people want. i've set things in mine i didn't want but most people did

5. mine being better feature-wise was comparing to the release you made initially and what i had when you did so, unless you're saying your newest is feature-wise the same as the one you first released.

6. i never said for you to stop, if i didn't want you making one i would have said when you first made this topic

few tips:

1. learn to read posts. you ask questions and ignore answers and don't pick up on vital points made in posts

2. what use is uploading a folder in a file-by-file basis, sure it works for a couple of files (but wouldn't they upload them by selecting them?), but what happens with 10 or 20 files in quite a few sub-folders? the folder structure is lost completely

[mail]

Well, I did say I would give you my PSD, however after speaking to Kudos who has told me has not give you permission to release this app or use the logo and seeing your general attitude, I request that you do not use my design as I have not given explicit permission.

[sachleen]

1. doesn't say a lot.

2. the website doesn't always work fine, that's why I made the app. First, it sometimes takes a while to load. Then, clicking the Browse button usually doesn't pop up the window the first time (maybe I just click it too soon) and finally, this is just easier because you don't even have to open your browser!

3. I didn't release a lot of updates in 3 days. I just posted screenshots and my progress in text. This is the first release since my original post.

4. I've set things in mine that I don't want either, like the whole history thing, I didn't even have it in my original app, but now it stores ALL history. I also don't really fancy the drop box, but I figured some people wouldn't like the whole window showing all the time so I also added that.

5. Again, that's a stupid claim, I already addressed that in my previous post.

1. Name one question I have asked that I've ignored the answer to.

2. The directory structure would be quite useless once uploaded anyway because you wouldn't be able to use it in the same way you would a directory.

I do however thank you for your suggestions on the first page.

EDIT: mail, sorry I hadn't seen your post when I posted this. I didn't mean to be rude or offensive to anyone and I'm sorry if I was.

Edited July 13, 2008 by tehkubix

[Simon Veteran]

Please, guys, keep the flaming down. tehkubix has put effort into this, and it's fine to give constructive criticism, but be nice about it.

Licensing issues can be taken up via PM, that's not really a public thing anyway. dev, simple fact is that he got his widget out before you. Don't act superior to make your own seem better, he got there first. However, I realize you've put months of effort into yours, and are just in the process of really polishing it right now, and that would upset anyone in your position.

[+StevoFC MVC]

However, I realize you've put months of effort into yours, and are just in the process of really polishing it right now, and that would upset anyone in your position.

Well, unless he posted publicly about it here, I don't think he has any right to be upset that someone finished one before him. It's his own fault for only letting a select few people know.

I don't go actively looking though the forums looking for localhostr apps so I don't know if he ever really did post his intentions of a release, but if so disregard my post.

[sachleen]

Well, unless he posted publicly about it here, I don't think he has any right to be upset that someone finished one before him. It's his own fault for only letting a select few people know.

I don't go actively looking though the forums looking for localhostr apps so I don't know if he ever really did post his intentions of a release, but if so disregard my post.

StevoFC, I searched google, neowin, and other places and found nothing like Simon's widget for windows. If I had, I honestly wouldn't have bothered to write one myself. I would have bookmarked the thread and waited for a release.

[sachleen]

arrgh, you guys are sooo messed up. mail, thank a lot for not letting me use your design.

mail , thanks for offering it first, letting me implement it, and then saying no. great move.

mail, you say having 2 apps doing the same thing is quite useless and mine is a bad rip off, If my app is really is a bad ripoff, then just let it continue, surely the users who download it will decide whats bad and no, and if dev's app is really better, i'd rather them use that instead anyway. If dev would go release his app some time we could all find out whats better and use that. You're right, it's quite useless to have 2 apps as similar as these two are, but face the fact that I released first, so if anything, dev would be the one doing the copying.

Why do I get the feeling that this has a lot to do with the fact that dev wanted to be the only one with this and one of the reasons behind this is the fact that someone beat him to it and you guys are trying to suppress him so dev can have his glory.

I come here to get suggestions on an application i make, and i get this crap in return. thanks a lot guys. dev, i really hope you release soon. but then again, you have been working on it for months, i finished this in a few days. and whatever the case is, I came here to give people a better way of uploading to localhostr, and even with all this nonsense, if nobody else, I'm glad +Rappy benefited form it :)

Will someone PLEASE close this thread now?

Edited July 13, 2008 by tehkubix

[mail]

To be honest, it further shows your unprofessionalism that you haves posted a private discussion in a public thread.

[giga Veteran]

k.