Small flurry of updates
With .sparta finally out of the way (it was a big update) I finally had time to address some small changes to the other apps I maintain. So out of the gate is 5 small updates. All of them now (except Aroma) now have a Donate button in the About window which I hope you all take advantage of =D. The rest are just bugs or suggestions from the comments. Enjoy and let me know if there is anything else you’d like to see/change.
.sparta 2 Released!
This has taken quite a while, sorry for ignoring many of the comments on Flashbug or .minerva. With this new release .sparta fully supports CS4 and also CS5 products. Try it out, and if you enjoy it, you’ll notice there is now a donate button in the About window =).
Check out whats new
So these past couple weeks have been a whir of activity. We’ve added two new projects to the blog, so please welcome .whistler and Google Tasks.
.whistler
.whistler is a standalone Flash Player trace viewer. So you finally have a program independent of any browser (Flashbug) that can still display your traces.
Google Tasks
Google Tasks is basically the web app wrapped into an AIR app. For those of you who like to keep it open but not at the expense of keeping the browser open.
.minerva
Also among the happenings, .minerva got a big update recently. It also got a huge bug fix right after it =). The first noticeable change is that it now matches the new theme set by .whistler. Slightly less noticeable is it’s improved parsers which can now (byte for byte) recreate a Shared Object just like the Flash IDE! I also took the liberty to update the JS beautifier code as well.
.merlin
Following in line with .minerva, .merlin got a facelift and now follows suit in the same dark theme. No logic changes took place though.
Flashbug
Finally Flashbug got a huge update to support AMF response data from the servers. 1.5 previously only parsed AMF request data, so now response data has been added. A few more bug fixes have also taken place so it’s reliable again. (or so I hope =p)
Please check out all the new things and post in the comments any ideas or bugs you may have.
Google Tasks – AIR App
- Compatibility: AIR 1.5.3 and later (ActionScript 3.0)
- File Size: About 400Kb
- Change Log
Download Now (1.0.1)
Description
Google Tasks is an Adobe AIR app that allows you to view/edit/add/delete tasks without your browser.
It is similar to Christian’s found here, but with some added features.
Added Features
- Always on top – I wanted it always on top of my other windows.
- Saves size and position – This way you are not resizing and moving it every time you open it.
.whistler – An AIR Trace Viewer
- Compatibility: AIR 2.0 and later (ActionScript 3.0)
- File Size: About 440Kb
- Change Log
Download Now (1.0.2)
What’s New
- Added Open file directly via AIR 2.0
Description
.whistler is an Adobe AIR based utility. It is capable of displaying the trace and policy log generated by the Flash Debug Player. These log files are used by all browsers so this utility can be used with Internet Explorer, Safari or even Chrome all at the same time. What ever browser supports the Flash Debug Player, .whistler can display Flash traces from it.
I made this utility originally for AIR 1.0 but realized that the log files are locked when an AIR app is running. I eventually forgot aout this project until recently. When I learned that as of AIR 1.5.2, an AIR app can read the log files. So I finished this app up and got it out there. This will make it much easier to debug in other browsers besides Firefox. You also won’t need to have Firefox running just to watch traces anymore and best of all, it’s multi-platform to boot!
I know this will overlap with Flashbug, but it’s a great tool none-the-less. Use whichever works best for your workflow. Enjoy!
Features
- View Trace Log – View the trace log from any browser.
- View Policy Log – View the policy log from any browser.
- Filter – Filter the log with any keyword or use regular expressions.
- mm.cfg Creation/Configuration – mm.cfg will be created automatically if it doesn’t exist. You can then configure it directly from .whistler. Any changes you make to mm.cfg outside of .whistler are still reflected in the Options pane.
- Auto-update capability