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Help me with BurnoutMenu 2.0 Development!
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ambush
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May 18, 2004, 09:03 PM
 
Hi guys.

Well the time has come... I have to show my baby to the MacNN software people.

BurnoutMenu 2.0: The task manager that fits into your iLife.
  • FLEXIBLE (aka choose the cals you wanna see in the menu), bugfree (it will be, I promise) iCal support with dual synchro... on BOTH ends.
  • Support for uploading a HTML page of your tasks to your iDisk.
  • iPod export support
  • Nested category items
  • Whole new UI with a new toolbar, full of new actions
  • HotKeys (for bringing manager up front, poping the menu extra open)
  • Notes support
  • import your old BM1 database
  • export to html, txt, rtf, opml, bm2 formats
  • 'n a lot more. hehe.

I'll be posting alphas soon now.... as soon as I finish export and stuff.

I NEED YOUR THOUGHTS, IDEAS, OPINIONS, SUGGESTIONS

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goMac
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May 18, 2004, 09:45 PM
 
Originally posted by ambush:
[B]Hi guys.

Well the time has come... I have to show my baby to the MacNN software people.
( Last edited by goMac; May 18, 2004 at 10:02 PM. )
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ambush  (op)
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May 18, 2004, 09:49 PM
 
Originally posted by goMac:
Whats the price going to be? Checkoff is free and open source.
I don't know yet. going to be from 5.95 to 9.95.

I put countless hours in this app and I wrote something like 20 000 lines of code. And it'll be dirt cheap for what it does. Remember check off has no iCal support, etc.

Anyway... i'm not here to discuss price and check off... what about comments on the app itself?
     
ambush  (op)
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May 19, 2004, 06:55 AM
 
plz someone say something....... i don't think the app is perfect!
     
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May 19, 2004, 10:51 AM
 
ok - I'll say something:

- If that app had no new features and you worked out all the bugs, I'd be thrilled. Make the iCal integration smoother please!

- I'd also like to see an inintrusive desktop component to the app - something like you'd see in Konfabulator or Stattoo. I'd prefer it run solely in the background of the desktop, though, rather than being a floating window.

- I'd like to see to do tie into apps or urls. So I can use Burnout itself to initiate the actual doing of the to do.

thats all for now.
     
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May 19, 2004, 10:57 AM
 
I will let you know after I've tried it out for a little bit!

But having looked at the menus it looks good if a little cluttered on first inspection
     
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May 22, 2004, 02:13 PM
 
is there anyway of doing this without using APE enhancer? Seems to break my internet connection for some reason!
     
ambush  (op)
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Jun 1, 2004, 06:49 PM
 
Originally posted by threestain:
is there anyway of doing this without using APE enhancer? Seems to break my internet connection for some reason!
I'm not using the APE framework.

I reckon I should change the installer's icon to avoid.... problems...

we only use their installer, because, well, it works well. I guess I could maybe code one in a day and it'd be as good, but hey I prefer to work on BM2 instead... I think I might be tired one day and code on myself.

Anyway. For iCal support, it relies on an Input Manager. I'll make it opensource so users can see it's not an evil virus. It's like 2 lines of code there. What it does it tell iCal to post a notification to BurnoutMenu when its items get modified. That's all. No evil stuff

visit my blog for updates on BM!
     
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Jun 2, 2004, 10:41 AM
 
Any chance of Entourage support?
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Jun 2, 2004, 10:44 AM
 
having played around with it a bit, I was wondering if you could maybe neaten up the menu? like if you have no to-do items then it will shrink and not show empty sections that type of thing? Also maybe have a variable font in the menu?

Just a thought, and I'm probably the only one!
     
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Jun 2, 2004, 02:07 PM
 
Hmmm ... I would say get onboard as a developer for the opensource app Check Off.
     
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Jun 2, 2004, 03:37 PM
 
Originally posted by headbirth:
Hmmm ... I would say get onboard as a developer for the opensource app Check Off.
They're two different apps. He uses a window, I use a menu.

Some prefer CO's UI, some prefer BM's UI.

I also need some money, that's why BM is shareware (probably like 5.95$)
I think iCal support alone is worth a mere 5.95.
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Jun 2, 2004, 04:01 PM
 
Originally posted by threestain:
having played around with it a bit, I was wondering if you could maybe neaten up the menu? like if you have no to-do items then it will shrink and not show empty sections that type of thing? Also maybe have a variable font in the menu?

Just a thought, and I'm probably the only one!
Good idea!
     
joevillella
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Jun 22, 2004, 05:09 PM
 
Originally posted by MojoRising022:

- I'd also like to see an (u)nintrusive desktop component to the app - something like you'd see in Konfabulator or Stattoo. I'd prefer it run solely in the background of the desktop, though, rather than being a floating window.

I second this, so much in fact that I registered on these forums just to second this. I'd definitely use this program if it had the above feature. I'm really surprised more developers aren't jumping of overlying desktop info displays, as it is such a valuable feature with Expose.

Taking a quick look at the screenshots, I like what I see. That manager looked cool, and so did the prefs. Good job.
     
   
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