http://blog.armchairware.com Mostly Media Center Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:48:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've updated the beta version of Photato that is available on the download link on the main site to 1.0.5.0.  This release addresses a number of stability issues which could cause the application to hang or generate an exception stack trace.  There are also a number of other fixes that ... http://blog.armchairware.com/2008/11/photato-1050-beta-available/ The logging in to Facebook experience in Photato leaves something to be desired.  Unfortunately Facebook themselves require that all 3rd party desktop applications use their login web pages to log a user into Facebook.  This is normally only a one time process for a given user on a particular PC, ... http://blog.armchairware.com/2008/11/logging-in-to-facebook/ I've updated the website a little, so there is now a simple home page for Photato and a public link for downloading the latest beta.  There is also a fairly minimal FAQ on the Support page which will be added to over the coming weeks.  The Blog and Forum have ... http://blog.armchairware.com/2008/11/website-updates/ It's taken a while, but the new beta of Photato is available to download over on the forum.  If you've already registered you'll be able to download it straight away, if not, simply apply for membership and once your application has been approved you'll have access to it.  There are details ... http://blog.armchairware.com/2008/10/photatobeta2/ It's been a while since I posted, so I thought I better just let you know that things are still progressing.  The recent Facebook profile changes have caused me a few problems, but hopefully I'm back on track again now.  We should be seeing the second beta in a week or ... http://blog.armchairware.com/2008/09/new-screenshot/ Here's a brief Flash demo of the current Photato beta in action.  It's of limited size and resolution, but hopefully it gives you some of idea of what the add-in does and how it does it. [swfobj src="http://blog.armchairware.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/photato.swf"] http://blog.armchairware.com/2008/08/photato-flash-demonstration/ There have been some positive comments coming out of the Photato beta 1 testing, here are a couple of them: "For a beta this program is very good!! Its so easy to use and i love how it has its own interface! You've really done a good job" "Excellent app. I love ... http://blog.armchairware.com/2008/08/beta1entusiasm/ The first beta of Photato is now available for download from the support forum.  If you've already emailed photato.beta@armchairware.com to register for beta testing then you should have been included in the list of beta 1 testers and have access to the download once you've registered for the forum.  If ... http://blog.armchairware.com/2008/08/beta1download/ I've setup a support forum mainly at this stage to help the beta testers discuss the issues their experiencing and features they'd like to see in Photato.  There is also a category to discuss ideas for new Media Center add-ins, which hopefully I'll be able to tackle after Photato. The forum requires ... http://blog.armchairware.com/2008/08/forum/ I am looking for beta testers for Photato.  I will be starting a private best test very shortly, so if you are interested in volunteering please email photato.beta@armchairware.com and include some details of your Media Center setup i.e. version of Windows, PC specs and whether you have an extender. Thanks. http://blog.armchairware.com/2008/08/photato-beta-testing/