It has been a busy few days.

JPEGCleaner, quickWebAlbum, websiteCleaner and mailMaker have been updated.

The updates of JPEGCleaner and quickWebAlbum were to correct some ‘blank’ image problems reported by a number of users. The problem was due to slight differences in the meta-data recorded in pictures by different makes of camera, and there was also an issue with certain image resolutions.

mailMaker and websiteCleaner have also been updated. In both cases the update addressed a few minor (rare) bugs

mailMaker (free, fully functional trail version) is a 416 kb download from MMISoftware – download
JPEGCleaner (free, fully functional trail version) is a 256 kb download from MMISoftware – download
quickWebAlbum (free, fully functional trail version) is a 332 kb download from MMISoftware – download
websiteCleaner (free, fully functional trail version) is a 260 kb download from MMISoftware – download

Finally! One round of updates completed!

At MMISoftware there is a group of programs called the ‘One Trick Ponies‘. These are small (and relatively cheap) programs that do one thing (may be two!) and do it well, However, Tiger (10.4) managed to break some features in all of them!

quickWebAlbum, which is used to quickly creates web albums and slideshows from a folder of jpeg images, and JPEGCleaner, which removes jpeg resources and metadata from jpeg files, both had problems with rotated images due to changes in Tiger (see an earlier post). Both programs now correctly handle jpeg rotation under 10.4 and the image resizing code has been improved to produce better quality images (see an earlier post).

Tunes Menu, which is a menu-based CD search from iTunes, and WebsiteCleaner, which prepares html, jpeg and gif files for use on the web, have also been updated and recompiled for 10.4

All programs are available from MMISoftware in the ‘One trick pony‘ section. The program are shareware, except for Tunes Menu which is freeware, and are free upgrades for registered owners.

Download Tunes Menu : quickWebAlbum : JPEGCleaner : WebsiteCleaner

JPEGCleaner, quickWebAlbum, and WebSiteCleaner updated

JPEGCleaner, quickWebAlbum, and WebSiteCleaner have been updated.

The updates are fairly minor and generally just includes the addition of a version checking system.

All programs are available from MMISoftware.

Downloads: JPEGCleaner, quickWebAlbum, and WebSiteCleaner.

JPEGCleaner, quickWebAlbum and WebsiteCleaner updates released

JPEGCleaner, quickWebAlbum and WebsiteCleaner have been updated to use the new esellerate sales engine (this means the programs can now be purchased using JCB cards).

All the programs are available for download from the ‘One Trick Ponies‘ page at MMISoftware or from these download links – download JPEGCleaner, download quickWebAlbum and download WebsiteCleaner.

Updates to iCalMaker, JPEGCleaner, quickWebAlbums, and websiteCleaner

It is amazing what can be achieved in a few days away from the office….

During a brief trip I was able to update the following programs:

iCalMaker:

The program has now been taken to version 1.7. This update includes:

New Features:

• Added ‘record-stepper’ in the comma-/tab-delimited data import window – this allows the user to step through the records to check the match with order import
• Added a ‘comma-/tab-delimited’ data counter – very useful during the import of large data-sets as it gives an indication of progress and provides a ‘Cancel’ button

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a ‘comma-/tab-delimited data import bug which prevented data from being correctly displayed in the ‘import-order’ window
• Greatly improved memory handling during the import of large comma- and tab-delimited data sets (noticeable speed improvement)
• Improved the hadling of comma-delimited file import
• Better handling of "","" data
• Better handling of ‘mixed’ comma-delimited formats where inverted-comma are not consistently used, e.g. 3/4/04,9:20 am,3/4/04,10:30 am,"meet me at the restaurant, after the meeting" data
• Improved hadling of ‘extra’ commas in field text, e.g. 3/4/04,9:20 am,3/4/04,10:30 am,"meet me at the restaurant, after the meeting" data
• Recompiled using Xcode 1.5

This update took the most work….

iCalMaker can is shareware ($30 USD) and can be downloaded from http://www.mmisoftware.co.uk/downloads/icalmaker.dmg.sit

JPEGCleaner, quickWebAlbums, and websiteCleaner:

These three ‘one trick ponies’ contain some common code at their core. A minor (but annoying!) bug was discovered in the ‘common-code’ and therefore needed to be fixed.

The ‘one trick ponies’ are $5 (USD) each and can be found at: http://www.mmisoftware.co.uk/pages/otp/

General ’round-up’ of what has been happening……

Well, things have been busy….

Skiing:

Just got back from an excellent week of skiing at St Anton, Austria…. (see the picts – site generated using Web Photos). The place is amazing. The skiing was great and the ‘after ski’ partying was awesome.

Programming:

Work on iCalMaker 1.6, quickWebAlbum, webSiteCleaner and JPEGCleaner was finished last week and the programs were released. (Download – iCalMaker, quickWebAlbum, webSiteCleaner or JPEGCleaner)

Bug reports:

There is only one bug report on the books at the moment and this is to do with mailMaker. It appears that if an e-mail contains more that 900 characters that the program will not work on some machines. The source of this bug is currently unknown….. Worryingly mailMaker is the worst selling program on the site. It was always thought that this was because users were confusing it with software that may be used to produce SPAM, however, it now appears it may be due to an unreported bug (the bug did not show up in beta testing and I am currently unable to reproduce the bug)!

If you do encounter bugs in any of the the software please report it to bugs@mmisoftware.co.uk.

Other news:

The main website is currently undergoing a major redesign. The site has grown significantly over the last year and is in desperate need of a ‘make-over’. Watch this space for further news…..

Minor updates

Minor updates of the ‘one trick ponies‘, webSiteCleaner, JPEGCleaner and quickWebAlbum have been released. All three contain updates to the esellerate purchase engine and webSiteCleaner also contains a minor bug fix.

Download webSiteCleaner, JPEGCleaner and quickWebAlbum.

All ‘one trick ponies‘ can be purchased ($5 USD) either using the integrated eseller in the program or at the secure MMISoftware store.

Trial versions of all programs are available, just download the programs using the above links and give them a try

The beginning…

Why a weblog?

Well, I thought it would be an interesting way to keep a record of work on programs at MMISoftware and to keep users informed of current work and future developments.

Last week saw updates to all the software produced by MMISoftware. Some of the updates were a as a result of recent changes in 10.3 which ‘introduced’ a number of ‘bugs’ in JPEGCleaner, quickWebAlbum, webSiteCleaner, and Web Photos. Interestingly the bug was the same in all programs and just needed the movement of one line of code! Whilst updating the other programs Power on X was also re-compiled.

Meanwhile, work was finished on iCalMaker version 1.5. This update addressed some Panther compatibility issues and introduced a raft of new features…