So there’s been some interest lately in the Tundra format to be able to draw 24-bit ansis. There are some drawbacks though, as pointed out by @byteproject here, not to mention that it is limited to 80 characters wide and 5000 rows. Edit: It was pointed out these are not limitations of the format per se, Read more about 24-bit Ansi[…]
Custom back-end solution to manage all clients, workflows, company contacts, and documents
PabloDraw 3.2 is now out! Get it here. This release has these new features: Command line conversion & headless server Admin password for server Numbered file backups Proper dos/legacy aspect ratio for all fonts Sauce 0.5 support General performance improvements 7zip archive support Fixed: Loading PETSCII (seq) files Fixed: Crashing using ctrl+up Fixed: Editing as Read more about PabloDraw 3.2[…]
Creating desktop applications across multiple platforms has always been an elusive thing. In .NET, there are a few options but none without drawbacks, most notibly is that the application will not look or behave like a native application for that platform, or that there are extra dependencies you must install/package with your app. Using the very Read more about Introducing Eto.Forms – A cross platform UI for .NET[…]
Introduction to using Json to define your user interface in Eto.Forms
Many developers do enjoy the use of a visual designer when building apps. However, there are many like myself that prefer to build GUI applications through code alone. I use this little trick for the Eto.Forms cross platform UI framework. The problem with doing this is Cocoa (and thus MonoMac) typically requires at least one Read more about Nibless MonoMac[…]
PabloDraw v3.1 is finally out! Draw ansi and ascii with your mouse. Tons of new fonts. Save ansi with 24-bit colour.
When creating a MonoMac application, there’s sometimes a need to specify environment variables in the context of your application. A few key environment variables specific to a MonoMac application: MONO_IOMAP – case insensitivity behaviour for file i/o. (more info) MONO_OPTIONS – options to pass to the mono runtime (e.g. –gc=sgen) The way to do this Read more about Setting environment variables with a MonoMac application[…]
ezFeeds has a major new update! Version 2.0 brings many new features, many based on user feedback. It took a bit longer than anticipated to get this release out, but it should be well worth it! Most notably, ezFeeds is now a universal application and has a beautiful new interface designed for iPad! Other new Read more about ezFeeds News Reader 2.0[…]
ezFeeds has it’s first update! Tons of new features, including iOS 4 multitasking, high resolution graphics for the iPhone 4 retina display!