FOG needs a little, external "ready!" application

MesaDon · Post by **MesaDon** » Fri May 28, 2010 9:08 pm

Updated a few hours ago and so far so good on Vista. Flashing when it needs to and icon is still visible. Thank guys it's looking like a brilliant addition.

MesaDon · Post by **MesaDon** » Sat May 29, 2010 5:40 pm

MesaDon wrote:Updated a few hours ago and so far so good on Vista. Flashing when it needs to and icon is still visible. Thank guys it's looking like a brilliant addition.

It's a new day and the application is working perfectly .... no problems what so ever. Looks like a winner. Don't know how I lived without it! If you don't have it ... get it!

Morbio · Post by **Morbio** » Sat May 29, 2010 10:52 pm

Mine's still working too!

Gersen · Post by **Gersen** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 6:49 am

It's excellent. Wouldn't it be great if when you clicked on the alert, you fire up FoG and go straight to MP... (hint).

Morbio · Post by **Morbio** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 9:06 am

Still working!

Pip, I think you've finally cracked it!

MesaDon · Post by **MesaDon** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:35 pm

Morbio wrote:Still working!

Pip, I think you've finally cracked it!

Ditto here. Nice job.

Post by **pipfromslitherine** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 4:04 pm

Thanks all. I will speak to Iain about when and how to release a final version. Wouldn't have been possible without all your help!

Cheers

Pip

hidde · Post by **hidde** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 12:02 pm

I don't want to spoil it but I'm still having some...negative to report.
No fail but the app I installed behave, lets say erratic or with delays. Often what it's showing is not up to date.
Example: I have four games waiting and when I've played those the message still is that I have four games in queue. It can linger for a long time.
Maybe till the next change, I'm not sure.
And right now I had three games. Played them and after that the box show "1turn listed as ready". It's been 15-20 minutes now and there is no turn but it insist that there is one.
When a turn arrive it's touch and go. Sometimes the box pops up, sometimes not.

Morbio · Post by **Morbio** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 12:18 pm

hidde wrote:I don't want to spoil it but I'm still having some...negative to report.
No fail but the app I installed behave, lets say erratic or with delays. Often what it's showing is not up to date.
Example: I have four games waiting and when I've played those the message still is that I have four games in queue. It can linger for a long time.
Maybe till the next change, I'm not sure.
And right now I had three games. Played them and after that the box show "1turn listed as ready". It's been 15-20 minutes now and there is no turn but it insist that there is one.
When a turn arrive it's touch and go. Sometimes the box pops up, sometimes not.

Hidde,

Are you using version 8? If yes, then it may be worth checking that you are not using a shortcut to a previous version (each version has a distinct name and so downloading the new version won't overwrite it).

I don't see the problems you list with this version.

Morbio

hidde · Post by **hidde** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 12:42 pm

When mousing over the icon it shows 8. Can't find another version on my comp.
Still, I exit and reopened. Now it's definitely version 8. The latest wrong message disappeared. We'll see what happens.

hidde · Post by **hidde** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 1:09 pm

Well, I now have had a new turn waiting for at least 15 minutes but the application hasn't reacted.
Edit: and then it did, right after I posted this.

Post by **pipfromslitherine** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 3:07 pm

Hidde, have you seen this behaviour in previous versions? Does it still report the wrong numbers if you left click on the icon to get a current reading.

What version of windows are you running?

Thanks

Pip

hidde · Post by **hidde** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 4:25 pm

pipfromslitherine wrote:Hidde, have you seen this behaviour in previous versions? Does it still report the wrong numbers if you left click on the icon to get a current reading.

What version of windows are you running?

Thanks

Pip

No, the only problem I had before was the vanishing icon.
Yes, I can left-click many times without any change. When and why it changes and show the right numbers I haven't been able to figure out.
Actually, since I restarted I've only gotten one turn. That is shown correct but it took 15-20 minutes before it popped up.
I have Vista.

Post by **IainMcNeil** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 4:37 pm

Do you have a broadband connection to the Internet which is always on?

hidde · Post by **hidde** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 4:51 pm

iainmcneil wrote:Do you have a broadband connection to the Internet which is always on?

Yes.

hidde · Post by **hidde** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 5:00 pm

New observation: If I left-click the icon and then let the rectangle go away by itself I get the same message time after time.
If I click on the x in the right corner of the rectangle to close it, any change that have happened will immediately display.
This has happen twice now.

MesaDon · Post by **MesaDon** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 5:13 pm

hidde wrote:
pipfromslitherine wrote:Hidde, have you seen this behaviour in previous versions? Does it still report the wrong numbers if you left click on the icon to get a current reading.

What version of windows are you running?

Thanks

Pip
No, the only problem I had before was the vanishing icon.
Yes, I can left-click many times without any change. When and why it changes and show the right numbers I haven't been able to figure out.
Actually, since I restarted I've only gotten one turn. That is shown correct but it took 15-20 minutes before it popped up.
I have Vista.

Am also running Vista. With Version .08 all the problems disappeared on my laptop. The lag time after finishing all turns for the icon to stop blinking is between 5 and 30 seconds which I consider acceptable.

Post by **pipfromslitherine** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 9:24 pm

hidde wrote:New observation: If I left-click the icon and then let the rectangle go away by itself I get the same message time after time.
If I click on the x in the right corner of the rectangle to close it, any change that have happened will immediately display.
This has happen twice now.

Hmm - this sounds like it is misreporting a system event, and hence the code perhaps thinks there is a still a message up there. I will read up on any Vista-centric options etc which might be set on your machine. I know there are certain ways that the experience can be altered.

Cheers

Pip

Post by **pipfromslitherine** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:43 pm

OK - this is a version attempting to rectify the response problems seen on Vista. My guess is that somehow the timer messages aren't getting through, though I have no idea why. Let me know how this works for people (even if 0.08 worked fine for you).

http://www.slitherine.com/files/SysTray ... eta009.zip

Thanks

Pip

Morbio · Post by **Morbio** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:48 pm

Installed and running.....