Windows 7 RC 1

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Of course, Windows 7 RC1 is already installed on one’s desktop. This time around, Microsoft used the Java applet download manager, the same Adobe uses for CS4 trials. Downloading was a breeze, one was able to pull through 800KB/s the entire time. Installation went just a smoothly as before. Getting the Netgear WPN111 to work required the same steps as before.  Battlefield Heroes works fine, as does Test Drive Unlimited. Other than not being able to play any game that relies on PunkBuster, one finds little reason to hate Windows 7 (and even there one blames Even Balance for their own incompetence).

Again, PunkBuster is not working. Some are claiming success by scattering the PnkBusterA.exe and PnkBusterB.exe files in various folders and modifying the registry. It also requires a reboot and running a script after rebooting, and after each subsequent reboot. Now that Windows 7 is in the release candidate phase, hopefully Even Balance will get their heads out of the sand and get to work (one expects PunkBuster to work perfectly on the day Windows 7 is available in any form at a retail store (be it new computer or retail software)).

The mouse gestures for expanding windows is very handy, especially the ability to make a window open to half the screen width on one’s LP2475W. It’s not the only thing one really enjoys about Windows 7, but it is one thing that really makes XP painful to use after becoming accustomed to Windows 7.

-John Havlik

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Breadcrumb NavXT 3.2.0

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Holy backupable settings Batman! With Breadcrumb NavXT 3.2.0 you can import and export your settings to/from a XML file. This should help anyone migrate from a testbed to a production environment. You may also reset to the default Breadcrumb NavXT settings in the event the settings become corrupted. Additional features of Breadcrumb NavXT 3.2.0 are the ability to output the breadcrumb trail in reverse order and the ability to output each breadcrumb wrapped in <li> tags.

This release was somewhat delayed. Fret not, we shall see another release by July. Also, note that the French translation is out of date. The previous translator has not responded to the e-mail announcement made a week ago. If you have an updated French translation, please sent it to me via e-mail (see contact page for e-mail address).

You can grab the latest version of Breadcrumb NavXT from the Breadcrumb NavXT page.

-John Havlik

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Well, Where is it?

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Almost two weeks ago, the release of Breadcrumb NavXT was said to occur last week. While the features new to 3.2.0 are done, there are some minor tweaks that need to be done before the translators can begin translating the new strings. Due to some new features, one was waiting of feedback on their implementation before proceeding. Additionally, Breadcrumb NavXT 3.2.0’s administrative interface was adapted to work on WordPress 2.8. The problem being these modifications break WordPress 2.7 support for the tabbed options, and WordPress 2.8’s release slipping three weeks (it’ll be another two weeks before 2.8 is released).

So where does this leave us? It will take this weekend to finish up some code to make the administrative interface compatible with WordPress 2.7 again. Additionally, some WordPress MU testing will take place, preliminary tests show that Breadcrumb NavXT 3.2.0 should behave as expected with WordPress MU 2.7.1. Currently, next Thursday is the intended release date for Breadcrumb NavXT 3.2.0.

-John Havlik

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WordPress MU Testers Needed

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Some changes to the administrative interface for Breadcrumb NavXT may affect it’s ability to work in some versions of WordPress MU. In particular, WPMU 2.7 users are need to check if the SVN Trunk version works as intended. Monday the translators will be notified of the changes to the translations. The real release will happen after next Wednesday.

-John Havlik

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Status on Breadcrumb NavXT 3.2.0

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Here’s the scoop, due to classes, the release of Breadcrumb NavXT 3.2.0 did not make it in March. This past week Tom and I have been working on various parts of the administrative interface. All proposed core changes have been made, and all that remains is some administrative interface related features. These include importing/exporting options and the ability to reset the options to defaults. More on the importing and exporting on release, which looks like will be next Friday.

-John Havlik

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