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The Best Compliment One Can Get

Jay Teo — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:51:55 +0000

I came across this user review for SizzlingKeys on VersionTracker. It includes this question,

WHY AREN’T YOU CHARGING FOR THIS APP??

I frequently receive emails from users thanking me for creating SizzlingKeys. But asking WHY I’m making it free given how good it is, now that’s a compliment.

EasyCrop 2.4 Gets Undo/Redo

Jay Teo — Tue, 26 May 2009 22:37:14 +0000

After reading MacApper’s review of EasyCrop, I started working on adding Undo/Redo to the app.

EasyCrop 2.4 is now available for download, or visit the product page for more information.

EasyCrop on MacApper

Jay Teo — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:57:25 +0000

MacApper posted a nice review of EasyCrop about a month ago.

EasyCrop scored a B+. While a B+ doesn’t sound like much to brag about, the review is actually very positive. Jim Squires, the reviewer, totally gets what I set out to do with EasyCrop, which is to create a tool that does one thing (ok, a couple of things) and does it well. My favorite quote from the review is,

EasyCrop is light on frivilous add-ons and big on sensible extras. Asides from these little tweaks, EasyCrop is a program that does little more than live up to its name. It’s easy. It crops. That’s it. And that’s all it needs to be.

Jim noted a few shortcomings, namely the lack of undo and the option to un-constrain the aspect ratio. I think those are good points, particularly the first one.

FileChute and .Mac HomePage

Jay Teo — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:25:01 +0000

Apple sent out an email to MobileMe users yesterday notifying them that the .Mac HomePage web application will be discontinued on July 7, 2009. I’ve since gotten a bunch of emails from FileChute users wanting to know how this would affect them.

From what I understand, the HomePage web application will be discontinued, but your Sites folder on your iDisk will continue to exist and whatever is in there will continue to be accessible from the web. So if you’re using FileChute with the homepage.mac.com domain, it should continue to work.

However, just to be safe, you should switch over to the new web.me.com domain. To do so, open FileChute’s preference window and click on the “+” button near the bottom left. When presented with the Account Type choices, select the first one.

SizzlingKeys: iTunes DJ

Jay Teo — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:30:55 +0000

In the recently released iTunes 8.1, the “Party Shuffle” playlist is renamed “iTunes DJ”. This together with SizzlingKeys’ simplistic way of getting the Party Shuffle playlist by name broke the “Add to Party Shuffle” feature in the Search Window.

SizzlingKeys 3.2.8 fixes this issue. As a bonus, “Add to iTunes DJ” now works for non-English localization as well.

FileChute: Short URL Issue Fixed

Jay Teo — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:45:06 +0000

I’ve just released FileChute 4.1.1 to address the issue mentioned in the previous post. As always, updates are free to existing users. You can download this latest version from the FileChute product page.

FileChute: Short URL Down

Jay Teo — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:52:30 +0000

Due to changes on snipr.com, FileChute’s Short URL feature is broken (when the recipient clicks on the link, they’ll be prompted for a password on snipr.com instead). I will address this as soon as I can. As I am on vacation and traveling with my two young kids, finding time to fix this will be a challenge!

In the meantime, you’ll have to disable the Short URL feature and send the un-shortened links.

Thank you for your patience and happy Chinese New Year.

FileChute on TUAW

Jay Teo — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:54:42 +0000

The Unofficial Apple Weblog posted a nice review of FileChute today.

“Sure, there are lots of ways to transfer files, but this application makes it drop dead easy.”

iPhone Gets Street View

Jay Teo — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:32:20 +0000

The iPhone 2.2 firmware is out. The coolest addition has to be Google Maps Street View. How to open Street View isn’t immediately obvious, so here’s a quick tip. You need to first put the Drop Pin on the map. Tap the “peel back” button at the bottom-right of the Maps application, then tap “Drop Pin”. Tap the Drop Pin to bring up the bubble and tap the icon on the left side of the bubble. If the icon is disabled, it means Street View isn’t available at that location — move the pin and try again.

Another awesome addition is over-the-air podcast. You no longer need to sync your iPhone in order to get the latest podcast. That means you can get your NPR fix anytime, anywhere. Woohoo!

iPhone Tip: How to enter the tilde character

Jay Teo — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:53:35 +0000

I posted this tip on our Forum a while back. Since I still get emails regarding this, it is probably worth reposting it here.

When setting up FileChute for iPhone, you need to enter the Download URL from FileChute. Some users have URLs containing the ~ character. To type “~”, first tap the “123″ button at the lower-left of the keyboard, then tap the shift key key. Tilde is now the key to the immediate right of the shift key.