Envied Design.net

New update released!

Anthony — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:38:13 +0000

Alright, folks, the new update is out. We’ve put a lot into it, so I hope everyone enjoys it.

We looked at everything for this release. Demo window bugs, class bugs, everything. The testers did a wonderful tracking down these bugs and reporting, and I’m grateful for that. They’ve logged many hours to improve this product, and I am grateful. As always if you find any bugs, please use the Digsby-powered support box, email me directly, or check the contact section for other information.

ChangeLog:

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November 15, 2008
- (GraffitiButton) Large non-masked styles no longer flicker on Windows and Linux. Flicker reduced on large masked styles.

November 12, 2008
- (GraffitiFadeLabel) Large font sizes no longer vertically align improperly on OS X.
- (GraffitiHeader) Text is no longer drawn too close to the right side.
- (GraffitiListBox) The demo window controls are now properly locked for resizing.
- (GraffitiFadePanel) Gradients now completely fill the drawing area at large sizes with rotation between 10 and 80 degrees.

November 11, 2008
- (GraffitiButton) Fixed OutOfBoundsException on extremely small buttons.
- (GraffitiButton) Fixed NilObjectException when clicking away from contextual Menu in DropDown button styles.
- (GraffitiButton) Added TextShadowOpacity property to control TextShadow visibility.
- (GraffitiSeparator) Solid styles now display on OS X.
- (GraffitiSeparator) Added Property: IsGradient. Setting IsGradient to false will use the first color in the color array.
- (GraffitiSeparator) Added Property: BorderWidth. Controls the width of the separator lines drawn to the control.

November 10, 2008
- (GraffitiButton) Implemented new text rendering routines.
- (GraffitiButton) Removed PicturePosition property, as new text rendering routine handles this.
- (GraffitiButton) Added Shadow to picture when TextShadow property is set to True(as long as the picture has a mask).

November 6, 2008
- (GraffitiButton) Fixed text display issue in which buttons without pictures with spaced text would show in two lines, even when the text should fit on one line.
- (GraffitiButton) Replaced old TextShadow with a new, faster, TextShadow. It is no longer blurred, but should display much more quickly.
- (GraffitiFadePanel) Added Rotation of Gradient.

September 28, 2008
- (GraffitiStatus) Added Leopard Reflections style
- (GraffitiStatus) Added Leopard Graphite style
- (GraffitiStatus) Fixed some issues with ItemClick
- (GraffitiStatus) Added example of popup MenuItem to ItemClick handler in example window.

GraffitiSuite’s next update…

Anthony — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:33:31 +0000

OK, we’ve busting our behinds on the next update. Fixed a lot of bugs, some that go way back to 2006(!). The new Leopard styles are in GraffitiStatus, and there’s some other nice little tid-bits that I’m not going to announce just yet.

The update MAY be available tomorrow, but I’m making no promises. Some of the fixes are still being stress-tested.

I would like to remind everyone of our poll, it’s at the bottom of the left-hand sidebar. I really would like to know what everyone thinks.

Just a reminder, if you find any bugs in GraffitiSuite, please send a description and full reproduction steps to agcyphers@envieddesign.net

Holiday Pricing

Anthony — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:34:52 +0000

Today through Valentine’s Day we’re running special prices on all Graffiti products. Prices have been slashed by 30% for the holidays.

I want to take this opportunity to wish every a Happy Halloween, Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanza, Happy Chanukkah, and whatever other holidays you celebrate.

All the best to you and yours.

Happy Birthday, ED.net

Anthony — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:33:57 +0000

That’s right, today marks the fifth anniversary of Envied Design.net’s inception. It’s been an extremely interesting five years. I’d like to thank all of ED’s customers for making this five years excellent, and I look forward to another five.

Holiday Promotion

Anthony — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:54:40 +0000

So, it’s almost that time of year again. No matter what religious holidays you celebrate(if any), I’m sure you’ll all appreciate what we here at ED.net are going to do for you guys this year.

We know everyone’s having a tough time financially with the markets in the funk that they’re in right now. It’s hard to get those little extras now. So, we’re going to help your bottom line. After Halloween, we’re going to start our largest holiday promotion yet. All products will be 30% off through February 14th, 2009.

Also, sometime during this period we should release an update(free for current customers, excluding new product introductions). Not long to wait now. Have a happy Halloween, everyone!

By the way, I’m Napoleon Dynamite this year. ;)

To dispel a fear…

Anthony — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:25:46 +0000

A customer messaged me today saying that they weren’t going to buy GraffitiSuite right now for two reasons:

My health. Let me say that I’m basically fine. I feel nauseas a lot, and sometimes my brain just doesn’t function correctly but, other than that, I’m fine. Just a little sugar problem.
The impending update. The next update will be free to current GraffitiSuite customers, with the exception of any new classes. For new classes, those customers will only have to buy the controls they don’t already own and we’ll upgrade your GraffitiSuite registration code. So instead of paying another $170.00, you’ll just be paying the cost of the new controls. For instance, if I add one new control and price it at $19.95 then current GraffitiSuite customers will only have to pay $19.95 and we’ll upgrade their registration code. After you’ve made your purchase, you should email your current registration information to agcyphers@envieddesign.net and request the code upgrade(at least until we get our automated system working properly).

So there’s no need to worry. Even if I did fall off the face of the Earth tomorrow, I have someone waiting in the wings to run the entire business, and I have the utmost faith in them.

That said, I’d like to hear what kind of classes you guys would like to see added to GraffitiSuite. We’ve got a lot in it already, but there’s always room for more.

Problems with the upcoming release

Anthony — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:14:42 +0000

I’ve run across several terrible bugs in RB while working on the next release. The only workaround appears to be switching back to R3.1. While I hate to do that, I don’t have much of a choice. The switch back to R3.1 will only be for my development, and I will still test in R4 before release.

One of the bugs is really driving me crazy. On Win32, if you encrypt a project item then either try to make it external or save the project…instant death. Memory error. As you know, if my classes aren’t encrypted they don’t get released. So R3.1 will be for dev, R4 will be for testing.

Myself and a few others are anticipating a R4.1, as there appear to be some significant issues in R4 for Mac as well. I really hope it addresses these issues.

A few things…

Anthony — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:52:44 +0000

First of all, I’d like to think all of the well-wishers I’ve heard from recently. Comments, emails, and IMs have come in from many good people, some of which I had figured would never read this website.

On to other things…

Students and educators, be sure to check out our new Educational Sales program via the link on the left side of the page.

I’ve gotten reports that GraffitiSuite has problems in 2008R4. Although I’m unsure why, the problem happened on Leopard, and was solved by redownloading the currently available version.

Read on for GraffitiSuite and company stuff…

Next up, updates. I worked through the weekend on the next GraffitiSuite update. So far, it’s focused mainly on the StatusBar. I’ll go ahead and give you a teaser: Leopard Styles!

A few bug fixes are also hopefully going to make it into this release, and I plan to(at some point) reopen a bug reporting system.

As you may have noticed, I have two new links on the left-hand side. One of which, CyphersTech.com, is the new Envied Design.net parent company. So, at some undetermined point in the future, we’ll be switching a lot of stuff over to there. That’s also where a lot of the new pieces and parts of our infrastructure will show up. Envied Design.net isn’t going anywhere, and it will continue to house GraffitiSuite and any other REALbasic-oriented stuff we pump out.

The other, CraneTrax.com, does have a specific purpose but it’s still in the development stages. I’ll be telling everyone more about that later.

Meanwhile, check out the new little Support Widget on the left side of the page, thanks to Digsby.com. I can get those messages anywhere via their really cool Instant Messaging system.

I’ve been absent…

Anthony — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:03:26 +0000

So, I recently found out that I’ll soon be diabetic if I don’t change my sinful ways.

My blood test results came back with an insulin count double that of a normal person, good cholesterol was half the norm, and bad cholesterol was double the norm.

As such, my doctor put me on this wretched medication which basically makes me wish he had given me some sort of anesthetic as well.

I’m still working on things for GraffitiSuite, have no fear, but the updates here may slow even further as I attempt to become more healthy.

So…another new design…

Anthony — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:19:46 +0000

After all of the redesigns this site has seen, you’d think I’d pick one and stick with it. Well, the one we just changed from I liked a lot…but you guys didn’t. The jQuery and placement made it hard for some of you to use the site, so I scrapped it. What you see now, I like a whole lot. I hope you guys feel the same way.

Let me know your opinion in the comments.