Print Queue Manager 4.0 - Preview Posted Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:39:00 +1000 by Chris Print Queue Manager 4 is coming soon.
It is not easy being green, a frog once said, but it can save you money. The new 'green', literally, Print Queue Manager will help you manage your print queues better minimising waste by ensuring you only print what you need. Want to prove it? Use the inbuilt statistics and logging to capture and review your page savings.
This is a development preview of version 4.
Key Features:
Favourites to remember queue settings for multiple queues
Automatic Activation option for AutoRelease for multiple printers
Configurable interface with larger job list.
New job list only view with touchscreen friendly quick action menu
Adjustable Polling Rates
Print savings statistics
Log file with CSV export option
Thanks to your suggestions I have made lots of fixes and improvements and the interface has had a complete overhaul. The ability to manage Multiple Queues easily has been missed and I look forward to improving this even more in the future. Licencing is still to be implemented but all features from existing versions will be free with new features restricted to 'Pro' licenced users.Pro licencing will be under $AUD10.
Feedback or suggestions welcome. Christian.
Windows 7 Series - A serious phone contender? Posted Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:06:00 +1000 by Chris By now you have probably seen the latest news on Windows 7 series, the next generation operating system for Windows Mobile devices. It look sensational. It is more intuitive, user friendly and best of all designed for touchscreens. Cleverly the best bits of Windows Mobile such as the lock screen and today screen have been retained but the worst bits (small menus not touchscreen friendly) have been replaced.
The not-so-good news is the lack of backwards compatibility which will mean a slow lead time until application providers have had a chance to redesign their programs for the new operating system.
I use windows Mobile and I am not concerned about my existing apps as long as the software vendors make the effort to upgrade their applications to ensure Windows 7 Series provides a competitive offering.
I think they have done the right thing. To be competitive they need to provide an OS which works the same on any device, provides the user interface we expect of a touchscreen smartphone today and provides the stability we expect. Windows Mobile had outlived this and while ultimately configurable, like Windows desktops, also left it more likely to suffer stability problems due to such a wide range of configurations.
Print Queue Manager - Next Gen Posted Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:22:00 +1000 by Chris I am currently working on the next major version of Print Queue Manager designed to help users managing multiple print queues and to provide statistics and detailed logging to easily identify savings from better print queue management and to assist in identifying high print volume users.
This next version is most likely going to be a commercial release (shareware with limited features for unlicenced users) but licences will be cheap. The reason for this is to provide funding to ensure I can continue to provide regular updates and fixes and new versions moving forward.
If you have any suggestions for fixes or features for the next release please let me know. I am hoping to have the next version available in a few months.
Some features already planned or developed include:
* Favourites - Save your favourite print queues and settings so you can jump easily between them.
* Statistics - Highlight print savings from using PQM
* Logging - Detailed print logging to enable analysis of print savings, high volume users and daily volumes. Logs can be exported to CSV for Excel.
* Improved interface - Larger job queue, cleaner layout, configurable features (e.g. Show/Hide Update checker)
* Settings - Better control over settings including queue refresh rate and job queue font size.
Looking forward to your feedback.
Portal Update for m.chris.dunn.name Posted Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:20:00 +1000 by Chris My Application Portal has undergone a stage 2 revamp.
My key objectives for this upgrade were to:
Simplify the design and usability of the site
Add a legend and browser compatibility information
Ensure the portal worked through my mobile portal - m.chris.dunn.name
Tested on Opera 10 Mobile Beta & Mobile IE on Windows Mobile and Windows 7 with Opera and IE
Introduce some new status options for updates and new releases
Begin to introduce additional product or update information as an overlay in the portal
Remove window popup for Chris.dunn.name applications
These changes have been done in conjunction with the release of 3 updated products.
Plenty of new stuff to check out.
Let me know what you think. Christian.
NEW Software Releases - Feature Requests needed!! Posted Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:05:00 +1000 by Chris
I have recently released updates to:
Lookup
MediaCentre
Print Queue Manager
All three now have a new installer, an updated help guide and will sit nicely together in your start menu and on your Windows 7 PC.
I have also included some feature updates to Print Queue Manager and MediaCentre both in response to feature requests. All of the requests I have received recently have now been resolved in new features, so I am looking for more. Play with my software and tell me what you think, what would you do better?
