copy2web v1.2 RELEASED

April 25th, 2008

Well, it’s a bit late (at least I’m consistent!), but copy2web 1.2 is now available! New features include:

v1.2

  • Files. You will be able to store a file as a clip (up to 2MB)
  • Drag and Drop. Drag a file, image or text selection into the copy2web window. Note that what actually gets copied is browser dependent.
  • Drag text and image clips out of copy2web and into another application.
  • Drag files to the Finder, Explorer or desktop to save them to the local filesystem.
  • Compression. Clips are now GZIP compressed for faster upload/download.
  • Windows Task Tray. On Windows, minimize copy2web to the task tray.
  • Progress indicator. For big clips, an infinite progress indicator will appear to mesmerize you whilst you wait.
  • Support for Linux!

So, what’s next? I’m probably going to create purely HTML based version for those that love to live in their browser. It will probably be much more simplistic that the desktop version; no drag ‘n drop, for example.

Also I’ll probably add a facility to share your clips with your friends.

And, as always, I’m interested to hear what you features you might like, so please drop me a line!

Posted by Brian Manley Filed in MicroISV, My Software

5 Responses to “copy2web v1.2 RELEASED”

  1. Oleg Says:
    April 27th, 2008 at 12:01 pm

    I test it on my Linux system - it just did not work for me when I run it second time it was not able to receive list of my clips. Sending file first time was also very long procedure. At least for windows installer write install.cmd file. It is not big problem for average geek type java -jar name.jar though 90% of normal users will just have no idea what to do with it. For Linux users rather just create tar archive.
    Thinking about selling server. Some people may like it only because of fact the data will be not sent out of their Intranet network. To be honest I have no idea why I’d use it on internet having a skype or google account doing almost the same in much better way for free.
    I am thinking about spending my weekends to implement my own application like that for Intranet in C++ just for the sake of curiosity. Writing application of this size in Java is not very good idea IMHO. Server may be done in Java though.

  2. bmanley Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 10:48 pm

    Hi Oleg,

    - What does “not work” mean? Hung up? Error message?
    - How long? What kind of connection to the net do you have? What was the size of the clip?
    - Re: Linux. Are there any “normal” users that use Linux? :)
    - Well you’re certainly entitled to your opinion. However, I find this much more useful than using skype/im/gmail/whatever. It’s not for everyone I suppose.
    - If it’s a horrible idea, why would you spend time writing your own? ;)

    Anyway, thanks for the feedback…
    Brian

  3. Oleg Says:
    April 29th, 2008 at 6:07 am

    Hi Brian,

    - What does “not work” mean? Hung up? Error message?
    - How long? What kind of connection to the net do you have? What was the size of the clip?

    It hung ups.
    About 2 megabytes – I do not remember exactly.
    What I can guess - it receives files that already existing on my computer.
    I just stop waiting for the end of this process. (more than 2 minutes).
    Connection is good – I can talk using skype with very good quality.

    - Re: Linux. Are there any “normal” users that use Linux?

    What I have wrote in previous post: “At least for windows installer write install.cmd file.”
    Normal users use windows – do they? Then write .cmd file for normal users J. Normal is very relative thing though. The desktop Linux share still growing.

    For Linux users tar file is more than enough. No need create installation there.

    - If it’s a horrible idea, why would you spend time writing your own?

    1. I am not going to compete with your implementation (BTW you have couple of very strong competitors) because I already have two products to improve and support. It is rather curiosity. Probably will use on my local network.
    2. Idea is good but in case if you will sell server (and I am not original here - few other people told you the same thing earlier as far as I remember). How could anybody send data to total stranger found on Internet. People may trust Google but not Frugle.

    - It’s not for everyone I suppose.
    If it is for geeks – it is hard to imagine geek that will use it when exist SAMBA and http://FTP.
    If it is for normal users J then you have to add many things to make it really suitable for normal users. Keep building it. I will keep an eye on product evolution.
    BTW I am very impressed with your artwork – site template is great and movie also looks perfect.

  4. bmanley Says:
    April 29th, 2008 at 9:40 am

    Hi Oleg,

    - For Windows users, the copy2web-installer-win.exe should be creating a copy2web.exe for them to launch with. Did it not create this on your system?

    - Trust. Yes, this is an issue I suppose. But no more than sending clips to any one of the other services like cl1p.net I don’t think.

    - Selling the server. Yes, I’m going to do this. But I probably won’t be ready to release until July or so, given my current work load.

    Anyway, thanks for your comments and feedback. I appreciate it! :)

  5. Oleg Says:
    April 30th, 2008 at 1:36 am

    Hi Brian
    - For Windows users, the copy2web-installer-win.exe should be creating a copy2web.exe for them to launch with. Did it not create this on your system?

    I download 1.1 when I was on windows machine.
    At that time it was just jar file. Current version I test on my Linux has no script to run installer - it is why I have decided that it does not have it for windows either. So I was not right here. It is good that has it already.
    Oleg