As a developer AND a user, I get frustrated with some trends in the shareware software industry. One particular gripe is in the bundling of toolbars, and I've mentioned it before. I must have accidentally installed Yahoo Toolbar at least 5 times during this PC's history, lol. I mean, come on... Sure, you can opt out, but most people just click through an install, perhaps not even noticing what else was installed.After a while, you end up with so much crap installed that the PC runs sluggishly, especially for those Internet Explorer users for whom...
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
I now have TrialPay set up for all home license types (Lifetime Updates and Entire Home with Lifetime Updates). So far, no takers. I guess we'll see... I honestly don't know about it. You guys let me know.As far as which is best for ME, simply buying the product is preferable to TrialPay.. so please don't use TrialPay unless it benefits YOU. Either way, as always I appreciate those who do support my small company in any form. The links are here: http://www.bitsum.com/prolasso_home_purchase.phpNow, back to development work. There is much left to...
Tuesday, 29 June 2010
If such a contradictory topic doesn't get your attention, nothing will, lol. I am speaking of TrailPay. I have seen it used by more and more software vendors. Sometimes being the last to catch on to a growing trend, I investigated and it does seem like a compelling solution.It works like so: You get Process Lasso Pro without any monetary payment for it. However, you must 'try or buy' a 'deal' offered at TrialPay's web site. Since they have lots of...
Sunday, 20 June 2010
This new ALPHA build cleans up the governor crash seen in v3.99.2 (only) on some 32-bit systems. Yes, they are alpha versions, but I just don't like my software crashing under any circumstances. The good news is it was taken care of quickly, within 24 hours.This build makes other continued improvements, as you would expect. It also adds a brand new Spanish translation. Yes, more languages come every day thanks to volunteers. Those who use these translations should really send them your thanks.So.. there it is. As another alpha, I have not fully...
One of my largest blunders has been putting off the work necessary to properly integrate with the Windows Task Scheduler 2.0. I've corrected this now, though some polishing definitely remains -- v3.99.2 alpha is still very alpha.Now, all this applies ONLY to those who have a reason to need to run Process Lasso in its elevated state (Highest rights) and are running Windows Vista or above (e.g. Windows 7). Otherwise, you can ignore this stuff.If you...
Saturday, 12 June 2010
Late last night I released v3.99.1 alpha. Apparently the registered 32-bit build failed, so registered users may need to re-download it now, as you were getting v3.99.0 up until a few minutes ago. I apologize for this. I had experimenting with doing more project builds in parallel, and I think this caused a failure in the build that I didn't notice at 5am. I am now looking for the dependency error that probably caused the timing issue in the parallel builds. Please accept my apologies. It is an alpha, so I am experimenting with all sorts of things...
Monday, 7 June 2010
I have further increased the version number and changed the official development status to 'Alpha'. The result is v3.99.0 alpha. I'm rapidly approaching v4 final. It is late, and I'll announce the many improvements when my mind is fresher.There is considerable more work to do before v4 final. Therefore, nobody should take this version number increase as a sign that new feature additions have slowed.Here is a quick visual recap of some things...
Sunday, 6 June 2010
I've added SO MANY new features to the latest internal version (next public beta), that it is hard to announce them all. Still, I'll announce a few as I think about it. Mostly, I'll stay busy programming, working towards v4 - the massive evolution of Process Lasso.Here's a minor one:Some users desired the ability to turn the log off completely. Here it is ...
Thursday, 3 June 2010
After another long night of work, Process Lasso v3.89.1 beta is released. It largely completes the new watchdog function, greatly improving the functionality and capabilities of the configuration dialog and core engine. Further improvements will be made as the series progresses, but the basics are all there now (in contrast to the last build). Those waiting for the memory watchdog function (disabled last build) will be happy to know it is available now and should work well.I've created a thread to discuss this beta series, which is actually the...
Tuesday, 1 June 2010
This is the new core engine feature I was speaking of. As you can see, it is quite powerful. It allows you to restart or terminate a process if it utilizes too many CPU cycles or memory for too long a period of time. This happens in live-locks and memory leaks, both of which are unfortunately common in the Windows application world.I am going to be releasing this new beta v3.89.0 very soon now (within hours). It is an EARLY beta, so considerable...
Ever enter a process name in one of Process Lasso's configuration dialogs, then hit OK without adding it to the new process to the list first? For some of the dialogs there are warnings. I am extending these warnings, BUT more importantly re-arranging all the dialogs. The process addition is now at the top of the dialog, above the list. This will make forgetting to Add the process before clicking Ok MUCH less likely. These changes will appear in...
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