Wonder Warp Blog

ShoveBox 1.2.3 Released

dan.grover — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:25:14 +0000

ShoveBox 1.2.3 is out, fixing a long-standing bug where the mouse scroll wheel did not work in the text editor window. Thanks to Steve Calnan and the rest of the ShoveBox Beta Squad for finding this.

Download here or use the auto-update feature.

ShoveBox 1.2.2 Released

dan.grover — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:36:08 +0000

ShoveBox v1.2.2 (build 211) fixes an obscure bug where pages from certain incorrectly-implemented web applications could not be archived.

You can download the new version here or by auto-updating.

Otis for iPhone Released

dan.grover — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:20:35 +0000

Today I’m happy to announce that the iPhone and iPod Touch version of Otis is finally out. Now you don’t have to wait until you get back to your Mac to get your fix!

Take a look at the demo movie — this version has much-improved graphics and takes full advantage of Core Animation and the iPhone’s version of OS X.

The iPhone version of the game costs $3.99 USD on the iTunes App Store, while the Mac version remains freeware. It runs on both iPhone and iPod Touch devices with a version 2.0 OS.

MacMix Promo Starts

dan.grover — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:36:33 +0000

Wonder Warp is participating in a new Mac shareware promotion called Make Your Own Mac Mix. For the next couple weeks, you can make your own bundle of Mac shareware apps and get up to 75% off the normal price!

Recent PhoneFinger Sightings

dan.grover — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:08:01 +0000

PhoneFinger, my freeware iPhone testing tool, has been sighted in a few demo videos for iPhone apps that have just been released:

Demo videos for all of Ambrosia Software’s new games: Aki Mahjong, Mondo Solitaire, and Mr. Sudoku
uLocate’s WHERE demo video, naturally.
A TUAW post on Shanghai Mahjong and Blackjack 21

Have you seen it in the wild anywhere else? Let me know!

uLocate Releases WHERE for iPhone

dan.grover — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:01:39 +0000

uLocate Communications, a Boston-area startup I’ve been involved with since early 2008 has just released WHERE for the iPhone.

WHERE is a location-based application that runs a number of "widgets" to do anything from show you what events are going on around you to help you identify constellations.

My largest contribution to the product was the map interface. Apple doesn’t yet allow third-party developers to use the MapKit framework used in the Google Maps application, so I had to write a clone, entirely from scratch.

Unfortunately, after only about a week of development on the map, I was injured and had to take time off. But with a few Skype calls, everyone was up and running back in Boston, and pulled through to 1.0.

Congrats to everyone on the uLocate crew!

ShoveBox 1.2.1 Released

dan.grover — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:27:59 +0000

ShoveBox 1.2.1 is a small bug update fixing an embarrassing bug that cropped up recently where the ‘Undo’ command didn’t work in text note windows.

You can get it here or through autoupdate.

Wonder Warp Taking Part In Indie Mac Software Summer Sale

dan.grover — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:04:22 +0000

This week only, Wonder Warp is participating in a promotion where, you can get 20% off on any product from Wonder Warp, You Software, Azure Talon, M Cubed Software, and Lucerne Systems.

Just use the coupon code DF2008 when you check out.

You can read more about this week’s sale at IndieMacSoftware.com.

Limited Product Support for Week Following July 3rd

dan.grover — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:10:35 +0000

Support for all Wonder Warp products will be delayed for about a week starting on Thursday, July 3rd.

I will be undergoing an operation to remove a small brain tumor. Should I require more than a week to recover, I’ll have someone assist in answering basic/non-technical inquiries.

Thanks for your patience!

Update: The operation went well and I should be back shortly.

ShoveBox UI Discussion

dan.grover — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:16:20 +0000

The folks on the MacThemes forums have a neat discussion going about improving ShoveBox’s UI. This is something I’m always interested in working on.

One user, dissatisfied with the dorky toolbar buttons in the current release, drew up some new ones, and they’re pretty good!