Zoundry Raven: Build 0.8.88

Monday, August 27, 2007

Zoundry Raven Alpha version 0.8.88 is now ready:

http://www.zoundry.com/raven/builds/zRaven-0.8.88.exe

Give it a try and let us know what you think. Any and all feedback is welcome.

Release Notes

Enhancements

Added spell-check UI (simple/standard spell-check dialog)
Added find/replace UI support (basic dialog)
Added an editor toolbar button for "Extended Entry" marker
Added a right-click context menu that appears when right-clicking on an image in the editor
Context menu item for copy link/copy image location in UI
Context menu option for removing TextMore marker
Download main toolbar button is now a drop-down, offering various download options
Created a new Progress Dialog that is shown when publishing/downloading tasks
Added new main toolbar button: "View (on-line)" that is enabled for Blogs and Documents
Added new main toolbar button: "Add Blog Account"
Added new main toolbar button: "Add Media Storage"
UI now supports publishing to multiple blogs! (well, up to 3).

Bug Fixes

Fixed a problem downloading templates for Typepad blogs
Editor toolbar buttons (cut, paste, undo, etc) are now disabled when in preview tab
Fixed a unicode error that was happening when publishing to Blogger
Main toolbar buttons now become active when selecting a Post in the "Where Found" list
Temp files are now cleaned up when the app starts

Other

Renamed "Media Store" to "Media Storage" to avoid confusion

Labels: editor, media store, multiple blogs, raven, toolbar, zoundry

Zoundry Raven: Custom ToolBar

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Today I have a couple of screenshots that I would like to show. My intention was to write up just a quick post about a new UI feature that is minor but often requested. Just to show you that we really do value our user feedback, the screenshot to the right shows off two things. First of all, it shows a still early capture of the new blog post editor. We're not done with it yet, but hopefully you will agree that it's looking good. Secondly, two more screenshots below show how the toolbars in Raven can be easily customized. Many of our users have complained that our toolbars are too small, particularly in the editor. To address this, we have made it so the user can easily change the size of the toolbars. To do this, simply right-click on the toolbar and choose from the handy context menu. Note that this also reinforces something I talked about in an earlier post: simplifying the UI by relying more on context. In this case, rather than clutter the UI with a variety of menu items in the main menu or user preferences, the user's toolbar size preference is decided via a context menu on the toolbar itself.