Apps Ready For Official Release, Post Here

Submitted by John T. Haller on February 29, 2008 - 5:24pm

If you've created an app that is currently posted as a Development Test and the following apply:

it has been tested by folks and no bugs are found
it conforms to the guidelines below
you are willing to support it on an ongoing basis (at least 6 months)

... then please post a note in this thread. Please note that this is for the actual authors/packagers only. Please don't nominate someone else's app for inclusion, thanks :-)

Here are the Development Test guidelines:

Compile the new Development Test Splash Screen into your launcher
Follow the current PortableApps.com Format spec 0.9.8 (as used in the current KompoZer Portable). This includes the AppInfo directory and the required files within there. Having an appicon.ico with 256 color and XP alpha in 16px, 32px and 48px sizes. And the other details of the PortableApps.com Format (see below)
Use the current PortableApps.com installer with the PortableApps.com branded bannder 0.9.9.0 as used in the latest KompoZer Portable (the Mozilla apps are different) being sure to only alter code within the ";=== BEGIN: PRE-INSTALL CODE" style comments
Doing a new release titled "Development Test 1" or appropriate number. The installer should follow the standard naming convention of App_Portable_1.2_Development_Test_1_en-us.paf.exe

( categories:

Portable App Development

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I think mine is- though I'd

OliverK (Homepage) - February 29, 2008 - 5:34pm

I think mine is- though I'd like to have it hashed at by the beta testing team. As for the 6 months support- I may be gone over the summer. If you think that's an issue, okay, that fine. I don't think it will be hurt to sitting in the beta testing forums for the summer.

Linky
FakeNES Portable

[App name added for clarity by mod Tim]

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Sure

Patrick Patience (Homepage) - February 29, 2008 - 5:53pm

I'm sure we can all take a look at it, you certainly deserve it working hard to fix bugs and all.

It's kinda sad when my desktop is messier than my room.

I'm pretty sure most of my

ZachHudock - February 29, 2008 - 10:32pm

I'm pretty sure most of my apps are ready to go.

Ant Renamer is good except for the icon, i'm trying to make a high res logo for the splash too.

Synkron should be ready to go, not sure if everything works in UPXed vs. non-UPXed, I didn't get many results back on that.

Daphne seems ready as well, just need to fix up the icon.

NSIS should be ready too, but should probably get tested a bit more. I posted a high res version of the old style NSIS logo and I'm currently working on the Modern Style logo.

Edit: I am willing to support all of these on-going.

The developer formerly known as ZGitRDun8705

Alright.

Kevin Porter (Homepage) - February 29, 2008 - 9:37pm

I believe that both MediaCoder Portable is ready, as it has had no negative comments, and it's PAFed. Perfect time for the Beta Testing Team to try it out. ;)

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-Bradley's Bromide

Mine are good too I think

Simeon - February 29, 2008 - 10:30pm

Unless some testing team member yells "STOP!" :)
Atomic Tanks should be ok. I don't know about the Icon though (I'm not good at graphics).
You already know about AssaultCube. I hope there are some good news soon :)

And yes I'm willing to stay here for more than 6 months!

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Note

Patrick Patience (Homepage) - February 29, 2008 - 10:42pm

PDFTK Builder still gets decent downloads.

Atomic Tanks right now is the second most downloaded app behind AssaultCube.

It's kinda sad when my desktop is messier than my room.

cool

Simeon - February 29, 2008 - 10:46pm

then PDFTK is a release candidate and not as specialised/unneeded as I thought :)

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I'll agree

LittleUnkn0wn - March 3, 2008 - 5:04pm

I've tried out Atomic Tanks and AssaultCube and they work just fine.

I think Freemind is about

rab040ma - March 1, 2008 - 1:31pm

I think Freemind is about ready, if everyone else concurs.

There are still some executive decisions to be made:

I added a message about finding/using Java. I expect that all Java programs would need such a message, and that it would be a likely candidate for localisation. But that would need "official" support or confirmation of the design.
I don't think anyone else is redirecting the java user.home environment or selecting the java executable the way this script does. I think it is fairly workable, perhaps even elegant, but if there's a different way that is preferred, let me know and I can change it.
And there is still the question about supporting both the very old "release" and the popular "beta" versions. I don't mind doing it, just want to be sure that it is clear enough what is going on.

My SMPlayer is probably ready.

digitxp (Homepage) - April 5, 2008 - 5:50pm

Absolutely no bugs that weren't fixed (at least that the beta testers told me, there could be that went undetected 100% by everyone, who knows?).
Link: http://portableapps.com/node/12264
*Edit*: I feel like SMPlayer is just my playbox for development.
Graphcalc looks ready... (Though patrick never posted bugs)
Link: http://portableapps.com/node/11598
*Edit:* Oh, this is really ready :).
I abandoned SpeQ (Gcalc is so much better)
TypeFaster is good, 'cept for the icon.
Link: http://portableapps.com/node/11938
*Edit:* Fixed the icon, ready to go.
Tux Paint is good, but nobody tested it :(.
Link: http://portableapps.com/node/11814
Just updated CoolPlayer Portable
Link: http://portableapps.com/node/11473
New:
UP ME is good, still adding features (It's actually a menu launcher :P)
http://portableapps.com/node/12312

Somebody give me a portable video editor... Please!
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My big list of things I actually want. I got a little off-topic.

digitxp (Homepage) - April 18, 2008 - 6:02pm

GraphCalc http://portableapps.com/node/11598
TypeFaster Typing Tutor http://portableapps.com/node/11938
TuxPaint http://portableapps.com/node/11814
My almost upcoming MTPaint (for people that don't want to look like kids).

Somebody give me a portable video editor... Please!
If ya wanna see my email, go to digitxpsemail.tk (at least for now!)
My dad saved over $850 a month, by switching to Geico! :P

Note

Patrick Patience (Homepage) - April 18, 2008 - 6:14pm

I don't know what condition it's in, but SuperTuxCart has the most downloads on my server.

It's kinda sad when my desktop is messier than my room.

My IT tools

Travis Carrico - March 12, 2008 - 3:49pm

My IT tools seem to be ready.

Angry IP Scanner Portable 2.21 Stable
Angry IP Scanner Portable 3.0 Beta 1
Disk Cleaner Portable
Startup Manager Portable

if you release them, please release both angry ip scanner versions together.

MediaCoder and Juice

Kevin Porter (Homepage) - March 15, 2008 - 8:33pm

As per Patrick's recommendations, I think we should wait until the switch for an official release of Stellarium.

I think that MediaCoder Portable is ready, as I've had no negative comments and everything seems to be in order.

Juice Portable I just updated a few days ago and it seems to be in order as well. No negative comments whatsoever so far.

Just waiting for your response.

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-Bradley's Bromide

good to go?

PieterK - March 22, 2008 - 8:42am

I think Xmoto is good to go. I haven't had any bug reports and it's up for almost a week now.
I'd like the Beta Testing Team to take a final look at it though.

Optimism is a moral duty - Karl R. Popper

Yep

Patrick Patience (Homepage) - March 22, 2008 - 9:59pm

I downloaded an old version on stable internet the other day. I'll try to get my feedback to ya tonight.

It's kinda sad when my desktop is messier than my room.

Thanks and fixed

PieterK - March 23, 2008 - 6:57am

Thanks for that! I updated the package to Development Test 2. Everything should be ok now. (Unless I missed something)

Optimism is a moral duty - Karl R. Popper

X-Moto Development Test 3

PieterK - March 31, 2008 - 3:47am

41 downloads the last week for X-Moto Portable Development Test 3 and no new comments and bug reports. I'd say it's good to go! :)

Optimism is a moral duty - Karl R. Popper

Blender Portable 2.45

tanisthalon (Homepage) - March 22, 2008 - 6:33pm

Well it has been tried and tested previously and again with the new paf requirements. I have also added the opportunity to include the Python Library for expanded use of Blender. Although as yet there has not been any feedback, which is a shame. As you can guess I will be supporting this as long as I can, I think I started releasing this one nearly 2 years ago now in a different incarnation.

They are currently in RC1 of Blender 2.46 so its upto you if you want to hold off until we get that one trialed etc. Or you think this just needs more time out there in testing.

Blender Portable 2.45 Development Test 3 Link

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Neverball

Travis Carrico - March 22, 2008 - 9:15pm

Neverball Portable seems to be ready to go as nobody ever reported a problem with it..

I'd like to see my two go

wraithdu - March 27, 2008 - 1:10pm

I'd like to see my two go official before they slip into obscurity -

cdrtfe Portable
EraserDropTarget Portable

EraserDropTarget for sure

Devo - March 27, 2008 - 1:17pm

Of all the applications on this page that aren't yet official, I think EraserDropTarget is the most deserving to be made official. I use it everyday for one thing or another and I'm sure there are others out there who would agree with me.

Nownow

digitxp (Homepage) - March 27, 2008 - 1:18pm

no nominations allowed in here :P

Somebody give me a portable video editor... Please!
If ya wanna see my email, go to digitxpsemail.tk (at least for now!)
My dad saved over $850 a month, by switching to Geico! :P

My games should be ready

Jacob Mastel - April 4, 2008 - 1:15pm

Tick5, Twind Distress, and T^3 all should be ready for release nobody's found any troubles in the last tests.

Jacobm001

I think mine are

jeffm (Homepage) - March 31, 2008 - 11:38am

GetSudoku Portable: http://portableapps.com/node/11496

CDex Portable: http://portableapps.com/node/11388

unless anyone can find anything else wrong with them.

Virtual Dimension Portable

David Dixon II (Homepage) - April 7, 2008 - 1:54pm

Could My App Be Offically Released?
I'm Trying To Solve The DLL Issue, After I Fix It, Could It Be Offically Released?
I Would Love That To Happen :) TY

Released App: Lightscreen 0.5 Portable
Last PortableApps.com Username: dbdii407
Computer: Gateway 15GB Hard drive with xUbuntu running ScrapIRC.

Secret Maryo Chronicles

Travis Carrico - May 11, 2008 - 12:38pm

Secret Maryo Chronicles Portable is ready to go.

how about mine?

TaffinFoxcroft (Homepage) - June 19, 2008 - 4:02am

HM NIS Edit (Site: http://portableapps.com/node/13990) is looking pretty good, as well as OpenYahtzee (Site: http://portableapps.com/node/13989). if you're up for it, menulauncher can be a replacement for StartPortableApps.exe (Site: http://portableapps.com/node/13855)
if not, they can always use some more testing.

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Trust me.

digitxp (Homepage) - June 20, 2008 - 3:45pm

MenuLauncher (like UP ME and DeskLinkz) is never going to turn into an official app because it's a menu enhancer. Until the plugin system is implemented, all features of the menu would have to be part of the menu, not a seperate EXE...

Somebody give me a portable video editor... Please!
If ya wanna see my email, go to digitxpsemail.tk (at least for now!)
My dad saved over $850 a month, by switching to Geico! :P

hmmm, you have a point there.

TaffinFoxcroft (Homepage) - June 21, 2008 - 3:10am

hmmm, you have a point there. but there is still two other apps in that post.

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Patrick Patience is a key virtue.
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SMPlayer

digitxp (Homepage) - August 6, 2008 - 1:18pm

is IMO definitely ready now:
http://portableapps.com/node/13932
I'll probably get STK out the door as well.

Somebody give me a portable video editor... Please!
If ya wanna see my email, go to digitxpsemail.tk (at least for now!)
My dad saved over $850 a month, by switching to Geico! :P

Freemind?

rab040ma - August 18, 2008 - 4:11pm

The Freemind packages seem to be working well and meeting a need.

It is a Java app. Any word on the direction to take for Java portable apps? I suppose if we're not ready for the "official" platform specs for Java apps, we could just release one with a launcher.

If John has something in mind, perhaps I could do some work on it.

@mods

Bart.S - September 2, 2008 - 2:45pm

How about cleaning this thread by deleting all posts with already released apps?
For example: Task Coach, Gnu Cash, BonkEnc, PDFTK Builder, Jooleem, ...

Just my 2 cents.

Edit: Wow, my suggestions take effect! PortableApps.com rocks :-)

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