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After holding off on them for a while, I've finally decided to have a go at portablizing aTunes as well as Columba.

With 2.0 Alpha 1 now out I thought I would give out a rough timeline of future developments, in chronological order

Today/tomorrow: Spanish translation poll
In the next week: Assuming the poll comes up with an answer the next week should see the release of 1.2.2, which should be the last release in the 1.x series.
Two-three weeks: Alpha 2 released, this may come earlier, depending on when I get free time!

That's right, there is only one more major feature to be added before the first release of Toucan 2. Every major function listed as a target for the first alpha has now been added, except for previewing sync. However I have spent a lot of time working out how to best achieve this. Because of this I think it is fairly safe to say you can expect Alpha 1 in the next couple of weeks. Please check the rest of the blog for features that will be included in Alpha 1.

Well, 7 months after the first launch we hit the big 200,000 today Thanks to all for downloading it, and I hope to have some more news on 2.0 very shortly, progress is being made!

One of the new features in version 2.0 will be scripting support. Currently I have planned for the following commands but I am always open to suggestions for more.

Sync <job>
Backup <job>
Secure <job>
Delete <filepath>
Move <sourcepath> <destpath>
Copy <sourcepath> <destpath>
Execute <filepath>

Please note that this is not intended to replace batch file scripting, it is merely an easy way for you to tack a number of jobs together is an order, for example to run a Sync Update command before Encrypting.

Wow, it´s basically a whole month since my lat post, how time flies! Exams are done and my coursework is submitted so I am now able to make some good progress again and things are starting to come togther.

Currently I plan to have three development tests of Toucan 2.0 before the pre-releases, they will go something like tihs:

This page is primarily for me to keep track of my releases. Unlike the Development Test page, I will list currently release applications here, applications in beta, as well as soon to come applications. I'll try to update this chart as soon as I make a new release. I'll continue typing now so Drupal can provide a preview for this post without John noticing there's a chart following it using full HTML. Lets hope he doesn't hurt me.

Application
Release

That's right, I have decided to drop the wizards from Toucan 2.0, however hopefully they will be back in 2.1. The reason is simple, rather than hard code the wizards into the program itself I would like to make the wizards user generatable, so that other people can create their own wizards and post them up in the forums for eveybody to use, however this means that if I tried to get this done for 2.0 there would be pretty serious delays (yes I do have a shedule, no I'm not going to tell you).

Just a quick heads up to say that I have got three exams next week so I probably won't be around much. If anyone is interested it's two maths exams and a physics exam, good fun or what