Very nice! Seems to work fine for me here. I notice that updatesnapshot.exe no-longer seems to be part of the distro - is this deliberate?
Further, with snapshot updating, (and/or during installation), it would
be nice to give the user the option to install the unstable snapshot
(with all appropriate warnings about instability). It would also be
nice if the update could be done from the task-tray menu, not just the
Start menu entry.
Perhaps the UpdateSnapshot.exe program could be replaced by just
re-running the installer - possibly with a command-line option to change
text where appropriate (from "install" to "upgrade").
Ian.
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 01:01:21AM -0000, Dave Hooper wrote:
> Windows freenet systray app has been updated to periodically probe the Web
> Interface port on startup and only enable certain behaviour if a connection
> can be made. Specifically the following *won't work* now unless/until a
> connection can be made to mainport:
>
> 1. Specifying -open on command line to freenet.exe to open Web Interface
> 2. Double-clicking the systray icon to open Web Interface
> 3. Right-clicking the systray icon to open Web Interface ("Open Gateway"
> will now appear greyed-out until a connection can be made)
> 4. Launching another copy of Freenet (which would ordinarily automatically
> open the Web Interface for you, as a shortcut).
> 5. Tooltip reporting "Freenet Is Running" (tooltip will now continue to
> report "Freenet Is Starting" until a connection to mainport can be made)
> 6. Hops icon changing in the systray (icon will remain as a ghosted-out
> progressive animation until a connection is made)
>
> This prevents uninitiated users trying to use freenet before it is 'ready'
> (and resulting in a "This page cannot be found" in their browser window)
> thereby quashing a common Windows freenet complaint.
>
> Note the above features are *not* delayed-startup, simply disabled (so e.g.
> if you doubleclick hops while it is still saying "Freenet Is Starting" it
> *won't* then automatically launch a Web Interface when it detects mainport
> is running). However "freenet.exe -open" *IS* delayed-startup now so you
> can specify the -open switch in the shortcut to Freenet to cause it to load
> a Web Interface page on startup after it's detected.
>
> Source in CVS and upxd freenet.exe in snapshots for automatic
> webinstalls/upgrades.
>
> d
>
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