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Thundercat 3.0 for Windows
25/04/2009 19:49
Hello again everybody.

As promised I have built the new version of Thundercat. This is a totally updated version. Thundercat is now easier to use than ever before. I strongly recommend you use this latest version.

You can always email me with comments, bugs and questions. I will answer all your emails. I am also working hard on updating the Quick Start web page so please bare with me.

 

Resolutions
12/04/2009 23:53
You may think Thundercat for Java is not a big success but it was a great lesson for me. If it hadn't been for it I wouldn't have realized how to make Thundercat easier to use.

That said, I now intend to unclutter the interface of the original .net version by removing all the confusing buttons and the noisy listboxes. It is easy to get to such a mess when the line between what a developer and a user needs is blurry.

The fact that Thundercat was much more welcomed by the Windows rather than the Linux community, had me taken by surprise. I feel more than obliged to support the ones who really need Thundercat. Therefore, I am going full throttle in developing, extending, improving and maintaining the .net version of Thundercat. I am sorry to find out that the open source people are as much willing to ask for stuff as they are reluctant to contribute in the making of it. Thundercat for Java is out there for them to download and use. It is also an open source project that they can improve or extend if they feel like it. In fact, here is the URI of the SVN repository of both the MboxMailLib library for Java and the Thundercat Swing application for Java:
svn://dpantftp.homeip.net/shares/internal/SVN/thundercatRepos
If you want to contribute then email me and ask for your SVN account.

As far as I am concerned, I am back to the .net version of Thundercat. 

Thundercat is now java-ready
26/03/2009 11:26
I just published Thundercat for Java. Here is a screenshot of the application:
Thundercat for Java is lightweight, fast and very easy to use.
I must stress that this is a team project. I would like to thank Harry Ladas and Helen Kavanagh for their great help and contribution. 

Thundercat in Java ?
06/02/2009 13:04
Coding Thundercat in Java is a new project on its own. I am already in touch with people who are capable of porting the code and are willing to do so, too. I have already started documenting the synchronization library so as to provide them with the necessary information.

There is a lot of optimism and good will about this right now and I really hope Thundercat finally hits the multi-platform in a way up to all our expectations and demands.

I will keep you up to date with more on this development from this news column.

 

Thundercat and mapped network drives
04/02/2009 01:08
Note: This now refers to the previous version 2.1. If you use the latest version 3.0 you can safely ignore it
There seems to be a wee (but annoying) bug with Thundercat reading the folder and file names of network mapped drives appropriately. More specifically, Thundercat trims the first letter of each folder and/or file.
Here is a workaround:
Try to assign the mapping letter (e.g. 'Z:\') to a parent folder. For example, if your mail files are located inside the 'C:\...\Profiles\MyProfile\Mail' folder, map to the 'C:\...\Profiles\MyProfile' path. Inside Thundercat, enter 'Z:\Mail' in either the first or the second folder dropdown box and everything is going to work fine.
Important Note: Please, note that the 'Mail' subfolder name is deliberately added to the map drive letter to avoid the bug.

This bug will be fixed ASAP.