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Post  alg Sun Jun 14, 2009 3:55 am

Hi everyone!

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Just finished the development and testing of the Redline Alert tool for background monitoring of who's in the game. Unlike several other tracker tools that just refresh the page every now and then, this one makes an effort to present information nicely and basing on the list of friends' names that you enter, give you heads up when they come into multiplayer.

This initial version is all I really need myself, but I will be adding some other features to it (like Growl notifications, sound alarms etc) a bit later. Ok, enough buzz, here we go:

http://blog.noizeramp.com/redline-goodies/

Hope you enjoy it!

P.S. To avoid confusion -- see the checked flag in the menu bar (next to your clock) changing states when your friends come online
P.S.S. To avoid any further confusion -- check the built-in help

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Post  djpimley Sun Jun 14, 2009 6:48 am

That is slinky. Smile

This could be very helpful. Growl support would be better still. Thanks!
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Post  alg Sun Jun 14, 2009 8:51 am

By the way, can't thank Tell-san enough for all his testing support.

Man, you are amazing!

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Post  Aleksi Sun Jun 14, 2009 1:37 pm

Damn, it's Leopard only. No Are you able to get it work with Tiger too?
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Post  alg Sun Jun 14, 2009 2:37 pm

Aleksi wrote:Damn, it's Leopard only. No Are you able to get it work with Tiger too?

Let me see if I can. It's a bit tricky since I use Obj-C 2.0 features, but probably worth it.

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Post  alg Sun Jun 14, 2009 4:56 pm

alg wrote:
Aleksi wrote:Damn, it's Leopard only. No Are you able to get it work with Tiger too?

Let me see if I can. It's a bit tricky since I use Obj-C 2.0 features, but probably worth it.

Done. Go grab it.

It appears 10.4 doesn't have SO many things. I'll try to keep Tiger-compatibility as long as I can.

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Post  djpimley Sun Jun 14, 2009 7:25 pm

As mentioned in the lobby, I would love also to have optional Growl alerts when in-progress games are finished.

Thanks again for this nice application.
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Post  Cowgirl Sun Jun 14, 2009 7:46 pm

djpimley wrote:As mentioned in the lobby, I would love also to have optional Growl alerts when in-progress games are finished.

second that. nice app alg Smile
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Post  Pax-raider Sun Jun 14, 2009 11:22 pm

Nice little app alg, +1 on the Growl notification.

I wonder what more could be up your sleeve? Shocked

EDIT: I took a look up the sleeve (on your main page) and saw your cool idea to make dictionary lookups less tiresome. I wish spotlight worked the same way, maybe you should speak to Steve about that...
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Post  Superslow Mon Jun 15, 2009 1:32 am

Cool app. Smile +1 on the Growl thing too.

Maybe you could have the menu bar icon change a little bit more when a friend shows up though. Hard to tell at a glance.
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Post  alg Mon Jun 15, 2009 3:59 am

Glad it's got the positive response from you guys. All of the features that you mentioned make sense and now on my list.

Enjoy! Smile

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Post  Aleksi Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:50 am

alg wrote:
alg wrote:
Aleksi wrote:Damn, it's Leopard only. No Are you able to get it work with Tiger too?

Let me see if I can. It's a bit tricky since I use Obj-C 2.0 features, but probably worth it.

Done. Go grab it.

It appears 10.4 doesn't have SO many things. I'll try to keep Tiger-compatibility as long as I can.
Works now, thanks a lot for this nice app.. Smile

And +1 for Growl
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Post  alg Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:26 am

You can stop voting for Growl support now... it's here, but wait, you probably know that already. Wink

For those who didn't get the update yet:


  • Ignoring white space in driver names for better matching
  • Improved 'in progress' detection
  • Sorting races by names
  • Growl notifications for friends coming online and races finishing
  • Added game joining
  • Changed inactive flag image to have more obvious change


If you totally out of sync, here's where you can get the latest greatest: http://blog.noizeramp.com/redline-goodies/

Enjoy!

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Post  Pax-raider Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:36 am

Will be trying out the Growled-up version this evening.

The big remaining question is whether leo will use some alphanumerics in his player name so we know when the LoL server appears... Question
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Post  alg Mon Jun 15, 2009 12:07 pm

Pax-raider wrote:The big remaining question is whether leo will use some alphanumerics in his player name so we know when the LoL server appears... Question

Not sure I follow you here. Lots of users have colors, images and other ... in their names, which are replaced by the ambrosia's tracker with spaces. Can't do much about it except, and that's what I added to this release, ignoring the spaces when matching your friends' names. If you want to catch "G U P P Y F I S H" online, you don't need to break all twenty of your fingers -- just type "guppyfish". Does that answer your question?

As for growl... it's fun, and it gets even more fun when people name their games after themselves, like "David". Then the growl message says "David has finished". If you know what I mean ... Wink

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Post  Pax-raider Mon Jun 15, 2009 12:16 pm

His current "name" is simply an image, no text at all, so he shows up on the tracker as an empty line...

So, unless you can extract hidden characters, we're stuck.
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Post  Tomte Mon Jun 15, 2009 12:32 pm

I have to say that I like your little application. Growl support works well, the friend list a is great idea.
I noticed that the web tracker also does not publish if a race is password protected or not, therefore we get no information on that on Redline Alert. But this is a small problem, I guess there is nothing you can do about it.

Thanks a lot for this little helper!
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Post  alg Mon Jun 15, 2009 1:00 pm

Pax-raider wrote:His current "name" is simply an image, no text at all, so he shows up on the tracker as an empty line...

So, unless you can extract hidden characters, we're stuck.

We are. I can show only what's on the official web tracker. They don't have, you can't see it.

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Post  alphonse Mon Jun 15, 2009 3:52 pm

A nice application, working smoothless - great effort of one who joined the community just some "days" ago.

Thanks a lot...

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Post  djpimley Mon Jun 15, 2009 5:45 pm

Pax-raider wrote:His current "name" is simply an image, no text at all, so he shows up on the tracker as an empty line...
Why do I get the feeling Leo will be quite pleased to remain "black ops" even with this new tool? alien

Growl notifications work a treat. This is going to make it so much nicer waiting to join a long race or tournament game - now I can do some TT while I wait instead of just idle in the lobby watching the kids insult each other. And now if I am working and I notice some of my Redline friends come online, I can jump into MP and ask if they would like some company for a race.

Marvellous work, alg.
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Post  leoantix Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:15 pm

Pax-raider wrote:So, unless you can extract hidden characters, we're stuck.
djpimley wrote:Why do I get the feeling Leo will be quite pleased to remain "black ops" even with this new tool?
afro

kudos to the great work ... ill add it to the website and mirror the app later tonight when i get the chance
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Post  alphonse Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:40 pm

A really handsome app - but the problem of those who use pictures as names (which i like personally) messes up the routine of clearing spaces. Leo is not visible in games, see the screenie...
maybe if there is /only/ whitespace, dont clear it out...

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Post  alg Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:55 am

alphonse wrote:A really handsome app - but the problem of those who use pictures as names (which i like personally) messes up the routine of clearing spaces. Leo is not visible in games, see the screenie...
maybe if there is /only/ whitespace, dont clear it out...

Don't worry. Will take care of Leo. Smile

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Post  Cowgirl Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:58 am

alg wrote:
Don't worry. Will take care of Leo. Smile

GIT EM!! Twisted Evil
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Post  jonas Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:28 am

alg wrote:
We are. I can show only what's on the official web tracker. They don't have, you can't see it.

http://tracker.ambrosia.net/tracker/debug.php

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