Beta testers needed

for a desktop address book widget

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I am on the final tweaks of a desktop address book widget I've been working on for the past few weeks. Here is a preliminary screenshot:
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It includes a larger view for more details about the contact, of course an edit/add contact dialog, a search function, etc. It's a standalone address book, as it doesn't integrate with any other software. But I did program an import feature that will import from a LDIF file. LDIF export is available from Mozilla or Netscape adress books. I have no plans to inclide an Outlook import tool.

I will probably be ready to send it to beta testers in a couple of days. I just want to fix a few last things here and there first. Would anybody be interested into beta testing it then? I'd like to have a few people test it on different machines before I make it totally public on WC.

Just post here if you're interested. The only requirement is that you have DesktopX 3. Thanks.
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I've got Dx3 and Firefox/Thunderbird Paxx, I'm happy to help.

Looks great by the way
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
me too I love testing new stuff (hand up looking expectantly)looks clean from the screenshot
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Sure. I wanted a adressbook tool. Was thinking of making one my self.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
'Lalaland'.....I knew that was real...
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I Love to test -- and try to break.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I would be willing to test it.
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
All right. Thanks for your responses. A first beta should be ready tomorrow. So: Alternate Setting, piers38, thomassen, roadrunnerm, Jeff T, crissy14 and chrism583, you should have mail sometime tomorrow. Happy Easter. If anybody else wants to beta test, just say so. The more the merrier.
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Shakey: you want to beta test too, or you just want to wait for the final release?
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Paxx - do you have access to my e-mail through Stardock ? - if not leave a note here and I'll send an email address to your G-mail account marked subject - Address Book
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Me too!

But I want to know why you have my girlfriend's phone number.....

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'll just give you my old email address which I'm not that worried about. I'll reply with my proper address. SirThomas@earthdome.com
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
As an admin, I can see your emails in your profiles, so unless you ask othrewise, I'll send it there.
Development update: I am trying to fix one bug right now. Once ths bug is solved, I should be able to send it out. Will probably towards the end of the day (Eastern Time: GMT -5).
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Right'o. send it to the email related to my WC/SD account then. Much more reliable.
Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
OK, mail sent. Everybody who requested the beta, please check your mail. Note that I sent two. You can trash the first one and only keep the second. roadrunner and Jeff T: GMail doesn't seem to like the attachment for some reason (it says "Illegal attachment"), do you have an alternate email I can send it to?
Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top
OK, Jeff, you got mail.
Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hello Paxx... I'd love to be a tester too ... I have another Q... It's about your Slidshow Desktopx Object (https://www.wincustomize.com/Skins.aspx?LibID=3&view=1&sortby=4&sortdir=DESC&p=1&advanced=0&searchtxt=slideshow)

My Q (or request) is: Can you add a "Fade" effect in to this object? so that when a picture changes to another it would fade insted of jump to the new pic...

Thank you for all your great work... waiting for your reply...

Note: Send me the widget on smj_18@hotmail.com
Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top
saloom, I sent you the beta. Thanks. As for the slideshow, this is quite an old object. The first DX slideshow made, I believe. BUt since then a few better and easier to configure one have been created, I'm not sure it's worth it to update this one. Let me know if you'd still want me to. If I do, I'd have to work a bit on it in order to take advantage of the latest DX features and the more knowledge I've gained since then.
Reply #24 from JoeUser Forums Top
Maybe I'm not the norm, but I keep extra machines available just so I can beta test! I do a lot of work with Linux, which has taught me the value of a good beta-test program. I'm always happy to give new code a thorough real-world beating.
Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hello paxx...

About the slideshow; your slidshow was and is the only simple one, the other ones have frames and other annoying stuff... I'm sorry for to lit you work more... anyways, take your time or if you can't then no need to bother ... the thing is that I'm coustimizing my Destop to look just like longhorn Slate, mostley everything is done, except for the ExplorerBar (which I don't know where to get from! I NEED HELP ON THIS ONE) and some other little stuff such as the slidshow..

I'll not use any tranformation pack as they are filed with BUGs... I prefere creating my own, and then I'll give all people a full report on how to costimize your PC for to look like a Longhorn Slate without having troubles in Windows system and CPU performance.

About the widget beta... Thanx for sending it to my email, but the Hotmail services had BLOCKED the file! Their new rules state that NO .exe attachments are allowed what so ever (Dumb and stupid rules).

Can you please send me the widget in a zipped folder to the same email ( smj_18@hotmail.com ) and/or to this email ( biggy83@gmail.com )...

Thank you for anything and everything... (sorry for writing a lot)