Update</h1> <article> <h1>Update</h1> <p>DualBrain — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:21:00 GMT</p> <p>Microsoft made a few changes recently and the current XboxFriends for the Desktop is not working as expected. I am in the process of getting these changes incorporated and will have a new version up as soon as possible.</p> <p>Thanks.</p> </article> <article> <h1>v0.0.0.60 Released</h1> <p>DualBrain — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:38:00 GMT</p> <p>I've uploaded v.60 to handle the Xbox.com changes that occured this morning. If you notice any problems, please let me know in the forums. (Also, this update includes a slight speed improvement during startup for the HTTP Notifications that uses the recently added tags.)</p> </article> <article> <h1>Recent 'Guru Meditation' corrected</h1> <p>DualBrain — Sat, 26 May 2007 22:21:00 GMT</p> <p>In the process of upgrading the website, the ping process was broken. This has been corrected.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Site Changes</h1> <p>DualBrain — Fri, 25 May 2007 23:59:00 GMT</p> <p>As you can see, there's a bit of work going on around here. If you encounter any issues, please feel free to let me know.</p> </article> <article> <h1>By popular demand...</h1> <p>DualBrain — Thu, 24 May 2007 18:58:00 GMT</p> <p>You can now download XboxFriends for the Desktop without having to create an account here on XboxFriends.com. However, in order to interact with the rest of the XboxFriends community (forums, etc.), you'll have to create an account to post content.</p> </article> <article> <h1>v0.0.0.58 Released</h1> <p>DualBrain — Wed, 16 May 2007 21:22:00 GMT</p> A few new additions and enhancements. When hovering over the notification icon, you can now see how many people are online and actively playing. The HTTP Notification feature has added a few more tags that can be utilized. </article> <article> <h1>v0.0.0.57 Released</h1> <p>DualBrain — Tue, 15 May 2007 15:56:00 GMT</p> <p>This version works on Windows Vista (x64). There are a couple of things you'll need to make sure of though:</p><ul><li>After installing XBF, browse to the (default install folder, modify accordingly) C:\Program Files (x86)\XboxFriends.com folder. In here you'll see the XboxFriends folder. Right click on it and select Properties. In the properties dialog, select the Security tab. Click on the Edit button. Say yes to the UAC prompt. Scroll down in the upper list and select "Users". In the lower list, check the Full Control Allow checkbox (which will automatically select all of the other checkboxes) and click the OK button. This will allow XboxFriends to automatically update whenever a new version is available. This is also true for the 32-bit version of Windows Vista.</li><li>Launch the 32-bit version of IE and browse to the Xbox.com website. Make sure you have the Flash Player add-in installed.</li></ul><p>This version also includes a few minor improvements for those running Windows XP (mostly visual).</p><p>Enjoy!</p> </article> <article> <h1>v0.0.0.55 Released</h1> <p>DualBrain — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 14:49:00 GMT</p> There were a few more changes necessary in order to work with the recent Xbox.com "maintenance". I ran this version and the previous side by side for over 24 hours and this version did not experience the same issue(s) as the previous. ;-) So hopefully I've tracked down all the change points. Again, please let me know if you continue to experience any problem with this version. </article> <article> <h1>v0.0.0.52 Released</h1> <p>DualBrain — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:35:00 GMT</p> <p>This update is necessary in order to work with the recent changes to Xbox.com.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Xbox.com is alive again...</h1> <p>DualBrain — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:20:00 GMT</p> I'm working through getting XboxFriends for the Desktop to integrate with the recent changes that have occured with the latest Xbox.com "upgrade". As soon as I have it updated, I'll post another update. </article> <article> <h1>v0.0.0.49 Released</h1> <p>DualBrain — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:33:00 GMT</p> <p>A quick release to correct an apparent problem regarding a international issue in the options dialog... hopefully I tackled it, but will have to wait until I hear back from someone who uses a date format different than the US (not really sure how noone seemed to encounter this issue until now).</p><p>Since I was working within the options dialog, I've new finished the game selection tab so you can specify what games you have.</p> </article> <article> <h1>v0.0.0.48 Released</h1> <p>DualBrain — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:15:00 GMT</p> <p>This release adds support for Nabaztag Notifications and I've (finally!) fixed the error dialog of DOOOOOOM! No more stacking error dialogs...</p> </article> <article> <h1>v0.0.0.45 Released</h1> <p>DualBrain — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 06:27:00 GMT</p> <p>A minor update that improves the overall "performance" of the gamercard display by caching some of the information. It also fixes the right mouse not hiding the display (yes, you can right click on the gamercard to hide it). </p><p>Enjoy!</p> </article> <article> <h1>v0.0.0.44 Released</h1> <p>DualBrain — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 18:56:00 GMT</p> <p>.44 calibre and loaded! No, it's not a <a href="http://www.magnumresearch.com/">Desert Eagle</a>, it's the new release of XboxFriends for the Desktop. An initial version of the long awaited and highly anticipated "history" feature is back! In order to accomidate this new information, the automatic "tooltip" style gamercard is now a thing of the past. When you click on any gamertag, a new (attached) window will be displayed containing the gamercard information, gameplay history, <a href="http://www.gamerscorechart.com">GamerScoreChart.com</a> gamer score history graph, <a href="http://www.gamertagpics.com">GamertagPics.com</a> profile check (and link).</p><p>Yes, I still have more work to do in this area, but I'm sure you'll enjoy what's there now. And no, this version does not include the shared history feature; that's coming soon as well. So if you want to build a history of your friends... you need to keep XBF running.</p><p>As always, I'm eager to hear feedback... so start posting in the forums with enhancement ideas, tweaks, complaints and what not.</p><p>Enjoy!</p> </article> <article> <h1>DualBrain on GamertagPics.com</h1> <p>DualBrain — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 22:13:00 GMT</p> <p>Yet another "about me" destination. ;-)</p><p>I'm not sure why, but for some reason my account got removed (probably due to inactivity or something), but I've recreated an account on GamertagPics.com in order to start testing some new integration features with XBF. You can view my profile by going to <a href="http://www.gamertagpics.com/DualBrain">http://www.gamertagpics.com/DualBrain</a>.</p><p><em>If your a user of <a href="http://xboxfriends.com/controlpanel/blogs/www.xboxfriends.com">XboxFriends for the Desktop</a>, be sure to take advantage of this site as some of its features will be coming to a desktop near you in the near future.</em></p> </article> <article> <h1>New Site Features</h1> <p>DualBrain — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 23:48:00 GMT</p> In an effort to continue building the XboxFriends community, the community site has made a few improvements. Among these is the new Tagging feature that allows you to attach tags to forum posts. You can see this on the home page (and in the forums) under the Tagged section located in the right hand column. You can now score points by participating in the various activities on the website such as rating and commenting on news, posting blog entries (for those that have blogs), creating/responding/rating of forum posts, etc. The more you participate, the more you score. Not only does this grant you bragging rights and shows other users that you are active in this community, I should let you know that some interesting things (possibly prizes) will be coming in the future. So, to help help you out in having something to discuss, there are several new forums categories created so you can discuss topics other than XboxFriends.com and XboxFriends for the Desktop. So what are you waiting for? </article> <article> <h1>v0.0.0.42 Released</h1> <p>DualBrain — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 21:26:00 GMT</p> <p>It's the answer to the meaning of life, the universe and everything...</p><p>OK, maybe not, but version .42 is now available with a few minor changes (for those of you already able to run it) and a major one for those in the universe that use date formats different from the USA. Thanks to MR BAD GUY UK for working with me via IM to track down and identify the issue and thanks to his assistance, this version should now resolve the issue where it stops at the "Retrieve Friends List" text upon trying to sign in.</p><p>This release also includes a few other minor fixes.</p><p>Enjoy!</p> </article> <article> <h1>v0.0.0.37 Released</h1> <p>DualBrain — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 20:31:00 GMT</p> <P>At the top of the list of new features include:</P> <UL> <LI>Add and Remove friends directly inside of XBF. <LI>Send Xbox Live messages directly inside of XBF. <LI>Full "ping" support. Now you can see who else on your friends list is using XBF. <LI>Improved main menu.</LI></UL> <P>Additional features and changes include:</P> <UL> <LI>Status bar checked state now initializing correctly. <LI>Alt "hotkey" now acts as a menu toggle. <LI>Progress bar added to the login process. <LI>Added the <provider> tag to HTTP Notifications to hold the gamertag that is providing the information. <LI>Initial push of *all* selected friends in the HTTP Notifications feature upon sign in (including those who are initally offline). <LI>Removal of message banner upon clicking to browse to Xbox.com for your message reading. <LI>Added About so you can see the version without having to sign out. <LI>Added a check for upgrade menu item. <LI>Even more work toward "keeping alive"...</LI></UL> <P>Enjoy!</P> <P>Note: For those that got v0.0.0.36, please do not try to use add/remove friends. Be sure to update to v0.0.0.37.</P> </article> <article> <h1>v0.0.0.34 Released</h1> <p>DualBrain — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 03:51:00 GMT</p> <P>A few modifications, but enough that I think it's worthy of a release.</P> <UL> <LI>Added "audible notifications". (Accessible on the "advanced" tab.)</LI> <LI>Further reduction of error messages.</LI> <LI>Modified settings window to work "offline".</LI> <LI>Fixed issue with IE 7.</LI></UL> <P> </P> </article> <article> <h1>v0.0.0.32 Released</h1> <p>DualBrain — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:29:00 GMT</p> <P>This is another one of those releases where I have to start of by saying "I don't even know where to start". ;-)</P> <UL> <LI>Completely rebuilt the gathering of information process to handle adding even more sources of information as time progresses. <LI>Reduced some of the "error" dialogs from being displayed. <LI>Improved the sign in process. <LI>Improved the initial opening of the application and network connectivity issues. <LI>Updated the downloadable install to be this version. <LI>Added "gamercard" pictures to the gamercards. <LI>Fixed issues with the HTTP external notifications. <LI>Corrected an issue with the settings screen causing an error when you pressed ok regarding the messenger address being empty. <LI>"Stacking" of notifications added; allow for when errors occur they items will be placed in a queue and an automatic retry process will kick in. <LI>Modified your gamercard to be updated every 10 minutes. <LI>And much, much more...</LI></UL> <P>Enjoy!</P> </article> <article> <h1>Network Outage!</h1> <p>DualBrain — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 14:31:00 GMT</p> It appears that the web host provider had some serious network problems last night and they've finally been resolved. During this outage, I found a bug in XBF that was causing it to exit (without any indication) whenever it did a version upgrade check due to not being able to contact the server. This, of course, has been corrected and will be included in the next release so this sort of outage will not hinder the usage of XBF for the Desktop. </article> <article> <h1>v0.0.0.30 Released</h1> <p>DualBrain — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 05:11:00 GMT</p> <P>XBF has some spiffy new features headed your way. You know, why just stop at notifying you via the application of events happening with your friends list? How about selecting a list of gamertags that you'd like to be emailed when they are online? What about possibly sharing some of your friends list (again, selecting the who's who list you'd like to participate) with one of your fan (or clan) websites? Not enough you say... Well how about blogging said changes to your favorite blog site (requires MetaWebLog API support).</P> <P>OK, I can feel what your thinking. "I don't have any desire to do any of these things, sure, they sound cool, but how do these features help me?" Well, not only have I corrected a bug that was causing the Xbox Live messaging feature to not work properly, this feature has been enhanced so you can now forward any pending messages to an email of your choosing. So now you can receive a message from somone ON XBOX LIVE to your portable device (cell phone, blackberry or any other device that you can communicate via email).</P> <P>I've made a few other minor bug fixes and tweaks, so continue letting me know what you like, don't like, would like... you know the drill... the forums await!</P> <P>Enjoy!</P> </article> <article> <h1>v0.0.0.29 Released</h1> <p>DualBrain — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 02:56:00 GMT</p> <P>Wow, I don't even know where to start for new features made available in this release...</P> <P><STRONG>Performance... Performance... Performance!!!</STRONG></P> <P>I'm working hard to remove any sort of "hickup" feeling where the application seems to "lock-up" momentarily while it's doing some process. I've also corrected a couple of potential performance issues; especially regarding slower or congested connections.</P> <P><STRONG>Visuals... Visuals... Visuals!!!</STRONG></P> <P>I suppose I could start with what you will notice from the very beginning. The login screen is now "complete". You can now utilize the various checkboxes on the screen to have the application remember your email, password and automatically sign in upon launch. The drop down now works and you can enter multiple accounts (if you are one of the insane individuals like myself who have more than one Xbox Live account). The login screen has also gotten a little face-lift. I'm still playing with this, so if you have suggestions, please feel free to speak your mind in the forums. Also, the version number is now shown in the bottom right hand portion of the login screen.</P> <P>So what's next on the list? Well, how about modifying the colors of just about every element on the screen to suite your fancy? Don't have time to shift through every color looking for something that fits you? Well, I've included a few "themes" and BManTYA has worked up a couple for you as well (included).</P> <P>To access this option, just go to the Tools/Options screen and select the Theme tab. Speaking of Tools/Options... you can now utilize the registration tab and shared information tab as well. (I still have a lot of work to do on the "games" tab, so ignore that one for now.) I've also enabled two options on the advanced tab. Warning, these still need thorough testing. ;-) (To access the menu... use the ALT key... I'm still working on this feature, so bear with me.)</P> <P>This one is a minor feature, but several people have mentioned that they would like a certain feature only to discover that it was already included. Essentially, the mouse cursor wasn't presenting you with the fact that you could click on the gamertags and messages (email, upgrade) to activate the option. I've modified the cursor to refect that it's clickable (similar to a web-page).</P> <P>Along with the features I've mentioned, I've also taken some time to clean up some of the drawing of the gamercards, fixed a bug that would reset the window to center screen on upgrades (will take effect after this version) and a few other behind the scenes fixes here and there.</P> <P>As usual, please remember this is a beta version, so if you encounter any issues... help out your fellow users by reporting the issues in the forums.</P> </article> <article> <h1>360 Voice... Cool!</h1> <p>DualBrain — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:55:00 GMT</p> There's <A href="http://battlestar.typepad.com/360voice/">these guys</A> who have created a site called <A href="http://www.360voice.com">360VOICE.COM</A>. It's an interesting idea where they (as an active Xbox Community Developer) utilizes some of the information that the Xbox team allows access to and (every night) builds a comment regarding your gameplay habits. The statistics are pretty basic, but they've done a nice job spicing up the comments. To top it off, they presentation is done in a way that it looks like your Xbox 360 has a mind of it's own and blogs daily about your gameplay (or lack there of).<br> <br> You can <A href="http://www.360voice.com/blog.asp?tag=DualBrain">view my 360 here</A>. </article> <article> <h1>v0.0.0.25 Released and Email Working Again</h1> <p>DualBrain — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:44:00 GMT</p> <P>I've released v0.0.0.25 with some minor (or major depending on your point of view) changes:</P> <P>1. Hopefully corrects the State 6 and 8 error boxes showing up when Xbox.com signs you out.<BR>2. Yet more hit & miss modifications for the international users. (UPDATE: This issue appears to be resolved!)</P> <P>... and to all those who've been waiting for their email confirmation for account creation... you've probably received it now. ;-) If not, just request a password reset and it'll be sent to ya.</P> </article> </main></body></html>