It's sure been hot recently in the UK, so it's been difficult to do much work recently.

ViGlance (The Summer Edition) is almost here   . So I thought I would post a teaser video demonstrating some of the latest features of the summer edition. Before releasing it though I want to try to fix a few more minor glitches. I am trying my best to implement semi-automatic "live thumbnails" for XP users as well as Vista and Seven users (Originally I didn't intend to extend "live thumbnail" support to XP). Which can be seen in the video demonstration. 7TP mark 2 is almost ready for ViGlance. Though if you read my last post, you will know Lucifiar is probably swapping hosts right now. No doubt this will delay the initial release of ViGlance. (ViGlance is infact ready for release now)

The bad news is that previous skins are no longer compatible with ViGlance. The button graphic may require some additional modifications to be able to work with the latest versions of ViGlance.

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Well this post originally was meant to simply post an update about ViGlance. However as I went to post this update someone attempted to hack the forum database thus compromising the integrity of the entire site. (That's why some images couldnt be loaded earlier today) In order to the protect the data of my forum users I deleted the database. I was able to sustain the site using my new cache system thankfully. Some post my have got lost on the forum since my last backup. I do apoligise. I do plan to take counter measures.

As for WindowsXLive the website recently got "hijacked". An agreement was established between the owner of JCXP (Jack) and Windows X many years ago that allowed lucifiar to host his website on Jack's server freely. Such a nice guy? No.. After the initial 7TP release Jack injected his ads into Window X's html files. This isn't an isolated incident either. According to Mr Lucifiar, this has happened on several occasions. (apparently he was willing to turn a blind eye to the other occasions). If it was me, i would get a new host.

I've decided to split this post for obvious reasons. See next post for details of what I actually wanted to say today.

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Where should I start?

• A personal tribute
  I think there's one person which deserves at least a mention.  I don't like what some might call "pop music", but there is one person which everyone would make exception for. Even his critics would at least have to admit his music redefined the music industry and inspired thousands of composers, singers and dancers around the world. There was nobody else more devoted to his work than Michael Jackson. His music was truly unclassifiable and unconventionally addictive.  Good bye, Michael.
  
  
• Life of Lee
  On another note, a close friend of mine has created a series of comic strips illustrating my life in a somewhat "comical" light (excuse the pun). I thought it was amusing enough to deserve its own section on the site.  He calls the series "Life of Lee". It's a weekly series that he in his free time creates. Clearly he hadn't thought about the initials. He unknowingly came up with the initials "L O L". I honestly didn't plan for all these puns...
  
  Here's a preview of his work;
  
  
  
  
  For more "LOL"s visit here http://lee-soft.com/lol
  Have your say on the forums and be the first to comment on his work.
  
  
• ViGlance
  Be patient. ViGlance looks like it will be completed ahead of schedule, hopefully by the beginning of July. All the features I planned to implement are implemented. That's window thumbnails, pin applications and user customizable icon positions (drag and drop icons).  ViGlance will have text labels and thumbnails on the group menu.
  
  I am now just optimizing and debugging  ViGlance.
  
  
• Be notified of Lee-Soft development blog updates!
  Now you can now subscribe to my development blog via a new RSS feed i just made for the site.
  http://lee-soft.com/?feed=rss
  

Enjoy the weekend,
Lee Chantrey

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I just thought I would post some screenshots of the latest internal build of ViGlance. Right now the static thumbnail system is partially complete. I am working on "live" thumbnails for Vista and Seven users now. This is just an internal release, Window icons and Window text can be expected in the public release, along with the features mentioned in the previous post. Taskbar transparency will be disabled by default. It will be available for enabling via the new options dialog however. The options dialog is due to be implimented by this weekend.

This is obviously experimental and may not reflect on the public builds of ViGlance.
If you want an ETA, i would say around a month to 6 weeks. This isn't definate though.

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