I have made a few navigation improvements to the Toolbar Tutorial. Each chapter now has a link back to the Table of Contents, which should be useful if you land on an interior page via a search engine. The new link appears at the bottom of each chapter in the chapter navigation block.
Would having a copy of this navigation block at the top of each chapter’s page be useful? It’s a bit of a bother to have to scroll to the bottom of each chapter to find a link to the next one. If you think that would be a useful addition, let me know in the comments below.
After one billion years in development, I’m finally proud to announce that the next version of Paper Plus is now available. Barring any major bugs, this will be the final release of this program. Newer versions of Windows come with built-in wallpaper rotation mechanisms, and I’ve never verified whether or not the tool works in Vista and later. As such, the need for such a tool has diminished in recent times.
There are lots of changes in this release:
- PNG images are now supported
- Multiple wallpaper list items can now be edited at once
- Default position and timer settings are now saved on a per-list basis, instead of globally
- New option has been added to automatically remove dead items from the file list on startup
- While minimized to the system tray, a new random wallpaper can now be selected by Shift+clicking the tray icon
- Automatic random wallpaper selection at startup can now be prevented by holding the Shift key when starting Paper Plus
- The application is now limited to a single instance, to prevent file overwriting and other similar issues
- Paper Plus no longer comes bundled in an installer
- Many minor cosmetic changes
- Removed the "Apply Least Viewed" action
- Removed the option to show random pool status in color
- Bug Fix: Paper Plus no longer crashes when a password-protected screen saver kicks in
- Bug Fix: Adding files from a folder only marks a list dirty when something was actually added
- Bug Fix: Minimizing the main window will now automatically minimize the preview window as well
- Bug Fix: The initial window size for brand new installations has been reduced significantly
As always, let me know if you find any problems.
As I mentioned way back in July of 2008, most of the Windows software provided at this website would eventually be taken down. With the exception of Paper Plus, all of the applications I wrote back in the day are now long out of date.
Today, I have finally taken some action. Favorites Plus has been removed, and all associated pages have been taken down. For now, the Sims programs will stay up as they are still being accessed.
Later today I hope to post what will be the final release of Paper Plus. Once this is made public, I will be closing the door (for now) on my Windows software production. In the coming months, I will be turning to projects in other realms, which I hope to be able to share here on this site. Stay tuned … I have some fun ideas cooking!
