What We’ve Been Doing…


We’re still very much involved with iPhone development.

We have some other iPhone stuff going on, and we’ve begun to take on development work for iPhone apps, we’ll talk more about that at a later date though

As for MobileChat, we’re not going to disappear like last time for 6 months with no updates. We’re currently debating on how to proceed with the application.

For a full, detailed technical rundown of what exactly has been going on with MobileChat, continue after the break..

Quick Note on the SDK


Just to answer the two questions everyone is going to have:

YES: We saw the AIM app.
YES: We’re still going to develop MobileChat.

Just as Trillian and Adium have co-existed with AIM/AOL for years, so will MobileChat. The SDK is going to let us do a lot of fun stuff, and I personally can’t wait to download it and start using it.

P.S. Looks like AOL liked our swipe/tabbing feature huh?

MobileChat v2.21 Available: Localization, UTF8, and Themes!



Themes in MobileChat v2.21

Continue reading for information about this release and a full change log.

UIPreferencesTable Made (Relatively) Easy + Segmented Control


So, when I sat down last night to rewrite the way the “Add Account” feature in MobileChat was done, I realized how absolutely terrible we were handling the Preference table. There was no “straight forward” way to UIPreferencesTable’s and further more, no simple way to implemented segmented controls into it.

So, I wrote a few classes and a helper to take care of it for me. Here’s a run down:

* UIPreferencesTableGroup — Quickly create a group of cells
* UIPreferencesSegmentedTableGroup — Extends UIPreferencesTableGroup, but adds support for Segments
* UIPreferencesController — This is the dataSource/delegate of any UIPreferenceTalbe you create.
* UIPrefHelper — You can use this even without the above classes, just contains a few quick make functions to create text fields.

Keep reading for the code and an example of the implementation…

Temporary Installer.app Repository for MobileChat


While we wait for Conceited to update MobileChat in their repository, we’ve gone ahead and created a temporary one for everyone so they can finally use MobileChat 2.1 and get us feedback.

You can add the following repository to Installer.app and then find MobileChat located under the “twenty08″ Category:

http://twenty08.com/installer

This is definitely only a temporary solution, and we’ll be getting 2.1 on Conceited as soon as possible.

MobileChat v2.1 Now Available



Horizontal chatting in MobileChat v2.1

Change Log:

  • Horizontal/Landscape Orientation Availability
  • “New IM” finally works
  • “Send” Button has been relocated to the keyboard (in place of return)
  • iPhone Firmware 1.1.3 Compatibility
  • DNS Issue that plagued 1.x and 2.0 has been resolved.
  • BSD Subsystem dependency should be gone.
  • Added support for XMPP
  • GTalk has been temporarily removed
  • Sign On progress notifications (as seen in screenshots)
  • Disconnect Notification: if you get kicked off, or you can’t sign on, you’ll be alerted now
  • Conversation code-base optimized
  • Keep reading for more information about this release…

    MobileChat on 1.1.3


    We’ll be release MobileChat 2.1 later this week/this weekend. It works fully on 1.1.3.

    Read more after the break for a changelog, and more information about the upcoming release

    QuickShareIt Down Back Up


    The upload processing server for QuickShareIt is currently experiencing some technical difficulties.
    We’re doing everything we can to get these issues resolved and we’ll keep everyone updated as we learn more and resolve the issue.

    Update 3:55PM EST: We’ve fixed the issue that was causing the problem and we’re now back online.
    We apologize for any inconvenience this is causing […]

    QuickShareIt 2.0.2 Available


    We’re pleased to announce that QuickShareIt 2.0.2 is now available!

    We’ve fixed a few bugs from 2.0.1 (change log below) and added some new features we think you all are going to appreciate. QuickShareIt 2.0.2 is not a mandatory update, but we highly recommend doing so!

    Finish reading after the break.

    Developers Wanted - Ridiculous $25,000 Signing Bonus or $1000 for a Referred Employee


    Well, it’s about that time of year again. It’s a good time of year though. We’re growing; and with that growth comes the need for people, but not just anyone. We’re looking for intelligent, well-minded individuals with a little personality who just happen to be programmers. Oh yea, we’re getting desperate. So here’s the deal:
    Refer […]