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Sid 0.8.0 Ready for Alpha Soon

Well, it's been a long road, but the next version of Sid is going to go alpha soon. I can't believe it, myself. After being out of work for several months now I finally decided to get myself back into some Cocoa development – Sid being a priority.

So what's new? Well…

  • Spellchecking in the post form.
  • A completely overhauled layout, including a settings panel that actually makes sense.
  • The ability to post from the Preview panel.
  • The ability to select which weblog in the Conversation to post to.
  • A major launch speed improvement, due to the fact that this version of Sid is all OS X native Objective-C – no JRE to launch.
  • I'm using Apple's WebServicesCore API now, which should minimize API changes in the future (hey! I can dream…)
  • A clever new About box!

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    My name is Steve Ivy and I write about technology, the open web, social software, and general nerdity on monkinetic.com. You should follow me on Twitter or subscribe to this blog if you like what you're reading. I spend my days hacking Movable Type, python, Django, and various other efforts at Wallrazer. This is my personal site.