I Forgot

Early last year, an artist made a portfolio stop animation piece and used Rename Master for re-ordering large batches of photos. I was sent a private link to the video and asked not to release because of all the legal issues. Several months later, it was posted but restricted for viewing directly on Youtube's site because of the issues. I, however, hadn't even thought of looking for it online, until over a year later.

So, here is the video. Yes, joejoesoft.com got a mention in the credits.

Trivia Time

Since 2004 there have been:
- ~7 million files served
- ~2500 page views a day
- Over a terabyte of data transfered
- Over a dozen magazines distributing my software
- ~2000 e-mailers and commenters
- ~50 official Rename Master versions
- ~50 official ArsClip versions
- ~150 donations

Thanks again for all the support. Ad revenue and user donations contributes significantly to the cost of running this website. It's what has kept this website alive for all this time and will continue to do so.

Release Reminders

Rename Master v2.9.5 is now officially released. While there are a few new features, this releases is mostly comprised of bug fixes. Like ArsClip's last version, released a few months ago, it was worked on in public beta versions for a very long time. Even with the grim warning on the Public Betas page, these beta releases have been very stable since the changes to the program a usually small or trivial.

As always, the updates are based almost purely on user feedback. If I get no feedback, I just assume everything is good as it is.

MakeLinks for Opera 11

I've submitted MakeLinks to the official Opera Extension catalog. Currently, the only page I have made for it is in the Public Betas area, but I will be creating a standard page for it soon.

This extension's task is very simple - turn a non-clickable web address into a clickable address by simply highlighting the text. Unlike the "Go to Web Address" feature in Opera's right-click context menu, this is performed automatically when links are detected anywhere in the highlighted area. Execution requires no precise highlighting and can be performed in just one click.

The 'Test 3' upload in the Public Beta is the version that was submitted for approval, so you can download it now before it is added to the catalog (see the link at the beginning of this post).

Update: A new page has been added for the extension and it is now downloadable directly from the extension catalog.

Outage and Updates

Yesterday, there was an outage due to an update from my web server provider. I've updated my application to work around the problem and all appears to be in working order again. If you notice something not working, please let me know using the email or comment section at the bottom of the page.

NOTES: The Author link is still not functional and may just be removed if a functional work-around is not discovered.