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Due to increasing number of moronic bots trying to smuggle all their p3nis and p0rn crappy ads here I decided to change the way people are allowed to post comments to this site. As of today, it’s now required to log in (thus also register) prior posting any comment. I do understand that this may be a major issue (I also do not like to register to post one or two comments on other sites) but I am simply dead tired of removing dozens of spam from moderation queue (yes, comments were moderated so there’s no chance this crap appear here). As for now registration is the way to sort that out, as it is simplest to implement here. I will also look for alternatives like captcha or something what appears ore problematic for spam bots. Thanks for your understanding.

Version 1.7 did not last too long, isn’t it? 1.8 which I am announcing right now brings no new features, however fixes two bugs: altitude readouts were incorrect under some circumstances (it plagued only imperial (fsw) display). Also version checker could leak couple of bytes or leave progress window opened in case of network failure.

I am trying to reach Mr. Tony Dove (you know who you are). Please contact me with your valid email address by adding comment to this thread. Thanks.

Finally, WAI development returned back to its regular track. While version 1.7 I am announcing right now is not bringing any new bells and whistles, you may consider update. Major change is new shiny on-line version checker which now incorporates internal routines instead of hiring web browser to do the job. And if you wonder what Where Am I? can bring you in forthcoming release – what I am recently working on is bookmarking system as many users asked about that feature. And if you like this app, please consider donating . Donors shall check their mailboxes for the update copy.

For those who do not know it yet, Cygwin is free, Linux like environment for Windows that provides substantial API that allows you to build (and then run) linux applications. It does not run Linux native apps out of the box, but for most cases it’s pretty easy to recompile one from its sources. This lets you have and run lot of Linux applications you know and use on your windows box. And that Cygwin is for. While installation of Cygwin is rather simple task, some things shall be "corrected" by hand, to make Cygwin use more comfortable.

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Couple of days passed since last WhereAmI? release. Unfortunately I had absolutely no time to for WAI? development during these days, even version 1.7 is almost done (it will officially be out on Apr 1 -> no joke). Unluckily I also had some issues dealing with your donations. I deeply apologize to any of you who placed donation and still awaits full featured copy to arrive which I used to send as a "Thank you" for your donation. All people who’s donation remains not handled, please add your comment to this post with your valid email address and Hotsync Id you use, so I can match your donation and ship the application immediately. Thank you all for your support and understanding.

PS: Even comments are moderated (and I will not publish any from this post) please do not post here if you’re handled or want to discuss Where Am I? as application. Please use this post to comment on application .

As it seemed version 1.5 cauased dome problems under some conditions (mostly reported by users with non english ROMs) I decided to push out version 1.6 much earlier than I formerly planned. So, in meanwhile get it using WAI?’s built-in “Check for update” feature or download from many sites that mirrors this application or just use local copy . New things in version 1.6 – you can now choose what search mode you want WAI? to order from Google Maps. Be it ordinary location search, search for nearest business. Or you will continue with direction planning with current location set as destination (To Place) or departure (From Place). Also, version 1.6 brings you current Altitude readouts (assuming your GPS receiver provides such information). Enjoy. And if you like this app, please consider donating .

It was a couple days ago when I hacked a wonderful Keyring for Palm OS , which is electronic wallet you could use (and I do) to keep all your PINs or passwords secure. It’s freeware, open sourced and uses real cryptography for what it’s doing. I strongly recommend giving this application a try if you haven’t had a chance to do that to date.

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I was out for a longer while, so the former release date of this version was slightly different, but despite of lot of other "queued" tasks I have now to finish I managed to build Where Am I? v1.5 which is now available. Get the latest version using WAI?’s built-in “Check for update” feature or download from many sites that mirrors this application (i. e. Softonic , PalmInfoCenter ) or just use local copy . New thing in version 1.5 – WAI now remembers last chosen BT device – so it won’t bug you to select one each time you launch. Reg’ed users please stay tuned I will get in touch with you this week. Thanks.

PS: Happy New Year!

To continue Mozilla ’s applications plugins review started with "Useful Thunderbird plugins " post, here’s the time to take a closer look a the popular web browser Firefox ‘s plugins . As per usual, I’ve just checked most of these available and here’s the list of which of them I personally found useful.

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