Archive for the ‘Tips’ Category
Monday, November 26th, 2007
If the software you work on ever ends up with more than a few dialogs or a non-trivial navigation flow, then you should create a document that I call the "UI Map". This document is quite simple to create, and the work you put in to it will pay off ...
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Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
Back in September I posted a tip stating that freeware authors should release frequent updates to their products. I claimed to be practicing this tip myself, and that it was working. A constant stream of updates creates a constant stream of press and blog coverage. Someone who sees two bits ...
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Friday, September 21st, 2007
Prior to Paint.NET v2.6, I was releasing at a pace that covered several months. 2.0 to 2.1 was about 5 months, and forward to 2.5 was another 6 months. V2.6 was done in 3 months, and 3.0 took about 11 months. However, between 2.6 and 3.0 I release 2.61, 2.62, ...
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Friday, August 10th, 2007
After writing the first two articles in my "Making Money With Freeware" series, I've come to the conclusion that there are several cross-cutting topics that deserve separate treatment. Because, as you might expect and as an example, the first tip one should heed towards making money with freeware is to ...
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Saturday, August 4th, 2007
With Paint.NET v3.07, there was a subtle change in the release notes:
Changed: The help file / documentation is now hosted online. This has reduced the download size by more than 3 MB, and will also allow us to provide translations without ballooning the size of the download (each language would ...
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Friday, July 13th, 2007
I don't really have an outline for this series so I'm really hoping that the "#1" up there in the topic doesn't stand by itself for too long. Anyway, like I said earlier when I decided against disclosing revenue figures for now (either because I'm humble or because I'm a ...
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