I've written a looong post but closed the browser tab by mistake before posting it ;_; I'll keep it shorter this time.
I guess most people won't remember it but I'm the developer of ScCalendar. It was a desktop application that pop up notifications for events, streams, rss, twitter etc and had a desktop stream player which was much easier/flexible to use compared to browser.
ScCalendar was released almost 1.5 years ago but discontinued for various serious reasons after 6 months or so. I've been working on a new and better version since then and now finally we have a beta candidate in our hands!
We're almost ready for beta release but before that I thought it would be better "beta the beta release" ( almost like alpha version )
Now I'm looking for help for final touches, I need some people to check it out give us feedbacks , bug reports etc. Not anything detailed really, we'll ask for that in beta. I just want to know if it runs properly for you, you like the general outline etc.
A few things about Towel,
- It has 2 main modules at the moment. Calendar & Stream.
-Calendar keeps traks of events in TL calendar and pops up notifications when an event is starting. You can also add custom events ( like birthdays or meetings etc )
-Streams widget keeps tracks of streams on TL, notifies you whenever your favorite one ( or any ) starts. You can also add custom streams and Towel will check them all one by one.
- It also has a stand alone stream player which, I believe, is much more flexible than browser. It's not %100 done yet, quality changes in twitch doesnt work at the moment but we're working on that.
- It'll be open source. It's on a private repository at the moment ( on bitbucket ) and it'll be all public after beta release. Still if you want to check it out just PM me your mails and I'll send you an invite.
- It's modular. The initial exe is like 10kb. Everything else is modular, which means easier update and improvement management in the future. Also since it's open source, everyone can write their own modules using .Net & WPF.
- It'll be all skinnable and customizable. It's almost there at the moment except a few windows. All main modules and windows are skinnable and customizable via notepad!
You can read more about Towel here.
If you're interested and want to check it out, you can download the beta of beta ( alpha? ) here;
http://bit.ly/zsu6yZ
-It requires .Net 4 Client Profile, which you should already have if you're using Windows7
We used to had a great feedback/bug report group back in ScCalendar days ( usurper, julian where art thou? ) so I hope you guys would help me a little again, this time with Towel!
For any report/feedback; you can post here, PM me, mail ( brnkahyaoglu@gmail.com ) or check my blog
IMPORTANT
-Please do not use the Feedback form inside Towel ( at top right menu ) It doesn't work at the moment and I just noticed I forgot to remove it from there. I just don't want any feedback posts lost like that,my apologies.
Thanks in advance, I hope you guys like it!
A few screenshots;
TowelPlayer
TowelPlayer
Streams Widget
Calendar Widget
Main Menu
Notifications