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Release Name: v0.6.3
Notes: ObexFTP front-end - ObexFTP easier than ever! ********************************************* Version 0.6.3 - Mon Sep 24, 2007 This software is distributed under the terms of the FSF Lesser Gnu Public License (see LICENSE.txt). CONTENT OF THIS FILE -------------------- 1. Download and running ObexFTP front-end 2. What is this? 3. Requirements 4. Features 5. Tested devices 6. Brought to you by... 7. "Thank you" list 8. Getting involved 9. More information 1. Downloading and running ObexFTP front-end ******************************************** If you downloaded the binary package, all you need to do is to extract the file in some folder, set executable permissions to "Run.sh" file and run it. For those who use a Debian-based system, there is a .deb package which you can download from the project site. After installation, the package creates a GNOME launcher under the Utility menu. If you don't use GNOME, just run ObexFTP front-end using the following command in your terminal window: $ obexftp-frontend 2. What is this? **************** The Open OBEX project, which is an open source project hosted in SourceForge.net, is the most successful implementation of the OBEX (OBject EXchange) protocol for Open Source Unix-based Operating Systems. Besides, it supports a wide range of devices of different models and vendors. The only bad thing about this great project is that the Open OBEX is a set of command-line programs, and they are not so friendly to the end users. We have been using the Open OBEX for some time, and we felt the need of a friendly user interface to make things easier for us - the users. So, ObexFTP front-end is a simple - but nice - Java Swing application that uses ObexFTP under the hood to make easier to manipulate the file system of OBEX-enabled devices. 3. Requirements *************** This application is compiled in Java 6, and you must have the Java 6 Runtime Environment correctly installed and configured in your system to in order to be capable to run it. Check out the link below for more information: http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp The ObexFTP application is used by this front-end and it should be installed as well. Check out the link below for more information: http://dev.zuckschwerdt.org/openobex/wiki/ObexFtpInstalling 4. Features *********** The ObexFTP front-end project is still under development, but it already have a bunch of useful features. For example, you can: + navigate through the device's files; + create folders in the device; + send files to the device; + download files to your computer; + delete files and folders; 5. Tested devices ***************** Visit the link below to see an updated list of supported devices: http://dev.zuckschwerdt.org/openobex/wiki/SupportedDevices 6. Brought to you by... *********************** --- Name : Daniel Fernandes Martins Role : Project Leader E-mail: daniel_martins at users.sourceforge.net --- 7. Getting involved ******************* In fact, there's a lot of work to be done in many different areas. If you are a Java developer and have ideas and/or want to help us code this application, contact us in the project's web site at SourceForge.net. Any help is appreciated. If you speak english, you can give us some tips and help us to correct the help pages, documentation stuff and other things (my english isn't that good though). :-) If you are an ObexFTP front-end user, you can help us write the help pages and share knowledge with other users. You can also give us suggestions of how we can improve this tool. 8. "Thank you" list ******************* My first "thank you" is a huge one and it goes to the ObexFTP team. If ObexFTP did not exists I would not have created ObexFTP front-end at all. So, thank you ObexFTP team! :-) http://dev.zuckschwerdt.org/openobex/wiki/ObexFtp Thanks to Sun Microsystems for creating such a great platform: Java. http://java.sun.com http://www.netbeans.org Thanks to all developers of the following projects: Maven, Groovy, JDOM, XStream, Log4j, JGoodies Looks, JUnit and JMock for their great work on these projects. http://maven.apache.org http://groovy.codehaus.org http://www.jdom.org http://xstream.codehaus.org http://logging.apache.org/log4j http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/looks/ http://www.junit.org http://www.jmock.org Thanks to the Tango Desktop Project artists for their amazing work on the icon library. Without Tango, I wouldn't have any chance to create a good-looking application (well, I think it is). :-) http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Desktop_Project Last - but not least - I thank YOU for downloading and using this application. I hope you enjoy using it as much as I enjoy coding it! 9. More information ******************* At SourceForge.net's project website you can find everything related to this project, such as the website link, public forums, tracker systems, SVN server information and so forth: http://sourceforge.net/projects/obexftpfrontend --EOF
Changes: OBEXFTP front-end CHANGELOG *************************** Version 0.6.3 ------------- Fixed bugs: + [1777608] 'Get files' command description wrong. + [1777611] Lack of shortcut keys in the file properties dialog. + [1799070] Exception should be thrown when the obexftp exit value != 0. + [1799073] Get rid of deprecated API usage. + [1801260] File extension matching must be case-insensitive. Improvements: + [1799383] Add drag-and-drop cappabilities to the application*. + [1800019] Re-design the file type configuration. + [1800587] deb package. + [1800729] XStream introduced to deal with the config persistence. + [1800737] Change the 'value' field to something more meaningful. * Only the 'drop' operation added Version 0.6.2 ------------- Fixed bugs: + [1773565] The app should accept send files w/o select a parent folder. + [1777088] The app shows the wrong files when expanding a node. Improvements: + [1774446] Convert the projects into Maven projects. + [1774446] The project now uses the SourceForge's SVN server. + [1774447] Separate the help files into a new project (or package). + [1774449] Add the 'Documents' file extensions in the config dialog. + [1777079] Change 'TTY' transport type to 'Serial'. + [1777080] Rename the field 'Transport' to 'Connection type'. + [1777083] Bundles a default config file in the binary packages. Version 0.6.1 ------------- Fixed bugs: + [1764057] Not working on Nokia 6881. Improvements: + [1760744] Improve help information. + [1767213] Show quit confirmation message only if needed. + [1773117] Create a Java Web Start distribution. + [1773120] Change the logo image and add an icon to the app. Version 0.5.4 ------------- Fixed bugs: + [1760498] The application should save log information into a file. Improvements: + [1760740] Make the validation checking of obex listing configurable. + [1759791] Pop up the config dialog when there's no config.xml file. Version 0.5.3 ------------- Fixed bugs: + [1758583] "Default button" stuff stop working after used for the first time. + [1758586] Commands executed in reverse order. + [1758587] Show root files action don't clear the file system tree before render the file system tree. Improvements: + [1758588] Application's look and feel replaced. + [1758616] Better log messages, which helps us to find bugs more effectively. + [1758615] Command module was re-written from scratch. + [1758590] "Working" animation now shows the description of the command being executed. Version 0.5.2 ------------- Fixed bugs: + [1758582] ClassCastException in ConfigurationDialog. Version 0.5.1 ------------- + First public release. --EOF
