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realdognose
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Posted - 2010.10.14 14:27:00 -
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Edited by: realdognose on 14/10/2010 14:41:29
Hello,
as you all know, there are just a few days left, till the release of "Windows Phone 7 series".
Well, my first thought was: I need a Character Monitor... So i decided to create one:
EVEolution is the world's first Character Monitoring Tool for Windows Phone 7 series.
Due to the fact, that Windows Phone hasn't been released right now, EVEolution isn't released,too .
(Need to debug it on the device, first).
Well, if you are interested, have a look at my website http://eveolution.de
There you find some more information and some screenshots of the current work progress.
Why i'm posting now? Because i need "your" input:
The market and industrial hub are still under Construction. I'm not a trader or Prodder myself,
so i don't know, "what" information is really really necessary. So, if YOU know something about
this - mage some suggestions (like: market order needs Itemname, price, duration, industry job needs timeremaining,
quantity, type, location, etc...)
Before EVEolution will be released, i'll debug it on my device.
Also i'm waiting for Feedback from CCP if i'm allowed to use the background-image and the icons.
http://eveolution.de
regards,
realdognose
Impressions:
Edit:
planed features are:
- EVEMail Reader
- Synchronisation of EVE Calendar with device calendar (one way, of course)
- Killboard-stats-fetcher from a EDK3-Killboard with activated Feed-Function.
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realdognose
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Posted - 2010.11.16 16:51:00 -
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Today i received my WinPhone. 
I will start debuggin immediately.
i think there will be a beta for download the next days.
regards,
realdognose
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realdognose
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Posted - 2010.11.22 16:59:00 -
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Thx guys.
Currently there are some 25M-Tickets left over :-)
Well, i'm still waiting for the geotrust confirmation for the windows phone marketplace.
it should take 2 or 3 Workdays... now it about a week 
i'll keep you informed.
regards,
dognose
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realdognose
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Posted - 2010.11.23 00:46:00 -
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Edited by: realdognose on 23/11/2010 00:47:01
Edited by: realdognose on 23/11/2010 00:46:19
Good news: The Marketplace-Account is activated now.
The beta-Version is still unter "testing".
With the activation of my account, i was able to "activate" my phone as a "developer phone",
and therefore could test the app on my phone the first time now.
For now everything looks good.
Just the market/transactions are not working as i expected it. So i will remove this tabs
in the first beta.
There's just one big "doh!" - Windows Phone has (in the first release) NO Copy/Paste function - and therefore adding
more than one account can be VERY annoying 
I'm currently working out a solution for this.
Tomorrow i will capture a movie for further information.
regards,
dognose
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realdognose
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Posted - 2010.11.28 09:58:00 -
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Edited by: realdognose on 28/11/2010 09:58:45
As promised - here is a little video of the first "beta".
i'm sry for the webcam-quality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHVYwuE7PQQ
ragards,
realdognose
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realdognose
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Posted - 2010.11.30 01:26:00 -
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Well, the App has now been unter "testing" for more than a week - and finally failed 
It doesn't meet Microsoft's Requirement right now, because "no body" can use the App without
an EVE-Online Account... (oh - really?)
I'm in touch with the support to solve this problem, hopefully ... 
i keep you informed about the progress.
While i'm waiting, i'll continue developing some nice features 
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realdognose
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Posted - 2010.12.02 20:47:00 -
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DeAngelica is right. The App won't work with older Versions.
Well, lets see if i can "solve" this problem with the support...
If it doesn't work, there will be no other way than deploying the XAP file.
As long, as there is "no official" way to directly setup XAP files on the phone,
i try to do it the "official" way...
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realdognose
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Posted - 2010.12.09 09:39:00 -
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 Originally by: Coreantes
Originally by: realdognose
Well, lets see if i can "solve" this problem with the support...
If it doesn't work, there will be no other way than deploying the XAP file.
Can't wait! Sure, you need an EVE Online account, but that should be the same as their Facebook app. It requires you to have a Facebook account to make use of it, right?! ;)
Lets wait and see!
This was my argumentation, too - just with much more examples (facebook, youtube, messenger, ....)
After a week without an answer, i wrote again, and again received the answer to be patient ... 
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realdognose
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Posted - 2010.12.14 20:23:00 -
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Edited by: realdognose on 14/12/2010 20:23:46
Edited by: realdognose on 14/12/2010 20:23:09
Well time for an update.
I got some information, "why" eveolution failed:
If you are submitting a "game" - you aren't allowed to link to any websites / to sell any "services" out of the marketplace.
They "thought", that EVEolution is a game itself. Now i explained, that it's not a game, but a supplemental experience to
an existent game (eve-online). They now need to investigate this ...
Well the fact, that you need a "eve-online-account" to use the app is still remaining - but lets wait what they figure out...
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I now added a "Skill-View" to every character. (http://dog.kraffner.de/easyshare/pictures/20101214212155.jpg)
But that's all for the moment. I'm currently leaking motivation, because i don't know, if my app will make it into the marketplace 
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realdognose
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Posted - 2010.12.15 14:30:00 -
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Yepp, the first version seems to be the "milestone".
I absolutely agree, that it is astonishing how serious MS is with checking the submitted apps.
I debugged a lot of things, but they still found a bug in the last release (you always get a detailed
answer with steps how to reproduce - great job!)
The Bug was something i "never" would expect (and therefore didn't test): If you start an character update, leave EVEolution, make a phone
call and return to the app - it crashed  (fixed now)
Nope, I'm not a UI-developer - but I always try to make an application fit into the environment. So i used the default phone-theme colors here
(if you have the "pink" metro theme, you have pink progress bars and pink squares).
Yeah, the $99 are hard - and i don't want to take any money, too.
So i "hope", that i can get enough ISK, to buy PLEX with a worth of $99.
I didn't loose anything, and the community has another application ;)
Best regards,
dognose
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realdognose
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Posted - 2010.12.15 14:38:00 -
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Edited by: realdognose on 15/12/2010 14:39:04
Originally by: Vorqoth
This is awesome!
But 25mil ISK?
Thats ****ing expensive for a casual playing n00b like me, id rather pay real money for it.
If you are a "Casual" Player, there are good news:
The usage with "one" Character is possible without Charge 
no limitation, no adds, nothing 
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realdognose
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Posted - 2010.12.18 15:13:00 -
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Thx for the great feedback.
Today i received another mail. It seems like the "question about EVE" is solved.
But now my "Premium-Activation" seems to become part of the problem.
Well if this is the "last" thing, that prevents the app from getting launched,
i'll remove that and "hope" for donations
I actually paid the $99 - so one year of distribution is "ensured",
wheter i'm allowed to use "Premium-Signup" - or not.
I'll keep you informed and hope that everything will be solved very fast.
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realdognose
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Posted - 2010.12.23 10:00:00 -
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Hello,
I know got the final feedback on the problem with Premium-Login.
I now know "what" to fix, but currently thinking about "How" to fix it :-)
Unfortunately I'm currently out of home, so i can start building in the changes
in about 2 days or so.
I'll do my best, to get the app submitted in the marketplace this year.
(Does'nt mean, MS will certify it this year)
Best regards,
realdognose
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realdognose
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Posted - 2011.01.04 16:06:00 -
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Edited by: realdognose on 04/01/2011 16:06:08
Little update on this:
I've now changed the code, so it should be certified. I'm currently doing some beta
testing and then will submit the App again. As of now, everything looks good.
Live-Tile usage is under development, but not yet build in.
Thx for all the feedback - And thanks for all your patience.
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realdognose
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Posted - 2011.01.11 20:13:00 -
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Edited by: realdognose on 11/01/2011 20:13:36
Edited by: realdognose on 11/01/2011 20:12:56
Current Status:
If have resubmitted the app last week. It failed again - but the good news:
The Main problem with the license agreement seems to be solved.
As mentioned above MS is "really really" serious about testing the apps.
And again they found a "minor" bug:
Quote:
Steps to reproduce
1. Launch the application.
2. Navigate the panoramic menu to the "main menu" page.
3. Select "news."
4. Select any news article.
5. Notice that the news article is not visible when the device is in the 'light' theme.
(white font on white background is really not visible )
i'll fix this tomorrow and resubmit it.
Microsoft seems to get "faster" with processing submissions. only took about 3 work days now.
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realdognose
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Posted - 2011.01.13 18:53:00 -
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Edited by: realdognose on 13/01/2011 18:58:32
Quote:
Congratulations! EVEolution has successfully passed certification for Windows Phone Marketplace! You may now publish your application to the Marketplace.
i already pushed the "publish now" button
But currently i can't find it (seems to take a lil while)
Remember:
After installing the Application, visit http://eveolution.de and follow the steps
to activate your full version
For now: Bug Reports and stuff like that via evemail / here in the thread. I'll create an engine for that ASAP.
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realdognose
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Posted - 2011.01.13 21:00:00 -
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You can download the App now, by following this link with your WMP7 Device:
http://social.zune.net/redirect?type=phoneApp&id=a0534879-b1f1-df11-9264-00237de2db9e
The Search-Function of the Marketplace doesn't know it atm.
The link above is also "linked" in the news of http://eveolution.de (easier to type with a smartphone :-) )
Best regards,
realdognose
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realdognose
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Posted - 2011.01.13 23:59:00 -
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If you have "any" trouble - let me know 
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realdognose
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Posted - 2011.01.14 02:26:00 -
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Once you have entered your deviceID, you need to restart eveolution
on your phone. Not just by hitting the "windows" key, use the "back" key,
until eveolution is closed.
Also take a look at similiar looking Chars.
If you still have trouble, convo me ingame, or write me an
evemail.
kind regards,
realdognose
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realdognose
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Posted - 2011.01.14 12:43:00 -
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Thanks for your feedback.
Yes, some of the points mentioned are already "improved" in the current build.
But i'll collect some "improvements and glitches" before releasing it.
(Don't want to serve 2 updates a day ;-) )
Currently i'm working on the performance of the skill-list, but it seems to be a
problem of the loading behaviour of "listviews"...
realdognose
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realdognose
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Posted - 2011.01.14 15:30:00 -
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I recognized, that several users have problems activating their device.
The main problem is to tell similiar looking chars appart:
"oh" vs "null"
"big i" vs "small L"
i'm currently working out a solution for this.
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realdognose
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Posted - 2011.01.14 19:08:00 -
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I've made some minor Changes to the activation process.
It should work "easier" now.
Btw: The App can now be downloaded from the marketplace.
Just Click on the "Search" Button and type in "eveolution".
Best regards,
realdognose
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realdognose
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Posted - 2011.01.18 10:45:00 -
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Edited by: realdognose on 18/01/2011 10:54:20
Edited by: realdognose on 18/01/2011 10:46:23
How to obtain the new portrait?
As you all know, todays update will provide us new avatars.
EVEolution has no build-in function to renew the character portrait.
Why? Usually the portrait won't change, so causing (mobile-)traffic, where it is usually not necessary
seems to be senceless. (Because it may cause additional costs over and over)
However, to get the new portrait, u need to do the following (assuming that CCP will preserve the "path to the image")
- Remove the characters from EVEolution.
- Restart EVEolution (to clear the cache)
- Refetch any characters you want to update.
(If you are using premium-fetch, this will take about a minute)
As of the current patchnotes, CCP will make changes to the API-System.
Well, let's see if EVEolution can handle this.
If there are major changes, i'll deploy an update as soon as I can.
Requested Features
Some statements about the requested and upcoming features and fixes:
- The Skill list will be rearanged in an alphabetic order
- I'll add an option to disable the skill list (for those, who dont care, and wan't to speed up the Detail-Hub loading)
- RSS-Feed for evenews24 will be added.
- Option for updating skilldata on startup will be added. (Automatically fetching over and over won't work. MS sends Apps in the
background to a kind of "hibernate")
- Live Tile Support
- Killboard-Stats for Characters
- Industry & Markethub
- EVE-Mail reader (actually thinking about PUSH-Notification if EVE-Mail arrives)
- Fix: Trainingpercentage and Skillpoints while updating
- Fix: Percentage of Skills (rounding to full integer values)
- Fix: Refresh-Button will be larger.
There is no guarantee, that every feature or fix will be included in the next release.
Best regards,
realdognose
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realdognose
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Posted - 2011.01.23 17:34:00 -
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Edited by: realdognose on 23/01/2011 17:36:35
Hello,
It seems like everything is working fine. There have been minor problems
with the activation, but they could be resolved.
So if YOU have any problems, just convo me, write an evemail, or visit my channel.
Since there are "no" critical bugs, im currently stucking in development, because
i need to do a lot of learning for my exams. (Rl & Stuff ^^)
Once im finished i'll continue working on the next features.
Edit: Yes, im planing to build in "LiveTiles", as well as "push notification".
I haven't read about the "Big Tiles", but i think they are reserved for "MS-Apps"...
Best regards,
realdognose |
realdognose
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Posted - 2011.01.24 17:48:00 -
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Edited by: realdognose on 24/01/2011 17:49:15
Originally by: Karbowiak
If you want to get killboard stats for a character, come by #ESC on Coldfront and have a talk with me or Beansman - we can surely figure something out with an API of some sorts :)
Thanks for your offer. Yes, i will visit you this week, if I got some Sparetime.
Would be pretty cool if we can work out a solution.
(Maybe such an API is interesting for other developers, too.)
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realdognose
Caldari
Biotronics Inc.
Initiative Mercenaries
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Posted - 2011.02.01 16:40:00 -
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Edited by: realdognose on 01/02/2011 16:52:48
Edited by: realdognose on 01/02/2011 16:45:18
RAZOR special
Because the RAZOR-Alliance has wardect us, i'm starting a special.
EVEolution will be sold for 99M until this Friday! (ending Saturday 00:00 am +/-)
If you have signed up formerly, please request a new transaction-key by signing up again!
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realdognose
Caldari
Biotronics Inc.
Initiative Mercenaries
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Posted - 2011.02.20 03:38:00 -
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Thx. Glad to hear you like it.
Yeah, still about 2 Weeks to go, then i've finished my exams.
Then a bunch of new features will be included ;-)
best regards,
realdognose
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realdognose
Caldari
Biotronics Inc.
Initiative Mercenaries
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Posted - 2011.03.09 20:13:00 -
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Hello,
i've received lot of feedback the past weeks. First i'd like to say: "Thanks!". Thanks for all the
flowers and the ideas, what to build in next.
I've recedived "that much" ideas - i think the phone will run out of memory, if i include everything.
The primary goal in the next weeks is to fix some "minor" glitches. As reported:
- Some PI-Skills are shown unter the "Science" Section.
- EVE-RSS Reader has stopped updating
- Alphabetic sorting of Skillgroups.
This, and some other bugs will be the next update. Then i will continue to merge the current
Development-Version with the stable release.
Best regards,
realdognose
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