http://blog.antaki.ca Java Desktop rocks! Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:01:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Be aware of this Facebook security breach/bug. If you go under Facebook -> Account Settings -> Security -> Active sessions make sure you end undesired sessions with weird IPs and weird browsers. In my case I saw weird sessions somehow around 3 weeks ago with a weird browser coming from ... http://blog.antaki.ca/2011/11/16/facebook-active-sessions-security-breach/ Bloom 2.8.0 has just been released. It's a big release it includes the following: * Adds cover flow: the ability to view photos by pressing on the SPACE button, ESCAPE dismisses the preview, the RIGHT and LEFT arrows are used to navigate between photos ... http://blog.antaki.ca/2010/03/15/bloom-280-released/ Bloom 2.6 has been released. Photographers using IPTC to tag their photos with Aperture, Adobe Lightroom, Picasa or any other software will love this release it as Bloom can now import all the IPTC metadata they want into the photo caption. To customize the keywords go to the Preferences dialog and ... http://blog.antaki.ca/2009/10/26/bloom-26-released/ Bloom 2.5 is finally here. It increases the number of photos per album to 200 photos, adds the ability to upload videos, and brings an improved user experience with the ability to track the progress of the uploaded file (each 100 bytes transferred). It also improves the load of the ... http://blog.antaki.ca/2009/07/04/bloom-25-released-200-photos-video-upload-and-improved-user-experience/ Bloom 2.1 adds the ability to import photo exif information. You can enable it from the Photo tab in the preferences menu. It brings first class Mac OS X support with a native DMG installer. It improves the album UI.. More on that here Get it from getbloom.com http://blog.antaki.ca/2009/04/26/bloom-21/ Bloom 2.0 has been released. It improves the Login process and adds the ability to add captions in the large image view mode. Check out the relase notes on http://antaki.ca/bloom/release_notes.php Get it from getbloom.com http://blog.antaki.ca/2009/02/28/bloom-20-released/ Bloom 1.7 has been released. It brings new features such as working offline, improvements in the quality of the images uploaded, UI improvements, better native integration on Windows XP/ Vista and Mac and stability improvements. Download it from http://antaki.ca/bloom/index.php http://blog.antaki.ca/2008/12/14/bloom-17-released/ Bloom 1.6 has been released. It brings the ability to download albums, sort photos by name and other attributes as well as it fixes the upload to an existing album. Get it from http://antaki.ca/bloom/ Windows: http://antaki.ca/bloom/Bloom_1_6.msi Webstart: for Mac and Linux http://blog.antaki.ca/2008/08/09/bloom-16-released/ Bloom 1.2 has been released. It brings new Look And Feel improvements, authenticated Proxy server support, fixes important bugs and adds french support. Bloom 1.1 brought a new filmstrip view, the possibility to view your friends photos and great performance improvements. Get it from http://antaki.ca/bloom/ Windows Webstart: for Mac and Linux http://blog.antaki.ca/2008/06/20/bloom-12-has-been-released/ The Swing Application Framework that will be part of Java 7 makes developing Java Swing applications easier and helps in avoiding writing boilerplate code such as saving an application Window dimensions, locations, it provides a structured approach to developing Swing application which was lacking apart from the Netbeans platform which ... http://blog.antaki.ca/2008/03/17/swing-application-framework/