The First Beta from the 1.5 Series Released
Written for StackApplet by Nathan Osman on 2011-05-11
The first beta release from the 1.5 series is now available for download! You can get the installers here: https:/
There are quite a few changes introduced in this release so I'll try to go over them here. First and most significantly, StackApplet is now completely multithreaded. This means a huge increase in stability and perceived performance - interacting with the icon is instantaneous now and the interface just feels faster.
Another change you'll notice right away is the switch from the GTK preferences dialog to a new web-based preferences page. The page is a lot easier to style and much more interactive. The page communicates with the applet via an included HTTP server. You can now rearrange items in the menu, select associated accounts, and all of these changes are instantaneous - they immediately take effect. Also, I wrote a small JS library to import the translations from Python - making it completely effortless to translate the web interface.
Lastly, you'll probably notice that there is a Windows installer. StackApplet is now available as an all-in-one installer for the Windows platform - simply download the installer and give it a try. A lot of work went in to making Windows equivalents of Ubuntu/Linux specific modules, such as 'pynotify' and 'appindicator'.
As always, feedback at this stage is crucial. Please file any bugs you find (remember to specify the platform) and report anything that doesn't work. Also, some of the translations are outdated. Any help there would be appreciated.
