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Version 1.00 Alpha 03 is up. This is mostly another internationalization release. There have been some big improvements to the installation system, and the build system on the back end.

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CHANGELOG - Version 1.00 Alpha 03

Version 1.00 Alpha 03
  - Added Russian Translation (Andrey Nosanchuk a.k.a. Qwerty_315 - Qw_315@list.ru)
  - Added Brazillian Portuguese translation (Rodrigo Ribeiro - http://www.engcomputacao.com.br | rmrcoxa@users.sourceforge.net)
  - Added German translation (Bastian - bastianneu@googlemail.com)
  - Changed versioning system. All files get full version numbers.
  - Updated install process
  - Added translation credits
  - Added LICENSE
  - Added localization to database entries
  - Removed js/blowpassUtils.js

I shut down the CVS repo that I never used, and swapped to an SVN repo that I intend to use. It should be utilized more since I have a build system and commits won’t require distilling the whole system down to the “install” level.

Check it out: http://blowpass.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/blowpass/

Have a new release out & updated on BlowPass.com.

Version 1.00 Alpha 02 is mostly just localization items, no major bugfixes. I added dynamic language switching with some great icons from FamFamFam

Available languages,and the translators are:

Thanks to the translators, especially Claude, who pointed out some strings I missed. German and Greek are in the queue for translation.

Another change in this version is that I wrote a full set of build scripts so now I should be able to actually use the Subversion repository. We’ll see about that I guess.

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Looking to make BlowPass available in multiple languages. Please contact in comments or at http://static.velvetcache.org/contact.php if you are interested. Very simple translations, about 150 lines total.

The only other option is to suffer at the hands of Google Translator.

Update – 08/22/07
Spanish base is done, thanks to Ricardo U.
French base is done thanks to Claude.

I’ll be adding an on-the-fly switcher asap so they can be easily used.

Update – 08/23/07
I added a quick language changer at the bottom of the screen. There are still some untranslated strings that I missed when I was converting it, as well as some fixes to the French version I haven’t gotten added in, so it’s not perfect by any means. But it is there. I’ll be releasing a new alpha in a few days.

I’ve decided to switch the main page over to the more feature-full alpha of the new 1.0 version. I moved the old 0.6x series to http://www.blowpass.com/old/6x where it will remain for as long as I can maintain it.

It is recommended that you switch to the new line, as the data formatting is incompatible, and the sooner you move the less you’ll have to hand copy.

You can find out more about the 1.0 series here and here.

Put a new version up today. The major change? Export! You can now export your passwords from the db into a nice, plain text XML file. I’m hoping to finish the import functionality, then try adding a few more formats (JSON, CSV, etc.) If you have a suggested format, let me know.

Do it to it lars.

Here it is, an alpha release for the new version 1.00 thats coming up here. This should be used with care. While it is stable, it’s really pretty fresh and may have a nasty bug hiding in it. Please contact me with feedback if you install this alpha version.

Get 1.00 Alpha Here
Try 1.00 Alpha Here

I didn’t get every feature I wanted, and some I threw away. Here’s a re-cap of whats in, whats out, and whats coming, based off of this post.

Internet Explorer Support – Not Done
JS Libraries – Abstracted the ciphers to a generic interface, solidified the design around mootools.
JSON – All communication is JSON, still not using native PHP JSON though.
Delete! – Working
User Types – Working
Error Handling – This is very strong now, using exceptions.
Templating – Not done
Button Keyboard – Not done, prob. won’t add this.
Export! Import! – Not done, needs to be done though.
Docs! – Used NaturalDocs, see it here.

Another major item is full-on internationalization. It’s ready and waiting, so if you want to do a translation, please go ahead.

Version 1.00 Progress
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Hey all you hip developers. Run over to SourceForge and nominate BlowPass for the community choice awards! I’d love to win that, get a big boost of developers eyeballing the code, and the have bundles of awesome crypto libraries to share!

Development has really slowed down. I’m into the GUI code and keep having to restructure things. I’m going to push out the V1.00 release date another month. End of July if all goes well.

Version 1.00 Progress
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I got the beta for Safari on Windows, and it looks like it handles the old BlowPass (V0.6X) just fine. I didn’t have any problems, so I think it’s safe to assume that BlowPass is Safari compatible.