DiddleBug v.2.60 released

[kstuart]

What's new in 2.60?
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* editing sketch details returns to list view correctly
* added PNG plugin
* added "Send" functionality for SnapperMail, BlueTooth, ...
* allow corrupted sketches to be deleted (instead of crashing DB)
* supports Tungsten T five-way navigator
* partial support for Sony jog-dial

Download DiddleBug v.2.60 from
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/diddlebug/DiddleBug-2.60.zip

 

[Tixx]

I'm surprised that HiRes is not there.

[kstuart]

HiRes would be nice, but most people use this app as a StickyNotes app, rather than as a paint program.

It's still entirely free, and the plugins copy notes to a variety of programs (including all built-in apps and all built-in replacement apps).

BTW, a freeware Viewer program, "Windlebug" is available at:

http://maksee.narod.ru/palm/wb/index.htm

[UI018397]

I want colour !!

[SiliGoose]

I love DiddleBug (it's probably one of my 3 most-used apps) but I agree with the others: hi-res and color are must have features for the next release.

[LanMan]

What does everyone use Diddlebug for? I haven't quite found any real use for it.

[rolando]

Originally posted by LanMan
What does everyone use Diddlebug for? I haven't quite found any real use for it.

I use it all the time. But, the only thing I use it for is to take a quick note (jot down a phone number, IP address, etc.) Then, if it's important, I put it in a memo, address book entry, etc.

I've used it a few times for taking notes in a meeting, but it takes so many pages that it got a little old.

For a quick reminder, with alarms, it's great!

Rolando

[jims]

Originally posted by LanMan
What does everyone use Diddlebug for? I haven't quite found any real use for it.

I use it the same way as those 3M yellow sticky notes - quick reminders with an alarm that don't really need all the overhead of a "to do" item.

eg:  "Call my wife at 2:00" or "Talk to Bob before you leave" or to jot down a phone number quickly and then add it to my contacts later, etc.

[joejoe]

i used to use diddlebug and *especially* diddlesnap all the time with my palm IIIx and then my clie 300. since i got a hi-res device, diddlesnap crashes my clie every time. is it because the program itself is not hi-res?

if i'm mistaken and anyone knows how to address this problem with diddlesnap and making it work on the clie 615, i'd appreciate knowing how.

[rldunn]

Diddlesnap doesn't work because of the high-res, though DiddleBug has been updated to work fine on a high-res machine; the text is high-res, the drawings are not.

The developer has stated for awhile that color will be coming in v3.0 and high-res may also be coming at that time. However, it involves changing the entire database format, so it's a major piece of work, and given that it's a freeware project with one programmer, I wouldn't count on seeing it for quite awhile.

[LanMan]

I'm have v2.15 installed and using only 42K. I notice that v2.6 uses over 100K. Are there any compelling reasons for a T415 user to upgrade to the latest version?

[rldunn]

I can't remember all the updates, but two I do remember are support for high-res text and the ability to set note-specific alarms. If you don't need those, then I would stick with the version you have.

[LeeD]

Originally posted by LanMan
What does everyone use Diddlebug for? I haven't quite found any real use for it.

I frequenty travel to Taiwan and China for business. If I want to go somewhere, I get my friends to write the directions in chinese for me on my T615. If I want to go there, I just show it to the taxi driver and I'm on my way. Storing it on the CLIE is much better than always carrying around different pieces of scratch paper, or a notebook of chinese characters too.

This is in addition to the chinese buisiness cards of the area restaurants and hot spots to help me get around. When I need to go somewhere, I just show the business card to the taxi driver. When it's time to go back to the hotel, I just show the hotel business card.

Having Diddlebug gives me more flexability for those times when I don't have a business card for a place because I havn't been there yet.

[notmuch]

Originally posted by LanMan
I'm have v2.15 installed and using only 42K. I notice that v2.6 uses over 100K. Are there any compelling reasons for a T415 user to upgrade to the latest version?

That's wierd because you should be having problems running Diddlebug 2.15 on a Palm OS 4.x device! They recommend Diddlebug 2.5 or above for any device running Palm OS 3.5 or greater. Check out the Diddlebug Website (http://sourceforge.net/projects/diddlebug/) for all versions 2.5 and above.

[RNclie]

I use Penpencol because of it being color and hires. A little nicer look but no alarms and such.

[LanMan]

Originally posted by notmuch


That's wierd because you should be having problems running Diddlebug 2.15 on a Palm OS 4.x device! They recommend Diddlebug 2.5 or above for any device running Palm OS 3.5 or greater. Check out the Diddlebug Website (http://sourceforge.net/projects/diddlebug/) for all versions 2.5 and above.

Actually, I did end up installing DB v2.60 because the alarms wouldn't display properly with v2.15. Now the alarms function well. However, I still have not really found myself using it with any regularity.

[glass9876]

DiddleBug has superior alarm UI.
draw a right slide on the AlarmField at the bottom; select for example 7:00a and it will automatically be an alarm for the next morning (if it is today after 7:00a).

HiRes should be in the next release, color not.

My opinion on color: make it 4 or 8 bit. choose the palette yourself (black white red & blue)
Advantage: note will be small; speed will be fast, UI will be simple.
Disadvantage: it will still be a note taking app and not a paint app

[LeeD]

Since installing Diddlebug and Windlebug, I've been unable to copy the archive the pictures to my computer. Have other people run into this problem too?

I have Diddlebug 2.6 and have tried installing Windlebug, but when I try to execute WindleBug.exe, I just get
" No user with DiddleBug database found. Program will be terminated"

[glass9876]

check if your diddleBug DB is backed up in your backup folder on your desktop.

if you cant find it, look for the DB with a file manager, and set it to back up.

if it is there, reinstall windlebug.

(BTW, I've never used windlebug, but this might work. And there's a new plugin for DiddleBug, which exports your drawings to a bmp file on your memorystick. This might help, too: no need of a windows app any more!)

[kstuart]

If you have a WindleBug problem, contact the program author.

[Got_Clie?]

Originally posted by LanMan
What does everyone use Diddlebug for? I haven't quite found any real use for it.

I use it for quick notes that I want to remember but not necesarilly keep the note once reminded. It's much quicker to write a note there than to put it in notepad with graffitti.

[thenightfly42]

How I use Diddlebug: I assigned it to my ToDo button, and within the program I assigned the ToDo button to do the action "New drawing". Now, I can take out my Clie, hit ToDo twice, and scribble a note without even looking down at the unit.

Later, it gets transcribed (using the wonderfully-named IntelliBoogers with Pick-n-Flick technology) into ToDo or Datebook.

[thenightfly42]

One question, however; what the heck does "partial support for Sony jog-dial" mean? Scrolling it up or down goes through my drawings, just like it always has. Clicking does nothing, just like it always has. Anyone?