Clic!Dev, ‘Tate, and many more projects!

Kodachi v0.5.1 is out! It’s good news for developers who want to write plug-ins or if you wish to change the look and feel of the application:

1. A demo plug-in is now included. All it does is add a new direct word to Kodachi’s vocabulary: ‘Demo‘. Type it, select some action, and it will display a Growl-like notification confirming your action. A very easy starting place for budding plug-in developers.
   -
2. Kodachi’s user interface is now skinnable. Actually this goes a bit beyond a simple skin as you can change its behaviour alltogether. Note that when launching Kodachi, you will now see the new demo skin, called ‘Bezel‘, that I created. If you are familiar with QuickSilver, this is certainly an interface you are already used to. If you wish to work with the old interface, simply disable the ‘BezelInterface’ plug-in.
   -
3. The installer now checks which version of .Net is installed on your PC, if any, and offers to install the correct version if necessary.

Download Kodachi 0.5.1

You can now anonymously sync. to the bleeding edge version of Kodachi’s source code at svn://nextbbs.com/kodachi

If you do not feel like installing svn/compiling Kodachi but are still curious about its source code, you can browse it at http://www.nextbbs.com/trac/kodachi/

Note: if you sync. to the first check-in, you will get the version of Kodachi that is currently downloadable. If you sync. to the next one, you will get a new version with a temporary default interface. Yes, I am working on adding customizable interfaces.

Oh, man. Jack of all trades, master of…not many?

This week, my frustration over not finding a QuickSilver-like tool for Windows, was at an all-time high.

Do not get me wrong: Colibri and Launchy are fine tools. They just do not have this QuickSilver-like feel that I miss so much at work.
Fortunately, I came upon Kodachi completely by chance and I really like the tool.

Unfortunately, there was no executable available, only source code. Obviously, no installer either…And the project was abandoned by its original author. I contacted the interim maintainer and created a nice installer. I also did some clean-up.
I may or may not offer to take over the project, depending on the feedback I get.

Here is a video of Kodachi in action:

And of course you can download it: thank you SourceForge.

Note: this is an alpha release. There is no guarantee that it will even work on your machine. All I can tell you is that it will not break your PC.