Comments on: Start++ breaks 6,000 downloads

By: Eric J. Francois

Eric J. Francois — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:46:13 +0000

I see that the competition about the icon has started already, so here my proposal, downloadable from my website under the following URL:

http://www2.vo.lu/homepages/eric.francois/Startpp_Icon_EJF.zip

It’s a zipped .ICO file with the icon in all sizes (256, 48, 32, 24,16) each time in XP style with alpha channel and Truecolor version with 1-bit transparency.

By: BugMeNot

BugMeNot — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 23:49:01 +0000

New Icons. Not fantastic but an improvement; all are 256×256 vista format icons.

Icon 1
http://www.filefactory.com/file/f992d5/

Icon 2 (same design slight variation)
http://www.filefactory.com/file/307004/

http://www.filefactory.com/file/20d075/

By: Mary Branscombe

Mary Branscombe — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:26:50 +0000

While you’re at it, maybe invest in a certificate so that Start++ doesn’t come up as from an unknown publisher? I bet MS likes your tools enough to buy you a certificate to use (that has your name on it so as not to make it look too official). It would be a nice example for other developers if the hero hobby coders started signing code… I’m a big WDS fan so I’m really looking forward to Start++ but unsigned code is sooo 20th century!

By: Tran Binh Nguyen

Tran Binh Nguyen — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:35:33 +0000

Yeah I think a forum is really necessary…
And so is a new icon…^_^

By: Michael Flanakin

Michael Flanakin — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:12:25 +0000

I’d start by taking a look at some of the open source project trackers out there (i.e. CodePlex, SourceForge, or Tigris).

By: Ryan Wagner

Ryan Wagner — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:50:27 +0000

We can host the forum for you if you want. We can do one of two things…setup your own forum or just add a sub-forum to our current forum. You should be able to see my email address in the comment so send me a message if you want me to setup a forum for Start++.

Thanks for a great app Brandon!

By: Joe Lencioni

Joe Lencioni — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:23:17 +0000

Congratulations on the downloads.

If you’re thinking about setting up a forum, I would recommend looking into Google groups. It’s super easy to set up and use and is quite flexible. http://groups.google.com/

Good luck!