There is strength in numbers. A single gnat is easily dispatched, but you’ll run away from a hundred of them. How unimpressive a single neuron is, but put 15 millions near to each other and you’ll get the brain of a space faring species, the rats. Paint 1000 of poor paintings and you’ll be a [...]
From time to time, I receive an email from someone interested in translating one of the freeware RW applications. Unfortunately, translating RealWorld applications is not an easy task. There is a lot of text and due to the plug-in based architecture, making a list of strings to translate is quite difficult. But things are about [...]
A couple of years ago, the decision was made to adopt the so called “multiple single document interface” used for example by Microsoft Word 2000, where each open document gets its own top-level window. Has the time come to change this approach?
New version of RealWorld Icon Editor brings support for ICL files, a redesigned raster editor with modern look and feel, mighty tools and handy filters, a seamlessly integrated system for file management with tags, and countless small changes and improvements.
Time before a release is both stressful and boring. No exciting large-scale functions are being added, bugs are being found and being fixed, praying that a fix does not destroy anything else. But, occasionally, a small step for a developer can be a giant leap for the end user.
It has been 3 years since the first public version of RealWorld Icon Editor was released on April 17th 2005. RWIE is still one of the youngest, but is has already managed to establish itself and has positively influenced the whole industry.
Beta version of RealWorld Icon Editor 2008.1 will be sent to beta testers this weekend. If you’d like to participate, leave a comment with a contact info and few words about yourself.
The biggest change in RealWorld Icon Editor 2008.1 will be a redesigned raster editor and scripting subsystem. This change is a major one and it is responsible for the long period between the upcoming and the previous versions. But it was worth the waiting…
Support for .icl files is one of the bigger new features of the upcoming version of RealWorld Icon Editor. What more is there to say?
I spend a good portion of my time developing software and only a fraction designing. Still, after a couple of years, I have hundreds of files with images and 3D models on my computer. And to tell you the truth, it is a mess…