Austin Hanson

Brief post before I go to sleep. I just pushed out 1.1.2.1, a quick update for 1.1.2 which was also just pushed. Chance are you didn’t see 1.1.2, which is fine, 1.1.2.1 is what you want anyway. Changelog to come tomorrow after I’ve slept – or check the Facebook page.

Why am I releasing an alpha release? Because it supports auto-updating and includes support for messages – two options that I want to have open to me tomorrow when I get to work heh.

Enjoy.

Download Growlbook v1.1.1.0 (Installer) or Growlbook v1.1.1.0 (zipped)

1. If you don’t have Growl For Windows, download and install it.
2. Download the latest release, currently found here: Growlbook Beta v1.1.
   1. Extract the files contained in Growlbook-Beta-v1.1.zip to a directory of your choice.
      1. If using Windows XP or greater, you should be able to just double click on the file.
      2. If not, download and install an extraction program such as 7-Zip, Power Archiver, WinZip, etc.
3. Double click on Growlbook.exe in the directory you extracted the files.

Notes:
The only issue you might have is if you don’t have the latest .NET Framework (3.5) which you can download from here: .NET Framework 3.5 or via Windows Updates.

Screenshots:

I’ll throw some screenshots up tomorrow, for now, here is the link. It’s quite nice.

Current known issues:

• Logging out will sometimes disallow logging back in. Fix: Close Growlbook and open it back up.
• Enter doesn’t initiate the login process.
• Font issues.

Dependencies:

• Growl (Mac) or Growl For Windows (PC)
• .NET Framework 3.5

Growlbook Beta v1.1

Here’s a quick sneak peak of v1.1 – which is destined to be more stable, more jampacked with features and much more refined.

Ok. I got rid of the Any CPU flag and added a bit of error checking. I’ve also upgraded the version to (Beta) heh and for the time being removed stream post support.

I plan on re-writing most of the C# facebook api tonight. The api that’s out there is…quite honestly crap. Look for a new beta build of Growlbook tomorrow evening sometime. Give this test build a whirl though, let me know if you find any problems or have any suggestions.

Growlbook (Beta Build)

Growlbook notifies you whenever anything happens on Facebook via “Growl For Windows”.

Growlbook v1.0

These notifications are presently supported:

• Friend Requests
• Pokes
• Messages
• Event Invites
• Group Invites
• New stream posts

What’s still in the works:

• Comments on relatable posts
• More depending upon requests from users or if I find something that is missing…

Security:

There are two methods to login:

• Enter your credentials in and Growlbook will auto login for you when ran (your credentials are saved and encrypted)
• Use Facebooks login form (your credentials are not saved)

Note: Even though your credentials are saved using the first method, I have taken some steps to encrypt them. It’s not perfect though, so if you’re worried, just don’t enter them in.

Download: Growlbook v1.0 (zip)