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Shrook v2.6 released

The multi-threaded version of Shrook has been performing solidly in testing for the last month, so it's time to go public. You'll notice it's much more responsive when it's checking lots of channels at once, and items no longer jump around under the cursor.

The most obvious sign of the change is that now the stop buttons next to busy channels will go light grey for a period before they disappear. This is when loading is finished but processing on a separate thread is still ongoing. In this version, the final stage of processing still occurs in the main thread, and is indicated by a new "Processing" message in the status box. You should only see it occasionally, and typically only for less then a second (if this isn't the case, let me know).

There's also a big improvement in Shrook's attachment support: It actually works now. There was a show-stopping bug that affected a number of users, but I've now tracked down and fixed the problem.

One final note: Mac OS X v10.3 is no longer supported.

Download it from the Shrook page.

-- Graham, September 24th, 2007 9:53 PM.

Answers

I like the update. The only problem I'm having is that now the option for command + U (Channel > Mark all items read) only works in each individual entry. For example, if I have a Group of 5 RSS feeds, I have to mark each feed individually. In the previous version, I was able to go to the top of group and from that entry (All), I could mark all RSS feeds as read with one command.

-- Egidio Leitao, September 25th, 2007 3:17 PM.

Tremendous improvement in perceived performance. Thank you.

-- eric scoles, September 26th, 2007 9:40 AM.

Much better responsiveness, but what's with the jumping between 3 and 4 columns though? Column 3 expands until an item is selected and then column 4 appears. Liked it better when it stayed static at 4 columns.

-- Kesey, September 27th, 2007 12:05 AM.

Agree with Egidio. I use Command U every time I use Shrook, but now it's not working. A slight downer. I really like the program, though. Thanks.

-- Stephen, September 28th, 2007 3:37 PM.

Agree the update is good, but keeps crashing, every session I use it

Macbook Pro, Intel 2.33GZ, 2GB, 10.4.10

-- Gordon, October 4th, 2007 3:38 PM.

I cannot launch the app after OS has been upgraded to the recent 10.5 version (Shrook 2.6 crushes on startup). Tried to delete .plist file, but it did not help. Anybody else here with similar problems?

-- Marek, October 27th, 2007 5:05 AM.