Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Finally, a Collaborator!

Hi again,

Finally, someone to help Me. Agni, a fellow Indian and Tamilian, has agreed to help me. He is currently workin on the Atom component of NEWS. You can reach him at theagni@gmail.com. He is also a fellow Tamilian. He's a real Genius at Text Processing. Thanks Agni, for the help...

And I would appreciate if someone can join me and contribute to the Project. You are all welcome.

Thanks and be right back....



Sunday, May 29, 2005

Data, Trackx and QSearch Complete!

Hi Again,

Believe it or Not, I have Completed not only Data and Trackx, but Even QSearch (If You can't understand the Names, please see my Previous Post for the CodeNames). It took me some time, but I made it. Data Uses Isolated Storage for Persistance, Trackx uses Data for Persistance, and QSearch has already got more than 20 Search Engines!

And the Power that the .NET Framework gave me to complete them was Astonishing

  • To Persist Data, I have to Make only one Function Call..
  • To Search in any Search Engine, I have to make only One Function Call..
And Since I have finished Data, I can start Work on some of My other Components. I am going to Start Now on QLaunch and NEWS.

If You can Help, Please Do. Visit this Place often for My Progress.....

Thanks, and Be Back Again....

Saturday, May 28, 2005

Components And Codenames

Hi Again,

Every Serious and even not so Serios Project Now-a-Days seem to have a Code Name. Not to be left out, I too started thinking about a Codename for Project BaBIE. Although Project BaBIE itself looks like a Codename, I would like to have something Short and Catchy. So, I thought Long and Hard, and Finally Settled upon Aristotle.

But, even the Components need CodeNames, so I started out assigning Codenames to them too:

  • Eagle - CodeName for the UI
  • Trackx - CodeName for the History Keeping Component
  • Data - The Data Persistance Component that Persisists all the Other Components
  • QSearch - The Search-Engine Component
  • QLaunch - The Quick Launch Component
  • Drawer - The Downloads Manager Component
  • NEWS - The RSS Aggregator
  • FileSave - The File & Photo Save Component
  • Favorites - The Favorites Component
That's it for Now, but expect it to be extended afterwards. I am currently Working on Trackx and Data, and I expect them to be complete in Two or Three Days.

Bye, And Be Back Again....

Friday, May 27, 2005

Project BaBIE

Hi Again,
Instead of Balantly Copying and Pasting the Entries from my Main Blog, I thought that I would revise and repost them here. So, here goes the Specifications.

Features in Consideration:
These Features will most probably make it to the Final Product

  • No ActiveX(By Default)
  • Tabbed Browsing
  • Stealth Mode (No History recorded)
  • One Click Clear Tracks(That is History)
  • Real Time Find
  • Enabling ActiveX on Page-by-Page or Sity-by-Site Basis
  • Popup Blocker
  • Built in RSS Aggregator
  • Saved Searches at around 25 Popular Search Engines
  • Quick Launch Bar (Like the Windows One)
  • Block Images on Page-by-Page or Site-by-Site Basis
  • One Click File Save
  • One Click Image Save
  • One Click File Save to Different User-Definable Directories
  • Space-Saving Autohide for Different Bars
  • Extensible Framework
  • Downloads Manager
  • Full Screen Mode

Features on Thought:
These features have not been fully thought out by me, but they may get into the Final Product:


  • Task List
  • Multiple Notes
  • Parental Control
  • Multi-Item Clipboard
  • Different Security Levels(Low,Medium,High,Very High)
  • Pre Loading Frequently Used Pages
  • Caching Frequently Used Pages
  • Color Coded Page Source
  • Passwords Manager
  • Weather Forecasts
  • Alert(That is, like an Alarm)
  • Stock Quotes
  • Sessions(That is, Saving the Total Pages open at one time...)
Well, That might look like a really long list, But, that'll make IE a lot better, fulfilling our Goal of Building a Better Internet Explorer....

BTW, If you have any features You would like to add, or any Comments on the Features Listedm Please Leave a Comment.

Thanks for Visiting my Blog, and be back Again...

Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Welcome to My New Blog

Hi.
This is my New and Third Blog. I created this blog, Since I found that Discussions about my projects are holding up my Main Blog. So, I could devote this Blog to my Project, and the Other Blog for what it was supposed to be.

So, for the Sake of Completeness, I am going to Transfer all my Project Related Entries from my Main Blog to here.

Bye For Now, and I'll get all those Related Posts here.