Distracted Attention

It’s all about the ratings…

I began Pepper to create an app that would let me find my favorite videos fast. Pepper does this is by letting you add a rating to each video file or by creating playlists.
Recently I’ve begun running into a few headaches.
Design Decisions
Pepper isn’t a Finder replacement. As such, there is no support to browse the [...]

Posted by Nick | September 1, 2008 | Filed under Cocoa

Pepper Alpha Available

So I’ve been gradually working on fixing bugs and cleaning things up in Pepper the last week.
I figure it’s usable enough for me, so it’s probably ready for the adventurous to give a try. Expect bugs, crashes, use at your own risk, etc.
Download: pepper-1.0a-latest.zip, Pepper Release Notes 1.0a

Posted by Nick | August 21, 2008 | Filed under News

Pepper peek

Here’s an updated screenshot from one of my testers:

A few changes:

Tag support has been removed for the initial release.
Added a “My Videos” folder. Under the hood this is a smart playlist of all your videos.
Automatically detects if files have been added and removed to one of your “Places” and updates automatically.
Replicated the “Open With” feature [...]

Posted by Nick | August 17, 2008 | Filed under Design, News

After a few more adjustments…

This is how Pepper is looking now:

Took some cues from iLife suite (toolbar moved to bottom bar).

Posted by Nick | July 20, 2008 | Filed under Cocoa

Sneak peek

Something I’ve been working on… and no, that isn’t Finder…

Posted by Nick | July 15, 2008 | Filed under Cocoa