301 Reply by John

(3 replies, posted in Dropzone Support)

Hi guys,

I've just updated the Print extension to fix this. It was an issue where a utility the script calls changed its location.

Here's a link to the updated extension:

http://aptonic.com/getdestination.php?n … t.dropzone

Download and double click it to install it (making sure to delete the old one first so you don't end up with two installed).

I think I should clarify that my goal with creating the Print destination was to provide a 'quick and dirty' way to print a file without opening the application it was created in. There are major downsides to doing this, such as the fact that you can't set printer settings such as layout, copies etc. Also I had to do a bit of a hack to make Word docs print - they are rendered using the Quicklook engine before printing so the formatting will not always be correct. The destination is actually often a poor choice for printing.

Really the use case I had in mind for this was something like - I have map image or a little text or something that I just need printed in a hurry. If you're using the Print destination for anything more than that then you're missing the point of the destination.

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302 Reply by John

(7 replies, posted in Feature Requests)

It thrills me to tell you that Dropzone 2.5 which was released a few days ago fully supports Retina displays.

You can upgrade via the Mac App Store or update in the preferences for the direct version.

More here: http://aptonic.com/blog/dropzone-2-5-released

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303 Reply by John

(2 replies, posted in Feature Requests)

Thanks for the feedback Carlos. I use VMWare myself and will have to see if similar issues apply.

Will see what can be improved here in future versions although I'm sorry to say this isn't the highest current priority.

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304 Reply by John

(1 replies, posted in Dropzone Support)

The ImageShack destination is designed as a quick way to upload an image without the need for an account.

Perhaps try Flickr, TwitPic or the Dropbox destination if you need the images under a particular account.

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305 Reply by John

(7 replies, posted in Feature Requests)

Yep, I'm planning to add this in an update soon.

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306 Reply by John

(1 replies, posted in Dropzone Support)

Thanks smile YouTube support is a definite possibility.

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307 Reply by John

(5 replies, posted in Feature Requests)

Thanks for the tip smile

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308 Reply by John

(2 replies, posted in Dropzone Support)

Thanks fb0r. I'm aware of this issue. It's due to a workaround needed where drag and drop can stop working due to a bug in Lion. I'm working on a solution for a future update.

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309 Reply by John

(2 replies, posted in Dropzone Support)

Hi Mike

The closest is this script - https://github.com/aptonic/dropzone-use … n.dropzone
It lets you specify a name, email and subject to send to when you drop a file onto it.

Click the Raw button on GitHub and then save it somewhere. Then edit the bit at the top that says:

$SUBJECT = "Message Subject"
$BODY = "This is the message body."
$TO_NAME = "Test Person"
$TO_ADDRESS = "test@testing.com"

And fill in these fields with what you want. Make sure the file is saved with a .dropzone file extension and then double click to install.

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310 Reply by John

(4 replies, posted in Feature Requests)

I'll look into this. It really depends on the extent to which Sparrow supports AppleScript.

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311 Reply by John

(18 replies, posted in Dropzone Support)

Hi Michael

The print destination doesn't support advanced printing options like you describe. I started going down the road of adding more configuration and realized that there are literally thousands of options users may want to configure when printing and this falls way outside the scope of what Dropzone is designed for.

The print destination is really only for a super quick and dirty way to print a document without having to open it first. e.g. I want this PDF printed, real quick. If you're trying to use it for tasks beyond this then you're missing the point of the destination.

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312 Reply by John

(1 replies, posted in Dropzone Support)

Thanks for the feedback. I am hoping to support other mail clients in a future version of Dropzone.

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313 Reply by John

(4 replies, posted in Dropzone Support)

The update is now available on the Mac App Store.

TwitPic is now bundled with Dropzone so you no longer need to download the extension and install it separately. Simply go into the Preferences -> Add and then select TwitPic from the action drop down. You will then be asked to authorize TwitPic with Twitter.

Thanks for your patience and let me know if you have any problems.

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314 Reply by John

(4 replies, posted in Dropzone Support)

The update (Dropzone 2.3) has been submitted to the app store and is waiting for review by Apple. It should be available real soon.

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315 Reply by John

(6 replies, posted in Dropzone Support)

Hmm, well I agree that is frustrating. If Dropzone did that for me I would definitely be annoyed. Unfortunately I can't reproduce it and nobody else has emailed me about this either.

Any chance you could record a quick screencast demonstrating the behavior? I might notice something different about how you're using it that gives me a clue as to why this might be happening.

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316 Reply by John

(14 replies, posted in Dropzone Support)

Thanks for posting that Matthew. I've had a look and it doesn't tell me a whole lot.

When Dropzone becomes unresponsive, if you click the menu item and press (Command+,) does the Dropzone Preferences window appear? This would tell me if Dropzone has actually hung or whether the grid/circles is just not able to open for some reason.

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317 Reply by John

(14 replies, posted in Dropzone Support)

Are you using gfxCardStatus?

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318 Reply by John

(4 replies, posted in Dropzone Support)

Yep, sorry. I have fixed this now and will be submitting the updated version to the App Store very shortly. The update should be available in the Mac App Store in a week or two depending on the app review time.

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319 Reply by John

(14 replies, posted in Dropzone Support)

Hi Matthew

If Dropzone is crashing there will definitely be a crash report. Open Console.app and in the log list on the left-hand side expand a section marked 'CrashReporter' - any time an app crashes a report is added to this section.

Please email the report to me - john@aptonic.com or paste it here and I'll take a look.

Thanks!

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320 Reply by John

(2 replies, posted in Feature Requests)

People have themed Dropzone in the past by simply replacing the images in the Dropzone bundle, see below for example.

http://f.cl.ly/items/2z2i00351u3J1y1h1B2A/Circles.png

I agree it would be nice to take this to the next level and allow a theme to be selected through the preferences or something of this sort. I will think about this for future versions.

Thanks for the feedback!

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321 Reply by John

(5 replies, posted in Dropzone Support)

Yup, sorry for the delay. You had the right idea. I've filled in the blanks for you and the working script can be downloaded below:

http://aptonic.com/getdestination.php?n … e.dropzone

I've hosted it in the dropzone-user-scripts repository (https://github.com/aptonic/dropzone-user-scripts) so others can benefit from it also. Nice idea smile

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322 Topic by John

(4 replies, posted in Dropzone Support)

Just wanted to let everyone know that the TwitPic destination is now throwing an error saying 'Invalid username or password' even when you have these set correctly. This is because the TwitPic API has changed significantly a short while ago.

I'm working on a solution to this but it will take a little time as Dropzone needs to implement OAuth authentication to work with the new API.

I will let you know when an update is out that fixes this.

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323 Reply by John

(5 replies, posted in Dropzone Support)

This sounds pretty similar to the Move Files & Copy Files destinations that ship with Dropzone. Have you looked at those?

If the key element is needing to rename the files before moving/copying then this is certainly possible but will require some changes to these destinations. Right click on the Dropzone app bundle then do 'Show Package Contents' and navigate into Contents/Resources/Destination Scripts and have a look at the Move Files.dropzone destination in a text editor for a starting point.

Also, see the API documentation at http://aptonic.com/api

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324 Reply by John

(6 replies, posted in Dropzone Support)

Ah, right. Well it's odd, because for me the status window isn't stealing focus like you say. I tried dropping a file onto the ImageShack destination. While it was uploading I was able to open and close new tabs in Chrome and close/open Finder windows.

What destination are you using when this happens? Also are you on OS X 10.6 or 10.7? Perhaps try rebooting and see if this still happens. There may be some other factor I'm missing.

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325 Reply by John

(6 replies, posted in Dropzone Support)

Glad you're liking the new version smile

I'm a bit mystified about the issue you've described. No timing with regards to the status window has changed from the old version. Only thing I can think of it that Dropzone maybe taking keyboard focus when displaying the status window which means the keyboard events goto that window rather than the one you meant.

I will look into that, but meanwhile you could try Cmd-Tabbing to the app you are trying to use after initiating a Dropzone action and see if that fixes it.

Regarding the status window position: you can move it wherever on the screen you want by dragging it around and the position will be remembered. You can also minimize it by double clicking on it - it will pop back up when the action completes.

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