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Saturday 7 April 2012
Wednesday 27 July 2011
New Feature: User Paging
Hey guys!
I've just added a new feature to Chronos, which is the ability to "page" your users!
Basically, admins can now select a user from the connected user list on their overview and click the "Page User" button. This will then cause the user to be notified that their attention is required. This is useful for calling in raiders who are sitting out, etc.
Client users can set up what sound to use for their page in their Basic Settings. This box works the same way as setting up text to speech / sounds in timers and triggers. Simply type something you want it to say upon receiving a page, or look for a WAV file to play instead.
Users that have received a page will get a flashing notification at the bottom of Chronos and their chosen sound effect will play once every 3 seconds. They can stop their "page alarm" by clicking the "End Page" button in the bottom right of the program. Of course, you can only see this button if you are currently being paged.
Admins that send a page to a user will receive an automatic notification in their log box that the user has successfully been paged. This message is a definite confirmation receipt, so there's no "I didn't get it!" excuses! The admin will also receive a notification in their log box when a user ends their page alarm in their client. This is useful for knowing when someone has seen the notification and have responded to it. There's a new option in the Basic Settings of the admin version that will allow you to turn on or off an audible speech notification that a particular user has turned off their page alarm.
Have fun!
Larks.
I've just added a new feature to Chronos, which is the ability to "page" your users!
Basically, admins can now select a user from the connected user list on their overview and click the "Page User" button. This will then cause the user to be notified that their attention is required. This is useful for calling in raiders who are sitting out, etc.
Client users can set up what sound to use for their page in their Basic Settings. This box works the same way as setting up text to speech / sounds in timers and triggers. Simply type something you want it to say upon receiving a page, or look for a WAV file to play instead.
Users that have received a page will get a flashing notification at the bottom of Chronos and their chosen sound effect will play once every 3 seconds. They can stop their "page alarm" by clicking the "End Page" button in the bottom right of the program. Of course, you can only see this button if you are currently being paged.
Admins that send a page to a user will receive an automatic notification in their log box that the user has successfully been paged. This message is a definite confirmation receipt, so there's no "I didn't get it!" excuses! The admin will also receive a notification in their log box when a user ends their page alarm in their client. This is useful for knowing when someone has seen the notification and have responded to it. There's a new option in the Basic Settings of the admin version that will allow you to turn on or off an audible speech notification that a particular user has turned off their page alarm.
Have fun!
Larks.
Monday 18 July 2011
I have no idea how this bug occurred, but it's fixed!
Hey guys.
My girlfriend recently noticed a bug with the timer engine that meant extracts weren't being replaced in timers / triggers correctly. Instead, the program would not call out extracts in your text to speech, put the text in the overlay window, etc.
This is actually a major feature of Chronos and was part of the design plan from the very beginning. This feature was tried and tested, so I have no idea how that bug crept in the code.
Anyway, it's fixed. Extracts should work correctly.
Larks.
My girlfriend recently noticed a bug with the timer engine that meant extracts weren't being replaced in timers / triggers correctly. Instead, the program would not call out extracts in your text to speech, put the text in the overlay window, etc.
This is actually a major feature of Chronos and was part of the design plan from the very beginning. This feature was tried and tested, so I have no idea how that bug crept in the code.
Anyway, it's fixed. Extracts should work correctly.
Larks.
Thursday 30 June 2011
Downloads Are Back Up!
Hey guys!
There was some downtime today (most of the day actually). Sorry about that!
Suggestions and comments are still welcome, so feel free to shoot them over at chronosdevelopment@gmail.com or leave a comment on the blog!
If I can't implement the changes into the current version, they'll likely end up in the next major version of the software :).
Thanks!
Larks.
EDIT: I've made a new "comments" section on the blog. If you're a Chronos veteran or even if you're new to Chronos, I'd love to hear your feedback, comments, first impressions etc on the software!
There was some downtime today (most of the day actually). Sorry about that!
Suggestions and comments are still welcome, so feel free to shoot them over at chronosdevelopment@gmail.com or leave a comment on the blog!
If I can't implement the changes into the current version, they'll likely end up in the next major version of the software :).
Thanks!
Larks.
EDIT: I've made a new "comments" section on the blog. If you're a Chronos veteran or even if you're new to Chronos, I'd love to hear your feedback, comments, first impressions etc on the software!
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