12/11/2009 Topic: Thanks and Small Bug Report Allen	I just started using Symenu and I want to express my thanks for this impressive and very useful free program. It has a well thought-out design and obviously a lot of work has been put into it, including the documentation. Thank you. I have over 200, somewhat portable, programs and I run them from a hard drive as well as from USB drives. The small bug I notice is when I am running SyMenu 1.07.3594 on Windows XP SP3 from a fixed hard drive (I don't have SyMenu on USB yet), at the bottom of the configuration form it shows the free space, but it says "Free space on G: (20/50MB)" when it should be "GB." That is all. Allen
12/11/2009 Topic: Thanks and Small Bug Report Allen	Yes, I chose the "English" option on the first run of SyMenu. I was testing with version 1.02 which I downloaded last February. I then did a live update to the latest 1.07 version today. But even though I exited and restarted Symenu dozens of times today, the configuration form always showed "MB." It didn't occur to me that this was just a label in the language file. I also downloaded the SyMenu.zip file today and neither the 1.02 or 1.07 zip file has an "en-US.txt" file in the language folder. Apparently it is created on the first run when English is chosen. I just now did a fresh "install" test with the 1.07 zip file, and the resultant English language file does have "GB." So maybe the problem occurred because I did an update from the 1.02 version and not a new install. In any case, it is a trivial issue, and I just manually changed "MB" to "GB" in my language file. Thanks for the quick response! Edit: I found a few other differences between the 1.07 English file and my "updated" 1.02 file, so I replaced the whole file. Allen <em>edited by Allen on 12/11/2009</em>
22/11/2009 Topic: Enhancements Wishlist Allen	After testing SyMenu, here is my wishlist for enhancements: 1. Option for folders (containers) to display opened - to save mouse clicks opening folders for frequently used programs. A workaround is to add programs to the root menu without a container, but then organization is lost and there are no dividers. 2. Show USB drive letter in systray. I use portable programs on a hard drive as well as on USB drives so it is helpful to see which is open. 3. Make the Configuration window resizable to avoid constant scrolling when organizing and moving SyItems. Auto-sorting would be nice. 4. Check if SyItems have changed or are missing. Portable programs can be frequently updated but there is nothing to alert you in SyMenu until you try to execute the program. 5. Auto-close the auto execute programs on Symenu exit. A workaround is to use the EjectUSB program to exit SyMenu. 6. Automatic back up of settings. I manually back up the XML files, but still have a problem with file corruption. These are just my personal suggestions based on how I use SyMenu and they may not be useful to others. For example, I never use search since I organize my 100+ programs so I can find them quickly. My favorite feature of SyMenu is the Extension Manager. I have installed programs just so I don't have to use the default Window programs. Now I just use the portable versions and set up Extension Manager to override the defaults. Allen
23/12/2009 Topic: Enhancements Wishlist Allen	Wow, I wasn't expecting a new release so soon, especially one adding so many requested features! Thanks again for all your hard work. 1. SySeparator & SyProgram Shortcuts Now with separators, shortcuts for Syprograms, as well as the Search Bar--so many ways to quickly execute frequently used programs--I really don't miss a Pstart-like panel anymore. My only problem using the Search Bar is that not all of my program executables have simple names matching the application, but it is only an issue when dealing with a large number of programs, and even then only a few percent have odd names. I don't rename executables because it could cause problems with Thinstalls or when upgrading portable programs. 2. Unit Drive in Systray With 1.07 I used an icon utility to superimpose my hard drive letter and default USB drive letter onto the SyMenu icons, but it was inflexible and looked rather shabby, so I am glad to dispense with that expedient and use the real thing. I notice PSMenu allows more than one instance of their program as long as they are on different drives..is that a possibility with SyMenu? 3. Setting Files Auto Backup I am really glad to see this feature. It is very frustrating to make numerous configuration changes and have something go wrong, losing all the changes. I think the last auto backup is overwritten everytime you hit the SAVE button, so making a manual copy of the SyMenuItem.xml file before extensive changes might still be a good idea. I use a quick & dirty script adding a date-time stamp, making each manual backup filename unique. 4. Unlinked Programs I recently started adding program version numbers to the portable application folders for easier tracking, resulting in many invalid program paths in Symenu--but it created an opportunity to test the new "Check on unliked SyPrograms" feature--small typo on the "What's new" web page (: . The scan found about 30 unlinked programs, and I wanted to start correcting them, but I found I had to close the Unlinked Program page before I can make any changes on the Configuration form. So I have to either copy down the list of unlinked programs, do a screen capture, or change them one-by-one rescanning after each change. I think having so many unlinked programs is an unusual case, and it would not be a problem if there were only a few unlinked programs as is typical. 5. Resizable Forms The new feature allowing a vertical increase in the size of the Configuration form has really helped and lessened the time I spend madly scrolling up and down sorting and organizing 150 programs in various containers. I have noticed one quirky situation that has occurred only once with both 1.07 and 1.08. After numerous changes made and saved in the Configuration form, without exiting, suddenly the container and program icons become all mixed up, with even the folders showing different program icons. It is very strange! But I have found that after exiting the form and closing and restarting SyMenu, all the icons are correct. So it is only a temporary phenomenon and I don't know how to reproduce it. Allen <em>edited by Allen on 23/12/2009</em>
24/12/2009 Topic: Enhancements Wishlist Allen	Thanks for clearing up my misunderstanding on how the search bar works. The mixed-up icons problem happened again, but this time I took a screen capture to show what it looks like, and to see if there are any ideas on what may be causing it. [IMG]http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/2730/symenujumbledicons.th.png[/IMG] Allen edit: The picture is hard to see..I must have used the wrong imageshack option. Anyway My Chess folder has the Opera icon, my Go folder has the utorrent icon, and minigolf has the firefox icon..etc <em>edited by Allen on 24/12/2009</em>

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