…and all it got is this lousy update. But lets start from the beginning:
I‘m very pleased to announce that CoverSutra, my personal entry to the indie software scene, turned three years today. It‘s granted that a shiny new version 3.0 of CoverSutra would be a much better way to celebrate. But well, it looks like I got distracted by some iPhone app.
So instead I‘m releasing version 2.2.2, which fixes a rare crashing issue while showing the keyboard bezel.
If you‘re that particular guy with that issue: You‘re welcome!
I‘m sure you will agree that this lousy bugfix-release isn‘t a way to celebrate a birthday. So additionally CoverSutra will be on birthday sale for very iPhoneriffic $4.99!
This is your best chance to get a „valid“ license, you won‘t get it for a lower price anytime soon. But hurry, the sale ends this wednesday on January 27… just in time when Steve Jobs announces that Software as we know it today will be obsolete ;-)
Head over to
the Store to snatch your license today!
CoverSutra 2.2 is now available. The Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or iTunes 9 and includes general fixes that enhance the stability and performance of CoverSutra. The new version also adds these specific fixes:
- CoverSutra is now compatible with Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard.
- Compatibility fixes for iTunes 9.
- CoverSutra now runs natively on 64bit Macs.
- Two times faster music search.
- The music search menu no longer displays podcasts, movies and TV shows.
- Changed the order in which playlists appear in the music search.
- CoverSutra no longer displays now playing notifications if iTunes is the frontmost application.
- Updated artwork for iTunes 9.
CoverSutra 2.2 is a free upgrade for existing customers.
Update: CoverSutra 2.2.1 is now available and includes the following fixes.
- Fixed Last.fm scrobbling issues.
- Fixed stability issues.
- Minor corrections and enhancements.
It‘s surprising how fast time runs by. Today CoverSutra already turns two years old. I can still clearly remember the evening when I prepared version 1.0 for the public release. Believe me, it was an absolutely horrible day for me, not knowing if CoverSutra‘s sales will allow me to stay independent or not and, more importantly, if the Mac crowd would accept CoverSutra. A certain french artist even described it as „suffering a stressed german girl“. Well, well …
Now to the less boring part of the post: CoverSutra 2.1.6 is available now and should fix quite some smaller bugs and odds. Head over to the product page to download the update, or use the Build-in software update if you‘re already running CoverSutra.
But what would be a birthday without presents? So just for today CoverSutra is available for free! Go to the Store to get one of the cheapest CoverSutra serial numbers ever! Yeah I know, you could also use a pirated serial, but that‘s bad for your Karma, right?
Update: The birthday party is over, we’re resuming to regular pricing ;-).
I’m happy to announce that the sale for Where To?, the points of interests application for the iPhone, is finally complete.
Where To? was once a product of tap tap tap, but due to some conflicts the company got split up and the iPhone app was offered for sale.
It took quite some time from the initial sale announcement back in october to today’s finalizing of the deal. However, I’m glad that Where To finally found a new home, one that I feel confident that it’s the right one.
So as of today, Where To? is officially available from FutureTap, a new iPhone development company founded by Ortwin Gentz. Ortwin isn’t new to the Mac scene and is probably best known for co-founding equinux in 1999. equinux in turn is surely well known for it’s quality Mac application iSale. It’s worth noting that iSale won not one, but two Apple Design Awards. Believe me, it’s a good feeling to hand over your baby to a Design Award winner…
That’s maybe the best thing about the whole sale. The application doesn’t just go to someone with interest in iPhone apps, or even to some investor digging for the Cupertino gold rush. It goes to an indie developer with equal ideas and an equal mindset.
You can read more about this sale, and about Ortwin’s experience about „How to purchase an iPhone app“ at the FutureTap blog.
Also I’m very happy to be involved in the future of Where To. I’ll support him during the transition phase with ideas and coding help. All in all this should help to bring Where To? back on track and hopefully back in the App Store charts. Keep in mind: The best features are the ones yet to come.
Alright boys and girls, it‘s time for a long overdue refresh of the Sophiestication Software website. Though I have to admit that the changes in design are rather minimal. There‘s nothing groundbreaking, just the plain old blue panel design…
… sigh … I love it!
In case you already wondered why I put this shampoo ad on top of the site: It‘s the new Sophiestication Software Logo! It does indeed look like ripped straight from a shampoo or perfume bottle. And who knows, maybe one day I‘ll sell my own home made body lotion through this site. But for now the logo should represent who‘s responsible for all this stuff here: me!
But to be fair, I like to thank Wolfgang Bartelme for creating all of the quality artwork that you can find in all Sophiestication products today. This does not include of course the crappy strange locking graphics that I probably made by myself :-P.
Also now finally available is the new Web store to purchase CoverSutra. Instead of using PayPal as a payment processor, I now rely on eSellerate for all of my store orders. This allows customers to purchase a license without the hassle of creating a PayPal account. Those who prefer PayPal shouldn‘t worry, it‘s still an alternative payment option.
So to celebrate the new website, and my birthday tomorrow ;-), I thought it would be nice to have something special here. I have to admit that I wasn‘t able to release a certain iPhone application for today. So instead I cut down the price for CoverSutra from about $19 US down to $10,95 US.
There are also two new discounted packs available: The family pack for up to five users and the big 10 pack. All three items are available for a discount price and, of course, only for a short period of time.
happy birthday to youuuuuuuuuu!!!!!