Comments on: Bumpy 0.9.2.1 Upgrade

By: Fluid 0.9.2.1

Fluid 0.9.2.1 — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:37:53 +0000

[...] NOTE: See the Fluid Blog for an advisory on this update regarding missing SSB custom icons. • FluidInstance.app: [...]

By: Todd Ditchendorf

Todd Ditchendorf — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:08:19 +0000

@fini This release did not break Embedded SSBs, however, their default behavior *did* change. Whereas before, EmbSSBs would stay visible when you activated ‘Desktop Expose’, they now slide out of place just like every other app (at least by default). *But* the benefit is that they ’stick’ to their assigned Space (as in Spaces in OS X Leopard), and you can create a different one in each Space… giving each Space it’s own background, which is not possible with Desktop Pictures.

If you want the old behavior back, go to Preferences -> Appearance and change the Spaces Behavior to ‘Appear in all Spaces’. Now the EmbSSB will sink even lower into your desktop, and appear in all Spaces. It will also no longer respond to Expose but rather stay put as the other apps slide out to the sides.

I really wanted the ability to have a different EmbSSB in every Space… cuz I thought that would be cool. Unfortunately, this was deeply tied to the application’s Expose behavior too… What I’ve described above were the only options… (I was not able to achieve both the Spaces and Expose behavior i wanted at the same time unfortunately).

Anyhow, I’m not sure if I like the new default behavior better or worse, but at least now you can achieve either the Spaces or the Expose behavior you want (but not both at the same time unfortunately).

By: fini

fini — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:26:55 +0000

is it just me or did the 0.9.2.1 Upgrade break embedded SSBs. When i convert an app to an embedded SSB it does it, but when I use expose the embedded window also hides as well, weird.

By: Jac Clapp

Jac Clapp — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:14:23 +0000

Todd, recreating my SSBs fixed the icons for me. Thank you for such a great program.

By: Todd Ditchendorf

Todd Ditchendorf — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:50:50 +0000

@fini, if you are changing your icon via the Finder Get Info trick, then that is why you loose you icons on each update. that is not a supported way of permanently changing a file’s icon. As soon as the file is overwritten (during the upgrade) the icon is lost.

By: Todd Ditchendorf

Todd Ditchendorf — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:21:54 +0000

Trust me, if you recreate the SSB the icons will eventually appear. at this point, the Finder is just confused after so many attempts at changing. you may have to go as far as rebooting.

By: Jayson Garrett

Jayson Garrett — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:17:00 +0000

Todd,
I’m not seeing icons either in the Finder or Dock, even for SSBs I’ve just created from scratch with 0.9.2.1. Thought you’d want to know!

By: Todd Ditchendorf

Todd Ditchendorf — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:35:03 +0000

Guys, if your icon is not appearing, then you can always just recreate the SSB from Fluid. No settings or preferences are lost in the process. Again, sorry for this, but it is a one time thing.

By: fini

fini — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:21:53 +0000

this icon thing has been happening to me for a few months now, i just keep the icons in another folder and copy and paste them into the get info of the app, that usually works.

By: Bruce Adcock

Bruce Adcock — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:19:35 +0000

Incidentally, in the video I noticed you resized the dock to show the icon more clearly. If you hold control-shift while moving along the dock, it toggles the magnification setting (so if you have magnification off, it will use magnification for as long as you are holding control-shift). I use this all the time to see things when my dock gets too small.