Pownce Desktop 2.0 (alpha)
July 11th, 2008
We’ve got a massive upgrade to our desktop software! The new application has been rebuilt from scratch and has a ton of new features that you’ve already seen on the website as well as a couple that we’re trying out for the first time. Download the new application and you’ll get:
- Embedded media. Images, videos, audio files, and now Digg stories will appear inline!
- Pagination. See lots of notes going back in time.
- Favorite notes! Want to bookmark a note for later reference? No problem, just click the heart icon.
- Manage friends. See your friends and manage friend requests. This even has a friend search!
- Notification alerts. Get notified of new notes with audio alerts.
- Simpler Interface. The new UI is more native and generally more clean and simple.
Jon Rohan, a member of the Pownce community, began development of an alternative application, called PownceMonkey several months ago and we loved it. We approached Jon and asked him to collaborate on the next version of the Pownce app with us and thankfully he agreed! Jon rocks and we’re extremely pleased with how this version has turned out.
As you’ll notice, the application is currently in ‘Alpha’, which means we know there are some bugs in it that need to be worked out and we’d appreciate your help identifying and fixing those. We also have more functionality that we want to build into the app, but we figured this was a good time to send the software out into the real world and get your feedback to help developing it further.
If you haven’t used the Pownce desktop application before, the big advantage is that you’ll automatically know when new stuff gets posted to you and you can respond right away. This means you can have more real-time communication around the stuff you’re sharing with your friends.