&uot Little Known Software: SignatureProfiler Archives

SignatureProfiler 1.4.8 ReleasedJanuary 23, 2008

A new bug fix release already. This addresses a problem with the aliases from .Mac not being recognized. I'm very surprised that this hadn't been noticed before. In any case, now you should see all of the aliases from .Mac listed for the account. It will use any name associated with the alias by default, though at this point it will not update .Mac if you change the display name inside the SignatureProfiler preferences.

For more information, visit the site or download it directly. Also please see the examples on the blog for how to use the plugin.

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SignatureProfiler 1.4.7 ReleasedJanuary 20, 2008

Happy New Year! Well once again I have a small update to fix an issue with the scripting feature. It was smashing the content returned from a script into an unreadable mess ignoring any formatting. This is due to the fact that the text is being inserted as HTML because of the way Mail works. So plain text would lose all new lines and tabs, etc. This update fixes that to force it to save the formatting.

For more information, visit the site or download it directly. Also please see the examples on the blog for how to use the plugin.

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SignatureProfiler 1.4.6 ReleasedDecember 26, 2007

Hello there! A little bug fix release just before the new year. This one addresses some more issues with the quote file importation and adds a button in the text field of the path to stop using the file, if desired.

Have a good one!

For more information, visit the site or download it directly. Also please see the examples on the blog for how to use the plugin.

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SignatureProfiler 1.4.5 ReleasedDecember 11, 2007

This is a small maintenance release to fix a small bug found when trying to include data from iTunes, but the song or album or artist is empty. An exception was being thrown and not handled. This would usually cause Mail to freeze up and require a Force Quit. Not good. I'm surprised that this hasn't been seen before. Are you people really using this?

Just kidding, of course. It's probably slightly unusual for someone who likes to include their iTunes information to actually have a nice tidy library.

For more information, visit the site or download it directly. Also please see the examples on the blog for how to use the plugin.

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SignatureProfiler 1.4.4 Released - Leopard Support.November 29, 2007

Finally!

Well this should have been out a long time ago, but I just haven't had the time necessary to dedicate to it. So I have done it little by little and finally gotten this done. I had even tried to put out a new version with a different architecture for future simplicity, but that was just delaying it longer. So, I finally just went back and put Leopard compatibility in an older version of the code (yeah for svn!).

I'm not using it everyday on Leopard, since my main machine is not yet ready to go to Leopard, so if you find any issues please let me know and I'll look at them as quickly as I can.

Thanks to those writing in to say that they hoped there will be a Leopard version. It's good to know that people use it.

  • Support for Leopard added.
  • Support for Panther removed.
  • Changed Installer mechanism to fix several issues and simplify.

For more information, visit the site or download it directly. Also please see the examples on the blog for how to use the plugin.

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Leopard Release... Not yetNovember 16, 2007

Hello there. Well, I am sorry to say that it is taking me longer than I had hoped to get this release out that will support Leopard. I think it could actually still be 2 more weeks.

The reason actually does have much to do with Leopard either. I was in the middle of some fairly substantial internal changes to the plugin. Of course, once I made the changes necessary for Leopard to function, some other fairly nasty bugs show up in both Tiger and Leopard, meaning that my newer version isn't stable enough for release, even though the Leopard issues have been addressed.

I will try this weekend to update the last released version of the code for Leopard and release that if I can do it by Monday evening. That will be a temporary version of SignatureProfiler, but at least people will be able to use it.

Thanks for your patience!

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Leopard and SignatureProfiler…October 26, 2007

Well, as I write this Leopard is about to be released in Europe and has already hit people's machines in places like Australia and Japan. The obvious question is will the SignatureProfiler plugin work properly with Leopard Mail.app. The quick answer is "no", unfortunately. I had tested it in a previous version of Leopard and it seemed to work fine, but now it doesn't. I will take the next week and try to resolve the issue and release a new version.

Please stay tuned…

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SignatureProfiler 1.4.3 Released.April 16, 2007

This simply fixes a couple of small bugs found in the previous version.

  • Fixed two problems relating to the script feature that could crash mail or just return an empty selection from a script.

For more information, visit the site or download it directly. Also please see the examples on the blog for how to use the plugin.

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Calling Scripts from SignaturesApril 9, 2007

Many users will find this new feature of SignatureProfiler very exciting. It allows you to interject any data that you can get in text form from any command line into a signature. You could easily incorporate iChat status, uptime count, random quote from a database, etc into you signatures. In addition any standard SignatureProfiler placeholders will be replaced after the script contents are inserted into the signature, so in truth a single signature calling a script can be as dynamic as you are inside that script.

For more details, read on...

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SignatureProfiler 1.4.2 Released

This release to adds a feature that has been much requested, so I am hoping that you find it useful. As usual there is no change to the Panther version and there probably won't ever be. These are the changes made:

  • Fixed a problem with the Configure Mail Settings and Uninstall SignatureProfiler scripts.
  • Added the ability to call scripts from within a signature, allowing you to incorporate any text output from a script into the signature. This is the most requested feature that I have had, so it need to be implemented.
  • Added a random quotation feature in directly, so that users who are not very familiar with scripting can also take advantage of this capability.

For more information, visit the site or download it directly. Also please see the examples on the blog for how to use these new features.

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Posted by Scott Little at 4:01 PM | | Comments (0)

Using the New Random Quote FeatureApril 8, 2007

With the release of version 1.4.2, you now have the ability to create a simple text file that can be used as a source of random quotations to be incorporated into your signatures. Once you have created this file you can simply insert a simple {random.quote} placeholder into your signature to have it pick one for you. In addition, you can associate an author and a citation/source to that quote to be inserted separately. Read on for more details and some examples.

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Site DisruptionMarch 27, 2007

Well, I don't have any idea if anyone really noticed, but this site was completely inaccessible for almost week. I finally got it back up a couple of days ago. I had to completely rebuild everything, but it looks like all is well. Sorry if there was any inconvenience for anyone.

I am currently working on a minor update to SignatureProfiler that adds the most requested feature of adding the ability to incorporate scripts into the signatures. This will allow people to integrate a list of random quotes or whatever else into the signature. Should be at most a week before I release this.

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Posted by Scott Little at 12:09 PM | | Comments (0)

SignatureProfiler 1.4.1 Released!December 20, 2006

This release to fixes a couple of small bugs, including a bug in Panther tht prevented forwarded and replied messages from including the original text of the message. These are the changes made:

  • Fixed an incompatibility with the MailEnhancer plugin that was preventing the Signatures preferences to be shown.
  • Did a small update to the Panther version (given the version number of 1.1) to fix a bug that prevented any text from showing in a message when forwarding a message.

For more information, visit the site or download it directly.

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SignatureProfiler 1.4 Released!November 26, 2006

This is just a small release to fix a few small bugs that had been brought to my attention, plus fix a shortcoming of the version checking. These are the changes made:

  • Changed the Oscured Email Address menu value in the Signature preferences which was inserting an incorrect value of {secure.email.address} instead of {obscured.email.address}
  • In the Accounts Tab of the plugin's preferences a couple of the fields were not keeping thier position correctly when the window was resized.
  • Changed some internal debugging values that had broke after the last version.
  • Modified the version checking process to be able to handle more than x.y versions (i.e. x.y.z)
  • Small text change in documentation for manual install.

For more information, visit the site or download it directly.

Posted by Scott Little at 7:15 PM | | Comments (0)

Using the iTunes Integration with SignatureProfilerNovember 5, 2006

Although the iTunes integration into signatures is a rather frivolous need, it's one of the original things that I had wanted to do. After all, we Mac users like to share stuff right? There used to be an even cooler shareware tool that would create an image and upload the image to a server even few minutes of what was playing in iTunes. Then you could link to that image in an email or web site or whatever. I liked that very much and thought it was cool, but they could no longer support the server so the service disappeared. That program (whose name I unfortunately can't remember) was better because it always showed the current status. I had to settle for showing what is playing when the message is sent.

Example iTunes Signature

Anyway, below the fold are some examples of how these signatures can be used and a couple of gotchas to look out for and avoid.

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Inserting Link and Image Placeholders

The addition of these two placeholders facilitates the inclusion and editing of images and hyperlinks in a signature. Although the current Signature preferences pane does offer the ability to insert a hyperlink, it's not as obvious as it should be how to properly format it and editing it is even worse and very error prone. Although the solution that SignatureProfiler provides is not perfect, it seems better to me. I hope to improve it even more in the future.

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Using Tail Signatures

You might be wondering how to best utilize the Tail Signature feature of SignatureProfiler. I'll give an example here that will hopefully make this feature clear. It isn't really complicated, but examples are always good to see to give a good idea.

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Posted by Scott Little at 7:45 PM | | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)

Adding HTML directly to your signature

With version 1.3 of SignatureProfiler, you can now insert HTML and Web Archive files directly into your signatures through the Signature Preferences pane. Although the process of adding the file is simple, there are some basic things you should know before you try this. See below the fold for more information.

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SignatureProfiler 1.3 Released!

After a good few weeks of working hard to make some improvements and also a few new features, I'm happy to annouce a new version of SignatureProfiler. The list of new features looks like this:

  • More complete handling of multiple email addresses per Account
  • Ability to insert a Skype Button in a Signature
  • Ability to replace a signature with an HTML file or Web Archive
  • Context menu in the Signature preferences to insert placeholders
  • Automated checking for a new version
  • Better handling of signatures in text messages
  • General stability improvements
  • Enhanced documentation and examples on the site

For more information, visit the site or download it directly.

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SignatureProfiler 1.2 ReleasedOctober 14, 2006

I have published today a new version of the SignatureProfiler plugin. You can download it here.

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