The Future of Web 1.0

  • December 17, 2020

With the release of Web 2.0, and its subsequent (more or less) deprecation by Xojo, I don’t think anyone is surprised by questions about what the current plan is for GraffitiSuite Web Edition 1.0. I understand the concerns of GraffitiSuite customers who have come to rely on GraffitiSuite over the years as they build innumerable web applications, so I’ve resisted the urge to make a decision and publicize the plan for quite some time.

The short of it is, you’ll be able to rely on GraffitiSuite for Web 1.0 applications for a little while longer. I’ve also built a massive number of applications both for contract, internal use, and public release. Many I won’t be rebuilding, some I will. That being the case, I also need it to continue to function for a bit.

So what’s the timeline? As of this date (December 17, 2020), GraffitiSuite Web Edition 1.0 is in Maintenance Mode. I will release fixes only, no new products, and those fixes will only be related to changes in browser behavior that break existing functionality.

I have to increasingly spend more and more of my time on Web 2.0, and — with the Desktop codebase also constantly being updated and other ongoing work — it’s just not feasible to continue to add new products and perform what can in some cases be considered rewrites to fix relatively minor issues. At the same time, though the codebases are largely the same right now, continuing to port fixes made for Web 2.0 to Web 1.0 is also too time-consuming to continue, so only those bugs for Web 1.0 that are actually reported for that version will be fixed.

Maintenance Mode will continue until March 1st, 2021. At that time, GraffitiSuite Web Edition 1.0 will no longer be supported. I had a lot of fun building it over the years, and it hurts a little to say that Web Edition 1.0’s time has passed, but I’m sure all of GraffitiSuite’s users understand the rationale behind this decision.

I want to say thank you to the thousands of you who, over the years, have supported and used GraffitiSuite Web Edition 1.0. Without you, GraffitiSuite would look a lot different today.

Thank you for your continued support,

Anthony G. Cyphers

Release 30 Now Available

  • October 24, 2019

JOHNSON CITY, TN (October 22, 2019) — GraffitiSuite is pleased to announce the availability of GraffitiSuite Release 30!

“Release 30 is a monster,” according to Anthony G. Cyphers, Sole Proprietor of GraffitiSuite. “The primary focus in this release has been getting the Desktop components theme-aware so that customers can leverage dark mode on target platforms, and I think this was successful. This is, without question, the largest Desktop release of GraffitiSuite in the last 16 years.”

== Desktop Edition ==
14 new classes
– GraffitiAnimator: Easily incorporate eased, time-based animations in to your UIs.
– GraffitiCard: Display important data in a beautiful format, with a call-to-action button.
– GraffitiColors: Incorporate theme-aware coloring in your UI for Windows and macOS, or choose from pre-defined palettes like Bootstrap, Material, named colors, and more.
– GraffitiDrillMenu: Replace those tired old treeview controls with a powerful and amazingly attractive drill-down style menu component.
– GraffitiImmersiveWindow: Add dark mode support for Windows, complete with an AppearanceChanged event for both macOS and Windows.
– GraffitiImmersiveLabel: Drop-in replacement for the standard Label with added dark mode support for Windows.
– GraffitiImmersiveTextField: Drop-in replacement for the standard TextField with added dark mode support for Windows.
– GraffitiImmersiveTextArea: Drop-in replacement for the standard TextArea with added dark mode support for Windows.
– GraffitiListbox: Drop-in replace for the standard Listbox with dark mode support, menu headers, and enhanced hover effects.
– GraffitiNSImages: Easily get Picture representations of macOS System images such as NSMagnifyingGlass, or NSFontPanelActionButton.
– GraffitiOptionBox: Build a CheckBox or RadioButton that you’d be proud of with customization, or stick with the defaults for a better-looking modern alternative.
– GraffitiPagination: Give your users a better paging experience with this theme-aware, highly customizable paging control.
– GraffitiPopupMenu: A drop-in replacement for the standard PopupMenu with support for custom value drawing, multiple columns, and it’s theme-aware!
– GraffitiWall: Powerful stream-like component for displaying ContainerControls filled with info. Perfect for dashboard UIs.
32 other additions in functionality
68 bug fixes

== Web Edition ==
28 Functionality additions
73 bug fixes
2 library version updates

For a full overview of changes in this release, please visit the changelogs at https://graffitisuite.com/wiki/doku.php?id=changelogs:r30.

View the October 2019 Newsletter at https://mailchi.mp/a583c0570fa6/graffitisuite-newsletter-october-2019

ABOUT GRAFFITISUITE
GraffitiSuite is an ever-expanding set of classes for Xojo Desktop and Web targets that aims to both ease development and provide access to advanced features and user interface concepts without unnecessarily complicating your project code.

ABOUT GRAFFITISUITE SOLUTIONS
GraffitiSuite Solutions is a software development consulting firm based in Johnson City, TN, and has been providing custom Xojo development, components and solutions since 2003.

See https://graffitisuite.com/ for more information.

Release 29 Now Available!

  • June 7, 2019

JOHNSON CITY, TN (June 7, 2019) — GraffitiSuite is pleased to announce the release of GraffitiSuite Release 29!

As always, this GraffitiSuite release includes a large number of bug fixes, and new components for each target platform.

For Desktop we’ve added GraffitiSignature and GraffitiTextField. GraffitiSignature provides a simple means of capturing touch or mouse input for capturing a user’s signature. GraffitiTextField is a custom canvas component that serves as a backing for a TextField that handles labels, icons, clearing functionality, autocomplete, and more!

For Web users can now take advantage of GraffitiWebImagePicker. With support for chunked uploading and a beautiful modern design, GraffitiWebImagePicker is sure to make a great addition to almost any Web project.

For a full overview of changes in this release, please visit the changelogs at https://graffitisuite.com/wiki/doku.php?id=changelogs:r29

View the Release 29 Newsletter at https://mailchi.mp/d8f9db98ca28/4iyi7u7j1x

ABOUT GRAFFITISUITE
GraffitiSuite is an ever-expanding set of classes for Xojo Desktop and Web targets that aims to both ease development and provide access to advanced features and user interface concepts without unnecessarily complicating your project code.

ABOUT GRAFFITISUITE SOLUTIONS
GraffitiSuite Solutions is a software development consulting firm based in Johnson City, TN, and has been providing custom Xojo development, components and solutions since 2003.

See https://graffitisuite.com/ for more information.

Release 25 Now Available

  • February 1, 2018

Johnson City, TN (February 1, 2018) — GraffitiSuite Solutions is proud to announce Release 25 for GraffitiSuite Desktop and Web Editions!

Included in Release 25 are major bug fixes, compatibility improvements, and new products.

For R25, we focused on improving not only the end-user’s experience, but also the developer’s experience. We’ve done some work converting old Constant values for properties to Enumerations and added properties and methods that were previously missing and frequently requested for a number of the classes.

In the realm of new products, Desktop Edition has three new classes (GraffitiNote, GraffitiSettings and GraffitiTabBar), while two new classes have been added to Web Edition (GraffitiWebLabel and GraffitiQRReader). These new classes are sure to be a welcome addition to any developer’s arsenal.

In terms of bug fixes, for Desktop, GraffitiHTMLEditor has seen a plethora of changes aimed at improving support on MacOS primarily. Other notable changes are to GraffitiGrid, GraffitiCalendar, and GraffitiSlideshow. For Web, there are very few of our products that didn’t receive some work in this release, and improvements were made to our base class to improve support across the board.

For more detailed information about this release, view the ChangeLogs at https://goo.gl/QAn1S4.
View our Web Edition demo at https://goo.gl/SBmtkG.
Download a Desktop 32- or 64-bit demo at https://goo.gl/cqUc29.
Or view pricing and register at https://goo.gl/vn4ga7.

Release 24 Now Available

  • August 2, 2017

GraffitiSuite Release 24 is now available for both Web and Desktop! While Release 23 focused on adding new classes to our line-up, we primarily tackled issues with this release, fixing many bugs that hadn’t made the cut in the last release. We’ve also completely rebuilt GraffitiHTMLEditor for Desktop, and added a LOT of functionality that all customers have been asking for.

To view the Change Logs for Release 24, click here.

Release 23 Now Available

  • April 11, 2017

GraffitiSuite Release 23 has finally landed! With 13 new classes and a massive amount of bug fixes and feature requests, we have once again topped our record for largest release! Check out the full ChangeLogs here.

We’ve also revamped out documentation in to a Wiki format, where our customers can now pitch in to help clarify class usage, or fix inconsistencies! You can try out the wiki here.

Release 23 RC 7 Now Available

  • March 10, 2017

After a great deal of work whittling down the support tickets which accrued over my far-too-long absence, Release 23 Release Candidate 7 is now available on users’ Account page. Note that this is a Web Edition-only RC.

Release 22 Now Available

  • April 13, 2016

With enhancements and bug fixes for GraffitiWebTree, Release 22 is now available. View the full changelog HERE.

Now With Offline Documentation!

  • April 13, 2016

Travel a lot? Use your mobile device probably a bit more than you should? Now you can grab the offline documentation in PDF format! Head on over to our Offline Documentation page HERE

What’s Next…

  • July 31, 2015

(Release 21 is a Web Edition only release, as there were no reported bugs or requested features for Desktop Edition since Release 20.)

Is that really what you want to know? Well, for release 21 we will not only be pushing out our stability rewrite…but…three all-new classes that are going to push your Web Apps even further! Oh, and we’ve deprecated the old DatePicker in favor of a new implementation that’s completely awesome. That brings this release to nine additions, and one fix.

The new classes are lacking some features that many of our other classes are missing, and we’ll be adding that as requested. As an example, WebStyle support. Many people seem to be perfectly happy using the styles we provide, so adding WebStyle support isn’t usually a priority (especially when you have full access to the CSS in the class’s source code); we take care of that when you need it. Our turn-around is generally quick on things like that, but some classes will require a considerable amount of work for WebStyle support. In some cases we have to completely refactor a component to get that support in.

Release 21 is very near now. We’re looking at a few other prototypes to see if they’re ready for this release, then we’ll do final testing and push it out.

Thanks for choosing GraffitiSuite!