I vote for the "Sachs" signature in the gravel
like v2.6 (seems an easy task) :D

http://i57.tinypic.com/2hxo7jn.jpg

Maybe.

Okay. By the way, your 2 new dusters look great.

Jim
With the addition of the extra feather dusters you asked if there were any other "easy" things that over time you had offered to fix.. the next time you had the hood open. With most of it done.. is this the end of the development.. for the time being? Or.. are you now working on some of the harder parts??

This is probably the end for the next few months, unless the weather gets too cold again to work on the house. It's been pretty nice the last few days.

As you speak of it, any news on the house, some pictures, how is it going?

I'm a bit confused as to the status of the latest "version". Is it official? Does it generally work correctly and without problems?

I guess that depends on your definition of "generally". I don't think it's the official version yet, there are still a few things Jim is working on. But, if you mean is it stable, then I would say yes it runs fine.

I'm stuggling with the bug on some machines where the featherdusters don't move. I've sent several test versions to Michael (who has one of the machines in question), but things just get more and more confusing. It's just very difficult chasing down a bug when I can't see the symptoms myself.

OK, I understand. Thanks for the clarification.

Jim,

Recently a member posted that when he used the "Microsoft Update" his MA3 registration code was erased. I haven't had that problem before, BUT... strangely it DID happen to MA3.2 during my last "Windows update" visit using Windows 8.1.

Just wanted to let you know.

While we have no control over what Registry entries are erased by Windows during an update, any registered user can retrieve their Key Code at the SereneScreen.com website.

Thanks, Jim.

It wasn't a problem because I always keep a copy of my registration code.

Wanted to let you know so if there is a way to prevent erasing of the key code by other programs it could be implemented in a future update. It is strange that programs such as "Windows update" would even be in MA3's registry at all. :(

Microsoft is convinced that you don't own your computer anymore, they are just kind enough to let you utilize it for awhile. In the mean time they have the right to do whatever they want to it. :( :mad::mad:

Yep, it sure is a disturbing trend. Especially for those of us who first stated using Desktops in the mid-eighties when they didn't even have a hard drive, DOS 2.0 was the greatest, and the only communications with the outside world was text-based bulletin boards through a dialup modem. :)

But it isn't just Microsoft, it seems as though every software program sold today wants to "phone home", excluding of course Jim's MA - I remember when some users wanted auto updates added to MA and Jim said no. I still appreciate that he did that and continues to fight of the "phone home" disease.

What I normally do now is to activate the software and then use my firewall to block all communications from then on. Of course this means you need to go to the makers website and manually download updates, but the less they are in MY computer the better. :)

Sorry I can't speak on any of the problems mentioned; so far it is working on great on my machine! Picked up my serial number, even my custom fish count and logos.
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1
Dell XPS 8500
Intel i7-3770 CPU 3.40GHz
12.0 gb RAM
64bit
NVIDIA GeForce GT 620, 4095MB

But I would like to know how henemly taught his starfish to climb the glass!! Mine has not done that since Ver2.x on a Win98 machine....oops, or is that a screen shot of V2.6??

Hi,
Just popped in, its been a while, and so I was overjoyed whilst catching up with latest posts to see a link to a new beta version!

When I follow that download link however, in Chrome it blocks the webpage saying its affected by malware? Is it a false positive or something or has the website/file been infected?

Many thanks!

Hmmm, I'll look into it. Meanwhile, you can still download the file with other browsers.

Edit: OK, I downloaded the Google website tool, and it said that there was a suspicious snippet of code on my site which directed users to a malware site called wuzr. I looked at the source HTML, and don't see that section of code anywhere. I've informed the Chrome people.

According to Bing.com (Google apparently doesn't cache sites that it considers malicious), on 9 April 2014 the source of www.fish-byte.com included, very near the end, a script that links to wuzr.com.
This forum's software prevents me from posting the code here, perhaps for the better.
The (possibly) malicious section seems to be gone now, but if Bing's cache is correct, you should try to find out how it got in there.

EDIT: You're running Apache. When I try to load the page with the URL https://fish-byte.com I get a very strange error. Is Apache correctly configured? Is it vulnerable to the Heartbleed exploit?

If I try to go to https://fish-byte.com with my desktop system, Mozilla SeaMonkey browser I also get an error.

The mere fact that there is an error message is not unusual. But that particular error message is.

You've got to edit that out and update the security on your website, Jim.

Both of you seem to be trying to connect using SSL. Fish-byte.com is not an SSL site. Don't use https:, just use http: (or just www.fish-byte.com.)

Still waiting for confirmation from Michael, but I think I've fixed the non-waving-Featherduster bug in v3.3.

Hello Jim,
So I think that soon we will have the official version of the software "Marine Aquarium v 3.3" perhaps with the signature?
Good day.

Cave of the eel ?
 

This is not a criticism, but more of an observation:

I love the eel, and really think it is a great addition to the screensaver, but the more I watch it, the more I am distracted by the cave.....To me, it looks more like a man made tunnel than a natural coral outcrop.

I was wondering if in a future version, it would be possible to remodel the cave entrance to make it look less man made and more natural?

This was an actual piece of lava rock that I had bought. Remember - this is an aquarium, not a reef, so each piece would have been chosen and placed by the owner of the tank.

I realize that Jim.....But couldn't the owner have chosen a more realistic cave?:lol:

Apparently not :)

:)

I'm still waiting for the 7:32 pm Paris to London express to come hurtling through the tunnel any minute?

(Sorry, couldn't resist it!)

All joking aside: Your screensaver is without question the best on the market by a long way! And I really love it.....Keep up the good work, I will buy any future upgrades without hesitation!

Hi Jim.
Few ideas occurred to me for enhancing Marine aquarium.
1. Set a feeding action (manual key or timer) for dropping food from the top and look how the fishes go for it when getting closer...
2. Another one was to develop the routines for letting some big fishes (like scorpionfish and eel, in certain positions) eating smaller ones in a eye blink... It would be great, LOL!!!
3. I would also like to be able to set the background (not the corals) deep blue instead of light blue.

1. Maybe.
2. Nope - this is SereneScreen, not DeathScreen.
3. In the 'Background Colors' section of the Settings screen, you have complete control over the background colors.

Hi Jim,

any news on the non-waving-Featherduster bug in v3.3?
I also have an Intel graphics card (HD 4000) and the featherdusters aren't moving (actually I think they were moving under Windows 8.1 with Intel graphics driver V9.17 but stopped under Windows 8.1 Update 1 with Intel graphics driver V10.18).
If you still need somebody to test your fix, I'd be happy to help out...

Thanks ind advance
Jens

Hello Jim,
Thank you for giving "Marine Aquarium 3.3" final version.
Good day.

Good to see the problem with the non moving feathers is sorted now, working great on my Surface Pro tablet, thanks for getting that problem solved. Jim

I've seen the announcement that version MA3.3 is now officially available, but I cannot find where to access it for download. I see the announcement on http://www.fish-byte.com/ but the download links still show v3.2. Please advise accordingly. Thanks in advance!

The page at http://www.serenescreen.com/ shows the same 3.2 version. The download is in fact version 3.3. from the serenescreen website..

Yes, we're in the process of totally reworking the SereneScreen website. The text says 3.2, but the download file is actually 3.3.

Jim.. what your installer should include is "restoreSCR.reg". Or at least an option to have it merge. Or.. have it available as a download from the same page as your SS. Or.. as other screensavers seem to do is rename the shortcut to an *.exe.
Autodesk programs continue to take control over *.scr type of files and thus on a computer that has an Autodesk application installed your SS will not run from the shortcut your installer places on my desktop. :mad: