CardMeeting Dispatch

Hello CardMeeting ppl,

Check it out, a new zoom+center button!

I've posted a new build of CardMeeting that attempts to speed up the CardMeeting applet startup by getting the meeting contents downloaded quicker. I am hoping the changes I've made will make the login process more reliable. Please let me know if you experience any new issues with getting into your meetings.

One other fun thing I did was to add a new button to the view controls on the right side of the meeting! It has a pretty simple function: when you press it, the camera zooms all the way out and centers on all of your cards. It's a nice quick way to get back to the 30000 foot view you get when you first login.

I have had the vector graphics for the button lying around for a long time, just never got around to wiring it up.

Happy CardMeeting-ing, and Merry Christmas!
Dave Woldrich - dave@woldrich.com

Dear CardMeeting users,

Scary happenings: Broken RAID mirror due to drive failure on the meeting storage server @ 10PM PST. Restore underway.

I am restoring the mirror now with a spare drive, but I cannot guarantee that all data saved in the last 24 hours is okay. In fact, I may have to take the server down for a complete rebuild soon if I find that the system was damaged after the mirror broke. Before beginning the mirror restoration process, I took a backup of all meetings. If you notice that any data is missing on your meetings, please let me know and we can attempt a restore of your meeting for you.

Man, it was freaky swapping those drives. I kept checking and double-checking and triple-checking that I was not pulling the good drive by mistake. Just locking and unlocking drives to pull them is a pretty freaky thing. I guess I am still a little suspicious of hot-plugging any device that whirs or uses lots of power. :)

Sooo ... my apologies if there was any data loss as a result of the drive failure. As always, you can use the Export and Import XML to backup and restore CardMeeting contents.

Thanks for using CardMeeting!
Dave Woldrich