Traction

Version 1.0.5

gowen — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 00:02:57 +0000

I’ve made some small updates to Traction — including some icons! Another major feature I’ve added is the ability to interact with ticket severity.

Sadly, I seem to have lost the signing certificate I used to create the application. That means that this version won’t be able to be installed as an update. If you already have Traction, you’ll have to manually download and install it, and when it tries to install you’ll get an error message saying that you need to install it in a different location. You can either install it in a different location, or uninstall your existing Traction version and then install 1.0.5.

XML-RPC and your plugins

gowen — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:36:03 +0000

It has recently come to my attention that several plugins interfere with the XML-RPC plugin — most notably the AccountManagement plugin. If you’re having problems getting Traction to login or load tickets checkout the XML-RPC troubleshooting page to see if there are any known conflicts with your config.

Traction is back

gowen — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:33:42 +0000

Update 2: The screen shot gallery is sane again. With that I think the site is basically back to the way it was.

Update: I was able to retrieve most of my old data so the site is looking more and more like its old self. The screen shots are a bit off at the moment, but I’m working on it.

The EffectiveUI website underwent an overhaul awhile back and all of my Traction pages were lost. I’ve been holding out to try to get my old content back, but at this point I guess its time to just move on. I have the about page and downloads page back up, so at least the core is back. My next priority is getting the install help page back up, then the screen shots. In the meantime, thanks for visiting and thanks for your interest. Please leave a comment or visit the contact page if you have questions or comments.

Screen Shots

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:30:58 +0000

I’ve finally followed through on my now-very-old promise to upload some screen shots. The app is basically just one screen from which you can do everything — edit, filter, sort — so it was hard for me to know what screens might be useful. Feel free to request additional images.

As I stated in my last post, I am NOT actively developing Traction right now. I’m not even using Trac on my current project, so I don’t have any impetus to add new features unless they are requested of me. If you’d like to see changes or additions to Traction please let me know via comment or email. Also, Traction is open source, so you can feel free to download the source and play with it yourself. I’m always open to reviewing edits and approving anything useful to be merged into the trunk.

Version 1.0.4

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:16:19 +0000

Version 1.0.4 of Traction was just released. This version fixes a bug where tickets created in Traction did not have the “Reported By” field filled in. Now Traction automatically sets the logged in user as the reporter when tickets are created. Here’s the link to the downloads page.

I was also asked to add support for the Comments section of the Trac interface. Unfortunately, this area is currently not viewed as part of a ticket object and the XML-RPC implementation for Trac only gives access to the Ticket and Wiki areas. If support is ever added for the Comments section I will be happy to add it to Traction.

Version 1.0.4 was created as a direct response to a request by a Traction user. If you use Traction and find bugs or wish it had features it doesn’t, please comment here or send me an email. I’m not actively developing Traction right now, so the only way bugs are going to be fixed or features added is if you make me aware of the need.

Version 1.0.3

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:25:01 +0000

Version 1.0.3 is live. In this version I fixed a bug that prevented the local DB from being updated correctly when tickets were changed locally. I also added a status message at the top to tell you what the app is doing in the background (sending or recieving data from the server), an auto update timer for tickets, and a new skin on the refresh button. Obligatory link to the download page.

There have been some requests for screenshots — I’ll put them up soon.

Version 1.0.2

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 05:25:10 +0000

I’m just speeding through versions now. 1.0.2 has the auto-updater built in, so this should be the last update you have to manually install. It also is more forgiving about the URL in the login, so trailing / or whitespace doesn’t cause failure any more. The URL for the binary has changed, so just pick it up through the download page.

Version 1.0.1

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:51:49 +0000

I’ve already tackled some common bugs and uploaded a new version. Download and update, please. I’ll be working on getting an auto-updater into the code for the next release, so that should be the last one that you have to manually update.

Say “hello” to Traction

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:53:09 +0000

Traction is an Open Source frontend to the ticket tracking service Trac. Traction is written in AIR and uses Adobe Flex. Using Traction you can interact with your Trac tickets real time — in line edting, tabbing between fields, and filtering. This makes the process of organizing and modifying tickets far easier than the HTML interface offered on the web. Also, Traction caches your tickets locally so you only have to update new tickets every time you login, which makes the experience that much faster. You can also use Traction to create new tickets and track user “scores” which are calculated based on the priority of tickets closed by each user.

This blog will be used to follow the progress of Traction. If you are interested in contributing to Traction contact me via email. Visit the download page for links to the latest binary and the URL of the git repository.