I hope they will be approved this time. You might remember that I had some serious problems when I tried to updated the pro version last time. That days I couldn’t find the problem because of which the new version way rejected by Apple. But I’m pretty sure I found it today (sometimes you just need an outtime of one year  to getting things done, right?) and so I fixed that.

When I finished that I thought that it might be a good idea to also implement some things that have changed since the last version. So I decided to put some more effort into it and implemented support for the pasteboard and in-app emails.

The update for the pro version is of course free for all customers who already purchased it.

Internally I eventually cleaned up my subversion and brought everything to the right revision. So I’m ready to do some more stuff in the future if anyone comes up with a brilliant idea for a new feature.

Believe me, I would rather release new PwGen versions today than tomorrow but I have to wait what Apple says about the new version. You know the game.

Anyway, I hope I have something more to tell here over the next days and / or weeks.

Greets,
Thomas

one of the most requested features for one of the next versions of PwGen was sending passwords via SMS. Well, I tried to implement that but unfortunately it is not possible. You can’t set a bodytext for a new SMS programatically as you can do for new emails. It’s sad but true. This feature will not be in the tool in the next time. Sorry folks.

Greets,
Thomas

First thing is to generate a new password each time you shake your phone. I’m not sure how I can implement that in the interface but I think I will find a solution.

Second thing is to send the passwords via SMS. I’m not sure about this one because I don’t see the use of it. But maybe someone needs it and it shouldn’t be to much hassle to bring that in.

A bigger change will be the rewrite of the generation algorithm. I want to bring in some advanced features to it and this makes it necessary to rewrite the generator.

Another thing I think about is which features I should to backport to the free version and when should I do that.

I appreciate any feedback.

Greets,
Thomas

of course I’m googling for my own apps from time to time. It’s pretty nice and funny what you find:

• http://www.5min.com/Video/iPhone-App-Store—PwGen-38558660
• http://icali.tv/password-generators-app-reviews
• http://www.programasiphone.com/pwgen/ (Could someone translate this for me?)
• http://gotapps.com/iphone-apps-essentials-programmers/

If you know some other cool pages, let me know.

Greets,
Thomas

• In-App settings – You can now set most of the applications settings directly inside the application. No need to leave it and go to settings applications just for changing character set for example.
• Phonetic passwords – PwGen Pro can create human readable passwords. This should it make much easier for people to remember the passwords without loosing too much safety.
• The Reseed view was completely rewritten. It gives you more feedback about the progress and what actually happens now.
• The interface was reorganized to get the new features in.
  
• PwGen Pro is fully translated to german language.

PwGen Pro Generator

PwGen Pro Settings

Anyway, if you are using PwGen and if you want a particular feature. Give your vote in the new poll on the right side and leave me a comment with the feature you miss. Here is a short list of requests I already received:

• human readable passwords
• better control over used characters (at least two numbers per password etc.)
• password storage

the poll for the “quick-password” feature is now closed. Even if there where only 12 answers, the result is clear. The feature will be implemented in the next version. I’m not sure how it will look like but I’ll keep you informed.

Thanks to all who voted and stay tuned for the next version.

Greets,
Thomas

the poll about a quick-password feature in PwGen 1.3 will be closed by the end of the week. Currently it looks like it will come in the next version. If you want to make sure, that it will be in or if you are totally against it, tell other people to vote for you.

Greets,
Thomas