Nucleus - Beta
  • waheedwaheed
    Hi all,

    Grant, a few others (non YC members), and I have been working on a file transfer app (Nucleus) for a while now and finally it's in Beta! I would highly appreciate it if you could give it a try.

    I plan on submitting it to Download.com but want to start off with a much smaller group.

    Thanks a lot.

    Link: http://irtiqa.net/nucleus.aspx
  • tLuntertLunter
    Oh darn, Windows application. Any thought of making a standardized library that does all the back end? Perhaps Alex Gordon/I/any other Cocoa programmers could try and make a Mac version of Nucleus.
  • ddreierddreier
    So, I couldn't find any type of bug reporting, but...

    Nucleus crashes every time it trys to install the "Mesh Server." It has happened both times I have tried to install/run nucleus.

    Update: Debugging with VS2010 says that a "TargetInvocationException" was unhandled.

    It does look like a cool concept though
  • JoelJoel
    Works fine for me. I have it installed. Who wants to share stuff with me?
  • waheedwaheed
    Thanks guys for testing/commenting :).

    @tLunter: The backend library works fine on Mono, but Mono has no decent GUI library :(

    @ddreier: Do you have .NET 3.5 *SP1* installed ? Sorry I don't mention that anywhere on the download page.
    Edit: Is it possible to provide the call stack?

    @Joel: It only works on your Local Area Network for now, but internet support is coming soon.
  • JoelJoel
    @waheed
    So, what sets this apart from a Windows 7 Homegroup?
    And you did mention it, on the download link it says "requires .NET 3.5"
  • waheedwaheed
    @Joel: ATM nothing really, but in the future there will be support for internet-based access, and a client will be available for Windows Mobile phones. Also the API for this is actually very easy to use (compared to what Windows offers through Homegroup) and this will make integration with other .NET apps easy.

    With Mono, I hope to extend it to other platforms such as Linux.
  • JoelJoel
    @waheed - Well, then I guess I will have to wait for the next version... do keep us updated, I'm looking forward to something new :)
  • waheedwaheed
    @Joel: Will do :)

    @ddreier: The installer's icon is causing the crash. Working on a fix.
  • tLuntertLunter
    @waheed, but native applications are so much nicer! Is it just a hardcoded application with no way to port besides Wine?
  • UmangUmang
    KeePass (which uses Windows.Forms) on Mono in GNOME doesn't look pathetic. It's better than how Qt apps did a few years back, but Qt has gone a long way since - most apps look pretty good on GNOME and on Windows, they'd obviously look very good on KDE. ;)
  • waheedwaheed
    @tLunter: The app is in two parts, the front-end (GUI) is developed with WPF, and a mix of Xaml and C# code so there is no chance that can be ported.

    The backend library is also entirely in managed code, however, the protocol is independent of .NET so it is possible to have that re-written in C/C++ for Linux.

    @Umang: I was reading about WinForms on Mono yesterday and they've done a very good job - if I ever make a client for Linux it'll be with Mono WinForms.
  • joey
    i must admit that is very good. i will definitely be waiting for the finished version!
  • waheedwaheed
    Thanks @joey - the release version is now available albeit no new features have been added.
  • cpfcpf
    Ah, flames makes a comeback! Somewhere I have the original EXE that was posted on YC aaaages ago...

    Will there be a NAT-traversal/otherwise internet option or something? Using RDP to transfer files is quick, but kinda slow...
  • waheedwaheed
    "Will there be a NAT-traversal/otherwise internet option or something?"

    Soon :)

    Please mail me the EXE if you ever come across it.
Add a Comment

Howdy, Stranger!

It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!

Sign In Apply for Membership

Categories

Poll

No poll attached to this discussion.

In this Discussion