Netelligence Client

My new platform is currently in the final few months of development before the first ready-to-use release! By version number, it is currently at version 0.25. As we approach the released application, odd-number point releases are feature improvements, while even-number point releases are bug fixes, performance, and security improvements. The latest build video is as follows. Previous builds can be viewed at the bottom of this page.

Latest fixes / changes:

Brand new tab system (still in progress) with icons in tabs, can drag tabs into new order
Settings allows you to put tabs right at top of screen rather than in area below
Double click a tab to open it full screen; escape to leave (Not on browser windows currently)
Added the start-point of a file manager (but doesn't really do anything yet!)
Share tabs by right clicking on them rather than the "share" icon on the screen
When browser window loading, address bar glows green (so you know what it's doing!)
Browser can now download files (but still iffy!)
Can now search google directly from address bar by typing "g" then your query
Bing is "b (search)", Imdb is "i (search)" - type "list commands" in address bar to see full list!

The milestone releases are as follows:-

Version 0.10 - Alpha Baseline Build

While not yet feature complete for the final version of the system, this version is the first alpha build that is usable and can actually be used.

Updating Engine:-

Automatic updates from the web

Network Integration:-

Connects to a mesh network on a LAN
Login to a global network
Connect to people in your groups
View your network details (IPv4, v6, etc)
See the local Mesh network computer names
See the user names on the local mesh network (Replaced with real names if they are logged in)

Internal Pipelines:-

Tab windows can communicate with each other
Tab windows can open other tab windows into the same project group automatically

Application Bar:-

Use settings to set it's location on top or bottom
Show current network status
Access to the applications menu

Applications:-

New applications from the Application Bar open in Tabbed Windows with the Title "New Project X (Double click to change name)" where X is the window number
New applications can be opened from the tabs by clicking the "+" icon

Left click opens a new application of the same type as the previously added application window to the project
Right click brings up the applications menu to select which application you would like to add as a tab

You can duplicate a tab
Pin a tab to the right of the screen (so can have two windows side by side)
Tab from another person gives their name alongside the tab name and is in a different colour
Close a tab (Asked "Are you sure? This tab will be deleted!") when closing
Able to move an application tab from one project window to another
Able to move an application tab from one person to another:-

Via the machine name on the local LAN mesh network
Via the user / person name on the local LAN mesh network
Via the person name / Netelligence login via their group in the global network

Save a project locally:-

On click close on a project that is not currently saved - do you wish to save? Y / N / Cancel - Click Yes, confirm the name of the project to save it under, if there is already a project with the same name you are warned that this is allowed but will be more difficult to work out which is which!
On click close on a project that has been updated since last saved - do you wish to save changes? Y / N / Cancel - If yes, saves over the original project, if no, ask "Delete saved project? Y / N" - If yes, delete the project file, if no, then stays saved but your changes aren't updated

Load a local project

On applications menu - "Saved Projects" -> Project name (date last updated) - click to open this project window
If already open, warn this will revert, then if yes wipe the current and open the new

Settings Form:-

Set bar to be at the top or bottom of the screen
Set the application to start / not start with windows
Set to automatically close project windows when empty

First Basic Applications in an unfinished state:-

Web Browser

Chrome based, standard browsing with full cache and URL autocomplete

Text Editor

Can save and load text files, change the size of the text in the editor window

GUID Generator

Literally just generates a GUID

HTML Editor

Live HTML editor where you can build a webpage and see it reflected live in a browser window alongside it

File Transfer

Very buggy, but allows sending files across the network

Version 0.20 - Fixing known issues with 0.1

Windows "jitter" when selected
Tabs from other people wrong colour when first come through
Back button on the Web Browser!
Smaller "Close" Icon added to the Control Bar Menu, looks clearer
Loading the tabs into the project window takes time and loading is visible - load off screen then show?
Files transferred/opened in text or HTML show up selected - unselect
Empty Tab Windows still load up on startup even if they shouldn't
When Pin and unpin, two windows are selected - the previously pinned right tab and the left tab
Names on tabs when sent through only Windows usernames - need to also show Netelligence name
Update list of "My computers" on a regular basis (say every 30 seconds) not just on startup
If login to Netelligence in browser on client rather than login screen, doesn't connect properly and session set to a web session

Version 0.30 - Improvements to the Update Engine and General Applications

Allow the client to update the updater(!)
In settings, say whether you want the installer splash screen to stay on when updating or hide.
In settings, can rebuild application by wiping folder and re-downloading all latest version files (requires 24/7 double folder)
In settings, set "Maximise" to have one step (Windows standard) or two step (Fill screen on second click)
Move to encrypted update file list rather than plain text, MD5 hashing of downloaded files
Separate out the updates to Client and Applications rather than a single update file
Allow the update system to run commands as well - eg delete files, run temporary applications
Updater will know if update not succeeded and can warn user.
Change in the folder structure so that updates run while program still running - based on 24/7 environment, all new users redirected to updated folder until nobody on old system, that folder then deleted. In this way, can updated a shared install, and load up quicker when installing too.
If updated version in a different folder ready to go, alert on app bar to say click to update - instant shut down and run updated version instead
Applications Registered on global web server along with their GUID; can be background downloaded if free and not on current system
CefSharp not shutting down properly

Web browser:-

Allow opening in another tab
Back and forward buttons
View history / visual history
Favourites

Editor Web Browser:-

Put through HTML code rather than a url
The controls from HTML Editor (resize etc)

Text editor:-

Change tab title (file name if attached, user selected otherwise)
Print option

GUID Generator:-

How to create an application for Netelligence Platform

HTML Editor:-

Colour coded editor window (possibly scintilla?)
Multiple files / virtual directory system
Runs virtual IIS so can link files into the page
Preview window now a separate tab but can have right-pin of one window so can view both at same time

Version 0.40

Will include Bug fixes, Performance Improvements and Security Issues
Analysis of any Colour-issues if someone is colourblind utilising an emulator of the different forms
Tab creation off screen to hopefully improve performance
Chromium delay-loading if lots of tabs?

Version 0.50 - Integrating Netelligence Web and Organisation-Level Network Control

Online policy control for organisations
Can set machines, rooms etc
Change Interface to include which Netelligence Types an Application Supports, and which file types
Change the storage of the Window online so content is stored as a Netelligence Node as a child of Window
On the Web, allow viewing of any online data stored from the client
Create "Online" Tabs, coloured green, which are constantly updating on all machines as an edit is made (Suggestion for now - only edit on one machine at a time!)

Version 0.60

Will include Bug fixes, Performance Improvements and Security Issues

Version 0.70 - Networking Work

Send a copy of the window rather than losing it off from the screen
Able to send the window to every person within a group on the global network / Room in Organisation
Synchronise the saved "project" files to all computers logged into
Send To -> My Computer -> Next Log in to: So when you next log into a computer that tab will be received
Share entire project, not just currently selected tab
Remote logout of all computers
When new tabs / projects are sent, see as an alert on application bar rather than open the window instantly
Application Store of software packages to download; Synced across your local machines where policies allow
Tab Exploded View - All tabs left-docked to each other in tab order across page, user sets width in settings, so can scroll across all tabs (great for super-wide monitors)
Colour coding all of the people in groups Green if online, Orange if been online in last 24 hours, Red if Offline
Give option of sending an email to someone offline if you send them something from group share
The commands and web application code?

Version 0.80 - Beta 1

Will include Bug fixes, Performance Improvements and Security Issues

Version 0.90 - Beta 2

Tab previews - as hover mouse over a tab, show the tab as a preview image
Tab finder - shows all open projects along bottom of screen in preview, as hover over them shows exploded view of all tabs so can click to go to it (Bit like desktop / finder view in Windows and Mac)
Chat system - to allow efficient group and individual communication!

Netelligence Client

Version 0.10 - Alpha Baseline Build

Version 0.20 - Fixing known issues with 0.1

Version 0.30 - Improvements to the Update Engine and General Applications

Version 0.40

Version 0.50 - Integrating Netelligence Web and Organisation-Level Network Control

Version 0.60

Version 0.70 - Networking Work

Version 0.80 - Beta 1

Version 0.90 - Beta 2

Version 1.0 - Feature Complete release

Previous Version Videos

Version 0.18 (Practically 0.2)

Version 0.1

Prototype Version