We’ve been super busy working on Awaken 5 - yes, Awaken 4.1 has become Awaken 5.0 due to all of the under-the-hood changes, new features, updated UI and better performance. We’ll have more on that soon.
For now, we would like your feedback on a UI change related to how alarms are displayed in non-fullscreen mode. We made this change to be more streamlined and easier to use.
In the video below we are demonstrating the Egg Timer and as of now the countdown screen portion has yet to be updated but the key thing for feedback is the alarm view displayed.
You will notice that video is being played back. Right now with widescreen video there is an empty space above and below the video. We will be addressing that by animating the height of the window to match.
Also, if you’d like to see real-time updates (screenshots, video, notes) and the ability to reply on each as they happen - you can follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jerrybrace.
All feedback is welcomed on this early draft. We look forward to reading it.
We’re busy working on Awaken 4.1 which is a major update and often times I bounce ideas off of people I know on my buddy list who use Awaken. The feedback is very valuable and I wanted to extend the reach by offering a way for those interested to get involved.
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So if you’re interested in being sent progress updates, links to screenshots or video of features in development and opportunities to voice your opinion and other feedback during development send please follow me on Twitter via http://twitter.com/jerrybrace.
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I’d also let you know that development on Awaken 4.1 is going very well. It’s a much bigger update than originally planned and we are aiming to get a public beta out soon. 4.1 will be a free update, as are all updates to Awaken (both minor and major versions).
We’ve been busy with Awaken 4.1 - it’s a fairly big update. We’re including a lot of the feature suggestions that have been sent in and fixing any bugs reported. In addition to that Awaken will be localized in French and German.
Tonight we have a sneak peek at a new feature…
Up until now Awaken has had to rely on iTunes to play your playlists. For the most part this is okay and it’s great if you’re using wireless speakers via AirTunes. But sometimes iTunes just doesn’t want to play nice. So coming in Awaken 4.1 we’ll be giving you a choice to have Awaken play your iTunes music or have iTunes play it as its been doing.
Advantages of Awaken playing your iTunes content: - Rock solid reliability can be achieved when not depending on communication to iTunes
- Better performance
- Video playback within Awaken
Advantages of using iTunes to play music: - AirTunes support…
Awaken will be the default choice - but you can easily change it in the preferences. We’ll also be working on improving iTunes playback for those who want to use AirTunes. We decided that providing the choice makes things work for everyone.
Check out the video to see the new preference and Awaken playing your music and videos…
Embraceware has teamed up with the MacHeist crew for the first ever MacHeist Retail Bundle. 
