[Snap] Usage meter anyone?

Forums › 2degrees (including Slingshot, Orcon, Flip, Stuff Fibre, MyRepublic, 2talk and Vocus) › [Snap] Usage meter anyone?

1 | 2 | 3

6473 posts

Uber Geek

Retired Mod

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#223388 9-Jun-2009 22:04

For anyone who wants to see it before installing:

I'd like to see some thousands separators (ie 41,595.7 MB). For someone like me with a huge cap having commas helps split the number up.

Other than that, great work! Snap would be mad not to offer this as an official download.

raydenl

99 posts

Master Geek

#223411 9-Jun-2009 23:13

rscole86: Very cool! Any change in colour as your usage changes?

Thanks. Yea it goes orange at +80% and red at +90%.

A couple of other things I should have noted:

- Password is stored encrypted and transmitted securely
- It does do a simple built-in "new version available" check. The app will check for a new version when you open the "About..." dialog. If there is a new version available a link will be visible.

wlgspotter

331 posts

Ultimate Geek

ID Verified

Lifetime subscriber

#223498 10-Jun-2009 10:06

raydenl: As promised:

http://rapidshare.com/files/242494723/snap.zip.html

It requires the .NET2.0 framework.

Let me know how it goes.

Hi raydenl:

Is there any other way you can host the file? I tried accessing the Rapidshare link and got an error that says it can only be downloaded 10 times and the limit is reached.

I'd be very interested to try this out, if you can point me to another place where I can download the file.

Thanks.

Grae

10 posts

Wannabe Geek

#223506 10-Jun-2009 10:22

There's already a very good usage meter available from http://tuc.swaziboy.com/. It's free. Check it out.

peejayw

1841 posts

Uber Geek

#223519 10-Jun-2009 10:45

No longer available :-(

I'm supposed to respect my elders, but it's getting harder and harder for me to find one now.

RalphFromSnap

776 posts

Ultimate Geek

Trusted

Snap Internet

#223520 10-Jun-2009 10:49

Other than that, great work! Snap would be mad not to offer this as an official download.

As discussed with Raydenl via PM; Snap will not officially support an executable that requires a cutomers username/password. That being said, I will work with Raydenl to develop something we can support :)

If someone has the file, please send me a PM and I'll get it hosted locally.

Snap

0800 BROADBAND (276 232)
www.snap.net.nz

@SnapInternet on Twitter
Snap Internet on Facebook

Our Social Media Team:
^RO Ricky - Technical Lead
^AT Ashleigh - Retail Marketing Coordinator

BuffyNZ

241 posts

Master Geek

#223533 10-Jun-2009 11:22

Grae: There's already a very good usage meter available from http://tuc.swaziboy.com/. It's free. Check it out.

AFAIK it does not suppot Snap.

I checked out the TUC webpage and forums a week ago and snap was not mentioned... Admittedly I did not download it and actually try it.

Recursion: See recursion.
--
“It is important not to let the perfect become the enemy of the good, even when you can agree on what perfect is. Doubly so when you can't. As unpleasant as it is to be trapped by past mistakes, you can't make any progress by being afraid of your own shadow during design.”

--Greg Hudson, Subversion developer

Sharesies

Trade NZ and US shares and funds with Sharesies (affiliate link).

raydenl

99 posts

Master Geek

#223541 10-Jun-2009 11:35

Hmmm, didn't realise Rapidshare now had such a short limit on number of downloads

Ralph should have it hosted soon

edit:
Ralph and the nice people at Snap are now hosting the file for me, it can be found here:

http://raydenl.snap.net.nz/snap.zip

Ragnor

8219 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

#223599 10-Jun-2009 14:15

Did anyone else find it disturbing how many people were willing to run a relatively unknown exe posted on the forums without seeing the source or putting in any effort to verify it was legit.

Lets say Raydenl wasn't a nice guy you could all be running the latest zombie rootkit right now.

I guess I'm more paranoid than the average bear, so with that said it looks like a useful tool for Snap users!

nate

6473 posts

Uber Geek

Retired Mod

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#223661 10-Jun-2009 16:19

RalphFromSnap: As discussed with Raydenl via PM; Snap will not officially support an executable that requires a cutomers username/password. That being said, I will work with Raydenl to develop something we can support :)

I'm sure you can generate a unique id/GUID for each customer that they could use instead

C'mon Ralph, free program that shows usage!!

hads

392 posts

Ultimate Geek

Trusted

#223722 10-Jun-2009 19:54

Ragnor: Did anyone else find it disturbing how many people were willing to run a relatively unknown exe posted on the forums without seeing the source or putting in any effort to verify it was legit.

I tend to agree although I guess that's fairly standard for closed source software users. If anyone wants a really basic PyGTK widget type thing I have one that I use, it's only 40 lines.

hads

nicegear.co.nz - VoIP, DVB and other Linux compatible hardware

mjb

996 posts

Ultimate Geek

Trusted

#224605 13-Jun-2009 13:02

Bug:

2009-06-13 13:02:27,750 [5] ERROR SnapUsageMonitor.Main [(null)] - Data plan total GB is equal to zero or invalid.
System.Exception: Data plan total GB is equal to zero or invalid.
at SnapUsageMonitor.Main.Update(Object state)

this is valid for one of our clients :)

edit: I should add - yes, this means that the tool loses much of its purpose, but it's still great for just keeping an eye on usage easily. Perhaps add a box to 'override' the cap value? (or maybe even just in .config - not actually configured in the app).

.... Can I get a copy of the source code? :)

contentsofsignaturemaysettleduringshipping

raydenl

99 posts

Master Geek

#224617 13-Jun-2009 13:50

hmmm, when would the data plan total be equal to zero??? surely all plans would have a data cap?

raydenl

99 posts

Master Geek

#224622 13-Jun-2009 14:17

either way, i'm pretty keen to keep working on this and ironing out the problems...

if you can send me the html of the usage summary page, and a screenshot (optional, but good to be able to see the differences easily) i should be able to fix up the problem.. i'll pm u my email address

numfarr

329 posts

Ultimate Geek

#224871 14-Jun-2009 13:31

raydenl: hmmm, when would the data plan total be equal to zero??? surely all plans would have a data cap?

For users still on Night Owl the plan will show a 0MB cap. These plans will be expiring soon so it won't be a problem for much longer.

1 | 2 | 3