Minor update. Fixed a bug in javascript, when scrollbar was improperly placed after hiding a column.
Thursday, December 8, 2011 21:51:32
First dual release is completed. And I am tired. Bunch of new features in both apps. 300+ new alloy names and bunch of new compositions as well. Key features are aliasing support for both apps and quick navigation menus for web app. Tested on all major browsers and seems to be ok. And now onto iphone version, which is about 20% done. Can't say I enjoy doing things over and over again, but promised...
Saturday, December 3, 2011 16:34:00
Fixed few minor UI issues and added few dozen more alloy names and few more data corrections were made after one more pass through it. Tomorrow more testing and touchups and I think it's ready for Saturday release, along with the android app.
Thursday, December 1, 2011 22:04:34
Tested android steel chart synchronization, works fine. Found a bug, not related to synchro, steel comps were flagged as generic displayed properly in certain cases, even though exact composition was available. Fixed two bugs in Steel chart 4.0. Finished help revision. Two more days of testing/debugging and we're ready to go.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 22:26:55
Most of the day, well most of the free time I had during the day went into Android steel chart testing. Found couple bugs, fixed them. Tomorrow, synchronization with the online database and than the biggest thing left will be completing the help file. If all goes well, I'll release on Saturday. I could probably do it earlier, but I'd rather have a free day to deal with unexpected issues after deploying new files and packages for two different platforms.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 23:32:38
Completed coding of the new features to support aliasing as in the steel chart 4.0 and whatever was necessary to work with the new database schema. Tomorrow will be testing android app,and if time permits testing of the web version. Working on the help files too. Pushing hard to get both released this week.
Monday, November 28, 2011 23:46:22
After 4+ months of coding and debugging, almost ready. Alpha stage, all coding is done, testing all features on major browsers and few minor touchups left in look and feel, plus the help file and more data editing. Granted that steel chart 4.0 requires database schema change, I'll be releasing android steel chart 3.0 as well. If all goes as planned, by the end of the next week simultaneous release will happen, and then I'll focus on iphone version. Can't say I enjoy that part though.
Sunday, November 27, 2011 21:51:58
Actually the real name of the alloy is still unknown. It's the alloy used in Kikuchi(Ichiminji) Performance TKC line of knives. For the lack of the better option, it's listed as TKC special steel composition. Special thanks goes ot Mark of chefknivestogo.com for providing the info. Can't say it's something extraordinary, simple, semi-stainless steel, pretty clean, with rtace amounts of Vanadium and Molybdenum.
Monday, November 21, 2011 23:20:55
Bohler-Uddeholm 19C5Va steel is a new alloy, used by Devin Thomas and by other knifemakers. Simple, clean, high carbon steel. As far as I understand, it can be used as a single steel for making a knife, or part of the mix in damascus steels. Worth mentioning that this alloy was specifically developed for cutlery, which is rather rare.
Thursday, November 17, 2011 18:04:39
Not much of a review, but then again, not much of a knife either. I had a set of four Chroma kitchen knives to sharpen and test, this was the second one I've tested. Nothing new, steel sucked, so did the knife performance, and sharpening was a real biatch, just like the Chroma santoku. Well, it was a paring knife, s oobvisous differences from the santoku apply, but performance for both was very sub-par.
Saturday, November 12, 2011 23:17:59