##Screenshot / Code Snippet Current Version: Beta build v1.0

##About

StackTracker, a cross-platform desktop notifier for the StackExchange API built with PyQt4

The application displays a task tray notification when someone has posted an answer or a comment to a question you are tracking on any of the StackExchange sites. Clicking the notification will open the corresponding question in your browser.

###License

GPL - Full LICENSE file available in the repo (below)

###Download

Linux build: Download Linux ZIP (Requires Python 2.6 and PyQt4 to be installed)

Run >> python StackTracker.py from the StackTracker folder

Windows build: Download Windows ZIP (May need Microsoft VC++ DLL installed)

Launch the StackTracker.exe.

Mac OS X build: Download Mac OS X tarball (Requires Growl to be installed)

Launch StackTracker.app. Only tested in Leopard/Snow Leopard on Intel-based Macs.

##Contact

Matt Swanson, mdswanso@purdue.edu

##Code

Tools/Frameworks/Etc Used: Python, PyQt4, gVim

Repo: git clone git@github.com:swanson/stacktracker.git

http://github.com/swanson/stacktracker

##Release Notes Please post feature requests or bugs in the answer section. Patches or pull requests are more than welcome.

###Beta Builds

v1.0 (July 9)

• StackTracker has now entered Beta status!
• Support for API v1.0 release
• Fixed bug in Mac OS X build involving exiting from the tray icon
• Added Mac OS X build icon
• Added default logo for all new Area51/StackExchange sites
• Economized API calls
• Added better handling of multiple alerts overwriting each other
• Added notification when a question is autoremoved
• Removed option to autoremove on accept answers
• Code clean-up and refactoring

###Alpha Builds

v0.4.1 (June 24)

• Updating app to API version 0.9

v0.4 (June 23)

• Fixed bug with gzipped API response that broke nearly all functionality :)
• Added Mac OS X build

v0.3 (June 8)

• Major UI changes
• Windows build released and tested
• Added settings for auto-removing questions and changing update interval
• Shifted application design from a single window to a system tray icon
• Added answer count and asked by fields to question list
• Clicking on a question title in the window will now open the question in the browser
• Throttling API calls to adhere to new "conscientious use" policy
• Changed application icon
• Adding error dialogs for bad input to question URL field
• Added support for Python 2.5 JSON library
• Fixed bug related to local time vs GMT
• Fixed bug where the same question could be tracked multiple times
• Code clean-up and refactoring

v0.2 (May 28)

• Added support for other 'Trilogy' sites
• Questions in the list are colored based on which site they are from
• Changed input from question ID to question URL
• Fixed Segmentation Fault when closing program
• Fixed bug where invalid system clock could cause multiple notifications for same answer/comment
• Various refactoring and code clean-up

v0.1 (May 26)

• Initial build