JUD STEPHENSON  Acqlite v3 will be released in the coming weeks, be prepared for that. Along with a redesign of the project website at: http://acqlite.sf.net, you can also expect some of the requested features to be integrated as well.  
(Version 0.2.9)

JUD STEPHENSON  Comments like the one below can only make me laugh.

First - KIDDAILEY is talking as if he/she/whoever is a developer, and judging by the comments made about the widget, he/she is obviously not.

Second - The Widget in no way sends "the DIRECT output" of any request to the sparkIt.php page, and if KIDDAILEY was a developer, he/she would have known that.

The "invalid username/password" error message is displayed if the widget can't access the internet (just because I haven't done much work with the original error handling).

Anyone is free to take a look at the code and even run the widget in dashcode, as the image url is sent to the debug window, which makes for easy debugging.

I really feel like claims of malicious activity should have a little more backing before you (KIDDAILEY) resort to posting negative comments about my work.

If anyone has any other questions/concerns, feel free to comment over at my blog at JudStephenson.com  
(Version 2.0)

JUD STEPHENSON  The widget is not 'phoning home', it was only a problem with the DNS resolving to judson.biz, which has been fixed. The widget ONLY sends dollar amounts to judstephenson.com/sparkIt.php, which in turn creates a dynamic image so you get the pretty graph at the bottom. There is NO personal information being collected.

for more help/questions visit http://bs.judstephenson.com/bbpress

Jud,

JudStephenson.com  
(Version 1.1)

JUD STEPHENSON  What firewall are you using?  
(Version 1.0)

JUD STEPHENSON  If you click on deny forever, does it keep the graph from showing? I am wondering if it is showing judson.biz, since judson.biz and judstephenson.com are on the same server.  
(Version 1.0)

JUD STEPHENSON  The widget does not 'call home' to judson.biz. It does load a the dynamic sparklines from judstephenson.com, if you can show me the code where it contacts judson.biz ill be surprised...

Also, the widget is listed on apple.com, which would not allow the widget if it stole passwords ;-)  
(Version 1.0)