Laughing Man1.0

Name: Laughing Man
Rating: 3.5 (5 reviews)

10 October 2005

Monitors webpages for changes.

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Overview

Laughing Man is an application for monitoring webpage changes. It uses a Web servers last modified date if available, otherwise it generates a hash number based on the contents of the page

Laughing Man explores data storage methods and a framework for supporting multiple storage methods in an application. The applications name is taken from a character in the "Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex" series.

Laughing Man is written in Java and the source is available under GPL.

What's new in Laughing Man

Version 1.0:

Save bookmark name bug fixed
Rearranged some display logic
Bug fix for space bar cycling of changed sites logic
About box defancified
Readme now in html format
Force hash code check box bug fixed

5 Reviews of Laughing Man

an 'ok' app, shows some promise... does take quite a few bounces to launch, does not allow for checking at intervals less than 'daily'. would like to see the ability to check a site as often as every five minutes.

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