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I decided to make this app out of necessity as I (as I'm sure some of you do as well) work a job where my hours vary from pay to pay. I created this program to estimate how much my paycheck is going to be. Once your information is entered all you will need to do is enter in the amount of hours and it will give you a break down of everything that should be on your paycheck.
This app is in it early beta stages and it will have some bugs which I'll note below. I figured I'd release this to you guys to see how many people are interested and see if I should continue development and also get some feedback from you guys.
Instructions:
Install the cab file.
Run Winpayday.
Menu >> Settings
Enter in your data:
Pay period- How often your paid
Pay Rate- The amount per hour
Overtime rate- How much your paid for overtime(ex 1.5 = Time and a half)
Enter your taxes withheld Percentages. A good way to get these are to take a recent paycheck and divide the amount taken out for each by the Gross Pay. Then obviously move the decimal two places to the right. I understand these numbers will change from week to week depending on how much you make, tax rates, etc. but this will get us as close to the actual amount for next weeks paycheck. I leave mine based on a 40 hour work week and its never off more than a dollar each way.
Mark if your benefits are taken out before taxes (Most are).
Mark if you have Medical, Dental, or any other amount taken out. Then enter in the amount taken out per pay.
After this is all set up there should be no reason to have to come back into the settings screen (Unless we get a raise which would be nice). Everything is saved in settings.xml in the application folder under Program Files where ever it was installed. You can copy this to your SD card to make a backup in case you need to reinstall/reflash.
I know it doesn't look pretty but I needed something that was functional and easy on the eyes and I see no reason to skin this app but if there is an interest I'll take suggestions.
Again this is my first released app so please if you have any problems list them here and I'll try to address them as fast as I can. Any other comments/questions/suggestions please feel free to post, Thanks guys.
Disclaimer- The Default Values that come preloaded in the application do not represent anyones actual salary, including my own, nor do they represent what I think you should be making, so back off, lol. This application does not connect to the Internet in anyway and all the personal financial data you enter stays in the settings.xml file and is not shared with anyone, including myself.
Too early for feedback but I will say this at a glance looks very handy for myself...
For this being in beta stages it seems pretty darn good...
Thx for sharing
Will report any mishaps
This seems to be a very good application, will post feedback asap.
I'll also write an article about it.
EC
Thank
Thanks guys, hope you enjoy it. I'm working on a debug application and error catching for the main app right now and will update it when I can. Thanks for the article as well!
That's pretty cool. Will save me a lot of pen and paper when i'm figuring up bills for the week.
edit: Just compared it today with my actual paycheck, extremely accurate. Would be nice to figure in 401k as a percentage instead of a dollar amount.
Skinning
Working on adding some skinning and new control type functionality, stay tuned!
Don t forget to post up your experiences or any issues you guys have!
it worked ok but wouldn't work when monthly is selected in settings
Thanks for the feedback guys
Thanks for the feedback guys. Ill work on adding a 401k percentage and making the other deduction either flat or a percentage. as for the monthly Ill have to look into that as I dont remember if I tested it, my apologies on that one should have a new release with the fixes soon. Glad to hear it was very accurate for you. Ill update the posting soon. thanks guys!
Compiling an updated version right now. Please keep an eye on the Opening post. Thanks for all the feedback guys!
thanks...i need it a program like this..is there any updates..i saw u just released one for android
Unfortunatly the developer I gave this project to quit and took my source code with him. As of now I dont have a windows mobile phone to test with and I'll have to rewrite the app from the ground up. If I get the new one for android stable I'll be sure to reserect the original version for your guys. My apologies. I'm looking through file backups tonight to try to hopefully find the source code. Thanks for all the support.
I'm not the best with graphics and whatnot, but i love customizing my phone. I've made several root themes in the past and will probably start again when we can get a solid stable rom for our phones. For now it'll probably be just wallpapers and other odds and ends.
If you guys have any requests, pm them to me and I'll try to squeeze them into my busy schedule.
I am a new father, and if you like any of my work, consider buying an audiomanager pro skin or one of my adw themes or maybe even donating via my paypal link in my signature
Please do not redistribute without my permission. Oh and please don't quote this entire post and if you really want to, at least delete the image links so people dont have to scroll past a second set of my bandwidth eating ways
Some walls:
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reserved again.... hopefully no one posts anything here so i can have lots of space to put various bandwidth eating images and whatnot
damn 30 second rule
Since we now have an experimental USB Host app...
I just saw the second request for this so I thought I would post it here where people could find it easier if they so desired.
If any of you use a Nook and a DSLR, this may be the app for you. I found it on DPreview. It is early in its development, but works with my 50d.
http://www.anthonymandra.com/RawDroid/.
What it does is convert RAW images into jpeg previews. These are high res. so they will take a lot of space.
Note, you cannot browse to a file and try to decode it, you must go to a folder. The process for using this to transfer photos is large right now, and the workflow for doing in the field work even larger. One goal of mine this summer is to streamline the workflow, but it is possible.
Now it looks like there really is no reason to buy an iPad.
Have fun,
Leko
lekofraggle said:
Since we now have an experimental USB Host app...
I just saw the second request for this so I thought I would post it here where people could find it easier if they so desired.
If any of you use a Nook and a DSLR, this may be the app for you. I found it on DPreview. It is early in its development, but works with my 50d.
http://www.anthonymandra.com/RawDroid/.
What it does is convert RAW images into jpeg previews. These are high res. so they will take a lot of space.
Note, you cannot browse to a file and try to decode it, you must go to a folder. The process for using this to transfer photos is large right now, and the workflow for doing in the field work even larger. One goal of mine this summer is to streamline the workflow, but it is possible.
Now it looks like there really is no reason to buy an iPad.
Have fun,
Leko
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Funny, i was looking at this today, for the same reason you were. My big question, is what RAW formats are supported? I did some quick looking, but didn't actually see a list anywhere...
I know for a fact that cr2 (Canon) is supported. I also think nef (Nikon) is as well. Apparently, it does not do too well with Minolta files. However, Sigma is good.
I am not sure about the fuji or pentax ones. He is trying to support all of them, and I think his model is dcraw, but I am not sure. Just a guess. My best advice is grab it and try it. It worked for me, hopefully it will work for you too.
~Leko
Cant say i am horribly impressed with the program so far. The website has NO documentation, and i have no idea if it is doing what i want it to.
I have a test file in a specific folder, and i click it and tell it to decode files in this folder. I see the thumbs, and i can click on them to get a bigger image. But i cannot zoom the image, nor do i see any JPGs in the folder when i check with root explorer. Perhaps it doesn't like Sony Raws (not Minolta)? I wouldn't know, because the author has **0** documentation...
EDIT: and this time, a 1/4 res JPG showed up... no clue what i did different. Again, there is no documentation or anything....
I feel you frustrations in the initial release. Keep in mind this was not intended for public consumption. My goal was to get the functionality in place, queue some interest, and utilize some desperate android folks as testing guinea pigs.
I now have much of the functionality in place and put it on the market. The interface is greatly improved, and shortly will be fully automatic. Many of your complaints are already implemented/fixed.
I invested every moment of my free time to pull this off in the state it's in. Since I was changing everything rapidly, documentation would be a redundant effort I couldn't afford until now. I will be sprucing up the website, documenting the program, and offering a camera model self report page shortly.
You should check out the market version which is much more straightforward now.
(Also the 1/4 res thumbnail is what is stored in your raw type, I can do full decodes, but currently it's much too slow so I haven't released it yet)
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I feel you frustrations in the initial release. Keep in mind this was not intended for public consumption. My goal was to get the functionality in place, queue some interest, and utilize some desperate android folks as testing guinea pigs.
I now have much of the functionality in place and put it on the market. The interface is greatly improved, and shortly will be fully automatic. Many of your complaints are already implemented/fixed.
I invested every moment of my free time to pull this off in the state it's in. Since I was changing everything rapidly, documentation would be a redundant effort I couldn't afford until now. I will be sprucing up the website, documenting the program, and offering a camera model self report page shortly.
You should check out the market version which is much more straightforward now.
(Also the 1/4 res thumbnail is what is stored in your raw type, I can do full decodes, but currently it's much too slow so I haven't released it yet)
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RcketScientist - Thank you for your info, and taking the time to comment. I think i was a bit too harsh (that way was particularly stressful), and i should have been a bit more lax. As it is, I know it is not easy to start on something like this from scratch, so i do applaud your efforts. The 1/4 size previews, while not perfect, are admittedly a good start, and hopefully full decodes will come (speed isn't an issue, if we have the ability to select per file).
Please accept my apology - i continue to look forward to your updates.
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RcketScientist - Thank you for your info, and taking the time to comment. I think i was a bit too harsh (that way was particularly stressful), and i should have been a bit more lax. As it is, I know it is not easy to start on something like this from scratch, so i do applaud your efforts. The 1/4 size previews, while not perfect, are admittedly a good start, and hopefully full decodes will come (speed isn't an issue, if we have the ability to select per file).
Please accept my apology - i continue to look forward to your updates.
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No problem, when I said I felt your frustrations I really did. The makeshift interface was driving me nuts too.
As it stands for the full decode I was going to have that done at the full view stage (menu>decode). That way the lucky folks (canon/nikon) whom have high quality thumbs don't have to wait if the thumb suffices. I'll follow that up with a preferences suite that will allow you to force a full decode with each full view.
When I said the full decodes were slow I meant really slow. I've seen some very fast but I've also seen inexplicable 15 secondish decodes. Until I can make it more reliable or at least understand the delay and throw in a progress indicator it's a liability to release.
The full decodes are also a lot more unwieldy (70+ MB for my 5dmii) and the built in android stuff is having trouble loading with them at the moment.
I'm about to move across country so things will slow down, but by mid July I should be settled and able to devote more time to finishing this up.
Samsung GX10 DNGs processed
Just a quick note: I had no problems decoding DNG files from the Samsung GX10 (sibling to the Pentax K10D) on the Nook Color w/ CM 7.0.3 & dalingrin's kernel.
I pushed 100 files through it with small embedded Jpgs and two at full 10mpix and all went well.
Keep up the good work - looking forward to your next versions!
If I were going to do this I would just do raw+ jpeg.. Converting on the nook seems a little silly.
Hi RcketScientist, I really appriciate your effort with the RAW decoding, I know it is not an easy task. We are working some time on porting dcraw library (probably as you do) to Android, so maybe I could give you some advice.
khaytsus said:
If I were going to do this I would just do raw+ jpeg.. Converting on the nook seems a little silly.
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I don't think it's silly idea. Imagine if photographers could import photographs to tablet on site, present them to a customer and make selection with some editing. At home, they would synchronize the photos with Lightroom, for example. We talked to some professional photographers and they confirmed that it would be very helpful.
But if you want to do full-decoding, be prepared for hard coding and optimizing to make it work fast. I suggest to focus and optimize it only for dual-core devices, especially with Tegra processor, which has really good performance for this purpose.
Also, if you want to view the image, you should't write it to SD card, but keep the data in RAM. Reading/writing operations are quite slow and you can't optimize them much.
Now, we can decode the image to view on screen in about 3-6 seconds on Asus transformer, but we'd like to make it a little faster.
We plan to release some demo application in few weeks. The first final release is planned for the September / October and there will be functions like importing directly from camera, viewing and editing images, full decoding, synchronizing with Lightroom (with XMP files).
I will post the demo as soon as we finish it, and I will appreciate your opinions for new functions and features.
Alwar,
Sounds great. Thanks. I will stay tuned.
~Leko
@Rcket, I sent you an email offering to help with this project. PM or email me back if you're interested.
lekofraggle said:
Alwar,
Sounds great. Thanks. I will stay tuned.
~Leko
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We have still many issues with full decoding, so I just posted some screenshots:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15610505&posted=1#post15610505
Alwar,
Looks great. I do not mind playing around if you want me to. However, my primary camera is a 50d. which has 15 mp. That is a lot for even my mac to handle.
~Leko
Hey app devs out there,
I just looked for a simple but powerfull calculator via the android market. Found nothing but the "old school" ones.
Yeah, there are tons of calculators out there, one has more abilities than the other. But thats not what I am looking for!
I am WORKING with my windows7 laptop, word2010 and microsoft's math4. Give it a try and you will see why I love this combination that damn much!
I am studying machanical engineering, so I need some features more than others, but the biggest thing is it must be as written on paper, that is what word2010+math4 gives me!
I write the fractions just as I would write them on paper, right after x^4/y^2 and space it is shown to me not in that freaky oldschool style, like excel still does.
So, why not have such an calculator on android? That would give many high mathematic working people a chance to get rid of windows, get an tablet (for me still an GalaxyAce) with android and a powerfull but easy to handle calculator.
As I have no clue about programming, it would take me months just to get the first lines, but this job realy needs enthusiasts to get it the way I mind it.
So, if any of you here knows where to place this request, please help me out. There must be sitting some super brains waiting for another challange, this would be a huge one!
DaBigFreak said:
Hey app devs out there,
I just looked for a simple but powerfull calculator via the android market. Found nothing but the "old school" ones.
Yeah, there are tons of calculators out there, one has more abilities than the other. But thats not what I am looking for!
I am WORKING with my windows7 laptop, word2010 and microsoft's math4. Give it a try and you will see why I love this combination that damn much!
I am studying machanical engineering, so I need some features more than others, but the biggest thing is it must be as written on paper, that is what word2010+math4 gives me!
I write the fractions just as I would write them on paper, right after x^4/y^2 and space it is shown to me not in that freaky oldschool style, like excel still does.
So, why not have such an calculator on android? That would give many high mathematic working people a chance to get rid of windows, get an tablet (for me still an GalaxyAce) with android and a powerfull but easy to handle calculator.
As I have no clue about programming, it would take me months just to get the first lines, but this job realy needs enthusiasts to get it the way I mind it.
So, if any of you here knows where to place this request, please help me out. There must be sitting some super brains waiting for another challange, this would be a huge one!
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I also came across the same need. It is pretty strange that on google play there is no such scientific calculator app available. I mean, the "natural display" feature would really be usefull, particulary on big screen devices. Anyone knows if such an app has been developer since DaBigFreak opened this thread?
Natural Display Calculator App
Night on the web said:
I also came across the same need. It is pretty strange that on google play there is no such scientific calculator app available. I mean, the "natural display" feature would really be usefull, particulary on big screen devices. Anyone knows if such an app has been developer since DaBigFreak opened this thread?
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We thought the same, so we developed an app that does exactly this! Let me know if you have any feedback. You can check it out here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=roviminteractive.materialcopy
ocstew said:
We thought the same, so we developed an app that does exactly this! Let me if you have any feedback. You can check it out here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=roviminteractive.materialcopy
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Hi! and thank you for taking the time of answering my previous post.
I am really glad that your team developed an android app with natural display capabilities. I am going to give it a try for sure :good::good:
Night on the web said:
Hi! and thank you for taking the time of answering my previous post.
I am really glad that your team developed an android app with natural display capabilities. I am going to give it a try for sure :good::good:
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DaBigFreak said:
Hey app devs out there,
I just looked for a simple but powerfull calculator via the android market. Found nothing but the "old school" ones.
Yeah, there are tons of calculators out there, one has more abilities than the other. But thats not what I am looking for!
I am WORKING with my windows7 laptop, word2010 and microsoft's math4. Give it a try and you will see why I love this combination that damn much!
I am studying machanical engineering, so I need some features more than others, but the biggest thing is it must be as written on paper, that is what word2010+math4 gives me!
I write the fractions just as I would write them on paper, right after x^4/y^2 and space it is shown to me not in that freaky oldschool style, like excel still does.
So, why not have such an calculator on android? That would give many high mathematic working people a chance to get rid of windows, get an tablet (for me still an GalaxyAce) with android and a powerfull but easy to handle calculator.
As I have no clue about programming, it would take me months just to get the first lines, but this job realy needs enthusiasts to get it the way I mind it.
So, if any of you here knows where to place this request, please help me out. There must be sitting some super brains waiting for another challange, this would be a huge one!
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Hahahaha I definitely didn't expect to get a response from a 3 year old thread That's great to hear. You guys were actually part of the reason why we decided to develop this app - I ran into the same problem and was amazed at how there were zero natural display scientific calculators on the store, while the Apple Store had tons. We're continually updating the app at the moment and just added programmable constants! If you could leave a review that would mean a lot to me :fingers-crossed:
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We're continually updating the app at the moment and just added programmable constants! If you could leave a review that would mean a lot to me :fingers-crossed:
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Cool! I am actually having problemas with my smartphone so i had only the time for quicky trying the app. Now i have resetted it but still it's not ok. I am currently looking for a new smartphone. As soon as i get the new phone, root it i will install your app and review it! :good:
Wow, its a realy nice working calculator, but I definitly need integrals and matrizes. So if you could add this, it will be realy usefull at university
DaBigFreak said:
Wow, its a realy nice working calculator, but I definitly need integrals and matrizes. So if you could add this, it will be realy usefull at university
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Thanks! We'll add that to the list of features to be implemented. At the moment we're working on adding history and favourites which is turning out to pretty painful. If you could leave a rating or review in the store, we'd be so grateful!
ocstew said:
Thanks! We'll add that to the list of features to be implemented. At the moment we're working on adding history and favourites which is turning out to pretty painful. If you could leave a rating or review in the store, we'd be so grateful!
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Before that, I'd love to see integrals, sum and matrizes. Then you can essentially do anything you want or that could be done.
Next big thing would be to make variables calculating available. Not storing a certain number as A, B, or C, but let the calculator solve an non-number equation to a specific variable.
Right behind that, setting up variables with a value, so you can define A:=5.0, B:=2*A and the equation only has A and B, the calculator gives the results.
DaBigFreak said:
Before that, I'd love to see integrals, sum and matrizes. Then you can essentially do anything you want or that could be done.
Next big thing would be to make variables calculating available. Not storing a certain number as A, B, or C, but let the calculator solve an non-number equation to a specific variable.
Right behind that, setting up variables with a value, so you can define A:=5.0, B:=2*A and the equation only has A and B, the calculator gives the results.
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All the things you've asked for are being worked on at the moment, but understandably it will be months before they're actually implemented. At the moment we really need traction to increase the visibility of our app, otherwise there's really no incentive for us to continue developing if it's going to be buried underneath thousands of crappy calculator apps on the Play Store That's why reviews and ratings are so important to us. We do take into account the many features that our users request, they'll all sitting in a document, slowly being ticked off one by one
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Just took a look at it very well designed looked very good and used the Google design elements very well, nice to see you implemented a tablet view, very well made good job