VB2K10 Follow-up:

Well, I think I did it.

It's not everything I want it to be, but I figure if I release it here I can at least get some critiques or requests for additional features. I'd also like to note that this is the firstfirstfirst release, and I think that slicker graphics would be pretty neat. Also, a resizable window, because my desktop has a significantly higher resolution than my laptop does.

NOTE: This requires the .NET 4.0 framework to function.

Once I figure out how to integrate proxies (and I'll be damned if I have to put a .dll together), Tor support and proxylists shouldn't be far behind.

This image should be pretty self-explanatory; the password you're looking for is

T*h*e*_*B*l*o*g*s*p*o*t*t*e*r

sans asterisks. Will that simple obfuscation fool a search engine?

Who knows.

New link without gross image: Save as a .jpg or .rar, you pick.

Actually, don't use that link, just download this picture:

As always, let me know if you've got any suggestions.

Kinda related: I've named it mirror, but I bet there's a smarter-sounding name out there.

I would appreciate those sorts of suggestions as well.

EDIT: Still boring alpha release, sorry guys.

Visual Basic 2010 Express? OH YES.

Decided I'd break out the old-school VB skills, and it turns out there's a whole new programming interface. I'm adjusting to it pretty well, and it helps that there's a rather huge online community that supports development of applications. I figure that it would be nice to have an all-in-one application to manage this blogspotting deal, and here's the rundown on what I think it'd require:

- A webpage viewer. Clearly, the most important part. Since the .NET package includes a web browser, I don't think I need to worry about figuring out how to display the HTML.
- A textbox that allows input of blognames. It shouldn't require the http:// or the .blogspot.com parts, because the application will automatically concatenate the URL in the proper fashion when it sends the URL to the browser.
- An IRC Client, because those are useful. I'm not sure how I'd code one from the base up, so I'll just use a webpage locked in to a mibbit widget that's already configured to whatever channel I want to access.
 - The ability to add/remove blognames to/from a list, which can be managed with ADD/REMOVE buttons and can be used in tandem with a GOTO button to send the learned URLs to the built-in webpage.
- The ability to import/export lists of blognames to and from .txt or another library/database file.

There are probably more features that are just as important, but this should be the skeleton of the project. I'm developing this for me, mostly, but if it's any good I think it'd be worth releasing to the public, right?

Your thoughts, please. What other features would you be looking for in something like this?