LadyBugz 1.1.2: New Display Option, Tag Removal Support, and Performance Improvement

We have just released LadyBugz 1.1.2. This version gives you a new option to cascade the case hierarchy on either the case number column (which is the default and was the only way in previous versions) and case title. So before we only had something like this:

Now we can also have something like this:

To cascade the case hierarchy display on case title, use the new menu in View > Cascade On. When the case hierarchy display is cascaded on title, it looks closer to the way FogBugz web interface presents the structure.

1.1.2 now also supports tag removal. We stumbled upon a discussion thread on FogBugz’s own forum which led to the solution. We have previously also filed cases to FogBugz to inform that there is currently no way to remove Version and Computer fields. We’ll keep ourselves updated on the related issues.

Finally, 1.1.2 also fixes a performance issue. After we reduced peak CPU usage significantly in 1.1, we were told that LadyBugz could become unresponsive sometimes, especially when loading large number of cases or events. The notorious Spinning Beachball of Death would show up, although the app always resumed working after a few seconds of blocked UI. So this is now fixed. It also taught us a valuable reason how asynchronous HTTP requests should be made in an operation queue-based architecture (with lots of care taken to deal with OS X quirkiness, too). That will leave up to a future write-up on the topic.

So in short, although this is a minor update, we’d still recommend you update to the latest version. You can download LadyBugz here. Complete release notes can also be found here. Let us know if 1.1.2 works indeed better for you. Thanks!