Having Zero Install check for updates once a month or so is handy, as it keeps you up-to-date, but it's pretty annoying that you have to wait for the check just when you're trying to start a program. Especially if there aren't any updates available anyway! I've just committed some new code to do the checking in the background, using the D-BUS notification daemon to let you know if there are updates. This screenshot shows what happens when I run Inkscape:

Added i18n support.
Fix command line handling.
Option to place the time label at right hand side, to avoid being obscured by symlink/xattr emblems.
Use -vf-clr option for MPlayer to clear video filters (Christian W. Zuckschwerdt).

Interesting Python speedup idea seen on planet.gnome.org.

Unfortunately using it I found 2 things:
1) all existing python scripts that do /usr/bin/python or /usr/bin/env python have to be modified (?)
2) currently it seems broken for any python app that does local imports, meaning it can't find 'findrox'!!

I may try to fix these and report later...but I wonder if this concept could be added to the Panel somehow.

Avoid an infinitely growing window (reported by Armando Romero)
Reversed button-order in "Set Location" dialog.

I've made the first release of 0publish-gui today. This is a GTK utility for creating and editing Zero Install feeds. This should make it a lot easier to get started. Here's a tutorial with lots of screenshots. Have fun!

Added i18n support.
Panel icon shows progress bars when downloads in progress.

Added i18n support.
Can set the user.xdg.origin.url extended attribute on downloaded files.
Use rox.basedir instead of rox.choices.
Can override waiting for DownloadManager to OK start.

Fix local feed file.
Added many new options.

Notification messages have the Memo icon. New options for setting the fonts and text sizes for the applet we added, and some other options simplified. The popup is now repositioned when the list of memos changes.

Better UI: instant action so Apply button gone, feedback on when handler set (Thomas Leonard).
Make sure that there is at least a http handler (Thomas Leonard).
When generating commands, ensure that $@ is present (Lennon Cook).
Don't set a handler for file:.
Split out the setting of handlers to config.py.
Added a Help button.
Various bug fixes.