While thinking about how I was going to implement something in Kaffeeklatsch recently, I took a step back and looked at the class structure. What a mess. Over the next few days I drafted a new class structure that would better reflect the goals of the project and make implementation of new features simpler.
The last week or two have been spent implementing that new design and it’s very promising so far. Specifically, media player connectivity and presets have been overhauled. The OptionAttribute class has been removed in favor of a series of attributes from System.ComponentModel. The GUI designer is looking more slick than ever.
With the rewrite comes a new name: Open Visualization Platform, or OpenVP for short. Development is taking place in my public Subversion repository, so if you want to track it just svn co https://layla.chrishowie.com/svn/OpenVP. You will need a recent MonoDevelop to build the project.