Gixen Desktop Manager (64-bit) released

[mario]

Gixen Desktop Manager 2.0.2 has just been released.

Improvements include:

1) GDM is now 64-bit. which makes it perform better and be more friendly on Windows 7, Windows 10, etc.

2) A third-party openssl library that was previously needed and distributed with GDM is no longer needed.

3) As before, GDM does not install - you unpack the zip archive and run it. It's free from adware and spyware as long as you download it from Gixen.Com (download link is below). Please avoid any other site that offers it, some modify it and add all kind of different garbage that you don't want installed on your computer.

I will see if interest for 32-bit app still exists to release it in parallel, but the default distro will now be 64-bit.

You can download it from https://www.gixen.com/gdm/GixenDesktopManager.zip

[22dollar]

I will see if interest for 32-bit app still exists to release it in parallel, but the default distro will now be 64-bit.


Need 32 bit, thanks

[Frichmout]

Hi Mario,

I have just downloaded GDM and at first execution, Norton (Symantec endpoint protection V12.1.6) said it was not a safe file and has deleted it...

[frichmout]

Precision : Norton report

Scan type: Auto-Protect Scan
Event: Risque de sécurité détecté.
Security risk detected: WS.Reputation.1
File: [local location] GixenDesktopManager.exe
Location: Quarantaine

[charlescarmichael12]

Mario,
Thanks very much for a new release will try it over the coming days

[mario]

frichmout,

I guarantee you I haven't put any malware into GDM. The only important thing is to download it from Gixen directly, and not some shady third-party site.

As for the Norton, definitely not my favourite anti-virus software.

[Nutters]

I will see if interest for 32-bit app still exists to release it in parallel, but the default distro will now be 64-bit.


Would appreciate 32 bit as well, thanks

[Ramona]

Just to mention that the links to the Gixen Desktop Manager on the main gixen.com home page are currently giving an error "The topic or post you requested does not exist".

Also, is there any way to know when there is a new version of Gixen Desktop Manager (or indeed of the Firefox extension) without having to visit the Community to check? I'd be happy to be on a (low volume) Gixen mailing list that told me about updates, planned outages, etc.

[gipsy]

Hi,
I would like to have the 32-bit version of Gixen Desktop Manager.
I know that the future is at 64 bits, for questions of organization and computer park, I stay at 32 bits (for the moment).
Thanks
Gip

[Rickajho]

Another vote for a 32 bit release, please and thank you.

[mario]

32-bit version is now available at:

https://www.gixen.com/gdm/GixenDesktopManager-32bit.zip

[Ramona]

[mario]

Thank you, I updated the link on the home page. For major GDM updates - I disable the old version on the server side, so you know immediately that you must upgrade. I don't do that always - e.g. not for minor updates, as it's a hassle for users who may not need the update.

I will see that I add another flag on the settings page (e.g. email for GDM updates), as I don't want to email all users about something they may not use at all.

[22dollar]

[quote="mario"]32-bit version is now available at: ....


Thanks for 32 BIT Desktop Manager ! ! !


Can [32 BIT] Desktop Manager be loaded with Firefox and then have items go to Firefox eBay pages when item clicked on??
To avoid bidding yourself up when forgetting you are using Firefox Autosnipe for your eBay bids instead of Explorer.

[Cupid]

I'm not really understanding this 22dollar,

There is only one Gixen snipe amount for any particular auction, whether you add that snipe via the web interface, via Autosnipe or via the Gixen Desktop Manager, they all access the same Gixen database.
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[ralwine]

[Guest]

Although I don't buy as much from eBay as I used to, I have downloaded the Gixen Desktop Manager and Android app and it has made buying from eBay so much easier.
Thank you for this.

James

[Nomz]

I was wondering if you planed to release a mac os and/or ios version of the desktop manager. I know I can run the windows version in one of the many different virtual machine software but it would be much more convenient to have a OSX version if possible.

Thank you.

[Cupid]

Nomz,

Do you know how much a development environment for an Apple device costs ?

It might have to be crowd funded, just to make it an economic option.
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[jraytay]

Just signed up and won bid by $21 less than my top offer. Even though Mirror may not seem like much value added for $6 I purchased to support this excellent program. Thanks.

[Cupid]

Support is being requested here.
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[bhaktamal]

[Cupid]

[clcurrie]

I just signed up and downloaded the desktop app but when I signed in, I got this notice:

Your ebay authorization has expired or expires in less than 10 days. Please renew it on the Gixen settings page or your snipes may fail. Your eBay authorization to Gixen has been revoked. Please renew it on the Gixen settings page or your snipes may fail.

Where is "the page" in eBay?

[juangrande]

Log in to your Gixen account and click the [Settings] button to go to your Settings page.

Follow the Re-authorize Gixen on your eBay account link and carry out the instructions.
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[kinggooner]

I have to input my login name and password into Desktop Manager every time I open it.
I have ticked the "remember" box on every occasion, however, the next time I use it I always have to input my credentials again.

[Cupid]

I guess that the account that you are using to run the application doesn't have update access to the working directory that the application is using.

The credentials would normally get stored in an file called gixen.ini in that directory.
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[Paid User]

[21259006311259]

[Cupid]

[itsme13804]

I have tried the new version for the last 2-3 days and I offer the following comments:

Credentials are not remembered even thought the box is checked.

Print is very small and hard to read. (I use a 23" monitor.)

Individual lines need to be separated somehow. Perhaps using color on every other line instead of each line.

No item thumbnails. This makes it difficult to locate an individual listing without reading each description.

Most of all, it is very slow to load compared to the original Desktop Manager.

[Cupid]

[thirrouard]

[Cupid]

[Luckytx]

Okay, can someone explain to me how this site works for auctions, step by step as I have not been able to make this work for me and I am clueless about what I am doing. Hope to be lucky again.

[Cupid]

Have you read the FAQ page, accessed via the tab above ?

Can you be more specific about where you are having problems, eg, logging in on the web interface, setting up snipes using the fields and the 'Add' button, downloading and using the Desktop Manager on Windows systems (if you prefer not to use the web interface), changing the Settings, etc. etc.

Otherwise the question is a bit too wide to respond to directly here in anything like a succinct fashion.
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[kk0456]

Your ebay authorization has expired or expires in less than 10 days. Please renew it on the Gixen settings page or your snipes may fail.

Hi

When I open gixen page, above message appears.
But I have paid six USD to continue this service via Paypal February6.
Did you confirm that payment?

[Cupid]

Your authorisation is not the same thing as your subscription.

You don't pay for your authorisation but you do need to renew it at least once every 18 months, because Ebay expires it after that.

You can renew it by logging in here via the web interface then selecting the 'Settings' button that appears just below the tabs, to the left of the 'Logout' button, then you can renew your authorisation via the second section of the page that comes up.
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[jshailes]

Hi. I was just looking for the desktop client and came across this thread. I was wondering if there's ever been a version that can run under linux. If not and it's something you'd be interesting in doing I'd be happy to help with dev. TIA

[Cupid]

No, there has never been a version for Linux.

As far as providing development support, you are best discussing that directly with Mario, via email, at the support address given on the Contact tab.
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[dakid]

How odd. I bid (and won the item), but GDM shows status as "bid under asking price. Any idea why it says that?

Also, I clicked on Img on this post so I could attach the image but it didn't work. It just gave me this ---> [img]. [/img]

[Cupid]

The only way to share images here is to upload them to an image hosting site and then provide a link here (without the leading https).

It is probably that you are looking at the status for the later server which would have received that status since once a bid is accepted by Ebay it won't accept another of the same (or less) amount from the same user for the same item.
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[dakid]

Thank you for your response. I'm still not sure I understand why the GDM program shows "bid under asking price," since I won the auction.

Are you saying that the GDM program is the later server?

Under status (mirror) it says HIGH BIDDER.

I thought I'd bring this to your attention in case its a glitch that needs to be fixed.

[Cupid]

'HIGH BIDDER' means that you won.

This means that the Mirror server got the bid in first (perhaps you had a larger offset for the Mirror ?), then the Main server came along and tried to place the same bid, but at that point Ebay will reject it because there is already a bid of that amount that they have accepted. If for some reason the Mirror bid had not been accepted or had failed to be sent this bid from the Main would have been your backup, making sure that your bid did get placed after all.

The status of 'BID UNDER ASKING PRICE' means that Ebay wouldn't accept a bid of that amount at the time that server tried to place the bid.

This is normal operation, nothing to worry about.
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