NoteWorthy Newsletter -- 3/13/02 ======================================================= [1] NoteWorthy v 1.2.4 for Mac/1.0.1 for Windows released [2] Help file now available for NoteWorthy for Windows! [3] Your input requested ======================================================= [1] NoteWorthy maintenance releases -- 1.2.4 (Mac), 1.0.1 (Win) We have now posted bug fix updates for both the Mac and the Windows versions of NoteWorthy. These can be found at http://www.intelli-gents.com/download.htm[1] NOTE: We recommend that you always backup your datafile before running an installer or updater, especially if you retain the name of the sample datafile. We have set the installers to not overwrite these files, but backups are always a good idea nonetheless! Bugs fixed: In 1.2.3(Mac)/1.0 (Win), there were situations under which it wasimpossible to unlock a timed-out trial copy of NoteWorthy. This has been fixed. In 1.2.3(Mac)/1.0 (Win), there were situations under which unsaved data in Bibliography mode would be lost if the user navigated to the Note module without saving manually. This has been fixed. In 1.2.3(Mac)/1.0 (Win), double-clicking on Keywords would bring up an unusable screen. This has been fixed. (See [3} below for some additional issues that we are workingon.) ======================================================= [2] Help file now available on Windows platform! One of the big surprises for us in porting from Mac to Windows was the extentto which Windows users expected Help files rather than .pdfs for their documentation. Our top priority in recent months was developing a help file for Windows users. This ended up taking a lot more research, learning and work than we anticipated, but it is finally here. The .hlp files now installwith v 1.0.1. ======================================================== [3] Your input requested There are a couple of design issues we'd like your input on as we work on version 1.3. Issues with Keywords. Several of you have asked about whether the Choose Keyword button could call up a list of the keywords used in ANY module, and not just those in the module you are in at the moment. Additionally, current versions of NoteWorthy have a known bug in which the Choose Keyword feature truncates the list of existing keywords after a certain number of entries. The latter has been found to be a bug in the underlying database engine, and we have been working with 4D, Inc. to get that fixed, but so far nothing to report. We'd like your input on whether you prefer to have Choose Keywords only pull up Keywords used in the current module, or to have it be more global. Do the questionnaire: http://www.intelli-gents.com/keyword_questionnaire.htm[2]. Fixed Size vs. Resizable windows. When we first published NoteWorthy, we didso with a fixed-size screen that could fit on the smallest shipping laptop. We have since then added a larger screen and a resizable screen, though it is not possible to switch between fixed and resizable screens whilerunning NoteWorthy, and you have to choose which you want at startup. We are now wondering whether anyone is actually using fixed-size screens, or whether the product would be improved by just having the resizable screens. Do the questionnaire: http://www.intelli-gents.com/window_questionaire.htm[3]. We'd appreciate it if you'd take a couple of minutes to fill out these brief surveys. --- Links --- 1 http://www.intelli-gents.com/download.htm 2 http://www.intelli-gents.com/keyword_questionnaire.htm 3 http://www.intelli-gents.com/window_questionaire.htm ========================================================== NoteWorthy Virtual Notecards Newsletter UNSUBSCRIBE: send an email to noteworthynews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and put "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the Subject line of the email. Listadmin: webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx