News - 2005
12/23/2005
2005 is almost over! Tomorrow marks one year that we started developing ConnectedText. We can't believe. It seems like yesterday!
To celebrate our one year anniversary we are releasing version 1.2.0.3. It looks like a small update but it is not. It includes:
- Image resizing
- OLE Automation
- Project path selection (yes, you can use your USB drive)
- Improved Navigator
- Commands to expand/collapse all headers
- Improved handling of URL protocols
- Image captions with tooltips
Download it right now. See the complete list of features.
That's the way we want to thank you for your support. Delivering more and more updates with new features. Let's see what 2006 will bring to all of us.
12/09/2005
It is Christmas time!!
So here is our present to our users. We are proud to announce Version 1.2 of ConnectedText. We would like to thank the support and suggestions we received from all users. Take a look in the image below: mathematical formulas, topic icons, calendar
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We would like to thank also John Forkosh for his excellent program mimeTex. Without it including TeX typeset in ConnectedText would be much harder.
See here what changed in Version 1.2. Download it right now so you can start benefiting of the new features. We took special care to remove all bugs reported to us. If you found a bug and it is not fixed post a message in our forum or contact us directly.
Version 1.2 includes a new plugin architecture that opens new possibilities to ConnectedText. For example: using the Python plugin it is possible to query an external database and include the results in the text. Or scraps web sites to get useful information. You are bounded only by your imagination. Tell us about suggestions for new plugins or interesting cases of use.
Version 1.2 supports Asian characters. It was asked by a lot of users. Below is a screenshot where Korean characters are displayed. The only remaining issue is full text search using Asian codepages. For those users which use Asian characters we would like to hear from you if there are other problems that must be addressed.
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11/19/2005
We are really busy down here with the next release of ConnectedText. We received several suggestions from our loyal users but our efforts are for all of you, even those that are not users of ConnectedText. Yet!
Here is the list of what we have ready:
- Plugins architecture to extend ConnectedText allowing contents to be added dynamically to topics. Next
release will have 3 plugins:
- TeX: typeset mathematical formulas
- RSS: include RSS feeds from any source
- Python: execute Python scripts inside a topic
- Import function. It will be possible to import TXT, HTML and RTF files to topics
- Inline styles
- Many improvements
Please, don't be anxious. Next release is scheduled for early December. Our christmas gift to all of you. And don't forget to post you wishes in our Forum.
10/15/2005
We are proud to announce the Version 1.1 release of ConnectedText. We would like to thank the support and suggestions we received from all users. That is what keep us working hard, improving ConnectedText. See here what changed in Version 1.1. Download it right now so you can start benefiting of the new features.
Stay tunned because Version 1.2 is already in development with many more exciting features. And don't forget we always want to hear you about ConnectedText.
09/23/2005
Released build 1.0.0.6. Fixes some minors bugs and adds a very requested feature: now full text search results are highlighted. A new CSS class was created so you can customize how the text is highlighted. Also now it possible to drag topics from de topic list or search results directly to editor. When dropped a link is automatically created.
09/17/2005
Released build 1.0.0.5. It is a maintenance build. Mainly corrects problems found in the new export function.
09/15/2005
Another release of ConnectedText. This is the final 1.0 release. Many bugs were fixed and some new functions were included. Now it is possible to export project contents to text and html files. You can export a snapshot of your project at any date. Also included are paragraph indenting, dictionary lists, improved full text search, random topic. Download and check it for yourself. For version 1.1 is planned the inclusion of plugins, categories and other exciting new features.
We would like to thank all users which support us and helped to improve ConnectedText. If you want to share with other users your experience with ConnectedText, write a testimonial and send to us.
08/26/2005
Today we released a new build of ConnectedText. With the feedback of our users, various bugs were fixed. There are also some new features. Download and check it for yourself. Next release will be the final 1.0. A plugin architecture is planned so stay tunned. And don't forget to post any bug found in our issue tracker.
08/22/2005
We opened our issue tracker for the general public. In it all ConnectedText users can post their suggestions about how to improve it or notify bugs found, exchanging ideas with the development team and other users. Or discuss the use of ConnectedText in the forums. Your feedback is precious to us (quite like the ring...).
In order to post issues is necessary to register at the tracker. It is simple and require just a few fields to be filled. Your personal information will be kept with us and will be used solely for the issue tracker. We only ask posts be made with criterium so everyone can benefit from them. At our discretion posts and/or users could be deleted without notice if they are not relevant or do not meet our internal policy.
08/06/2005
Released the first beta of ConnectedText. The development is almost complete, so we decided to let general people try it. The final release is scheduled to be released by the end of August/2005. Download it and see for yourself what ConnectedText can do for you.