This release includes many improvements and fixes. Most notably, the Windows indexing libraries have been completely redone and there are several changes in reports and accelerators. Additionally, there are lots of fixes.
Note: The about screen under Windows no longer says "with indexing libraries" since they are now always included with every install.
All the details:
Version 5.5.1.1-b
October 12, 2009
· Indexing Libraries Replaced (Windows Only)
o The libraries used for indexing of Word, PDF, and other file formats are no longer a separate download and are now included in the trial version also
o Conversion of binary formats to text should be faster
· Reports
o Report filter icon button replaced with button/dropdown menu combo
o When the keyboard focus is on reports, the Enter or Spacebar can be used to activate the selected Thought
o Ctrl+A adds all Thoughts in the report to the selection
· Accelerators
o Reserved accelerators used for Notes
o Reserved OS specific accelerators such as F10 under Windows
o Prevents assigning inappropriate single key accelerators such as ‘A’
o Fixed: Remove/add pin accelerators don't work
o Fixed: Accelerators don't work in presentation mode
o Added localizable names for keypad and other keys
o Page up/down, home/end, etc can be set as accelerators without scrolling the list of accelerators
· Brain Statistics Fine Tuned
o Fixes:
§ Thoughts: Thought Types, Events and Forgotten Thoughts are excluded
§ Links: Link Types and Links involving Thought Types are excluded, Links to forgotten Thoughts and events are excluded
§ Notes: Events and Forgotten Thoughts are excluded
§ Attachments: Attachments of forgotten Thoughts and types are excluded
§ Thought types: Events are excluded
o Tags and Events lines added
· Installers optimized (non-Windows downloads smaller by ~2 MB)
· Localization
o Updated Japanese translation files, including tips in Japanese
o Fixed problems with translation of “editions info” screens
· Minor Changes
o Updated about/splash graphic
o Printing initiated message is displayed less obtrusively
· Fixes
o Fixed: Holding down the Ctrl key increases memory usage due to a Java bug
o Fixed: Conflicting mnemonics in View menu
o Fixed: If you save a custom report on Thought Types, when you load the report the wrong number of Thoughts are displayed
o Fixed: Thoughts with multiple attachment types do not show in the Internal/External/URL Attachment reports
o Fixed: The custom dictionary is not shared between the notes and Thought spell checkers
o Fixed: Dragging a thought from the past thought list leaves image of the dragged Thought in the plex until it is refreshed
o Fixed: On multi-page printouts only the first page is printed
o Fixed: Assign Brain New GUID confirmation box does not show any text
o Fixed: Wrong copy/paste accelerators are shown on the notes menu under Mac OS
o Fixed: Renaming a tag doesn’t update the layout of the tags panel
o Fixed: Exceptions on updating from a version 4.X Brain
o Fixed: Checkmark in tags menu doesn't appear immediately
o Fixed: colors don't show if too many pre-defined colors are present
o Fixed: Thought icons don't show properly in reports
o Uses correct file type when saving/importing accelerators
o File view dialog refreshes when files are deleted
o Fixed: tags are sometimes slightly cut off on right side
