Notecase Pro v2.8.8 has just been released

Some highlights:

- many important bug fixes
- support for Nokia Maemo 5 OS (Nokia N900)
- node icon is now clickable, double click allows quick change of icon
- implemented node attachment view (with context menu and accepting dropped files)
- saving to .ncd/.nce file now has a proper progress (instead of old "pulsing" progress)
- new "Copy Node Only" action enables user to copy the selected note to clipboard without its children
- many new Lua functions with sample scripts implementing new features:
sample Lua script to fill List Pane with notes who have at least one tag shared with the currently selected note
sample Lua script to sort the selected note text lines
sample Lua script to fetch tags of a current note and put them to clipboard as text, one tag per line
sample Lua script to copy all tags from all notes listed in List Pane to the clipboard
sample Lua script to Mark All Done Nodes
- Romanian translation updated (work by Alexandru Bogdan Munteanu)
- German translation updated (work by Marcus Hennig)
- help file improvements (work by Paul Merrell)

You can read detailed list of changes online at: http://virtual-sky.com/history.php

As always feedback is welcome.

Now on Twitter too

If you want to stay updated (almost real-time) on the development of Notecase Pro,
feel free to track my new Twitter stream at: http://twitter.com/NotecasePro

Notecase Pro v2.8.5 has just been released
Some highlights:

- many important bug fixes
- improved RTF import support (many formatting tags are now imported), Keynote and Treepad format RTF import was improved too (using the same new code)
- new Lua methods to manipulate the List Pane view (a.k.a. flat list view)
- German translation updated (work by Marcus Hennig)
- OpenSolaris build is active again (built using Nexenta StormOS distro)
- Romanian translation updated (work by Alexandru Bogdan Munteanu)
- tag view context menu operation "List Nodes Having Tag" fills the flat list view with notes having the selected tag (double mouse click or pressing Enter in Tag View activates this method)
- tag view context menu operations working with a flat list view ("Tag This List" and "Remove Tag from List"); visible only when flat list view is active
- help file improvements (work by Paul Merrell)

You can read detailed list of changes online at: http://virtual-sky.com/history.php

As always feedback is welcome.

Price reductions, Notecase Pro v2.7.9 release

Some highlights:
- portable mode for Windows was merged with the main installer (choose standard or portable installation mode in the installer)
- add: implemented "Align justify" formatting option
- add: added a "most recently used" menu for Lua scripts (inside the "Tools" -> "Scripts" submenu)
- add: add two new menu items for context menu when cursor is over the picture: "Cut Image", "Copy Image". Both copy the image to the clipboard (previously only selected image would be copied embedded as part of the HTML using base64 encoding)
- better looking icon selector in the Note Properties window (seletor moved to popup dialog window)
- "Reload License" menu renamed to "Install License", if the program is not installed this feature now shows the file picker dialog for you to load your key file and the program will try to copy it in the required paths
- updated Gstreamer build for windows to the latest version GStreamer-WinBuild-0.10.4-LGPL.exe (prerelease)
- add: implemented per-task option to play a sound file when some task expires (is due)
- French translation updated (work by Pierrick Pinot)
- German translation updated (work by Marcus Hennig)
- Romanian translation updated (work by Alexandru Bogdan Munteanu)
- help file updates (work by Paul Merrell)
- multiple bug fixes

You can read detailed list of changes online at: http://virtual-sky.com/history.php

As always feedback is welcome.

Other than program features, important news is the reduction of the program price, in order to generate faster growth of the user base. New prices are lower by cca 20% or more.

Notecase Pro v2.7.6 released

Major highlights of this release:
- 6 - 10 times speed up the file save operation for .ncd/.nce file formats
- drastically lower CPU usage on Linux systems
- formatting Styles feature (apply your custom combination of bold, italic, font, colors, .. to the selected text)
- added "Acknowledge All" and "Snooze All" features for Task Expired dialog
- postpone autosave process by 10 seconds, if the user is currently typing working with the program
- faster find operation when searching by "has attachment" or "is task" flags within the .ncdb file format document
- some fixes to the Windows application launchers, should reduce "dll hell" problems
- help file and tips.en.txt file updates (work by Paul Merrell)

You can read detailed list of changes online at: http://virtual-sky.com/history.php

As always feedback is welcome.

Notice of absence

I'll be away starting from 18th until 23rd of this month, I am going to Rome, Italy for a vacation.
If you plan to contact me for any reason, please do it few days before or few days after this period.

Thank you for your understanding.

Notecase Pro v2.7.3 released

The new version is out. Mostly concentrated on bug-fixing and speed improvements, but there are some nice new features too.

Some highlights:
- fix: drastically speed up the file save operation for .ncd/.nce file formats (on my test document new save time is cca 20% or the original save time)
- add: new Windows installer concept working similarily to the already existing portable install (advantages: does not change environment variables on the PC, less vulnerable to "dll hell")
- add: dropping the URL on the tree view creates a note that is a hyperlink (previously it created an ordinary note)
- add: Find dialog was enhanced with the option to search in the note contents (text) only
- add: implemented "Remove From List" command in the flat list view context menu (does not delete actual note, just removes it from the flat view)
- add: left click on the save warning label (status bar) starts the file saving operation
- Romanian translation updated (work by Alexandru Bogdan Munteanu)
- add: save reminder in the status bar changes color from gray to red when enough document changes have been accumulated (to remind you it's time to save)
- fix: do not translate the "Insert new node or select an existing one to start typing." string multiple times (should drastically lower CPU usage on Linux)
- fix: greatly improved speed of fetching the image from the internet ("Html contains image links. Do you want to fetch and embed images into the document?")
- moved "Insert symbol" menu command to the "Tools" menu
- honor hoisting when printing the document (only work with notes below the hoist root note)
- fix: "date_last_acknowledged" was not being written back to the document after the task was triggered (caused the already ack. task to be triggered)
- add: implemented "File"/"Document"/"Document compact" menu action that compacts the database-based file format document
- add: added Ini-file key to disable loading gstreamer audio system ("[Startup]" section, "DisableGstreamer=1" key), must be adeed manually, no GUI yet
- add: make flat/tree view column sizes restored on the next application start and when switching between flat and tree view modes

You can read detailed list of changes online at: http://virtual-sky.com/history.php

As always feedback is welcome.