BiteSpire Software History and What's New

Version 4-420 | 21 August 2024 | Changes

• NoteBoard

• Improved | A huge number of additions and improvements have been made to the NoteBoard. This includes zooming, interactive linking, and a new menu to add "Labels", "Images", and "Rich Text objects".

• User Interface

• Improved | Overall improvements to smarten up the user interface.

• Web Browsing

• New | HTML rendering engine updated.
• Improved | Bookmarks dropdown button moved to the top left for quicker access.

Version 4-407 | 7 June 2024 | Changes

• Contacts

• Improved | Contact's edit window has been improved along with tab focusing fields.

• Dashboard

• New | When Panel Borders is not enabled, there are vertical lines displayed for easier reading of the panels.

• Deleted

• New | Choose Folder - Remember last folder if no folder given.

• Journals

• Fixed | Journal's date filter become disconnected from the breadcrumb and tree, displaying constant "Loading...".

• Messages

• Improved | Unread messages count updating on breadcrumb bar.

• Planner

• Fixed | The default filter going into a Planner is now "All Types", meaning your planner events show immediately.
• Fixed | Planner Types in edit window became disconnected.

• Tasks

• New | Click on the Folder column of Tasks allows edit of that item's folder.

• User Interface

• Improved | Overall improvements to smarten up the user interface consistancy and modern feel.
• New | New option in Settings/Navigator Tree - [Show Deleted folder] will toggle the display of the Deleted folder within the section's folder tree.
• New | Changing an item's folder from within an edit window will now remember the state and the folder currently defined.
• Improved | Thumbnails for bookmarks, contacts, and resources have been slightly enlarged and you now click on the thumbnail in the edit window to change it.
• Improved | Mini page search (on the top right) now works on the currently shown sections' card view.
• New | 12/24 hour display format is now taken from Windows. This affects the time/date edit boxes.

• Web Browsing

• New | Blank Tab bookmarks display now has vertical lines to make reading easier.
• New | Browser Bookmarks blank page now has an option to show any folder's bookmarks or a specific folder, right click on the black tab area for the menu.

Version 4-406 | 3 May 2024 | Changes

• Tasks

• New | Added extra date filters. The date filter on the left of the Task's toolbar makes use of the date navigator. There are also extra dates such as "Today+7".
• New | You can move Tasks up or down, overriding the sort order. There are two new icons on the Task's toolbar to achieve this.

• User Interface

• Improvement | Week numbers are now displayed on all date popups, not just on the date navigators.
• Fixed | Customised colour of Side Bar is now retained between sessions.
• Fixed | Fixed minor display bugs, such as Calendar Journal icons merging into caption display.
• Fixed | Unable to move the main window as the tabs were in the way. The tabs have been reduced leaving an area to the left of the Page Search which when dragged will move the window as expected.

• Documents

• Fixed | Spell Check had become disconnected from the editor.

• Card Views

• Fixed | Sometimes, strange text appears in the comments of a record, "WL=? ....". This was accidently left in from developer testing.

Version 4-405 | 19 April 2024 | Changes

• Browser

• New | CEF updated to 123.0.6312.124 with latest privacy and security fixes.

• Noteboard

• New | New Connection Line creation behaviour. When creating a new connection line: Click on the little cross on the top right of the block. You then get a wiggly worm that indicates where the connection will go. Hovering over an existing block will snap the line to that block. Hit left click and it will be committed. Click on a blank area or hit [Esc] to cancel the connection.
• Improved | Selecting Connection lines should be a little easier..

• User Interface

• New | Added [+New Folder], [+ New Sub folder], and [+ New Document] to the end of the breadcrumb bar.
• Improved | Alpha tabs filter - increased font and tab size for easier clicking/touch.

• Search and Indexing

• Improved | Full Text Indexing has been greatly improved - You will need to do a Full Index Build. Go To [Tools] / [Search Index] / [Build Complete Full Text Index].

• Internal

• Fixed | Several internal fixes. Thanks to all for the feedback and reports.

Version 4-403 | 10 April 2024 | Changes

New Editions

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Older Releases

Version 3-382 | 22 June 2023 | Changes

• Internal

• Improved/Fixes | Various internal security and bug fixes.

 

Version 3-381 | 22 February 2023 | Changes

• Browser

• New | CEF updated to 109.0.5414.120 with latest privacy and security fixes.
• Improved | Download alert scales better with DPI.
• New | Close Button added to vertical tabs along with a marker.
• Improved | Better security acceptance when using banking sites such as NatWest.

• Calendar

• Fixed | Chinese characters sometimes appear in Calendar Comments/Notes.

• Contacts

• Fixed | Field tab order improved in Contact details edit window.

• Messages

• Fixed | Edit/Manage Email Accounts window can now be reopened without restarting doogie.
• New | To make it easier to see unread messages the Card View background of Read messages will appear the same as the window background colour unless custom coloured.

• Planner

• Fixed | Planner Deleted properties windows is now accessible.
• New | When inside the Planner section, the Refresh/Reload command next to the address bar will refresh the Planner events.
• Fixed | Chinese characters sometimes appear in Planner Comments/Notes.

• Tasks

• Fixed | Placing cursor in the Task Editor reference fields no longer jumps to the Recurrence details.

• UI

• New | Border size thickness increased for windows which are not maximised making sizing easier with the cursor.

Version 3.0.4.369 | 7 February 2022

• Browser

• New | CEF updated to 97.0.4692.99 with latest privacy and security fixes.
• Enhancement | Added more content blocking patterns which helps towards removing some adverts.

• UI

• New | Dragging a tree node towards the top or bottom of the Navigator will cause it to scroll in that direction, making life easier to move items to the extremes of the tree.
• New | Tree Navigator new setting, "Show All Records when top root item is selected". If enabled, will show all records regardless of folder (can be slow for a large database).

Version 3.0.3.310 | 22 November 2021

• Browser

• New | CEF updated to 95.0.4638.54 with latest privacy and security fixes.
• New | When multiple languages are chosen, the latest selection will take priority pushing en-GB/US to the end.
• New | "Save Image As" has options to save as PNG or JPG.
• Fixed | Resource memory improvements when downloading files.

• Calendar

• New | Resources with Calendar URLs (Google etc) can be automatically downloaded and updated every x minutes. See Calendar Settings.

• Dashboard

• New | Blank subjects are now shown as "blank" to make selection easier.

• Documents & Rich Text Editors

• New | Background of comments and notes take on the theme background unless a default template overrides it.

• Messages

• New | Viewing of pdf/text/image attachment is shown in a new tab.

• V3

• New | Created a new build branch for Linux. Currently testing under Zorin 16, Ubuntu 20+ using Wine version 6.0.1.
• Improvements | Data Sync to Android app reconnects automatically when in range.

Version 3.0.2.292 | 4 October 2021 | Latest Changes

• Internal

• New | doogie will now detect any code issues and will automagically send me at what point doogie decided to have a tantrum. Data is sent secured and doesn't contain any of your database or machine details.
  No need to send me the Dev/Bug Report text file. However, extra information to support any issues is always welcome.
• Improved | Improved stability over GDI resources. (thx George)
• Fixed | Minor installation error for some ttf/otf files which are already installed.

• Browser

• New | WidevineCDM will now download and update itself automagically when needed, such as for Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, NetFlix, and other streaming sites where digital content is managed.
• New | CEF updated to 94.0.4606.61 with latest privacy and security fixes.
• New | Tabs list added to right-click context menu of webpage.
• New | Holding Control key whilst using mousewheel will zoom the web page in and out.

• Contacts

• Improved | Custom Fields data input has been improved making it easier to enter details.

• Dashboard

• New | Clicking on the Last Backup date in the header area will start a new backup.

• Documents

• New | Save button had wrong icon on external editor toolbar (thx Randall).

• Messages

• New | The commands "Go To Next/Previous Unread" is no longer restrained to the current folder but will go to the nearest Unread folder, continuing navigation.
• Fixed | Redundant Close button removed (thx Rob).
• Fixed | Messages tab icon will animate when checking for messages.
• Fixes In Progress | Removal of the need to assign Gmail 2FA App Passwords and using OAuth instead (thx All).

• Reports

• New | Main icon changed for Reports so it doesn't look like an attachment.

• Resources

• Fixed | Resources Card View showing thumbnails (thx Joachim).

• Settings

• Improved | Changing Icon Size using spinboxes takes into account the current desktop DPI.

• UI

• Fixed | Hold down Control when clicking on Favourites will create a new tab otherwise will replace the URL on the current tab, unless tab is a section tab.
• Fixed | Tab icon for websites show as a symbol with the first letter of domain for faster identification.
• Fixed | Error message when Calendar Event Reminder Alarm is invoked.

Version 3.0.1.287 | 5 September 2021

• Internal

• Fixed | An important update to fix the startup of a database when using non-British localised language.

Version 3.0.1.286 | 5 September 2021

• Bookmarks

• Fixed | Navigator Folder Tree now updates when updating or adding folders in a different folder tree window.

• Browser

• New | Selecting from the browser language selection will now add to the languages, enabling one to choose more than one language.
• New | Added Reset button to browser language selection which defaults back to English.
• New | Added further privacy-focused search engines to the Web Research options.

• Calendar

• New | Added "Menu/File/Import/Import from ICS Web Address" and new icon. This will import directly into the Calendar onto that specific Resource any Events delivered by the specified Resource's iCal URL.
• Improved | Resource header display improvements and better text contrast.
• Fixed | Month view display glitch on day number.
• Fixed | Clock and date font colour in Dark theme.
• Fixed | When in single day view the date text display will reduce accordingly.

• Dashboard

• New | Added option in Customisation Style to change font of the Quote Of The Day.
• Improved | When Task section records are updated, the Dashboard refreshes accordingly.

• Documents

• Improved | Increased width of Text Colour Bar to make it easier to click on larger monitors.
• Fixed | Spell As You Type markers are now reset when document is in the process of a spell check.
• Fixed | Changed Zoom icons on bottom right to more a meaningful design.

• Finance

• New | "Add New Spreadsheet" icon added to Navigator Toolbar.

• Messages

• Fixed | Managing Mail Accounts window no longer locks focus from main window.

• Resources

• New | [EXPERIMENTAL] Added new field "ICS Web Address". Enter a Google iCalendar URL or other iCalendar format address into here.
• Improved | Custom Fields data input has been improved. If this feels better, I will set other sections to the same layout and behaviour.
• Fixed | Custom Fields display in list grid.
• Fixed | Font text colour when editing in Dark theme.
• Fixed | Custom Fields shown in the HTML Record Details.

• Search & Indexing

• New | Added setting in "Search & Indexing" to set the Database Search as a tab with a URL of doogie://search.
• New | Search Index "doosi" file has been renamed to "dox" and now uses AES-256 encryption. You should rebuild your Search Index.
• Fixed | Document search Case Sensitive setting.

• Settings

• New | Ability to toggle the URL hint on tabs, added to UI behaviour.
• Improved | Tidy up of various settings.
• Fixed | Column automatic sizing is now off by default.

• Tasks

• Fixed | Placing cursor in the Task Editor reference fields no longer jumps to the Recurrence details.

• User Interface

• New | Added a variety of icons for Flag Markers. Found in the Edit Flag Markers window.
• New | Added a variety of icons for Folders. Found in the Folder Properties style window.
• New | Added a variety of icons for Resources. Found in the Resource's edit window.
• New | Pressing Ctrl+NumPadPlus key shortcut will auto size columns and Ctrl+NumPadMinus will reset columns back to previous width.
• New | List grid will now auto-size columns when changing the visible property of a column from within the right-click list grid header menu.
• Improved | Launching a URL from the Favourites Bar will create a new tab if the favourite URL hasn't already launched otherwise it will focus that page tab.
• Improved | Disabled command icons are now merged and faded into the background colour.
• Improved | Increased size of drop down colour selector.
• Fixed | Removed blank fields from list grid header columns when right-clicked.

• Internal

• New | Successful running on MacOS 11+ using Parallels 17 VM (Arm, M1).
• Improved | Improved memory handling running on Windows 10 and 11.
• Fixed | Deletion of deleted items. Deleting an item residing directly in the Deleted folder will Purge the item forever.

Version 3.0.0.218 | 10 August 2021

• Bookmarks

• Fixed | Section toolbar command in View menu

• Browser

• Improved | Smooth Scroll setting now affects web browser
• Improved | Improvements to recognition of invalid Certificates. Unsecured content now shows as a red screen

• Contacts

• Fixed | Added FileAs and FullName fields to Import of CSV and removed auto-generated name

• Dashboard

• Fixed | Background image remembers state between sessions
• Fixed | Automatic refresh when marking Tasks
• Fixed | Fixes and improvements to logic with Date Navigator and Side Bar placement

• Documents

• Fixed | "Spell As You Type" correctly locates a default dictionary

• Messages

• Fixed | Keyboard focus staying on list grid
• Fixed | Alert sound for new messages will only play if there's at least one new message

• UI

• New | Automatic resizing of listing columns is enabled by default. This is can be switched off in the UI settings
• New | Side Panel toolbar is now a dropdown menu to account for increased number of options
• New | Added a new options on right-click menu to change the source folder of the URLs displayed on the Blank Tab screen
• New | Added options to show/hide/findPrevious/findNext in the top right corner Page Menu
• New | Footer icon commands for show/hide section elements throughout
• Fixed | Delete key now works (huzzah!) when editing folder names, task subject and other areas when edit is in a list grid
• Fixed | Spin boxes made slightly wider to account for more larger figures
• Fixed | Persistance of UI Icon style between each session. My fav is Outline. What's yours?
• Fixed | Colour of Horizontal Tabs now match the vertical tabs
• Fixed | Horizontal Tabs placement in Setting has been fixed and improved
• Fixed | Changing colour of Flag now immediately updates the flag markers edit window
• Fixed | Window Caption font colour improved to stand out against constrasting backgrounds
• Fixed | Favourites bar placement and changing the favourite folder is now in the Settings/Bookmarks
• Improved | Square temporary icons replaced with actual icon designs
• Improved | Added options to adjust placement of Address Bar
• Improved | Flags and Categories now inserts a new item to the top by default instead of right at the end of the list
• Improved | Various Record Cards text wrapping and background colours
• Improved | Dark status bar caption now resizes itself to better fit the text and doesn't get in the way of the mouse pointer
• Improved | Changed top right Page Menu to three dots to make it easier to identify
• Improved | Adjusted timings on Tab details popup and tooltips so they show a little quicker
• Improved | Showing Related Links in the Side Panel is now disabled by default, so it defaults to the previous way of a tab in the item preview area
• Improved | Page Search will now search immediately on the page whilst typing in the search box
• Improved | Several dialogs should now centre themselves on the Desktop unless overriden by your custom placement

• Internal

• Fixed | Reduced the number of resources and memory throughout