Version History

0.9.4

• Speed of saving lookup histories was improved. This should shorten the pause between dictionaries when doing group lookups.

• ID 39 - Errors when making new word list or folder.

0.9.3

• Wordbox updates
• Wordbox search
• Automatic hiding of marked words and phrases in word card fields during quizzes

• misc. minor fixes

0.9.2

• Dictionary legends
• Drop entries to word list

• ID 9 - Wordbox files not found in quiz
• ID 18 - Hangup on close
• misc. minor fixes

• ID 14 - Wordbox popup menu didn't work on MacOS X
• ID 16 - Hangup through grading dialog on MacOS X

0.9.1

• Font configuration
• Scheduling for vocabulary quizzes

  Note: The wordbox format has changed! Wordboxes once saved with version 0.9.1 can not be opened with earlier versions of Babbletower. You can of course open wordboxes saved with earlier version in version 0.9.1. Backing up your vocabulary lists before updating is however still a good idea.

• Counters in flash card view can also be set/reset during quiz.
• File names of dictionaries, index files, and dictionary setup files are no longer treated in a case sensitive way. This used to cause many problems when copying files to a memory card on one OS, and then using the card on a different one, e.g. between Windows and WindowsCE, file names often turn into all upper case.
• The lookup history is now maintained in several separate files. (You can delete the history.ser file in Babbletower's working directory. The lookup history will be lost.) This slightly improves startup/shutdown speed when using many dictionaries.

• When using more than one dictionary setup file, wrong settings could be loaded if files were missing new line character at the end of last line.
• Hangup upon exit on some runtimes.
• When exporting vocabulary lists, exported file was not closed. May have caused incomplete exported list.

• Drop down lists did not work on some runtimes, e.g. Sun JDK 1.3.1 - vanished immediately after opening. This is caused by different AWT focus event behaviour in these runtimes. (Hopefully) resolved.

0.9.0a

• workaround for a bug in the Jeode JVM on Sharp Zaurus (lookup field did not appear).

0.9.0

• character animations and scribble pad feature for lupe and flash cards
• import and export feature for vocabulary lists
• UI for managing dictionaries and shelves added
• babbletower.properties now an optional default settings file
• dictionaries now have their own setup files and can be added one by one; can also be placed in different directories
• -wd option added for choosing working directory at startup
• support for Kyocera PocketCosmo PDA
• major internal refactorings

0.8.9

• complete/reset function for quiz counters in word card view.
• workaround for incompatible behavior of text area scrollbars in Insignia Jeode on Sharp SL-5500 and SA-300.
• misc. refactorings

0.88

• -f option added
• device key name now also used with path property
• custom input methods pluggable
• misc. adaptations for Insignia Jeode on Sharp SL-5500, in particular for setting fonts
• GUI cosmetics

0.86

• first early access release