Just got the email from Apple that v1.3 is ready. I've been using it for the last week, and I'm very happy with the changes. It feels like it's running pretty stably now.
I'm still working on a bunch of new projects, so hopefully I'll have more fun new releases soon.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
v1.3 Submitted to Apple
I just submitted v1.3 to Apple this morning.
The big change was that I added the ability to change font sizes. You could actually do this already (if you knew the secret way to...), but it would mess up the text. This was because the text was highly doctored to get it to display right on v2.x phones. Now that 3.0 fixes all the Hebrew quirks, I've made all of the text "normal" so that it will flow correctly.
As these changes relies on OS 3.0, it shouldn't run on phones/iPods that haven't upgraded to 3.0 yet. I'm not sure how Apple handles that (i.e., if it won't show up in the AppStore, or if you get a warning, or if it just fails).
I also changed the way it saves your place. Previously, the app would save your place whenever you were in the middle of reading something. I kept reading the daily portion to the end, and then exiting the app immediately. Then, the next day, I would open the app, and it would still be on the previous day's portion... annoying. Now, the app won't save your place if you've read all the way to the end.
I've gotten a lot of really good feedback on the app, which I appreciate. If you have any more features you'd really like to see, please email them to me, and I'll see if I can fit them in.
The big change was that I added the ability to change font sizes. You could actually do this already (if you knew the secret way to...), but it would mess up the text. This was because the text was highly doctored to get it to display right on v2.x phones. Now that 3.0 fixes all the Hebrew quirks, I've made all of the text "normal" so that it will flow correctly.
As these changes relies on OS 3.0, it shouldn't run on phones/iPods that haven't upgraded to 3.0 yet. I'm not sure how Apple handles that (i.e., if it won't show up in the AppStore, or if you get a warning, or if it just fails).
I also changed the way it saves your place. Previously, the app would save your place whenever you were in the middle of reading something. I kept reading the daily portion to the end, and then exiting the app immediately. Then, the next day, I would open the app, and it would still be on the previous day's portion... annoying. Now, the app won't save your place if you've read all the way to the end.
I've gotten a lot of really good feedback on the app, which I appreciate. If you have any more features you'd really like to see, please email them to me, and I'll see if I can fit them in.
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