From: Hugo \NighT\ C. <ni...@gm...> - 2007-04-29 22:59:18
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This list has been dead silent for a long time but I now proud to announce a new release. Archimedes 0.50.0 is the beginning of new life for the project. It is the first release of that migration we have been talking about. It does not contains, unfortunately, all the features that were available on 0.17.1 (which was not that many feature either). It contains the essential features to have a quick fun. Of course, there are tons of essential stuff missing like saving and opening drawings, being able to fillet, trim and extend stuff... but still, it starts a new life. The main improvements are not that visible or useful now but they will help us improve the software faster and in a better shaped way. We now count with an executable file that starts the software native on each platform. This should improve response time and shows a nice splash screen (if you have a better art proposal for the screen, please send me those proposals). Also, we now count with a nice help system. It is empty at the moment since our "clients" (architects helping us decide which features we should work on first) decided that having the features back was more important than to have nice help texts. We are also accepting work on that area since we believe it would be important. There is also a new update system from within the software which should allow people to update the features installed without having to reinstall the software. Again, this has nothing available yet since we just published the data on that update site and it contains exactly the same feature as in the installer. Also, now all new user commands should have an entry in the menu which should improve new learners experience. Again, we accept a new set of icons if anyone has better suggestions regarding what we offer now. Also, we are missing icons to distance and explode. If you have suggestions, send them in. Apart from that, there are tons of missing features and our work at the moment will be to have them back in. Things should start to walk a bit faster now since the new team is getting used to the software structure and is starting to understand better how it works. That's all for now folks! See ya, -- Hugo "NighT" Corbucci BCC 2003/2006 - Master 2007/? - IME - USP Phone: (55) (11) 5539 3500 Cel: (55) (11) 8636 9029 ICQ: 6723586 MSN: f4f...@ho... (Do NOT use this as an email since I never check it) |