Nooleus 1.4.0 - Changelog

What's new in Nooleus 1.4.0:

May 31st, 2010

· (New) Each object can now have up to 50 Actions
· (New) Actions can be organized into sub-menus
· (New) Files that have associated apps can now be opened directly by Nooleus (pdf, doc, folders, etc.)
· (New) Pages can now have individual (cascading) template objects
· (New) Interactive 3D Model viewer in the Object and Page dialogs
(New) 29 new 3D Models:
· Satellite dish
· Microwave Antenna
· Virtual Machine
· Sector Antenna
· Uninterruptible Power Supply
· Satellite
· Smart Phone
· IP Camera
· Cardboard Box
· Nooleus Page
· Blank Page
· Safe
· Folder
· Filing Cabinet
· Mobile phone antenna
· Supercomputer
· Padlock
· Key
· WiFi Access Point
· Laptop Docked
· Molecule
· Space Invader
· Icosahedron
· Dodecahedron
· Hexahedron
· Octahedron
· Polyhedron 1
· Polyhedron 2
· Polyhedron 3
· Pop-up menus are now drawn by Nooleus itself rather than by the OS
· Improved 'New Object' dialog
· Improved 'New Page' dialog
· Less restrictive licensing model; pages of any complexity can be viewed without an activation key
· Action names can be up to 30 characters long
· The Action menu now displays an icon for each Action (where one is available)
· Page file extension changed to .'nool' and associated with Nooleus
· Page files can now be specified on the command line (nooleus.exe )
· A 'Home' button is now displayed when more than two levels deep, or when a page has been loaded directly
· The page size has been increased by 33%
· Threaded model name cache to remove the delay experienced when opening the object dialog for the first time
· (Bugfix) Undo/Redo didn't recognise object name or description changes
· (Bugfix) Paste Actions didn't set the page-changed flag

What's new in Nooleus 1.3.0:

April 12th, 2010

· (New) Cut, Copy and Paste functionality added.
· (New) Undo and Redo in edit mode.
· Objects no longer require unique names (or names at all for that matter).
· Improved graphics engine lighting routines. Pages are now more evenly lit.
· The 'confirm object deletion' option now defaults to false for new installations.
· The URL in the About dialog is now a functioning hyperlink.
· (Bugfix) Fixed a (rare) infinite loop problem in the pop-up menu activation code.

What's new in Nooleus 1.2.0:

April 12th, 2010

· (New) Improved fonts. Now with alpha-blended drop shadows for improved contrast.
· (New) Anti-Aliasing support (on PCs that are capable of it).
· (New) Spin effect on Page load transitions.
· (New) Optional 'check for updates' feature.
· Page files are now stored in 'My Documents\Nooleus Pages'.
· Improved window sizing on multi-screen PCs - the window can now be as large as you like.
· Added file browse buttons to the host properties command/url text boxes.
· The page can now be dragged while drawing a link line.
· Options file is now stored in 'Documents and Settings\user\AppData\Local\Nooleus'.
· Removed the 'Options' and 'About' items from the object context menus.
· Unused actions are no longer displayed in view mode.
· Added auto file search to help find programs whose location is unknown.
· Slightly darker standard colors to improve the look of the app.
· Improved graphics performance on slower PCs.
· Revert to Saved now remembers the position of the page.
· (Bugfix) Clicking on an object, then on the page background showed the incorrect menu.
· (Bugfix) New pages were created off-center if the parent page was off-center.
· (Bugfix) Objects 'bounced' when clicked or dragged in Edit mode.
· (Bugfix) Object alignment crosshairs appeared in the wrong color on some Intel cards.
· (Bugfix) Fixed an occasional graphics error, thrown when window was minimized.
· (Bugfix) Pop-up menu wasn't displayed after a page back under certain circumstances.
· (Bugfix) Corrected misspelling of the word 'category' in ALL of the model .obj files

What's new in Nooleus 1.1.0:

January 15th, 2010

· (New) The page background color is now user-definable!
· (New) Page back now remembers the previous pages position.
· (New) Added the 'Set Page Center' option.
· Re-arranged the items on the page edit menu slightly.
· Text scaling is now more accurate.

What's new in Nooleus 1.0.2:

December 16th, 2009

· Graphics warning is now only shown once.
· Fixed a minor bug in the zoom transition code.
· Tweaked the example diagram again.

What's new in Nooleus 1.0.1:

December 4th, 2009

· (New) Added 'Center Page' menu option.
· More helpful graphics warning.
· Made the 'failed to run action' message more helpful.
· Much better example diagram.