What's new in 1976 Standard Atmosphere 1.6.5
Apr 14, 2024
- Began tracking the revision history for this program. This release (1.1.4) fixed a bug with the "Clear" button not clearing everything. Also picks up new versions of some underlying libraries and adds support for MacOS X application bundles for resource storage.
New in 1976 Standard Atmosphere 1.6.4 (Dec 15, 2023)
- Fixed a but on on-MacOS platforms that was introduced with the last update.
New in 1976 Standard Atmosphere 1.6.3 (Dec 11, 2023)
- Modified to remove the seriously out of date MRJAdapter and Bare Bones Browser Launcher libraries and replaced them with the now standard java.awt.Desktop class.
- Modified MacOS application bundle to work better on modern versions of MacOS.
- Added ability on MacOS to open save files by the user double-clicking on the save file itself.
- The MacOS version has a Java 11 compatible JRE bundled with the application (you do not need to have Java installed to run this version).
New in 1976 Standard Atmosphere 1.6.2 (Oct 10, 2020)
- Fixed a bug with an underlying library (MRJAdapter) that wasn't compatible with recent versions of Java (Java 15 in particular).
New in 1976 Standard Atmosphere 1.6.1 (Jun 22, 2015)
- This update fixes a serious bug in the calculation of temperature and pressure at altitudes between 120 and 500 km that resulted in erroneous results in that altitude range.
New in 1976 Standard Atmosphere 1.6.0 (Feb 12, 2014)
- This update adds support for saving atmosphere parameters to a file and reading them back in. This allows the user to save off a set of inputs and recall them at a later time. This version now requires Java 1.6 or later.
New in 1976 Standard Atmosphere 1.5.1 (Aug 14, 2013)
- Fixed a bug that prevented the user from entering a number that started with a minus sign or decimal point.
New in 1976 Standard Atmosphere 1.5.0 (Aug 14, 2013)
- Updated to extend the altitude range for the atmosphere model from the previous limit of 86 km to a new limit of 1000 km.
- Above 1000 km, it is recommended that the values at 1000 km be used.
New in 1976 Standard Atmosphere 1.4.0 (Aug 14, 2013)
- This is a minor update that modernizes much of the code base, changes the package used for units, and fixes a number of user interface bugs.
- This is also the first release that does not require an installer on Windows and Linux/UNIX.
New in 1976 Standard Atmosphere 1.3.3 (Aug 14, 2013)
- Fixed a bug with MacOS X 10.5 and picked up some minor improvements to underlying libraries.
New in 1976 Standard Atmosphere 1.3.2 (Aug 14, 2013)
- Updated to new versions of underlying libraries fixing some minor user interface glitches.
- Added pop-up descriptions for each parameter.
New in 1976 Standard Atmosphere 1.3.1 (Aug 14, 2013)
- Switched to a new installer program that will work under Windows XP.
New in 1976 Standard Atmosphere 1.3.0 (Aug 14, 2013)
- No significant functional changes for Windows & Unix users.
- Picked up new low level libraries that make the program better behaved on MacOS X.
- It is now difficult to tell this program appart from a native MacOS X program.
New in 1976 Standard Atmosphere 1.2.0 (Aug 14, 2013)
- Improved ability to find required image resources on various platforms.
- Can now only enter numbers in text fields (text is validated as entered).
- Picked up latest versions of underlying libraries with numerous small improvements.
New in 1976 Standard Atmosphere 1.1.5 (Aug 14, 2013)
- Minor code cleanups in preperation for the 1st public release of the source code.
New in 1976 Standard Atmosphere 1.1.4 (Aug 14, 2013)
- Fixed a bug with the "Clear" button not clearing everything.
- Picks up new versions of some underlying libraries and adds support for MacOS X application bundles for resource storage.