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MindRaider Changelog

What's new in MindRaider 8.0

Dec 7, 2011
  • Features
  • - added integration with MindForger enabling MindRaider users to have their Outlines in the cloud: upload and download
  • - French localization contributed by Alain Goyé. Switch language by going to menu MindRaider/Preferences/Profile/Force locale - French.
  • - Český překlad - significant improvements of Czech localization
  • - MindRaider license changed from GPL to less restrictive Apache 2.0
  • - improved Outline import from Atom
  • - Jarnal removed as a consequence of the license change: Your sketches might be found in: $HOME/MindRaider/Notebooks/[notebook name]/annotations/*.jaj
  • - help menu aligned right
  • - renamed Todo label to ToDo (may impact export/import)
  • Fixes
  • - preferences dialog fixed
  • - JVM hang on after MR exit (a non daemon thread not finished) fixed
  • Known issues:
  • - czech, french and italian translations are incomplete
  • - Java error ("Blog" outline): Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.ClassCastException: javax.swing.table.DefaultTableCellRenderer$UIResource cannot be cast to javax.swing.text.JTextComponent

New in MindRaider 7.6 (Dec 7, 2011)

  • Fixes
  • - UI configuration set to defaults
  • - delete outline when a label is missing
  • - broken labels (missing XML resource) check&fix
  • - robust loading of Outlines (RDF broken -> check & fix)
  • - import/export for sharing
  • Know issues
  • - JVM sometimes keep running after MR exit (a non daemon thread not finished)
  • - Java error ("Blog" outline): Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.ClassCastException: javax.swing.table.DefaultTableCellRenderer$UIResource cannot be cast to javax.swing.text.JTextComponent

New in MindRaider 7.5 (Dec 7, 2011)

  • Features
  • - terminology: Concept(s) renamed to Note(s)
  • - ctrl-shift-* shortcuts fixed accordingly
  • - new shortcuts to create Note and Outline, shortcut for full screen, shortcut to go one note back
  • - Note templates: Meeting, Briefing, Report, Coaching GROW model
  • - online check for the latest version
  • - full Outline export/import to/from Atom Syndication Format (except sketches)
  • - link dialog
  • Fixes
  • - source code cleanup removed: taxonomies, GData integration, ...
  • - outline sorter: modified/created timestamp labels fixed
  • - splash update (SW removed)
  • - the problem with false AVG virus detection (hopefully) solved
  • - creation of attachments (when spiders minimized) and checker able to fix missing attachments in RDF
  • Know issues
  • - JVM sometimes keep running after MR exit (a non daemon thread not finished)

New in MindRaider 7.3 (Dec 7, 2011)

  • Features
  • - empty and restore operations implemented for concept archive
  • - memory info in about dialog
  • - gc() added to check & fix
  • Fixes
  • - source code clean up - v7.2 is the last version with Semantic Web features, all SW components, perspectives, modes and experimental features were removed in order to remove dead code and speed up MindRaider
  • - concept is now deleted in the source outline after the refactor
  • Known issues
  • - JVM sometimes keep running after MR exit (a non daemon thread not finished)

New in MindRaider 7.2 (Dec 7, 2011)

  • Features
  • - fixed and configurable order of the annotations type in new concept dialog
  • - asynchronous repository backup progress in status bar (no dialog)
  • - new outline/concept dialog: create with enter, close with escape
  • - about dialog: JRE summary
  • - menu hideable Gnowsis support
  • - questions rendered in blue (rich text annotation)
  • - optimization: spiders rendered only if tab visible
  • - terminology: Notebook(s) renamed to Outline(s)
  • - concept can be selected and/or discarded from the concept panel
  • - check & fix method (checks repository integrity & repairs problems)
  • - outline sorter tab
  • - outline archives tab
  • - concept delete (outline archive)
  • Maintenance
  • - MR now runs on Java 6
  • - UI clean up (menu, perspective & mode icons in the status bar)
  • Fixes
  • - BLOCKER: deadlocks in Touchgraph fixed
  • - renamed outline label now consistent between label's RDF, outline's XML and RDF
  • - on creation of a new outline it is now opened; in addition new concept dialog is triggered
  • - repository backup file name (month) fixed
  • - more precise recent concept hook
  • - more robust loading of corrupted outlines and concepts (no discarded concepts, empty files, etc.)
  • - explorer menu restructured (outlines at to bottom, toolbar more compact)
  • Known issues
  • - JVM sometimes keep running after MR exit (a non daemon thread not finished)
  • - discarded concepts after the refactoring

New in MindRaider 7.1 (Dec 7, 2011)

  • Fixes
  • - storing of Preferences/Launchers works
  • - several english bundle fixes
  • Maintenance
  • - CVS recommited to mindraider7/ module
  • - project migrated to Maven 2
  • - source code structure completely changed to follow Maven BPs
  • - brand new POM files
  • - windows/linux/java distros generated by Maven
  • - windows distro migrated to NSIS 2.35
  • Known issues
  • - occassionally MR's shell is not closed on exit (a non-daemon thread not stopped properly)
  • - MR documentation notebooks are obsolete
  • - profiling information on sysout (intentional performance tracking)
  • - icon of the annotation (by its type) is not refreshed on its creation