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Orphalese Tarot Changelog

What's new in Orphalese Tarot 10.2.1.1

Nov 6, 2018
  • This version contains a new set of Universal card notes, i.e. a data file (called UniversalCardData.xml) that sits directly in your packs folder and is shared between every deck. This is useful for making universal annotations that don't apply to any deck in particular.
  • It also makes it much easier to edit any of the pop-up notes, be they for a spread, a reading or the notes for the cards themselves. Just press the enter key and you can edit them directly without having to open the relevant wizard.
  • Finally it also fixes the problem of not being able to mouse scroll wheel to view notes when using a laptop. In the new version the up and down arrow keys can also be used to scroll notes.

New in Orphalese Tarot 10.1.2.1 (Dec 9, 2016)

  • Version 10.1.2.1 allows you to preview a thumbnail image for any of the thousands of decks available in the Exchange.

New in Orphalese Tarot 10.1 (Dec 9, 2016)

  • The Deck Exchange now includes a small thumbnail image for each deck shown in the results. This makes it MUCH easier to highlight potentially interesting decks. It is true each page takes a little bit longer to load (with 50 results per page it is like previewing a small 50 card deck) but obviously this is nothing compared to what it would take to preview each of the 50 decks separately.
  • The User Profiles page has been tidied up a bit.
  • There are now pop-ups in the card position window when dealing a spread in free selection mode. This helps you remember what each position in the spread means.
  • The Preview Download button on the Deck Exchange share decks form didn't do anything, this has now been fixed.
  • There is now an option to NEVER round edges for people who don't like that and have to set it manually each time they install a new deck with edge rounding.
  • When a deck can't be loaded in a collection (for example because it has been moved since the collection was loaded) at the moment it gives an error when you get to it and you can't go past it. This is fixed so it just gets jumped over.
  • The PackInfo now saves as nicely formatted XML if you open it in a plain text editor.
  • The various browser windows the program offers (for spreads, decks, collections etc) now have a little preview window to help you choose the right deck/spread etc.
  • There is now an option to mark any deck folder as a "Dynamic Collection". This works in a similar way to marking one as "Load on Demand". When a folder is also a dynamic collection it means it is like a collection that you never have to edit, any decks in that folder are automatically treated as part of a collection. The collection can be accessed in two ways: 1) it shows up in the collections menu and you can launch it in the normal way (as a side by side collection) and 2) the folder has a different icon in the Decks menu and you can also shift-click on that with the same result.
  • There is a tool to check for new updates to the program.

New in Orphalese Tarot 10.0.2.1 (Aug 9, 2016)

  • Just uploaded version 10.0.2.1 which contains fixes for all the bugs which have come to light in the last week

New in Orphalese Tarot 10.0.1.1 (Aug 1, 2016)

  • Subsets - e.g. you can define a set of cards to use from a particular deck and load it up just like any other deck in your collection, so you can have say a Majors only deck and a full deck using the same cards without duplicating any files on your hard drive.
  • Spreads and Readings with Multiple Decks, and also proper ordering of the cards so for example when two cards overlap the program will remember correctly which one was on top of which.
  • Two kinds of collections. As well as the previous kind of collection which let you navigate your way through a set of decks, there is a new kind where a single click launches all the decks in the collection at the same time.
  • Better emails, using default client. It was a big problem with the email feature in previous versions that when you sent an email you had no record of it your outbox. The program now creates a new email in your default mail client and adds the appropriate text and attachments, allowing the user to edit the message as much as they like before hitting send.
  • Deck parking for multiple decks.
  • Card Names - useful anywhere you need to select cards from the deck.
  • Enhanced zoom function.
  • Title bar data for current deck.
  • New sort options in Deck Exchange that sort the whole set of results, not just the current page. Faster results.
  • Maximized background image. This is a new option along with Tile, Stretch and Center. The program will make your image as big as it can while not stretching it out of shape.
  • Enhanced caption bar graphics (optional).

New in Orphalese Tarot 9.4.2.0 (Apr 28, 2016)

  • As of now the program has its own dedicated Help Website maintained by Linda, better known in this Forum as purple_scorp. On selecting Help on the menu or pressing F1 the program now opens your default browser and points it at her site, http://www.orphalesehelp.com. She has done an amazing job, not just in bringing the information in the last edition of the Help file up to date, but also then reorganizing it in a more simple and intuitive way. From now on it will be much easier to find the answer to any "how to..?" questions about the program. If you are still stuck you can ask in this Forum, under the thread entitled "Help Using the Program" where Linda is a moderator.
  • The other big change is under the hood, it is that the program has switched from using two letter resource files like "en.resx" or "es.resx" to the longer syntax that allows resources like en-EN or en-US. This means that in future there could for example be separate resource files for Portuguese Portuguese as opposed to Brazilian Portuguese, or traditional Chinese as opposed to simplified.

New in Orphalese Tarot 9.4.1.9 (Nov 3, 2015)

  • The upgrade is identical to the main installation except in that it does not contain any tarot decks.
  • Uninstall the previous version first (this may happen automatically).
  • Decks, spreads and readings will be unaffected by removing the program.

New in Orphalese Tarot 9.4.1.5 (Aug 13, 2015)

  • The upgrade is identical to the main installation except in that it does not contain any tarot decks. Uninstall the previous version first (this may happen automatically). Decks, spreads and readings will be unaffected by removing the program.

New in Orphalese Tarot 9.4.1.4 (Aug 13, 2015)

  • The upgrade is identical to the main installation except in that it does not contain any tarot decks. Uninstall the previous version first (this may happen automatically). Decks, spreads and readings will be unaffected by removing the program.

New in Orphalese Tarot 9.4.1.3 (Aug 11, 2015)

  • There was a problem with some spreads in the spread creation wizard which meant that when edited they did not display properly (they were really long and stretched out like something in a hall of mirrors). This is now fixed.

New in Orphalese Tarot 9.4.1.2 (Aug 4, 2015)

  • There is a new default method of shuffling, which is that shuffling carries on until the user clicks the deck again signalling the program to stop. The idea is to give the user more control. If a seed has been used for the shuffle the decks is shuffled repeatedly using the same seed. You can go back to the previous behaviour through the Options form.
  • The program allows multiple instances to run at the same time if you mark that option on the Options form.
  • There is another new options of "Always shuffle before dealing a spread". Combined with the previously mentioned feature of continuous shuffling this means you can select a spread at which point the deck starts to shuffle. With another click on the deck the chosen spread is displayed with the cards as they are at that instant in the shuffle.
  • A new tool lets the user vary the amount of transparency on the deck parking square and the various arrow controls on the deck.
  • The missing graphics have been added to the Spread and Card note wizards.
  • There is now a function key to toggle between face up and face down in Free Selection Mode - it is Control + U.
  • Spreads and Pop-up notes that are shared can now be associated with a language, so you can search for results in the language you prefer. I have done my best to update the existing the Spreads and Notes with the correct languages.

New in Orphalese Tarot 8.1.1.1 (Apr 27, 2007)

  • makes navigation among the result pages easier, and also gives visual feedback about which shared decks are more easily obtainable.
  • it also has a modified installation routine which should fix the problem of the install sometimes asking for a non-existent user name and password.