What's new in What Watch 4.4 Build 2023.1
Oct 27, 2023
- Maintenance Release
- Bug fix (Scaling issue on MacOS 14 Sonoma)
- Improved Portuguese translation (thanks, Eduardo Rodrigues!)
- Code ported to Delphi Alexandria 11.3
New in What Watch 4.3 Build 2022.1 (Dec 24, 2021)
- Maintenance Release
- Bug fix (Error while printing)
- UI support libraries ported to TMS FNC
New in What Watch 4.1 Build 2021.1 (Jan 23, 2021)
- Mac version now sandboxed and signed, available from the Mac App Store
New in What Watch 4.1 Build 106 (Dec 24, 2020)
- Maintenance Release
- Swiss Ephemeris updated for Windows
- Code ported to Delphi Sydney (10.4.1)
New in What Watch 4.1 Build 104 (Mar 4, 2019)
- Maintenance Release
- Bug fix (Error when calculating transit lists and synastry is on)
- Bug fix (Geography Module broken on the Mac)
- Bug fix (GUI issues on transit listboxes)
- External libraries updated
- Code ported to Delphi Rio
New in What Watch 4.1 Build 103 [2] (Mar 6, 2018)
- Bug fix (In some cases saving the wrong chart when synastry is switched on, 17.2.18)
- Bug fix (Transit lists for Solar Arc AC not working, 3.3.18)
New in What Watch 4.1 Build 103 (Nov 6, 2017)
- Maintenance Release
- Load charts from transit lists into both wheels
New in What Watch 4.1 Build 102 [3] (Nov 1, 2017)
- New clock button to move chart for one year
New in What Watch 4.1 Build 102 (Jun 26, 2017)
- Maintenance Release
- Bug fix (Correcting a glitch in writing time zones into AAF)
New in What Watch 4.1 Build 101 [8] (Mar 13, 2017)
- Bug fix (Some glitches when relocating from the geography module)
New in What Watch 4.1 Build 101 [7] (Feb 11, 2017)
- Bug fix (Transit over "all planets" not ported correctly to 4.1)
- Bug fix (Some glitches in drag and drop)
- Bug fix (A couple of glitches on high-res screens)
- Bug fix (Minor UI glitches in the search module)
New in What Watch 4.1 Build 101 [5] (Jan 16, 2017)
- Bug fix (Transit over "all planets" not ported correctly to 4.1)
New in What Watch 4.1 Build 101 [4] (Jan 9, 2017)
- Bug fix (A couple of glitches on high-res screens)
- Bug fix (Minor UI glitches in the search module)
New in What Watch 4.1 Build 101 [2] (Nov 18, 2016)
- In synastry, clock buttons now move second chart
New in What Watch 4.1 Build 101 (Sep 14, 2016)
- Support for high-resolution screens (120 and 144 dpi on Windows, Retina on the Mac)
- Smoother transit calculations (finally, after all those years, the transit module runs in its own thread)
- A couple of detail improvements throughout the program
- Bug fix (Program crashes occasionally when calculating Mercury transits)
- Code ported to Delphi Berlin
New in What Watch 4.00 Build 100 (Apr 27, 2015)
- Complete overhaul of the User Interface
- New Geography module based on OpenStreetMap
- Atlas files are now downloaded on request from within What Watch
- Improved handling of moon transits over natal planets (9.5.15)
- Available for Windows and MacOS
- Russian Tutorial (thanks, Arsenij Markeev!)
- Now based on Firemonkey / XE7
New in What Watch 4.00 Build 100 Beta (Apr 15, 2015)
- Now based on Firemonkey / XE7
- Available for Windows and MacOS
- Complete overhaul of the User Interface
- New Geography module based on OpenStreetMap
- Atlas files are now downloaded on request from within What Watch
New in What Watch 3.7 Build 99 (Apr 15, 2015)
- Maintenance Release
- Import and export of Quick*Chart files (thank you, Hank Friedman, for support)
- Improved access to group module
- Italian Tutorial and Sabians (thanks, Emanuele Verginelli!)
- Support of Macedonian atlas with special cyrillic characters (1.6.14)
- Swiss Ephemeris upgraded to version 2.00
- 3D Graphics library updated
New in What Watch 3.6 Build 98 (Apr 15, 2015)
- Support for Windows 8 including Intel based Windows 8 tablets
- New atlas format based on SQLite
- Bug fix (Not decoding Unicode when reading first names from AAF files - 14.4.13)
- Bug fix (Dragging a planet interpreted also as gesture - 12.3.13)
- Bug fix (Again: problems with some date formats not being recognized properly - 12.10.13)
- Bug fix (In some rare cases there were problems with the Snow skin - 20.10.13)
- Bug fix (Improved accuracy determining the dates of entry into orb for transits - 1.1.14)
- Swiss Ephemeris library updated (5.5.13)
- Minor Tweaks
New in What Watch 3.6 Build 97 (Apr 15, 2015)
- Maintenance Release
- Bug fix (Problems with date formats not being recognized properly)
- Bug fix (Small glitch when calculating planetary phases - 28.12.12)
- Swiss Ephemeris library updated (8.11.12)
- Code ported to Delphi XE3 (23.12.12)
New in What Watch 3.6 Build 96 (Apr 15, 2015)
- Declinations, including planets being Out Of Bounds
- New default layout for action buttons
- Quick link to Windows Explorer from the Search tab to facilitate deleting charts (20.4.12)
- Bug fix (Program crashes occasionally when calculating transits over progressed planets)
- Bug fix (Relative speeds of Mercury and Venus not calculated properly - 18.6.11)
- Bug fix (Saving chart names with spaces at the end may produce errors when reloading the chart - 7.9.11)
- Bug fix (Sidereal houses not computed correctly - 3.12.11)
- Bug fix (On very rare occasions, program crashes when calculating Jupiter transits - 4.12.11)
- Bug fix (Problems with correct date format on some newer localized Windows versions - 1.1.12)
- Swiss Ephemeris library updated (18.6.11)
New in What Watch 3.5 Build 95 (Apr 15, 2015)
- Draw aspects between selected planets only in any chart
- Copy chart graphics to the clipboard for use in other programs
- Sidereal zodiac (Ayanamsha: Fagan/Bradley - 13.2.10)
- Unicode support (including UTF8 within AAF files)
- Russian language pack (thanks to Arsenij Markeev) and atlas
- Norwegian language pack (thanks to FreewareTips Astro - 30.1.10)
- Bug fix (Some mundane transits not found)
- Bug fix (Program crashes occasionally when showing transit details)
- New Skin: "Snow" (Leopard), replacing the old Gradic
- GUI library and Installer updated to increase compatibility with Windows 7 (2.10.10)
- Swiss Ephemeris library updated
- Code ported to Delphi 2010
- What Watch is now Free Software under GNU General Public License v3
New in What Watch 3.4 Build 94 (Apr 15, 2015)
- Davison relationship charts ("Kombin" in German)
- Spanish language pack (thanks to Catalina Alicia Ferraiuolo)
- Improvements for composites (incl. synastry with other charts)
- Improved support for netbooks and 1024x600 screen resolution
- Improved handling of storing events
New in What Watch 3.3 Build 93 (Apr 15, 2015)
- Maintenance Release
- Italian language pack (thanks to Gianluca Storani - 15.1.09)
- Support for 1024x600 screen resolution
- Bug fix (Minor error in calculation of station details - 4.1.09)
- Library used for update notification updated (4.1.09)
- Bibliography updated
New in What Watch 3.3 Build 92 (Apr 15, 2015)
- Drag a planet with the mouse to any position in the wheel: the date will be recalculated, and the other planets will follow
- Move the chart time easily by one month, day, hour or minute
- Maintenance Release for Windows Vista. If you use Vista, please upgrade to this version
- Bug fix (Transits over progressed planets sometimes not shown after stations)
- Bug fix (Dragging a planet does not work correctly on charts with unknown birthtime - 7.2.08)
- Bug fix (Planets at times drawn over each other in the wheel - 10.3.08)
- Bug fix (Directed MC not shown properly - 13.2.08)
- Bug fix (Vista only: exit full screen mode in the Geography module does not work - 26.10.08)
- Bug fix (Program may not start with Windows 98 - 20.1.08)
- Swiss Ephemeris library updated
New in What Watch 3.2 Build 91 (Apr 15, 2015)
- Save charts for events together with birth charts
- Better handling of organisations' or companies' charts (10.6.07)
- More details for stations (19.11.07)
- Aspect lines for Chiron and the Nodes only drawn with minor planets (12.7.07)
- Double-clicking on AAF-files in Windows Explorer now opens the file in What Watch (27.5.07)
- No need to install fonts when running What Watch from a USB stick (3.6.07)
- Detail improvements for Windows Vista (14.10.07)
- Bug fix (Improved stability for AAF import)
- Bug fix (Vista only: showing details in transit lists might lead to a crash - 25.11.07)
- GUI library updated (fixes a layout problem when using Windows Vista) (14.10.07)
New in What Watch 3.1 Build 90 (Apr 15, 2015)
- Maintenance Release
- Dutch language pack (thanks to Paul Stoffer and Marieke Pannekeet, updated 7.3.07)
- Improved behaviour of transit lists (25.3.07)
- Support for half an hour DST (+0:30) and other oddities in Uruguay
- Improved rendering of moon phases (6.1.07)
- Better transit lists for Venus cycles (11.4.07)
- Transit lists also for slower progressions (11.4.07)
- Some fixes to make it easier to run What Watch from a USB stick (20.4.07)
- Cleartype support for Windows Vista and XP (7.1.07)
- Setup improvements for Windows Vista (14.4.07)
- Graphics libraries updated (6.1.07)
New in What Watch 3.1 Build 89 (Apr 15, 2015)
- Language Pack support
- French language pack
- AC and MC clickable in charts for aspects and midpoint trees (21.8.06)
- Interpolated Lilith included (27.8.06)
- New skin: Vista (19.8.06)
- Bug fix (Error when saving charts using Porphyry and Equal houses)
- Bug fix (Year numbers with two digits may cause problems - 20.8.06)
- Bug fix (On very rare occasions, progr. MC transit lists crash - 30.9.06)
- Swiss Ephemeris library updated (27.8.06)
New in What Watch 3.1 Build 88 (Apr 15, 2015)
- New font for planets and signs
- Prominent display of moon phases
- Improved support for East Asian versions of Windows
- Sabian symbol for South Node (3.6.06)
- Bug fix (Some squares not drawn in wheel - 18.7.06)
- Bug fix (On very rare occasions, Jupiter transit lists crash - 18.7.06)
New in What Watch 3.1 Build 87 (Apr 15, 2015)
- Maintenance Release
- Improved aspect lines in chart wheel (26.5.06)
- Support for dates BCE: before the Christian era (12.5.06)
- Better support for finding the correct date and time input formats
- GUI library updated (12.5.06)
New in What Watch 3.1 Build 86 (Apr 15, 2015)
- GUI and usability improvements
- Dates for 5° orb in transit lists (16.4.06)
- Bug fix (Progr. AC/MC not printed in synastry)
- Bug fix (Some trines not shown in wheels - 21.2.06)
- Bug fix (Julian calender not always used before 1582 - 18.3.06)
- Bug fix (Synastry planets sometimes shown when synastry is switched off - 24.3.06)
- Graphics libraries updated (18.3.06)
New in What Watch 3.0 Build 85 (Apr 15, 2015)
- Improved handling of transits, progressions and directions in the chart wheel
- Colored zodiac wheel (optional)
- Copy to clipboard button for transit lists
- Improved support for Mercury cycles (30.12.05)
- Easier access to transit lists via right mouse click in the chart (1.1.06)
New in What Watch 3.0 Build 84 (Apr 15, 2015)
- Maintenance Release
- Progressed AC/MC now calculated by interpolating positions between progressed birthdays, available in wheels and transit lists
- Support for some strange Canadian time zone rules – 24.12.05
- Bug fix (Atlas not useable under Windows 95, 98 and ME – 18.12.05)
- Bug fix (Time zones west of Greenwich and with values other than whole hours, like -4:30, are not loaded correctly – 18.12.05)
- Bug fix (Transit lists of progressed AC/MC might crash – 18.12.05)
- Bug fix (In transit lists for equal houses, progressed MC confounded with 10th house – 18.12.05)
- Bug fix (Synastry planets not printed – 20.12.05)
- Bug fix (Update to build 84 not recognized by update notification – 25.12.05)
New in What Watch 3.0 Build 83 (Apr 15, 2015)
- Atlas and time zones
- Equal and Porphyry houses (26.11.05)
- Analysis module: Search for house positions (4.12.05)
- Bug fix (MC not shown when using equal houses – 3.12.05)