June 10th, 2011Notable Tweaks:
· Added new "Create alias to file instead of embedding" checkbox in the Insert > File dialog which does the same thing as holding down Option when dragging a file in from the Finder.
Notable Fixes:
· Using spacebar to collapse a list or mind map will now keep the immediate first-level children visible so you notice the collection is collapsed.
· Fixed issue where an Untitled but autosaved project document could be accidentally closed without saving if you open another project in a new window.
· Fixed a bug where showing the Library or searching may hang due to underlying asset aliases which couldn't be resolved.
· Fixed issue where the shelf system could crash when switching between projects.
· Gesture support is now tied to a new preference setting and is off by default. If you try to enable it then we warn you if you are running a gesture-enhancement utility which could interfere with our undo stack.
· Fixed a bug where you could call Spread PDF with no PDFs on the idea space, which would then beachball the application.
· Fixed a bug where holding Option+Shift wasn't creating a completely empty List or Mind Map object
· Now warning users that if they enable sections for a project you cannot open it with Curio Core or with versions of Curio earlier than version 7.
· Fixed some issues with figures with notes when calling Arrange > Collect Into List/Mind Map.
· Fixed spacebar handling for quicklook vs. cursor zoom modes. It used to be that dialogs that appeared would capture the keydown but send us the keyup for any key that was pressed to close the dialog. Now we enter into a pending mode on keydown for spacebar presses.
· Notes can now be assigned to a collection figure (list, mind map, index card, table) and not just the root figure of the collection.
· Fixed a style issue when creating attached collections.
May 2nd, 2011Notable Tweaks:
· Added new steppers next to the Style popups in both the Inspector Bar and the Style inspector so you can very quickly go through all your available styles.
· The Organizer's Sections graphic now changes to indicate if you have more than a single section in your project.
· Added new Organizer right-click context menu options to mail the currently selected idea spaces as a Curio project or as a PDF.
· When colored labels are used with the Organizer items then we're now coloring the text titles, as well.
· Renamed the Advanced Hierarchy Properties inspector to the Hierarchy Style Options inspector, which is hopefully a bit more clear.
· The "Figures" toolbar button has added to the default Curio Standard toolbar so users can create new figures using a style.
· Clicking on a note adornment will switch the Inspector to the Note inspector for that figure.
· Organizer folders are now always displayed with an expand/collapse widget even if empty. If expanded then creating a new idea space will create a child instead of a sibling.
· We're now building 64-bit Intel versions of the Spotlight and QuickLook plugins (in addition to 32-bit Intel and 32-bit PPC).
· Tweaks for better Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) compatibility.
Notable Fixes:
· Fixed an issue where on quit or project close, Curio might not ask if an untitled project should be saved before continuing.
· Fixed the Window > Mini Mode menu item.
· Fixed list bug where the list would resize to an extreme width if a grouped figure was dragged into it.
· Fixed bug with split views not resizing when they should.
· Added a couple of thrown exception checks in the scribble code in case we're unable to allocate enough memory.
· You can now choose Edit > Copy As > Hyperlink when an idea space is selected in the the Organizer.
· Fixes for Evernote crashes.
· Fixed highlighting issues in the Project Center and Appearance preferences panels.
· Fixed a hang when copying index card with notes associated with body text (or title text) items.
· Fixed style issue where removing the text shadow wasn't working correctly.
· Changed "Use as text shadow if figure unfilled" to just "Use as text shadow if unfilled" since it was getting clipped if the shelf was showing scrollbars.
· A few Curio User Manual corrections and clarifications.
· Added a keyboard shortcut tweak which should make it harder to inadvertently toggle off edge snapping and other settings.
· When you press Spacebar and then press either Command (to zoom in when you click) or Option (to zoom out when you click) you no longer have to press the modifier key twice.
· Fixed a bug when an all-day due-date-only event is moved in iCal so that the date updated in the corresponding Curio figure is correct.
· Apparently MobileMe has issues writing to your iDisk if you login manually via Curio's displayed login dialog vs. it logging itself in via the MobileMe System Preferences and Curio simply accessing it via the Keychain. So, if we can't login via the System Preferences and Keychain then we ask you to give us permission to do so.
March 15th, 2011New Features:
· After 7 years we finally have a new icon and it's a beauty! Thanks cuberto!
· Curio has a new feedback system for registered customers via the Curio > Provide Feedback menu item. Try it out!
· Added more window zoom levels.
· Added a handy Clear All Tags to the Inspector Bar's Tags popup.
· Now showing more info in the main window when a folder is selected.
· Re-added support for the "Share file asset when duplicated" checkbox in the Asset Figure inspector. If checked, duplicates of the figure will refer to the same underlying file asset, otherwise each duplicate will get a private copy of the file.
· We're now generating a better default title for idea space links when created.
· If an Evernote attachment is named "screenshot" and it is dragged into Curio then we'll rename it to the same title as the Evernote note itself.
· You can now press Spacebar when a table cell asset figure or index card body figure is selected to view a Quick Look preview of that item.
· The Choose button is now the default button in the various Gallery windows so you can just hit Return on your keyboard to choose the currently selected item.
· Updated Curio's Microsoft Office instant document templates: Word is now a docx file, Excel is now a xlsx file. Also added PowerPoint pptx file as a new instant document template.
· Presentation mode selection color (as defined in the Preferences) now follows the specified opacity setting (as long as < 1.0) so you can make a very transparent or even invisible selection color. Handy if you want to create screencast recordings while in Presentation mode.
· The Curio menu now includes links to our Zengobi Blog, Twitter page, and Facebook page so you have lots of opportunities to stay in touch with us. :-)
Notable Fixes:
· Fixed a Mindjet MindManager MMAP export issue. All unique ID's had to be Base64 encoded.
· Fixed some printing issues where some figure were printing on the margins of subsequent pages (when not scaling to fit to a single page).
· Changed the CSV import encoding default to Mac OS Roman which apparently is more compatible with various CSV files. It should nicely handle CSV files with accented characters and complex files with lots of interesting characters which apparently chokes the previous UTF8 encoding default.
· Fixed a bug where replacing an image in a table cell with another item didn't remove the original image from your Library, even if its reference count was zero.
· Fixed problem with fading brush/pen colors when dragging selections around.
· Fixed a subtle bug where the Stencils shelf could crash when dragging drill-down items out of the shelf.
· Fixed the Stencil's shelf so choosing Edit Stencil brings you to the correct stencil.
· Fixed crash when adding a new stencil while the Edit Stencil project window was still open.
· Fixes added to Status and Search to prevent potential crashes due to timers firing after project closing.
· Fixed a subtle mind map branch colors bug where colors may not get applied correctly.
· Fixed support for South Korean dates and date adornments.
· Fixed situations where images may appear blurry.
· Fixed the Delete item on the Organizer's context menu.
· The project template gallery will no longer load any projects that start with a dot which may exist on certain types of network drives (see Apple Double Format).
· The print toolbar button is now available if an Organizer folder is selected.
· The next/previous and forward/back toolbar buttons are now available if an Organizer folder is currently selected.
· Now handling private non-network network paths that contain a tilde for those hijacking the Network path for additional personal repository locations.
· Got rid of the Powered By Curio tag out of the HTML export.
February 3rd, 2011· If dragging an Evernote note which contains an untitled attachment then we give that attachment the same title as the Evernote note (if the note itself has one).
· Fixed some issues with MMAP export.
· Fixed issue where you may not be able to set an idea space label color (via right-clicking on an idea space or folder in the Organizer).
January 29th, 2011New Evernote Shelf Table View:
· By popular request, Curio now adds a new table view results list to the Evernote shelf. This table view should look similar to the results found in Evernote's Mac, iPad, and iPhoto clients.
· You can click the button next to the zoom slider to switch back to the icon browser view.
· Like the image browser view, you can select an item and press Spacebar to view a Quick Look of the note. Or double-click the item to use the Finder to launch the note in the appropriate application.
· Simply drag a note from the Evernote shelf to your idea space to add its contents. Hold Option while dragging the note to automatically delete the note out of Evernote when the drag is completed.
New Idea Space Export Options: Plain Text and RTF:
· Via the new File > Export As > Text or File > Export As > RTF menu options you can now export one or more idea spaces as plain text or rich text files, with the contents of each idea space going into a separate export file.
· Curio will choose a logical text representation for all the figures on each idea space, even automatically grabbing a text outline of a list, mind map, or index card or tabbed-delimited text for tables.
· In the case of rich text exporting, Curio will make sure all export text which is colored white is instead colored black during the export so you can see it on the resulting page. Otherwise, it leaves the figureʼs colors and other font attributes as-is.
New Asset Feature: Swap File:
· There's a new Swap File function under the actions ("gear") menu found in the Asset Info inspector.
· The swap function allows you to swap out one document associated with an asset for another document. However, the document should be of the same type, although not necessarily the same file extension. For example, feel free to swap a .jpg image for a .png image, or a .mov movie for a .mp4 movie, or a .doc document for an .docx document.
· Swapping is a handy way to change the underlying file without disturbing asset figure instances scattered throughout your project. For instance, if your professor re-distributes a PDF with typo fixes that you have already Spread PDF'ed throughout your project then you can just swap it out without re-spreading the PDF.
Mind Map Enhancements:
· If you collapse the root of a radial mind map by pressing spacebar when the root is selected, then we'll minimize the entire mind map figure. The left, right, and org chart mind map arrangements already supported this feature.
· As a shortcut, you can now select the overall mind map figure itself and hit spacebar to collapse/expand the root figure. This makes it super-fast to minimize a bunch of collections since index cards, mind maps, and lists now all support this feature.
· When collapsing the root figure, if the mind map is its natural size then we'll resize it to its minimum bounds, otherwise if manually sized then we'll center the root node within the existing bounds.
· If duplicating a mind map item then we insert it as a sibling (like what happens when you duplicate a list item). This differs from the normal paste handling in mind maps which would add a pasted item as a child.
List Enhancements:
· As a shortcut, you can now select the overall list figure itself and hit spacebar to collapse/expand the title figure (if it has a title). This makes it super-fast to minimize a bunch of collections since index cards, mind maps, and lists now all support this feature.
· Paste As List is a bit smarter about lists that are initially indented.
Table Enhancements:
· Added support for holding the Shift key to increase/decrease the table size when inserting/removing table rows or columns, instead of modifying the sizes of any existing rows or columns. So just hold down the Shift key when you use either the Add/Remove Row/Column context menu options, or when using the Option-ArrowKey shortcuts to add/remove rows/columns.
Index Card Enhancements:
· Fixed rare issue (again!) where creating new index cards resulted in a badly rendered figure with no body area.
· Index cards now support body areas which contain a mix of fonts and colors.
· Sticky lines now stick to the index card figure itself, not to the title or body figures within the index card.
Evernote Enhancements:
· Dragging a note from Evernote that has an associated source URL will now result in a text figure within Curio with the source URL as an automatic attribution line.
Autosave Enhancements:
· Autosave has been given a thorough work-over to make it much more robust and fail-safe.
· Curio's autosave system is optimized to minimize disruption. When you first begin to modify your project, Curio starts a 30 second timer. At the end of that time period, but before performing the autosave, Curio will wait for a 2 second idle period where you aren't busy moving the mouse or pressing keys on the keyboard. Once you're idle for that brief moment it will then quickly perform the autosave. As a safety measure, Curio will now force an autosave even if you're not idle if it's been more than 60 seconds since the project was first modified.
· Of course, you can also force a save at any time by choosing File > Save on your own.
· In addition, Curio will now autosave Untitled projects using the same timing mechanism.
· Note that Curio will not perform an autosave if you attempt to close the project or quit Curio. Instead we ask if you would like to save before closing or quitting. This way if you accidentally do something catastrophic which is not undoable then you can quickly quit Curio without saving and not lose any data.
New Mail Client Support:
· Curio now supports Microsoft Outlook 2011 as a mail client for mailing projects, PDFs, and assets.
New Styles:
· Table Style: Simple Sheet is a simple gray thin-lined style which looks like a standard spreadsheet found in Apple Numbers.
· Image Style: Gray Cell is a very thin, slightly rounded, gray bordered style with a tiny margin and shadow which looks like the image cells found on Apple's Mac website (http://www.apple.com/mac).
Documentation Changes:
· Added tips to the Curio User Manual regarding the bookmarklet and Firefox.
Notable Fixes:
· Smarter handling of events in the Organizer so mouse wheel event handling in the Sections part of the Organizer will work correctly.
· Cleaned up some tooltip display so it looks a bit neater when it contains long text or when it's near a screen edge.
· Checkbox and flag click testing is now more robust. You should no longer have problems with checkboxes that mysteriously can't be clicked.
· Fixed a bug where you could drop an idea space into the Sections panel without hovering over a specific section.
· The inspector now shows Nothing to Display if you select either a folder or an empty section.
· Removed all internal responder manipulations which should make Curio more robust in certain event handling situations.
· You can now show/hide the shelf if a folder is selected.
· Added several new internal locks and safety checks to make sure the Status shelf background threads won't throw exceptions when checking for internal figure or asset changes. This appears to have fixed the rare, but brute-force reproducible crashes which could occur particularly when making lots of changes, deletions, or collection hierarchy manipulations and repeatedly undoing/redoing those actions.
December 27th, 2010More MMAP Support:
· Wow! When we added support for importing MMAP mind maps in Curio 7.1 we didn't know it was going to be such a huge it!
· Turns out MMAP exporting is supported by most major iOS mind mappers including iThoughtsHD and MindMeister. So, you can begin a mind map while on the go with your iPhone or iPad, then export it as MMAP and send it to your Mac for importing into Curio. Pretty sweet!
So we made it even better! In addition to the already supported title and note properties, we now support importing these MMAP properties:
· Flags — at least all the flags that match something that we have in Curio
· Checkmarks
· Percent Complete
· Priority
· Start Date
· Due Date
· Duration
· MMAP Exporting
· But we didn't stop there... we added MMAP exporting!
· You can now select a list or mind map and choose File > Export Selected Figures As > MMAP to instantly export your Curio collection as an MMAP file. All the properties listed above are supported during MMAP export.
· So now you can start a mind map in Curio then continue working on it within most major Mac or iOS mind mapping applications.
Shadows:
· Quick Backgrounder
· In Curio, the shadow settings specified in the Shape Inspector are applied to the shape itself if the figure is filled and to the text within if the figure is unfilled. So, if you have a text figure and enable shape shadowing the text will be shadowed. If you then fill the text figure the text will no longer be shadowed, instead the shape itself will be. Similar products such as OmniGraffle and Keynote behave this way as well.
· In Curio 7.0 we added the separate, independent shadow controls in the Text Inspector. This means you could create a filled text figure with a purple shadow defined via the Shape Inspector but the text itself could have an orange shadow as defined via the Text Inspector. Cool!
· However, we still needed to support the shape shadow way of automatically shadowing unfilled text since we don't want to break anyone's existing styles or figures. Customers would also expect it to work that way since Curio, OmniGraffle, and Keynote have always worked that way.
· The Problem
· But, let's say you wanted to create a list level style where images and other filled items are shadowed but text figures are unshadowed. If you turn on shape shadows then all the figures including text figures would get shadows. Uh, oh.
· The Solution!
· So, in Curio 7.2 we've added a new "Use as text shadow if figure unfilled" checkbox to the Shape Inspector's shadow controls.
· With the new checkbox you can turn off the automatic shadowing of unfilled text figures by the shape shadow. Instead they can only be shadowed via the Text Inspector's shadow controls added in Curio 7.0.
· This setting is on by default so existing styles won't break. And, if unchecked, it is stored in newly created style definitions so they will magically work correctly if you share styles with others.
New Keyboard Shortcuts:
· Selecting one or more figures and hitting the X key (Shift-x) will toggle checkbox visibility.
· Selecting one or more figures with visible checkboxes and hitting the x key (just x) will toggle the checked value.
Expand/Collapse All:
· Option-clicking on an expand/collapse symbol in a list or mind map will perform that operation on the parent item and do the same to its children. This is different than simply clicking on the expand/collapse symbol which simply acts on the parent and leaves its children in their existing states.
· Pressing Option-Spacebar will do the same recursive operation, whereas Spacebar simply acts on the parent.
· Prior to Curio 7.2, if you wanted to see a Quick Look preview of an asset figure which also happened to be a parent in a tree you had to press Option-Spacebar. You now need to press Option-Shift-Spacebar to force that Quick Look operation since we need the Option-Spacebar shortcut for recursive expand/collapse. Note that you can still just press Spacebar to show a Quick Look preview for all other asset figures, such as child or standalone asset figures.
Miscellaneous:
· Changing a list, mind map, or table's style will no longer potentially hide all the checkboxes you have made visible. In other words, collection styles can no longer hide checkboxes.
· Advanced preference if the rotate trackpad gesture keeps getting in your way: defaults write com.zengobi.curio "Disable Rotate Gesture" -bool yes
Notable Fixes:
· Fixed rare issue where creating new index cards resulted in a badly rendered figure with no body area.
· Fixed bug when trying to mail a style or template from a Gallery window.
· Fixed a bug with event titles when syncing collection items (lists, mind maps) with iCal.
· Fixed CurioService so Save PDF to Curio Scrapbook works even if Curio is not running.
· Fixed a rendering bug when an image which has been resized in Curio to something other than its natural size, then cropped outside of Curio.
· Tweak for smarter automatic Postbox support.
· Neatened up the line arrowhead drawing when using large line thicknesses so the arrowheads don't cross over the border into a snapped-to figure.
· If you are editing a field in an inspector and alt-tab away from Curio then come back, we no longer reset that field.
December 7th, 2010Mind Map:
· You can now drop Mindjet MindManager mmap files onto Curio and we'll convert them into mind maps. Currently we're only handling text and notes but more functionality will be added in the future.
· Spacebar can now expand/collapse a locked list/mindmap.
Table:
· If a table cell is selected then you can now press Option and an arrow key to insert a column or row before or after the cell.
Organizer:
· You can now copy idea spaces and paste them into new sections, in addition to the normal drag-and-drop technique.
· You can now copy, paste, and duplicate sections.
· Creating a new folder or section immediately allows you to rename the created item.
· Fixed the Show/Hide Sections menu item text so it detects its current state more accurately.
· Fixed bug where you couldn't drag an item from the Library and pass over the Organizer window.
Sleuth:
· Added Google Dictionary as a new reference search site.
Library:
· If you duplicate an item in the Library, the filter for the Library is automatically switched to show all assets in the Project to make sure that new item is visible and selected.
Miscellaneous:
· New Convert Selection To Image Figure menu item if you right-click on a scribble region.
· Right-clicking on an Idea Space Link figure will now allow you to show it as an icon.
· Initial support for the Postbox mail client for sending mail messages from within Curio.
· Got rid of the zoom when opening new windows.
Notable Fixes:
· Patched numerous memory leaks.
· Fixed a bug where showing a document asset figure as a preview resulted in an invisible image.
· When changing an image's style we no longer reset its size.
· Fixed a rare bug where Galleries would appear with empty or incorrectly rendered preview images for styles.
· No longer showing page breaks on the screen when in presentation mode.
· When in presentation mode, fixed a selection glow artifact and fixed several redraw issues when expanding a list or mind map collection.
· The Evernote module's zoom setting is restored when relaunched.
· Changes to the start/due date adornment so formatting is much smarter about determining which element is the year component so it is hidden correctly.
· Fixed a weird selection bug in the Export to HTML and Publish to MobileMe dialogs when choosing an image type.
· The tags image matrix is now drawn correctly when switching between tag sets.
· If a collection is selected, like a list or mind map, then enabling a tag via the Tags Inspector associates it with the collection itself and not to the items within the collection (so it's more like the tags popup on the Inspector Bar).
· When adding a new Instant Document Template we're now much smarter about determining if the template is an application or not.
· Added Gallery window image optimizations.
· Fixed Flashlight query bug when searching for Excel documents.
· Dossier now has minimum window sizes.
October 19th, 2010File Format Changes:
· While, for the most part, older projects edited with Curio 7 can be re-opened with earlier versions of Curio, there are several important points to consider. If you use Curio 7's new Organizer sections or folders then older versions of Curio will not be able to read that project. And, since flags have been migrated into tags, if you modify a figure's flags in Curio 7 then older versions of Curio will not be able to see those changes. Thus, to guarantee backwards compatibility it is strongly suggested that you work with new test projects or copies of existing projects if you intend to trial Curio 7 before purchasing.
Galleries Displayed by Default:
· When you click the new idea space, list, mind map, table, or index card toolbar button you will now see the appropriate gallery window by default. Holding the Shift key down when clicking the toolbar button will bypass the gallery and instantly create a default item. You can toggle this Shift key logic by unchecking Curio's Preferences > Idea Space > Hold Shift to bypass galleries versus to show galleries. If unchecked, clicking the toolbar button will instantly create a default item and holding Shift will display the appropriate gallery.
Return Key in the Organizer:
· Within the Organizer, pressing the Return key now renames an idea space instead of creating a new one. This is similar to the Finder where pressing Return while a file is selected allows you to rename a file. You can change this default within Curio's preferences.
Duplicating Assets:
· The Library now supports Edit > Duplicate so you can easily make copies of your embedded assets. Since we support this new feature we have removed the confusing "Share when duplicated" checkbox from the Asset Figure inspector.
Calendar Controls:
· Note that the calendar controls in Curio 7 have been modified so you can change the dates and times directly within the control. You can still make the popup date picker appear simply by double-clicking the control or holding the Option key down when clicking on the control.
· Collapsing Mind Maps
· Mind maps now shrink when a branch is collapsed. You can change this default setting via Curio > Preferences > Idea Space > Mind maps shrink as nodes collapse.
Multi-touch Gestures:
· Multi-touch gesture support is now disabled by default if its senses that a Magic Mouse gesture simulation application is active (such as BetterTouchTool). Some of those applications have issues which could end up corrupting Curio's internal undo stack (due to a beginGestureEvent sent without a corresponding endGestureEvent). You can always force the enabling of gesture support in Curio's Idea Space Preferences but do this with caution if using an simulator since a corrupted undo stack will prevent undos from working correctly in Curio.
December 3rd, 2009· Leopard and Snow Leopard Enhancements - For both Leopard and Snow Leopard customers, you now have access to the standard Edit > Transformations submenu which allows you to uppercase, lowercase, and capitalize any selected text. In addition, you will now see the standard Edit > Speech submenu which can be used to make your Mac speak the selected text.
· In the Curio's Preferences, under the Idea Space icon, you now now enable grammar checking, smart quote substitution (automatic straight quotes to curly quotes), and web link detection. Snow Leopard customers can also enable automatic spelling correction, text replacement (controlled via System Preferences > Language & Text > Text), and dash substitution (double dash to em dash substitution).
· You can also modify those preferences on-the-fly when editing some text using the Edit > Spelling & Grammar submenu and the Edit > Substitutions submenu.
· Status Shelf Enhancements [Pro] - You can now group your tasks by rating or priority.
· Printing Improvements - First, substantial code improvements were made to the print and PDF export code modules to make them more efficient and faster, particularly for large projects.
· Next, we added a useful tweak to the print footer.
· The print footer currently shows the idea space number. However, if the idea space doesn't fit on the single sheet of paper then each sheet would end up with the same footer which isn't terribly useful.
· So we've changed the footer to support printing the idea space number and optional sheet information. For example, if idea space #26 spans onto 9 sheets of paper then the 3rd sheet would show 26 (3 / 9) as its footer.
· To accomplish this we added a new print variable {%IdeaSpaceNumberWithSheetInfo} along with a couple of helper variables: {%IdeaSpaceSheetNumber} and {%IdeaSpaceNumberOfSheets}.
· If the idea space fits on a single page then {%IdeaSpaceNumberWithSheetInfo} is simply replaced with the idea space number.
Other Features:
· When Curio activates QuickRender mode, like when drag-selecting or moving items for example, we no longer redraw figures without gradients.
· Holding down the Shift key is now optional when pressing Command-Shift-8 to go into full screen mode.
· You can now use the up arrow key to move up to the title of the list. Also, when creating a list we automatically select the title for initial editing.
· In the search results, if grouping by something other than idea space, the idea space title is listed next to each item in the result list.
Notable Fixes:
· Fixed curved line clipping problem with steep curves.
· Full screen and mini mode options are now directly under the Windows menu instead of within a submenu.
· Fixed some undo issues that could come up when using gestures on Mac laptops.
· Fixed a problem where hierarchy colors would sometimes not render correctly if mind map branches were rearranged.
· Fixed problem when trying to click on or drag-select a rotated line figure.
· Fixed dossier display so long, multiline text labels are left justified.
· Fixed a rare timing issue with images which could result in a paused/hung/partially rendered idea space.
· Fixed a problem where assets could be left in your Library as Unused Assets if you delete an idea space.
· Fixed a problem where assets could be left in your Library as Unused Assets if you delete figures from within a collection such as mind map or list.
· You can now change the color of an URL asset figure but it is forced to be underlined (so it looks like a link) and it has to be some color and not simply black. We're doing this to make sure URL asset figure links look like actual links.
· If you have a password protected project, you are now able to mail idea spaces or drag them into the stencils or idea space templates shelf.
November 18th, 2009Curved and Orthogonal Lines:
· Curio now supports curved and orthogonal lines! Just right-click on a multipoint line to select a new line type via the context menu, or change the line type in the Figure inspector. You can drag your midpoints around to change the shape of the spline curve or orthogonal control points.
On-The-Fly Multipoint Lines:
· You can still right-click on an existing line to add midpoints but now we've added an even faster way to create multipoint lines.
· Grab the line tool and click to start the first point, then drag to place the endpoint. But before you release the mouse button hold down the Option key. When you release the mouse you'll find that you've dropped a midpoint and now you're placing a new endpoint. Continue holding down Option to keep dropping midpoints as you release the mouse. If you're done, just release the Option key before you drop your last point.
· Since we're using the Option key for this that means we've taking away the normal modifier to create a non-sticky endpoint. So, the Control key is now used for that operation: just hold Control while dragging a point so you can place it over an existing figure without sticking to the figure.
Index Card Enhancements:
· Copying multiple selected figures as text or exporting them to text will now grab them in scanline order instead of basing the export on z-order. This means top to bottom, left to right. So you can now lay out your index cards in a rough matrix or grid and they should output as text in an expected order.
· You can now change the location of an index card's title and body figure's flag adornments using the little circular slider in the Adornment Options inspector panel.
· The index card body lines are now drawn under the body figure's text. However, any flag adornments are drawn off to the side with no lines underneath (looks nicer that way).
· You can no longer drag items out of an index card, although you can still cut or copy. Instead, when you try to drag the title or body text of the index card the index card itself will be dragged. This should make it much easier to stack and rearrange cards without accidentally dragging content out of a card.
· If you resize an empty collection figure —including index cards— then Curio will store that size as the default size for future collections of that type. Note the title is ignored when determining if the collection is empty.
Other Features:
· You can now change the location of an table cell's flag adornments using the little circular slider in the Adornment Options inspector panel.
· Greatly increased mind map layout and rendering speeds for many complex mind maps.
Notable Fixes:
· Fixed several issues where figure styles were being reset to default style in tables, lists, mind maps, and index cards.
· We're now making sure all lines drawn in tables, etc, are nice and sharply defined.
· Curio is now much, much, much more memory efficient when printing or exporting to PDF.
· Fixed a bug where lines couldn't stick to specific positions on multipoint lines.
· Fixed problems where tag use counts could become out of sync thereby showing an inappropriately large number of active uses for a specific project tag (in File > Project Properties > Tags).
· When sending a stencil or idea space template to a friend to Zengobi we're now stripping tags from those items before sending.
October 13th, 2009· Adds some cool new features based on the feedback we received after launching Curio 6.
September 16th, 2009· Fixed an issue where, during printing or exporting, idea spaces would not render if they were auto-rotated to fit the page.
· Finally found and fixed the odd mind map disappearing lines (and potentially subfigures) when printing/exporting issue!
· Fixed problem where print headers/footers could be the wrong font size if Page Setup scaling was specified by the user.
· By the way, if you specify a Page Setup scaling then the "Fit idea space to a single printed page" checkbox setting will be ignored since you are essentially overriding its scaling with a custom scaling.
· Updated the bundled Veer Sleuth site so it correctly searches for images now.
· Fixed problem when a search is active where figures could be undimmed by clicking on them in the idea space.
· On startup, an initial tab is now correctly highlighted for both the shelf tabs and the inspector tabs.
· Fixed problem where Curio was crashing if given a jpg image with an invalid DPI.
· When loading a project, if an alias to an asset file can't be resolved, Curio will now ask the user if they want to optionally fix or delete the alias.
· Replaced several function calls which are deprecated in Snow Leopard so you won't see ugly warnings in the Console log.
· Fixed infamous 'plugin is readonly' error message due to dossier.
· Curio is now code signed which should make upgrading even easier.
September 8th, 2009· Curio 6.0 will need to upgrade project files created with earlier versions of Curio. Please note that the converted project file cannot be re-opened in earlier versions of Curio!
· The old Edit > Export As submenu for figure exporting has been moved and renamed to File > Export Selected Figures As.
Notable Fixes:
· Fixed bug trying to use the width/height edit fields and steppers in the figure's Geometry inspector if proportional sizing was enabled.
· Fixed crazy sizes and origins from getting automatically set when the user tries to resize a shapeshifted figure using the Geometry inspector.
· Using QuickZoom (via pressing and holding the Q key) and positioning the mouse cursor over the top-left portion of the idea space will correctly go to that area when Q is released.
· QuickZoom mode now works even when scribbling with the brush tools.
· If you just open the video recording window and then close it, we now turn off the iSight camera.
· Fixed a problem where certain rare sites in a WebView or WebArchive wouldn't be displayed correctly, if at all.
· Tweaks so the tooltip can handle Notes that have carriage returns in it.
· Dragged-in Mail messages that have foreign characters in the From or Subject fields are now rendered correctly in Curio.
· The adornment "display within shape" inspector item is now correctly disabled if the item is a collection or within a collection, which overrides that setting anyway.
· Fixed problem where adding a note to a figure in a newly created list or mind map would not automatically show the note adornment.
· Fixed the popup calendars in the Inspector Bar date pickers so they correctly jump to the currently set date of the selected figure.
· Fixed problem where collection level styles would override link, superscript, and subscript attributes of items within the collection.
· Fixed a printing problem where scaling and placement wasn't occurring as it should if you specified a scale factor in the Print Setup dialog (and disabled the fit onto a single printed page).
· Fixed odd style issue where setting the default shapeshifter style for a text figure would sometimes override styles associated with hierarchies in mind maps or lists.
· Fixed a style issue where defining a default style for a text figure wasn't working if the style was a named (aka saved) style.
· Fixed a problem where if the default text figure style was changed to a different shapeshifter then then rectangle item in the Figures toolbar popup menu wouldn't draw a rectangle.
· Fixed style issue where if underlining a single word in a multi-word mind map entry then all figures at that level would suddenly have black text with no underlining.
· Fixed an odd issue where changing the appearance theme would cause problem when rendering certain objects like start/due adornment flags and sometimes some of the icons shown in in the Inspector.
· The full changelog can be found at: http://www.zengobi.com/support/articles/AR060000.html.
August 31st, 2009· Snow Leopard fix: Using the spacebar to bring up Quick Look previews in the idea space or the Scrapbook, Flashlight, or Evernote shelf modules will now function correctly.
August 31st, 2009· Snow Leopard fix: Fixed issue where text figures weren't being exported during an image or web export.
· Snow Leopard fix: Fixed issue where choosing a color from the color picker wasn't working.
· Snow Leopard fix: The inspector bar's background gradient matches Snow Leopard's toolbar background gradient.
June 18th, 2009· Fixed problem where dates associated with figures had invalid time values associated with them which caused confused sorting in the Status shelf.
· Robustness check when manipulating mind maps and lists which should hopefully take care of the rare crash that some folks are experiencing.
· Fixed problem where the Curio "Add to Scrapbook" Services item would not grab rich text from Safari.
· Got rid of the Evernote Premium banner.
· You can now set the delay in seconds when dragging in "promised files" from other applications using this hidden preference: defaults write com.zengobi.curio "Promised Files Delay" -float 1.0
· This might be a useful preference to tweak if Curio has problems grabbing messages with large attachments dragged in from Mail, for example. Note the default is just 0.1 seconds.
· Improved robustness checks when performing common operations to help squash that undo bug.
February 11th, 2009· Fixed problem with asset figures updating their preview images.
February 5th, 2009Notable Features:
· Press Shift-Spacebar at any hierarchical level and all figures at that level throughout the mind map or list will toggle their expand/collapse state.
· You can now convert between a list or mind map via the right-click context menu.
· Improved options in the context menu when right-clicking multiple selected asset figures.
· The Library now shows the asset filenames with their extensions so you can more easily tell the difference between several identically named files.
· If you hover the mouse over an idea space in the Organizer, you are now told if it's marked as private or not and, if not, its idea space number which makes printing a selected range of idea spaces much easier.
Notable Fixes:
· If you drag a bunch of idea spaces from the Organizer of one project to the Organizer of the other, then any jump actions or anchors used within that set of idea spaces will remain intact and working in the new project.
· We're now ignoring bogus x-msg URLs that come in when you drag selected text from a Mail message into an idea space.
· The asset library now correctly handles cases where an asset was renamed but then the project was closed without saving, the asset is now reverted back to its original filename so it is not automatically removed upon re-opening the project.
· Tweak so asset figures displayed as previews aren't quite so large by default.
· Curio lists and mind maps are a bit smarter about making the previews of items smaller so they don't engulf the collection.
· Fixed a bug when using the Delete key while editing list items.
· Minor fix so you can't attempt to outdent the list title or mind map central figure.
· You can now have a margin of 0 for a list figure.
· We're now a bit smarter about which URL to associate with an image dragged in from the browser so you can more easily get back to where you found that image.
· Fixed bug when trying to set the width or height of multiple selected objects in the Geometry inspector.
· Fixed insertion point color so it is white when the background is dark.
· Fixed bug when trying to resize the width or height of an object which contains an adornment within the shape bounds via the Geometry inspector.
· Fixed bug when trying to resize the width or height of an object without a border which contains an adornment within the shape bounds via the resize handles. The fix also makes it so snapped edges line up better when dragging these figures around.
· Fixed bug where trying to add a note to a brand new list item would not result in the appearance of the note adornment.
· Pasting RTFD (like a selection coming from Pages) now works more reliably.
· Fixed problem where pasting text into an idea space would sometimes result in an incorrectly sized text box.
· Fixed bug where clicking on a Status item or jump target item wouldn't auto-expand a destination figure if it was collapsed in a list or mind map tree.
· Now replacing any inserted variables for items displayed in the Status shelf, Project Center, and in iCal via iCal sync.
January 15th, 2009Evernote Shelf features:
· Since Evernote 1.2 now allows premium users to add any file or document to a note, Curio's Evernote shelf has been updated to handle any type of file format and show the correct preview icons, etc.
· If the Evernote note contains a document package file, such as a Keynote document for example, which was automatically zipped by the Evernote client, then Curio will automatically unzip the package so its icon can be easily recognized in the shelf, Quick Look can render it correctly if spacebar is pressed, and it can be dragged directly into an idea space.
· The Evernote shelf now handles notes that contain multiple embedded files — including a mix of text, images, and other documents types — much more robustly.
New features:
· You can now press spacebar in the Scrapbook and Flashlight shelf modules to see a QuickLook preview for the selected items, if possible.
· In the Status shelf, if filtering by "Only This Project" then the idea space name containing the figure is displayed as the secondary line of status text for each item instead of the project's name (since they are all in the same project).
Notable fixes:
· Copying as Text Outline then pasting as a list or mind map is now more robust.
· Fixed problem with invalid clipboard data when you copy selected figures as PNG or JPG.
· Flashlight is now searching for Photoshop files based on the psd extension instead of by kind since they support tons of different kinds that all start with the words "Adobe Photoshop".
January 9th, 2009· Fixed problem where double-clicking an idea space template would temporarily remove it from the Idea Space Templates shelf.
· Huge speed improvements added to the mind mapping and list code with smarter buffering of pending changes.
· The mouse cursor automatically becomes visible during presentation mode if moved to another screen.
· Fixed issue where if you have an asset figure selected in an idea space and then start typing a name for that idea space in the Organizer then typing a space accidently triggered a QuickLook for the asset figure instead.
· Fixed odd issue where rotated lines couldn't be moved close to the top/left edge of the idea space.
· Fixed problems using arrow keys and moving the selection up and down over collapsed nodes.
· Fixed problems when dragging a list item on top of a collapsed list item.
· Fixed dragging mind map items with lots of text so they are autowrapped as appropriate when dropped at a new mind map location.
· Fixed bug when copy/pasting a list where the bullets or numbers weren't being drawn.
· Fixed problem when trying to use cursor keys and moving up and down in a multi-line mind map entry.
· Fixed problem that the root of the mind map might forget its style when adding new grandchildren nodes.
· Fixed bug where if the Organizer had several rows selected but then you chose one of those idea spaces from the Navigator toolbar popup button then nothing would happen.
· Better support for undo/redo of convert list to/from mind map.
· Better multi-touch support thanks to a custom undo grouping to bundle a series of gestures into a single undo group.
· The Inspector Bar will now remember if it was visible or hidden between project re-opens.
· Fixed undoing the Uncollect action.
· Fixed oddity where turning on the start date for a figure would automatically assign it a due date as well.
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