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Adobe Muse Changelog

What's new in Adobe Muse CC 2018.1

Mar 27, 2018
  • Copy and paste attributes:
  • Work flows faster now that you can easily copy attributes — like font, opacity, fill color, stroke and more — and paste them from one object to another.

New in Adobe Muse CC 2018.0 (Oct 18, 2017)

  • Fixes to customer-reported issues and Stability & Performance Improvements:
  • This release patches issues reported from the August 2017 release. Fixes include page layout issues in sites created in previous versions, unexpected app behavior while exporting sites, and other errors that caused the app to crash.
  • Backward compatible files in Adobe Muse:
  • With Adobe Muse CC 2018, when you open a .muse file created in an older version of the app, file conversion takes place. This file cannot be reopened in an older version of Muse. To ensure that you have a copy of the file as created in the older version, a backup copy is automatically created at the same location.

New in Adobe Muse CC 2017.1 (Aug 29, 2017)

  • RESPONSIVE WIDGETS:
  • Slideshow, Composition, and Contact Form widgets are now fully responsive. The widgets are responsive not only on export but also on the design surface while editing and modifying them. While dragging newer widgets onto the canvas will be responsive out of the box - you can also choose to make widgets in your older projects responsive by setting responsive sizing and pinning to it.
  • STABILITY AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS:
  • This release of Muse contains stability improvements to improve the reliability of the Muse app. Performance-related improvements help you get started and deliver faster than before.
  • For example, the file open operation, especially files that have multiple pages and a large number of break points, now open quickly in Muse. Also, enhancements to the export workflows ensure that you are able to get your site online sooner.
  • PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Muse CC 2017.1 contains various enhancements to the usability of the app. Important improvements include:
  • Select a sub-element in a group. With nested groups of widgets or elements, you can now double-click a sub-element to select it and access its properties. Previously, one had to recursively select each parent element to access a sub-element.
  • Pinch to zoom. You can now use a trackpad or a touchscreen device to zoom in or out of a view the placement and position of objects.
  • FIXES TO CUSTOMER-REPORTED ISSUES:
  • This update also contains fixes to various issues that customers have reported. These include usability improvements, fixes that caused the app to crash, or unexpected behaviors.

New in Adobe Muse CC 2017.0.4 (Jul 11, 2017)

  • This release contains a fix for the following issue:
  • Adding a video widget to the canvas of a Muse website caused the app to freeze and become unresponsive.

New in Adobe Muse CC 2017.0.3 (Jun 14, 2017)

  • This release contains performance and stability improvements, and fixes for the following user-reported issues:
  • Attempting to re-publish a .muse file results in the error message: server may be missing or incorrect.
  • [Mac] Blank composition triggers are not clickable when set to Lightbox with a mouse rollover event.
  • [Chrome] Featured news composition does not close the target box after rollout operation.
  • When a page is exported and previewed, the composition widget container disappears on mouse rollover.
  • Video widgets poster image gets re-rendered while switching between breakpoints.
  • Changing the filename of a page excluded from Menu links causes the Muse app to quit unexpectedly.
  • Using horizontal and vertical Menu across pages containing multiple breakpoints causes the app to quit unexpectedly.
  • The Muse app quits unexpectedly when the Preview button is clicked.

New in Adobe Muse CC 2017.0.2 (Feb 13, 2017)

  • Minor enhancements:
  • SEO enhancements for image references in Muse-generated site map files.
  • Ability to open a specific container in an accordion widget from a hyperlink.
  • Anchors placed within an accordion widget will now expand the accordion pane on clicking.
  • For large files, performance improvements that speed up file export.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • An image that has no scaling applied to it retains its hyperlink after it is published to BC.
  • Accordion widgets with the Can Close All property enabled expand and collapse as expected.
  • Muse no longer quites unexpectedly on opening a .muse file from a network location.
  • For a given selection, when you drag the vertical move handle beyond 0 px on the ruler, the scroll bar continues to be visible.
  • If a rotated image has been stored in CC Library, dragging the asset onto the canvas retains the expected orientation (continues to stay rotated).
  • On a page with multiple items having varying stroke weights, you can now apply a 0 stroke weight to one or more items.
  • The alignment property of Submit button text is retained on export.
  • On exporting a page with a stroke applied, page items retain their sizes and positions.
  • In Design mode, on using the Responsive Scrubber, State buttons that are nested within compositions work as expected.
  • Muse files on network folders open without errors.
  • While uploading a site containing images to a web server, no .htaccess file errors are observed, and the upload completes as expected.

New in Adobe Muse CC 2017.0.1 (Dec 15, 2016)

  • This release contains fixes for the following user-reported issues:
  • Layer inconsistency issues (items pinned on the page scroll over the top layer).
  • In Chrome, the Slideshow composition widget displays images in an incorrect sequence.
  • [Mac-only] Muse crashes if you open a file that has been renamed or moved to a different folder.
  • Muse crashes if the currently logged user has an apostrophe in the username.
  • Muse crashes when the Submit button on a Contact form uses the system font.
  • Muse crashes intermittently on computers with the macOS 10.12.1 update (Build 16B2657).
  • Muse crashes when you save a site that contains a text frame expanded across multiple break points.

New in Adobe Muse CC 2017 (Nov 2, 2016)

  • Adobe Animate CC integration:
  • Drag and drop your Animate composition right into your Adobe Muse projects as a graphic from your CC library.
  • Creative Cloud Assets improvements:
  • Archive and restore all your assets stored in Creative Cloud, including the ones in your Creative Cloud Libraries, assets created with CC desktop products, and mobile projects.
  • Introducing Typekit Marketplace:
  • Buy fonts from some of the industry’s biggest names and use them in your Adobe Muse projects. Typekit uses its font sync and web technologies to deliver your Marketplace fonts anywhere you need them.
  • Power Zoom:
  • Save time looking for content on your website by using the hand tool to zoom in, pan, and scroll on a specific section.
  • And so much more:
  • Also includes: Responsive design performance improvements, retention of breakpoints in library items, and more.

New in Adobe Muse CC 2015.2.1 (Jul 22, 2016)

  • This release contains fixes for the following issues:
  • While loading some sites containing certain combinations of custom HTML or third party widgets, the browser shows an error message that begins "JavaScript exception: Error calling selector function.”
  • Composition triggers can be horizontally misaligned on export if they have different stroke weights across states
  • Selecting Undo after resizing the width of a page in Design mode can cause a crash with the error message, “unknown BP type”
  • Moving an object within the Layers panel also moves the object vertically on the page
  • Widgets with page-pinned triggers with different styling in their normal and active states look misaligned when published
  • Moving the breakpoints bar after creating a hyperlink, resizing the page width and then undoing can cause Muse to crash
  • If the network connection is interrupted while publishing, Muse will crash with the error message, “SiteFile.getBinaryContent called before SiteFile.writeToStream”
  • A site’s pages can look incorrect in the browser if different breakpoints have different sticky footer settings
  • Muse can crash when moving the breakpoints bar in Design mode on a page containing a 100% width rectangle and a larger image on top of it
  • Some users with Business Catalyst sites don't have access to their sites
  • Publishing a site to Business Catalyst on a Mac whose language setting in the System Preferences is set to Hebrew causes a crash
  • Choosing "Collect All Assets” from the Assets panel in a site with missing CC Libraries assets causes a crash
  • An extra slash appears after the domain name when publishing a site to Business Catalyst with custom domains
  • The "Publish to Business Catalyst" dialog has incorrect string translations for the Russian language on Windows
  • Sites published to Business Catalyst with .oam animations cannot be edited with In-Browser Editing
  • Fixed-width HiDPI sites with placed images are exporting at 1.5 times expected size and report incorrect dimensions in the Assets panel
  • Muse shortcuts are missing from the Programs menu after upgrading to Muse 2015.2 on Windows

New in Adobe Muse CC 2015.2.0.877 (Jun 21, 2016)

  • Integration with Adobe Comp CC:
  • New in Adobe Muse CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • Adobe Muse is now integrated with Adobe Comp CC, an app that is available for iPhones and iPads. This app bridges the gap between mobiles and desktops, allowing you to create your layout anywhere, anytime.
  • Comp CC allows you to add components like rectangles, image placeholders, or text boxes by using hand gestures. The app converts these gestures into crisp graphics, enabling you to complete your layout within minutes.
  • Comp CC is also integrated with Creative Cloud Libraries. This means that you can design your menus or labels in an app like Photoshop and use the assets for your Adobe Muse layout. You can also use widgets like Maps or Contact forms from Adobe Muse while wireframing your layout in Comp CC.
  • With the integration of Adobe Muse with Comp CC, you can create a draft of your layout and bring it to Adobe Muse in a single click. You can then add the finishing touches to your layout in Adobe Muse. To know how to use Comp CC with Adobe Muse, see Integration of Adobe Muse with Adobe Comp CC. You can also see a sample workflow on creating an Adobe Muse layout using Comp CC.
  • In-Browser Editing:
  • New in Adobe Muse CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • In-Browser Editing in Adobe Muse now has a new and improved user interface. In-Browser Editing in this version of Adobe Muse supports the following new features:
  • View editable items: You can long-click on the In-Browser Editing page to view all the items that are editable.
  • Edit text on page: You can edit text within the In-Browser Editor, and view your changes as you type.
  • Undo/redo changes: You can now undo and redo your changes.
  • Faster loading time: In-Browser Editor now loads faster than before.
  • Choose layouts while editing: You also have a drop-down list for styling sites created using alternate layout in Adobe Muse.
  • New start screen:
  • New in Adobe Muse CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • The Welcome screen or the Start screen in Adobe Muse has been updated to include new functionalities like New and Open menus that are common across all the Creative Cloud apps. The start screen displays recently opened files and details like Name of the File, Last Opened, Size of the File, and the File Type.
  • New CCX Start Screen
  • Asset Collector:
  • New in Adobe Muse CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • Use the new Asset Collector tool from the Assets panel to move all your assets from one location to another. You can now copy all your assets to a single folder, on your computer or on your hard disk. Save your files to a single destination, and move your Adobe Muse project with just a few clicks.
  • Asset collector
  • Ellipse Tool:
  • New in Adobe Muse CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • Make your websites look even better with the new Ellipse tool. Use this tool directly to create ellipses, and hold the Shift key with the tool to create circles. To know how to use the Ellipse Tool, see Working with Objects.
  • Responsive design improvements:
  • Enhanced in Adobe Muse CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • Responsive widgets
  • Now, YouTube and Vimeo widgets are responsive by width and height. Use these widgets in your responsive sites, and watch them scale in proportion to your browser width.
  • Rectangle frames are now responsive by both height and width.
  • Vertical Move Handle
  • The new Vertical Move Handle in Adobe Muse allows you to easily move objects as a group. When you select an object in Adobe Muse responsive layout, the Vertical Move Handle appears in the left margin. This handle allows you to simultaneously select and move the selected object and objects below it.
  • Edit Minimum Page Width
  • You can now directly edit the Minimum Page Width using the Breakpoint bar. Move your mouse to the edge of the minimum page size area in the breakpoints bar. When the cursor changes to a resize cursor, click and drag to adjust the Minimum Page Width.
  • CC Libraries improvements:
  • Enhanced in Adobe Muse CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • You can now add swatches from CC Libraries to the Swatches panel. Further, you can select multiple colors from CC Libraries and add them to the Swatches panel.
  • You can also choose a color from CC Libraries, and set it as Stroke or text color in Adobe Muse.
  • To see how you can use colors in Adobe Muse CC Libraries, see the section on Using Colors in CC Libraries.
  • Plan View enhancements:
  • Enhanced in Adobe Muse CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • Plan View in Adobe Muse now includes a vertical layout option. Until the previous release, you could view the hierarchy and the structure of your website only in the horizontal view. Now you can simply click (vertical site map display icon) and view complex site plans vertically.
  • Improved Google PageSpeed ranking:
  • Enhanced in Adobe Muse CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • Adobe Muse now loads all JavaScript asynchronously. Also, if your site is hosted on an Apache web server and you upload your site using FTP, browser caching for CSS, images, and JavaScript files is enabled. These changes can help improve Google PageSpeed ranking.
  • New and existing sites currently wait for the web fonts to be available before displaying the page. Now, you can choose whether you want to allow your page to load faster using fallback fonts. You can enable this option through the Site Properties dialog box, Advanced tab > Web Fonts menu.
  • Improved Illustrator workflows:
  • Enhanced in Adobe Muse CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • You can now directly import Illustrator (.ai) files from your computer, or hard disk into Adobe Muse without exporting them as SVG files first.
  • Image frame enhancements:
  • Enhanced in Adobe Muse CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • The new image frame tool in Adobe Muse lets you create both rectangular and elliptical frames. You can now easily create image placeholders for your site, by clicking the frame from the Tools panel, and placing the frames in your Adobe Muse project. You can use the frames to create a wireframe or layout, and fill the frames when your images are finalized.

New in Adobe Muse CC 2015.1.2.44 (Mar 23, 2016)

  • Changing left padding shifts all page items on affected pages
  • Muses crashes while generating SVG posters for the same SVG on multiple breakpoints
  • Images within a tabbed panel on a page with multiple breakpoints can incorrectly result in the export error, “An image on the page is too large. Resize it smaller and try again."
  • Changing page width on a fixed-width page does not update the width of 100% elements
  • Some converted Muse files hit an assert "pendingProcessInfo:updateDisplayAsync TextLayoutDisplayObject..." when opening certain pages
  • Muse crashes when activating a breakpoint in a small number of Muse files
  • Muse crashes when removing alternate layouts with page items that have scroll effects
  • Overlapping page items can result in the wrong z-order after export
  • Editing a master page then re-publishing the site asserts "Failed to find CSSSheet for page” for some sites containing Synchronized Text
  • Some pages may have an incorrect width when converting sites from older versions of Muse
  • Spacing between page items changes unexpectedly when content is pushed down due to a growing page item and grouped elements are off the page
  • Some site’s footer content jumps into the page content when browser window is resized to a specific breakpoint
  • Scale to Fit browser fill images are re-sampled to a size considerably smaller than expected
  • MUCOW options with supportsGlobalAndOptionContentTags get lost after reopening the Muse file
  • Artwork in lightbox composition widgets is not visible after resizing past a breakpoint if the composition has a horizontal or vertical transition
  • Muse crashes when deleting alternate layout with certain pages open with breakpoints on the master page
  • Muse crashes when exporting some sites with an assert, "Why does PageItem have a cached parent page if we're not already exporting or resizing the page?”
  • Rotating a group in the transform palette applies rotation to child items, not the group
  • Fix formatting of some master page content published to Business Catalyst
  • Muse crashes on export of a multi-breakpoint page containing a menu with submenus that has been resized
  • Muse crashes when pasting or drag-n-dropping a selection containing a form and text frame with an inline SVG or HTML page item
  • Muse crashes when editing a scroll effect on a master page with assert “Why are we applying scroll effects for an item on a page with multiple breakpoints “
  • Muse crashes on export when the Layers panel is open with site that has Synchronized Text and a page marked not to export with assert "LTW:onCollectionChange called with no front page canvas”
  • Muse hangs after editing some MUCOWs with multi-line text boxes
  • Paragraph style with h tags applied to one paragraph of multi-paragraph text frame in a breakpoint causes w3 validator warnings
  • Very different appearance of exported page if there is a tall sidebar on page
  • Assets for upload exported from 2015.0 are deleted from server when exported from 2015.1
  • Exporting sites with page breakpoints larger than master breakpoints can sometimes appear unexpectedly in browser
  • Assert “Why do we have multiple folders with the same name?” when publishing some sites that contain OAMs

New in Adobe Muse CC 2015.1.1.21 (Mar 1, 2016)

  • This release contains fixes for the following issues:
  • Crash when some users publish a Muse site that has Business Catalyst tags
  • Assert “Cannot get node’s position - invalid parent” when exporting some sites
  • Crash when changing text attributes of a menu with submenus
  • Trying to add a breakpoint smaller than the minimum page width gives a confusing error message
  • “An error occurred on the server” message is shown when submitting contact forms on a site that only has PHP version 5.4 installed on the server
  • Crash when deleting the last breakpoint on a master page after specific user actions
  • Crash when saving a site with an SVG that is the only item in a group
  • Faster Plan view performance while rearranging pages
  • Form submit buttons with rounded corners show grey box behind them for sites with multiple breakpoints
  • Crash when exporting a site with more than one reCAPTCHA enabled form on a page with multiple breakpoints
  • Compositions with nested slideshows and horizontal/vertical transitions appear incorrect on export
  • Placed SVGs sometimes resize incorrectly when switching between breakpoints in the browser
  • Color decoration applied to text with a hyperlink on the text frame on master pages is not displayed on Business Catalyst sites
  • Anchors with “:” or “.” in their name may trigger “Invalid ID selector” assert
  • Improved Typing performance on pages with several breakpoints
  • SVGs sometimes do not update at design time unless manually resized
  • Added several performance improvements while editing master pages

New in Adobe Muse CC 2015.1.0.2309 (Feb 9, 2016)

  • Responsive Design:
  • Create beautiful responsive websites in a completely free-form manner, allowing you to design visually and without constraints.
  • Build fully responsive sites without having to think like a developer. You don’t have to worry about code -- Muse will make sure your site will look great on virtually all browsers and devices.
  • You can continue to work the way you always have, by adding responsive functionality to your site whenever you want. Existing sites made with earlier versions of Muse will remain unchanged unless you decide to modify them.
  • Muse will facilitate whatever responsive design approach you choose, whether it’s mobile or desktop first.
  • Creative Cloud Libraries:
  • Seamlessly browse and reuse creative assets like colors and graphics from Adobe desktop and mobile tools with the Creative Cloud Libraries panel. Libraries sync to Creative Cloud and can be shared so you and your team always have the files you need, when you need them.
  • Adobe Stock Integration:
  • Adobe Stock can now be accessed directly in Adobe Muse, just like Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. You can find, license and manage royalty-free images and vector graphics as you design and build sites. Select from 45 million assets, save your selection to your Creative Cloud Libraries and then drag it into your website to use.
  • State Transitions:
  • Animate the transition of an image or other element from one state to another by setting the Fade options in the States panel. Users can set separate Delay, Duration and Timing Functions for each state and each element.
  • Import and Export Color Swatches:
  • In the Swatches Palette, the Context Menu (right -lick in an empty area of the panel) now includes two options to Import and Export swatch libraries as Adobe Swatch Exchange (ASE) files.
  • CSS Text Shadows:
  • Shadows applied to text frames without any fill and border now cause the shadow to be applied to the text, regardless of the font used. In previous versions of Muse, text shadows could only be applied to text frames containing a system font and resulted in the text being exported as an image.
  • SVG Improvements:
  • Similar to placed images, SVGs now have a parent frame which can be styled and used to crop the SVG if desired. As a result, SVGs can now be added to slideshows. We've also made improvements to render SVGs more quickly in Design view. Finally, imported SVGs can be relinked to raster images, and imported images can be relinked to SVGs.
  • Rotation Detection in Images:
  • Images that have rotation information embedded in them (such as those taken with a mobile device) will now be rotated properly when placed.
  • Welcome Screen & Starter Designs:
  • Starter designs and help content are no longer displayed directly in the Welcome Screen. Both resources are still available and have been updated to help you get started with responsive design quickly and easily.
  • Starter Designs, including updates for responsive design, are available here: http://adobe.com/go/muse_starters
  • Learn Content is available here: http://adobe.com/go/muse_learn

New in Adobe Muse CC 2015.0.2.4 (Jul 29, 2015)

  • Disabling inadvertently enabled properties within the welcome dialog starter designs.

New in Adobe Muse CC 2015.0.1.22 (Jul 27, 2015)

  • Contains fixes for the following issues:
  • Crash Updating Links for background images in widgets with Edit Together On.
  • During export, Muse inadvertently attempts to optimize a placed SWF and crashes.
  • Muse closes unexpectedly when attempting to embed a Tumblr blog into a Muse site.
  • Inline text frames that are positioned outside of their parent text frame are positioned incorrectly after export.
  • "Triggers on Top" is broken in newly created Composition widgets.
  • Assert "Error: Trying to format an XHTMLElement with both content and children" while exporting certain sites with In-Browser Editing enabled.
  • Libraries repeatedly re-converted if Muse is not quit normally after Library conversion.
  • Crash opening sites which use Typekit web fonts after the font has been updated by Typekit with a new font family name.
  • Vimeo widget nested inside of a Lightbox Composition continues to play after the user changes composition slides or closes the lightbox.
  • Object opacity applied to a Text Frame is not shown in browser when the Text Frame has text using System Fonts.
  • Crash when adding an item to a button widget, waiting several seconds, then undo.
  • Undo after Deleting a page and its child pages can result in a crash (on site with menu).
  • An HTML object on a master page results in all pages that uses that master being unnecessarily exported in many cases.

New in Adobe Muse CC 2015 (Jun 16, 2015)

  • Find the perfect photos:
  • Find the perfect images for your sites in the Adobe Stock marketplace. Explore an ever-expanding library of photos and illustrations and download them for use in your site design.
  • Design with Adobe Typekit fonts:
  • Access thousands of fonts from Adobe Typekit to use in your desktop and mobile website designs. Adobe Muse puts fonts from top-tier foundries at your fingertips, and they’re all part of your Creative Cloud membership.
  • Add blogs, storefronts, and more:
  • Build sites with virtually unlimited functionality. Integrate blogs, shopping carts, and more using new widgets downloaded from the Library panel.
  • Contact form updates:
  • Now you can add radio buttons and check box groups to your contact forms, making it easier for visitors to submit accurate information.
  • And so much more:
  • Also includes: Code improvements to ensure Adobe Muse sites meet the latest web standards across all browsers, platforms, and devices.

New in Adobe Muse CC 2014.3.2.11 (Apr 3, 2015)

  • Muse sites with both a Tablet and Phone rendition of a page now include a redirect from the Tablet page to the Phone page in order to be more mobile-friendly as defined by Google, who announced their expanded use of mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal.
  • Copying multiple text frames, which have been tagged using different collections via the Content panel, and pasting to a new project results in a crash with the alert, "Assert: Don't know how to generate rendered data for type:type_guid.”
  • Deleting expanded objects from the Layers panel results in a crash if that object has multiple levels of child objects which have also been expanded.
  • Undoing the deleting of all text from the “Form Message” field of a Form results in a crash.

New in Adobe Muse CC 2014.3.1.44 (Mar 5, 2015)

  • This release contains fixes for the following issues:
  • Relinking or updating Assets that include an image used as both a browser background fill image and the background fill image for other objects would cause subsequent Save or Save As attempts to report a variety of different errors (i.e. “Object UID:U### has two (or more) owners…”, “UIDs with Multiple Owners…”, “Dangling Ref or Ownership…”, etc.) or other errors (i.e. “Asking to recursive delete xxx that’s already marked deleted”).
  • While opening a Muse project file, some users were seeing a warning about images being up sampled yet the images in the Assets panel failed to identify which images were being up sampled.
  • Opening an older Muse project file containing widgets with placed SVGs or text frames with missing fonts could result in a ‘very large bounds’ error.
  • Some assets reported as out-of-date on Windows 8/8.1 when a .muse file was first converted to Muse 2014.3.
  • Fixed a class of bugs that result in the crashing error message “How does vellum have focus without a text selection active."
  • Text frames using system fonts and with a hyperlink applied flicker between normal and rollover states in the browser.
  • Crash if a page contains multiple copies of the same SVG graphic used as a background fill.
  • Crash when closing the “Preview” tab if the page contains embedded HTML with specific JavaScript.
  • Hang while publishing or exporting if there are Upload Assets with 3 character filenames with no file extension.
  • Bevel and Inner Glow effects applied to items on master pages only draw on the first page for which the master page is applied when previewed, exported, uploaded or published.
  • A document corruption problem that could occur if a crash occurred during Save As.
  • Error “Unexpected undo state” that may occur when resizing a menu widget.
  • Preferences folders were sometimes created with incorrect permissions resulting in a failure during launch.
  • Some preferences from older installations of Muse failed to copy to Muse 2014.3 (i.e. self hosted web fonts, user dictionaries, etc.). This update will correctly update preferences if Adobe Muse CC 2014.3 has never been installed. Otherwise, users must first delete the preference folders associated with Adobe Muse CC 2014.3, which are located in the following locations: "~/Library/Preferences/com.adobe.AdobeMuseCC.2014.3 " and "~/Library/Preferences/Adobe/Adobe Muse CC/2014.3"

New in Adobe Muse CC 2014.3.0.1176 (Feb 12, 2015)

  • Faster than Ever – boosted performance in key features across the application:
  • Page and image rendering in Design view
  • Selecting, adding, removing, and deleting of items while editing
  • Updates from changing Styles or Swatches
  • Display of the Assets panel and relinking of background images
  • Typing performance within text frames
  • Copy of a selection in Design view.
  • Generation of page thumbnails in Plan view
  • Updates to automatic menu widgets when adding, removing or renaming pages
  • Publishing with SFTP
  • “Save As” performance for sites
  • Deleting unused items such as “Delete Unused Swatches” and “Delete Unused Styles."
  • Selecting complex widgets in Design view
  • Loading pages in Preview mode. This change addresses cases where some users were seeing timeout failures when previewing pages or when placing SVGs due to a slow connection being used.
  • Loading of SVGs when sites are viewed in browsers
  • Loading of items that use bevel or inner glow effects in browsers. Muse now uses CSS to render bevel and inner glow effects on frames in the browser instead of rasterizing the effect and exporting the frames as sliced images.
  • Loading of PNG images in browsers. Muse now uses 8-bit PNG images when possible for increased compression for 24-bit PNG images.
  • Improved memory management
  • Text Improvements:
  • Text layout in Design view now uses the same baseline position font metrics as popular browsers resulting in greater consistency with browsers. The change in metrics may change text baseline positions for existing Muse files. To revert to the original baseline positions, choose File > Site Properties > Advanced > Use Legacy Text Baseline Positions.
  • Superscript, Subscript, Uppercase and Lowercase are now available as text attributes in the Text panel.
  • Missing Fonts - Pink highlights indicate text where the applied font is not available on your system.
  • Double-click drag in a text frame now selects text on word boundaries.
  • Widget Enhancements:
  • A custom Button Image can now be set for the PayPal widget. The image will appear as an Upload asset in the Assets panel.
  • Added the ability for a MuCOW widget developer to include a file browse control in the widget’s on-object UI. The PayPal widget improvement above is an example of this new feature of MuCOW widgets.
  • Custom colors can be set for the Title and Byline text in the Vimeo widget.
  • Added the ability for a MuCOW widget developer to include a color picker control in the widget’s on-object UI. The Vimeo widget improvement above is an example of this new feature of MuCOW widgets.
  • Show or Hide Frame Edges:
  • Adobe Muse now draws a light-colored outline (frame edges) on Objects and Text Frames by default, making it easy for you to see objects that don't have a stroke or fill applied. The color of the frame edge corresponds with the layer on which the object or text frame is placed. When you select or roll over the object or text frame, the frame edge appears darker. To toggle Frame Edges, select View > Show/Hide Frame Edges or Ctrl+H (Windows) / Control+Command+H (MAC).
  • Adobe Muse CC for Enterprise and Education:
  • Enterprise and Education customers can now install Muse as part of the main payload in the Creative Cloud Packager. It’s no longer necessary to use the Exception Deployer on Mac or Windows.
  • Auto-detect FTP Settings:
  • When initiating upload via FTP, Muse gives you the option to automatically detect the most secure publishing option available for your hosting provider.
  • Spend Less Time Reversing Default Styling:
  • New rectangles now default to having no stroke and no fill.
  • Use the "Clear All Styling" option from the context menu to remove all styling applied to an item. When used, the resulting item contains no fill, stroke, or effect, and default text styling.
  • Use the "Clear Widget Content" option from the context menu to remove all content populating a widget. The “Clear Widget Content” option allows you to easily remove placeholder content from a widget.
  • Plan View Improvements:
  • Pages that are marked as “do not export" are now rendered in a way that indicates they will not be exported.
  • Drag a master page to where you want to add a page based on that master to your site.
  • Panel Improvements:
  • “Delete Unused Layers” by selecting the option from the context menu within the Layers panel.
  • The opacity control in the Control Strip now rounds to 10% increments when the shift key is pressed while typing the up/down arrow keys.
  • Right-mouse clicking on an Upload Asset or Background Image in the Assets panel will include a context menu showing where the asset is used in the document.
  • Right-mouse clicking on a Paragraph Style, Graphic Style, Character Style, or Bullet Style will include a context menu showing where the style is used in the document.
  • Eliminated thumbnail flickering in the States panel when moving items in Design view or changing attributes.
  • Zooming Improvements:
  • Added support for zooming in/out in Design view via Option/Alt + Mouse Wheel.
  • Double-click the Hand Tool now zooms to Fit Page in Design view.
  • Double-click the Zoom Tool now zooms to Actual Size in Design view (100% Zoom Level).
  • General Improvements:
  • Additional keyboard shortcuts for Find and Replace.
  • Preview Mode now includes sample sizes for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
  • Muse now preserves IPTC meta-data in JPEG images optimized by Muse.
  • Added Persian to the list of available languages for Sites and Pages. (Site and Page language is used to set default styling and the language used by social widgets.)
  • Drag a content tag or collections from the Content panel onto Design view to easily add shared text to a page.
  • Site Conversion and Optimization:
  • Muse now displays a progress bar when opening a document
  • Libraries are converted at the first launch of a new version of Muse instead of when first accessing each Library item.
  • Remove excess image data from background images stored in a Muse project. This optimization does not alter the size or quality of images generated by Muse but it does avoid renaming of some background images. This optimization dramatically reduces the total size of some .muse files. It is part of the conversion step when opening older documents. This conversion step may be slow for documents with lots of high resolution background images, but will not have to be run again once the file has been saved. We strongly recommend saving to a new file so that you can continue to use your original document with older versions of Muse and to have as a backup. Because of the reduced size, the performance of many other operations may improve.
  • Business Catalyst:
  • New device detection for redirect to tablet or phone site. Publishing a site with multiple layouts now includes an additional “Redirect” choice in the “Options” section of the Publish dialog. The “Universal Redirect” looks only at screen size and touch screen support to choose a corresponding layout. The “Business Catalyst Redirect” uses a device database. The “Universal Redirect” is the method used for sites not hosted on BC and is now the default for sites hosted on BC.

New in Adobe Muse CC 2014.2 (Oct 6, 2014)

  • Import Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG):
  • Adobe Muse now supports Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format. You can leverage the SVG format to create logos, icons, background and browser fills, and more, and place them directly on the web page canvas within Adobe Muse.
  • Graphics saved as SVG format are light and resolution independent, so they can be scaled to large dimensions without affecting and appearance of your site. SVG files are also supported on HiDPI displays.
  • Synchronized text:
  • Adobe Muse allows you to reuse the same text in multiple places on a page, on different pages, and across desktop, tablet and smartphone layouts. With the Synchronized text feature, you can tag text frames using the new Content panel, and drag the tag anywhere on your site to replicate text.
  • When you edit the text, Adobe Muse automatically updates the edited text across all instances of the tag on your website, while leaving all formatting styles (font size and color) unaltered.
  • The Synchronized Text feature greatly increases efficiency and reduces errors. You can reliably place and edit text faster than ever across all layouts. Tagging the text reduces the number of times content is typed and updated.
  • Also, you no longer have to manually search for text in each layout to update it. Update once, and the edit deploys everywhere, while maintaining all of the styles and attributes of each instance, reducing the possibility of missing an instance or causing errors.
  • Secure FTP support:
  • Adobe Muse publishing now includes SFTP and FTPS support, for hosting with third-party hosting providers. With Secure FTP, if you are uploading content on an open network – such as while working at a public coffeehouse – your credentials and password for your FTP client remain encrypted and private.
  • Find and replace:
  • You can use the Find command to search for words or phrases, and choose to selectively or automatically replace text across all pages of the site, while retaining all applied styles and effects of each instance.

New in Adobe Muse CC 2014.1.1.6 (Aug 29, 2014)

  • This release contains fixes for the following issues:
  • Effects applied on rollover, mouse down, and active states not shown in design mode when applied to images
  • “Update Now” button fails to automatically trigger update installation in certain locales

New in Adobe Muse CC 2014.1.0 Build 375 (Aug 14, 2014)

  • Typography:
  • Self-Hosted Web Fonts — Muse now supports self-hosted web fonts in addition to Adobe Edge Web Fonts. To use a specific font in your Muse site, you will need to install the system font (properly licensed for desktop use) and provide the corresponding web font files (properly licensed for use on a website).
  • Bullets & Numbering — The Bullets panel provides the ability to create multi-level bulleted and numbered lists. Several formatting and positioning attributes, including custom bullet characters and numbering schemes, are supported.
  • Bullet Styles Panel — Define and apply custom bullet styles.
  • Glyphs Panel — Access full character sets for individual typefaces (even web fonts!) and easily add them to text frames. This allows easy insertion of special characters and symbols like © or ᵝ that are not available on a standard keyboard.
  • Right to Left Text — Text frames set to languages that require right to left text will now display from right to left. This can be toggled in the Text panel, or at a site-wide level in the Site Properties > Content window.
  • Page Language — Language can now be set at an individual page level or master page level in addition to the existing site level. This language is used to enable locale-specific features.
  • Forms:
  • Checkbox Fields — Checkbox fields can now be added to forms. They can also be made a mandatory field, which is useful for forms related to license agreements and sign-ups. Default value (checked or unchecked) and styling to the checkbox using Object States are also customizable.
  • reCAPTCHA — Prevent automated spam on forms by adding Google’s reCAPTCHA, a free service that uses text and number distortions to distinguish humans from spam bots.
  • General:
  • Paste in Place is now available from the right-click menu in design mode.
  • Added wheel/track pad support for horizontal scrolling in both Plan and Design View.

New in Adobe Muse CC 2014.0.1 Build 30 (Jul 17, 2014)

  • This release contains fixes for the following issues:
  • Hello dialog is stuck in offline mode for some network configurations
  • Crash changing a menu item when a page and its master page are both open
  • Sporadic crash when closing a design mode tab
  • Added a workaround for FTP servers that don’t properly support extended passive mode
  • Sporadic crash when applying fill color to a page item
  • Improved performance of converting large files from previous versions of Muse
  • Crash when images were resized to less than half a pixel on either height or width
  • Improved error handling in cases where subscription validation incorrectly fails
  • Poor performance and crashes with manual menus placed on master pages created in previous versions
  • Incorrect positioning of hero Images in slideshows on export when graphic styles are applied
  • “pendingProcessInfo not found” crash during export or publish of sites with resized GIFs
  • Change some welcome screen links that were pointing to the wrong destination
  • Severe UI drawing problems on Windows 8 when 125% display scaling is set
  • Editing site containing an Edge animation with In browser editing causes errors when site is viewed
  • Muse appears hung at 60% in the FTP dialog for long periods of time while optimizing images
  • Error when site is viewed with Chrome on Android over a data connection about missing assets
  • Crash in Layers panel
  • Sporadic crash when selecting text frames

New in Adobe Muse CC 2014.0.0 Build 328 (Jun 19, 2014)

  • Rebuilt as a native application:
  • The latest update to Adobe Muse offers a rebuilt application with modular 64-bit architecture, streamlined and updated user interface, and powerful new features. Also, the 64-bit application allows you to take advantage of latest updates to Operating Systems, Hardware, and web browsers.
  • In-browser Editing enhancements:
  • With its latest update, Adobe Muse supports editing of websites hosted with other service providers, in addition to Adobe. This includes major hosting service providers that support plain FTP. You can take advantage of this feature by letting your clients make minor updates to live sites, such as replacing an image and updating text.
  • Integration with Adobe Add-ons:
  • You can now download design elements, such as widgets, starter files, wireframes, graphics, and more from Adobe Add-ons, the new online marketplace you can access directly from the Adobe Muse Library panel.
  • Support for HiDPI:
  • Adobe Muse supports HiDPI display, including Retina Display available on MacBook Pro.
  • Dark User Interface:
  • The Adobe Muse user interface color theme can now be adjusted from bright to dark. If a dark color theme is selected, the canvas remains white. The contrast allows you to focus fully on the design, and not on the UI.
  • Customizable Workspaces:
  • The new Adobe Muse workspace can now be customized to suit your design needs.You now have the flexibility to undock and reorganize panels, and open multiple Design view windows for side-by-side designing.
  • Other key features and enhancements:
  • Usability enhancements:
  • Adobe Muse update notifications are delivered in the Creative Cloud app.
  • You will be able to use common keyboard commands such as the File Open/Place command on a Mac. Additionally, you can also use keyboard shortcuts that use F-keys or Num Pad keys.
  • File Open/Save dialogs on both platforms remember the last used folder.
  • The color picker in the Swatches panel has been standardized.
  • Toggle to set an element to 100% width.
  • You can now display slideshow images that span to the right and left edges of the browser window, but with a limited height so as not to fill the browser window.
  • Preview mode within Adobe Muse matches the experience of recently updated browsers.

New in Adobe Muse CC 7.4.30 (May 24, 2014)

  • This release contains fixes for the following issues:
  • Added automatic retry for errors encountered during publish
  • Changes to the in-application updater to enable installation of future versions

New in Adobe Muse CC 7.3.5 (May 8, 2014)

  • This release contains fixes for the following issues:
  • Periodic crash when using YouTube widgets. Design & Preview mode within Muse now show a YouTube logo as a temporary placeholder. The correct YouTube video will be used for Export, FTP, and Publish.
  • Some types of site content cause Muse to incorrectly Publish all pages and not just the pages that were changed.
  • Accordion widgets with “Overlap Items Below” enabled could prevent links below the accordion from being clickable.

New in Adobe Muse CC 7.2.232 (May 8, 2014)

  • This release contains fixes for the following issues:
  • Menu active states fail to trigger when scrolling past linked anchors when scroll effects are applied.
  • Tablet layout incorrect loading on desktop browsers in the latest version of Chrome.

New in Adobe Muse CC 7.2.230 (May 8, 2014)

  • This release contains fixes for the following issues:
  • Jumpy or stuttering scroll motion on slower devices and OS X Mavericks Safari.
  • YouTube widget was missing "Show Related" option.
  • YouTube and Vimeo widgets coming to the front of the stacking order (z-order).
  • YouTube and Vimeo widgets did not preview correctly in Design mode on computers running Windows.
  • Pinned accordions with "overlap items below" may not be visible in Chrome.
  • Composition widget stops working if a trigger container has a negative x value.
  • Edge animations will not always show up properly in Internet Explorer v11.
  • Some documents using inline images in text frames hang while drawing page thumbnails in Plan view.
  • Crash drawing some text frames containing large inline objects.
  • Large images in full screen slideshows are downsampled to the width of the slideshow in Design view.
  • Form fields added after a custom form field will not delete properly.
  • Deleting a swatch used in a browser gradient fill causes minor document corruption.

New in Adobe Muse CC 5.0 Build 704 (Jun 20, 2013)

  • A more connected Adobe Muse:
  • Adobe Muse CC is part of Creative Cloud. That means you have access to all the latest updates and future releases the moment they're available. You also get 20GB of cloud storage for backup and sharing. And Creative Cloud is integrated with Behance, so you can share your projects and get immediate feedback from creatives around the world.
  • Simple site planning:
  • Lay out your site visually. Add, name, and arrange pages in your sitemap and apply master page settings with just a few clicks. Drag and drop to reorder pages.
  • Intuitive design features:
  • Use the new Layers panel to control elements of your design. Design with familiar Adobe tools like the Eyedropper, Smart Guides, Paste in Place, and Edit Original.
  • Engaging interactivity:
  • Drag and drop to add custom navigation, slide shows, contact forms, and more to your websites. All of the Adobe Muse CC interactive widgets are touch-enabled for mobile devices.
  • Embedded HTML:
  • Add Google Maps, YouTube videos, Facebook feeds, HTML5 animation files, and more to your sites without writing code. Just copy and paste source code into your page and Adobe Muse CC does the rest.
  • Parallax scrolling:
  • Create stunning effects with just a few mouse clicks - make images and elements move in different directions at different speeds when scrolling.
  • Site preview and testing:
  • Preview desktop, smartphone, and tablet versions of your websites. Review websites with your clients and make modifications before websites go live.
  • Optimized for search engines:
  • Get found by Google, Bing, and Yahoo! Auto-generated sitemaps are optimized for search engines, whether you're hosting with Adobe or a third-party provider.
  • Anywhere file access:
  • Get 20GB of cloud storage and access your website files anytime, anywhere. Share design mockups and live site demos with clients and colleagues. It’s all part of Adobe Muse and Creative Cloud membership.
  • Training library:
  • Sharpen your skills and master new tools and techniques with a rich and growing library of training videos and tutorials.

New in Adobe Muse 4.0 Build 557 (Mar 5, 2013)

  • Spelling Checker:
  • Muse now includes a spelling checker which can be toggled on or off by selecting Edit > Spelling in the Muse menu.
  • To see suggestions for misspelled words (with red squiggly underline) select the text using the Text Tool, then right-click on the selected word(s).
  • To add a word to the spelling dictionary right-click on the word and select "Add . . . to Dictionary" in the right-click menu.
  • To change the spelling checker language go to File > Site Properties, click on the Text tab and select the appropriate language in the Language drop-down menu. To change the language for an individual text frame right-click on the text frame and select Language from the popup menu.
  • Widget Improvements:
  • The widget fly-out options panel now opens automatically when a new widget is placed on the Design canvas to make configuring widgets more intuitive.
  • Slideshow and Composition Widgets now include the option to turn on or off Swipe (touch) support and the ability to control transition speed (in addition to the time spent on each slide) in 0.1 second increments.
  • The Accordion panel widget now supports "Close All" in Design view. The selected panel Design view will now be selected/active when previewing, exporting or publishing the site to Business Catalyst.
  • The selected tab in Design view for the Tabbed panel widget will now be selected/active when previewing, exporting or publishing the site to Business Catalyst.
  • When opening older documents Muse will either expand the first Accordion panel or collapse the Accordion in Design view depending on the selected options. In the instance of the Tabbed panel widget the first tab in the tabbed panel will be active/visible.
  • The "Close all initially" option in the Accordion panel has been replaced by the new behavior that allows an accordion to be collapsed in Design view.
  • The Accordion panel now includes an option to "Overlap Items Below". When selected content below the Accordion panel will not move down on the page as an Accordion panel is opened/expanded.
  • In case we either switched an accordion to its first panel, or collapsed it initially, a reference to that accordion will be added to the new Warnings panel. The reason is that this change may slightly change the page design. We encourage you to review the design/browser behavior for those pages and when done, delete the warning(s) from the Warnings panel. Muse will remind you if there are warnings that were not resolved (deleted) prior to each export/publish.
  • You can now change the Z-order (using Bring to Front/Bring Forward/Send Backward/Send to Back) of Triggers and Targets in Composition widgets without breaking the connection between Triggers and Targets. Similarly, you can now change the Z-order of Slideshow Thumbnail or Hero images without breaking the connection between them. Please note that changing the Z-order will change the order of slides/panels used for next/previous and auto play.
  • Master Page Improvements:
  • Hierarchical Master Pages - Video Overview
  • Master page elements can now layer in front of content on those pages to which the Master has been applied. To re-order Master page content select elements on the Master page, right-click and select "Move to Master Foreground" or "Move to Master Background" from the popup menu. Alternatively select elements on the Master page, then select Object > Move to Background or Foreground in the Muse application menu. All elements in the Master page set to "Move to Master Foreground" will appear on top of all elements in the Page.
  • Master Pages can now be applied to other Master Pages. All the workflows for applying a Master Page to a website page are now also available to apply a Master Page to another Master Page.
  • To understand the complete chain of Master Pages applied to an individual page or Master Page mouse over the page name in the Site Plan layout — a tooltip will appear showing the chain of applied Master pages.
  • Publish to Business Catalyst Sub-Directories:
  • The Muse publish workflow now allows publishing to a specific host sub-directory on the Business Catalyst hosting platform. This feature has been available as part of the "Upload to FTP host" in the past and is now extended to publishing to the Business Catalyst platform.
  • To publish to a sub-folder, select Publish, expand the Options drop down area, and enter the sub-folder name.
  • 2-Dimensional Transforms:
  • For Tablet and Phone layouts, rotated items are now described in HTML as if they are unrotated then rotation is applied as a separate CSS 2D rotation property. This results in much cleaner images and text, and live selectable text in the browser. (Rotated items in Muse 3 and earlier were exported as images. Hence, the more you zoom in when viewing from a browser, the more pixelated the rotated item appears).
  • This feature has been applied to Tablet and Phone layouts, with Desktop still in process (IE 7 and 8 do not support this CSS rotation property, so Muse engineering is working on a JavaScript implementation for these browsers. In the meantime bitmaps will continue to be generated for rotated Desktop objects).
  • Other:
  • Tablet and Phone Preview now has a toggle to preview Portrait or Landscape.
  • When deleting a page item, Muse will now select the parent item, if any.
  • The Page Properties dialog now includes an option to always show scrollbars in the browser.
  • Pressing Escape exits Preview mode and takes you back to your last Design view page.
  • The Align/Distribute panel now includes the ability to Distribute objects horizontally or vertically with specific numeric spacing.
  • Upload to FTP host now includes a setting to control whether Muse stores FTP account credentials.
  • Performance improvements for opening a Page in Design view.
  • Performance improvements for Select All, selection handle drawing and selection handle hit testing when the selection contains a few hundred items.

New in Adobe Muse 3.2.2 (Mar 5, 2013)

  • Fixed a crash when you open your Adobe Muse file with inline .swf file in Text Frame.
  • Fixed a bug where adding effects to an object with different fill opacities in states causes the opacity of the object to be the same in all states.
  • Fixed a bug where adding alternate layouts (like Desktop, Tablet & Phone) causes upload asset files (like PDFs) to be duplicated.

New in Adobe Muse 3.1.8 (Mar 5, 2013)

  • Fixed a crash that occurred when exporting HTML with certain attributes applied to widget parts.

New in Adobe Muse 3.1.7 (Mar 5, 2013)

  • Fixed a crash during export when the document contains a graphic style that's missing a border color.
  • Fixed a crash in Preview when navigating a document that contains both Desktop and Tablet pages.
  • Fixed an issue where menu items with an inner glow or bevel in the Active state sometimes draw the labels aligned to the top of the menu item instead of the center.
  • Fixed an issue where master page footer items with effects applied draw in the page content area instead of the footer area when viewed in a browser.
  • Fixed an issue where right pinned items are not drawing aligned to the right edge of the browser after export.
  • Fixed an issue where mouse events were ignored on buttons, links and menu items that were positioned within areas that were occupied by a hidden submenu.
  • Fixed a crash during launch which affected some MacOS X 10.8 users with unusual DNS settings.
  • Added an error message dialog which notifies users if they are trying to export a site containing a page with an invalid file name.
  • Fixed an issue where layout did not output correctly when the page contained a mix of pinned and non-pinned items (non-pinned items disappeared or were in the wrong location).

New in Adobe Muse 0.8 Build 840 Beta 7 (Mar 29, 2012)

  • Highlights:
  • Changes to your Muse publish log-in
  • Slideshow and Composition Widget Formatting Change
  • Menu Widget Change
  • Additional Updates:
  • Improved Preview/Export/Publish Performance
  • Improved JPEG and PNG Encoding Performance
  • Faster Save and Close Performance
  • Size of Exported CSS Reduced
  • Publish Workflow Streamlined
  • Streamlined Site Management
  • Improved Assets Panel
  • Additional States on Widget Parts
  • And many bug fixes!

New in Adobe Muse 0.8 Build 792 Beta 6.0.2 (Feb 28, 2012)

  • Fixed bug that resulted in the Active state for an item not being exported for items nested within other state-enabled items.
  • Revised change to the slideshow Slide transition behavior so intervening images are now shown when jumping from one image to another by clicking on thumbnails, but are not shown when wrapping around from the last image to the first or the first to the last (via the next/previous buttons or during auto play).
  • Fixed crash when background fill is set to a very wide or very tall image.
  • Fixed bug that resulted in the Container area of a widget unexpected growing in height or width when the Container contained grouped items.
  • Fixed crash that occurred if the palette window was re-sized or collapsed when its top of left edge was positioned off the screen.
  • Fixed a bug that resulted in the palette window being too wide after being collapsed.

New in Adobe Muse 0.8.790 Beta 6 (Feb 9, 2012)

  • New Install/Update Mechanism:
  • Muse Beta 6 has moved to a different install/update mechanism. To update to Beta 6 you'll need to download and install Beta 6 by clicking on the download button in the top right corner of this page. The update to Beta 7 will once again be an update that can be accepted and performed from within Muse. Older versions of the Muse beta releases will expire in March 2012. To continue to use Muse, you will need to update to Beta 6.
  • Design View Auto Scrolling:
  • The Muse Design view now supports auto scroll. When an item is dragged to the edge of the view the view will automatically scroll in that direction.
  • No Need to Clear Browser Cache:
  • We've revised how Muse generates references to CSS, JavaScript and Favicon files in the generated HTML. The net result is your browser will no longer use obsolete cached versions of these files when you update your site and go to view it in your browser.
  • Decrease the time to export and publish your site:
  • Now you can adjust the amount of data stored in your image file. When you place a very large image file into your Adobe Muse site, Muse will resample the image and store enough image data for most uses. Muse has always done this to avoid bloating .muse files with excessive image data. If you use an image at a very large size (>1000 pixels wide or tall), you can import additional image data by choosing 'Import Larger Size' from the Assets palette. This right click context menu item only appears if the image is being used at a size larger than the image data stored in the Muse file. If you place a lot of images and use them at a small size, you can shrink the size of your Muse file and decrease the time to export/publish your site by choosing to 'Optimize Asset Size' on your images in the Assets palette. This menu item only appears if the image is being used at a size smaller than the image data stored in the Muse file. There's also a new tooltip if you hover over images in the Assets palette which shows you the size of the original image on disk, the size you've used it at, and the size of the image data stored in your Muse file.
  • HTML Element ids No Longer Change
  • Muse now keeps the same ids in the HTML from one export/publish to the next. This reduces the likelihood a small change to one page will result in updates to more HTML and CSS files than you would expect.
  • New and Updated Features:
  • Enabled auto-scrolling when dragging an item in Design view.
  • Optimized Image Data.
  • Replaced "Identify Unused" context menu (right click) functionality on styles with "Delete Unused Styles" action.
  • Added "Clear Overrides" buttons in the Character Styles and Graphic Styles panels.
  • Revised font menu UI. Added icon to indicate whether the selected font is a web-safe font or a system font, that will be converted to an image at export/publish.
  • Added support for "tel:" and "callto:" prefixes in the hyperlink combobox in the Control strip.
  • Enabled the ability to select multiple site files in the Open dialog.
  • Removed the join type choices from the "Corners" dropdown in the Control Strip. "Rounded" was redundant with the corner radius feature and bevel was only supported in a very limited number of cases. All corners are now miter joins. We'll look at re-enabling join types when Muse adds support for additional shapes beyond rectangles.
  • Changed update/install mechanism to better support the future evolution of Muse.
  • HTML/CSS/JavaScript Output Improvements and Bug Fixes:
  • Updated to jQuery 1.7
  • Fixed bug where a lightbox inside an accordion could have its components positioned incorrectly on publish/export.
  • Fixed bug where lightboxes could create two DIVs with duplicate IDs.
  • Fixed bug that could result in an accordion widget generating invalid HTML
  • Fixed bug that would cause an accordion widget that set to 100% width to have no background fill when previewed/published/exported.
  • Fixed export of gradients with opacity to no longer set a background fill color during export/publish/preview. This avoids bugs where exported gradients with opacity would appear darker than intended (and than they appeared in Design view).
  • Fixed bugs related to states images specifically cases where opacity settings were handled incorrectly or the dependencies between active, hover, mouse down and normal states were handled incorrectly in the exported CSS.
  • Fixed an IE bug where a transparent object with items on top was exported taller in IE than it appears in Design view.
  • Changed order of exported HTML so thumbnail images in a slideshow are loaded before the hero images.
  • Improved the handling of Composition:Lightbox Display widget containing multiple videos set to auto play and well as handling of stopping the video when switching panes or closing the lightbox.
  • Fixed bugs that could cause an item with different stroke weights in different states to cause the page height to change when the item changed states or cause the position of the object to shift when changing states.
  • Improved HTML/CSS generation for objects with states to avoid outputting unused states and to avoid outputting an active state when it won't be used.
  • Fixed a bug where an active item would show rollover state if the rollover state contained an effect (drop shadow, bevel, etc.).
  • Fixed a bug where clicking quickly on the next or previous buttons in a slideshow in Preview or the browser would cause the hero image to disappear temporarily.
  • Changed the behavior of slideshows such that hitting next after the last image wraps around to the first image rather than visually scrolling back through all the images. This also applies to autoplay.
  • Changed URLs that are used to refer to CSS, JS and favicon files so they are now changed whenever the CSS, JS or favicon files are updated. This avoids over aggressive caching of these files by browsers which was frequently resulting in incorrect rendering of a site if the browser cache had not been explicitly cleared after making changes to a site.
  • Fixed bug that resulted in incorrect sizing of panels within accordion widgets in preview/export when accordion widgets are nested.
  • Fixed bug where state-specific text attributes failed to export if the text frame was three sliced during export.
  • Fixed bug that could result in incorrect page height on export of simple layouts with a footer item and a page item where the page item failed to push the footer down.
  • Fixed bug that could result in hover of visited links being broken when multiple hyperlink styles are sharing attributes.
  • Fixed where hyperlink styles that share attributes could override non-text hyperlink attributes.
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent the "Open Link In New Window/Tab" option from working for a nested link.
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent mouse down (active) state from working on menu items or text hyperlinks in Firefox.
  • Fixed bug that prevented a browser background image set to original size from being able to be aligned to the bottom right of the browser window.
  • Changed the ids used in the HTML exported from Muse so they are now unique across the site and in most cases they will stay the same from one export/publish to the next regardless of changes to the site.
  • Crashing Errors and Related Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed error/crash "link dimensions are smaller than background image dimensions..."
  • Fixed error/crash "can't change master to null for non-master page!"
  • Fixed error/crash "mismatch bound text id" that could occur when changing the type of a menu from Manual to All Pages or Top Level Pages
  • Fixed crash that could occur if a background fill was set to a really large image.
  • Fixed bug on Windows where hitting Alt+F4 wile in the Sign Up dialog could result in an error/crash.
  • Fixed bug that resulted in a "RangeError: Error 1125" when previewing a specific site.
  • Fixed crash that could occur on click of accordion titles with text tool when accordion's bottom edge was touching a footer item.
  • Fixed crash that could occur if an image was clicked while the image proxy was loading.
  • Fixed error/crash "Can't instantiate object from closed site!" that could occur when right clicking on an item in the Asset panel.
  • Fixed error/crash "why are we selecting text in a text frame that doesn't allow that?" when selecting child object using Shift+Escape shortcut.
  • Fixed bug that enabled getting to the Welcome screen while the Open Site dialog was up (which could lead to a crash).
  • Fixed crash on Windows Vista when attempting to add a domain to a BC site from within Muse if Muse was unable to match the locale to those recognized by BC.
  • Fixed error/crash "addPendingProcess called on closed or closing site" that occurred when closing a specific site.
  • Fixed error/crash "swatch not found" that could occur shortly after deleting a swatch.
  • Fixed error/crash "Adding a Bounds to its recycling bin multiple times. Very bad"
  • Fixed crash that could occur when undoing redefine of a character style.
  • Other Bug Fixes and Refinements:
  • Applied cosmetic improvements to dialogs and buttons
  • Changed code for generating the proxy images in the States panel to avoid distortion.
  • Fixed bug where graphic style tooltips failed to appear in the correct UI language.
  • Enabled horizontal resizing of the color palette. The color samples now reflow to take advantage of any additional width.
  • Fixed a bug that could result in a newly added tab in a tabbed panel widget appearing with it's right icon being shown, when by default it should be hidden.
  • Altered progress bar to avoid cases where the progress bar could hit 100% complete prematurely.
  • Fixed bug that could result in incorrect behavior when dragging multiple selected trigger/thumbnail containers of a Composition widget.
  • Fixed a bug that allowed access to the Style Options dialog for the "[None]" style.
  • Corrected the tab order in Transform panel.
  • Long page names are now ellipsized in the middle in Plan view.
  • Changed how the selection highlight is drawn in Design view to avoid text with less than 100% transparency disappearing when selected.
  • Fixed a bug that could result in the '[None]' style (graphic, character, paragraph or link style) not always being sorted to top of style list.
  • Added dimmed versions of the header and footer guide adjustment grabbers to normal pages along with tooltips and more verbose tips with information on how to adjust header and footer guides.
  • Fixed bug that permitted styles to be named with duplicate names.
  • Fixed bug where deleting a used Swatch by clicking the trash can icon failed to bring up the Delete Swatch dialog.
  • Double click on a category heading in the Widget Library now opens that category of widgets.
  • Fixed a bug where the paragraph/character style dropdowns in control strip could fail to show correct selection after a style is renamed.
  • Fixed bug that could result in the browser fill thumbnail not updating immediately after deleting a browser background image.
  • Fixed bug that prevented being able to drag and drop a widget from the Widget Library directly into another widget.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause export or preview to end prematurely when an error occurred without reporting the error.
  • Fixed bugs that resulted in incorrect mouse cursors when a drag went in and out of the Design view.
  • Fixed bug where some attributes were incorrectly additive across states when effects are used.
  • Fixed bug where text with [None] color in normal state and a color in rollover state didn't show properly in Design or export.
  • Fixed bug that caused a Widget loaded in the Place cursor via the Object:Insert... menu to not appear the exactly where the Place cursor was clicked.
  • Fixed bug that prevented the Window menu keyboard shortcuts from working until the Window menu had been selected.
  • Fixed calculation of overlap when dragging a rotated item into a widget.
  • Fixed calculation of overlap when dragging a rotated item into a widget.
  • Changed the behavior of the Place cursor so that if the Place cursor is loaded and Muse is switched away from Design view or switched to another site and back the Place cursor will remain loaded.
  • Enabled selecting multiple layers in the PSD import dialog to import each layer as a separate image in Muse all in a single import operation.
  • Fixed bug where background image fitting and position options weren't immediately disabled after deleting the background image.
  • Fixed bugs that sometimes resulted in "U1234" values displaying in the Hyperlinks dropdown rather than page or anchor names.
  • Fixed a bug where the on object UI for a slideshow could fall behind the palettes after importing images into the slideshow.
  • Disabled tool shortcuts in Preview view (so those keystroke are not swallowed when interacting with HTML controls in Preview).
  • Fixed bug that could prevent the name of an anchor link from updating in the Hyperlinks dropdown.
  • Fixed bug that could prevent character style overrides from drawing correctly in menu item text.
  • Fixed bug that prevented Redefine Style from working when a menu item was selected.
  • Fixed bug that could result in the Hand tool cursor reverting to a Pointer tool cursor after a drag.
  • Fixed bug that could result in the footer being incorrectly positioned after choosing "Reset Page Properties".
  • Fixed bug that allowed menu items in an automatic menu to be rearranged via drag and drop. Drag and drop is only enabled for a manual menu.
  • Fixed bug where a rectangle with background image, solid fill and center stroke showed the solid fill on the bottom and right of rectangle in Design view.
  • Fixed bug with reduced image rendering quality for background images that are set to "Fit to Frame" or "Fill to Frame".
  • Various fixes of localized strings used when running with a non-English UI.
  • Fixed a bug which caused color and font information not to be included when defining a style from a selection that had a character style with those attributes.
  • Fixed bug with style creation related to the mouse-down state attributes being inherited from rollover state.
  • Fix bug that prevented redefining a character style when an item in any state other than Normal is selected.
  • Fixed "Clear Overrides" and "Redefine Style" so they're now correctly enabled based on the attributes of the selection.
  • Revised the styles tooltip so it consistently displays the attributes of the style and any overrides over the style that are part of the current selection.
  • Fixed bugs that prevented the style override indicator "+" from displaying/hiding reliably.

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