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Aeon Timeline Changelog

What's new in Aeon Timeline 2.3.10

Aug 20, 2018
  • Scrivener syncing: Fixed stability issue when closing a Scrivener project
  • Scrivener syncing: Fixed issue with syncing midnight dates with Scrivener
  • Scrivener syncing: No longer sets documents to "Untitled" if they are blank, to allow for Scrivener 3's dynamic title
  • CSV Import: Prevent end dates being earlier than start dates
  • CSV Import: Added option to choose internal delimiter for fields with more than one value
  • CSV Export: Added era into the date for CSV exports when it is not "AD"
  • Fixed issues when cutting and pasting between timelines with different templates
  • Fixed stability issue when deleting tags
  • Added validation to prevent creating a calendar with 0 hours in a day
  • Fixed file extension for automatic backups
  • Fixed issue with dragging multiple events on the timeline
  • Role icons are now correctly saved in the template
  • Small additions to available color palette

New in Aeon Timeline 2.3.9 (May 15, 2018)

  • Increased color palette to provide users more choice and flexibility
  • Fixed a bug that prevented dragging events into Scrivener/Ulysses binder from Relationship View
  • Adjusted age shown for entities in the Inspector to have more detail, based on the precision of the dates
  • Fixed a bug where external link images were not showing correctly on timeline
  • Improved handling of existing event values when changing a property between types (e.g. percentage to boolean)
  • Fixed a bug where external links were not correctly tracked through relative paths
  • Fixed a bug where external links with non-ASCII characters in filename would not open
  • Fixed a bug where external links were losing their titles
  • Fixed bugs affecting a small number of user timelines that could not be opened after upgrading
  • Fixed a bug where changing scroll behaviour did not take effect until the user next adjusted zoom
  • Workaround bug in MacOS that caused some events to be stuck on the screen
  • Fixed rare crashes when closing timelines
  • Fixed issues with upgrading directly from very old version 1 files to version 2.3
  • Fixed issue where deleting an event on iOS would not immediately sync across to Mac Desktop

New in Aeon Timeline 2.3.8 (May 4, 2018)

  • Fixes:
  • Expanded events show first externally linked image for an event if no internal image is set
  • Users are given the choice of whether to convert local image links into internal images when upgrading a file
  • Fixed a bug where external links were losing their titles

New in Aeon Timeline 2.2.6 (Jul 26, 2017)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fix crash when syncing caused when a deleted property, entity type or role is still included in Sync Settings
  • Syncing no longer compares data against deleted custom metadata fields.

New in Aeon Timeline 2.2.5 (Jul 14, 2017)

  • Version 2.2.5 includes many improvements when syncing with Ulysses, including speed improvements and background processing for slow Ulysses updates so that you can continue to work as the updates are processed.
  • Additional new features and bug fixes include:
  • Added option in Display Settings to show event duration as part of title
  • Numerous other bug fixes with Ulysses syncing, including syncing tags and keywords.
  • Fixed bug reordering columns in Relationship View
  • Fixed bugs in expanded event display of tags and checkbox values
  • Fixed bug where time was omitted when exporting to CSV
  • Fixed bug that allowed Add Event window to be submitted with invalid data
  • Searching for "Now" or "Today" will now scroll to local time instead of GMT
  • Disable menu items in project selection window
  • Indicate error in Add Entity window when typing a name that already exists
  • Fixed rounding on calculation of parent numeric values

New in Aeon Timeline 2.2.3 (Jun 19, 2017)

  • Fixed issue preventing AppStore and Setapp versions from syncing with Ulysses unless the version from our website was run first
  • Fixed potential crash importing certain CSV files
  • Added warning feedback when creating an entity via inspector with the same name as another entity
  • Fixed bug where tabbing out of Parent dropdown in Add Event window causes its value to change
  • Fixed display issue where very long unbroken text strings such as URLs may be cutoff instead of wrapping to a new line

New in Aeon Timeline 2.2.2 (Jun 12, 2017)

  • Scrivener and Ulysses Syncing:
  • New ability to sync with Ulysses as well as Scrivener
  • New Status Popover shows Scrivener/Ulysses document metadata values inside Aeon Timeline, and allows you to view and select between changed values ahead of syncing
  • Ability to view and select individual preferred values when resolving conflicts
  • New Warnings tab highlights any documents in the Scrivener/Ulysses project needing special attention, such as conflicts, new documents, or documents linked with deleted events
  • New Events tab lists new unlinked events and events linked to deleted items in a convenient easy-to-find location
  • Projects can now be configured to sync only with text documents (and not folders, PDFs etc)
  • Linked Scrivener or Ulysses documents are now automatically added as external links in the Event Inspector
  • Entire sub-trees of your writing project can now be set to be ignored. All present documents underneath that folder, and any added in the future, will be ignored.
  • A newly added Sync menu gives you access to all syncing functionality.
  • A new Manage Projects window allows you to remove synced projects from the timeline.
  • New Create in Inbox function provides a quick shortcut to creating new documents from timeline events in a single location for you to sort through later.
  • New Filter text field allows you to reduce the visible documents in the sync binder to show only those matching the entered text.
  • Click on the intersection between event and entity to configure the relationship
  • Set your own icons for Entity Types and Roles
  • Binder now remembers the state of expanded and collapses nodes between launches
  • Includes support for the latest and upcoming versions of Scrivener and Ulysses
  • Other New Features:
  • Added option to display a line marking "Today" on the timeline
  • Added Date and Time format options to Timeline Settings (choose from Short/Medium/Long dates, and 12-hour or 24-hour time)
  • Added ability to override date order (dd/mm/yyyy, mm/dd/yyyy, or yyyy-mm-dd) in Preferences (Mac) / Options (Windows)
  • Added list property type that provides a list of valid values for a property
  • Added ability to remove all dependencies for selected events
  • Added touch-based scrolling for Relationship View
  • Events that are faded due to completion now use a desaturated version of the original colour instead of grey
  • Numeric timelines now allow entering decimal numbers for zoom limits so you can zoom in further
  • Added negative age display in Relationship View
  • Introduced new onboarding/tutorials from the Help menu
  • User manual now included in the downloaded app
  • Updated Windows installer
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed many bugs related to printing files on Windows
  • Filters now work correctly for values with brackets or colons
  • Printing works correctly omit collapsed groups is selected
  • Events will no longer overlap expanded parents in certain layouts
  • Context bar no longer needs to the timeline to be scrolled to render correctly
  • Fixed bug calculating leap years for the last month in a fantasy calendar
  • Toolbar customization on Mac no longer resets on each launch
  • Syncing binder displays correctly at sizes other than 100%
  • Scrivener projects with non-ASCII characters in their filenames can now sync correctly
  • External links with non-ASCII characters now work
  • Fixed bug where some text could be slightly cutoff in timeline view
  • Adding events now works with a double click inside a parent
  • Fixed minor bugs in the calendar editor in Timeline Settings to prevent invalid combinations
  • Relationships can now be added to child events in Relationship View
  • Fixed bug where reordering entities in Relationship View does not always work
  • Fixed long delays opening Dependency popover in large timelines
  • Fixed potential hang that could occur when scrolling between eras
  • Converting from absolute to relative timelines now follows the zero date correctly
  • Setting a numeric property to be calculated no longer erases values incorrectly
  • Fixed issues resolving relative paths for external links on Mac
  • Fixed bug where inspector could attempt to open to zero width, making it invisible
  • Fixed bug where colours are overwritten if you add more than 15
  • Fixed issue exporting PDFs from hourly timelines
  • Modified filtering so parents are no long displayed in a Group if they don't match their filter and have no relevant matching children for that group
  • Added missing font file to web export
  • Prevent user from creating an entity type with no roles
  • Changing an entity type to have start/end dates now takes immediate effect
  • Deleting an entity's creation date now has immediate effect
  • Clearing the search bar now removes search highlighting on timeline
  • Improved behaviour of shift+click in Relationship View
  • Clicking in event area will no longer show relationship context menu when Relationship View is horizontally scrolled
  • Undo now works correctly for event dependencies
  • Search now functions correctly with active and inactive filter
  • Importing colours from CSV file works correctly
  • Scrivener projects now open when the internal .scrivx filename does not match the outer .scriv filename
  • Fixed dragging events into parents with Ctrl-click on Windows
  • Revealing events from sync binder will now expand parents if required

New in Aeon Timeline 2.1.3 (Sep 20, 2016)

  • Ready for macOS Sierra 10.12
  • Bug Fixes:
  • More consistent date range formats (including time components), and better observation of date precision (1 Aug 2016 will no longer round to Aug 2016)
  • Fixed bug applying entity creation offsets from start or end of event
  • Protected against crash dragging events between lanes
  • Fixed crash when creating a custom calendar with a single month
  • Fixed bug in custom calendar interface where collapsing and expanding groups can display old values
  • Fixed crash when importing from some CSV files where end date is last column and sometimes absent
  • Added ability to type million/billion into the date picker when entering a date (still converts to full value afterwards at present)
  • Protected against crash dragging events between lanes
  • Time now displayed if relevant when dragging events to a new date
  • Fixed issue in Scrivener syncing where file can become corrupted if an entity is added to the wrong metadata field within Scrivener itself (e.g. if entering a person's name into the arc field)
  • Aeon Timeline can now successfully open timelines corrupted by above bug
  • Fixed bug where system date formats including dashes (dd-mm-yyyy) were not read correctly when typed into date picker
  • Scrivener syncing: Prevent yes/no properties from syncing with Scrivener Label or Status
  • Fixed bugs where tag list in Filter bar may not populate correctly for timelines originally imported from version 1
  • Fixed potential hang caused by creating impossible dependency loops with parents/predecessors

New in Aeon Timeline 2.1.2 (Jun 23, 2016)

  • View automatically scrolls to selected event when switching between Timeline View and Relationship View
  • Added keyboard support for Home, End, Page Down and Page Up keys to scroll vertically in both views
  • Restored behavior to measure distance between events using Alt + Shift and mouse.
  • Fixed bug where Manage Entities window may not open for certain timelines.
  • Fixed very rare hang caused by opening a corrupted timeline file.
  • Fixed crash caused by certain rare date calculations in Fantasy Calendars.
  • Added drag and drop handling of events in Relationship View to mirror Timeline View functionality, including:
  • Dragging events between groups
  • Dragging events within groups to re-order them (events are placed at a date halfway between the two events it is dropping between)
  • Measure distance between events by holding down Alt+Shift while dragging
  • Move event into/out of parent by holding Cmd (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows) while dragging
  • Full compatibility with Scrivener Syncing functionality (dragging events/documents in and out of the binder)

New in Aeon Timeline 2.1.0 (Jun 17, 2016)

  • RELATIONSHIP VIEW IS BACK:
  • After plenty of feedback and discussion, we are pleased to introduce a redesigned Relationship View into Aeon Timeline 2.
  • The new design focuses on the Relationship View's' core functionality, displaying a snapshot of the relationships between large groups of entities and events in a clutter-free more visually appealing user interface.
  • Some features included in the new Relationship View:
  • Relationship View is vertical to optimise available space, with events represented in rows down the left hand side, and entities in columns along the top
  • View the current role and entity age for each relationship
  • Click on the intersection between event and entity to configure the relationship
  • Set your own icons for Entity Types and Roles
  • As with the Timeline View, you can view all events together or group events by type
  • Select which entities you wish to include in the view and rearrange their order
  • Sort entities by name, first appearance, and number of appearances
  • Optionally show the time offsets between each event
  • Optionally show nested parent/child events in a tree or flatten them into a single chronological list.
  • Filtering and bookmarks work the same as in Timeline View.
  • OTHER IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Added optional 'NOT' in filters to reverse their effect (e.g. "NOT Color: Green")
  • Added options in Timeline Menu to sort entities by name, age, first appearance, or frequency
  • WINDOWS: Fixed problem opening externally linked files in Windows Explorer or external applications
  • Fixed potential crash closing timeline after deleting an entity
  • Fixed printing at different font scales to go to bottom of entire timeline
  • Fixed bug occurring when renaming an Entity Type
  • Fixed crash if accidentally dragging an event to be a parent of itself
  • Fixed bug occurring when renaming an Entity Type
  • Scrivener Syncing: Fixed bug where Scrivener documents of type 'Other' were changed to type 'Text'
  • Fixed display bug when exporting or printing very wide event markers
  • Fixed potential crash when closing a timeline
  • Fixed display bug in Timeline Settings where too many roles for an entity type could run off the page

New in Aeon Timeline 2.0.8 (May 12, 2016)

  • CSV Import: Protects against attempting to create multiple entities with the same name.
  • CSV Import: Automatically trims leading or trailing whitespace from external link paths.
  • Multi-line text elements now show correct label in Display Settings modal (previously all showed 'summary')
  • Printing: Fixed bug with Mac printing that could cut off some text from the bottom of the timeline
  • Printing: Printing multiple times with a size other than 100 no longer shrinks/grows the print size each time you print
  • Fixed bug where duration was not correctly calculated in Add Event modal and Inspector when the end date differs by less than an hour from the start
  • Fixed display bug with event markers for sizes less than 100.
  • Fixed bug that prevented Manage Entities modal from opening for timelines where Arc entity type is set to allow start/end dates.
  • Fixed bug where turning off event dates in minimal space layout did not reduce the space allocated for each event.
  • Fixed order of "Select Previous/Next" to iterate through parent and child events in a sensible order

New in Aeon Timeline 2.0.7 (May 6, 2016)

  • Printing: Fixed low-DPI issues when printing on both Mac and Windows.
  • Printing/Exporting: Fixed bug where 'Entire Timeline' may cut the right-edge short
  • Web and image export now use correct zoom and scroll settings always (not just after a save and reopen)
  • Mac: Fixed bug where clicking on an external link opened the link directly in the current window
  • Fixed CSV import to ignore valid UTF-8 control characters rather than rejecting the file.
  • Added confirmation window when deleting an entity.
  • Inspector and Sync Binder widths are now restored for each timeline file.
  • Fixed display bug in calendar popover that would not show all dates for custom calendars with long weekdays
  • Calendar popover now truncates long month names to fit in available space
  • Fixed drag indicator in Display Settings window
  • Mac: Added tsv as a possible file extension for import/export
  • Windows: Stopped creation of debug.log files.
  • Fixed bug where event IDs didn't update properly when adding and removing events
  • Fixed bug where CSV export used the wrong event ID
  • Fixed possible crash caused if user setup complex dependency loop involving grandparents
  • Fixed font rendering issue for Windows users with Helvetica Neue installed
  • Edit Calendar modal automatically selects first item when expanding a group

New in Aeon Timeline 2.0.5 (Apr 22, 2016)

  • Fixed overzealous validation of date picker that started rejecting year-only dates.
  • Fixed display bug in Edit Calendar dialog that hid latter months and weekday names for text sizes above 100%.
  • Fixed bug in Find and Replace where it would replace only the first item in a text string.
  • Fixed bug where characters such as question marks (?) would not highlight correctly when searching.
  • Fixed bug when copying and pasting events between two relative timelines that may position them incorrectly.
  • Automatically detects invalid UTF-8 characters in a timeline file and replaces them with � so that file can correctly load.
  • Importing detects invalid UTF-8 files and displays an error message rather than attempting to import the data anyway.

New in Aeon Timeline 2.0.4 (Apr 19, 2016)

  • No longer display final era name (e.g. AD) in dates in timeline.
  • Search will expand parent events if required to show matching child.
  • Clicking on event title in dependencies list (Range tab in Inspector) will expand parent to reveal child if required.
  • Exporting and printing will now retain expanded parents and event details correctly for all groups (previously failed on 'All Events').
  • Mac: PDF export will now render a correct background colour (image backgrounds do not render in PDF export, only image exports).
  • Web Export: added missing settings icon when exporting from Mac, and disabled variants of buttons for both
  • No longer draws dependency lines attached to hidden child events.
  • Fixed sync issues between date picker and calendar when end date picker has a time component.
  • Incrementing/decrementing dates will now cycle correctly when pressing up and down arrows.
  • Fixed date picker display and interpretation of typed end dates with text including 24:00.
  • Relative timeline styles will no longer automatically calculate durations in months or years
  • Weekly Timeline Styles: Will no longer render a date range such as "Wednesday - Wednesday Week 1".
  • Weekly Timeline Styles: pressing up/down to increment day names now works correctly.
  • Hourly Timeline Styles: Added negative sign for times between 0 and -1 hour.
  • Changing an end date to before a start date will now set the duration to 0.
  • Added extra validation to calendar names (months, eras, weekdays) to prevent special characters from the following list: - [ \ ] { } ( ) * + ? . , \ ^ $ | #
  • Fixed crash that occurs when using calendars with names featuring an above character
  • Mac: Fixed crash when hitting Undo when inspector has focus, if the undo will cause the event to be removed.
  • Fixed potential crash when deleting tags from version 1 timelines.
  • Fixed crash caused by creating a dependency loop involving parent and child events, and removes such a dependency loop if detected on loading existing timelines
  • Fixed crash caused by typing invalid (non-numeric) min and max scale values for Numeric Timelines in Timeline Settings

New in Aeon Timeline 2.0.3 (Apr 12, 2016)

  • Fixed potential interface hang or no event display when using the "Cascade" layout option.
  • Scrivener Syncing: Improved handling when metadata fields are removed from a Scrivener project behind Aeon Timeline's back.
  • External Links: Query strings within external links are now preserved correctly.
  • External Links: Added support for app-specific protocols for Mac (allowing you to link directly to a Scrivener file).
  • Mac Image Export: Fixed crash in export image for relative timeline styles when clicking on Specify Date Range.
  • Mac: In Mavericks and earlier, fixed rendering of drop-down menus when adding entities from Add Event window.
  • Mac: Updated minimum OS level to Mac OS X 10.8.

New in Aeon Timeline 2.0.2 (Apr 8, 2016)

  • Fixed glitch in licensing system if running without an internet connection on the very first launch.

New in Aeon Timeline 2.0.1 (Apr 8, 2016)

  • Scrivener syncing: fixed sync issues with end dates for relative timeline styles (Week X, Day X, etc).
  • Fixed dropdown menu location when adding relationships in Add Event window
  • Windows: Fixed issue where clicking on scrollbar can cause dropdown menu to hide.
  • Mac: Improved issue where clicking on scrollbar can cause dropdown menu to hide.
  • Percentage properties calculated from children are now rounded to whole numbers for display.
  • Added direct links to relevant support pages from Tips dialogs (opens via Quicklook in Mac, and a browser in Windows).
  • Update End User License Agreement (EULA) to cover new terms for Aeon Timeline 2

New in Aeon Timeline 2.0.0 (Apr 8, 2016)

  • Added new license system for Version 2 software
  • Scrivener Syncing: When loading a version 1 timeline, previous sync information with Scrivener projects is now loaded and retained for when you next try to sync with Scrivener.
  • Scrivener Syncing: When dragging multiple events into the Scrivener binder, they will now be sorted by date order.
  • Scrivener Syncing: Fixed formatting precision for end dates (seconds only shown if required by event precision).
  • Scrivener Syncing: Allowed several further options for syncing Label, Status, and roles that allow a single value only (can now sync with single-line custom fields)
  • Scrivener Syncing: Fixed crash when undoing an action that created a Scrivener document
  • Fixed crash when saving numeric timelines
  • Dropdown for adding a relationship in Inspector no longer falls off bottom of the window
  • Able to focus/type color values directly into color picker
  • Fixed issue where color picker could stay open when closing a dialog
  • Add Event window starts with an initial duration of "0" instead of blank
  • Roles tab in Inspector now correctly updates values after a change in Timeline Settings
  • Tweaked colours of group navigation bubbles and parent event markers to look better across all backgrounds
  • Fixed rare potential crash when choosing "embed in new parent"
  • Fixed Manage Filters menu in Windows
  • Removed "Parent" filter for the moment as it does not yet function correctly
  • Added example timelines

New in Aeon Timeline 1.2.17 (Dec 3, 2015)

  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Aeon Timeline 1.2.13 (Oct 25, 2015)

  • Further improves the drawing performance which declined under Mac OS X Yosemite, and it also fixes a potential cause for a crash with some rare timeline and calendar setups.
  • Unfortunately, due to fundamental changes to some Apple libraries in Yosemite (Apple's text drawing and size measurement is now 30x slower than it was under Mavericks), Aeon Timeline still feels slower when zooming under Yosemite compared with Mavericks, but this release should at least speed it up to be manageable.

New in Aeon Timeline 1.2.12 (Nov 4, 2014)

  • This release improves the drawing performance which declined under Mac OS X Yosemite, and it also fixes a bug with tracking relative paths for external links.
  • NOTE: Unfortunately, due to fundamental changes to some Apple libraries in Yosemite (Apple's text drawing and size measurement is now 30x slower than it was under Mavericks), Aeon Timeline still feels slower when zooming under Yosemite compared with Mavericks, but this release should at least speed it up to be manageable.

New in Aeon Timeline 1.2.10 (Oct 1, 2014)

  • Fixes a crash that could be triggered by copy-pasting events from one timeline to another.

New in Aeon Timeline 1.2.8 (Aug 2, 2014)

  • Fixes several bugs in the previous versions.

New in Aeon Timeline 1.1.4 (Sep 12, 2013)

  • Fixed bug that caused calendar to function incorrectly when weekdays were dragged to different positions in the timeline.
  • Fixed bug that caused HTML export to sometimes omit the html extension.
  • Fixed display bug that showed incorrect months along the top of the timeline at a specific zoom level.
  • Fixed bug with OPML exporting that prevented file from being opened by some external applications, and improved OPML export nesting.
  • Fixed display issue in Entity Pane.
  • Fixed import bug that prevented end dates from being read in correctly.
  • Fixed bug that added unnecessary ampersand escapes when syncing with Scrivener.
  • Added a confirmation message when deactivating a license to avoid accidental triggering.

New in Aeon Timeline 1.1.2 (Jun 24, 2013)

  • MINOR IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Includes several significant speed improvements for timelines with large numbers of events or entities, or with large time spans at higher zoom.
  • Import and export now works with every different calendar type, and correctly respects limited information (i.e. importing an event with just the year specified will cause "Show Months" to be de-selected for the created event.
  • Users can now add external links at once by dragging multiple files onto an event at the same time.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Fixed several sources of crashes.
  • Fixed potential bug that would prevent display updating when user performed certain actions.
  • Removes invisible characters from serial numbers before validating to ensure email programs cannot corrupt valid serial numbers.
  • Fixed crash that could occur when importing thousands of events.
  • Fixed several memory leaks
  • Fixed bug that prevented adding external links to newly updated document.
  • Fixed bug that caused the timeline to disappear when zooming in too far under certain rare circumstances
  • Fixed display bug that could cause relationships to be displayed against the wrong event.
  • Fixed bug in printing that cutoff text too early
  • Fixed bug in printing that always used day-month-year date format for date picker control.
  • Fixed bug that caused some XML characters (&,

New in Aeon Timeline 1.1.0 (May 29, 2013)

  • External links:
  • Add links to files stored externally from the timeline.
  • Use external links to display images on the timeline.
  • Adjust the size of displayed images in Timeline Settings
  • Add external links by dragging from Finder, Desktop, or web browser
  • Open linked documents directly inside Aeon Timeline using QuickLook.
  • Open links in default application from within Aeon Timeline.
  • Timeline styles:
  • Existing standard timeline styles (absolute date/time formats)
  • Geological style displays only the year and can span millions of years
  • Floating weeks style counts in weeks from Week 0 (example date: Monday, Week 4)
  • Floating days style counts in days from Day 0 (example date: Day 7, 11:00am)
  • Zero hour style counts time forwards or backwards from zero (example date: 01:14:37)
  • Set the maximum allowed precision across an entire timeline.
  • Custom calendars can also use the new timeline styles.
  • Event precision and duration:
  • Decide what precision to use for each event individually.
  • Omit time of day, day of month, or month of year.
  • Directly enter a duration for an event instead of always calculating an end date
  • Printing:
  • Print your timeline across multiple pages
  • Adjust the scale of the printed timeline
  • Print the entire timeline or specify a date range
  • Avoids splitting arcs across pages where avoidable
  • Better exporting:
  • Export images exactly as they appear on the timeline.
  • Takes into account current settings for zoom, filters, display settings, text sizes, image display, relationship mode toggling.
  • Measure distance between events:
  • Hold down Alt-Shift while click-dragging between events to measure the time between the events.
  • Added "completed" event property:
  • "Completed" event property can be used to mark events that have been completed (useful for project management).
  • Apply to filter to view only completed or uncompleted tasks
  • Minor changes:
  • Completely overhauled Timeline Settings window and options
  • Changed appearance of right-shifted events when relationship mode is on
  • Added ability to show or hide event lines
  • Timeline span automatically expands and contracts with added and removed events.
  • Right-click arcs and entities to show/hide items
  • Right-click entities to sort by name
  • Menu option added to bulk-shift events by an exact time amount
  • Hold down "alt" while zooming to center on the selected event
  • Labels can now be re-ordered in Timeline Settings
  • Tags list is now automatically sorted and kept consistent with events
  • Labels can now be re-ordered in Timeline Settings
  • Added option to increase text size throughout application
  • Added option to wrap words on the timeline display
  • Improved event flow options to affect vertical ordering of events
  • Scrivener synchronization will now look for documents at relative or bookmarked paths as well as absolute paths
  • Added separate date formats for year-only, month-only, date-only and date+time events
  • Context Bar now only shows events that are visible using the current filter
  • Clicking on a relationship line selects an event
  • Added dotted lines to show the lifetime of an entity
  • Improved application speed for certain calculations
  • Plus many bug fixes

New in Aeon Timeline 1.0.9 (Aug 29, 2012)

  • CODE SIGNED FOR MOUNTAIN LION GATE KEEPER:
  • The application downloadable from our website is now code-signed to work within GateKeeper's security system.
  • BUG FIXES AND MINOR IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Added ability to turn off vertical lines when not in Relationship Mode
  • Added keyboard shortcut for "Toggle Items to match filter" to allow for fast switching of display sets.
  • Fixed several interface issues in Entity and Arc Managers.
  • Fixed potential crash when exiting application.

New in Aeon Timeline 1.0.8 (Jul 16, 2012)

  • EXPORT TO TAB-DELIMITED FILE:
  • Export events to a tab-delimited file for import into other applications, including Tinderbox.
  • IMPROVED IMPORTING:
  • When importing a CSV file, Aeon Timeline now looks at the file and attempts to select the correct date and file format settings automatically
  • UPDATED FOR RETINA DISPLAY:
  • High-resolution toolbar images are now included for Retina displays.
  • BUG FIXES AND MINOR IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Fixed a problem with the Crash Reporter that prevented it from detecting crashes (please re-send any crashes experienced in 1.0.6).
  • Fixed compatibility issues with Leopard so that the new Welcome Screen will show in Leopard
  • Fixed bug with the positioning of buttons when resizing Toggle Items window
  • Added option to hide the warning message to backup when Synchronizing