Re: [NTLK] Backdrop programs

From: Grant Hutchinson (grant_at_splorp.com)
Date: Sat Apr 03 2004 - 15:17:07 PST


In a previous message, Woody Smith typed vigorously:

>What enhancements are those?

From the version 1.31 read me file...

     http://www.kallisys.com/newton/avibd/

Version 1.27 (15 February 2000) [Avi Drissman]

* New birthday code courtesy of Paul Guyot.
* More reliable and reads birthdays from the address book.
* Smarter birthday updating - only when needed, not on every wake.
* Internationalization by Paul Guyot.
* French translation by Paul Guyot.
* German translation by Theodorich Kopetzky.

Version 1.28 (6 July 2000) [Paul Guyot]

* The birthday list is now updated when a card is inserted/removed.

Version 1.29 (16 March 2001) [Paul Guyot]

* Optimized the birthday mechanism.
* The birthday list is now updated when the view is tapped.
* The birthday list is now updated when the all info view of
  the card file is used.
* The birthday list isn't updated more than once every 3 minutes.
* The birthday list isn't updated when the card file is open.
* The birthday list is no longer updated when the repeat meeting
  soup is changed unless Avi's BD method is used.

Version 1.30 (13 September 2001) [Paul Guyot]

* The scribble pad now goes to the bottom when open and the
  floating bar is only taking the space it visually takes.
* Little change in the French translation.

Version 1.31 (6 Februrary 2002) [Paul Guyot]

* Fixed a bug in the birthday code.
* Birthday dates now appear in abbreviated format, as in v1.26.
* The background picture can now be selected randomly among all
  the pictures that are suitable for Avi's BD (it is selected
  when the Newton is powered on).
* Added spanish translation by Daniel Padilla.

g.

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