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diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes.txt b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes.txt index fbe207675..b7381e988 100644 --- a/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes.txt +++ b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes.txt @@ -6,50 +6,66 @@ _Subsurface_ 4.5 Beta 1 - September 2015 Some of the changes since _Subsurface_ 4.4.2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Cloud storage. _Subsurface_ offers a cloud storage backend that allows using -the same data file from multiple computers. An account is tied to an email -address and can easily be created from within _Subsurface_. After the user -receives a verification pin and enters this in the preferences all is set -up and the cloud storage can be transparently used from within -_Subsurface_. - -Web view. Dives stored in the _Subsurface_ cloud storage backend can also be -accessed with a web interface. - -Dive site handling. Dive sites are now a first class citizen in +- Cloud storage. + +_Subsurface_ offers a cloud storage backend that allows using the same +dive data from multiple computers. Accounts are free and tied to an email +address. An account can easily be created from within _Subsurface_ +(Preferences, Network tab; simply enter a valid email address and a +password). After the user receives a verification pin and enters this in +the corresponding field in the Preferences all is set up and the cloud +storage can be transparently used from within _Subsurface_. While this is +nice for many users who have more than one computer on which they use +_Subsurface_, it is espcially useful with our upcoming _Subsurface-mobile_ app +on Android (the beta test for that will start soon). +- Web view. + +Dives stored in the _Subsurface_ cloud storage backend can also be +accessed with a web interface. Simply go to +https://cloud.subsurface-divelog.org/user/<email> and authenticate +with the same email address and password as set up in _Subsurface_. +- Dive site handling. + +Dive sites are now a first class citizen in _Subsurface_ and can be managed as such. Dives include a reference to a dive site. This also caused changes to our file format (and we bumped the file format version to 3). On first open old data files will be backed up and converted to the new format. - -Geo taxonomy. A web lookup service has been implemented that allows the +- Geo taxonomy. + +A web lookup service has been implemented that allows the user to get geo taxonomy data based on a GPS fix - so for a dive site that contains GPS data _Subsurface_ can look up the closest body of water, the country or closest city. - -Significantly improved print support. Printing is now template driven and +- Significantly improved print support. + +Printing is now template driven and allows the user to customize the format in which dives are presented in print. - -Better Bluetooth device support. Instead of having to manually set up BT +- Better Bluetooth device support. + +Instead of having to manually set up BT devices in the OS, _Subsurface_ now has a much more intuitive UI that allows the user to work with BT dive computers. - -Improved image import and management. _Subsurface_ now does a better job +- VPM-B support for dive planning. + +The dive planner module in _Subsurface_ +now offers a choice of deco algorithms with both Bühlmann ZH16 and VPM-B. +The VPM-B implementation is new and has been developed from scratch. We +have tested this against a number of known good profiles from the Fortran +reference code but would certainly recommend a bit of extra caution when +using it for dive planning. +- Improved image import and management, + +_Subsurface_ now does a better job when handling changes in image folder location and can add images from URLs instead of just local files. - -Undo / redo support. While this does not cover all operations, yet, many +- Undo / redo support. + +While this does not cover all operations, yet, many operations can now been un-done and subsequently re-done. +- Many fixes and improvements for import third part files and CSV files +- Ability to load dives exported with OSTCTools +- Support for more GPS coordinate formats -Many fixes and improvements for import third part files and CSV files - -Ability to load dives exported with OSTCTools - -Support for more GPS coordinate formats +*Known issues* -Known issues: - Uemis downloader appears to have serious issues for some users +- The printing subsystem occasionally picks bad font sizes for the profile +and can run out of memory on really large dive profiles +- The Bluetooth subsystem definitely needs more testing and doesn't appear + to work reliably for all testers Some of the changes since _Subsurface_ 4.4.1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -227,47 +243,8 @@ image::images/V4.3_CCR.jpg["CCR dive profile",align="center"] authenticate with a proxy, _Subsurface_ will not use the new password until after a restart -_Subsurface_ 4.2 ----------------- - -The _Subsurface_ developer team is proud to announce the release of the -next update of _Subsurface_. - -_Subsurface_ is an open source divelog program that runs on Windows, Mac -and Linux. - -With _Subsurface_ the user can download dive information directly from a -large number of supported dive computers. _Subsurface_ is able to track -single- and multi-tank dives using air, Nitrox or TriMix. It displays -a dive profile with all related information including air consumption -and alarms. It also allows logging of information like weights and -exposure protection used, dive masters and dive buddies, and enables -the user to rate dives and provide additional dive notes. - -With _Subsurface_ the user can track dive locations including GPS -coordinates (which can also be conveniently entered using a map -interface). _Subsurface_ calculates a wide variety of statistics of the -user's diving and keeps track of information like the user's SAC rate, -partial pressures of O2, N2 and He, calculated deco information, and -many more. - -_Subsurface_ allows the user to print out a detailed log book including -dive profiles and other relevant information. The program is localized -in about 20 languages and well supported by an active developer -community. This community also made new and shiny offline manuals in -Spanish and Russian possible. - -One of the major strengths of _Subsurface_ is its support of a wide range -of dive computers (most common dive computers are supported with the help -of libdivecomputer); a detailed list is in the SupportedDivecomputers.txt -file. _Subsurface_ can also import existing dive logs from several sources -including MacDive, Suunto DM3/DM4, JDiveLog and divelogs.de. Another -strength is its ability to visualize the depth profile (and, if -available, the tank pressure curve) in very innovative ways that give -the user additional information on relative velocity (and momentary -air consumption) during the dive through the coloring of the graphs. - -*Some of the changes since 4.1* +Some of the changes since 4.1 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - The Windows installer is now a 64bit installer including Qt5 - There is still a deprecated 32bit installer including Qt4, but that has |