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diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes.txt b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes.txt index 618b571d0..fbe207675 100644 --- a/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes.txt +++ b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes.txt @@ -1,27 +1,41 @@ -// _Subsurface_ 4.5 pre-beta Release Notes +// _Subsurface_ 4.5 Beta 1 Release Notes -_Subsurface_ 4.5 pre-beta - April 2015 --------------------------------- +_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 +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 created from within Subsurface. After the user +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. +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 +_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 +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. -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). +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 -devices in the OS Subsurface now has a much more intuitive UI that allows -the user to work with BT dive computers. +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 +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. @@ -35,8 +49,7 @@ Ability to load dives exported with OSTCTools Support for more GPS coordinate formats Known issues: -- printing doesn't work on Macs -- Subsurface integrated Bluetooth support doesn't work on Macs +- Uemis downloader appears to have serious issues for some users Some of the changes since _Subsurface_ 4.4.1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |