Release Notes AMADEUS Version 0.81 Beta 11/09/94 tdieting
New Features
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o new commands:
o enhancements:
o text saving supports exporting to RTF
o PCX image format supported
Bug Fixes
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o generating of text-links should work exactly now
o 'SAVE' within collection browser disabled
o bug in the goto-command removed (prevented to go to a collection)
Known Bugs/Shortcomings
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o The following functions are not implemented yet:
cut (Edit)
copy (Edit)
paste (Edit)
set bookmark (Navigation)
o The user interface still needs improvement.
o Text Viewer: does currently not display inline images.
o Image Viewer: does not support links yet
Dithering speed should be improved
o others: Due to a bug in Win32s, the Win32s-subsystem will crash, if
you open too many external viewers simultanously (depending on the
built-in memory (eg. 8MB: not more than 3 viewers ...)
This problem will disappear when most viewers are contained within
the main module.
o gopher gateway: currently only text-/image documents and Gopher-Search
are supported (sound, ... will follow)
o WWW gateway: Due to limitations in the text viewer, inline images are
currently not displayed.
Forms are not supported.
o WAIS gateway: does still not work correctly (fix scheduled for Nov. '94)
o PC/TCP 2.2: MultiMedia documents cause a crash with this version, but
PC/TCP 2.3x works perfectly
Note: The hostname of your PC must be listed in the TCP/IP host file
(Otherwise the document cache server can't connect to the PC !)
Future Plans
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o textviewer
o support of inline images *
o more save-as formats (RTF, HTML, ...) *
o support of a more flexible text selection and cut & paste *
o speed improvements *
o image viewer
o clickable links **
o cut & paste of selected areas **
o speed improvements **
o more supported formats (fractal compression, PGM, PPM, better
TIFF support, ...) **
o movie player (MPEG)
o more player controls (pause, continue, fast forward, ...) *
o audio support ***
o links ***
o speed improvements **
o internal audio player
o support of AU, WAV (..??) format **
o usual player controls supported **
o select, cut & paste (needs graphical view of sound) ***
o save-as with several formats (AU, WAV at least) **
o collection browser
o ADDITIONAL view to menu-structure: hierarchical tree-structure
(like in "Harmony", the UNIX-Hyper-G client) ***
o internal PostScript viewer to support using the Hyper-G based
scientific magazine J.U.C.S. **
o some additional or improved navigational and administrative tools
o "fish eye view" information for a documents position in the
database hierarchy (as in "Harmony") ***
o improved statistical information ***
o improved "send message" etc. .. ***
o some more adiministrative tools (possibly as seperate applications) ***
o improvements to extend Amadeus to a universal internet tool:
o really big improvements for the http protocol (WorldWideWeb):
inline images **, forms ***?, ... ???
o improvements for the Gopher protocol (Gopher+ ??) **/*
o WAIS protocol support **
o direct FTP protocol support **/***
o direct NEWS protocol support? ***?
o direct Archie protocol support? ***?
o sending EMail (SMTP) (There are no plans to directly support receiving
of EMails, this should be done by the Hyper-G server once) ***
o local home page/database:
similar to a WWW home page (but with more features)
There you can specify "direct links" to all internet protocols, that
Amadeus supports, including Hyper-G servers themselves (to select one as
your home server).
This also enables you to use Amadeus WITHOUT a Hyper-G server (if there
is no one yet available in the near surrounding), although you won't be
able to use all the impressive features Hyper-G would support.
Time schedule:
* ..... really soon (Version 1.0)
** .... till the end of this year (Version 1.x)
*** ... sometime during the next year (Version 2.0)
Note: This is a suggested time schedule, as well its priority, as its content
can change !
