| Radio ExplorerVersion 2.6.6 beta 4, October 2008 | Listen to the World Around You |
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History October 14, 2008 Furthermore, this version, similarly to the version 2.6.6 beta 1, brings improvement to the way in which information about transmitter locations is displayed in tool tips, also by means of using better formatting. Finally, this version provides correction for a problem with Radio Explorer improperly handling incorrect user registration information. June 10, 2008 This version also provides correction for a minor problem, due to which information formatted as HTML sometimes was displayed in Radio Explorer incorrectly. This information includes text in message boxes and in tool tips. In addition to that, this version brings improvement to the layout of labels on the splash screen and on the Splash tab of the About dialog box. Finally, provided with this version are larger icons for the Radio Explorer application, intended for use on recent operating systems. June 5, 2008 Similarly to the previous version, this version takes advantage of new features provided by Java software version 6, and makes use of more of them. In particular, Radio Explorer now handles dragging-and-dropping of schedule files onto it better, and provides better visual feedback. In addition to that, now the built-in help viewer is not forced to always stay on top of modal dialog boxes, such as the Options dialog box. It is now possible to open a modal dialog box in any Radio Explorer window, and this will not affect the help viewer. This is also possible due to new features provided by Java software version 6. This version also provides correction for another problem with the help viewer. The problem was present on operating systems where the default language is French. June 3, 2008 In this version, the minimal allowed value for solar flux has been lowered from 67 to 65, in order to allow for very low values observed recently. This version provides corrections for several problems. One of these problems was with display of CIRAF zone information for stations, parallel broadcasts, and serial broadcasts, which was sometimes incorrect. Another problem was with very slow scrolling of the MUF chart. One more problem related to the lack of focus highlight in the Days column for empty stations in HFCC schedules. Minor corrections have been made to the wording of user interface in different languages. Changes related to schedules include correction for FCC HF Seasonal schedules, for which the broadcast language is now not displayed. Previously it was always displayed as English. There are also adjustments in response to very minor changes in the formats of EiBi and Prime Time Shortwave schedules. This version also brings improvement to the way in which information about transmitter locations is displayed in tool tips, by means of using better formatting. Finally, this version takes advantage of some of the new features provided by Java software version 6. In particular, Radio Explorer now uses the user's default browser for opening Web pages on all operating systems. Also, Radio Explorer now informs operating systems about several differently sized icons, which the operating system can use to display the Radio Explorer icon in various situations. May 31, 2008 June 29, 2007 In addition to that, this version provides correction for the problem with information about the days of week not being displayed correctly in some cases for Prime Time Shortwave schedules, as well as corrections for some minor problems. It should be noted that there is still a relatively significant known problem in Radio Explorer, with incorrect information about the number of transmitter locations in a schedule displayed on the Statistics tab of the Properties dialog box for EiBi and HFCC schedules. Correction for this problem, as well as corrections for a few minor problems, will be provided in the next version of Radio Explorer, which should be released in the near future. March 24, 2007 June 1, 2006 In addition to that, handling of other keywords has also been improved. Previously, for broadcasts marked with the alt keyword, information displayed in the broadcast notes was the keyword itself. Now the keyword is expanded and broadcast notes display the alternate frequency text. Similarly, for broadcasts marked with the occ keyword, broadcast notes now display the occasional use text. May 12, 2006 Also, this version adds support for DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale) broadcasts in EiBi schedules. For stations that contain the DIGITAL keyword in their names, broadcast modulation is assigned the DRM value. Now you can query an EiBi schedule for DRM broadcasts by modulation, and then precise your query by other criteria. It should be noted that with the Prime Time Shortwave schedules, support for DRM broadcasts has already been available. December 24, 2004 The first one enables Radio Explorer to open the FCC HF Seasonal schedule for the current broadcasting season (winter 2004–2005, B04). The schedule has changed the header format since the previous season (summer 2004, A04). The second one makes it possible to use Radio Explorer with the latest version of Java software, the “Tiger” 1.5 version. Note that the java.com site, the consumer site for Java software, still installs the previous 1.4.2 version of Java software on user machines by default. You can get the Tiger version free from the Sun Microsystems' Web site by pointing your browser to java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp and then following the Download JRE link. From the user point of view, the Tiger version of Java software better manages Java applications that can be installed via the Java Web Start technology. July 1, 2004 April 20, 2004 April 4, 2004 March 24, 2004 March 4, 2004 February 15, 2004 Furthermore, starting with this version you can use Radio Explorer to browse through the Prime Time Shortwave broadcasting schedules. Please refer to the Input Data page for details. Also added in this version is support for monitoring memory usage, a convenient feature if you work with many schedules at once. Lastly, this version features performance improvements in expanding and collapsing several tree table rows at once and in the online help system. January 20, 2004 This release also adds support for opening multiple program windows, so now you can browse through several schedules at once. Additionally, in response to user suggestions support is added for expanding and collapsing several rows of the tree table simultaneously, so that you can easily get overview of the entire expanded schedule. November 20, 2003 November 7, 2003 This version also adds support for opening schedule files via drag-and-drop. Starting with this release, a new site is recommended for downloading and installing Java software. The new Java software consumer site is available at java.com. October 21, 2003 Also, some minor corrections have been made to handling EiBi schedules. October 9, 2003 In response to user suggestions, starting with this version Radio Explorer displays the latest modification date of a schedule file in the window title bar near the file name. The scrolling behavior of the Station tree table when using the wheel mouse has been corrected so that the scrolling direction is now vertical rather than horizontal. Lastly, this version provides correction for a problem with internal files of the online help, which prevented Radio Explorer from starting on some localized operating systems. September 3, 2003 Also, starting with this version Radio Explorer is Java Web Start compliant and can be installed on your machine with a single click on a Web page link. August 26, 2003 July 15, 2003 July 12, 2003 | |