Chimoo Timer Release Notes

1.5 March 5, 2007

[new feature]New menu extra optionally displays timer in menu bar.

[new feature]Dock icon can be hidden when menu extra is shown.

[new feature] Greatly expanded text-to-speech options including count down expiration warning, ability to speak last ten seconds of a countdown, and customizable voice and speech rate settings.

[new feature]Retooled speech recognition system with a few more options now displays standard floating speech palette.

[new feature]New OS X style toolbar for timer control.

[new feature]Option to display progress bar during count down.

[new feature]Automatic repeat after delay option.

[new feature]Ability to log current timer value and save log to a file.

[other] Preferences reorganized.

[other] Lots of other miscellaneous changes.

[bugfix]Accuracy of timing is no longer affected by automatic internet updates of the computer's date and time.

[bugfix]Problems getting a count down time to stick have been resolved.

1.4 August 26, 2006

[new feature]Now Intel native as well as PPC.

[new feature]Space bar now starts and stops the timer.

[new feature]Added command key shortcuts for various timer windows.

1.3.1 March 11, 2005

[bugfix] Control window will no longer attempt attachment to main window or multiplier window when they are invisible. This prevents the control window from disappearing from view when you drag it near the other invisible windows.

[bugfix] Fixed problem where browse button for choosing a program or file to launch (in the preferences) was not always enabled properly.

1.3 March 6, 2005

[new feature] Controller can now be detached from main window and float on its own. You can also drag it back to the main window or the multiplier window to re-attach it.

[new feature] Option to have countdown timers automatically reset and start again.

[new feature] Option to launch a file or program at time expiration time.

[new feature] Added option to change refresh rate in both background and foreground mode. Thus, you can set the timer to use very little CPU if you don't need a precise readout, or to use more if the realtime readout is important to you. On a 667MHz G4, this varied between about 0.2% and 10% usage. CPU usage is also dependent on which readouts are active - turning off all but one will help.

[new feature] Multiplier value can be set in the preferences and will display in a separate window. This can be used, for example, for keeping track of elapsed frames if set to a frames per second value.

[new feature] By default, Chimoo Timer now attempts to check for new versions upon launch. This can be disabled in the preferences.

[bugfix] Fixed a problem where the Chimoo Timer might crash upon launch if the mini window was visible at last application quit time.

[bugfix] Improved accuracy of timing when a timer running in background mode is stopped. Previously, the displayed time could be off by up to 1/10th of a second, but it should be exact now. This also applies to foreground mode, but it would only have been off by up to 3/100ths of a second.

[other] Drawer removed and its preferences placed in the regular preferences window.

[other] Many changes under the hood - now uses Cocoa Bindings for preferences which leads to realtime changes.

[other] Now requires Mac OS X 10.3 or higher to operate due to use of Cocoa Bindings. The older version is still available for use with 10.2 or before.

1.2 May 15, 2004

[new feature] Added "mini window" which can be used instead of the main window to take up less screen space.

[new feature] Added ability to close the main window rather than just minimizing it.

[new feature] User can now set the number of beeps which occur upon end of countdown.

1.1.2 November 25, 2003

[other] Turned off status messages in console log.

1.1.1 October 10, 2003

[bugfix] Fixed a problem where the timer wouldn't enter background mode properly if the user started it from the dock menu when the program was already in the background.

[bugfix] Fixed an issue where the help file wouldn't launch sometimes.

[new feature] Added a couple of speech recognition phrases. You can sow say "disable speech recognition" to turn it off. You can also say "current value" to have Chimoo Timer read you the current timer reading.

1.1 October 9, 2003

[other] Re-written from the ground up in Cocoa. This is Chimoosoft's first attempt at writing a Cocoa application. Thanks for trying it out!

[new feature] Added speech support.

[new feature] Added speech recognition support.

[new feature] Most preferences now saved.

[new feature] Smaller file size (thanks Cocoa!)

[new feature] Less CPU usage.

1.0 January 27, 2002

[other] First release.

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Chimoo Timer Release Notes