Note that version 2.1 has gone through a large amount of testing and should be very stable. This version will very likely be current until I ship version 3.0. For this reason, 2.1 is being sent to all registered users free of charge. Version 3.0 will be a major release incorporating many features outlined in the next chapter.
Version 2.1
• New E-Mail addresses for CompuServe and America Online. E-Mail directed to the old CompuServe address will still reach me but please use the new one.
• Pressing command-option will flip the time display to a date display (Previously done with only the option key). This was changed at the request of several users. This will prevent unwanted date/time swapping when using the option key in other programs while Time Palette is running in the background.
• Fixed a bug in 2.0.5 that caused the map's day & night areas to be reversed between Autumn and Spring in the Northern Hemisphere (September - March). This crept in during the tweaks to increase performance in that version. By September all copies of 2.0.5 that are in use will most likely have been replaced with 2.1.
• Fixed a few errors in the balloon help text.
• Minor changes to coincide with the simultaneous release of the Kanji version.
Version 2.1 J
• Localized version for Japan. Requires Japanese Kanji version of System 7.
• Defaults to a location setting of GMT + 9 since this is the situation in Japan.
• Defaults to a 9 point Osaka font.
Version 2.0.5
• Fixed a bug in 2.04 that caused the program work incorrectly on machines without color QuickDraw (Plus, SE, Classic, PB100 etc.).
• Fixed a bug that would cause the B&W map shading (in transparent mode), to open correctly, but as the shaded area moved, extra vertical lines would appear in the map.
• Fixed a bug that caused the program to open and then quit if you double clicked on the preferences file. (Nobody reported this but that what happens)
• Improved the performance in some places. The map calculations have been speeded up somewhat. This is really only noticeable on slower machines, or those without a math co-processor. On faster machines drawing the shaded area takes longer than the calculations to determine its shape.
• Altered the basic memory requirements in the Get Info box.
Version 2.0.4
• Fixed a bug in 2.0.3 that caused the program to require a math co-processor.
• Fixed a bug that caused the Apple Event handler to fail.
Version 2.0.3
• Added toggle option for window title bar.
• Support for the four standard Apple Events.
Version 2.0.2
• Fixed a spelling error in the preferences dialog box.
Version 2.0.1
• Fixed a crash that would occur if preferences were changed upon first use of the program.
Version 2.0
• Changed creator code to "TP20"
• The program has been completely rewritten from the ground up. This has made it more modular and efficient as well as making it easier for me to add new features in the future.
• Fixed bug which caused menus to switch from Geneva 9 to System Font (12pt Chicago on US Systems). This happened after running programs such as MS Word & MacWrite II. The only solution was to restart the computer.
• If the General Control Panel (or certain other time displays) was open while Time Palette was running, the seconds display in Time Palette's clocks would be jumpy (the seconds could go [10..11..12..11..13..12..14..15] This has been corrected.
• Upon opening, the window will now attempt to position itself where you last left it. If the screen has been altered so that the last location is off the visible screen, it will default to just below the menu bar. It will now also recognize the enlarged menu bar created by such utilities as RadiusWare.
• Time Palette now allows you to set a background color for each city in the time display window.
• Increased the number of cities from 27 to 29.
• Holding down the option key will change the time display to a date display.
• Daylight Savings Time is handled completely automatically for cities other than your own (I don't try to set the clock for you, as this may confuse other software). The start & end dates for Daylight Savings can be in the form (April 10, May 29, etc.) or (First Sunday in April, Second Tuesday in May, etc.). The time of the change can also be set (2am in the USA). Some other programs just use midnight. Time Palette will tell you what time it really is.
• Support for System 7.1 "Date&Time" Control Panel. This allows for the optional use of a leading zero in time displays. Prior to this, the leading zero was always there.
• The offsets from GMT are now a single entry such as -3:00, instead of -3, -30 as they were before. Hopefully this will be more intuitive.
• Support for System 7 Balloon Help. This is used in the Preferences & Time Zone Configuration Dialogs.
• The program now creates a preferences file instead of saving the preferences within the application. This means it will now run from locked volumes such as a CD-ROM or network drive lacking write privileges. It also has multi-launch capability when run from a server. This also means that future versions of the software will be able to import and use the older preferences files.
• The number of clocks displayed can now be user-defined. You may now also choose the font and size for the clock display.
• A display showing a map of the world depicting day & night is available. This display, if left open will be continuously updated to show the passing of time and earth's rotation. This map requires an extra 100K to 1100K of RAM - if you don't want to use the map, set the application memory size to 75K - the program will run and you will not be able to open the map.
• A "Time Differential Calculator" will tell you what time it is in a city, based on the time in another city. Daylight Savings is taken into account based on the given date.
• An "Elapsed Time Calculator" will tell you the time between events in different time zones. Daylight Savings is taken into account based on the given date.
• Three alarms are available and can be set to go off at any time in any time zone (it is only accurate to the minute - seconds are ignored)
Version 1.2b
• Special copy site licensed to Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, Inc.
• Modified "About Box" & "Get Info" to indicate such.
• Changed name to "Time Palette" - changed creator code to "Tplt"
• Modified "get front clicks param" so that when running in the background, a click in a clock's pull down menu will bring the program to the foreground AND activate the menu - prior to this two clicks were required.
Version 1.2a
• Removed original name - changed creator code to "TclK"
Version 1.2
• Fixed bug so that "this location" minute field works with non-zero values.
• Added option to toggle the time display between HH:MM:SS & HH:MM.
