Cultured Code Release Notes

April 17, 2013

• More robust handling of dates when traveling between time zones.
• Downloading to-dos from Things Cloud is now even faster.
• Fixed an issue where items in Scheduled or the Daily Review could show up in an apparently random order (for humans).
• Fixed an issue where text could exceed the boundary of a cell in the task info view.
• Fixed an issue where, in various circumstances, tapping outside the info popover would dismiss it, and in some cases, lose the entered information.
• Fixed an issue where line breaks sent to Things on iOS via the URI scheme weren’t stripped out, and weren’t displayed properly in Things for Mac.
• Fixed an issue where the “Log Items On Application Launch” text in Settings didn’t fit inside the cell when the iPhone was in portrait.
• Fixed an issue where repeating projects could be displayed with a “Jan 4001” due date in the Projects focus.
• Fixed an issue where repeating projects showed up in a different order when a new instance was created on iOS.
• Fixed an issue where a large gap could sometimes appear between the last cell in the sources list and the Things Cloud button on the taller iPhone 5 screen.
• Fixed an issue where tapping the status bar no longer scrolled the Date Picker to the current date.
• Fixed an issue where dates in the task cells were not correctly respecting Region settings. …

April 17, 2013

• Major performance improvements across the app.
• More robust handling of dates when traveling between time zones.
• Downloading to-dos from Things Cloud is now even faster.
• Added new Things Cloud update trigger: when returning to an idle Mac, Things will automatically update with Things Cloud.
• Enabled Spelling & Grammar correction by default in the titles and notes of to-dos and Projects.
• Enabled Smart Links by default in the notes of to-dos and Projects.
• Indented badge pills in the source list to better accommodate the scroll bar.
• Improved Things’ handling of email messages dragged and dropped onto the dock icon or notes field.
• Improved cloud indicator for when the Mac is offline or Things Cloud cannot be reached.
• Improved behavior of contextual menus in text fields.
• Improved formatting of dates in the Logbook.
• Fixed an issue where to-dos would be extracted from a Project when it was moved to the trash.
• Fixed an issue where to-dos dragged and dropped from the inbox wouldn’t appear at the correct position in the destination list: the top of an Area, the bottom of a Project.
• Fixed an issue where to-dos created via AppleScript could appear out of order.
• Fixed an issue where items in Scheduled or the Daily Review could show up in an apparently random order (for humans).
• Fixed an issue that could cause a Project’s notes to disappear for some users. …

January 23, 2013

• Reminders Parity with iOS: Added an arrow to items to indicate that they are location-based to-dos.
• Reminders Parity with iOS: Added an import-all button in the top right corner of the white box.
• Improved search functionality to include fuzzy search results for characters with diacritics (e.g., ü, à, ê, ç, ñ, etc.).
• Fixed an issue where items from repeating projects were not grouped under the 'Scheduled' heading when performing a search.
• Fixed an issue with Reminders & Siri that could cause excessive memory usage.
• Fixed an issue where the application could crash when expanding or collapsing the active projects list in the sidebar.
• Fixed an issue that could cause to-dos in a project to move to the top of the project's list when added to Today.
• Fixed an issue where the inbox badge wouldn't be updated when marking an inbox to-do complete.
• Fixed an issue where the due date button would show a non-retina graphic when depressed if the OS X general appearance was set to graphite.
• Fixed a graphical issue when displaying a Reminders error in an empty Inbox.
• Improved performance when scrolling the sidebar when it contains many Projects & Areas.
• Improved the handling of Things Cloud error messages in some scenarios.
• Improved the crash reporter.
• Some localization improvements for German, French, Japanese and Russian.

December 4, 2012

• Tapping the version number in "About Things" now displays the app's build number.
• Fixed an issue where some to-dos in the Today list couldn't be reordered after using the Daily Review.
• Fixed issues where the text of a to-do's title or notes could overflow from the boundaries of its cell.
• Fixed an issue where, when attempting to move some to-dos in the Today list, the app could display the details for a different to-do.
• Fixed an issue where the Scrolling Date Picker couldn't be dismissed in some situations.
• Fixed an issue where tapping the status bar while using the Scrolling Date Picker wouldn't return to today.
• Fixed an issue where the selected date was no longer visible in the Scrolling Date Picker after rotating the device.
• Fixed an issue that caused logged Projects to show an incorrect number of contained to-dos.
• Fixed an issue that affected the order of a project's contents when emailing it.
• Enhanced the formatting of to-dos and projects when emailing them.
• Improved the display of dates throughout the app when the Region Format is set to Finland.
• Some localization improvements for German, French and Japanese.
• Improved accessibility when using VoiceOver.

October 16, 2012

• Fixed a minor layout issue with the "Tags" text in the task details view.
• Fixed an issue where the incorrect project title could be shown on tasks in the daily review.
• Fixed an issue where the selection of a task in the reminders list was lost in some situations.
• Fixed an issue where the titles of the months in the date picker were incorrectly capitalised in Russian.
• Fixed an issue where the activity indicator spinner was drawn over the sync status text in Russian in the Things Cloud settings view.
• Fixed a layout issue where the "Calendar week" heading text in the date picker was truncated in German.
• Fixed an issue where tapping the repeating icon in a repeating task cell did not select the row and show the task details.
• Fixed an issue where tapping and holding the repeating task icon in a repeating task cell would show the menu to cancel and complete the task even though repeating tasks cannot be completed or cancelled.
• Fixed a layout issue where tab characters inside a task's notes could cause layout problems when changing to and from edit mode.
• Revised text in some localizations.

October 3, 2012

• iOS 6 compatibility.
• iPhone 5: Adjustments for compatibility with the larger display.
• New Reminders & Siri integration: Speak a reminder to Siri and have it display instantly in your Things Inbox where you can easily import it. (Requires iOS 6)
• The iPhone status bar now adapts to Things’ color scheme.
• Fixed a graphical issue with the topmost cell when creating a new repeating task.
• Fixed an issue where the top of the tag list was slightly cut off when filtering by tag in landscape orientation.
• Fixed an issue with the left-alignment of the ‘Tags’ placeholder text when no value was set.
• Fixed an issue where the a large gap would appear between the Logbook and the Things Cloud button at the bottom of the source list.
• Fixed an issue where long notes could overlap the tags & due date fields in one circumstance.
• Fixed several issues with Daily Review which could lead to a crash.
• Improved the behaviour of the notes field.

September 29, 2012

• Improvements for Reminders & Siri integration, offering more control over which types of Reminders show (for parity with concurrent 2.1 updates for Things on iOS).
• Removed functionality to export to Reminders.app.
• Updated some graphics for the MacBook Pro with Retina display.
• Fixed an issue where interacting with an item in the Daily Review list could cause the keyboard shortcuts to stop working.
• Fixed an issue where dragging a Today item assigned to a project to the top of the Today list would remove the project association.
• Fixed an issue where the application could crash when displaying tags with no title.
• Fixed an issue where the >> indicator wouldn't show when the window's horizontal width was decreased enough to cut off the viewable tags.
• The Today list now utilizes the 'Next Actions Steps' setting when 'Group by Project and Area of Responsibility' is enabled in general preferences.
• The right-arrow key now works as expected on Projects in Today.
• Links to Entourage 2008 emails use the email subject again (as previously in Things Mac 1.5).
• Overdue items are now properly included when printing a selection.
• Canceling the removal of the Things Helper (Quick Entry with Autofill) now works as intended.
• 'Could not connect to server' warnings are now suppressed when necessary.
• Improved error handling when clicking links to missing files/folders from the notes field. …

August 9, 2012

• Things Cloud support.
• Compatibility for OS X Mountain Lion.
• Sandbox compliance for enhanced OS X security.
• The all new Daily Review.
• Redesigned Reminders integration to make import & export simpler.
• Retina Graphics for the new MacBook Pro.
• Full-screen mode.
• Reduced window chrome and new monochrome toolbar buttons.
• Visual refinements for the Tags & Quick Entry windows.
• Newly implemented SQLite data storage (was previously XML).
• Re-engineered core for great Things Cloud performance.
• Things Cloud replaces the old Bonjour WiFi Sync.
• This update requires OS X 10.6 or later.
• Many other improvements.