Cultured Code Release Notes

March 24, 2011

• Feature: Things URI scheme is now supported on the Mac version (previously iOS-only).
• Enhancement: Task modification date is now accessible by AppleScript.
• Bugfix: Fixed a bug where items in Today, Projects and Tags could get randomly reordered after sync.
• Bugfix: Fixed a bug where completing a task within a search result would bounce the user to the Inbox.
• Bugfix: Fixed a bug where repeating task templates in Scheduled would not be properly grouped by repetition pattern.
• Bugfix: The File dialog, and the project list in the Quick Entry dialog, would not reflect the sort order of active projects in the sidebar - both are now fixed.
• Bugfix: Fixed a bug where, in some cases, the repeating tasks dialog would not properly refresh the dates preview.
• Bugfix: Fixed a bug which caused the recurrence rule for iCal events to create only one instance per day.
• Bugfix: Fixed an issue where Things could crash when editing notes on Mac OS 10.4.

February 3, 2011

• Repeating Tasks: Complete re-write of the Repeating Tasks engine.
• Repeating Tasks: Support for syncing repeating tasks with Things on iOS devices.
• Repeating Tasks: Repeating tasks with due dates can now be generated zero days before due.
• Repeating Tasks: Items Scheduled for the last week of the year are now handled correctly.
• Repeating Tasks: Improved robustness of repeating projects.
• Repeating Tasks: Dialog can now be submitted by pressing Enter.
• Bugfix: Fixed a bug where checked items would erroneously move to the top of the list.
• Bugfix: Fixed a bug where the date picker would not get reset properly after closing it.
• Bugfix: Fixed a bug where monthly update checks would not trigger correctly.

October 26, 2010

• Quick Entry: a new preference allows either Inbox or Today to be chosen as the default destination
• Tasks now show their creation date and last modified date in the action menu
• Projects and Areas can now be sorted alphabetically in the sidebar by ctrl-clicking a Project or Area
• Font-size changes in the main view will now also affect the Tags window
• Enabling the option "Group to-dos in the Today list by project or area" in preferences now shows a notification that this feature is not supported on iOS devices
• Enhanced readability of mail subjects with non-ASCII characters
• Added a progress bar for the "Preparing" phase of the sync process
• Fixed an issue where using Quick Entry in conjunction with OS X Spaces could make the keyboard unresponsive
• Fixed an issue where the shortcut for emptying the Trash would delete the currently selected task
• Fixed an issue where tasks in the Logbook would erroneously make the "Show in Logbook" button visible on the toolbar
• Fixed an issue where tasks were not sorted by completion date in the Logbook
• Fixed an issue where logged tasks were not sorted by completion date in the Project view

September 17,2010

• Completed to-dos can now be logged manually from within the Logbook.
• Automatic logging can now be disabled in the Settings.
• When syncing with the Mac, changes are now sent in chunks, further improving sync speed.
• Bug Fix: Fixed a crash that could occur while adding a task in Today.
• Bug Fix: Due items could previously not be moved from Today to Next.
• Bug Fix: Searching for an apostrophe would previously crash the app.
• Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where the sort order of child tags would change incorrectly during sync.
• Bug Fix: Tasks inserted into a Project are now appended at the bottom.
• 3 more bug fixes.

September 1st, 2010

• Sync: Speed has been improved tremendously, resulting in sync being up to 10x faster.
• Font Sizes: Users can now select different font sizes to increase readability on hi-res displays.
• Projects: Projects belonging to different Areas can now be arbitrarily reordered in the sidebar.
• Quick Entry: Area and Project can now be selected when creating a new to-do via the Quick Entry dialog.
• Improved the layout and design of the print style sheet.
• Fixed an issue where dragging repeating projects to Active Projects occasionally resulted in data inconsistencies.
• Improved performance when bulk-removing delegates.

August 12, 2010

• Fixed an issue that caused Things to crash in some cases when rescheduling a scheduled to-do in Today.
• Fixed 3 additional issues that would make Things crash in specific situations.
• Fixed an issue where double clicking a to-do would open the wrong item in the details view.
• Tags window: Separated background & highlight drawing of outline view. Fixed drawing bug when scrolling in the tags window.
• Fixed an issue where iCal calendars were not visible for Custom iCal Sync in Preferences.
• Fixed an issue where reordering to-dos in Today would not work when filtered by tag.
• Localization: Fixed an issue where the English localization would get displayed with scheduled tasks in Projects.
• The Teammates dialog now has a minimum size to prevent it from becoming unusable when resizing it.
• The UI does now update when undoing the delegating of a to-do.
• Fixed an issue in Areas where the wrong toolbar icons were being displayed for selected to-dos.
• Fixed an issue where tabbing into the Tags field of a Project's header would delete all existing tags for this project.
• Fixed an issue where Daylight Savings Time would interfere with the timestamp of the last maintenance date.
• When dragging an email with an empty subject onto the Notes field, the empty subject will now be replaced with a '(missing subject)' placeholder.
• Fixed an issue where in some cases to-dos could not be created within projects after performing a search.

July 26, 2010

• Retina display app icon and graphics. (iPhone 4).
• Local notifications. (iOS 4) The application badge now always updates at midnight to show the correct number. Additionally, if turned on in the preferences, an alert is shown every day tasks become due or their scheduled day arrives.
• Multitasking support (iOS 4): when switching between apps, Things returns to the exact location where it was left; after a sync is initiated when the app is active, it can complete in the background.
• TextExpander Support. (TextExpander has to be installed on the device.)
• Major code overhaul for task entry. Specifically: the title field when entering tasks is much more responsive, autocompletion across line-wraps now works, the text insertion point no longer jumps when typing fast, the loupe is not flickering anymore, no more problems with Japanese text entry.
• The items under Settings > General now have explanation texts and icons.
• Bug fix. The search field used to pop up sometimes when navigating back to the home screen. This is fixed.
• Bug fix. The app no longer crashes when filtering by due date while the list of todos is still scrolling.
• Bug fix. When editing a Tag title and placing the cursor at the beginning of the title, the "Done" button is no longer disabled.
• Bug fix. When a project becomes due, its todos were added to Today in the wrong order. This is now fixed. …

June 24, 2010

• Logged items from deleted areas are now preserved in the Logbook.
• Things now displays a confirmation dialog before deleting a non-empty area.
• Added our own crash reporter. Users can send crash reports directly to Cultured Code now.
• Fixed an issue where an empty project title would prevent any items from being shown in 'Next'.
• Fixed an issue where moving project to-dos using the keyboard in the Next or Today lists would result in the user interface switching to project view.
• Fixed an issue where moving a project to an area removed the Today status of all to-dos in the project.
• Fixed an issue where creating a new to-do via the menu command File > New To Do could take an unusual length of time.
• Things now auto-saves before entering read-only mode.
• Fixed an issue where date strings in the Scheduled list overlapped other UI elements for some languages.
• Fixed an issue where Things would not select the corresponding item when opening a Things to-do search result in the Finder if Things wasn't already running.
• Things Helper. Fixed an issue where the Things Helper application would prevent some systems from entering sleep mode.
• Things Helper. Fixed an issue where missing executable permissions on the Things Helper application would result in Things crashing.
• Localization. Japanese localization fixes.
• Localization. French localization fixes.

June 3, 2010

• Fixed a bug where reordering the today list would lead to to-dos being decoupled from their project or area.
• To-dos from projects that have become due are now moved to the Today list in the same order they appear in the project. The order used to be reversed. The same is true for scheduled projects and projects that are manually set to Today.
• Fixed a bug where changing the name or parent of a tag on the Mac wouldn't be properly synced to the iPhone if the Manage Tags dialog was open.
• Fixed a bug where creating an item inside scheduled while also assigning a project would cause the scheduled date to be removed.
• 3 minor bug and localization fixes.