New Releases (5.x)

[Patrick]

NovaMind 5 is released. I will post information regarding new releases in this thread.
NovaMind 5 will automatically inform you about available updates when you start the application.

[Patrick]

5.0.1   28.04.2010
- New: NovaMind now shows the file name in the title bar along with a * if there are unsaved changes.
- New: Added a 'Restart Numbering' option to Outline Numbering.
- New: Added the ability to zoom in and out of the mind map using Ctrl + and Ctrl -.
- Improved: Shape Fill and Shape Outline are now labelled Fill and Outline reducing the size of the Format & Home ribbon.
- Improved: Renamed Child Numbering ribbon bar to Numbering to save space.
- Improved: Improved and more flexible drawing for rounded and chamfered rectangles.
- Improved: Increased the maximum value for the corner amount for rounded and chamfered rectangles.
- Improved: Better performance when exporting mind maps that have project management data.
- Fixed: When closing the outline view and then opening a different document the outline view is empty.
- Fixed: Cannot export to Word in the Express edition.
- Fixed: Assigning newly created resources does not cause them to show on the mind map.
- Fixed: The text box on the project management panel allows entering of incorrect values.
- Fixed: Error when trying to reset the layout style, children coloring mode style or connection style.
- Fixed: Exception when exporting some mind maps.
- Fixed: Deactivated Find & Replace short cuts as the feature is not yet available.
- Fixed: When clicking at the far left of an image in the media library and then quickly dragging the wrong image is dragged.
- Fixed: Occasional exception when applying the rainbow theme.
- Fixed: Some NovaMind 4 maps containing images don't import.
- Fixed: In some cases text from Mind Manager topics don't get imported.
Pro & Platinum:
- New: You can now double click a mind map tab to rename your mind map.
- Fixed: Long root topic text creates huge mind map tabs.
- Fixed: Occasional exception when copying/pasting maps between documents.
- Fixed: The Task Information side panel was too high to be shown properly on smaller screens.

5.0.0   22.04.2010
- Initial release of NovaMind 5. (pre-release)

[Patrick]

5.0.2   05.05.2010
- Improved: Opening a document no longer closes the current document.
- Improved: Far better performance when importing documents.
- Improved: Better performance when working with larger maps and rainbow coloring.
- Fixed: Creating nested boundaries causes some files to not open correctly.
- Fixed: When copy/pasting topics the order is not preserved.
- Fixed: In case the media library download fails the application quits.
- Fixed: Imports & exports don't work properly if the input or output file have special characters in the file path.
- Fixed: Exporting to Word doesn't export the topic notes correctly.
- Fixed: Some images are not imported correctly when importing some NovaMind 4 files which were created with the Mac version.
Pro:
- Fixed: MindManager exporter does not work.
- Fixed: Cannot drag and drop map tabs.
Platinum:
- Fixed: Export to Project does not work.
- Fixed: Occasional Invalid Format Exception when entering values in the project reports.

[Patrick]

5.0.3   19.05.2010
- Improved: Automatic Text Coloring will now correctly deal with transparent colors and nested boundaries.
- Improved: Styles in the Shape Styles gallery will now set the font color to Automatic.
- Improved: The licensed edition (Express, Pro or Platinum) is now shown in the title bar.
- Fixed: Sometimes a new topic has an incorrect size.
- Fixed: When unlocking the width or height the topic sometimes leaves an incorrect gap.
- Fixed: When using Right To Left languages the topics only grow vertically.
- Fixed: Automatic Text Coloring does not work on root topic.
- Fixed: Exporting to PNG always exports the first mind map.
- Fixed: Imports & Exports do not work properly on some non-English operating systems.
- Fixed: Copy/pasting images from external sources on topics and notes does not work.
- Fixed: Cannot set layout direction to right on callout's of topics which are on the left side.
- Fixed: OPML exports attached shapes as empty entries.
Pro & Platinum:
- New: Advanced Children Numbering giving you full control over the prefix, numbering format, suffix and the separator used for each level.
- Improved: The Powerpoint export will now put more items on each slide.
- Fixed: In some situations PowerPoint exports shows errors when opening.
- Fixed: Exported mind manager maps do not open in MindManager.
- Fixed: Saving files after editing attachments from within NovaMind corrupts the file causing a 'resource hash doesn't match' error when opening it again.
Plugin API:
- Fixed: Plugin API doesn't raise the AttachedProperty changed event.

[Patrick]

5.1.0   25.06.2010
- New: New ability to cause sub-topics to inherit fill, outline and shape settings from their parent.
- New: Ability to add a map background.
- New: Support for background images (textures) on the map and on all map elements.
- New: Update to the media library is available delivering over 70 high quality background images and additional adornments and images (smileys, balloons, rss icon).
- New: Added Map context menu to easily access the Map Background panel.
- New: NovaMind localized in Simplified Chinese.
- New: Enabled printing in Viewer mode.
- New: Added print map background option.
- New: NovaMind now uses the newest Microsoft .NET Framework (4.0).
- New: Completely reworked installer.
- New: Installer will now add a link on the Desktop.
- Improved: Better automatic text color algorithm.
- Improved: When the media library has the focus, the ribbon is no longer disabled.
- Improved: NovaMind will now remember if the main window was maximized previously and will restore the window state.
- Improved: NovaMind will now start the window maximized when first started.
- Improved: Most icons now look better.
- Improved: The title bar will now show 'Trial' when running in Trial mode.
- Improved: Better text clarity - especially with small fonts.
- Improved: Paper selection combo box no longer shows the exact paper measurements making selection easier.
- Improved: Updated text on the message box that is shown when deleting a map.
- Improved: Better application responsiveness when first starting NovaMind.
- Fixed: Resetting the Fill style of a topic does not reset the glassy effect.
- Fixed: Some network printers do not show up in the print window.
- Fixed: In some situations custom changes to a topic automatically affect it's children and or the boundary.
- Fixed: Error when setting the text background color.
- Fixed: Error when setting the font color to Automatic.
- Fixed: Children Coloring Mode is enabled even if there is no selection.
- Fixed: Ribbon is showing customize menu even though customization is not supported.
- Fixed: Clicking in the top left of the window opened the window context menu instead of opening the application menu.
- Fixed: In some situations documents with embedded hyperlinks do not export correctly.
- Fixed: Rare error when performing layout and deleted connectors have not been removed from the map yet.
- Fixed: Rare error when selecting a printer.
- Fixed: Insert Attachment and Hyperlink commands are enabled when only a boundary or shape is selected.
- Fixed: The Minimize, Maximize and Close button in the top right of the window are sometimes not correctly displayed.
- Fixed: Exit button the application menu only closes the active window.
- Fixed: The very first time an image is dragged from outside the application the drag and drop doesn't work properly.
Pro:
- Fixed: Pressing the Return key when in the prefix or suffix text box in the outline numbering setting, adds a topic to the map.
Platinum:
- Improved: Much faster Project imports.
- Improved: MS Project import will now use the file name as the root topic if necessary.

[Patrick]

5.1.1   29.06.2010
- Fixed: In some circumstances files which were created prior to 5.1.0 do not open.
- Fixed: Exception when holding down the shift key while pasting (via the ribbon) a topic when the target topic doesn't have any sub-topics.

[Patrick]

(This release is available on the download page and customers running 5.1.0 (or earlier versions) will be updated to this version. To avoid unnecessary updates, customers running 5.1.1 will not see this update - The major fix here is the installer and this will not affect anyone running 5.1.1)

5.1.2   01.07.2010 (not released as an update)
- Fixed: The new installer does not do a per-machine installation.
- Fixed: Rare error when importing a NovaMind 4 file which contains invalid image entries.
- Fixed: Error after pasting an image inside the text of a topic.
- Fixed: Typo in Welcome Mind Map.
- Fixed: Button on ErrorReporting/TextDialog was not aligned to the bottom of the window.

[Patrick]

5.2.0   04.08.2010
- New: Easy-to-use and flexible link lines - the way they should be.
- New: NovaMind localized into German.
- New: NovaMind localized into Spanish.
- New: Button on the ribbon to expand/collapse the ribbon.
- New: NovaMind 4 import supports link lines.
- New: XMind import supports link lines.
- Improved: Office 2010 ribbon style.
- Improved: The Welcome panel and side panels will now slide in and out of view.
- Improved: Better names and order for the tabs in the media library.
- Improved: Added icons to the tabs in the media library.
- Improved: Removed the Default Fill from the shape fill drop down.
- Improved: XMind import now correctly deals with Floating Topics.
- Fixed: Rare error when importing a NovaMind 4 file.
- Fixed: Hyperlinks in topic text or topic notes stop working after reloading a file.
- Fixed: Error when selecting a printer in the print dialog which does not provide a default printing ticket.
- Fixed: Copy/Paste maps or topics across maps results in invalid duplicates.
- Fixed: Cannot undo moving of a shape.
- Fixed: When undoing moving of a callout the layout does not refresh.
Pro:
- New: MindManager import supports link lines.
- New: MindManager export supports link lines.
- Fixed: In some circumstances boundaries were not correctly imported from MindManager.
- Fixed: In some circumstances callouts were imported as normal topics from MindManager.
- Fixed: Cannot attach a file with a foreign characters in the file name.

[Patrick]

5.2.1   05.08.2010
- Fixed: In some circumstances files which were created prior to 5.2.0 do not open correctly.
- Fixed: On some Windows XP machines and under virtualization the initial mind map doesn't show correctly.
- Fixed: On some Windows XP machines and under virtualization opening a second window results in an error.

[Patrick]

5.2.2   10.08.2010 (not released as an update)
- Fixed: 'Image format unrecognized' exception when starting NovaMind on some XP machines.
- Improved: The installer will now point to a troubleshooting page in case it fails to install the .NET Framework.

[Patrick]

5.2.3   30.08.2010
- Improved: The media library category filter is now collapsible giving the media library more space.
- Improved: The media library will now remember the last selected tab.
- Fixed: Occasional exception when dropping an image on a topic.
- Fixed: Exception when trying to print to a printer where the driver does not support the PageImageableArea. (happened mostly on XP)
- Fixed: Exception when trying to access the printer properties of some network printers.
- Fixed: Error message when grafting a callout or floating topic.
- Fixed: Error when downloading media library manifest if proxy server requires authentication.
- Fixed: NovaMind 4 files generated by iBlueSky fail to import.
- Fixed: Some manually created NovaMind 5 files fail when upgrading.

[Patrick]

5.3.0   15.11.2010
- Improved: MAJOR performance improvements, especially when working with larger Maps.
- Improved: More responsive typing experience when editing topics on larger Mind Maps.
- New: Feature to Fit Map To Window (<Ctrl>+<End>)
- New: Keyboard shortcut <Ctrl>+<0> will set the zoom level to 100%.
- Changed: Keyboard shortcut for arranging sub-topics changed from <Ctrl>+<0> to <Ctrl>+<|> (pipe)
- New: When editing text the inner image resize bars are now visible if images are present.
- Improved: Better behaviour when resizing topics.
- Improved: Collapsing/Expanding topics no longer removes custom layout location of siblings.
- Improved: Outline number will now use the color of the first character on the topic.
- Improved: When restoring files, each file is restored in a separate window.
- Improved: Automatically repairing .nm5 files (file version 3 or smaller) which were created with zip libraries that don't properly support Unicode filenames.
- Improved: The dark gray drag and drop overlay now looks nicer on non-rectangular shapes.
- Improved: Chinese translation.
- Changed: The Font face and size combo boxes no longer preview the changes on mouse over.
- Fixed: When changing the size of the top or bottom image using the image resize bars, the topic is also resized.
- Fixed: When entering a font size with the keyboard the change is often reverted.
- Fixed: Cannot start typing on topic when the first character is a number.
- Fixed: Callouts sometimes don't print correctly.
- Fixed: Link lines is sometimes cut off when printing or exporting.
- Fixed: Automatic coloring sometimes doesn't print correctly.
- Fixed: Rare crash when using the File/Exit command.
- Fixed: Cancel a Save when using File/Exit does not cancel the exit operation.
- Fixed: Some files created on the Mac (preview) version do not open correctly.
- Fixed: Pasting image on topic is not working.
- Fixed: Insert ribbon has a label saying Child instead of Subtopic.
- Fixed: In rare situations the boundary shape is incorrect.
- Fixed: In rare circumstances (involving custom layout location and custom layout angle) topics keep moving down when layout is performed.
- Fixed: Occasional exception when editing a link line.
- Fixed: Hyperlink is prefixed with http:// when it should not.
- Fixed: Changes to the printer settings are written back to the printer and thus affect other applications.
- Fixed: It is possible to create nested hyperlinks.
- Fixed: Cannot start editing on a topic when typing a number.
- Fixed: pressing Home, End, PageUp, PageDown scrolls the map view..
- Fixed: Exception when closing a Map while the zoom is animating.
- Changed: The default size for top and bottom images and for attached image shapes is now based on the largest dimension of the image.
Pro:
- New: Added basic iMindMap importer.
- Fixed: Problems attaching files and images with Unicode filenames.
- Fixed: In some circumstances the MindManager exporter doesn't work correctly.
- Fixed: When working with multiple Mind Maps within a document the context menu will have multiple 'Add' entries.
- Fixed: Copy/paste topics which include link lines across maps within the same document creates an invalid file.
Platinum:
- Fixed: Assigned resources are not copied when copying a whole map into a different document.
- Fixed: Task panels on Mind Map are sometimes cut off when printing.

[Patrick]

5.3.1   18.11.2010
- Fixed: The text on some topics are missing from the printout.
- Fixed: Exception when loading and displaying a file where a text hyperlink contains a line break.
- Fixed: Rare exception when wrapping a text hyperlink to a new line.
- Fixed: Parts of a text hyperlink do not work correctly in right-to-left languages.
- Fixed: Rare issues where topics would be marked as moved when they haven't been moved.
- Fixed: Selecting a theme font doesn't refresh the display.
- Fixed: Reading and setting a font size including decimals is incorrect if the current culture doesn't use . as the decimal symbol.

[Patrick]

5.3.2   19.11.2010
- Improved: It is now possible to paste/graft to a collapsed topic.
- Fixed: Pressing Insert while editing a topic does not create a sub-topic.
- Fixed: Some mind maps using elbow connectors do not open correctly.
- Fixed: Collapsing topics with collapsed children causes exception.
- Fixed: Grafting topic to itself makes the topic disappear.
- Fixed: Collapsing topics which contain link lines sometimes causes exception.
- Fixed: It is difficult to move mouse over the graft/move icons when topic has a boundary.

[Patrick]

Read about the new update on our blog.

5.4.0   22.02.2011
- New: Expand/Collapse children using the Level of Detail command. (Ctrl+D)
- New: Show 1 Level will show only the first level of sub-topics. (Shift+Alt+1)
- New: Show 2 Levels will show only the first two levels of sub-topics. (Shift+Alt+2)
- New: Show All Levels will show only the first two levels of sub-topics. (Shift+Alt+.)
- New: Allow to Collapse a Topic on the ribbon and via shortcut. (Shift+Alt+,)
- New: Focus on Topic feature. (Shift+Alt+D)
- New: Collapse Map feature. (Shift+Alt+M)
- New: Topics now animate on the mind map.
- New: Added ability to turn off spell checking in Options.
- New: You can now easily drop images as attached image shapes.
- New: Find/Replace text on topic text and notes.
- Improved: Topics and shape which only have images but no text no longer show the empty space for the text.
- Improved: Automatic color algorithm deals better with partially transparent texture images.
- Improved: OPML import supports importing topic notes via the _note attribute.
- Improved: OPML export will export topic notes to the _note attribute.
- Improved: When changing the selected map the new map will fade in.
- Improved: Enable collapsing of the Mind Map title.
- Fixed: When the mouse leaves the topic, the drop adorner disappears while the mouse is still over the adorner.
- Fixed: Double clicking the top left of the window only closes the window after an additional click.
- Fixed: Switching theme from business to presentation when using outline numbers may cause exception.
- Fixed: The resizer of the image on the right is not correct if there are images on both left and top/bottom.
- Fixed: Setting NoFill still causes the texture to draw.
- Fixed: Pasted images in topic notes are not saved.
- Fixed: When editing right-to-left language text for the second time, the flow direction of the text is reversed.
- Fixed: Occasional 'The given key is not in the Dictionary' exception when grabbing/expanding/adding/deleting topic with outline number.
- Fixed: Sometimes the fit to Window command leaves the map partially shown.
- Fixed: When first moving a floating topic it moves slightly.
- Fixed: When importing a file, if there is only one first level topic it is put on the left side of the main topic.
- Fixed: Null reference exception when changing topic shape from Line to other types for the newly created topics with glass effect.
- Fixed: Rare error when context menu closes.
- Fixed: Children Inherit Fill/Line/Shape Settings is not working when set on floating or callout topics.
- Fixed: Cannot close the Options window by pressing ESC.
Pro:
- New: Full screen view mode with auto-hiding ribbon and status bar. (F11)
- Fixed: Custom outline numbering format are not working when set on floating or callout topics.
Platinum:
- Improved: Filter invalid characters from the resource name when exporting to MS Project.
- Fixed: Often the start and finish date is not properly exported to MS Project.
- Fixed: When a task has a resource assigned the export causes the task start and end date to be reset.