Wandle SoftwareIf you’ve been here before, you might notice something new. The “premium” theme I’d been using with WordPress had stopped working so I’ve started updating it to something shiny and new.
What I’m saying it that… it should be All New and Much Better. But it’s possible that I missed something. Please try the Shiny and New Contact Form to tell me if you find anything broken. Otherwise, welcome to our new home!
Quick Calendar version 1.1 is just now on its way to the App Store, ready for download!
Which version, you ask? The Mac version or the iPhone version?
All the above. And more!
Version 1.1 on the Mac brings a couple of frequently requested features:
And, of course, there’s the usual minor changes and fixes.
Version 1.1 of the iPhone version brings support for all of Apple’s recently released new hardware. And by that I don’t just mean the iPhone and iPad, but the Apple Watch, too!
The Watch app allows you to skim back and forth, month-to-month, using the digital crown. (Really annoys me that you can’t do that in the month view in the Calendar app!) There’s a complication that can be used instead of Apple’s date complication on some watch faces.
As before, Quick Calendar is free to download. No purchase is required to get its full functionality, but if you like it please do add to the Tip Jar available in both apps.
Not a super-exciting update unless you’ve been affected by any of the bugs that have been fixed or notice any of the performance improvements. Yes, it’s one of those “bug fixes and misc improvements” updates. But it’s none of the worse for it.
Of the user visible issues, the two most interesting changes are:
Anyway, this is almost certainly the best ever release of Yummy. Enjoy!
Third time lucky as they say. I had this update ready to go last September, shortly after iOS 8 launched but Apple rejected it. With a few visual tweaks to make the reviewers happy and a few other functional changes. www.cut 3.3 should now be available on the App Store.
The one line summary: this is the iOS 8 update for www.cut. I’ve made a few small tweaks to the UI but the most visible change is the addition of an extension so you don’t need to mess with the URL scheme.
Here’s how you would use the extension in Safari:
Steps two to five only need to be done once.
(And yeah, that should be a numbered list. My WordPress template seems to have gone crazy and replaced the numbers with letters…)
Internally I’ve updated to a newer version of the Bit.ly API. Existing users will have to log in again, this time using their username and password rather than going through the palaver of finding their API key. I’ve also taken the opportunity to modernise some of the code, though no Swift just yet!
It’s available on the App Store now.
Yummy 3 was a massive update. It was effectively a completely new app with very little shared with the version that it replaced. Inevitably, sadly, some bugs made it through into the finished version, despite lots of testing by myself and the largest number of beta testers I’ve ever had for a new app. (Please let me know if you’d like to be added to the beta list.)
Version 3.0.1 is all about resolving as many of those issues are possible:
I don’t normally include this much detail when talking about bug fix updates but I think it’s important to detail what’s going on this time.
I’m sorry if you’ve been affected by any of the bugs and I hope this release makes Yummy more usable again. Thank you to the users who submitted crash reports or emailed me with their thoughts or observations. As the App Store description notes: I can’t fix problems I don’t know about.
Yummy 3.0.1 is currently with Apple for review. It should be out soon.
CameraGPS 1.2 is a big update. I toyed with the idea of calling it version 2.0; it’s that big.
The “marquee” new feature is built-in geotagging. When you open a trail, you can see any editable pictures that were taken around the same time. Pins show where the trail indicates your pictures were taken. You can then select the images you want to tag and add the location to them. The location can either be the nearest “real” location — i.e., an actual recorded track point — or CameraGPS can interpolate between the two nearest points.
Of course if you want to continue to use your favourite geotagging app you can. Version 1.2 includes support for the new “extensions” that Apple introduced with iOS 8, allowing you to export your GPS trails to any supported cloud service. Of course, Box and Dropbox are still supported. We’ve also tested exporting to Google Drive and iCloud Drive. All you need to do it install the services app.
Note: You’ll need the latest version of the Box app (3.5.2 at the time of writing) for it to work reliably with that service.
In addition to all that, there’s a host of smaller changes and improvements. Some of the more visible include the “Low battery” notifications now include the ability to stop recording without opening the app and support for the latest Apple devices (iPhone 6 and 6+ screen sizes, 64-bit builds). Of course there are always minor tweaks and fixes.
A lot of work has gone into this release and we hope you like it. It’s a free update for existing users and the same bargain price for everyone else. It’s currently with Apple for review and hopefully we be out soon.
After the bad news about www.cut, I thought I should post some good news. And here we have a quick video — the one that will be the basis of the App Preview when it’s available on the App Store — showing off some of the features of the new version of CameraGPS, our geotagging app.
CameraGPS has had substantial changes to take advantage of the new facilities in iOS 8, so much so that it is now iOS 8-only. (The vast majority of users are currently running the latest version of the operating system. If you’ve not updated yet — please do! It’s worth it.) We’ve included everything from the new interactive notifications right through to the ability to geotag your images right inside the app.
Hopefully it should be available before new the New Year. It will be a free upgrade for existing users.
Another minor update to ShareEverywhere is now with Apple for review and should be with you in a few days. Just three things to talk about:
Hope you like it.
I have just submitted an update to Rootn Tootn to Apple for approval. The one sentence description for this release is “The iOS 8 Update.” In a little more depth:
This new version supports both iOS 7 and iOS 8, though many of the newer features only work on iOS 8.
There are not a huge number of visible changes, but I hope you like it.
The first maintenance release of ShareEverywhere has been submitted to Apple for review. Hopefully it should be available in a few days.
There is one new feature that I would like to draw your attention to:
If you’re in Safari and you select some text before you tap “Share,” when you try to share to services that support it, you’ll get the URL, the page title and the selected text.
Other changes include:
This version was almost ready to go the day before iOS 8 went live but Apple did not approve ShareEverywhere until shortly after the release. Since this version was going to miss the first users I figured I may as well wait a couple of days to see if any other serious problems were found (none have as far as I know).