New in Version 1.5.2 (April 30, 2008):
• Bar charts (a new type of "point shape")
• Ability to swap the axes
• Ability to copy the graph as an image (to paste into other applications)
• Paste & Replace command for using new data with an existing graph layout
• Quick Look integration for Mac OS 10.5
• Many smaller fixes and enhancements
New in Version 1.5.1 (March 4, 2008):
• Labels now support subscripts, superscripts, and all rich text attributes
• Filled areas with curved edges stick to the curves even when adjusted
• Filled areas stick to data series in the same way as they do with curved lines
• The axes can be fixed either at the origin or at the edge of the graph
• Axes can have arrows on the ends, just like normal lines
• Normal lines can now have arrows all along them (a new "dash" style)
• Labels snap to centered positions when attached to points and lines
• Grid line positioning is improved
• Many smaller fixes and enhancements
New in Version 1.5 (February 3, 2008):
• Filled areas can have arbitrary curved edges
• New elements snap to lines and intersections
• Hollow point shape lets you represent strict inequalities
• Axis guides help with inputting data visually
• More preferences are saved as defaults
• Many smaller fixes and enhancements
New in Version 1.4.9 (November 16, 2007):
• Ability to change the width of grid lines
• Ability to set the canvas size precisely
• Spell checking as you type
• More data shapes
• More export options
• Better fill interface
• Many smaller fixes and enhancements
Notes:
• Data importing no longer recognizes a space ' ' as a possible value delimiter.
• Graphs created in all previous versions of Graph Sketcher can still be opened in 1.4.9.
New in Version 1.4.8 (July 8, 2007):
• Fully compatible with Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard)
• More axis display options
• Ability to add drop shadows
• Fills are more flexible and intuitive
• Redesigned Inspector palette
• New status bar provides contextual information
• Many smaller fixes and enhancements
Note: Graphs created in all previous versions of Graph Sketcher can still be opened in 1.4.8. The layout of axis elements is slightly different (presumably for the better).
New in Version 1.4.7 (June 10, 2007):
• More robust and flexible data importing:
• Automatically detects data in one or two dimensions (i.e. series or x-y scatter)
• Column headers and data labels are automatically recognized and imported
• Ability to group objects together to manipulate them as a single object
• Ability to lock objects in place so you don't accidentally move them
• Updated layout algorithm:
• Axis labels never overlap
• Graphs look good across an even wider range of sizes
• More sophisticated and considerate automatic tick spacing
• Context-sensitive hints and tips
• Improved visibility of selected objects
New in Version 1.4.6 (May 2, 2007):
• The axes can now be manipulated by simply dragging axes or tick labels
• Axis tick labels can be individually renamed and formatted
• More sophisticated and considerate automatic axis scaling
• Curve manipulation improvements
• Properties panel improvements
• Re-organized menus
New in Version 1.4.5 (March 11, 2007):
• Curve-able lines!
• Improved window layout and palette positioning
• Averages are calculated in real time as multiple data points are selected
• Cross-hairs make it easier to find grid points
• Can automatically check for updates
• Other small fixes and improvements
• (Leading up to version 1.5).
New in Version 1.0.2 (October 22, 2006):
• Improved label positioning around points
• Fixed a bug where in very rare cases graphs could become unopenable.
New in Version 1.0.1 (September 16, 2006):
• A few minor fixes.
New in Version 1.0 (September 8, 2006):
• Universal (runs natively on both Intel and PowerPC Macs)
• Features data point shapes (triangle, square, star, etc.) and arrows
• Supports translucent lines, data, and backgrounds
• Allows lines to snap to the nearest 45-degree interval
• Improved line intersection snapping behavior
• More flexible axis visibility options and interface consistency
• Allows importing/pasting up to 10,000 data points at a time
• Added Spotlight searching capability for graph files (Mac OS X 10.4 and higher)
• Other minor fixes and improvements.
New in Version 1.0 Beta 4 (February 25, 2006):
• Can open graphs created in all previous versions
• Now includes line dash styles
• Improved auto-scaling and axis labelling
• Improved responsiveness to mouse movement
• Improved performance when running over a network.
New in Version 1.0 Beta 3 (August 14, 2005):
• Can now export to JPG
• New "Paste & Connect" menu option for handling data series
• Pasting data now works in localizations that use '.' instead of ',' for value delimiters (e.g. Germany)
• Improved keyboard and mouse shortcuts for selecting connected objects
• Improved automatic axis scaling and new option to turn it off
• Now pressing the shift or command key will cause lines to snap horizontal/vertical
• Fixed a bug that occasionally caused fills to be shaded incorrectly.
• Improved snap-to-grid "shadow points" that show you where the next point will be drawn
New in Version 1.0 Beta 2 (June 5, 2005):
• Now compatible with Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" (still compatible back to 10.2)
• Increased the allowable number of data points imported (pasted in) at once
• Improved feedback on incorrectly formatted data
• Now graph automatically scales to fit imported data
• A new menu item lets you automatically scale the graph to fit the objects onscreen
• Graph window can now be shrunk to a smaller size
• Registration takes place from within the application.
New in Version 1.0 Beta (April 1, 2005):
• Fixed bugs involving merging points, undoing grid color changes, and selecting by dragging
• Enhanced ability to copy data as text into other applications
• Now deleting an intersection point makes it disappear
• Added Best-Fit Lines.
Before public release...
New in Version 1.0 Alpha (February 1, 2005):
• Improved abilities of list of points
• Fixed bugs involving deleting line segments, dragging intersection points, axis labels between 0 and 1, and vertical lines
• Now clicking on any axis-related object brings up axis properties in the properties window
• Improved properties window display - now boxes are hidden when unneeded
• Modified modifer key properties - now shift enables multiple-select and command enables various other properties
• Improved Export window
• Improved responsiveness of mouse cursor
• Now return key ends editing labels
• Improved properties window so that text boxes continually update the graphic display as you type
• Added ability to automatically update tick spacing when axis scale is changed graphically
• Various small fixes and improvements
• Updated Really Quick Reference and Help documentation.
New in Version 0.9.5 (January 18, 2005):
• Added a Toolbar and restructured control and modifier keys
• New fill cursor and highlighter metaphor for creating fills
• Updated Really Quick Reference and Help documentation
• Removed double-click labelling in Draw and Fill modes
• Updated "Connect Points" button to connect from left to right
• Fixed a bug with properties window display
• Improved responsiveness when deleting objects
• Now clicking any tool causes text labels to end editing mode
• Added "Import Data..." menu item
• Made snap to grid mode default and improved
• Modified tool behavior so that after drawing a line or fill, you are reverted to modify mode and the recently drawn object is selected
• Double-clicking on axes now opens properties window
• Fixed bugs with axis spacing and fill labels.
New in Version 0.9.2 (January 6, 2005):
• Ability to hide axis only or axis labels only
• Grid lines
• New "Graph Properties" panel
• Fixed "Corners of Doom" bug where text attached to a line would not be displayed in certain positions and orientations
• Changed the way in which non-horizontal text labels are edited
• Fixed a set of bugs which caused the application to crash whenever individual graph windows were closed
• Slightly modified the behavior of color and width defaults
• Incorporated new application and document icons (thanks Jono!)
• Introduced "intersection points", a feature which calculates the intersections of lines and lets you use those intersections as endpoints of other lines
• Introduced "pop-out detachment" which automatically detaches labels from lines or fills when the label is dragged far enough away
• Ability to copy data from Excel (or another spreadsheet program) and paste it directly into Graph Sketcher as points; and vice versa
• Updated the help file, renamed it "Help, Tips, and Tricks", and put it inside the program (in the Help menu).
New in Version 0.9.1 (June 16, 2004):
• Fixed some issues relating to opening and closing the list of points drawer
• Displays line equations in the form "x = _" for vertical lines (thanks Katie)
• Axis labels adjust for axis width (thanks Karl)
• Moving attached labels is now undoable
• "Snap to grid" preference option
• Arrow keys move the selection up, down, left, and right
• Menu options to connect a set of points in four ways: selection order, left to right, top to bottom, and circularly
• Ability to create points and lines numerically from the Properties box (when nothing is selected)
• Now non-zero axis minimum values actually work (I can't believe no one caught this)
• Axis redraw is faster
• When an axis spans zero, you can drag it to rest either at the edge of the graph or at the zero point
• Improved Really Quick Reference
• Ability to choose fonts and styles for text labels
• Ability to move text labels attached to fills
• Other minor fixes and adjustments.
Version 0.9 - First Preliminary Release (June 4, 2004)
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