Release notes

The final releases doesn’t have a letter in the version number. Beta releases have a ‘b’ in the version number. Test releases have an ‘a’ in the version number.

To access the beta or test versions, just download the latest final version and adjust the self-update settings of Ghost Action in the preferences.

Version 1.2.23a: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:22:52 +02:00

This version runs on both 10.5 Leopard and 10.4 Tiger.

Version 1.2.22a: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:39:10 +01:00

This version features preliminary support for Leopard. Users on Tiger should skip this version.

Bug fixes

• The license dialog said the license wasn’t valid even though it was

Version 1.2.21a: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:41:29 +01:00

This version features preliminary support for Leopard. Users on Tiger should skip this version.

Bug fixes

• Crashes would occur during startup when migrating from version 1.1
• Improved stability

Version 1.2.20a: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 23:28:56 +0100

This version features preliminary support for Leopard. Users on Tiger should skip this version.

Bug fixes

• Wouldn’t start on Leopard

Known bugs

• The user interface is quite slow in this version. Will be fixed in a future version.

Version 1.2.19b: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:22:34 +0200

Improvements

• Improved syncing of the completion status of actions
• Completed actions are removed when completed if completed actions are filtered (as when using 1.1)

Version 1.2.18b: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:45:18 +0200

Bug fixes

• The context “Unfiled” could be deleted if even if there were action templates in that context
• If a context was deleted through iCal and there were action templates in that context, Ghost Action wouldn’t save properly

Bug fixes (from 1.2.17a)

• The position of an action wasn’t set if it was added to a project through the context view
• The position of the remaining actions in a project wasn’t updated if an action was deleted from the project
• The position of an action wasn’t set correctly updated if the action was added to a project when syncing

Version 1.2.17a: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:38:57 +0200

Bug fixes

• The position of an action wasn’t set if it was added to a project through the context view
• The position of the remaining actions in a project wasn’t updated if an action was deleted from the project
• The position of an action wasn’t set correctly updated if the action was added to a project when syncing

Version 1.2.16b: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:05:21 +0200

Bug fixes

• Printing would crash for some users

Version 1.2.15b: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:25:53 +0200

Bug fixes:

• Actions would not be shown in the project view if moved between projects using drag and drop
• Completing an action would sometimes cause a crash

Version 1.2.14b: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:06:06 +0200

Improvements (from 1.2.12a and 1.2.13a):

• Improved ordering of actions and action templates
• Actions and action templates can now be given the same order number by dragging the actions on each other instead of between. Actions with the same order number in a project can be performed in parallel and become next actions at the same time
• Faster updating of tables
• Future actions are shown in grey in the project view
• New preference for ordering of new actions in projects
• When actions are completed, they are moved to the position 1
• The actions in a project is renumbered when an action is completed so that the next actions always start at 1

Bug fixes:

• Sometimes completing an action caused a crash (1.2.11b, 1.2.12a and 1.2.13a)

Version 1.2.13a: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:09:58 +0200

Bug fixes:

• Some users would experience a crash when starting (1.2.12a)

Version 1.2.12a: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:49:41 +0200

Improvements:

• Improved ordering of actions and action templates
• Actions and action templates can now be given the same order number by dragging the actions on each other instead of between. Actions with the same order number in a project can be performed in parallel and become next actions at the same time
• Faster updating of tables
• Future actions are shown in grey in the project view
• New preference for ordering of new actions in projects
• When actions are completed, they are moved to the position 1
• The actions in a project is renumbered when an action is completed so that the next actions always start at 1

Version 1.2.11b: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:53:10 +0200

Bug fixes:

• A crash would occur when deleting a project.

Version 1.2.10b: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:54:07 +0200

This version features next action filtering, meaning that only the first incomplete action from each project will be shown in the context view. You can turn it on in the preferences.

Improvements:

• Search functions for actions.
• Next action filtering.
• The templates window are now opened from the View menu instead of the Window menu.

Bug fixes:

• Occasional sync conflicts occurred for due dates.
• Occasional crashes at startup “managed object context has no persistent store”.
• Ghost Action wouldn’t start if the users Library/Logs folder were missing. (Happens only for a completely new user account).

Version 1.2.9b: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:43:52 +0200

Bug fixes:

• Contexts were duplicated during syncing for a few users

Version 1.2.8b: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:03:20 +0200

Improvements

• If a context is deleted, its actions are not, instead they are moved to the “Unfiled” context.
• OS X 10.4.4 or better is now required for the best sync experience.

Bug fixes

• If a context that had actions was deleted, the program could not save its data. (This bug was introduced in an earlier 1.2 version.)

Version 1.2.7b: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:46:25 +0200

Improvements:

• Improved error handling

Bug fixes:

• If a user would delete the Ghost Action data file and later sync using Ghost Action, all iCal calenders would be deleted.

Version 1.2.6b: Wed, 23 May 2007 17:45:35 +0200

This version features project templates that can be used to instantiate projects with a set of pre-defined actions. Good for checklists and recurring projects.

Improvements:

• Project templates implemented. See Window -> Project Templates.
• Actions are now reordable within a project. Will be used for next action support which is not implemented yet.
• Improved stability as compared to earlier 1.2 versions.
• New improved format for storing of the internal database of Ghost Action.
• Reduced application size from 4 Mb to 2.9 Mb
• All actions belonging to a project is now deleted when the project is deleted.
• The column widths of the tables in the project template window are now saved.
• The sorting order in the project template window is now set when starting.
• The font Lucida Grande is now used for printing instead of Chalkboard

Bug fixes:

• Reordering of actions could sometimes produce a slightly wrong sequence number.
• The actions in the project view and project template view are now reorderable again (bug introduced in 1.2.5a)

Version 1.2.5a: Mon, 21 May 2007 22:06:07 +0200

Improvements:

• All actions belonging to a project is now deleted when the project is deleted.
• The column widths of the tables in the project template window are now saved.
• The sorting order in the project template window is now set when starting.

Bug fixes:

• Reordering of actions could sometimes produce a slightly wrong sequence number.

Version 1.2.4a: Mon, 14 May 2007 01:12:39 +0200

This version features project templates that can be used to instantiate projects with a set of pre-defined actions. Good for checklists and recurring projects.

• Project templates implemented. See Window -> Project Templates.
• Actions are now reordable within a project. Will be used for next action support which is not implemented yet.
• Improved stability as compared to earlier 1.2 versions.
• New improved format for storing of the internal database of Ghost Action.
• Reduced application size from 4 Mb to 2.9 Mb

Version 1.2.2b: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:16:27 +0200

Bug fixes

• A crash would occur when clearing a due date of an action.

Version 1.2.1b: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:19:05 +0100

Improvements

• Ghost Action is now working on OS X 10.5 Leopard.
• Improved license handling.
• Some internal third-party components upgraded.

Version 1.2a3: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 21:22:49 +0100

Changes

• Removed the duplicate context introduced in 1.2a1 detection which didn’t work well.

Version 1.2a2: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 14:54:01 +0100

Improvements

• Is now working on OS X 10.5 Leopard.
• Improved license handling.
• Some internal third-party components upgraded.

Version 1.2a1: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:55:28 +0100

Changes

• Improved duplicate context detection during sync.

Version 1.1: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 18:28:36 +0100

This version lets you choose what minimum quality level you want when Ghost Action updates itself. Please review your setting in the preference window.

Changes

• Let’s the user choose between final, beta and testing releases for the automatic updates.
• The project name is now included when printing.

Bug fixes

• A crash would occur if the user had more than one action selected when clicking in the due date picker.

Version 1.0.1: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:19:54 +0100

Bug fixes

• Depending on the email client or browser, some users would get a “Bad License” error when pasting the license into Ghost Action.
• If the add button was pressed when editing a project, context or action name, the edit would be lost.

Version 1.0: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 21:28:11 +0100

Changes

• License key registration implemented.

Version 1.0b18: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:50:56 +0100

Bug fixes

• Entering a date textually in the date field instead of using the graphical date picker would cause a crash.

Version 1.0b17: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 14:26:05 +0100

Improvements

• Printing implemented.
• Multiple actions can now be selected for dragging or deletion.

Bug fixes

• The color of projects were not updated directly when actions were marked as done.

Version 1.0b16: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:35:15 +0100

Bug fixes

• A crash would occur if an action with no project was marked as done (introduced in 1.0b15).

Version 1.0b15: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:37:34 +0100

Improvements

• Due actions are shown in red color.

Bug fixes

• The color of projects were not updated directly when actions were marked as done.

Version 1.0b14: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:22:37 +0100

Improvements

• The expire date have been moved to 31 Jan.
• Autosync when coming to foreground is now a separate preference.
• The sync information window is now optional through a preference.
• New menu item Help → Online Release Notes.

Bug fixes

• Drag and drop of several actions simultaneously in the action view would cause a crash.
• An action with no name that was change in iCal and the synced to Ghost Action would cause a crash.

Version 1.0b13: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 19:05:00 +0100

Improvements

• Editing can be aborted by hitting the escape key.
• Drag and drop of text of text to Ghost Action can now be used to create actions, projects or contexts. When creating actions, the first line will become the action name and the remaining lines the action notes.
• The context or project of an action can be changed by dragging it to another context or project.
• The date field can now be resized, which is useful for some users with other language settings than English.

Bug fixes

• The notes field wasn’t working correctly when starting Ghost Action and before changing from the context view.

Version 1.0b12: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 18:00:00 +0100

Many improvements including a redesign of the GUI and improved keyboard navigation.

Improvements

• Expiration date for beta moved to 20th of January.
• Actions are always created and edited directly in the list of actions instead of in separate windows
• Notes and due dates can be directly edited in two new controls in the main window
• Pressing return or space when an action is selected will edit it
• Pressing return while editing names or due dates will finish the editing
• It is now possible to navigate in the action, project and context lists using the up and down arrows.
• Pressing tab while editing an action will move to the next editable field
• Contexts and projects can now be created through the meny and keyboard shortcuts
• The filters “only due actions” and “only actions not done” now remember their state between launches.
• The autosync is now also performed when the application enters the foreground.
• Nicer looking add buttons.
• The due column now shows “Dec 25” instead of “12/25”
• Improved navigation using tab between controls.
• Actions that are done are now shown in gray.
• Projects that have no incomplete actions are now shown in gray.

Bug fixes

• A due action would sometimes not be shown when “only due actions” were selected.
• The column widths would appear incorrect after restart if the split view bar had been moved.
• The filters “only due actions” and “only actions not done” now always have the same state in the project, context and action views.

Version 1.0b11: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 18:00:00 +0100

Improvements

• Expiration date for beta moved to 10th of January.
• Size of application reduced, from 9.2 Mb to 3.9 Mb.

Version 1.0b10: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:15:00 +0100

Bug fixes

• Creating a new action in the context view would cause an extra action row to appear in the action list. (This bug was introduced in 1.0b8).

Version 1.0b9: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:32:00 +0100

Bug fixes

• The columns can no longer be selected.
• Resizing the window wouldn’t correctly resize the width of the project column in the project window.
• A crash could occur during synchronization if a to do in iCal was moved between calendars AND changes were made in the name of the to do AND the calendar originally containing the to do were deleted.

Version 1.0b8: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 11:32:00 +0100

Improvements

• A notification is shown if new versions are available for download.
• The description field in the action window now wraps the text, allows spell checking and adds a scroll bar when needed.

Bug fixes

• The warning shown when deleting contexts was missing the @-sign from the iCal calendar name.
• Pressing the add button while editing a project, context or action name no longer looses the edit.
• Strange context names such as <Context: 0x4c55c0>… could sometimes be set as the default for new actions.
• To dos were imported even if they didn’t belong to a calendar starting with the @-sign if the action name contained a project name.

Version 1.0b7: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 11:32:00 +0100

Bug fixes

• From the second time and on that Ghost Action was run, the action name column in the action view would be replaced by an extra action done column.

Version 1.0b6: 2006-12-05

Changes

• The expiration date has been moved forward to Dec 20.
• A new preference option: automatically sync to iCal when starting, stopping and when in background
• A new license menu item has been added
• The column widths are retained between launches
• The window size and position are retained between launches

Version 1.0b5: 2006-11-22

The expiration date has been moved forward to Dec 6. No other changes.

Version 1.0b4: 2006-11-07

Bug fixes

• Deleting a calendar in iCal with a to do would cause Ghost Action to crash when synchronizing.
• The “Actions” menu item in the “Window” was disabled and didn’t work.

Other changes

• The expiration date has been moved forward to Nov 22.
• The “Save” menu item has been removed since saving is done automatically when needed.

Version 1.0b3: 2006-11-26

The following bugs were fixed

• Some (rare) combinations of mouse clicks when selecting an action could cause a crash
• Creating a new action when no context existed could cause confusing results

Version 1.0b2: 2006-10-19

The following major bugs were fixed

• The action name became blank if the action dialog was closed with a mouse click instead of the return key.
• Actions or contexts could sometimes disappear during synchronization.

Version 1.0b1: 2006-10-18

Initial release