Version 2.0b01 - 09.01.08
• [Fixed] Some Problems with Dual-Display Settings.
• [Fixed] A bug that prevented earthquakes greater
than 5.0 from showing up.
• [Fixed] A bug where the preferences window would
change size from the bottom making the window in
accessible.
• [Enhanced] Changed how the multiple screens are set
up.
• [Enhanced] Volcano images are now smaller.
• [Enhanced] Satellite images are more attractive.
• [Feature] New Rendered Maps in addition to the
"Blue Marble."
• [Feature] Screensaver Option.
• [Feature] The ability to archive the images have
been added.
• [Feature] Cloud Intensity can now be controlled.
• [Feature] Storm Forecast Path.
• [Feature] Weathers of Different cities can now be
view.
• [Feature] Different Satellites can be enabled and
disabled.
• [Feature] Landscape Texture has been added to give
a more 3D look.
• [Feature] The ability to set the Fonts has been
added.
• [Feature] In certain projections, the planet body
can be moved around to be centered at different areas of
the monitor.
• [Feature] The ability to Show and Hide Menubar and
Dock Items.
• [Feature] You can now delay updates for a minute to
improve startup performance.
• [Feature] Uninstall option is now built-in.
Version 1.0.1 - 01.22.07
• [Fixed] Moon icon not showing up during new moon.
• [Enhanced] Accurate moon phase for sublunar point.
• [Fixed] Occasional crash, usually waking from
sleep.
Version 1.0 - 09.01.06
• [Feature] Multi-Monitor Support has been added.
• [Enhanced] Complete Rewrite of the program.
• [Feature] Universal Binary.
• [Feature] OSXplanet now has presets.
• [Enhanced] New interface with toolbar.
• [Fixed] Cloud maps now update without problems.
• [Feature] Now there are both high and low quality
maps of the Earth.
• [Feature] The origin coordinates can now be set to
an active city.
• [Feature] Changes to preferences are now saved
"on-the-go."
• [Feature] Live, Dynamic preview.
• [Enhanced] Preview is now integrated into the
General Tab.
• [Fixed] Many of the memory leaks have been removed.
• [Enhanced] Interface is now much more responsive.
• [Enhanced] Interface is now "smart." (Many options
are set automatically depending on other options.)
• [Feature] The font of the labels can now be
changed. (Under the General Tab).
• [Enhanced] The cities interface has been touched
up.
• [Removed] The "Export..." button under the Cities
Tab has been removed.
• [Feature] Added the ability to Enable/Disable the
download of Visuals Data.
• [Feature] Added the ability to view Storm Paths.
• [Enhanced] Magnitude Threshold Interface has had a
touch-up.
• [Enhanced] The Other Tab has had a touch-up.
• [Feature] The ability to set desktop to the
"OSXplanet Background" on quit has been added.
• [Feature] Manual Check For Updates has been added
to the Preferences.
• [Enhanced] Smaller, Sleeker Splash Screen.
• [Enhanced] The colors for city labels can now be
chosen using the default Color Picker.
• [Feature] OSXplanet now runs with low priority (aka
nice).
• [Removed] OSXplanet no longer supports Mac OS X
10.2.8 and earlier.
• [Feature] The Cities List is now alphabetized.
• [Enhanced] Volcanos are now rendered more
nicely.
Version 0.88 - 10.05.05
• Fixed the Earthquakes download (again hopefully it
will last a little longer this time).
Version 0.87 - 10.04.05
• Fixed the issue of "white image" popping up.
• Fixed the issue of the earthquakes not updating
properly.
• If you would like to translate OSXplanet in other
languages, please let me know at gabriel@otte.ucsc.edu.
Version 0.86 - 05.16.05
• Higher Resolution Images (4096 x 2048) Thanks to
Seth Price (As a result the image creation takes longer).
• 10,020 Cities in the Cities Database. As a result
cities setting will not be saved. Thanks to John H.
Andrews.
• Added Finnish Localization thanks to Ilkka Mäkelä.
• Added Tranditional Chinese Localization thanks to
Jing-Jong Shyue.
• Added Italian Localization thanks to Giusva
Iannitelli.
• Added Danish Localization thanks to Steen
Villumsen.
• Complete rewrites of some parts of the code.
• The rewrites of the code clashes with some of the
older version of OSXplanet. It is highly recommended that
you remove the traces of the older versions. You may leave
the preferences.
• Minor bug fixes.
• Optional Low-Quality images can be downloaded from
www.osxplanet.com.
• NOTE: Due to certain changes in the OSXplanet code,
you must update the version of OSXplanet to 0.85 before
upgrading to 0.86.
• If you would like to translate OSXplanet in other
languages, please let me know at gabriel@otte.ucsc.edu.
Version 0.85 - 03.24.05
• Fixed some problems with the GUI and the Mercator
Projection
Version 0.84 - 03.19.04
• Fixed a bug that was caused by changes in the
Earthquake site
Version 0.83 - 2.28.04
• Fixed a bug where the wrong day of the week is
displayed for the update times. Thanks to David M. Wood for
pointing this out to me.
• German Localization has been added. Thank you
Alexander Klar.
• Fixed some bugs dealing with the creation of the
image under Jaguar.
• Fixed some bugs where OSXplanet couldn't create the
image under a normal user.
• Fully Compatible With Tiger.
• Fixes the issue with the Earthquakes not updating
• If you'd like to make any other localizations for
OSXplanet please contact me at gabriel@otte.ucsc.edu.
Version 0.8 - 12.21.04
• Changed the automatic login to be off by default.
• The lunar point now shows the phases of the moon.
Note that the phases are the most basic phases (Full,
Waning Cresent, Waxing Cresent, Waning Gibbous, Waxing
Gibbous, etc.).
• The cities with special characters such as « and ¬
are now displayed correctly.
• Fixed a bug where the subsolar and sublunar points
wouldn't show up when the cities were disabled. Thanks to
Matthew Ackerman.
• Fixed a bug where when the resolution of the screen
has changed, the background would stay the same. The
Background returns to normal on the next update.
• French Localization (Thanks to StŽphane Carre
and Michel Pansanel).
• Fixed a bug where some volcanos would not appear at
the right coordinates due to changes in the source
information.
• Fixed a bug where the clouds would disappear if the
cloud maps were corrupt on the remote side.
• OSXplanet now tries to download a cloud map again
if it fails the first time.
• OSXplanet now works with GeekTool.
• OSXplanet now exports only the cities that are
selected.
• If you'd like to make any other localizations for
OSXplanet please contact me at gabriel@otte.ucsc.edu.
Version 0.78 - 10.30.04
• Fixed a bug in version 0.77 that caused OSXplanet
to crash if the there were no storms.
Version 0.77 - 10.25.04
• Fixed a bug in version 0.76 that didn't allow
upgrades from older versions.
Version 0.76 - 10.24.04
• Fixed a bug where the clouds will disappear if the
cloud map on the server side was somehow inaccessible.
(Thanks to Julyan Cartwright for pointing this out to me!)
• Changed the way cities are stored so they are more
easy to work with.
• Fixed a bug where when there is a new version it
wouldn't show up.
Version 0.75 - 10.19.04
• Some bug fixes and removed the donate pop-up
Window.
Version 0.74 - 10.18.04
• OSXplanet now is independent of Totalmarker.
Totalmarker is not used, distributed with OSXplanet in
anyway.
• Much rewritten code concerning clouds, storm,
volcano, earthquake, and satellite updates.
• Downloads of info should work behind proxies and
such now. (Please give me feedback on this!).
• Volcanos now appear as volcanos and instead of
inscribed circles. This will take effect after the first
Volcano update.
• A little change in earthquake interface.
• The desktop image is now saved until the next
update under the desktop folder inside Xplanet folder.
• Added ability to export cities list for future
releases which will be able to import it.
• OSXplanet now checks for updates.
• Changed the interface so that it's more
user-friendly.
• OSXplanet now adds and removes itself from startup
items from the application.
• The clouds are now updated every 3 hours now.
• OSXplanet now works with the "Change Picture"
option enabled.
• Much rewritten code that I think fixes the "Dock
Running" problems. Feedback on this please!
• If you'd like to send me your cities for future
releases of OSXplanet please send me the file that
OSXplanet exports!
Version 0.6 - 07.24.04
• Almost a complete rewrite of the code: This should
fix problems like (occasional default aqua screens, and
continue refreshing of desktop after OSXplanet quits) on
many computers.
• Now compatible with both Jaguar and Panther.
• OSXplanet is (for now) out of Beta Stage.
• The subsolar and sublunar point can now be shown.
• Added checkboxes along the cities for easier
enabling.
• You can now double-click on a city to update the
information.
• You may now edit multiple cities at the same time
(for colors and things).
• You can now adjust the weakest strength of
earthquake to be displayed. Note: That this will only take
effect after you have updated the earthquake data and then
the next desktop refresh.
• Changed the update of cloud maps to 3 1/2 hours to
ensure that the newest map is loaded.
• Removed the Stop and Start OSXplanet buttons and
replaced it simply with an Apply Changes Button under the
Others Tab. OSXplanet now runs full time and the changes
you make changes at the next update.
• You can now return the background to the
Pre-OSXplanet stage.
• You can now set an origin planet for earth if you'd
like. The projection automatically is set to orthographic.
You must set the projection to Set Origin before you can
select an origin planet for earth.
• You can now have the face of the earth that is
always light displayed by setting the origin of the earth
to sun.
• If you have any suggestion please email me at
gabriel@otte.ucsc.edu.
Version 0.4b02 - 04.24.04
• Numerous graphics improvements.
• Other planets can be viewed.
• Now able to set alternate origins.
• Added a "None" tab to Planet Position.
• Added Storm Data.
• Added Satellite Data.
• Added Volcano Data.
• Added Earthquake Data.
• Added the ability to delay the updates of visual
data.
• Splash screen can now be disabled.
• There can now be custom background image.
• The engine for updating cloud maps is updated.
• The engine for visual updates has been changed to
Totalmarker.
• More options have been added to the menu.
• Full compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.3
• The xplanet engine is now updated to version 1.0.5
• The default font has changed. If you don't like it
sorry. Next version is likely to have ability to change
fonts.
• If anyone would like to make a new icon for
OSXplanet, then please send it to me at
gabriel@otte.ucsc.edu. You will of course be listed on the
readme.
Version 0.3b01 - 01.10.04
• Ability to have cloud maps (Yay!)
• Cities are now much easier to work with.
• Added a splash screen
• The default for planet position is now Origin not
random.
• Projection Preview is now bigger.
• Removed Range of View Preferences
• Radius Size Preference is now easier to work with.
• Rotate Preference is now easier to work with.
• Refresh Intervals is now easier to work with.
• Overall stability has been improved.
• Fixed a bug with the refresh interval not working.
• Fixed a bug that caused OSXplanet to crash on
quitting if xplanet wasn't running.
• The preferences file is now under a different name:
com.gabrielotte.osxplanet.plist.
• Integrated the Readme and the Documentation into
the Application.
• Colored Cities.
• Ability to control how much info about a city is
shown.
• Radius and Rotate preferences are now much easier
to use.
• Added ability to control whether OSXplanet sets
desktop to default aqua or xplanet after xplanet is killed.
• The menubar now changes according to the status of
the program. For example when xplanet is not running it
will have a circle with a line through it. When it is
updating clouds, it will have a cloud on it.
Version 0.2b01 - 12.08.03
• You don't need to put the Xplanet folder in your
/Users/home folder/Library folder anymore
• Removed the Main Menu and the dock icon.
• I've added a menu on the menubar (shape of globe)
• Added the ability to label cities.
• Kills xplanet on quit
• Returns the background to default Aqua after
quitting.
• New Icon
• Full Compatibility with Panther (Mac OS X 10.3.x).
• Many Bug fixes.
• Completely re-written code in some parts
• Got rid of the applescript (You don't need it
anymore).
• If there is a problem in the program, please email
me at gabriel@otte.ucsc.edu.
• It should work with Jaguar (please give me some
feedback on this!)
Version 0.1b05 - 06.12.03
• I've added a projection preview.
• Bug fixes
• Fixed the mistake in README
• Fixed the applescript so it should work
Version 0.1b04 - 06.08.03
• Initial Release