Release notes

Scrble is getting better every day. Look at all the amazing improvements from the very start of scrble.

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V 7.3.0

02/05/2023

New Features
  • Left and right keyboard keys to move the view horizontally
  • Transparency option for fill
  • Support for the Turkish language
  • You can quickly reopen one of your recent files and get back to the last view.
  • You can now view two pages side by side to and view more of your document on a wide screen.
Improvements
  • Removed storing local files and folders to avoid the broker eating up a ton of memory
  • Draw circle shapes from the center
  • Decreased the increment of the Up and Down Key to 50 instead of 200
Bug Fixes
  • Inserting a new shape causes existing shapes’ colors to change
  • When using the Up and Down key, the app was resetting the X offset to zero, causing the view to change unexpectedly
  • The app was crashing when pasting from the clipboard while not in selection mode
  • Newly added entities were not selected after cloning and pasting
  • Added various try catch to address crashes reported from the Microsoft Store

V 7.2.0

11/20/2022

New Features
  • A new widescreen page size was introduced to help create notes that best fit your full-screen monitor for presentations.
  • Select a fill style and color for your shapes.
  • You can select a custom font style for your text.
  • The zoom value is visible and launches a flyout to increase, decrease or fit.
  • Tapping on the current page indicator shows a fly-out to edit the current page.
Improvements
  • Upon exit, allow the user to save or discard the last edits
  • Improvements to the user interface for the settings window
  • Improvements in memory usage.
  • Tapping on the file name on the toolbar reveals the flyout below.
  • Removed the flashing popup when loading a note.
  • Set the min-zoom-value to be 25% fixed and not depending on the current view
Bugs
  • Removed various memory leaks.
  • When inverting the color of the paper, all the pages are now updated correctly.

V 6.10.0

1/22/2022

New Features
  • Recognize the freehand ink as a line, while ignoring shapes.
  • Undo of the recognition of ink to shape will restore the ink.
  • Select a color using the eyedropper by touching a desired color on the screen.
  • Added the 16:9 paper size to improve the import of PDF files created from PowerPoint
Improvements
  • Preview of pages now works on all devices
  • Memory improvements

V 6.9.2

12/06/2021

Bug Fixes

This update will restore the code from the previous version (6.8.6) while investigating the bugs introduced in 6.9.1.

The functionality of recognizing ink as a line only and the different generations of thumbnails will be removed. It will be re-introduced in the future release, once I solve the problem.

V 6.8.6

4/19/2021

Bug Fixes
  • Saving of Untitled note will create a unique file name, and not accidentally override previously saved files
  • Characters with accents are now saved correctly, even when selecting high-quality saving settings

V 6.8.4

3/25/2021

Bug Fixes
  • All actions on the selected project in the gallery view now work correctly on all files without missing any of the files
  • Prevent restoring the page while another restoring operation is in progress

V 6.8.0

3/2/2021

New Features

This release is implementing the vertical spacer to allow adding and removing vertical space among elements.

  • You can add or reduce vertical space in the current page.
  • You can add or reduce vertical space across two consecutive pages.
Improvements
  • Ask to confirm the deletion of the page only if it is not empty
  • Auto-scroll behavior works better for all zoom levels

V 6.7.0

1/17/2021

New Features
  • Added new highlighter pen with squared tip
  • Added new settings to disable double tap to zoom  in and zoom out
Improvements
  • Tooltips to identify the different pens
  • Improved preview for the various pen-types
Bug Fixes
  • Cloning a page doesn’t crash anymore when working on new documents
  • Removed the white strip on the top of the in full-screen mode window

V 6.6.6

1/9/2021

Improvements
  • New algorithm for storing paper, to allow running multiple instances without generating large files
  • New paper style: homework (English only) and task list
Bug Fix
  • Can correctly select using the pen’s secondary button
  • The selected paper background is set as default for the next run of the app
  • Insert image works correctly
  • The fountain pen preserves its width when changing the selection’s color
  • The opening of the page configuration dialog doesn’t dirty the file, unless something is changed
  • The note can save correctly, even when opened in multiple instances of Scrble
  • After copy, paste and clone the app could return to ink mode
  • Arrow direction is preserved after undo/redo of move
  • Changing the paper is now applied to all pages
  • Can now selecting the custom paper without error
  • The app doesn’t crash anymore when cancelling the selection of the custom paper
  • The borderline is now restored from the loaded file
  • The DPI configuration is used to compute the resolution for importing PDF files

V 6.6.1

12/27/2020

Features

This release is all about customizing your paper background.

  • You can now select your paper among dozens of options, and turn the border line on or off.
  • Customize the background color of your paper, from a number of presets or pick your own color.
Bug Fix
  • When saving a blank page, the paper background could not be changed.

V 6.5.2

12/14/2020

Improvements
  • Ignore line recognition when the highlighter is active.
  • Remember the last color used for text.
  • The algorithm for moving the selection was improved.
Bug Fix
  • The erase button in the pen can again be used for erasing shapes.

V 6.5.0

11/18/2020

Features
  • Can now import multiple files in the same document
  • Added a preference for higher resolution during saving

V 6.4.0

06/09/2020

Features
  • You can now duplicate a single page.
  • Duplicate, export, mail or print multiple pages.
Bug Fix
  • The context menu is now operating on the correct page.

V 6.3.2

05/18/2020

Bug Fix

The page scrolls correctly without jumping to the top edge

V 6.3.1

05/16/2020

Features
  • The app recognizes and converts the hand-drawn geometry into geometric shapes dynamically.
  • You can now select multiple pages, then delete or move them all at once.
Improvements
  • Improved the representation of the current pen type
  • Show the preview of the color and the thickness of the selected pen

V 6.2.39

05/12/2020

Bug Fixes

Prevent crash in previous version of Windows

Prevent crash during saving

V 6.2.36

04/30/2020

Bug Fixes

The paste button correctly paste content from the clipboard

V 6.2.35

04/26/2020

Bug Fixes

Optimized memory usage when working with a library with many multi pages documents.

The usage of memory doesn’t increase anymore every time the user navigates to the library and back to the editor

The Gallery’s operations are displayed in a dialog, which is not covered by the menu.

When running Scrble multiple times, the changes made in one window will appear in the document loaded from the other window.

V 6.2.33

04/15/2020

Bug Fixes

The ink color is preserved, unless the paper background color changes

The objects copied and pasted  are positioned correctly

Can import JPG images correctly

If no handwriting recognizer is installed, the application works correctly, and show an error message only when trying to recognize a selection

V 6.2.31

04/13/2020

Bug Fixes

The highlighter now saves and it exports correctly to PDF

V 6.2.30

03/24/2020

Bug Fixes

The circle is saved and reloaded correctly, without changing the size

V 6.2.29

03/22/2020

Bug Fixes

Correctly add and remove pages from the current document and all changes show when the document is reloaded
The custom paper is cropped and scaled correctly
Removed the small circle that was displaying when erasing a portion of a shape using the point eraser

V 6.2.26

03/15/2020

Bug Fixes

Point eraser now erases correctly ink that has been rotated

V 6.2.25

03/12/2020

Bug Fixes

Export to PDF with the correct size and orientation
Selecting with the pen button doesn’t remain stuck in selection mode

V 6.2.21

02/29/2020

Features
  • Can now launch Scrble multiple times as separate windows
Bug Fixes
  • Loading circle shapes is now compatible with all previous versions of Scrble
  • Does not crash anymore during startup on older versions of Windows 10 (OS build prior 18363)

V 6.2.22

03/06/2020

Bug Fixes
  • Can successfully load all files in gallery, even when there are conflicted files as a result of DropBox syncing
  • Can correctly import PDF files which are password protected
  • Restored the correct behavior of going back to pen after deleting

V 6.2.21

02/29/2020

Features
  • Display a preview of all pages to quickly find the page you want
  • Refresh the preview on demand
Improvements
  • Optimized the opening of a  large document in order to only open the first few pages. The additional pages are loaded when needed.
  • The side panel with the list of all pages is opened by default when loading a document, in order to provide an overview of the document and to quickly jump to a specific page.
  • Display the progress of the export operation
  • Dramatically reduced the time required to save a PDF imported document.
  • Improved performance of save as
Bug Fixes
  • When pasting text from the clipboard the object is now sized correctly.
  • After editing a text object, the document is now correctly marked as modified
  • Export and other actions are now disabled while the document is saved to prevent errors
  • The pages with pending changes are correctly saved during shutdown

V 6.1.9

04/29/2019

Bug Fixes
  • Rolled back the memory and performance improvements, because they introduced too many instability
  • Eraser with the pen was causing the app to crash in some cases
  • Fixed the issue that prevented some pages to be loaded during scrolling
  • Fixed issue that caused pages not correctly loaded to be saved without ink or ink appearing on other pages
  • Fixed issue that caused notes to be duplicated when navigating back from a sub-folder

V 6.1.1 to 6.1.6

04/18/2019

Features
  • Resize and rotate, ink, shapes, images, and text
  • 2nd pen button to select or Shift+right mouse to drag
Improvements
  • The app will load documents faster and using less memory
Bug Fixes
  • Removed memory leaks
  • Email as Text was not using the user language when recognizing text
  • Prevent crash if user changed the storage folder outside the app
  • Store version number in any page, to avoid to keep re-saving
  • Triangle fill wasn’t rendering the fill anymore
  • App was crashing on some version of Windows when navigating to the gallery
  • Prevent flickering when zooming out the page to display the page navigation panel

V 6.0.5

04/13/2019

Bug Fixes
  • PDF images were not imported in the correct size

V 6.0.2

04/06/2019

Bug Fixes
  • Recognizer was showing an error when launching, if the Ignore Capitalization option was selected

V 6.0.0 and 6.0.1

04/04/2019

Features
  • Resize and rotate, ink, shapes, images, and text
  • 2nd pen button to select or Shift+right mouse to drag
Improvements
  • The custom paper will adjust to selected size and orientation without distorting the image
  • F11 to toggle full screen
  • Added a link to the help dialog to download more custom paper
Bug Fixes
  • Custom paper selection wasn’t prompting for a file selection the first time

V 5.5.8 and 5.5.9

03/07/2019

Bug Fixes
  • On some machines, saving of the first page was failing, when using custom paper
  • Changes to prevent crashes during startup

V 5.5.7

03/04/2019

Enhancements
  • Preserve the value of PDF Import Quality
  • Set English as default language for Tamil and Malay

V 5.5.5 and 5.5.6

02/15/2019

Bug Fixes
  • Fixes issue that caused older versions of Windows to fail when pressing Browse
  • Modified the saving algorithm to be compatible with GoogleDrive

V 5.5.4

01/29/2019

Bug Fixes
  • Update saving to try solving issues with Google Drive

V 5.5.3

01/04/2019

Bug Fixes
  • Application can’t run in certain version of Windows 10
  • Custom paper selection isn’t working anymore

V 5.5.0

01/01/2019

Features
  • 3 different sized erasers to erase a portion of a stroke or of a shape
  • Added setting to ignore or preserve capitalization
Improvements
  • Added keyboard shortcuts for export and print
  • Added indicator for buttons with more options
  • Added labels to the buttons’ menus
Bug Fixes
  • The app was crashing when pasting an image copied from a different document

V 5.4.1 and 5.4.2

12/09/2018

Bug Fixes
  • Ruler was keep resetting the default position when scrolling
  • Ruler kept showing up when protractor was selected
  • Occasional crashes after using the eraser in selection mode
  • Eraser in selection mode did delete other entities
  • When undo a text insert, it deleted all the other texts

V 5.4.0

12/02/2018

Improvements
  • Keyboard shortcuts for all main modes: Ink, Ruler, Protractor, Text, Geometry, Erase, Select and View.
  • Add link to full list of all available shortcuts.
  • Added a setting, for ignoring pen pressure.
  • Allow to type text also when using black paper.
Bug Fixes
  • Eraser was not always working correctly

V 5.3.2

11/26/2018

Features
  • Ruler
  • Protractor
Improvements
  • Added icons to the align menu
  • The align menu is displayed only for compatible selection

V 5.2.6

11/23/2018

Improvements
  • Added links to release notes and wish-list
Bug Fixes
  • Corrected crashes when deleting pages and saving.
  • When saving during text editing the text wasn’t saved.
  • Text wasn’t visible when working with black paper.

V 5.2.4 5.2.5

11/13/2018

Bug Fix
  • The application language was accidentally set to English

V 5.2.0 5.2.1

11/10/2018

Improvements
  • Default name when exporting to PDF
  • Setting to turn off auto-save
  • Tap the counter of the page to show navigation panel (when space is available)
  • Tap the title to show the rename popup (when space is available)
  • Added prompt to select saving folder, to prevent users to lose their notes when uninstalling the application

V 5.1.0

11/04/2018

New Functionalities
  • Align and distribute geometric shapes, text regions, and images
Improvements
  • Adaptive layout to allow viewing more pens on various screen sizes

V 5.0.1

10/31/2018

New Functionalities
  • Import PDF password protected documents
Improvements
  • Limiting the number of colors displayed in order to prevent note title to be cut off
Bug Fixes
  • The application crashes occasionally when using the pen eraser

V 5.0.0

10/20/2018

New Functionalities
  • Insert Text
  • Format Text
Improvements
  • Increased the maximum number pens from 5 to 10 (space permitting)
  • Prevent error of out-of-memory after selecting and scrolling a
    document many times
Bug Fixes
  • The list of available projects was being duplicated after each
    saving
  • Could not copy the selected entities when the page was not completely visible

V 4.2.1

10/12/2018

Bug fixes
  • Thumbnail in the gallery changed size only in the English version of the application

V 4.2.0

10/07/2018

Improvements
  • Adapt PDF import quality based on DPI
  • Added a setting to import PDF files in higher quality

V 4.1.2

Bug fixes
  • PDF was exported to the wrong size

V 4.1.0

09/22/2018

Improvements
  • Enable interrupting operations of load and import
Bug fixes
  • The application wasn’t working properly after opening a file from Windows Explorer
  • Resolved various minor errors

V 4.0.5 and 4.0.6

09/17/2018

Features
  • Email as text
  • Support for multiple languages
  • Right click drag to delete
  • View mode and laser pointer
  • Rectangular selection
Improvements
  • Enable to interrupt load or import operations
  • Improved memory usage for PDF import
  • Import from PDF sets the best paper size and orientation
  • More robust handling of paper sizes and orientations across documents
  • Version alignment with Scrble and Scrble lite, to better track changes across versions
Bug fixes
  • Open With didn’t allow to navigate away
  • Paste of external clipboard was not working after ink was copied
  • Saving was getting stuck if an error occurred and any further changes was lost
  • Crash during export when page was empty
  • Various minor bug fixes

V 1.3.14 and 1.3.15

09/06/2018

Improvements
  • Text recognition is now working independently from the high of the text.

V 1.3.10

08/01/2018

Bug fixes
  • Removed default access to libraries in settings, which was causing crashes on some device
  • Check on project text value when saving a note to prevent crashes with empty strings

V 1.3.8 and V 1.3.9

06/24/2018

Features
  • Added setting to enable/disable auto-save
Improvements
  • PDF import was supporting only files with lower case pdf extension
Bug fixes
  • Selection stopped working when start and end point of selection were too close, and previous selection got deleted when switching to pen
  • Deleting pages keeps the same number of pages by adding duplicates at the end
  • Landscape documents got wrongly sized when reloading them during startup
  • Import wasn’t saving until the file was saved with a given name

V 1.3.7

06/08/2018

Improvements
  • Zoom to top of the page when creating new document
Bug fixes
  • Clone folder wasn’t working
  • Open With was crashing

V 1.3.5 – V 1.3.6

06/04/2018

Bug fixes
  • File become Untitled in certain circumstances, which triggers for assigning a name
  • Untitled file crashes when saving while document was scrolled beyond page 5
  • Saving was failing when new pages were created while saving was in progress
  • Moving notes in gallery could hang the app when a page was missing
  • Title box setting was ignored for file auto-naming

V 1.3.4

06/02/2018

Improvements
  • Keep shape mode when changing  pen color.
Bug fixes
  • Add check to make sure only one auto-save is active to avoid saving to fail.

V 1.3.2 – V 1.3.3

05/30/2018

Improvements
  • Add counter for selected entities
  • Save button appears always enabled for unnamed documents
  • Right click to select items in the gallery
Bug fixes
  • Captured photo was working correctly only on page one
  • Select all was not working if a selection was already in progress
  • Page number text was not updating on load
  • Disable share which is not supported on earlier Windows 10 builds (v 1.3.1 for 15063-16299 )

V 1.3.1

05/25/2018

Improvements
  • Added auto-save progress bar
  • Disable save button during auto-save
  • Convert Scrble Ink version 1 file to version 2 to remove duplicates and restore compatibility with Scrble.
  • Performance Improvements
Bug fixes
  • Resolved crashing of Share
  • Duplicate note in gallery would crash if a page was missing
  • When performing an undo/redo all strokes were duplicated in the current page
  • Save button shows up to date, even when the document was not fully saved yet
  • Dismissing the Save Fly-out was stopping auto-save

V 1.3.0

05/21/2018

Features

Share

Improvements

Separate document settings from user settings
Save image in new format only if cropped
Selected images get semi-transparent to allow view the image below
Import PDF was not clearing the document and resetting file name
Export from gallery will export all selected documents, not just the first
Keep scroll position selecting full screen

Bug fixes

PDF save was producing distorted image
PDF import allowed selecting background image
Didn’t prompt for selecting custom paper the first time
Out of memory for long documents, during loading, saving and selecting
Zoom and pan when shape was active was deleting strokes
Writing pane didn’t show for landscape orientation
Title box was reappearing when Scrble starts up
When first activating the pen, the second page was still touch enabled.
Prevent crash with missing recognizer
PDF export was saving the paper only for the first page
Saving was triggered also when nothing changed

V 1.2.0

05/09/2018

Improvements
  • Title Box to indicate area for auto-recognized name
  • Added setting to enable/disable Title Box
  • Help button goes directly to help flyout

V 1.1.0 – renamed to Scrble Ink

05/06/2018

Bug fixes
  • External clipboard paste was always working in the first page
  • Duplication of shapes was broken
  • Text box pasted from clipboard was not sized correctly
  • PDF and PNG images showed only ink for pages after page one

V 1.0.0 – released as inknotes

05/06/2018

First release

Scrble ink offers all the functionality of Scrble plus adds a number of important improvements.

  • Smooth pressure sensitive rendering
  • Two additional pens, including a beautiful pencil effect
  • Zoom out to view full page and page navigation panel
  • New notes organization
  • Custom colors
  • 40 width levels
  • Custom paper
  • Edit color, pen style and pen width of selected ink or shapes
  • Crop images
  • Insert, delete and reorder pages