Purpose of chapter: to list the App version history - and introduce ourselves.
App version history
Version 7.6: released March 18, 2024 - changes:
- Map page:
- new toolbar shown when an Attribute Filter is applied:
- for browsing multiple values for a given attribute type
- e.g. 'Sails, 2. reef', 'Sails, 1. reef', 'Full sails'
- multiple track segments may occur for each attribute value
- these segments (one or more) are marked with arrows
- applied Attribute Filters are now ignored when Map opens from Barchart
- removed automatic adjustment of Map region (coverage), which occurred:
- for each new GPS plot when tracking
- when returning from MapSet page
- instead use new 'Adj' Nav.bar button for manual adjustment of Map region
- wind- and other markers now scale up/down when zooming (as icons do)
- MapSet page:
- two new 'Linecolor' pickers for choosing alternative shades for Red and Blue track segments
- Performance improvement when applying an Attribute Filter to below pages opened from History mainpage:
- Other changes:
- mended a couple of broken links to Help pages
- minor textual changes (typos)
- Bugs fixed:
- Wrong 'No whole track/notes found!' msg after 'Toggle Tag' action
Version 7.5: released February 26, 2024 - changes:
- History mainpage:
- new way of managing and applying filters
- new 'Attribute Filter':
- search for range of values for any attribute
- e.g. tracks where wind was between NE and SE
- additions to 'History Options' menu:
- checkboxes to show/hide filters
- checkbox 'Auto Expand Timerange'
- actions to save and restore Timerange
- TZones page:
- removed the 'Try to keep timerange' checkbox
- superceeded by 'Auto Expand Timerange'
- Settings mainpage:
- removed 'Show GeoRegion & Boarders msg Switch' (limited utility)
- Map page:
- new 'Focus this item' action (tap an eventpin):
- available in the 'Action on Event?' menu
- isolates a single Track item in History mainpage context
- similar to action with same name in the Tracklist 'Action on Historic track?' menu
- accompanied by new 'Return focused item' checkbox in the 'Map Options' menu
- MapSet page:
- three new options in the 'Show eventpins' picker: 'First plot', 'Last plot', 'First and last'
- the 'Blue sections' picker options now cover speed only ('Attribute Filter' covers Sail, Engine ...)
- faster drawing of Map on return, after changing an option
- removed the 'Max waittime' limitation
- Trackreport:
- adapted to the new filter management
- Minor graphical or textual change of pages:
- Barchart
- Piechart
- Event editor
- Crew+Boarders
- Help pages / AllHelp:
- yet another revision
- several new pages
- removed references to the (web) 'App Manual'
- fixed sort order of AllHelps items
- Other changes:
- the non-subscriber occasional 'nudge pop up' now request input of names of famous sailors, not numbers
- the Meta Hub item 'Test' is renamed 'Showroom'
- improved:
- Timerange handling in History manipage
- handling of acticity indicators (spinners)
- timerange setting on 'Focus ended item'
- display of disabled buttons in ManTimes
- Bugs fixed:
- Missing coloring of certain event-headings in the Eventlist
Version 7.4: released December 4, 2023 - changes:
- Rewamped History mainpage:
- new layout
- new access to 'Crew+Boardings' page
- new 'Tag' filter':
- group single items (tracks/notes), that temporally or in other ways are separate
- e.g. to compare your last and previous America's Cup performance on Map!
- Settings mainpage:
- new 'Show GeoReg & Boarders msg' switch:
- suppress messages superfluous to the experienced user
- removed two redundant action buttons:
- 'Open SailorLogbook.com for help'
- 'Write a review on the App Store'
- now placed in the 'Links' section of the 'Meta Hub'
- Other changes:
- the 'Meta Hub' now auto-opens also after App installation and update
- the App badge number is now always reset when Incidents log is empty
- fixed bad keyboard size in Template page
Version 7.3: released November 20, 2023 - changes:
- New 'Meta Hub':
- pops up at every start of the App
- for display of misc. 'metadata' topics
- Rewamped ManTrack page:
- enhanced long-press handling facilitates outlining (makes separate insert action superfluous)
- new save / restore actions eases experimentation
- new toolbar gives direct access to most actions
- Rewamped ManTimes page:
- accessed from ManTrack toolbar
- makes validation steps more intelligible
- new 'Timerange conflicts' list helps resolve these
- Settings mainpage, 'Popup style' Picker:
- new 'Popup style Demo' shown on exit from the Picker, demonstrates looks of the selected option
- Settings mainpage, 'Toast msg life' picker:
- new 'XLong' and 'XXLong' options, gives newbies more time to interpret messages
- new 'Toast msg life Demo' shown on exit from the Picker, demonstrates duration of the selected option
- Settings mainpage, new 'Tabbar is transparent' switch:
- some may say it makes the Tabbar visibility more prominent
- Other changes:
- fixed an iOS 17.1 related issue where the History mainpage freezes
- Subscribe page: added price info
- new graphics in messages and dialogs when an 'with graphics' item is selected in the Popup style Picker
- the Track mainpage nav.bar Speedometer icon is replaced by a double Chevron icon
- faster processing of track deletion
- the GeoPlan 'Replace Selected GeoRegion' action skips meaningless coincidence check
- larger images in Blowup when in landscape
- restored Version 7.1 behaviour, re. scroll in Tracklist, Eventlist and AllHelps, after tapping the '?' button in the nav.bar
- text in all web-like pages now scale according to the 'Textsize' setting
- increased number of digits in random numbers, that non-subscribers must enter at random times
Version 7.2: released October 2, 2023 - changes:
- New GeoPlan page:
- create, display and manage GeoRegions
- replaces similar actions in the Map page
- displays ALL historic tracks (a 'heatmap')
- opens from History mainpage Options menu
- Map page:
- removed create and manage GeoRegions: now handled by GeoPlan
- (same display of a selected GeoRegion)
- added a 'Center on GeoRegion' action in the Options menu
- MapSet page:
- removed the 'GeoRegion' option (deprecated by the new GeoPlan page) from the Long-press Picker
- added a 'None' option (prevents disturbing popups) to the Single-tap mode Picker
- Other changes:
- adapted to the new iPhone 15 series
- minor changes in table view layouts
- faster processing of large data sets
Version 7.1: released August 14, 2023 - changes:
- Removed the restrictions for non-subscribers:
- 1) cannot list, map, chart and report historic tracks, when the including time span exceed TEN days
- 2) cannot do tracking when historic data are older than 90 days
- BUT: non-subscribers must now accept 'nudge dialog' popups at random times requiring input of random numbers
- New 'AutoEnd timetrigger' feature:
- for automatic track ending when manual ending is forgotten, but you keep moving
- controlled by 'AutoEnd timetrigger picker' in the TrackSet page
- Tracklist page:
- the 'Search mode warning' enhanced by changing it from a dialog to a toast msg
- Other changes:
- minor textual and graphical changes
- Bugs fixed:
- No immediate Anchor alarm #
# July 2023: No immediate Anchor alarm
During tracking activity 'Anchor', if the alarmzone radius is reduced with the TrackSet: Anch. alarmzone rad. Picker and the current position is then outside the alarmzone, alarm is not given immediately, only after movement is registered.
Version 7.0: released June 26, 2023 - changes:
- Help pages:
- yet another BIG revision
- added link feature
- many pages extended
- MapSet page:
- new 'Turbocharge MapSet' switch - for more responsive behaviour
- new 'Single-tap mode' picker:
- previous 'Distance' (to tap point) option is default
- new 'Nearest' option - to investigate 'when were you where'
- the two options give different Map page behaviour
- Event editor, Edit event Options menu:
- added 'Truncate Track' action
- use it in situations where tracking proceeded longer than intended, e.g. because the ending procedure was forgotten or not done at arrival
- Track editor, Edit track Options menu:
- added copy / pasts actions
- uses new 'Track clipboard'
- Shoot page, Shoot Options menu:
- added checkbox 'Show downsamples' - for visual check of different downsample options
- added action 'DS factor' - for easy access to downsample factor picker
- Shot page:
- added 'Show downsamples' feature (see above)
- added zoom-in / -out feature - makes the page more responsive
- Photo page:
- a 'max.time diff.' criteria for 'Add from Cameraroll' success changed from 2 minutes to 2 hours
- Tracklist and AllHelps pages:
- the search panel scopebar now stays open
Version 6.9: released May 1, 2023 - changes:
- Help pages:
- format of all Help pages changed from simple popups to web-like pages
- all Help pages are revised, some are extended
- a fifth mainpage and tab bar icon 'AllHelps' is added:
- contains all Help pages
- has a Search feature
- can send all or searched Help pages to a printable and mailable DocPage
- Barchart and Piechart pages:
- added Option menus
- these includes new Help pages
- minor graphical change of Nav.bar
- Trackreport (part of the History mainpage):
- added help page 'On Trackreport'
- Map page:
- now supports landscape format on iPhones when the device is rotated
Version 6.8: released February 20, 2023 - changes:
- Track mainpage:
- handling of 'Receipt verification failed' and other App Store related problems relexed
- the Track Options menu now has actions for all corresponding nav.bar icons
- the menu also includes a new checkbox 'Focus ended item in Hist.':
- isolates an ended item in History mainpage context
- only that item is visible from History, until timerange or filters are changed
- new TrackSet subpage offloading the Settings mainpage:
- tap nav.bar screwdriver icon to open
- has new 'Sails at start' and 'Engine at start' pickers
- Settings mainpage:
- moved a number of pickers and switches to a new TrackSet page (see above)
- new 'tap switch label for help' feature
- Tracklist page:
- new 'Focus this item' action:
- in 'Action on historic track' menu
- isolates a single Tracklist item in History mainpage context
- also useful to define a starting point for extending a timerange
- new 'Deleting ...' msg while deleting:
- a deletion may take time if hundreds of tracks are accumulated in history
- the msg signals 'App is not dead'
- the 'GPX mapfile' action is removed from the 'Action on historic track' menu
- Map page:
- the MapSet subpage now has:
- new 'tap switch label for help' feature
- buttons for saving / resetting defaults
- enhanced handling of Timeout:
- Timeout may occur when displaying a large number of items
- relaxes MapSet picker settings to increase probability of success
- File+Subscr mainpage:
- new 'Reset App database' action: reverts the App to new installed state
- Help pages:
- revamped / extended many places
- now navigated more uniformly
- Other changes:
- removed (annoying) toast msg re. 'tapping unresponsive nav.bar'
- all icons are now in a more light design
- other graphical and minor textual changes
- added a non-subscriber 'nudge popup'
- Bugs fixed:
# Dec 2022: Ended track invisible
If tracking is ended in a 59th second, it is invisible from the History mainpage if in 'Date+clock mode'.
Workaround: switch to 'Date only mode'.
Version 6.7: released December 12, 2022 - changes:
- Map page:
- "Distance to tap point" feature improved:
- now no restrictions on it's use
- now no conflict with Map pin info
- checkbox 'GeoRegion sets...':
- now appears only when applicable
- new help page
- MapSet subpage:
- a set Long-press mode' to 'None' action opens 'Show eventpins' picker
- reorganized / edited help
- Tracklist page:
- modified behaviour of the scopebar (subordinate to the searchbar)
- easier access to Track editor: tap an items Comments text
- (replaces tapping the [now gone] 'Ed' label)
- Tzones page:
- new 'Try to keep timerange' checkbox in Tzones Options Menu
- facilitates browsing different track zones by keeping same timerange if possible
- Other changes:
- adapted to iOS 16
- corrected labeling of ascending / descending order in Tracklist and Eventlist Options Menu
- enhanced readability of toast messages when in dark mode
- tapping a page title when no action applies, informs on this
- minor textual and graphical changes
- iOS 14 is no longer supported
- Bugs fixed:
- Bad orientation of Shoot landscape photos (iOS 16 only) #
- Bad display of direction markers ##
# Nov 2022: Bad orientation of Shoot landscape photos (iOS 16 only)
Capturing photos with the Shoot page when in landscape mode results in wrong orientation: they are turned 90 degrees clockwise - as can be observed in the Shot preview page. This also applies to photos optionally saved to the Cameraroll from the App.
This problem doesn't occur in the App when running under iOS 14 and iOS 15 - nor does it occur when in portrait mode.
## Nov 2022: Bad display of direction markers
If the 'Show direction markers switch' in 'The Map settings page' is set ON, and a sequence of tracks with intermediate note(s) is displayed with the HistMap button (one of the Output buttons in the History mainpage), then part of the Map display may be corrupted by a meaningless large number of direction markers.
Version 6.6: released August 8, 2022 - changes:
- Track mainpage:
- gentle wave sound added to Welcome popup
- new acoustic alarm sounding when waiting for start/stop confirmation
- Blowup page:
- browsing range extended to more/all photos
- new 'tap for info' for a photo
- Non-subscriber restriction tightened up:
- tracking now disallowed if tracks older than 90 days exist
- to continue tracking:
- delete sufficient number of historic items
- or subscribe!
- (before this limit was 360 days)
- Other changes:
- Traclist page positions correctly after item editing
- tab bar icons changed to Apple SF Symbols
- memory warnings now ignored: were usually triggered by other Apps (e.g. Camera)
- minor textual changes
- Bugs fixed:
# June 2022: Blank Blowup page
If an item in the Photo page *without* MetaData (i.e. has no yellow 'MM' MetaMap label) is copied to the Photo Clipboard, then the 'Blowup from Photo Clipboard' action opens a blank page.
Version 6.5: released June 13, 2022 - changes:
- Map page:
- new 'Distance to tap point' feature:
- tap the Map for distance from your current location
- added relevant help page
- History mainpage:
- new 'Trackreport':
- summarizes tracks, boarders and individual tracks
- print or mail
- aimed at sailing clubs - and number nerds!
- replaces 'Report'
- new 'Blend' filter:
- placed in the navigation bar
- selects 'Gps made' and / or 'ManTrack made' items
- added relevant help page
- the 'Z' Tzones navigation bar button:
- removed to give room to the new 'Blend' filter
- instead, tap the nav.bar title (or Tzones menu action)
- the datepickers are now dimmed when disabled
- Track mainpage:
- the 'Z' Tzones navigation bar button:
- removed to match History mainpage nav.bar layout
- instead, tap the nav.bar title (or Tzones menu action)
- the nav.bar button 'i' turns red after incident(s)
- enabled 'Resume last track' activity after 'Anchor' and discarded 'Make a note' activities
- New 'selection by radiobuttons' feature:
- to make some dialogs more compact and user friendly
- replaces a number of action-style menu items
- introduced in:
- Mix filter
- Blend filter
- Tracklist Options
- Eventlist Options
- 'Onboarding' introductory slide-set removed:
- to reduce documentation redundancy
- to enhance 'Sunlight mode' handling
- 'Run Onboarding' switch is removed from Settings mainpage
- Other changes:
- better handling of the red iOS badge number on the App icon
- global textual substution of 'row' to 'item'
- other minor textual changes
Version 6.4: released May 2, 2022 - changes:
- New 'Anchor' activity:
- monitors that your boat stays within an alarmzone with a given radius
- an ANCHOR ALARM incident is trigged if radius is exceeded
- set or change the radius before or while anchoring
- verify monitoring on the Map
- Track mainpage:
- new combined START / END button:
- replaces 'New track', 'Resume' and 'End track' buttons
- after tapping START, select one in a menu of 'tracking activities'
- added 'What's New in This Version'
- added more help pages
- Settings mainpage:
- new 'Anch. alarmzone rad.' picker: sets or changes alarmzone radius
- removed 'Track precision' picker: 'high precision' is now standard
- removed 'Activity type' picker: type 'other' is now standard
- removed 'Next start aim' picker: made superfluous by the new Track mainpage START menu
- Map page:
- better scaling on start of new tracks
- added 'GeoRegion checkbox Help'
- a selected GeoRegion now appears also in 'Current Map'
- Blowup page:
- added left- and right-swipe
- added MetaMap access
- Shoot page:
- the 'Save to Cameraroll' option now includes MetaData
- this also applies when making notes
- reorganized help pages
- Photo page:
- nav.bar buttons in iOS photo picker opened from 'Add from Cameraroll' action are now fully visible (was a problem in iOS 15)
- Speeds page:
- immediate response on checkbox tap
- Other changes:
- iOS 13 is no longer supported
- enhanced use of iOS Location Services
- in a 'No Network Connection' situation on start, the App now includes a 'Continue without receipt' option
- when a GeoRegion name is shown, its hor./vert. extent is also shown
- incidents in *background* now sends an alarm sound and a request for 'Send You Notifications' allowance
- minor textual changes
- Bugs fixed:
- Sunlight mode switch turns OFF #
# Apr 2022: Sunlight mode switch turns OFF
Pressing home or swiping upwards, switching to another App or putting the device to sleep turns the Sunlight mode switch OFF.
Workaround: turn the switch ON again every time one of the above is done (sic)!
Version 6.3: released March 21, 2022 - changes:
- File+Subscr mainpage:
- new layout
- new Help pages
- improved Import subfunction:
- simpler (the 'Validation level'
- picker is now obsolete)
- reduced memory pressure
- still high security against data loss
- caused by corrupt Backup file(s)
- Map page:
- new Help pages
- improved GeoRegion outline function:
- long-press twice to define the
- outline of planned GeoRegion
- Bugs fixed:
- Yellow color in Dark appearance
- when Sunlight mode switch is ON #
# Dec 2021: Yellow color in Dark appearance when Sunlight mode switch is ON
When the Sunlight mode switch setting is ON, some UI elements stay yellow when starting the App in Dark appearance.
Workaround: turn the Sunlight mode switch OFF - or enter Light appearance.
Version 6.2: released February 9, 2022 - changes:
- New Tzones page managing of Track zones:
- opened by tapping a new 'Z' icon
- it also handles Tzone templates
- it administers Track zone(s) for:
- Track mainpage
- History mainpage
- Track editor
- it replaces actions:
- TzoneTempl (Track mainpage)
- TzoneNext (Track mainpage)
- TzoneHist (History mainpage)
- keyboard Tzone entering (Track editor)
- New help pages in:
- Track mainpage
- History mainpage
- Other changes:
- Incidents log now adapts to sheet styles
- Speeds page now opens from
- a speedometer icon
- changed the 'Activity type' default
- from 'automotiveNav' to 'other'
- (Apple engineering recommendation)
- minor textual and graphical changes
- Bugs fixed:
- Problematic capital 'F' as first letter in Tzone Templates #
- Invisble texts in Compass Subview in Speeds page ##
# Jan 2022: Problematic capital 'F' as first letter in Tzone Templates
When 'Preparing the Tzone Templates', a capital 'F' as first letter in the Comments field (only) should be avoided. A lower-case 'f' is okay.
A problem arises when later trying to Import a Backup file produced by Export if such 'F' letter(s) occured then.
Workaround: examine your TzoneTemplates Content to check if any first letter 'F' occurs in the Comments field of any template. If so, change to another initial letter. And do a new Export.
## Feb 2022: Invisble texts in Compass Subview in Speeds page
If the Labels white in light mode switch is turned OFF, no compass direction marker texts (N, nne, NE, ... , nnw) appear, since they are shown black on a black background.
Workaround: set the switch ON.
Version 6.1: released January 10, 2022 - changes:
- New 'Speeds' feature:
- to help optimizing sailing performance
- a new page informs on course & speed
- over ground (COG & SOG)
- if wind is known (registered manually or by
- Weatherfetch), also a computed VMG
- (velocity made good) is shown
- the page has a switchable Compass and
- Graph Subview
- it's opened from the 'CurrMore' menu in
- the Track mainpage
- Track mainpage:
- the line in the statistics area informing on
- COG, SOG and VMG is removed: the
- 'Speeds' page makes it superfluous
- so now the statistics area has more space
- Map page:
- zoom improvements
- immediate response to Weatherfetch
- Other changes:
- minor textual and graphical changes
- Issues fixed:
- Eventlist Options Menu doesn't open #
- Bugs fixed:
- VMG not affected by Weatherfetch ##
# Dec 2021: Eventlist Options Menu doesn't open
Tapping the ? button in the navigation bar of the Eventlist doesn 't open the Eventlist Options Menu when a Page sheet presentation style is active.
## Dec 2021: VMG not affected by Weatherfetch
VMG (one of the The Track mainpage) is not updated when Using Weatherfetch.
(Is now removed from Track mainpage: the 'Speeds' page makes it superfluous)
Version 6.0: released December 11, 2021 - changes:
- New 'Weatherfetch' feature:
- fetches data from 'openweathermap.org'
- while tracking, making automatic events
- regarding the current:
- wind direction and force (wind gust)
- weather
- temperature and visibility
- controlled by new Settings mainpage picker
- New 'Incidents' mechanism:
- handles conditions regarding:
- memory warnings
- Weatherfetch problems
- location update pausing
- incidents are logged to a file accessed
- from the Track mainpage via
- a new navigation bar button 'i'
- incidents are also announced on screen
- New 'Activity type' picker:
- specifies the type of user activity
- lets the user pick one of five options
- controlled by new Settings mainpage picker
- Import page:
- new 'Validation level' picker enabling less
- memory pressure, that otherwise may
- prevent import of huge Backup files
- Other changes:
- added Network Connection check at start
- Map: better marker size handling
- Mainpage 'File' renamed 'File+Subscr'
- Tracklist: new ManTrack label: capital 'M'
- Eventlist: new plus/minus nav.bar buttons
- Event editor:
- better color scheme
- fine-tuned m/s Wind force texts
- Issues fixed (applied to App 5.7 on iOS 15):
- Sunlight mode #)
- Apperance change ##)
- Invisible navigation bar buttons ###)
#) Oct 2021: Sunlight mode
When in Light appearance, and the Sunlight mode switch setting is changed, this has no effect in the:
- bottom tab bar in any page - workaround: restart the App
- top navigation bar in the Settings mainpage - workaround: jump to another Mainpage
##) Oct 2021: Apperance change
When the Sunlight mode switch is ON, and Light appearance changes to Dark appearance - not vice versa - the bottom tab bar stays yellow. Workaround: set the switch OFF and restart the App.
###) Nov 2021: Invisible navigation bar buttons
The Photo Options Menu action: Add from Cameraroll opens a standard iOS photo picker where the Cancel and the Add navigation bar buttons are almost invisible.
Version 5.7: released October 25, 2021 - changes:
- Map page, new 'XtraEvent' feature:
- An 'XtraEvent' is an additional user event,
- placeable anywhere on an ended track.
- to create a new 'XtraEvent', long-press
- close to a point on a track
- new MapSet 'Long-press mode' controls
- the long-press action: 'XtraEvent' or
- 'GeoRegion' (as in prev. versions)
- Map page, new 'Show direction markers' feature:
- equally spaced markers (5 arrows) are
- shown for each whole track
- easier to comprehend screenshots
- controlled by new MapSet switch
- Settings mainpage, new switch:
- named 'Push Comments field on edit'
- controls if the field is pushed up when
- tapping it in the Track mainpage and in
- the Track / Note editor, to make space
- Track / Note editor:
- new 'Feed ManTrack' action uses the track
- or note in the editor as a feed to the
- ManTrack page (vise versa action)
- more help
- Tracklist page:
- new shortcut 'Ed' to open the Track editor
- (the Comments field is no longer shortcut)
- Eventlist page:
- new shortcut 'Ed' to open the Event editor
- Metrics changed / relaxed:
- min. number of plots required to save a
- track reduced from 3 to 2
- ManTrack min.distance btw points
- reduced from 220 to 50m
- ManTrack max.AvS reduced to 200kn
- max. accepted value for max.speed
- calculations increased from 144 to
- 360 km/h (~ 200kn)
- Other changes:
- adapted to iOS 15
- Welcome dialog text changed
- minor textual and graphical changes
- Map page, 'Geo filter' -> 'Geo Options'
- long-press actions now applies only to
- Maps opened (directly) from the
- History mainpage or the Tracklist
Version 5.6: released September 6, 2021 - changes:
- New 'manual tracks' feature ManTrack for use:
- to measure distances btw two points,
- or length of a route following waypoints
- to enter a Track which was somehow never
- tracked (forgot device or start tracking?)
- to register Tracks from old material
- (e.g. paper logbooks) for use in the App
- available any time from Track mainpage
- Other changes:
- MailComposer:
- removed seconds from clock display
- new 'Include photos problems Help':
- draws attention to possible
- problems at recipient side
- Added '<- Back' option to some help popups
- Minor textual and graphical changes
Version 5.5: released June 15, 2021 - changes:
- New 'Sunlight mode' feature:
- a colour scheme with high visual contrast
- for better use in direct sunlight
- applied with new Settings switch
- Map subpage:
- the 'Show eventpins' Toast message info
- is extended with 'Show Periodic pins' info,
- both informing on # pins shown
- Track editor subpage:
- larger Comments field when editing, like
- editing it in the Track mainpage
- Blowup subpage:
- Track, History and File mainpages:
- bottom buttons moved a bit up, to reduce
- risc of hititing tab bar icons by mistake
- Bugfixes:
- Wrong Map display from Tracklist after deletion *)
*) When Deleting tracks, tapping the Title field in any row after the deleted track will display the map from the next row. Tapping the Title field in the last row will crash the App.
Version 5.4: released May 17, 2021 - changes:
- Dictaphone subpage, new autolink feature:
- when Dictaphone is opened by the 'Dictate'
- button while tracking, the newest photo
- shot with the 'Shoot' button is linked to
- the current voice recording
- Map subpage
- MapSet 'Show eventpins' picker:
- extended with a fifth photo / voice option:
- 'W/ photo linking to voice'
- thus enabling yellow eventpins for
- autolinked photos
- Bugfixes:
- When using Dictaphone in direct mode,
- tapping '<Track' to cancel does not cancel
- Other minor bugs relating to 'Dictate' button
Version 5.3: released May 10, 2021 - changes:
- Track mainpage: new 'Shoot' button :
- opens new 'Shoot' page, a custom camera
- that localizes photos while tracking,
- giving yellow eventpins in the Map page
- a companion to the 'Add from Cameraroll'
- action in the Photo page
- Track mainpage: new 'Dictate' button:
- opens the existing 'Dictaphone' page
- now localizes your voices while tracking,
- also giving yellow pins in the Map page
- a companion to the 'Add from Dictaphone'
- action in the Voice page
- Other changes:
- enhanced Location Services check and
- authorization flow for new users
- Map page MapSet 'Show eventpins' picker:
- extended to four photo / voice options
- Track mainpage:
- larger Comments field when editing
- green, italic font Message line on tracking
- VMG calculation now considers windless
- Track mainpage & Track editor Comments:
- non-std. clear button (tiny 'x') removed
- better keyboard appear/disappear handling
- Event editor:
- new 'Waiting for you to move' attention is
- shown after tapping 'Done' when tracking
- Photo page 'Find nearest plot algorithm':
- maximal time difference doubled
- larger MeteMap and Voice markers for
- easy tapping: 'M' -> 'MM' and 'V' -> 'VO'
- further abbreviation of track state descr.:
- St: Tracking -> St: Trkg
- History mainpage: two new 'Expand' buttons
- Tracklist: better searchbar dark mode color
- Bugfixes:
- Dictaphone Play button enabled on start
- Dictaphone Back button Tzone display
- could be wrong
- Event editor closes prematurely when
- tapping Text-note cell outside textfield
Version 5.2: released April 5, 2021 - changes:
- Added localization of CameraRoll items:
- the Photo subpage extended with two
- 'Add Strategies' enabling fetch of photo
- 'Metadata (creation date & coordinates)
- the Photo subpage also extended with
- a new MetaMap subpage for quick
- display of location for a photo
- in the Map subpage, yellow pins indicate
- localized photos; tapping a pin opens
- actions to show a photo, and also play
- a voice if one is connected
- Event editor extended to manage photo and voice links
- Relaxed conditions for non-subscribers:
- removed restriction re. import from Backup files
- now there is only two restrictions left
- Improved search function in Tracklist:
- faster and more precise
- more information on number of hits
- better colors in the searchbar
- relaxed 'Search mode warning'
- Extended the Blowup subpage:
- can now plays voice linked to photo
- now supports landscape format on iPhones
- Other changes:
- iOS 12 is no longer supported
- better scaling and adjusting of texts
- added icons in Settings mainpage
- dropped the Tracklist '*E*' edit mark
- Bugfixes:
- In the Eventlist, a wrong event is shown in the
- Event editor after tapping a sixth Cell (or later)
- Solution: cell tap option simply removed;
- instead use Disclosure button action
- In the History mainpage, the Boarders picker
- was not considered when stating:
- 'Timerange is UNrestricted by filter(s)'
Version 5.1: released January 25, 2021 - changes:
- Introducing Voices:
- exploit the Microphone in new contexts
- add voice recordings to tracks and notes
- optionally, link voices to photos
- browse voices in single or group track mode
- handling voices and photos is very similar
- Photo enhancements:
- new 'Blowup' function (zoom)
- playing of linked voices
- Removed limit for text lengths
- Removed 'Check graphic field-lengths' switch
- New Tracklist plus/minus nav.bar buttons
- Abbreviation of track state descriptions:
- St: Being tracked -> St: Tracking
- St: Recorded -> St: Recd
- St: Exported -> St: Expd
- Other changes:
- export/import functions now include Voices
- several minor textual changes
- background a bit more deep blue
- 'Edit template' renamed 'Template'
- improved notification of 'memory warning'
- 'Select Purchase' dialog now emphasizes
- not to leave page prematurely
- navigation bar button 'Cancel' changed
- to '<OpenerName' (e.g. '<Tracklist') in
- the editors (~ breadcrumb style 'back')
- disabled actions are now never hidden;
- instead disable-reasons are shown
- as text at end of the action name
- Bugfixes:
- In the Eventlist and the Report, event titles are sometimes wrong *)
- Workings of save and resets buttons **)
- Crash after pressing home button in search mode ('hack' fix) ***)
*)
The problem may occur after using periodic pins in the Map.
**)
You will not always be able to use the Save settings as my defaults button because it may be disabled when it should be enabled.
***)
The App crashes in the Tracklist subpage, if you enter search mode, i.e. enter a search argument and tap Search (or Enter ) on the keyboard - and then press the home button - or put the device to sleep.
Version 5.0: released November 30, 2020 - changes:
- Introducing Photos (requires iOS 14 or newer):
- exploit the CameraRoll in new contexts
- add any number of Photos to tracks and notes
- browse Photos in single or group track mode
- New Mailcomposer (replaces 'Breadtext'):
- prepares and send mail by merging text and photos
- this merge outputs a template based composition:
- the template has a 'Tracks' and a 'Notes part'
- the template allows user defined html tags
- (old Breadtext template not migrated)
- User interface enhancements / changes:
- button text colors changed from white/red to blue/blue
- tab bar icons now of more eye catching 'filled' type
- nav.bar texts 'Options' and 'Help' replaced by '?' icon
- added a 'Remove restrictions' button to History mainpage
- added an 'Action on Event menu' (Eventlist version)
- details irrellevant to Notes are now hidden
- in Settings mainpage especially:
- new 'My Defaults' construct
- new 'Labels white in light mode' switch
- new 'Textsize' picker
- removed 'Hide detault Tzone number' switch *)
- removed 'Background is Ocean' switch **
- *) Removed 'Hide detault Tzone number' switch:
- Tzone numbers cover: Current- and History Tzone
- both are now always shown in the black tab bar
- and in the teal blue nav.bar for relevant pages
- default History Tzone changed from zero to nine
- **) Removed 'Background is Ocean' switch:
- previous two different backgrounds removed
- substituted by a new, single background
- which aims at better color contrasts
- Other changes:
- removed request for allowance to send notifications
- extended export and import functions to include Photos
- several minor textual changes
Version 4.5: released October 12, 2020 - changes:
- Better handling of Toast (short flashing) messages:
- before, up to 3 msg's were shown one at a time
- now, up to 5 msg's are shown simultaneously
- a new 'Toast msg life' picker manages their lifetime
- Event attributes:
- added 'Gennaker' Sail option
- re-ordered Sails and Engine options list
- Map enhancements:
- extended MapSet 'Blue sections' options:
- all Sails and Engine options now selectable
- e.g. show sections in Blue where Gennaker is set
- exploits enhanced Toast message handling
- e.g. for new display of track lengths
- a new 'Rpt' button repeats the messages
- lighter color for 'Blue sections' for better contrast
- Crew+Boardings enhancements:
- exploits enhanced Toast message handling
- Better handling of 'Graphic length of fields too big':
- in situations where:
- 1. 'Check graphic field-lengths' switch is OFF
- 2. long texts are entered
- 3. the switch is then set ON
- too long texts are then truncated
- ensuring editor functionality
- Added shadow effect to enabled buttons
- Minor textual changes
- Storing of user settings revised
- Bugfixes:
- Unjustified 'No entitlement' message may appear *)
- Selected GeoRegion / Boarder sometimes unstable **)
- fix only applies to iOS 14 and newer
- selections in older iOS version are workable
- but you are encouraged to update to iOS 14
*) If the App is interrupted or crashes while tracking, a No entitlement message may appear when trying to use a function that's restricted for non-subscribers - even if a subscription is bought.
**) In the History mainpage, after selecting a GeoRegion and / or a Boarder, the selected item(s) may change when tapping an output button (e.g. Tracklist).
Version 4.4: released September 22, 2020 - changes:
- New VMG display in Track mainpage:
- like in (expensive) marine instruments
- exploit your iPhone / iPad GPS !
- Enhanced search in Tracklist:
- hits shown 'as are' (no uppercasing)
- scrolls to first hit in each track
- tap 'Options' button to scroll to top
- Track editor displays weekday name:
- shows weekday and date on opening
- supplies the Tracklist time display
- Adapted to iOS 14:
- iOS 12 and iOS 13 still supported
- Minor textual changes
Version 4.3: released August 30, 2020 - changes:
- New 'Daily' granularity option in Barchart:
- daily sailing frequency and metrics in timerange
- addition to existing 1-2-4-..-128 bar granularities
- New checkboxes for simpler setup of:
- search options in Tracklist
- date/clock options in Breadtext
- New sort order button in Eventlist:
- alter sort order both ways
- like sort order button in Tracklist
- Simpler color scheme:
- no difference based on track state
- i.e. 'recorded' and 'exported' tracks use same color scheme
- Improved readability:
- textlabels now black in light mode / bright white in dark mode
- Search bar is removed from the Eventlist (limited value)
- Minor textual changes and fixes
Version 4.2: released August 14, 2020 - changes:
- Improved Event editor:
- wind- and current-direction selections now have graphical pickers
- (the other attribute selectors still use table-based pickers)
- Improved Import function:
- two phase processing: deep validation of Backup file (input) preceding restore
- now handles unexpected 12-hour date format (AM/PM)
- Textual clarifications of both Export and Import function screens
- Bugfixes:
- Crash in the Import function caused by unexpected 12-hour date format
Version 4.1: released July 15, 2020 - changes:
- New feature in Track mainpage:
- automatic copying of earlier boardings at start
- trigged by new 'Copy earlier boardings at start' switch in Settings mainpage
- convenient for tracks in-a-row with same or persistent crew
- cooperates w/ Crew+Boardings cmd: 'Copy X earlier boardings' *)
- *) renamed from 'Copy X neighbor boardings'
- New feature in Event editor:
- command 'Ce' copies the earlier event (i.e. the until then last event)
- enabled in 'New event' mode (when editor opens from Track mainpage)
- convenient when making events where e.g. wind direction or force changes slightly
- New feature in Tracklist:
- open the Track editor directly by tapping the Comments textfield
- alternative to 'Track editor' cmd in the 'Action on historic track?' menu
- Improved Tracklist readability (better contrast)
- The occasional need to 'restore subscription' emphasized in 'No entitlement' and 'Time left' messages
- Minor textual changes
- Bugfixes:
- Bad handling of Long pause
- Bad Tzone information help
Version 4.0: released June 23, 2020 - changes:
- Connection to the Website database and account is gone:
- the Web mainpage is replaced by a File mainpage
- the Account manager (and its Username and Password) is gone
- the Web concepts 'Upload' / 'Download' are replaced by File concepts 'Export' / 'Import'
- the Web concept 'Website database' is replaced by File concept 'Backup file'
- the Backup files are created in a 'Sailor Logbook' directory in the Files App on your device
- by manually moving them to / from the iCloud Drive, Import can replicate the App database to other devices
- (an active subscription is required to complete Import's)
- As a consequence, all your data in the App database are now:
- strictly private
- well protected against hacking
- editable and deletable irrespective of state
- accepting all characters, words and emoji's
- 'GPX export' has been renamed to 'GPX mapfile' (isolating the 'Export' concept to the above outlined)
- A 'slb_readme.txt' file is generated in the Sailor Logbook' ('slb') directory in the Files App
- Minor textual changes (Elapsed time designation 'ET' changed to 'Elt')
Version 3.2: released May 28, 2020 - changes:
- New feature: crewmembers and boardings:
- register your crewmembers
- let them board your ship
- thereby constructing a 'Boarders filter' for searching
- The black tab bar is reorganized:
- now only four icons - the fifth Subscribe icon is removed
- instead, the Subscribe is now a of the Web mainpage
- the icon / mainpage order is now: Track - History - Settings - Web
- New, alternative uniform background - to activate:
- set new 'Background is Ocean' switch in Settings mainpage OFF
- New concept: Primary device
- ensures data integrity
- relevant for subscribers with multiple devices
- manage with new 'Device is primary' switch in Settings mainpage
- The 'Whole history' button in History mainpage renamed to 'Expand timerange'
- Minor textual changes
- Bugfixes:
- Text entered in the Track mainpage could overwrite newest track in History (second fix)
Version 3.1: released April 26, 2020 - changes:
- Improved and simplyfied how to define 'GeoRegions':
- rather than just squares, rectangles are now feasible
- long-press the map, drag and release to define a region
- Extended the Breadtext and accompanying Edit templates:
- user selectable date and time formats
- more built-in help
- Globalized the use of Popup styles:
- all styles are now applicable also on the iPad
- more Popups now obey the styles
- Bugfixes:
- when using the Track editor while tracking (CurrMore -> Track editor), if either Title or Comment is blank, nothing will be saved when the Done button is tapped
- another communication problem btw Track mainpage and Track editor solved
Version 3.0: released April 17, 2020 - changes:
- New data maintenance strategy in relation to the Website:
- edits and deletions of exported items are now done solely in the App
- these actions are replicated to the Website on next export
- Support of international email addresses
- Settings mainpage extended:
- check of graphic length of Track titles (Cyrillic alphabet on small devices)
- Popup style selector: choose alert or sheet, with or without graphics
- Polished Web mainpage and its subpages
- Improved Subscribe stability
- New restriction for non-subscribers:
- when history age becomes 360 days, tracking is disallowed
- there are then two options: subscribe or delete old items
- Bugfixes:
- on start of Tracking, text entered in the Track mainpage could overwrite newest track in History
- crash when going to the Subscribe immmediately after start
- erroneous 'Planned GeoRegion is empty' message
Version 2.8: released February 5, 2020 - changes:
- History mainpage filter handling further extended and improved
- Map extended and improved:
- Geo Filter dialog open delayed to better reveal the 'Red Square'
- Map settings extended with two 'Blue sections' options (Speed above AvS + 10pct / +20pct)
- Map settings extended a Linewidth picker
- Bugfixes:
- crash when toggling 'Hide default Tzone number' switch after 'Onboarding'
- wrong Tzone in Map back button when launched from Barchart and Eventlist
Version 2.7: released January 22, 2020 - changes:
- App name changed to just 'Sailor Logbook' (the 'S' suffix is gone)
- New 'Onboarding' introductory slide-set shown at first App load
- User credentials are now saved in the iOS Keychain - the best-secured place to store secrets
- The History mainpage filter handling extended and improved
Version 2.6: released December 31, 2019 - changes:
- Introducing GeoRegions: define Geographical areas that:
- serves to filter all History mainpage outputs
- works in combination with the other History mainpage filters
- sheds light on questions like 'when did we cruise Hawaii?'
- Added 'Put/Get settings' to the Web mainpage (subscribers only) to backup/restore your:
- Settings Mainpage options
- Breadtext Template
- TzoneTemplates
- GeoRegions
- Changes in the user interface:
- Map: added a 'Geo' button to create and manage 'GeoRegions'
- Settings mainpage: 'Composition picker' renamed to 'Mix Filter' and moved to History mainpage
- For clarity, 'Map' and 'More' buttons renamed to:
- 'CurrMap' and 'CurrMore' in Track mainpage
- 'HistMap' and 'HistMore' in History mainpage
- Increasingly more built-in help
- Textual changes
- Added check of special chars in BreadText template
- Bugfixes:
- empty map after edit event
- Tzone display for Web and Subscribes suppressed
- Rare deadlock situation in editors (Cancel was disabled)
- Barchart: default number of decimals now set to 2
- Some actions on current track reported 'No track section(s) found'
Version 2.5: released November 22, 2019 - changes:
- Introducing notes: use the logbook in between cruises. For example:
- summarize experiences in a new harbor
- list up a days work with spring preparations on the boat
- Still more built-in help
- Minor enhancements of the user interface
Version 2.4: released November 7, 2019 - changes:
- New GPX mapfile: to produce files in GPS Exchange Format importable elsewhere
- Minor enhancements of the user interface
- Fixed a Map settings issue (in sheet mode, switches could fail)
Version 2.3: released October 26, 2019 - changes:
- New Presentation style selector: choose Full screen, Page sheet or Form sheet
- New adaptation to iOS appearance options (Light mode / Dark mode)
- The Map settings has been moved - to the Map!
- Fixed a Piechart decimals issue
Version 2.2: released October 10, 2019 - changes:
- Major graphical revision ('the ocean is blue')
- New plotting algorithm ('best precision with fewest plots')
- New behaviour setting 'Track precision'
- New immeditate validation of textfield inputs
- New 'splash screen'
- Removed 'Instant plot' button and feature (obsoleted by new plotting algorithm)
- Removed behaviour setting 'Periodic events' (obsoleted by Map setting 'Show periodic pins')
- Adjustments to comply with iOS 13 standards
- Bugfixes:
- false timeout on zoomed-in map when zooming-out
- missing 'last plot' after long pause when in the background
- setting of 'Tracking beep' not restored on restart
- handling of Convergence of pins on map
- handling of Clear button in Comments field in Track mainpage
Version 2.1: released September 1, 2019 - changes:
- Introducing Tzone Templates: support of Using Track zones
- Larger comments textfield in the Tracklist
- Better search functionality in the Tracklist and the Eventlist
- New hightlighting of search hits in the Tracklist
- More built-in help (for people who don't read manuals!)
- New 'Max waittime' setting prevents longtime locks for large and complex maps
- Minor enhancements of the user interface
- Minor new restrictions on comments textfield content (prevents html-tags)
Version 2.0: released August 10, 2019 - changes:
- Introducing Track zones: extends the App to track more than just sailing - to for example:
- hiking
- biking
- driving
- cruising other ships
- Minor enhancements of the user interface
- Clarification of a few texts in the Web mainpage
- Title and comments for next track are now saved
Version 1.7: released June 30, 2019 - changes:
- Better overall accessibility (to meet Apple recommendations)
- Better overall access to all functions (via menus)
- Track mainpage simplified (fewer buttons)
- History mainpage layout modified and simplified (fewer buttons)
- New Tracklist sort-button (to eliminate one of the History mainpage buttons)
Version 1.6: released June 15, 2019 - changes:
- New Action on historic track menu (access to many functions for single tracks)
- New Eventlist access from Track mainpage (while tracking)
- New Eventlist searchbar (similar to the Tracklist searchbar)
- Modified the Track editor (simplicity)
- Removed 'Use event attributes' settings (simplicity)
- Extended the Barchart Granularity picker (now also single bar)
Version 1.5: released June 5,2019 - changes:
- Piechart and Barchart readability enhanced (larger font)
- Piechart and Barchart now accessible also from Track mainpage (while tracking)
- New Barchart option for Map display (select a bar and tap a new Bar button)
- The Barchart baseline is now always at zero (all columns shown in full extent)
- Added user selectable 'Tracking beep' sound
Version 1.4: released May 18, 2019 - changes:
- Added 'Barchart' for analysis of Distance, Average speed and Max speed metrics of tracked plots
- Minor textual changes
Version 1.3: released May 3, 2019 - changes:
- Added 'Piechart' for analysis of sailing, weather and sea conditions
- Extended the max time span for output of historic data from two to ten days for non-subscribers
- Improved logic re. sails / engine setting at start
- Textual changes re. sails / engine attributes
- Bugfix: wrong title for last plot pin in maps
Version 1.21: released April 20, 2019 - changes:
- Added 'English time designations switch' for localization
- Bugfix: 'Search help' could appear in wrong place
- Bugfix: Missing prompts before some display fields
- Technical update to current version of Apple's programming language (Swift 5)
Version 1.2: released March 25, 2019 - changes:
- Added 'Case significance' and 'Whole words' search options in the Tracklist searchbar
- Added template to the Breadtext to enable user defined layout
- Added the blue 'My Location' spot to historic maps (besides the current track map)
- Removed event editor 'With pickerwheels' for simplicity (event editor 'With pickerscreens' suffices)
Version 1.1: released February 25, 2019 - changes:
- Added 'periodic pins' to give overall impression of travel progress on maps
- Added 'notification sending' to signal tracking-stop when device is turned off
Version 1.0: released February 15, 2019
- successor of a paid edition of the App (released March 5, 2018)
The App is programmed in the Swift language on a Mac computer.
The Sailor Logbook App and the Sailor Logbook Website is made by CoaSoft LLC Denmark.
Happy tracking :)
Who are we?
CoaSoft LLC Denmark is a private owned company with limited liability registered in Helsingør, Denmark. It was founded by Klaus Kyrsting, programmer and sailor.
Sailor Logbook App manual - © Copyright 2018 CoaSoft LLC Denmark