| | 72 | * Created sample mail for the users' mail list after consulting with the release team member: |
| | 73 | {{{ |
| | 74 | The last release of Sophie 2 is available for download from here (http://www.sophie2.org/users/downloads.html). Now all users can try it for themselves. |
| | 75 | With the upcoming release of Sophie 2 first alpha, we brought to you full list of the features and functionalities that are implemented and introduced (notice that some of them are in prototype phase) in our previous releases: |
| | 76 | |
| | 77 | Pre-alpha 2 Release – 2008/12/15 |
| | 78 | The initial Sophie 2.0 release is a proof of concept of Sophie's core. Included in this release will be: |
| | 79 | * Sophie running on Windows and Linux (Can be run on the Macintosh with configuration changes) |
| | 80 | * Basic Sophie UI |
| | 81 | * Flaps |
| | 82 | * Menus |
| | 83 | * Frames |
| | 84 | * Simple text support |
| | 85 | * Sophie Properties - While not visible, properties define Sophie objects and are key to the design. |
| | 86 | * Inspector - The inspector displays information about Sophie objects, including the properties |
| | 87 | * Prototypical dialog support |
| | 88 | The Interim Sophie Community Server |
| | 89 | * Team Task List (using Trac) |
| | 90 | * Download page |
| | 91 | * Release documentation |
| | 92 | * Mail lists |
| | 93 | * Discussion forum |
| | 94 | * Developers wiki |
| | 95 | |
| | 96 | Pre-alpha 3 Release – 2009/02/13 |
| | 97 | This release brings more core functionality to Sophie (in prototypical form), including: |
| | 98 | * Property thread safety |
| | 99 | * Undo manager |
| | 100 | * More menu support |
| | 101 | * Page Template core support |
| | 102 | * Page object alignment |
| | 103 | * Selecting multiple page objects |
| | 104 | * Frame bounding properties, for example margins |
| | 105 | * Audio and video support |
| | 106 | * Build Server |
| | 107 | * Initial plugin support |
| | 108 | * Halos and huds |
| | 109 | |
| | 110 | Pre-alpha 4 Release – 2009/03/13 |
| | 111 | This release brings the following features to prototype status: |
| | 112 | * Links |
| | 113 | * Internal support for plugin configuration |
| | 114 | * Resource manipulation |
| | 115 | * Community Web Site |
| | 116 | * Sophie Server |
| | 117 | * Search |
| | 118 | * Book desktop |
| | 119 | We will also start the process of tuning Author, looking for issues and correcting them. |
| | 120 | |
| | 121 | Pre-alpha 5 Release – 2009/04/17 |
| | 122 | This release continues to improve existing features and brings additional features to prototype status, including: |
| | 123 | * Skinning |
| | 124 | * Default Skin |
| | 125 | * Alternative Skin |
| | 126 | * Application Help |
| | 127 | * Resource list filters |
| | 128 | * Resource change list |
| | 129 | * Internal definition of Sophie Book File Format |
| | 130 | * Page zooming |
| | 131 | * Page property editing |
| | 132 | * Frame rotation |
| | 133 | |
| | 134 | Our next release is scheduled for 2009/05/15, we expect it to include improvements on the features that were introduced earlier and some new things like: |
| | 135 | * Timelines (prototype stage) |
| | 136 | * Printing |
| | 137 | * Page element grouping (prototype stage) |
| | 138 | * PDF export |
| | 139 | Most features expected to ship in Sophie 2 will be initially available in this release. Bugs are expected and some features will not be fully usable. |
| | 140 | |
| | 141 | Best regards, Sophie Team. |
| | 142 | }}} |
| | 143 | * Someone from the release team must review the mail for the users before being sent. |
