Known issues

The page lists known problems of Sophie in this release (Sophie 2.0.4, released 1 March 2010). Some of these issues may be cleared up by daily builds, which are available on the downloads page.

Recommended minimum standards

Sophie should run on computers that have either Java 5 or Java 6. Minimum standards for Sophie 2.0 are:

• Windows: Windows XP, Vista and 7, running at least Java 5.1.
• Mac OS X: 32-bit systems with at least OS 10.5, running at least Java 5; or 64-bit systems with at least OS 10.5.8, running at least Java 5.
• Linux: Linux running at least Java 5.1.

While Sophie may run on other platforms, we can't be sure how well it will run; if you run into problems, contact us.

Known issues on all platforms

• Web sites using Flash don't work in browser frames and may make Sophie unresponsive.
• Sophie's performance is better on computers when running in Java 6 than it is in Java 5; if your computer has both, make sure that you're using Java 6.
• Autochaining creates new pages but doesn't yet respect layouts.
• Parts of the timeline interface still work incorrectly.
• Not all resources can be exported in their original formats yet.
• Issues with layout redrawing may affect performance.

Mac issues

• Currently, downloading a Sophie book in Safari may change the extension from .spbf to .spbf.zip. Remove the .zip suffix; the books will open normally in Sophie.
• The menu bars in the Mac application don't appear in the standard location for Mac applications.
• On some Mac OS 10.5 systems, the first time media or a browser frame is inserted, an error may occur. Dismiss this error; all subsequent use of media & browser frames should be fine. This will happen the first time you use the application, but shouldn't happen again.

Windows issues

• There are some issues with layout redrawing on Windows Vista.

Linux issues

• There may be audio issues on 32-bit Linux systems.