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Release Notes 1.1
jdee edited this page Jul 1, 2011
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Release 1.1 of Dubsar primarily introduces a mobile interface using jQuery Mobile. It upgrades to jQuery 1.6.1, jQuery UI 1.8.14, Rails 3.0.9 and fixes some bugs.
June 30, 2011
- Upgrade to jQuery 1.6.1, jQuery UI 1.8.14 and Rails 3.0.9 These are the current stable releases.
- Easily view Dubsar on a mobile device Dubsar now has a mobile interface, using jQuery Mobile, available via the /m route.
- Get live suggestions from an autocompleter on a mobile device The same autocompleter used on the main site is used to provide live suggestions as a user types.
- View search results on a mobile device A user is presented with a list of matching words as the result of each search.
- View word definitions on a mobile device A user is presented with a page listing the inflections and glosses for a word when they select that word from the list of search results.
- View detailed information about a word sense on a mobile device The same information that is available in the custom tooltips (lexical names, adjective markers, frequency counts, sample sentences, verb frames and pointers to related words), as well as a list of synonyms, is presented to the user in a separate page when they select an entry from the list of glosses for a word.
- Bad inflection failure Issue 29 Some regular verb inflections for those ending in [aeou]y were badly botched. This was fixed with a migration.
- Unresponsive autocompleter Issue 6 This was fixed with a jQuery UI upgrade (to 1.8.13).
- Some search characters not handled well Issue 27 This was the result of an unfortunate optimization. Previously, if you added a period to the end of a search, it generated an unpleasant error.
- SQL help link not working [Issue 28] (https://github.com/jdee/dubsar/issues/28) This was introduced during mobile development. It's been fixed since.
See Dubsar's full current list of open issues at https://github.com/jdee/dubsar/issues.
- Invalid inflections These have mostly been cleaned up. The remaining errors primarily involve verbs ending in a short syllable with l or s. The clean-up process continues.
- Missing inflections Some verbs do not list regular past-tense forms because of the presence of an irregular form. This requires review.
- OpenSearch suggestions not working with IE in a guest account With IE 8 on Vista, in a guest account, searching Dubsar from the browser's search box works, but an error is reported when requesting suggestions. This works fine on the same host in a privileged account.
- Back: opening the right accordion pane Dubsar's accordions work well when refreshing a page, which happens in particular when a user requests a search returning no results. Dubsar will redirect to the previous screen (if the search was performed using the search form), open the correct accordion pane and position it where it was when that pane was opened. This does not work in the general case of going back to a previous screen.
- Back: getting the display theme right If you navigate from one Dubsar screen to another, change the display theme, then immediately go back, the previous page will be displayed in the previous theme.
- Header bar doesn't display well in a narrow window If the window is made too narrow, the search form will overlap the alphabet links on the left of the header bar.
- Wrong accordion pane with navigation option In a search like http://dubsar-dictionary.com/?term=turn#turn_v, the accordion pane for the verb should be open. It fails on every tested browser except Camino on OS X and Safari on Windows. It seems likely to be an issue between jQuery UI and the various browsers.
- Giant tooltips don't always scroll well On a page like http://dubsar-dictionary.com?term=jurisprudence, there is a sense with hundreds of pointers. In some browsers, a tooltip too large to fit on the screen can make the application unusable.
See Supported Browsers and Devices for updated information.
Dubsar requires a JavaScript-enabled browser. Currently, Dubsar works well in the following browsers:
- Firefox 3 on all platforms (Ubuntu, Vista, OS X)
- Google Chrome 6-12 on all platforms
- Safari 5 on OS X and Vista
- OmniWeb 5 on OS X
- Internet Explorer 8 & 9 on Vista
Dubsar has not been tested with a version of Internet Explorer below 8.
Dubsar Mobile has primarily been tested on an Android (2.2). Anecdotal reports indicate that it also works on a Blackberry. Lack of available mobile testing devices prevents further testing for the moment. Testing is an ongoing activity.
The QUnit test suite currently passes in all listed browsers.
The server has been tested both on Ubuntu and OS X.