Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Finnigan Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Apple II Desktop Version 1.4 Released Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2024 19:30:48 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Mac GUI Lines: 31 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 21:30:48 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="fd9b7299ec4b15a9fd83f531def815cb"; logging-data="1903647"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+MjeG9HiK1Vd+BQVlfl6nM" User-Agent: Mac GUI Usenet Cancel-Lock: sha1:1ctI0FRjw5jIn9gOQ5yc8X1tq+c= Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.apple2:49018 Call-APPLE reports: The full release of the Version 1.4 chain of the Apple II Desktop graphical interface for the Apple II computer has been released. Joshua Bell, the curator of the Apple II Desktop project has been adding features and fixing issues with the project at a high rate of speed over the past several months. Thus, the latest version, Apple II Desktop 1.4, includes a slew of new advances and changes in the operation of the interface including the following items: General - Improve mouse responsiveness and event ordering. - Prevent spurrious clicks following double-click. - File Picker Dialog: Show watch cursor when polling all drives. - IIgs: Reset video banking state on launch to prevent garbled screen. (#764) - Improve wording and fix spelling/grammar mistakes in various strings. - Added Dutch (nl) localization. (#767) - Improve sound played when entering/exiting Mouse Keys mode. - Improve window title bar apperance. (and many other items) The Apple II Desktop package is available in nine different languages. You can download the Zipped disk images as well as all source code for the project from the Apple II Desktop GitHub page at: https://github.com/a2stuff/a2d/ https://www.callapple.org/software/apple-ii-desktop-version-1-4-released/