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posted 03-17-2007 10:41 PM            

iScreensaver Designer: General

• Detects and warn if QuickTime/Flash disabled under QuickTime 7.1.3 and later.
  
• Include Windows Vista sample artwork.
  
• Removed bogus "unusually large" warnings for icons that were the correct size.
  
• Slide show editor -- "live effect preview" with Cut effects now works.
  
• Slide show editor -- Select-All edit command fixed.
  
• Slide show editor -- Audio player display glitches fixed.
  
• Slide show editor -- image size display bugs fixed.
  
• Screensaver Build -- file sizes in log are more accurate.
  
• Screensaver Build -- better error messages for missing assets.
  
• Bug in icon dithering algorithm fixed.
  
• The un-registered Nag screen is nicer.
  
• Miscellaneous artwork and text changes.
  
• Wizard has better default photo folder locations.
  
• QuickTime version checking using 3 digit numgers (such as 7.1.5) works properly.
  

iScreensaver Designer : Windows

• iScreensaver now supports Windows Vista.
  
• Windows Installer updated to InnoSetup 5.1.11
  
• On Vista, installer no longer launches the application after installing, so the app does not accidentally run Elevated.
  
• Sample Project files install into user's Documents folder, preventing read-only file issues.
  
• Miscellaneous cosmetic bugs fixed under Vista.
  
• Bogus "shell timed out" messages supressed.
  
• Double-clicking a project file when iScreensaver Designer is already open opens another window instead of launching a 2nd instance.
  
• Better application and project file icons.
  
• Default screensaver installer filenames now include "Install " to increase Vista compatability for automatic elevation.
  
• The flow of warning messages when QuickTime wasn't installed now makes more sense.
  

Screensavers: Windows

• Detect and warn if QuickTime/Flash disabled under QuickTime 7.1.3 and later.
  
• Under Vista, the Screensaver Control Panel preview was not working. Fixed.
  
• The Screensaver Control Panel preview size was a few pixels off. Fixed.
  
• Note: Screensaver Installers must be "Run as Administrator" under Vista. They will now detect and notify the user if not.
  
• Bogus "shell timed out" messages suppressed.
  
• Screensaver activation is smoother w/fewer screen flashes.
  
• Eliminated most cases where orphaned screensaver processes could exist.
  
• Saver will run on older NT versions (though this is not officially supported)
  
• Occasional wrong-sized screensaver full-screen bug fixed (Vista).
  
• Screensaver Uninstaller works more reliably, and now works under Vista.
  
• Screensavers with spaces in the filename now activate and preview more reliably.
  

iScreensaver Designer: Mac OS X

• The PKG installer is better: sample projects are copied to local user's folder, fixed read-only permissions, application now reveals and opens more reliably, even on 10.2.
  
• The SIT install is less cluttered.
  

Screensavers : Mac OS X

• Detect and warn if QuickTime/Flash disabled under QuickTime 7.1.3 and later.
  
• Dissolve effect was broken in the control panel preview. Fixed.
  
• Screen updates are more consistent in 10.2, 10.3, and 10.4
  
• Fixed occasional bug with ShowCursor setting when using unlocked content.
  

Known Issues in 3.5

Known Issues : Windows

• On Vista, if a non-admin user installs iScreensaver Designer, the Sample Projects folder won't be installed. We recommend that only admin users install iScreensaver Designer.
  
• On Vista, screensaver installers must be run Elevated ('Run as Administrator'). This will happen automatically if the word "Setup" or "Install" is in the filename. Otherwise, users can right-click the installer and choose 'Run as Administrator'.
  
• On Vista, screensaver installers open the "Personalization" control panel, which has a link to the "Screensavers" control panel. This is by design so that when the user opens the Screensavers Control Panel, they are no longer running Elevated.
  
• On Vista, if a non-admin user installs a screensaver built with iScreensaver Designer, it may not automatically be selected as the active screensaver. Solution: open the screensaver control panel and select it.
  
• On Vista, a single preference file is used for all users. This may cause minor confusion of multiple user accounts are using iScreensaver Designer.
  
• On Vista, re-installing a screensaver may not clear out old preferences. You must first Uninstall it, and then Re-install it. Authors doing multiple builds are advised to change the screensaver Title (on the Control Panel tab) and filename (on the Build tab) to ensure a clean slate, or manually search for and delete the iScreensaver.ini file between builds.
  
• Having a screensaver installer open and running, while trying to build it again, may cause problems. Solution: don't do this.
  
• Not all QuickTime codecs are available in Windows. Be sure to test cross-platform screensavers on both platforms.
  

Known Issues : OS X

• Trying to re-install an older version (such as 3.4) on top of 3.5 will fail. If you need to do this, use the SIT download instead and copy the files by hand.
  
• Upon first install of 3.5, Sample Projects in the /Application/iScreensaver Designer/ folder will be copied to ~/Documents/iScreensaver Designer/ Therefore you may end up with some project files listed twice in the project list. If this happens, you should generally work with the later ones and delete the earlier ones from the list.
  
• Under QuickTime 7.1.3, Flash movies may not work properly on Intel macs even when 'Enable Flash' is turned on. Solution: Upgrade to QuickTime 7.1.5.
  
• Interactive screensavers, if started via a Hot Corner, may exit prematurely upon mouse movement about 30 seconds after starting. This only happens with an unregistered version of iScreensaver and will not happen once paid for.
  
• Image scaling routines are different in OS 9, OS X and Windows. In particular, scaling a very small image to a very large one will look best in OS 9 and Windows. Most of the time this difference is not noticeable.
  
• Mac OS X movie screensavers respond to the keyboard the same way a movie player control does. This means that the space bar will pause the movie. To exit the screensaver, just hit any other key or click the mouse.
  
• Later versions of iPhoto no longer save Albums as a list of aliases. If you want to create a slide show from an album, the easy way is to export the album pictures to a folder first.