Release Notes             AMADEUS Version 0.81 Beta            11/09/94 tdieting


New Features
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o new commands:


o enhancements:

    o text saving supports exporting to RTF
    o PCX image format supported


Bug Fixes
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o generating of text-links should work exactly now
o 'SAVE' within collection browser disabled
o bug in the goto-command removed (prevented to go to a collection)


Known Bugs/Shortcomings
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o The following functions are not implemented yet:
    
    cut                     (Edit)
    copy                    (Edit)
    paste                   (Edit)
    set bookmark            (Navigation)

o The user interface still needs improvement.

o Text Viewer: does currently not display inline images.  

o Image Viewer: does not support links yet
            Dithering speed should be improved

o others: Due to a bug in Win32s, the Win32s-subsystem will crash, if 
          you open too many external viewers simultanously (depending on the
          built-in memory (eg. 8MB: not more than 3 viewers ...)
          This problem will disappear when most viewers are contained within 
          the main module. 

o gopher gateway: currently only text-/image documents and Gopher-Search
                  are supported (sound, ... will follow)

o WWW gateway: Due to limitations in the text viewer, inline images are 
               currently not displayed.

               Forms are not supported.

o WAIS gateway: does still not work correctly (fix scheduled for Nov. '94)

o PC/TCP 2.2: MultiMedia documents cause a crash with this version, but
              PC/TCP 2.3x works perfectly


Note: The hostname of your PC must be listed in the TCP/IP host file
(Otherwise the document cache server can't connect to the PC !)
 

Future Plans
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o textviewer
    
    o support of inline images *
    o more save-as formats (RTF, HTML, ...) *
    o support of a more flexible text selection and cut & paste *
    o speed improvements *

o image viewer

    o clickable links **
    o cut & paste of selected areas **
    o speed improvements **
    o more supported formats (fractal compression, PGM, PPM, better
      TIFF support, ...) **

o movie player (MPEG)

    o more player controls (pause, continue, fast forward, ...) *
    o audio support ***
    o links ***
    o speed improvements **

o internal audio player
    
    o support of AU, WAV (..??) format **
    o usual player controls supported **
    o select, cut & paste (needs graphical view of sound) ***
    o save-as with several formats (AU, WAV at least) **
    
o collection browser

    o ADDITIONAL view to menu-structure: hierarchical tree-structure
      (like in "Harmony", the UNIX-Hyper-G client) ***

o internal PostScript viewer to support using the Hyper-G based
  scientific magazine J.U.C.S. **

o some additional or improved navigational and administrative tools

    o "fish eye view" information for a documents position in the
      database hierarchy (as in "Harmony") ***
    o improved statistical information ***
    o improved "send message" etc. .. ***
    o some more adiministrative tools (possibly as seperate applications) ***

o improvements to extend Amadeus to a universal internet tool:

    o really big improvements for the http protocol (WorldWideWeb):
      inline images **, forms ***?, ... ???
    o improvements for the Gopher protocol (Gopher+ ??) **/*
    o WAIS protocol support **
    o direct FTP protocol support **/***
    o direct NEWS protocol support? ***?
    o direct Archie protocol support? ***?
    o sending EMail (SMTP) (There are no plans to directly support receiving
      of EMails, this should be done by the Hyper-G server once) ***
    o local home page/database: 
      similar to a WWW home page (but with more features)
      There you can specify "direct links" to all internet protocols, that
      Amadeus supports, including Hyper-G servers themselves (to select one as
      your home server).
      This also enables you to use Amadeus WITHOUT a Hyper-G server (if there
      is no one yet available in the near surrounding), although you won't be
      able to use all the impressive features Hyper-G would support.

Time schedule:

    * ..... really soon (Version 1.0)
    ** .... till the end of this year (Version 1.x)
    *** ...  sometime during the next year (Version 2.0)

Note: This is a suggested time schedule, as well its priority, as its content
      can change !


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