Release Notes             AMADEUS Version 0.85 Beta            10/03/95 tdieting


New Features (since the beta 0.84)
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o new commands:

    o image viewer supports links now

    o annotations should work now ('File/New/Annoation' and 
      'Navigation/Annotations')

    o text viewer supports deleting of links now


o enhancements:

    o progress indicator added


Bug Fixes
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    o text viewer: crash when displaying index, gopher document and some
      WWW docs - fixed

    o image viewer: fancy white color bug fixed

    o inserting RTF files in the database should work now for several times

    o generic documents didn't launch applications correctly in 0.84.003 -
      fixed

    o for detailed description please look in the 'changes.log' file !


Known Bugs/Shortcomings
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o The following functions are not implemented yet:

    o WAIS support

    o Gopher over Hyper-G

    o WWW inline images when NOT connected to a Hyper-G database


o The user interface still needs improvement.

o Image viewer: does not support generation of links yet, this will
  be implemented very soon.

o Text viewer:
    o correct positioning of destination anchors not supported yet
    o indent & tabs not implemented yet
    o text marking not fully implemented yet
    o printing has some bugs (e.g. margin ignored)


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

o WWW gateway: Forms, scripts and ismap-features are not supported.

o WAIS gateway: not implemented yet

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 more save-as formats (RTF, HTML, ...) *
    o support of a more flexible text selection and cut & paste *
    o support of forms *

o image viewer

    o clickable links **
    o cut & paste of selected areas **
    o speed improvements **
    o more supported formats (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 (MPEG2..??) 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 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:

    * ..... 1Q '95
    ** .... 2Q '95
    *** ... 3Q '95

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


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