Release Notes             AMADEUS Version 1.00 Beta            30/07/95 tdieting


New Features (since the beta 0.87.000)
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o new commands:

    o - to be filled out -

o enhancements:

    o - to be filled out -


Bug Fixes
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    o - to be filled out -



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 Text viewer:
    o text marking has still some minor bugs

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


Future Plans
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o textviewer

    o HTML 3.0 parser *
    o support of forms *

o image viewer

    o cut & paste of selected areas **
    o speed improvements **
    o more supported formats (PGM, PPM, ...) **

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" and/or "local map" information for a documents 
      position in the database hierarchy (like 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:

    * ..... 3Q '95
    ** .... 4Q '95
    *** ... 1Q '96

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


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