The Dossier

The Dossier 1.0.5 Submitted!

We’ve submitted an update to The Dossier to Apple for approval, so hopefully it’ll be available Tuesday or Wednesday. We didn’t get everything we’d hoped to into this release, but we’re hard at work on the next version already. Here’s what’s been done:

• Improved integration with the address book. We now get the photo and birthdate from the contact record, as well as let you tap the person’s name to view their contact information. You can even tap on an email address or web page, and it’ll send an email or view their website accordingly.
• Photo zooming and positioning. You can now use a slider to zoom in on the dossier photo, as well as position it with your finger, so you can focus in on one face from a group photo.
• Cached tweets. If you’re not connected to the internet, you can still see tweets from the last time you viewed the dossier.
• Improved moving. No more false starts when moving blocks around the screen.
• Saved state. When you enter The Dossier it’ll return you to where you were previously. This is expecially great when you make use of the contact actions mentioned above.
• Improved stability. We were using ridiculous amounts of memory, and the iPad wasn’t having any of it. We’re now well within the limits, with fewer memory spikes and therefore fewer crashes.
• Bug fix. The Done button was sometimes hidden behind the keyboard when editing notes.
• General speed improvements. This is especially noticeable when dealing with large numbers of dossiers.

We still feel that searching and an index are extremely important improvements, and we’re working on them for the next update, as well as a few other nice things (like the gift block).

Thanks to everyone who has purchased The Dossier, as well as all the kind words from people. It’s really kept us going these last two weeks!