JM's Mandelbrot Explorer

Revisions

version 1.21 (26-5-99)

• Fine-tuned resizing code to reduce potential bugs and eliminate display glitches
• Reduced occurence of palette and bitmap corruption after save or wallpaper
• Fixed crash when zooming into very small areas
• Reduced memory usage
• Reduced program size
• Added workaround for bug in Microsoft library causing invisible toolbar
• Removed alternate toolbar layout (due to the above)
• Added better support for large fonts
• Added remove toolbar option
• Rearranged menus

version 1.20 (16-5-99)

• Rewrote core graphics routine for extreme speed increase!
• Added colour-cycling
• Added user-definable palette and palette editor
• Added load/save palette (Fractint compatible)
• Changed to modern flat buttons
• Added alternate (novice) interface
• Separated options dialog into palette and equation dialogs
• Changed Square It! button to a toggle, and renamed it Undistort
• Fixed undistort to work after screen resizing
• Added lots of keyboard shortcuts
• Created new program icon
• Added readme.txt file (finally!)
• Added lots of help

version 1.1 (20-11-1998)

• Added some different fractal types
• Added the ability to enter your own fractals (Phew!)
• Tidied up the user-interface (slightly)

version 1.03a (2-10-1998)

• Fixed intermittent redraw bug

version 1.03 (29-9-1998)

• Changed to standard Windows Help file format
• Fixed double-click bug
• Added options window for palette selection
• Palette fully user adjustable
• Palette now saved with location
• Palette optionally loaded with saved location

version 1.02 (2-9-1998)

• Changed to a nicer palette
• Tidied up print preview window
• Fixed printing for all printers (maybe)
• Added 'square it' button, to fix distorted zooms
• Added status bar down the bottom, with extended help
• Restructured 'Save As' in menu
• Added some keyboard shortcuts, such as Ctrl-Z to undo

version 1.01 (21-8-1998) - private release

• Fixed maximise window bug
• Added print preview window - printing not yet tested
• Added drag image to move it
• Added cursor clipping, so you can't move the mouse off the screen

version 1.00 (13-8-1998)

• Rewrote core in ASM - now 10 times faster!
• Fixed bug in window resizing
• Added multiple undo/redo facility
• Added save as wallpaper
• Added copy to clipboard
• Added save as bitmap
• Added animated zoom in and zoom out

version 0.99 (20-7-1998)

• Resizable window
• Link to web site

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