OmniGraffle 2.0 Beta v7 Now Available

[manny at omnigroup.com]

OmniGraffle 2.0 Beta v7 Now Available

Seattle, Washington -- January 31, 2002 -- A new Beta of OmniGraffle 2.0 
is now available for download. Download the latest release at 
http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnigraffle/ and please send your 
feedback to omnigraffle at omnigroup.com. OmniGraffle 2.0 Beta v7 includes 
improvements on stability, some bug fixes, and numerous tweaks. Check 
out the totally cool and improved AppleScript support that goes beyond 
just mere AppleScript support (we'll have a fancy marketing term for it 
when we come up with one). See the release notes below.

Information about OmniGraffle 2.0 Beta:

New features to version 2.0 Beta include AppleScript support, URL links 
to graphics, layer support, cool new tools, shape enhancements, line 
ending enhancements, export to HTML, grid enhancements, auto layout 
improvements, a magnet editor, and OmniOutliner import preferences. 
Remember that full, licensed versions of OmniGraffle and OmniOutliner 
are now shipping with new Power Mac G4s and Titanium Powerbook G4s.

OmniGraffle 2.0 Beta requires Mac OS X 10.1

Pricing information and availability:

A free limited version of OmniGraffle is available for download at 
http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnigraffle/. OmniGraffle can be 
purchased from Omni's online store http://store.omnigroup.com for $59.95 
(check out our new boxes! -- $64.95 for a boxed OmniGraffle and you get 
a manual that is actually fun to read). Education discounts are 
available and customers who purchase or have purchased any version of 
OmniGraffle 1.x will receive a free upgrade to OmniGraffle 2.0. Also, be 
sure to sign up on our OmniGraffle-Users mailing list to share your 
favorite Graffle's!

Information about The Omni Group:

The Omni Group, founded in 1993, develops Mac OS X applications 
including OmniWeb, OmniGraffle, and OmniOutliner; provides Mac OS X 
based consulting services such as porting games to Mac OS X; and employs 
20 unique individuals who all agree that Kevin Bacon is the center of 
the universe. Information on The Omni Group is available at 
http://www.omnigroup.com/.

Release Notes 2.0v7
- Stability
     - Crash Catcher was reporting a "End of Script" error.
     - We were getting a crash whenever the line spacing well on the
       ruler was clicked.
     - Using the Apply button on the color panel was locking up the app.
     - There was a crash related to making font and color changes.  The
       crash was usually delayed, making it a little harder to track
       down.  This should be fixed now.
- Features, fixes and minor tweaks
     - More AppleScript support
         - AppleScripts can be configured on the toolbar, complete with
           custom icons.
         - AppleScripts can be attached to individual graphics.
         - "Edit->Copy As->AppleScript" copies the current selection as
           AppleScript source.
         - Added extended text support.
     - Added more ERD and IA line endings, and modified the IA palette.
     - The Size Info pane can be used to set the dimensions of lines
       that are not connected to anything.
     - Added preferences for newline insertion, label creation, and line
       creation.
     - Added right-to-left and bottom-to-top hierarchical layout.
     - Added Bigger and Smaller menu items to the Font menu.
     - Added an opacity slider for images.
     - Made shadows draw lighter if the fill color was partially
       transparent.
     - Transparency in text is preserved when saved.
     - Groups can now have magnets and you can set whether connections
       should be made to the group, or its components.  The control for
       this is on the Magnets Info pane.
     - Project Builder/Framework Imports look a lot nicer, and there are
       preferences for whether to show categories, protocols, and/or
       classes outside of the project/framework.
     - Added options for ordering of children during hierarchical layout
       and fixed it so that we were no longer reversing the order of
       topics when importing outlines.
     - "Make Natural Size" and "Size To Fit Image" were not working.
     - Made the shapes on the shape inspector larger and less blurry.
     - Free text was jumping around to much when moved.
     - Fixed a bug where the points of lines were getting off grid when
       moving several graphics and lines at the same time.
     - Also, horizontal and vertical lines were getting one pixel off
       grid when moved.
     - The url and script fields on the link inspector get cleared when
       no graphics with links are selected.
     - When dragging from a zoomed canvas into another app, we were
       dropping unzoomed, when we should have been maintaining the
       original scale.
     - Fixed the bug where text was shifting slightly after editing.
     - If there is a locked graphic with a link on a palette, then
       clicking on the graphic will follow the link.  (the Garrett IA
       palette has an example of this)
     - We beep if we go to open a url and it fails.
     - Graphics were getting highlighted during line creation even if
       connections were not allowed.
     - Change the highlighting of lines to make it more clear when a
       connection to a line will snap to a point, and when it will add a
       point.
     - There was a sporadic bug with the export pane where it wouldn't
       let you change the file type.  Rewrote the code that handles
       this.  Please send feedback if you are still seeing the problem.
     - UML class graphics were not displaying there text until moved,
       and were not rotating correctly.
     - Add the missing "Links" menu item to the "Tools > Info Panes"
       menu.

Press Link:

http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/archive/omninews/2002/000089.html

Press Contact:

Manny Chao
Omni Group Marketing
206-523-4152 ext. 290
206-523-5896 fax
manny at omnigroup.com