New in CurlyWhirly 1.14.01.27
CurlyWhirly has just been updated to version 1.14.01.27.
NEW: Complete rewrite of the graphics engine; now using native OpenGL rather than Java3D. NEW: Added a category selection mechanism which allows for filtering upon multiple categories form separate category groups, while colouring by a given category group. NEW: A table of data points active in the display is now available in the control panel. NEW: The table of data points can be saved to disk and/or copied to clipboard. NEW: CurlyWhirly is now available as a native installer for 64-bit platforms. NEW: The auto-spin feature can now spin the model at any angle. NEW: Much of the UI has been translated into German and Spanish. NEW: Updated the UI to include logos for JHI and Masagro. NEW: Added a dataset close button to the main display. NEW: CurlyWhirly now (optionally) warns on dataset and application close. NEW: Added a new About box (and licence pane) matching the style used in Flapjack and Tablet. NEW: The installers and web start version are now all code signed. NEW: The codebase is now Java 7 across all supported platforms (Windows, OSX, Linux). NEW: Added a preferences dialog for setting some of the lesser-used options. NEW: User preferences (such as colour) are now remembered between sessions. NEW: Capture screenshot now prompts the user for a location to save the image file. NEW: Capture screenshot gives the option to view the image after creation. NEW: Added a recent files listing to the front page of CurlyWhirly. NEW: The spin slider now updates the spinning speed in real-time. NEW: Introduced a tabbed panel to separate control of the 3D display from summary information about the underlying data. NEW: Many improvements and bug fixes to data loading code. NEW: It is now possible to customize the colours of the axes. NEW: Added a preferences option to control antialising. CHG: Dropped the application menus in favour of a lightweight toolbar approach. BUG: Fixed UI controls being active before data is loaded.