Major New Features:
· New Week Block View, which introduces a popular view among long-time Agendus users, providing a new perspective on the work week
· Week Views and Month View: Current day now flashes upon initial entry for easy location of Today
· Added Templates for fast creation of repetitive Meetings and/or Tasks
· Added Auto-Complete in the Contact Field for Meetings, Tasks and Memos. Just start typing a contact name as defined in Contact preferences.
· Tasks: Added new “Redo” functionality providing the ability to repeat a task on a given number of days following its completion
· Tasks: Added “Relative” alerts enabling setting the alert 'x' minutes, hours or days before the due date/time of the Task (is not reflected as “Relative” in native Tasks for OS 5.0.x devices because API is not accessible, but the time of the alert is respected)
· Agenda View: Added the option to show Tasks below timed meetings
· Preferences: Added more versatile display customization options for the Today View
· Week Views: Added the option to display Tasks below timed meetings
· Today View: Using trackball > left will show a popup to jump to another slot
· One Day View: Untimed area is now “sticky” so to remain visible when scrolling the timed area
· Added the ability to create a new Meeting or Task with an associated contact on the fly from anywhere when a contact is highlighted
· Contact History: Added Memos to the records to be searched
Notable Improvements:
· Today View & Week Views: Now showing contrasting color on days when focus is not present
· Today View: Replaced large “type” indicator icon within slot with a much smaller one to allow for more space for text
· Today View: Removed 3-D effect on slot headers, providing a more pleasing view
· One Day View: Addressed the time slots on the left side not adjusting properly to larger font sizes
· Week View Grid: Removed 3-D effect on date headers
· Meeting edit dialog: Now showing “Duration” below time
· Memos: Corrected the inability to scroll memos using the trackball on nontouch devices
· Contact History: 'Search In Progress' text now remains visible until search is complete
· Contact Detail: Rearranged the order in which a contact's information appears
· Corrected OTA updates sometimes not working when using WiFi
Major New Features:
· New Split View, which introduces a popular view among long-time Agendus users, providing a view with Meetings in the top portion and Tasks in the lower portion, and an adjustable divider
· One Day View: Added the ability to Compact the Day to only show time slots containing events
· One Day View: Added the ability to turn off time bars if desired
· Task View: Added the ability to combine the date filters to expand what records can be shown at once
· Agenda View: Added the option to scroll dates horizontally vs. vertically
· Agenda View: Added the option to show Tasks below timed meetings
· Week Views: Added the ability to start the week on any weekday, or “Today”
· Week Views: Added the option to display Tasks below timed meetings
· Contact History: Added the same Detail Pop-Up dialog here as found in the other views
Notable Improvements:
· Today View: Previously retrieved weather information is cached and retained until another successful update is performed to replace it
· One Day View: Additional refinements to changes made in this view in version 2.0
· One Day View: Made improvements to the “Auto-Adjust to Current Hour” feature to work as expected
· Agenda View: Addressed some display issues with appointments that span midnight
· Agenda View Preferences: Corrected the 'Show Events for next day' option not remaining selected after exiting preferences
· List View Standard: Addressed Today's date not being included in any of the “Next x Days” filter
· Contact Expanded View: Considerable performance improvements in this view when scrolling and when many photos are present
· Contact Expanded View: Corrected photo placeholder not updating immediately upon adding a new photo
· Meetings: Added the “Send Using” drop down to allow defining which calendar (email) account to use when addding/editing a meeting
· Meetings: Corrected the “Relative Date” option displaying the incorrect weekday sequence for Monthly Repeating meetings
· Meeting and Task Detail Card View: Added “Reschedule”, “Delete” and “Contact”(only when applicable) to the menu
· Tasks: Added “Selected Day” to the options for default due date
· Task Sorting: Relabeled 'Due' to 'Due Date/Time' to eliminate confusion with regard to the expected functionality
· Now Showing Attendees on Meeting Card Views
· Detail Pop-Up: OK & Cancel buttons are now “sticky” so to always be visible if the text on the pop-up dialog is lengthy
· Detail Pop-ups: Improve the pop-up dialog so that the “Open” and “Dismiss” buttons are sticky, making them always visible
· Improved performance when switching dates in the various calendar views
· Weather Forecast: Improved the retrieval time to update
· Location information for Weather is now requested upon fresh launch (new install)
· PowerSearch Local: Added Memos to the available records to be searched
· Power Search Local: Final improvements to complete addition of Memos in search criteria
· Enabled the use of system Auto Text in edit dialogs
· Additional refinements made to the new “Selected Day” option for new Tasks
· Contact History: Corrected inaccuracies in the date range being searched
· Contact History: Corrected Email messages not being found as expected
· Storm: When invoking the “Select Contact” dialog for Meetings/Tasks the keyboard appears automatically to allow immediate search
· Storm: Corrected the inability to change keyboard style when searching in Contact, Task or Memo Views
Major New Features:
· All New Storm Toolbar: new toolbar provides easy access to the most common view-specific menu actions
· Gestures On The Storm: swipe the screen in any calendar view to change the date
· Panning On The Storm: for views that are vertically scrollable, just touch/hold and pan up or down to view the list
· Overhauled One-Day View: now with 1/2 hour increments, time bars and better overall layout of events, providing a more pleasing and easier-to-navigate view
· New Standard List View: provides a list view much like the Week List View, but with the addition of a powerful date filter to maximize visible records
· Memos Integration and Related View: completing the integration of all four native PIM applications, with the added bonus of being able to associate a contact with the memo
· All New Selector Dialogs: providing attractive and easy-to-navigate dialogs for "New," "Views" and "Preferences" selectors
· All New "Fast Summary" Detail Card Views: shows only the fields that contain data so you only see what is relevant
· Enhanced Edit Dialogs: allow for easier interaction and quick field recognition thanks to the use of a variety of icons, indicators and pre-filled values
· Native Photo Support for Contacts: displays contact photo in the Expanded Mode as well as on the new Card Views (even on Meetings and Tasks) and in the Contact Edit dialogs
· Contact History: provides a comprehensive history of activities involving your contacts
· Power Search Local: searching for and finding data is made simple with this robust utility
· New Pop-Up Detail Dialogs: have a glance at events and contacts without the need of entering into their details card or editing dialog
· Advanced Task Sorting Options: arrange your tasks by five different values to suit your needs and get things done faster
· Quick Lookup For Tasks: narrow down that large task list quickly with a few keystrokes
· Per Record Text Color: displays your data in easy-to-distinguish colors
Notable Improvements:
· All Views: Added the ability to reschedule an Appointment or Task on-the-fly without having to enter the edit dialog
· One Day View: Added a Weekday Picker at the top right for quicker date navigation by day or week
· Appointments: Added the ability to modify the appointment schedule from main edit dialog
· All Calendar Views: Added the ability to navigate dates by simply scrolling the view with trackball
· When viewing a Contact's Detail (Card) view, pressing the phone button will now invoke a call
Functionality Refinements:
· Month View: Addressed the date in the month remaining Bold indicating an event was present when “Show Tasks in Month View” was disabled, and a Task was present on a date where an Appointment was not
· Preferences > Category Colors: Improved the color palette to all for multi-direction navigation via the trackball
· Storm: Improved the various color pickers throughout the application to be more finger friendly
· Appointments: Added the ability to modify the appointment schedule from main edit dialog
· Resolved the inability to deselect a weekday on an Appt/Task edit dialog in a recurrence sequence in some cases
· Corrected a misspelling of “Occurrence” in the Repeat edit dialog
· Removed the underline on each Preference section header
New Features:
· Storm: Enabled screen-tap on the date appearing in the caption bar at the top right of the Month View to change the active date in the calendar
· Storm: Enabled screen-tap on the date appearing in the caption bar of the Week Views to change the active date range in the view
View Related Improvements:
· Month View: Improved navigational performance in this view
· Month View: Corrected the inability on the Storm to select a day to display that day's events in the detail pane before going to that date. Now the first tap selects the day, while a second screen tap will go to the date in One Day View
· Resolved a stability issue when attempting to access the menu from a view when the view was invoked from the Month View
· Agenda View: Added a date header on dates void of any events providing better awareness of what date is being shown
· Contact Views: Corrected the Alpha filter dropdown not applying the filter as expected
Preference Related Improvements:
· Added the ability to set the default date for Tasks to 'None'
· Minor improvement to hide the Priority options for 'Show only Past due Tasks with' if it was unchecked
Miscellaneous Improvements:
· Appointments: Corrected a mis-labeling issue on the edit dialogs when an appointment has invitees
· Addressed an issue with recurring Tasks where the recurrence options available did not update dynamically after changing the due date
· Updated the Shortcuts reference, in the 'Shift + Phone' to dial, as 'Shift' is no longer required
· Storm: Corrected the inability to scroll the Go to Date popup dialog when the virtual keyboard was exposed
· Appointments: Corrected a delay when opening an appointment containing many attendees
· Corrected Categories for Contacts not saving after adding/modifying them
· Now when using the Go to Date keyboard shortcut in a calendar view, the same popup is shown as when using Go to Date from the menu rather than the date picker dialog
· Removed the requirement to use Shift + Phone button to initiate a phone call when in Contact Views with a contact selected or in Calendar/Task views with a record selected which has a contact. Now only pressing the Phone button is required in these instances
· The Choose Date dialog now shows the weekday providing easier determination of what date to go to
· Contacts and Tasks: When focus is in category field, trackball-press or screen-tap (on Storm) immediately invokes the Category picker dialog, rather than a menu requiring more selection
New Features:
· Added support for multiple calendars on OS 4.6 and above devices (including BlackBerry Bold, Storm, and KickStart). For details see this knowledge base article
· Added per-calendar filtering capabilities, allowing to view only entries tied to a specific email account / calendar
· Agenda View: added capability allowing to view dates in the future
Improvements and Enhancements:
· Contact Views: Resolved problem with contacts appearing sorted incorrectly in some instances
· Updated Keyboard Shortcuts documentation to include Storm/Pearl specific keystrokes
· Contact Views: Corrected the inability to use the SureType Keyboard to perform a contact search (Storm specific issue)
· Task View: Corrected the text of the Task description disappearing upon receiving focus (Storm specific issue)
· Category Colors panel: added prompt to Save/Discard/Cancel when leaving the dialog through Esc/Back
· Changed a few Keyboard Shortcuts because of conflicts with various hardware-specific configurations: New weekly appt. is now "Shift+ A", New Annual appt. is now "Shift+ B"
· Pearl/Storm: Corrected the keyboard shortcut Shift+B not working for creating a New Annual Meeting
· Addressed an issue on 8700-series devices which prevented Canceling Edit/Delete dialogs on Repeating events
New Features:
· New Agenda View which provides a snapshot of the current day, with options for including Tasks and upcoming items for tomorrow. Fully customizable through a dedicated set of new preferences.
· Added Keyboard Shortcuts throughout the application for Record creation, View navigation, Date navigation, Contact Interaction (both in Contact Views and in other views on records with contacts associated), and others. See 'Shortcuts' in the application's menu for the complete list.
· Added the ability to quickly duplicate an Appointment or Task or Contact. Use 'Duplicate' from the menu in any view when an item is selected
Improvements and Enhancements:
· All Calendar Views: Addressed some All Day Repeating appointments appearing one day later in Agendus, despite being correct in the native Calendar
· Today View: Corrected the date headers in Appointment/Task slots not adjusting their font to match the font chosen for the view
· One Day View: Corrected an issue where appointments would sometimes disappear in some instances/combinations with other appointments
· Month View: Resolved a stability issue exclusive to the BlackBerry Storm when selecting a day within the month calendar
· Task and Contact Views: User defined Category filter is now retained across view changes and also after application termination/restart
· Task View: Corrected truncation of long Task descriptions so that text does not overlap indicator icons or due date Preference related
· Preferences > Category Colors: Corrected missing prompt to Save/Discard/Cancel changes if using Esc/Back keys to leave the dialog
· Storm: improved the Category color picker to support screen tap selection
· Contacts: Corrected situation where the first character entered in phone fields was alpha, rather than numeric as expected
· Appointments/Tasks: Addressed missing prompt to choose email address when attempting to email a contact via an appointment or task and the contact associated has multiple email addresses
· Appointments/Tasks: Corrected a misspelling of 'Relative' in the edit dialogs that appear on Month/Yearly repeating items
· Addressed a stability issue occurring occasionally upon device wake-up from standby state if Agendus was running in the background
· Corrected the auto-refresh of Recent Messages no longer working until switching views. The Recent Messages slot will now auto-refresh while the Today View is active immediately upon receipt of a new email
· All Day Appointments: Resolved an issue where All Day appointments would occasionally appear dated for 2 days if device was in a particular time zone
· Tasks and Contacts: In the Category picker, if using Esc/Back, user is now prompted to Save/Discard/Cancel as expected
· Tasks: Addressed issue with the Show Tasks in Bold option not working correctly in some instances if the device was in a particular time zone
New Features:
· Enabled the use of the Return (Enter) key in the locations listed below for a more intuitive selection of items and for dialog dismissal
· All pop-up dialogs (e.g., New, Go to View and Go to Date)
· Select Contact dialog on appointments/tasks
· Select Category dialog on tasks/contacts (confirms selection and closes category picker)
· Edit Schedule on appointments (when not in a time/date field, confirms changes and closes dialog)
Improvements & Functionality Refinements:
· Corrected an issue on OS 4.6 and 4.7 devices(Pearl Flip/Bold/Storm) where the menu fonts were appearing larger on selected items
· All Day Appts: Addressed an issue where All Day Appointments would appear dated for two days when device was in time zone behind GMT
· Tasks: Corrected time issue at 12:00 (0:00) assuming yesterday's date, rather than today's
· Tasks: Corrected the default Task time not being properly applied to new Tasks when device was in a time zone behind GMT
· Tasks: Corrected an issue on repeating tasks, where after marking the current instance complete, the reminder date/time was not updated respectively for the new regenerated instance
· Calendar Views: Resolved an issue on OS 4.6 and 4.7 devices(Pearl Flip/Bold/Storm) where the indicator icons (Repeat, Notes, etc.) would disappear in some instances following editing of specific fields on existing records
· Task View: Addressed an issue on OS 4.6 and 4.7 devices(Pearl Flip/Bold/Storm) where a phantom due date would appear beneath the Task description in some instances
· Week View List: Corrected focus being redirected to the top of the view after editing an item from any lower part of the view
· Addressed the global font setting at Preferences > General also applying the font changes to areas in the application where fonts should not be changed (e.g., preferences, menus, etc.)
· Corrected an issue where the global font setting at Preferences > General would no overwrite a previously defined font setting on a specific view
· Corrected the font setting at Preferences > Month View > Font settings not showing the correct preview of how the font will appear in the view
New Features:
· Task Preferences: Added a new option to toggle the default use of the space bar to mark a selected Task complete
· Tasks: Added the ability show tasks due today in Bold in all views capable of showing tasks, along with an independent preference for each of these views
· Calendar Views: Added new options in preferences to show/hide indicator icons (repeat, reminder and notes)
· Calendar Views: Added new options in preferences to show/hide Task priority icon (when Tasks are being shown)
· Calendar Views: When using Go to Date > Choose date and pressing Esc/Back button after entering a date, a prompt is triggered to Go to Date, Modify date or Cancel, eliminating the requirement to use Menu > Ok
Improvements & Functionality Refinements:
· Calendar Views: Corrected the use of the Esc/Back button to go back to a previous view not returning to the correct view occurring in certain situations
· Task View: User-applied date filter is now retained across view changes, as well as application termination/restart
· Contact Views: Corrected inaccurate searching when searching for company name and when a contact's First, Last and Company names contained a value
· Corrected the 'Show Tasks' option for the Week View Grid becoming re-checked after having deselected it and saving
· Corrected the dependency for the new 'Show Tasks due Today in bold' option added in build 138
· The preference "Show Appt. End Time" is now disabled by default on portrait screen devices such as the Pearl/KickStart
· Contacts: Corrected the inability to enter alpha characters in the PIN field
· Improved the appearance of the application launcher icon
· Added more logging to email related areas to help isolate some start-up problems reported by users
· Addressed failure occurring when visiting the task list view
· Addressed failure occurring when visiting the contact view
New Features:
· Added support for the BlackBerry Internet Service Transport (BIS-B)
· Task Views: Added the ability to optionally show indicator icons for Priority, Repeat, Reminder, Notes & Due Date. These may be turned on/off in Task Preferences.
· Tasks: Added the ability to define a default Time for new tasks
Improvements & Functionality Refinements:
· Corrected Repeating Tasks not observing the time on the original task when the new one is regenerated
· Today View: The Max to Show is now ignored for Past Due Tasks and applies only to current/future tasks
· Go to Date > Choose Date will now default to the active date being shown, rather than the current date
· One Day View: Restored Current Time display in upper-right corner, which was inadvertently removed in the last update
· Week List View: Corrected focus position being moved to top-most part of the view after deleting an item from a lower part of the view
· Contact Views: Corrected misspelling of 'Filter'
New Features:
· All Day Annual Repeating appointments are now auto-created upon saving a birthday or anniversary on a contact
· Task View: Added a new menu item providing the ability to quickly delete all completed tasks
· Today View now shows current time in upper-right caption area
Improvements & Functionality Refinements:
· Implemented numerous performance related optimization which allowed to remove slowdowns occurring in certain views or while performing certain operations
· Month View: solved problem with data loading related lag occurring with fairly populated schedules
· Contact Views: Improved response time when entering characters to search for a Contact
· Today View: Corrected a limitation where only one Past Due Task would ever appear in the Task slot
· Addressed contacts not being recognized on appointments/tasks which were added from another source in which the name was formatted with a comma/space such as "Last, First"
· Changed the text *Empty* to instead show *No Items* when in views with no records present
· Resolved a stability issue occurring when deleting records from certain views when multiple records were present
· Addressed records remaining visible in Agendus after deleting until termination/restart
· Corrected issue with record changes not being reflected in Agendus when the modification / creationfield was performed by another application while Agendus was running
· Addressed recurring tasks not being regenerated upon completion on the next scheduled date as expected
· One Day View: Corrected the inability to scroll beyond an appointment in some cases to see times toward the end of the day