We're putting the finishing touches on the still 2.0.7 iPhone update (hopefully the last before we add flashcards), the biggest new features of which are a) more flexible Pinyin search (no more putting spaces before syllables that begin with vowels) and b) audio no longer interrupts music playing in the background. Plus some bug fixes, of course. Beta-testers should get an email about this within the next day or two, we want to do a quick double-check to make sure that that Pinyin change doesn't cause any problems for people.
One other 2.0.7 change we're not sure about, though. Right now, when typing in a search on the keyboard there is by default a 0.25 second delay between when the input text changes and when Pleco starts searching. The search itself is basically instantaneous (and takes place in the background anyway), but drawing the search results on the screen (which has to happen in the foreground) takes long enough that without that delay, the keyboard can become a bit unresponsive in the middle of entering a search.
But turning off that delay makes the software feel a lot faster, so we're considering disabling it by default in 2.0.7. (it'd be off by default even for people who already had it set, though you'd still be able to re-enable it through Settings)
The delay can already be optionally turned off in the current version, so I'd really appreciate it if people reading this would:
1) Go into Settings / Dictionary / Search Settings
2) Scroll down to the "Results" section
3) Tap on "Delay before search" and choose "None."
4) Try some keyboard-based searches.
5) Post your impressions / whether or not you prefer this to the old setting and why. (also mention what iPhone / iPod model you're running so we know what you were working with processor-wise)
If you're using transparent-background handwriting, feedback on how well this works with that would be useful too. (we could always make it separately configurable in both modes)
One other 2.0.7 change we're not sure about, though. Right now, when typing in a search on the keyboard there is by default a 0.25 second delay between when the input text changes and when Pleco starts searching. The search itself is basically instantaneous (and takes place in the background anyway), but drawing the search results on the screen (which has to happen in the foreground) takes long enough that without that delay, the keyboard can become a bit unresponsive in the middle of entering a search.
But turning off that delay makes the software feel a lot faster, so we're considering disabling it by default in 2.0.7. (it'd be off by default even for people who already had it set, though you'd still be able to re-enable it through Settings)
The delay can already be optionally turned off in the current version, so I'd really appreciate it if people reading this would:
1) Go into Settings / Dictionary / Search Settings
2) Scroll down to the "Results" section
3) Tap on "Delay before search" and choose "None."
4) Try some keyboard-based searches.
5) Post your impressions / whether or not you prefer this to the old setting and why. (also mention what iPhone / iPod model you're running so we know what you were working with processor-wise)
If you're using transparent-background handwriting, feedback on how well this works with that would be useful too. (we could always make it separately configurable in both modes)