Is available at:
http://www.pleco.com/beta/pd2b7-stabilityfixtest.zip
This includes both Palm OS and Windows Mobile application binaries - just copy the appropriate one over to your system (replacing the current application). On WM make sure to exit Pleco completely first by choosing the Quit command from the menu.
The main goal of this is to attempt to take care of a lot of the crashing problems that are still plaguing Palm users, though it also includes a number of bug-fixes on the Windows Mobile side.
The biggest change is that we've fixed a nasty memory leak in the database-caching code which we've determined was responsible for most of the crashes people were reporting on Palm when switching applications / running other applications in the background / looking up words in Instant Access. It was particularly acute on the Tungsten E2 due to its unusually small database cache memory; E2 users should install all databases other than the application / handwriting recognizer file to an SD card, since this actually reduces the cache memory requirement significantly, and should make certain not to store their flashcard databases as PDBs (they wouldn't be by default, but only if you moved them there using PlecoMover or changing the corresponding setting in Search Paths), since storing them that way considerably increases the strain on the database cache.
The other big change is that we've altered the way that flashcard sessions are started in a way that should significantly reduce the strain it puts on people's systems; particularly noticeable if starting a session with lots and lots of categories included, this should no longer cause crashes on Palm and should let some sessions start considerably faster on Windows Mobile. Since it is a significant change, though, we want to make sure it doesn't have any unintended side effects, hence the "experimental" nature of this release. So please make sure to let us know if you encounter any strange behavior / sessions not starting correctly / etc in flashcards.
We've also fixed a number of other annoying bugs (like saved flashcard sessions not being deleted correctly on WM), so it's worth trying out for everyone, though given those experimental flashcard changes those of you who aren't very technical should probably wait a bit to make sure there aren't any serious problems first.
This is not intended to fix all of the bugs reported in B7, it's just an interim release to make sure we're on the right track with those stability fixes, so there's no need to re-report any bugs from B7 that are still around - just let us know if you encounter any new bugs (or, if you've had issues with frequent crashes before, whether those issues have gotten better / worse / stayed the same in this release).
(the "status" poll lets you change your response, by the way, so if any of you feel that this release is significantly more finished-seeming than the previous one you can feel free to update your answer
)
http://www.pleco.com/beta/pd2b7-stabilityfixtest.zip
This includes both Palm OS and Windows Mobile application binaries - just copy the appropriate one over to your system (replacing the current application). On WM make sure to exit Pleco completely first by choosing the Quit command from the menu.
The main goal of this is to attempt to take care of a lot of the crashing problems that are still plaguing Palm users, though it also includes a number of bug-fixes on the Windows Mobile side.
The biggest change is that we've fixed a nasty memory leak in the database-caching code which we've determined was responsible for most of the crashes people were reporting on Palm when switching applications / running other applications in the background / looking up words in Instant Access. It was particularly acute on the Tungsten E2 due to its unusually small database cache memory; E2 users should install all databases other than the application / handwriting recognizer file to an SD card, since this actually reduces the cache memory requirement significantly, and should make certain not to store their flashcard databases as PDBs (they wouldn't be by default, but only if you moved them there using PlecoMover or changing the corresponding setting in Search Paths), since storing them that way considerably increases the strain on the database cache.
The other big change is that we've altered the way that flashcard sessions are started in a way that should significantly reduce the strain it puts on people's systems; particularly noticeable if starting a session with lots and lots of categories included, this should no longer cause crashes on Palm and should let some sessions start considerably faster on Windows Mobile. Since it is a significant change, though, we want to make sure it doesn't have any unintended side effects, hence the "experimental" nature of this release. So please make sure to let us know if you encounter any strange behavior / sessions not starting correctly / etc in flashcards.
We've also fixed a number of other annoying bugs (like saved flashcard sessions not being deleted correctly on WM), so it's worth trying out for everyone, though given those experimental flashcard changes those of you who aren't very technical should probably wait a bit to make sure there aren't any serious problems first.
This is not intended to fix all of the bugs reported in B7, it's just an interim release to make sure we're on the right track with those stability fixes, so there's no need to re-report any bugs from B7 that are still around - just let us know if you encounter any new bugs (or, if you've had issues with frequent crashes before, whether those issues have gotten better / worse / stayed the same in this release).
(the "status" poll lets you change your response, by the way, so if any of you feel that this release is significantly more finished-seeming than the previous one you can feel free to update your answer
)