Tom Sawyer Visualization, JSP Edition

Releases

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Release 9.1.0 Date May 20, 2010 Status   General Overview In this release, the visualization and layout architectures have been optimized to improve performance. Layout speed has improved by twenty to sixty percent. This release also introduces accelerated selection, enhanced browser support, and revamped documentation. New Added support for the Apple iPhone and iPad Added support for running multiple asychronous calls concurrently Added support for the Print Setup dialog box in Apple Safari and Google Chrome Enabled one step undo for all nesting operations Improvements Installation Improved installation program Improved licensing setup Technology Improved support for the Apple Mac OS X user interface Minimized JavaScript transfers between server and client Improved APIs for creating and removing drawing contexts Accelerated XML reading and writing Improved support for different doctype declarations Removed JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library (JSTL) dependency Visualization Drawing Representation Data driven graphic examples show structural zooming User Interactions Accelerated selection Enhanced button enabling during page load Layout All Layout Styles Increased layout speed by twenty to sixty percent Circular Layout Style Improved edge labeling with dense drawings Enhanced clustering quality Refined clustering options Hierarchical Layout Style Improved edge labeling with polyline and orthogonal routing Orthogonal Layout Style Refined labeling Enhanced group constraint quality Symmetric Layout Style Improved edge labeling with dense drawings Enhanced handling of fixed point constraints Routing Reduced edge crossings Significantly enhanced routing with connectors Labeling Increased quality Documentation Revamped documentation Requirements Added support for JDK 6.0 Added support for these operating systems: Apple Mac OS X 10.6 Microsoft Windows 7 Sun Solaris 10 This application server has been added: Oracle WebLogic Server 11g These browsers have been added: Apple Safari 4.0 Google Chrome 4.0 Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Dropped support for SVG client functionality Fixes Tool-specific cursors are supported in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox User sessions are freed earlier after signout Programmatic UI changes correctly update the drawing canvas Issues None Release 9.0.0 Date December 15, 2008 Status   General Overview This release introduces a new data-driven, scene-based graphics system with integrated expression language support. The new graphics system simplifies the creation of drawings with advanced graphics and behavior. The new adaptive tiling refresh system enables changes in drawings to propagate to browser clients more quickly and efficiently. Asynchronous multi-threaded layout enables you to perform layout operations on large drawings and easily switch tabs to add additional browser sessions. This release also introduces several improvements to the graphical user interface components. It introduces a layout progress indicator and provides a layout cancel facility. New Technology AJAX adaptive tiling minimum redraw Non-blocking asynchronous page refresh Drawing Representation Data-driven, scene-based, drawing element user interface (UI) framework: Drawing element scene hierarchies provide rich UI decoration Runtime drawing element construction and manipulation Expression language enables dynamic control of UI representation XML representation of drawing element UIs Predefined drawing element UIs: Industry standard shapes for Networking and UML diagrams Expanded node UI displays a small summary of the collapsed node UI Varying level of detail based on zoom level Graphical badges enable drill-down, expand, and collapse actions Display Components Multiple drawing canvases per page or session Support for GIF, JPEG, and PNG image formats Printing Print setup options page Multi-page printing support Layout Non-blocking layout threads Layout progress and cancel Drawing Fitting optimizes use of the drawing canvas or printed page Open and closed group constraints Demonstration Application Overlay pan and zoom controls Several preset canvas sizes Documentation Additional tutorials Reference page of available resources Improvements User Interactions Refined Add Edge behavior Improved Pan tool Layout Reduced number of edge crossings for inter-drawing edges when laying out nested drawings Refined options for minimum and maximum number of clusters for disconnected drawings with more than one component in the circular layout style Enhanced incremental hierarchical layout style results Reduced number of edge crossings in the hierarchical layout style Reduced local edge crossings in the orthogonal layout style Improved node placement when fixed connectors are present in both symmetric and orthogonal layout styles Enhanced multiedge routing in both symmetric and circular layout styles Increased labeling quality Demonstration Application Reorganized toolbars and menus Redesigned graphical UI and icons Documentation Enhanced Developer's Guide Requirements Added support for JSP 2.1 Dropped support for JDK 1.4 and JSP 1.2 These operating systems have been added: Apple Mac OS X 10.5 IBM AIX 5.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5* Ubuntu Linux 8.0* These operating systems have been dropped: Apple Mac OS X 10.3 HP-UX 11 IBM AIX 4 Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Sun Solaris 9 These application servers have been added: Apache Tomcat 6.0 BEA Weblogic 10.0 IBM WebSphere 7.0 Oracle Application Server OC4J 11.1.1.0 Red Hat JBoss 5.0 These application servers have been dropped: Apache Tomcat 5.0 BEA Weblogic 8.1 IBM WebSphere 5.1 Red Hat JBoss 3.2 These browsers have been added: Apple Safari 3.1 Google Chrome 2.0 Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Mozilla Firefox 3.0 These browsers have been dropped: Apple Safari 1.3 and 2.0 Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Netscape Navigator *The 32-bit compatibility layer is required for 64-bit Linux systems. Issues None Release 8.0.0 Date May 1, 2007 Status   General Overview This release introduces several user interaction refinements and layout improvements, in particular when working with large drawings. Users can now interactively edit drawings. Further, this release introduces a new symmetric layout algorithm and improvements to each layout style. New tutorials demonstrate how to create a visualization application and add interactive features. New System Software licensing server and administration client Location independent JSPs User Interactions Pan tool Editing tools to add or delete nodes and edges, and to move nodes Layout Symmetric layout style algorithm dramatically enhances performance with large drawings Documentation Comprehensive tutorials for developers Improvements System Enhanced support for Apple Macintosh computers Layout Reduced edge crossings in the circular layout style Enhanced polyline routing in the hierarchical layout style Improved orthogonal routing performance in the hierarchical layout style Refined edge routing with connectors in the orthogonal layout style Improved performance in the orthogonal layout style Reorganized constraints Enabled constraint sharing among different layout styles Improved routing performance Documentation Enhanced Developer's Guide Requirements Added support for JSP 2.0 and 2.1 Dropped support for JDK 1.3 and JSP 1.2 These operating systems have been added: Microsoft Windows Vista Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 These operating systems have been dropped: IBM AIX 4 Silicon Graphics IRIX Sun Solaris 7 and 8 These application servers have been added: BEA Weblogic 9.0 Oracle Application Server 10g 10.1.3 Red Hat JBoss 3.2 Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 9.0 These application servers have been dropped: Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 Oracle Application Server 10g 10.0.3 Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 8.0 These browsers have been added: Apple Safari 1.3 and 2.0 Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 Mozilla Firefox 1.5 and 2.0 Netscape 7.2, 8.0, and 8.1 These browsers have been dropped: Apple Safari 1.0 and 1.2 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Mozilla 1.7 Netscape 7.0 Fixes None Issues None Release 7.1.0 Date October 20, 2005 Status   General Overview This release features optimized page refresh and introduces an advanced change notification system. New Drawing Representation Notification System Client-side notification of changes resulting from interactive operations Client-side availability of drawing details Improvements Display Components Optimized page refresh AJAX-enabled explicit control of updated objects during page refresh Preserved client-side state-related data on entire page refresh Requirements Added support for JSP 1.2 These application servers have been added: BEA Weblogic 8.1 IBM WebSphere 5.1 Fixes Optimized feature performance and behavior Issues None