Thursday, March 6, 2008

iSkyGaze Version 1.06 Released


There are several changes in this version:


Added Real-Time Images of Sun/Moon
When you go into the details screen for the sun, you will see an image from the SOHO satellite. This is a near real-time image of the sun taken by the satellite and sent back to earth. For the moon, I have added an image of what the moon face should look like given the % of illumination. This is courtesy of the US Naval Observatory.


Web Clip Now Works from Menu Screen
If you save a web clip icon of iSkyGaze on your home screen, it now uses the Saturn icon even if you save the clip from the menu screen. I do not encourage this because the start screen shows important system messages if something arises. It is there if you prefer it though.


Added Daylight Savings Time Setting
Just in time! Daylight savings time goes into effect this coming weekend in the US. If you turn DST ON in iSkyGaze it will adjust the GMT time by one hour to compensate.


Fixed Problems with Invalid Input String Error
This error occured when someone set up their location but did not specify a timezone. The program did not validate whether a timezone was entered. I have not only aded the validation, but made the validation using javascript onclick. This was not initially done because the IUI library I use for the iPhone is very possessive when it comes to events. I had to make the changes in their library which I wanted to avoid to keep the IUI library clean. Thanks to Chris from Berkeley CA for his help in identifying this nagging problem.

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