Dictan 4.6 (March 15, 2015)
New: Supported FDB version 3 which enables DSL markup for FDB bases (.fdl extension) Fixed: Text view could not load base images
Dictan 4.5 (Jan 18, 2015)
Improved: Updated the support of Unicode to version 6.2.0 Improved: Upgraded the target API to version 21 (5.0 Lollipop) Fixed: One-letter links couldn't be opened due to the incorrect check in the code
Dictan 4.4 (April 18, 2014)
Improved: Restructured web and text article navigation bars Improved: Restructured titles of main, web, and text article views
Dictan 4.3 (March 25, 2014)
Fixed: Media resources could not be found at big multi-part FDB bases
Dictan 4.2 (March 2, 2014)
Improved: Supported system fonts at the article web view Improved: Article view is defaulted to web and long click to copy text Improved: Partially restored the context menu at the article text view which was skipped since Android 3.0 Honeycomb Fixed: Audio tag was not parsed correctly resulting in the default browser audio player at the article web view and no player at the text view
Dictan 4.1 (February 15, 2014)
New: Supported the setting of font at the article web view New: Supported FDB version 2 New: Added the new FDB option of "Prefix articles with words" to the About section Fixed: The setting of search suggestions was ignored Fixed: Application crashed when any recent word was selected while web-browser mode was enabled
Dictan 4.0 (February 1, 2014)
New: Supported user fonts which should be located in a specific directory pointed at the settings New: Integrated the font of DejaVu Sans due to its extended Unicode support New: Completely rebuilt the settings interface to use the native preferences API New: Supported gestures: Right swipe at any preference screen will return to the list of words New: Added information to 'About' section about the base languages and compilation author New: Added 'Donations' tab to the 'About' section New: The select dictionary icon migrated to the action bar from the options menu for Android 3.x and higher New: The minimum version of Android API is increased to 8 (2.2 Froyo) and the target version to 19 (4.4.2 Kitkat) Improved: Highlighted the list items on clicks Improved: Extended functionality and corrected the styles of the application Improved: Program will not open an FDB base if at least one of its parts is not found Fixed: Application crashed if a base contained links to nonexistent images Fixed: The setting of alternative search was ignored when set to find exact matches
Dictan 3.7 (December 1, 2013)
New: Added File Chooser to select the work directory at the program settings Fixed: Scrolling of articles was very slow for some devices at Android 4.x
Dictan 3.6 (November 26, 2013)
Fixed: Word was not correctly positioned when word list was opened with a call from external application
Dictan 3.5 (November 23, 2013)
Improved: The labels of all buttons are replaced with icons Improved: Program icon is upscaled for the devices with extra-extra high density screens (xxhdpi) Fixed: The action for the call from external applications was not saved in the program settings Fixed: List dividers were hidden for some devices at Android 4.x
Dictan 3.4 (November 20, 2013)
Improved: Minor corrections to the Russian interface language Improved: Upgraded the target API to version 18 (4.3 Jelly Bean MR2) Fixed: Font color was not changed to black at the white theme for API 11 and higher
Dictan 3.3 (November 17, 2013)
New: Added support for Russian language and language choice in the program settings Improved: Added the Cyrillic collation rules for the devices where it is cut from the firmware Improved: Added ability to go the word list if the translation is not found when called from external applications Improved: Upgraded the target API to version 17 (4.2 Jelly Bean MR1) Fixed: Sounds were not correctly played at the web translations of Android 4.x
Dictan 3.2 (May 4, 2013)
New: Ability to search exact matches or closest translations when called from external applications New: Menu of "Recent Words" and ability to set its size in the program settings
Dictan 3.1 (May 26, 2012)
New: Ability to store and choose the list of recently selected dictionaries New: Option to set the size of the recently selected dictionaries list Improved: The default sdcard location is automatically resolved on the first program start Fixed: Program crash at start when font size smaller than 9 is selected
Dictan 3.0 (December 27, 2011) New: Integration with external applications (particularly CoolReader) is added. Documentation is available at the website.
Dictan 2.9 (November 19, 2011)
New: Multi-part FDB bases are supported to overcome 2 GB Android DB limit. English Wikipedia 2011 is converted and can be downloaded at the website. Improved: 'About Dictionary' section is extended with the new FDB attributes Fixed: Last selected .zd dictionary was not saved in the program settings
Dictan 2.6-2.8 (October 23-26, 2011)
New: New fast and universal FDB (Free Dictionary Base) format is introduced! First FDB bases (Britannica, EN-RU-EN, RU Wiki) can be downloaded at the website for testing. Fixed: Some articles could be incompletely shown in some versions of Android. Fixed: Color mode was not applied to the web browser translation view.
Dictan 2.5 (August 14, 2011)
Improved: References, images, sounds and word navigator are supported in the new web browser view (it's still beta version) Fixed: Abbreviations could be applied to wrong text tokens
Dictan 2.4 (June 14, 2011)
New: Directories in the work directory are supported to allow categorizing dictionaries New: Beta option to enable web translation view. Only for testing, it is not intended for use! Improved: '.zd' extension is removed from the items of the list of dictionaries Fixed: Some dictionaries with a particular number of words couldn't be opened Fixed: Dictionaries could not be opened at any work directory that is different from /sdcard/dictan
Dictan 2.3 (May 24, 2011)
New: Option to set the work directory of the program where dictionaries are located New: Option to use the translation font for the word lists and lists of dictionaries
Dictan 2.2 (May 8, 2011)
New: Option to disable HTTP/HTTPS links in translations Fixed: Word search crashed at Android 2.3 and higher
Dictan 2.1 (April 23, 2011)
New: <c></c> tags are supported (along with the standard <abbr></abbr> HTML tags) to refer to abbreviations in translations Improved: Search time is significantly decreased Improved: HTTP and HTTPS links can be opened from translations with an Internet browser
Dictan 2.0 (April 4, 2011)
New: ZPAK media attachments (images & audio) are supported! New: Dictionary locale is supported to follow the word list sorting rules for the word search New: Dictionary flags are supported, especially -naf (No Auto Format) which denotes that translations should not be formatted Improved: Translation is not prefixed with the word if it is found in the translation Improved: Raw HTML header is removed from the translations to avoid wrong views Improved: Memory model is relaxed to avoid out of memory exceptions at old devices Improved: 'About' section's view is restructured and new info is added
Dictan 1.11 (March 14, 2011)
Fixed: The translation equlas sign (<=) was not handled appropriately Fixed: Translation navigation didn't go back if the same word had previously been traced
Dictan 1.10 (March 4, 2011)
New: Option to disable the word search auto-complete New: Option to chop up to 2-letter word endings if a direct translation is not found Improved: User graphical interface is made more attractive Improved: Translation view is made capable to show additional dictionary constructions Improved: Focus returns to the 'Search' input field when the 'Clear Input Word' button is clicked Fixed: Lists' focuses were not shown
Dictan 1.9 (February 17, 2011)
Improved: Search requests to the word list are speeded up Fixed: Wrong entries were shown after the return from 'Translation' to the 'Word List' section
Dictan 1.8 (February 13, 2011)
New: 'Dictionary List Font Size' is added to the 'Settings' section Improved: 'Settings' section is split up into two tabs of interface and translation settings Fixed: Fatal exception occured at some versions of Android after the application had been kept in memory and not used for a while
Dictan 1.7 (February 5, 2011)
New: Abilities to translate a word, select and copy text are added to the long click translation menu Improved: 'Screen Orientation' and 'Long Click Action' parameters are added to the 'Settings' section Improved: Navigated words are cached in memory to speed up the recurring navigation over them Improved: Tabs in 'About' section are moved to the bottom Fixed: The Translation context menu was shown only with a long click on the translation text, and not anywhere out Fixed: The Translation navigation bar disappeared if the screen orientation changed
Dictan 1.6 (January 20, 2011)
New: Long click translation conext menu is added which allows to copy the translation text to clipboard. Improved: Preference of the color style is extended for the whole program interface Improved: Keyboard is shown when the 'Clear Input Word' button is clicked Fixed: Program collapsed if the optical trackbal was used to navigate over the links Fixed: The word list skipped to the first item when it was resumed
Dictan 1.5 (January 16, 2011)
New: 'Settings' menu item is added to configure the word list and translation font sizes as well as their color styles Improved: Translation navigation is not chopped back if the word has alredy been traced Fixed: 'Back' button in the translation navigation bar could become hidden under some circumstances
Dictan 1.4 (January 09, 2011)
New: Interactive links are enabled New: Navigation bar for interactive links is added New: 'Clear Input Word' button is added Improved: Last selected tab in 'About' section is saved
Dictan 1.3 (November 28, 2010)
New: Memory model is rebuilt to support big dictionaries New: Dictionary detailed info is added to 'About' section Improved: Load time is decreased, and progress bar is removed due to a short load timeĀ Improved: Translation viewing and morphology assignment Fixed: Exception when the keyboard language is different from the dictionary language Fixed: Positioning to a right word (instead of the next after the right one) when text in the 'Search' input field is changed
Dictan 1.2 (November 1, 2010)
New: Multithreading to keep up faster dictionary loads New: Dictionary load progress bar New: Enter button triggers a translation of a currently positioned word Improved: The same choice of a dictionary doesn't reload it Improved: A newly loaded dictionary is automatically positioned with regard to the word in the search box Improved: Icon changed
Dictan 1.1 (October 27, 2010)
New: Checking and creation of /sdcard/dictan/ directory Improved: Explicit messages for warnings and errors
Dictan 1.0 (October 19, 2010)
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