From alchemyreply8750 at mindworkshop.com Sat May 26 10:59:37 2018 From: alchemyreply8750 at mindworkshop.com (alchemyreply8750 at mindworkshop.com) Date: Sat, 26 May 2018 10:59:37 -0400 Subject: [Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks Message-ID: <61e904c2-16cb-72ed-bac3-241779d12d04@mindworkshop.com> Click here to UNSUBSCRIBE . ( http://mindworkshop.com/mailman/options/newsletter ) Contents: 1. *The Ultimate Screen Clock* Revision 4 2. *?PNG MNG Construction S**et* 8 Revision 4 (second notification) 3. *?Graphic Workshop Professional* 8 revision 7 (additional notification) 4. New *Download Server* 5. ?Replying to this Message, List Removal and Details *History only repeats itself if you weren't paying attention the first time.** * *(Click on the book.) * ** The Ultimate Screen Clock 8 Revision 4 The Ultimate Screen Clock 8 has been updated. This release: * Adds the Copilot clock styles, a minimalist leading-edge Euro-tech chronograph from a secret research facility with no name, rated for velocities best measured as a fraction of the speed of light. Your mileage may vary. It comes in four colors, two sizes and all the available degrees of cool. * Updates the PNG and JPEG functionality. The Ultimate Screen Clock's graphic libraries have been updated to close several security holes. This will primarily be an issue for users who obtain clock styles as PNG graphics from sources other than Alchemy Mindworks... which we're told is a thing is some quarters. * Refines several performance issues in the clock rendering engine. One day it shall be flawless, but then the universe will end... * Nails a bug in the time difference logic that underlies the Days Until, Days Since and Days Between windows, and addresses potential errors of one day in their calculations, albeit only for fairly lengthy periods of time in certain weird permutations. They're bugs... they deserve to die. * Adds audible alerts for the conclusions of several functions throughout the application. * Updates the Credits window in Help ? About. While every bit as exciting as watching bricks sleep, the Credits window includes information which is helpful in resolving support issues. The updated window is both easier to read and find things in, and it has allowed us to add more information to assist us in addressing user questions. * Updates UpToDate, which installs with The Ultimate Screen Clock. The new UpToDate features an expanded Alert window with larger, more easily-read type and a user-configurable font, just in case you'd like it larger still. It will also display content-specific graphics. * Adds assistance buttons to the initial registration key windows. Click on the question marks if you discover yourself to be lost. * Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that software developers never really stop meddling with. * Updates the documentation. Upgrades If you have previously registered or upgraded to The Ultimate Screen Clock 7, you can upgrade to The Ultimate Screen Clock 8 for half the cost of a new single-user license. Click on the huge blue button below. PNG MNG Construction Set 8 Revision 4 (second notification) PNG MNG Construction Set 8 has been updated. This release: * Updates the PNG functionality. Our ongoing review of the security of the various libraries used by PNG MNG Construction Set revealed that its PNG reader and writer could have been subject to several serious vulnerabilities, including CVE-2016-3751, CVE-2015-8540 and CVE-2015-8472. These issues could potentially allow a maliciously-crafted PNG graphic to execute arbitrary code on the computer opening it. We'd like to urge all users of PNG MNGConstruction Set to update to this release ASAP. Don't close this message 'til you've clicked on the appropriate button below. * Updates the PNG reader to correctly support all the weird-beard PNG format variations... and there are a lot of them. * Updates the Credits window in Help ? About. While every bit as exciting as watching bricks sleep, the Credits window includes information which is helpful in resolving support issues. The updated window is both easier to read and find things in, and it has allowed us to add more information to assist us in addressing user questions. * Updates UpToDate, which installs with PNG MNG Construction Set. The new UpToDate features an expanded Alert window with larger, more easily-read type and a user-configurable font, just in case you'd like it larger still. It will also display content-specific graphics. * Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that software developers never really stop meddling with. * Updates the documentation. Upgrades If you have previously registered or upgraded to PNG MNGConstruction Set 7, you can upgrade to PNG MNG Construction Set 8 for half the cost of a new single-user license. Click on the huge blue button below. Graphic Workshop Professional 8 Revision 7 (additional notification) Graphic Workshop Professional 8 has been updated. This release: * Updates the PNG functionality. Our ongoing review of the security of the various libraries used by Graphic Workshop revealed that its PNG reader and writer could have been subject to several serious vulnerabilities, including CVE-2016-3751, CVE-2015-8540 and CVE-2015-8472. These issues could potentially allow a maliciously-crafted PNG graphic to execute arbitrary code on the computer opening it. We'd like to urge all users of Graphic Workshop to update to this release ASAP. Don't close this message 'til you've clicked on the appropriate button below. * Updates the PNG libraries accessed by Graphic Workshop's ancillary applications, such as e-Paint UltraLight and Montage, to address these vulnerabilities as well. * Updates the PNG reader to correctly support all the weird-beard PNG format variations... and there are a lot of them. * Fixes several issues in the Crop window that prevented it from correctly displaying graphics with alpha-channel transparency. * Adds audible success confirmation to a number of otherwise silent functions of Graphic Workshop, such as saving a file from the View window and copying objects to the clipboard from the right-click browser menu. * Adds a quick zoom menu to the View window. Hold down the Shift key on your keyboard and click on the Zoom In button in the tool bar. Note that the behavior of this button has changed - it previously returned to 100-perceent zoom if it was clicked with the Shift key down. The Zoom Out button still returns to 100-percent zoom with the Shift key. * Updates the Credits window in Help ? About. While every bit as exciting as watching bricks sleep, the Credits window includes information which is helpful in resolving support issues for Graphic Workshop. The updated window is both easier to read and find things in, and it has allowed us to add more information to assist us in addressing user questions. * Updates UpToDate, which installs with Graphic Workshop. The new UpToDate features an expanded Alert window with larger, more easily-read type and a user-configurable font, just in case you'd like it larger still. It will also display content-specific graphics. * Addresses a number of GDI and performance issues that software developers never really stop meddling with. * Updates the documentation. Upgrades If you have previously registered or upgraded to Graphic Workshop Professional 7, you can upgrade to Graphic Workshop Professional 8 for half the cost of a new single-user license. Click on the huge blue button below. New Download Server We've moved one of our software download servers to Great Britain ? the fabled land of quick Internet and insanely low bandwidth costs ? to assist users in Europe who have experienced issues downloading our stuff in the past. We also recommend the new server to anyone in the colonies who's encountered problem with downloading from our primary US server. To access the UK server, click on the last of the DOWNLOAD buttons at our software pages ? this will be DOWNLOAD 2 or DOWNLOAD 3, depending on where you are. The installers at our UK server are identical to the ones at our primary download links, and they're all updated simultaneously. The UK server is at _alchemy-mindworks.net_ , and it's shockingly fast. Note that it only servers software installers ? pointing your web browser to this will see it redirected to our primary web page. We'll be grateful for any feedback regarding your experiences with the new server. Please click on the huge blue button below: Replying to this Message, List Removal and Details This message has been sent from an unmonitored address - please do not reply to it. To remove your address from this mailing list or to change your address, please visit our web page at http://www.mindworkshop.com/update-list.html or click on the Unsubscribe button: Removal requests will be processed instantly. If you have questions about this list or any Alchemy Mindworks products, please contact us at http://www.mindworkshop.com/email-alchemy.html or click on the button below: You can also contact us by telephone at (705) 789-5238, and by snail-mail at Alchemy Mindworks, L10 C8 Brunel, Huntsville, ON P1H 2J3, CANADA. 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