Our popular Windows desktop Extra Keys and the similar Pro edition both have new versions – 2.2.2 and 2.2.4 respectively.
Two new key sets have been added, both in the Latin character range – Austronesian and Esperanto. Austronesian covers a very wide range of indigenous languages spread across the the Pacific and the islands of Australasia. So it is now … … read more
From version 2.2.4 Extra Keys Pro is freeware! – exactly like the standard Extra Keys tool for entering accents and other characters. It was previously only available on payment of a small fee but with this new version the licence code authentication has been completely removed.
So now the choice between standard Extra Keys and Extra Keys Pro is entirely … … read more
There is an updated Linux program for Plant Base – Beta 9, which is still based on version 2.1.12. It’s now available on the Downloads page.
There are no functional changes but many small adjustments to the user interface. These are mainly to improve compatibility with a wider range of Desktop Environments and display themes.
Although the UI displayed … … read more
New update of Plant Base was released today and is available on the Download page. This is for all desktop/laptop editions – Windows, MacOS and Linux.
It is another maintenance release with some bug fixes and small changes for the user interface. Probably the most notable changes are a much improved method to enter multiple common names or synonyms … … read more
Beta 7 of Plant Base for Linux is released and available for download. This a minor update still based on version 2.1.11
It fixes for a few late-breaking bugs that only occurred in the Beta 6 release. Almost all are related to situations where pictures are resized to fit on the screen and the problems were due to small issues … … read more
A new update of Plant Base for desktop/laptop systems is available for download today. This covers all editions – Windows, MacOS and Linux.
It is essentially a maintenance release with some bug fixes plus a few small changes for the user interface.
It also includes updated plant database files, data release 30, which has some new plant records and pictures … … read more
There is a new update for the Plant Base Linux edition – 2.1.11 Beta 6
To clarify – the program version 2.1.11 means that this is equivalent to the version releases for Windows and Mac. It is also the Linux Beta release number 6. In this particular case the Beta release and the version number are not associated. As this … … read more
A new version of the Plant Base for Android (1.37) has been released today and also it’s related data support app (1.04). They are available via Google Play or by direct download from the website for those users who are authorised.
The main changes are only for compatibility with Android API level 28, which is a requirement by Google Play. … … read more
Anyone who wants to use Plant Base on Linux can get a free licence by simply asking for one.
This offer is available right now and probably remain at least while the Linux edition is in the Beta phase. Once issued, the licence is permanent, will never expire and may be used for all future versions of Plant Base. The … … read more
A new update for the Plant Base Linux edition – 2.1.10 Beta 5
There is only one change from the recently released 2.1.10 Beta 4, but this is significant for anyone wishing to install on one of the latest popular Linux distro versions.
The built-in Help function has been re-worked so that it now uses only simple plain text files, … … read more