Finally found time to complete the release of an updated Plant Base program version. This is 2.1.5 and it’s a fairly minor maintenance release, but the update should be worthwhile for most existing users. It is of course now the current downloadable version for all new users.
There is are no changes to the plant data with this release (that … … read more
There has been very little business activity in recent months due to our house move. We have been totally preoccupied by the huge amount of practical issues involved – this was much more than a change of house and more a change of life-style in a very different location!
However, things are gradually settling down and a sense of normality … … read more
We run the business from our home and in a few days time we will be moving house to a new area in a beautiful part of Wales, about 200 miles west of our current location.
There are a number of problems arranging an internet connection for the new house, due to its very rural situation. It may take several … … read more
A new version of Plant Base is available for download – 2.1.4.
This is a program maintenance release with only minor changes and a number of bug fixes.
Along with the new program version there is also an update to the plant database itself, data release 25. It has been some time since the last data release, so we decided … … read more
The Beta Test release for Plant Base Mac OSX edition is now available for download.
Preliminary testing has gone well. However, please remember that this is essentially a new program for the Mac operating system and there will be further development, bug fixes and so on.
It appears there are not many choices of real plant databases for Mac, so … … read more
Over recent years there have been more requests for this than anything else! Well, it should be ready for public release quite soon.
The Mac edition of Plant Base is a direct port from the Windows program and coded in the same language – the spectacular PureBasic from Fantaisie Software. A large part of the program is exactly the same … … read more
This has been waiting in the wings for quite a while, but finally completed and released! Extra Keys Pro is an extended edition aimed at web writers, computer programmers and possibly technical writers. It is based on the latest standard edition and looks much the same. However, it offers the important additional capability of outputting characters in a number of … … read more
A new version of Extra Keys has been released, which is a major change in one respect as it introduces selectable sets of keys. This enables a big increase in the number of character keys, in fact there are now over 600 unique characters available.
The characters are grouped by alphabets and languages that share characters. Common accented letters are
Since the first versions, the Plant Base program has offered a function menu of large buttons at the left side of the window. These give quick access to some of the most common functions. They repeat some of the functions from the traditional top menu-bar, so some users don’t use them at all (and don’t display the side panel) while … … read more
A new version of Plant Base, 2.1.3, was released today and is available for download.
Like the last couple of versions, this is a program maintenance release. There are a number of bug-fixes and a few small changes to the user-interface, so I would recommend that any user already running Pant Base 2 updates to this version. There are no