News

14 November 2007
Finding Optimism awarded a Psych Central "Best of the Web" award for depression blogs

20 February 2008
Optimism 1.0 for Mac OS X launched with its first press release

24 February 2008
Optimism lists on the Apple website as a staff pick

10 March 2008
Optimism 1.0 for Windows launched

18 April
Finding Optimism post published in the April 2008 edition of the Australian print magazine "Link"

28 April
Press release issued through PRWeb for Windows and Mac versions (PDF download)

15 June
James becomes a regular columnist for "Link" magazine

Change Log

1.4.3 - 27 June 2008
The alignment of pointers to numbers for the 3 “Rate” sliders on the Record panel has been improved.
The 3 “rate” sliders snap to values in 1 point increments. The “exercise” slider snaps to 5 minute intervals.
Sliders are now moved by clicking on a point on the track rather than dragging.
The columns and headings on the Plan panel have been changed to match the order on the Record panel.
The “Special Characters...” menu item has been added to the Edit menu (Mac).

1.4.0 - 30 May 2008
The updating process now closes the current application file, self-installs and launches the updated application file.
The right or Control click contextual menu is enabled for all editable fields except the password field.
An issue with the alternative path to database (set in Preferences) has been fixed.
Changes have been made to non-critical text.

1.3.7 (Mac) - 16 May 2008
Password protection is included. Set, change or remove your password in the File/Password menu item.
The application is now delivered as a single packaged file instead of a folder.
A bug causing the application to look distorted when the Preferences panel was open has been fixed.

1.2.7 (Mac) - 1 May 2008
Clicking on the pen icon on the Charts screen takes the user to the Record containing the corresponding notes. A button next to the Notes section of the Record panel returns the user to the Chart for the corresponding date.
The splash screen displays periodically rather than every time Optimism is opened. This makes the program faster to open, but it retains the important message that Optimism is not a replacement for professional medical help.
The text "Your Mood" has replaced "How You Felt?" on the Report screen and pdf, to reflect the wording on the Record and Charts screens.
A fix in the path to Carbon removes a problem that a few users with read-only start-up disks have experienced.

1.2.6 (Win) - 26 April 2008
Daily notes are included on the report.
A pen icon on the charts panel indicates days in which notes have been made. Clicking on the icon takes the user to the Record containing the corresponding notes.
A button next to the Notes section of the Record panel returns the user to the Chart with the corresponding pen icon.
A "Send Feedback" button added to the Application menu, linking to the Feedback page on this website.
Fixed a bug in the "Today" button on the calendar.

1.2.3 (OS X) - 16 April 2008
A "Send Feedback" button added to the Application menu, linking to the Feedback page on this website.
Fixed a bug in the "Today" button on the calendar.

1.2.0 - 14 April 2008
Daily notes are included on the report.
A pen icon on the charts panel indicates days in which notes have been made.

1.1.0 - 3 April 2008
Added a simplified, faster update process. All updates are free so processing through the online store is not required.
Fixed line returns for text entry in the Comments box and on the Plan screen.

1.0.5 - 17 March 2008
Moved the Purchase and Register menu items to the Application menu (trial version)
Fixed database issue affecting display of report on some computers.

1.0.4 - 6 March 2008
Fixed error message on start-up when trial period expired.
Fixed calendar showing incorrect weekday on some systems.

1.0.3 - 24 Feb 2008
Improved installation of DMG file.

1.0.2 - 13 Feb 2008
Fixed display of charts on PPC computers.

1.0.1 - 1 Feb 2008
Small changes to the calendar interface to make it more intuitive.