Beta version 0.89 build 20090927.

• Upgraded to Java 6.
• Generally updated application to work with latest JVM.
• Renamed application to GlobalMentor Reader.

Beta version 0.82 build 20060504.

• Fixed java.util.ArrayList error resulting from change in XPath processing.
• Fixed stylesheet loading error.

Beta version 0.81 build 20050221.

• Re-enabled linked stylesheet and local style support.
• Re-enabled OEB out-of-spine content.

Beta version 0.80 build 20050129.

• Rewrote pagination functionality and upgraded to Java 5.0.
• Added default style for XHTML <cite> element.
• Removed predefined layouts.
• Moved display setting storage to preferences (e.g. the registry on Windows).
• Implemented XHTML ordered and unordered list contextual marker rendering based upon nesting depth.
• Fixed page break views to be invisible.
• Added recognition of MIME media types for the WAV (audio/x-wav), MP3 (audio/mpeg), and Ogg Vorbis (application/ogg) content types.

Beta version 0.76 build 20020531.

• Fixed bug that incorrectly calculated CSS relative font sizes such as those for headings.
• Brought back hyperlink support for non-OEB XHTML content.
• Implemented new modularized hyperlink framework to allow pluggable hyperlink functionality for different XML vocabularies.
• Brought back support for nested inline styles.
• Added support for CSS page-break-after: always.
• Allowed caching of audio clips.
• Added support for WAV, MP3, and Ogg Vorbis audio formats.

Beta version 0.75 build 20020421.

• Added applet audio support.
• Fixed bug that prevented embedded sounds from being played twice.
• Improved applet and other component handling; components and applets are now only created when needed.
• Added RDF property discovery for XML documents.
• Added enhanced image viewing user interface.
• Added RDF-based document property browsing.
• Converted OEB publication loading to use XPackage natively, even for OEBPS 1.x publications.
• Fixed bug that would not display images and other empty elements wrapped in anonymous block elements.
• Changed document-building process to be more implementation agnostic for later DOM plugability.
• Replaced style application engine with one that is generic and dynamically re-applicable.
• Allowed element structure to more accurately represent original content, using runtime style-based rendering rather than content manipulation.
• Replaced hard-coded OEB code with generic namespace-based XML vocabulary loading.
• Corrected bidi code back up to the level of original Swing support for custom glyph painting.

Beta version 0.60 build 20010810.

• Corrected inline styling of runs within tables.
• Fixed foreground and background attribute rendering of inline style runs.
• Added CSS styling of tables.
• Stopped several benign exceptions related to repaginating and information loading timing.

Beta version 0.59 build 20010714.

• Fixed bug that ignored HTML/OEB <br> elements.

Beta version 0.58 build 20010710.

• Added decorative spine.
• Fixed loading of images and applets relative to their owner document locations.
• Fixed skipping of CSS comments, media rules, font face rules, and at rules while parsing.
• Fixed parsing of multiple CSS values with quoted strings, such as font family lists.
• Added automatic fallback for image-based <object> elements.
• Added automatic inclusion of out-of-spine OEB documents.

Beta version 0.57 build 20010625.

• Added initial support for Question and Test Interoperability (QTI).
• Added initial support for the CSS em length.
• Added support for elements with css display: none.

Beta version 0.56 build 20010610.

• Added fractional text metrics layout for more accurate positioning.
• Added rendering of horizontal rules.
• Added context-sensitive bookmark and highlighted annotation removal.
• Added highlighted annotations.
• Added context-sensitive word definitions linked to the web.
• Added context-sensitive bookmark insertion.
• Added context-sensitive image viewing.
• Added context-sensitive popup menus.

Beta version 0.55 build 20010602.

• Aligned numbered list markers.
• Reduced size of the disc list item marker.
• Added ability to display images that are link targets.
• Added a new lightweight, intuitive XML format for configuration and data files.
• Add automatic backup and recovery for configuration and data file access.

Beta version 0.54 build 20010509.

• Added automatic bookmark saving capability.
• Fixed bookmark menu page number update after repagination.
• Added bookmark menu text display.
• Added bookmark naming capability.
• Fixed bug that would continue processing mouse clicks after hyperlink traversal (e.g. displaying images after page turns).
• Fixed a bug that would prevent loading an XML DTD from an HTTP URL from inside a zip file.

Beta version 0.53 build 20010504.

• Fixed a bug that did not hide applets when repaginating.
• Fixed bug that did not correctly paint images after loading in some cases.
• Fixed bug that preventing highlighting in certain cases.
• Added hard-coded DTDs for certain public IDs, reducing network access and guaranteeing DTD avaialility.
• Added DTD caching for faster multi-document loading.

Beta version 0.52 build 20010429.

• Added case-insensitive search and search again capabilities.
• Added bookmark location indications.

Beta version 0.51 build 20010426.

• Added capability to browse to external links using a browser.
• Added underlining.
• Added background colors.
• Improved table layout.

Beta version 0.50 build 20010408 (first beta version).

• Created new pagination algorithm which uses less resources and allows interaction during pagination.
• Added zoom capability.
• Added list item marker painting.
• Added superscript and subscript capability.
• Changed image and font caching to allow memory freeing when needed.
• Added progress bar.
• Fixed table width calculation bug.
• Added margin support.
• Added preliminary keep together functionilty with CSS page-break-after: avoid, initially applied only to header elements.
• Added blockquote margins.
• Added better quality image reduction.
• Changed main frame actions so that the book always receives focus back.