Simon Härtel

version 3.5.7 / Oct 25, 2009

fixed a crash under Snow Leopard after creating an online highscore account

version 3.5.6 / Aug 2, 2009

fixed a bug which had slipped into the previous release, causing a crash when starting a network game

version 3.5.5 / Jul 25, 2009

now ready for Snow Leopard

version 3.5.4 / Dec 14, 2008

fixed a visual flaw in the startup screen due to different graphics behavior on Mac OS X 10.5.5

version 3.5.3 / Jan 7, 2008

fixed permissions problems under Leopard which caused Quinn 3.5.2 not to open in non-admin accounts

version 3.5.2 / Jan 5, 2008

the logo reflection in the main window looks right again under Leopard
replaced the implementation for Base 64 encoding, which may solve some connection issues
added a high-resolution application icon for Leopard
fixed a bug in the play time calculation, which caused wrong LPM values in some situations
fixed a display bug after deleting a player from the highscore overview view
fixed the selection highlight color in the highscore table under Leopard
some refinements of the window appearance under Leopard

version 3.5.1 / Aug 4, 2007

fixed problems with the date display in the highscore list which occurred with some local date formats
focus can now be moved back to the play area if it had been moved to another interface element with full keyboard access turned on
the chat text field now automatically loses focus when resuming a paused game
minor updates in the online help

version 3.5 / Jul 21, 2007

the network drawer has been integrated into the main window, which permits observing a larger number of opponents during network games
piece styles and background images can now be changed through a new preferences panel
live lpm display
universal binary
moved the keyboard preferences to the preferences window
changed the keyboard shortcuts for switching between keyboard configurations, to avoid accidentially changing the keyboard configuration while playing
now trims whitespaces at the beginning and end of network player names
the Standalone Server is now a separate download

version 3.4.5 / Dec 14, 2006

fixed a silly bug which made Quinn 3.4.4 write a lot of unnecessary stuff to the Console while connected to a server

version 3.4.4 / Dec 12, 2006

fixed a visual bug in the network drawer which occurred when a player lost, disconnected, and immediately connected again, joining the ongoing game

version 3.4.3 / Nov 14, 2006

fixed a bug which caused Quinn to crash if the piece was quickly moved to the left or right edge immediately after rows have been inserted from the bottom
fixed a bug which caused Quinn to record wrong play time and LPM values when the game ended while being paused

version 3.4.2 / Oct 15, 2006

fixed a tenacious bug which sometimes caused a crash when rows were to be inserted at the bottom of the board in network games or tournaments with multiplayer rules
fixed two bugs which caused the piece shadow not to be displayed after a piece appeared twice in a row, and after starting a new game
fixed a problem which caused automatic update notifications not to work in v3.4 and v3.4.1.
various error messages which can appear after connecting to a server from the website now show the server’s name instead of its IP address

version 3.4.1 / Sep 11, 2006

fixed a memory bug, which could cause Quinn to crash while playing
fixed a bug which sometimes caused “ghost blocks” to remain visible near the top of the board when quickly moving the piece to the left or right edge and then dropping it very shortly after rows had been erased
fixed a visual problem which occurred when clearing one or more rows and quickly dropping the next piece to clear rows again, causing no animations to be displayed when the piece is dropped and rows are cleared for the second time
fixed a display bug in the Keyboard Settings sheet, which occurred upon opening the sheet while “big” keys such as space or enter were selected, or when choosing a keyboard setting from the pop-up menu which included such keys
fixed a bug in the Keyboard Settings sheet, which occurred when saving a setting under a name that already existed
extended the range of keys which can be used to control the game, mainly by keys on the French, U.S., and Greek keyboards

version 3.4 / Sep 8, 2006

new online highscore database
automatically checks for and downloads new versions
non-moderators can no longer kick other players when no moderators are connected
clients that pause for more than five minutes are automatically disconnected
once again modified the multiplayer rules: penalties (inserting rows or “shaking up” the board) are now delayed until the current piece reaches the ground
when connecting to a Quinn server through the online server list, the server’s name (rather than its IP address) is now displayed at the top of the network drawer
when a player is kicked off a server, the other players now see who kicked him in their chat field and network log
it is no longer possible to add all or no results from tournament or network games to the highscores; instead, Quinn asks the user after each game
the preferences window now has a toolbar
renamed the “New with Level...” menu item to “New With Options...”
fixed a rare visual glitch which occurred when the board had been cleared entirely after a piece reached the bottom without being dropped

version 3.3.5 / Aug 31, 2006

fixed a bug which caused pieces not to move downwards in rare cases after starting a new game (also known as “anti-gravity glitch”)

version 3.3.4 / Aug 26, 2006

fixed a memory bug which could cause Quinn to crash after closing a server
fixed a bug which caused Quinn to display an error message after subsequently opening and closing a server
fixed a funny bug which caused the highscore list to display times one hour prior to the time when the game actually ended if the game was played during daylight-savings time
fixed a bug which caused a player’s score grow by 4444 or 4445 points after his board had been “shaken up” while being completely empty

version 3.3.3 / Jun 17, 2006

fixed a bug in v3.3.2 which caused chat messages not to be displayed

version 3.3.2 / Jun 17, 2006

Quinn servers that were removed from the online server list because of temporary communication problems now re-announce themselves when communication works again
the “fine-tuning” of the multiplayer rules in v3.3 now applies to all rules, not only “Shake Up,” as it mistakenly did in earlier versions
the game no longer ends when blocks are moved past the top edge due to rows being inserted from the bottom (the only reason for a game to end should be that no new piece can be spawned)
fixed a bug which caused various problems after connecting to a server in an ongoing game, but not joining the game
fixed an annoying display bug in the network drawer, which occurred in some situations where a player connected or disconnected during a game
hopefully fixed a bug in v3.3 and v3.3.1 which under rare circumstances made servers crash after a client disconnected
some more bug fixes

version 3.3.1 / Jun 13, 2006

fixed a bug which could cause Quinn servers to crash in some situations
fixed a bug which caused Quinn not to connect to a server thru the website if Quinn wasn’t running and the network drawer was initially closed

version 3.3 / Jun 10, 2006

Quinn servers can now be announced on a public server list on the Quinn website
supports multiple moderators on one server
now comes with a standalone server
the number of players on a server is now shown in Quinn’s dock icon
the password dialog has been integrated into the network drawer
fine-tuned the multiplayer behavior: when the current piece disappears, keystrokes are ignored until the next piece becomes visible, so that actions like dropping are not accidentally applied to the following piece
fixed a bug which prevented the board of a player who joined an ongoing network game from being be visible to the other players during that game
some changes regarding the network log

version 3.2.3 / May 24, 2006

now automatically pauses when a network game is started while Quinn is not the front app
fixed a bug which caused various problems during network games with multiplayer rules
fixed a network play bug which prevented a client from seeing the boards of the others if the Quinn window was minimized or the network drawer was closed at the time the game was started
fixed a visual problem which caused rows that had been inserted at the bottom of the board during network games or tournaments and caused the game to end not to become visible until the “game over” animation had ended

version 3.2.2 / Apr 13, 2006

fixed a bug which caused Quinn not to react when the user cancelled the dialog asking for the server password
fixed a bug which caused Quinn to repeatedly write the line “Quinn corrected invalid key settings index.” to the Console under certain conditions.
changes to the player name in the network preferences now also take effect when the window is closed or left without leaving the player name text field or pressing Return
fixed a problem on very slow or busy machines which sometimes caused multiple pieces to drop after a single key press

version 3.2.1 / Apr 5, 2006

fixed a bug which caused the collapse/expand arrows in the network drawer not to work in v3.2

version 3.2 / Mar 25, 2006

added new “Shake Up” multiplayer rule
added new “Erased Rows” multiplayer rule, similar to the old multiplayer rules in version 2.0
changed the multiplayer behavior so that the current piece now disappears when rows are inserted from the bottom
renamed the “multiplayer” rules to “Random Rows”
when rows are inserted or the board is shaken up due to a player erasing some rows, the name of that player appears below the board (only in network games)
added an animation to the LED-style displays
players now get a special bonus score when clearing the entire board (due to popular demand ;-) )
fixed some graphical flaws in version 3.1

version 3.1.2 / Mar 2, 2006

fixed a bug in v3.1 and v3.1.1, which made Quinn forget custom background images after quitting
the version history can now be accessed through the online help

version 3.1.1 / Feb 20, 2006

fixed a display bug in the network drawer, which occurred when a client who had finished playing disconnected, immediately connected again, and joined the ongoing game

version 3.1 / Feb 20, 2006

allows customizing the way the winner of a network game or tournament is determined
added options to automatically add all results from network games and tournaments to the permanent highscore, or to turn the permanent highscore off entirely
the delay after which the piece moves to the board’s left or right edge (“quick move”) can now be changed
slightly refined the timing of the “quick move” behavior
shortened the delay after dropping the piece and erasing rows
new highscore design; the highscore for tournaments now records all results instead of only the top ten
some graphical improvements
a client who connects to a server at a later time now sees the same network highscore as the others (including the results which were added before the client joined)
clients now see a message when they got kicked by the server (as in versions 2.1 thru 3.0; didn’t work in v3.0.1 thru 3.0.7)
fixed a problem which caused the new piece to appear slightly below the top of the board after rows had been cleared due to a piece reaching the ground without having been dropped in levels 3 and higher (i.e., a pretty rare problem :-) )
fixed a stubborn bug, which caused the Finder to display a message saying that Quinn just crashed when Quinn had been quit immediately after disconnecting from a server

version 3.0.7 / Dec 23, 2005

clickable window elements now appear dimmed when the Quinn window is in the background
improved graphics performance
fixed a bug which caused Quinn to use the wrong keyboard setting after switching from two-player to single-player mode
once again fixed a bug which caused the piece sequence for the two players in tournaments to differ in one piece
fixed a problem with live rotation in two-player mode

version 3.0.6 / Dec 2, 2005

fixed a bug which made Quinn 3.0 thru 3.0.5 use a wrong preferences file, thus ignoring preferences from earlier versions (users who wish to keep their preferences and highscore from Quinn 3.0 thru 3.0.5 should quit Quinn and then rename the file “com.apple.myCocoaApplication.plist” at ~/Library/Preferences/ to “Quinn.plist”)
fixed an old bug which caused the keyboard shortcuts for keyboard settings to stop working after the Keyboard Settings dialog had been opened, and which caused the shortcuts not to work in the Keyboard Settings dialog

version 3.0.5 / Nov 5, 2005

fixed a bug which caused the piece sequence for the server and the clients in network games, or for the two players in tournaments, to slightly differ in certain situations (in other words: the clients resp. the second player sometimes didn’t get the very first piece in the first game)

version 3.0.4 / Nov 2, 2005

improved graphics performance
fixed a bug which caused cells in the local server list not to be highlighted properly

version 3.0.3 / Oct 31, 2005

fixed a bug which caused Quinn to write messages to the console while playing

version 3.0.2 / Oct 30, 2005, 7.20 p.m.

fixed another bug which caused a crash on launch if no preferences file existed

version 3.0.1 / Oct 30, 2005, 5.26 p.m.

fixed a silly bug which caused Quinn to crash right after launching

version 3.0 / Oct 30, 2005, 3.11 p.m.

new two-player mode
new interface design (similar to iTunes)
network functionality now works on Tiger (finally)
piece and background images can now be pasted from the clipboard (useful for designers who want to see how their creations look in Quinn; pasted images remain in effect until quitting)
improved error messages written to the network log
new online help replaces the User’s Guide
the disk image’s background image now displays correctly on Tiger

version 2.3.4 / Sep 3, 2006

fixed a problem due to which Quinn could not be enabled in limited user accounts (in the Accounts system preferences)

version 2.3.3 / Oct 30, 2005

fixed two bugs dealing with undo in the chat text field
fixed another bug which occurred when a chat message with linebreaks was sent

version 2.3.2 / Oct 7, 2005

fixed a little display error in the network drawer, which occurred after the last player had disconnected from a server (only in v2.3.1)
changed the shortcut for the Show/Hide Highscore menu command, as the old shortcut, Command-Option-H, is now used for the Hide Others command in the Quinn menu

version 2.3.1 / Sep 11, 2005

fixed a bug which caused the New Game button to be visible on servers when it shouldn’t be
fixed a display bug which occurred when the piece preview was turned off

version 2.3 / Jul 31, 2005

added sound
allows to quickly switch between the saved keyboard settings using the Game menu
some minor changes in the Keyboard Settings panel
fixed a bug in v2.2.1 which could make Quinn crash on launch

version 2.2.1 / Jul 25, 2005

fixed a bug that has been introduced in v2.2, which caused a bad display in the network drawer after a player disconnects and immediately connects again
fixed two more minor visual issues in the network drawer
scores with seven digits are now displayed correctly in the main window, the highscore, and the network drawer
improved documentation

version 2.2 / Jul 17, 2005

new highscore design
new tournament highscore for network games
added “shadow pieces,” which indicate the position of the current piece when it’s dropped
now provides an “out of the box” keyboard setting for PowerBook keyboards (you only see this if you haven’t defined your own settings yet)
should fix a bug which made the score, lines, and level display disappear while playing

version 2.1.6 / May 12, 2005

fixed a bug in the network drawer’s list view, which caused the players’ ranks to remain visible after a new game was started (around since v2.1)
once again fixed a bad text color in the Enter Highscore sheet and the network drawer’s snapshot view
loading player images in the highscore got faster
the disk image now has a nice background image (hope you all like it)

version 2.1.5 / Mar 30, 2005

fixed a bug which sometimes caused players who disconnected not to disappear from the observer view, and could even make Quinn crash in network games
long player names are now properly truncated in the observer view

version 2.1.4 / Mar 26, 2005

fixed a bug which caused the buttons in some alert sheets only to react on the second click

version 2.1.3 / Mar 19, 2005

fixed a bad text color in the Enter Highscore sheet and the network drawer’s snapshot view

version 2.1.2 / Mar 10, 2005

fixed a bug which caused the Quinn logo to be displayed in the network drawer’s observer view when switching from the list view to the observer view in the middle of a game
fixed a bug which made Quinn crash when the server was started and immediately stopped again on Mac OS 10.2
fixed a bug which made the status list in the network drawer appear in black on Mac OS 10.2

version 2.1.1 / Mar 8, 2005

fixed a bug which made Quinn crash right after launching in some situations
fixed a bug which occurred when deleting a keyboard setting

version 2.1 / Mar 7, 2005

you can now watch other players’ boards when playing on the network
a new feature allows quickly moving the current piece to the board’s left or right edge by pressing the move left/right key for longer than 0.2 seconds
the speed of certain animations now increases along with the level, shortening the delay after dropping the piece or erasing rows
new “Repeat Last Game” command
new option on servers to allows clients to connect, but not join the current game
modified multiplayer rules
now displays a message when a client was kicked off the server or the server closed or crashed
you can now jump to the chat text field by hitting the tab key (except while playing)
some visual refinements when starting network games with no garbage rows
IP text field has been integrated into the network drawer
added “click-through” behavior for the New Game button
still no sound :-)
hopefully fixes a graphics bug that has been around since v1.0, which sometimes caused single blocks to stay hanging in the air after dropping a piece
fixed a bug which sometimes caused other players’ levels not to appear in the network drawer when they should
fixed a bug which caused a wrong number of initial garbage rows to appear in the highscore for network games (the correct number will appear for new games now)
fixed a bug which prevented the chat text field from accepting accents and other funny characters
fixed another bug which made the chat text field change its size a little when it should’t—this hopefully also fixes a bug which made the text field not react to keystrokes anymore in some situations
the network log window can now be properly resized

version 2.0.2 / Aug 27, 2004

fixed a bug which messed up the score display in the network drawer after a player disconnected and immediately connected again

version 2.0.1 / Aug 21, 2004

fixed three bugs which are so tiny that I cannot describe them here

version 2.0 / Jun 2, 2004

added network support

version 1.3.1 / Nov 24, 2003

fixes a mean bug which made Quinn crash on start after upgrading from an earlier version if the arrow keys (or other strange keys) were used to control the game. Sorry!

version 1.3 / Nov 17, 2003

individual highscore list for each player
highscore also records the number lines per minute
highscore file is now encrypted
more than one keyboard setting can be saved
two new speed levels
even more responsive on slower machines
now begins new games at the same level as the last game
remembers window positions
a slight change in playing behavior gives the player a bit more time to move a piece before it freezes
improved documentation
now comes as a compressed disk image rather than a StuffIt archive, due to problems that StuffIt Expander 8 has with applications

version 1.2.2 / Mar 27, 2003

now handles damaged image files correctly
no more “leftovers” of the “paused” screen remain after it has faded out on a background image

version 1.2.1 / Mar 8, 2003

fixed a bug which let Quinn forget about custom piece styles after quitting

version 1.2 / Mar 5, 2003

customizable backgrounds and piece styles
level speeds changed
new scoring
the highscore now lists the number of lines erased, the start and end level, and the garbage height on beginning (expand the drawer to see the additional columns)
the New Game sheet can now be navigated using the keyboard, and remembers the last setting before quitting
slightly different rotation behavior
once again improved the random number generator
mouse cursor hides while playing
many little improvements

version 1.1.1 / Jan 1, 2003

fixed a bug which prevented you from resetting the highscore

version 1.1 / Dec 27, 2002

new level 8
reacts much faster now on slower machines
line count
preview can be turned off
improved random generator for new blocks
many minor improvements

version 1.0.1 / Nov 27, 2002

fixed a bug which prevented you from entering the highscore in some situations

version 1.0 / Oct 24, 2002

initial public release