Desktop Website Release Notes
Version: 1.1.0.593
Released: 23/03/2010
Discovery
Implemented basic discovery allowing users to search by album, artist, genre or track title and listen to 30 seconds of any track uploaded by any user
Deduplication
Cloud view now correctly deduplicates across a user's collection
Grid Improvements
Multiple improvements to the grids (inc. deselecting when empty space is clicked)
Search improvements
Improvements to searching when multiple terms are used
Help pages
Added new help section with pages for getting started, how to use the songshifter, play tracks, etc.
Banner Adverts
Added basic banner advertising mechanism
Referral purchases via Amazon
'buy track' and 'more' buttons added to player to allow users to purchase tracks they don't own, or more by artists of the tracks they do
Home page
Introductory home page now displayed on initial login and when new functionality is available to inform the user
Redirection when signing up
Users are now correctly redirected to the destination page if they need to sign up first
Facebook integration
Users can now link Psonar to their Facebook account and post messages to their news feed
AddThis buttons
AddThis buttons added to public site to allow users to share on a large set of social referral / networking sites
Public site changes
Improved the images and removed the tabs from the public site to make for an improved experience
UI improvements for Google Chrome
Multiple UI / UX fixes for Google Chrome
Email preferences
Added a preference to allow users to opt out of psonar emails.
Additional columns for device view
Added file type and file size columns to device view
Additional columns for transfers view
Added file type and file size columns to device view
Additional columns for cloud view
Added 'time' (duration) column to cloud view
Version: 1.0.373.0
Released: 05/12/2009
Column improvements
Fixed resizing of columns by dragging between headers
thanks to: mattush
AJAX timeouts
Increated ajax timeouts for users with large collections
Version: 1.1.0.270
Released: 08/11/2009
Speed Improvements
Large speed improvements when retrieving albums / artists / tracks from collections with thousands of entries
Version: 1.0.0.194
Released: 21/10/2009
'Play now' improvements
clicking 'play now' on a track now inserts it after the currently playing track instead of the beginning of the player playlist
thanks to: bitplane, Martin.Hall, robinhughes
Added 'Play next'
Selecting 'play next' queues up the selected track and plays it once the current track has finished
thanks to: Martin.Hall
Homepage improvements
the home page of the public site has had a large redesign.
Streaming truncation fixed
Some tracks were truncated before the end due to flashplayer not being able to calculate the duration.
thanks to: bitplane, robinhughes
Header bar buttons on public site
Added buttons to the header of the public site when the user is logged in, to enable them to return to the internal parts of the site (e.g. the music' page.
Column sorting
Sorting by clicking on the column headers now works for all grids
Playlist refreshing on track removal
The contents of the current playlist is now automatically refreshed when tracks are removed from it.
Searching changed from OR to AND
The default search behaviour now ANDs instead of ORing the search terms together.
thanks to: bitplane
Version: 1.0.0.167
Released: 16/10/2009
Streaming
Tracks that have been uploaded to the Psonar Cloud can now be streamed back over the web by the users that uploaded them using the Psonar Player.
Searching
Users can now search their music by artist, title and album
Playlist drag & drop improvements
Improvements to dragging & dropping onto and within playlists.
Public site browsing
Logged-in users can now browse the contents of the public site when logged in instead of being redirected to the music page.
Version: 1.0.0.41
Released: 23/09/2009
Track retrieval optimisation
optimisation of retrieving large album/artist/track lists
Grid context menus
Added grid context menus to duplicate Actions menu functionality and make use more intuitive
Transfer tab changes
Improved removal mechanism for tracks from transfer queues
thanks to: mattush
Playlist fixes
Fixed various issues with playlist creation, management and deletion
thanks to: bitplane, weejimmyhat, jjjmmmrrr, Splitbrain, tgover1
Mobile Website Release Notes
SongShifter™ Release Notes
Version: 1.0.6.18
Released: 04/03/2010
Cleaner shutdown behaviour
If you shut down your PC while SongShifter is running, you will no longer get a dialog box asking if you want to close the SongShifter.
Version: 1.0.6.30
Released: 04/03/2010
Links to setup guide
The SongShifter now links directly to the setup guide on our web site.
SongShifter runs even without devices available
If you start the SongShifter with no devices available, it will now continue running and wait for devices to be connected (rather than exiting, as it previously did)
Version: 1.0.6.2
Released: 09/12/2009
Improved folder selection
The dialog for selecting more folders to scan now remembers the last added folder and starts with that focused. This makes it faster and easier tp add lots of folders.
thanks to: Splitbrain
Added 'ForgottenPassword' link
The login screen now contains a 'Forgotten Password' link that takes you to the website where you can reset your password.
thanks to: jonearle
New installer
The new SongShifter comes with a new and improved installer that installs the software and sets up shortcuts for you. The installer has been optimised for both Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Hot plug devices
SongShifter can now detect previously configured devices as they are plugged in and will automatically start syncing them. This now makes it possible to run SongShifter when the computer starts up and have it manage your music collection quietly in the background without requiring you to do anything!
Reconfigure scanned folders
You can now reconfigure the list of folders that SongShifter will scan for music. The link to do so is on the top-right of the status page for your computer.
thanks to: RichardP
Extract track info from more file types
The latest version of SongShifter can extract track information from all the file formats that are supported by the free service, including mp3. wma and aac/m4a.
Version: 1.0.3.49
Released: 30/10/2009
Remember Login/Run on Start Up
SongShifter has two new check boxes on the Login Page. The first remembers your login details on this computer. The second check box allows you to launch SongShifter when your computer starts.
thanks to: bitplane, mattush
Logout menu item
You can now logout of SongShifter by using the new menu item.
iPhone/iPodTouch v3 fully supported
You can now download tracks onto an iPhone or iPod Touch which is running the latest (v3) firmware
Version: 1.0.3.30
Released: 02/10/2009
Improved ID3 tag parsing
Fixed parsing issues with badly-formatted ID3 tags
thanks to: bitplane, JonFaulkner
Improved track upload mechanism
Improved uploading of track data
Version: 1.0.3.12
Released: 19/08/2009
Improved Auto-Update
SongShifter automatically downloads updates and asks the user for confirmation when it has been downloaded. If the user accepts the update, Songshifter installs the update and starts up the new version automatically.
thanks to: bitplane
Application Exit
X button on main window bar now closes the application. The previous behaviour of minimising to the systray was proving confusing. The _ button still provides this functionality.
thanks to: bitplane, garethm, mattush, tonyr
About Box
About box linked from main menu that provides version information.
Upload / Download Issues
Reduction of network timeout and request cancelled errors.
thanks to: garethm, weejimmyhat
Broken 'FAQ' link
The FAQ link now correctly display the FAQ.
thanks to: garethm