Sunday, December 15, 2024

Scythebill 17.0.2 - bug fixes

Scythebill 17.0.2 is now available.  This release includes no new features, only bug fixes and small improvements. As always, download here, and let me know if you have any problems, either on Facebook or by email.

Import/export fixes

  • Observation.org/Waarneming imports will work once again - they changed their format to use localized strings for group names ("Vogels" instead of "Birds") and place names.
  • An error message some users saw in imports while looking up locations is resolved.
  • Very large eBird exports (large enough to require multiple files) would split almost all checklists across those files.  They'll now be much better at keeping checklists together in each file.

Spreadsheet fixes

  • When Scythebill picks an earliest or most recent sighting, it no longer ignore times; it is now used as a tie-breaker when dates are the same.
  • Saving a multi-taxonomy checklist as a spreadsheet in Browse by location should be much faster.
  • Report spreadsheets sometimes had overly wide common name, scientific name, and location columns. These should now be much more reasonably sized.

Other changes

  • Windows users who tried to open up Scythebill files from directly in .zip files would be unable to save;  now, they'll get a warning message as soon as the file is open, asking them to save a copy outside of the .zip.
  • Scythebill will more consistently give you a good error message when you try to save into a folder that your operating system doesn't allow.