iReadFast development

Here you'll find the version history with known and corrected bugs and improvements planned for future versions.


Planned improvements for the future versions.

  • Possibility to share the documents including bookmarks to other people who use iReadFast.


Version history

  • 2.0 - 6-07-2010

    Improvements
    • Document library: In the library it is possible to save any document along with its bookmarks and the point where you stopped reading the last time.
    • Program icon updated to high resolution.

    Known bugs:
    • The text rotation control doesn't work correctly in OS X 10.6.
  • 1.9 - 8-05-2010

    Improvements
    • Now all the funcions are available thru the application menu, and many of theese have keyboard shortcuts assigned.
    • Bookmarks: now it is possible to place bookmarks to mark the parts of the text more interesting or the ones you want to read with more attention. iReadFast considers reaction times in order to allow you to place bookmarks also while reading at high speeds.
    • Application help updated.
    • In the application help is explained the procedure to make iReadFast even more handy thru the use of the Services menu.
    • Correcterd the bug of version 1.8.

    Known bugs:
    • None.
  • 1.8 - 18-12-2009

    Improvements
    • In the program preferences it is now possible to personalize the font of the word visualization.

    Known bugs:
    • With Snow Leopard the default background color is green rather than grey.
  • 1.7 - 5-12-2009

    Improvements
    • Corrected a bug into the Services menu "Read with iReadFast".
    • Added recognition of em-dash ed en-dash characters to improve readability of the displayed text, especially when multiple word display is enabled (Thanks to Martijn van der Ven for the useful help).

    Known bugs:
    • None.
  • 1.6 - 10-07-2009

    Improvements
    • Support for opening plain text files thru the Open menu or by dragging them on the application icon.
    • It is now possible to ignore an available update and search for updates manually.
    • Corrected some bugs in the interface.

    Known bugs:
    • The "Read with iReadFast" Services menu does work only rarely, when only plain text is selected.
  • 1.5 - 15-03-2009

    No data.
  • 1.4 - 21-02-2009

    No data.
  • 1.3 - 19-10-2008

    No data.
  • 1.2 - 22-09-2008

    No data.
  • 1.12 - 27-08-2008

    Improvements
    • iReadFast is now working also as a service: "Read with iReadFast" in the services menu. In the next version the help will be updated with informations for using this feature.
    • Automatic notify of new versions available.

    Known bugs:
    • Some keyboard shortcuts do not work with OS X 10.5.
  • 1.11 - 21-08-2008

    Improvements
    • Corrected a small bug about the minimum size of the main window.

    Known bugs:
    • Some keyboard shortcuts do not work with OS X 10.5.
  • 1.1 - 15-08-2008

    Improvements
    • iReadFast becomes freeware! the downloadable version is fully working and has no limitations!

    Known bugs:
    • Some keyboard shortcuts do not work with OS X 10.5.
  • 1.0 Beta 2 - 2-03-2008

    Improvements
    • Advanced timing for better text comprehension.
    • Graphic controls for every function.
    • Keyboard controls for text fast forward/backward.
    • Customizable Text size and colors.
    • Memory and CPU usage further improved.

    Known bugs:
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  • 1.0 Beta 1 - 10-09-2007

    Known bugs:
    • If a big amount of text is pasted (tens of pages), the amount of memory used by the program becomes VERY BIG (hundreds of megabytes) without justification.
    • The playing speed reported by the program is not exact and usually is greater than the real one.