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Update : TOME Beta 0.2 : Tinkerers

Update : Tome Beta 0.2 : Tinkerers


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The Tome 0.2 is not a big update feature-wise, but it is was a necessary stepping stone to bigger updates later. It contains roughly the same updates as the Lore 0.2.


The invisible things


First of all, we’ve made it so future updates will never break your files. Given how ambitious some future features are, this requires a very solid migration system. This system existed before, but has now been significantly improved.


Another thing we’ve done, which was vital, is improving our bug-squashing abilities. We’ve implemented new error messages, new tests, and other little things, so that future updates are more stable, faster.


Finally, we’ve improved a few things left and right to prepare ourselves for what comes next. This includes the Launcher, which has underwent some changes and should be more stable and more informative.


The visible things


We’ve improved the UI in sundry ways, based on our observations about how things were used in 0.1:


1. Big changes to the image system


The inventory has been completely reworked. Although it still requires some things to be where we want it to be, we believe it to be significantly better and more enjoyable to work with as is.


You can now select images more easily, insert them from a pop-up instead of from the palette, search through them, order them by name or by import time, and see them in a pop-up. You are now warned before deleting them. The inventory now has its own separate little tab for ease of use.


Future improvements will include the ability to crop them better in the page context, and the ability to move them to another folder. 


2. Generic UI improvements


It is now possible to reorder tabs. This was a big issue with the previous version for many of you, and we’re glad it’s finally in!


The way you can adjust your text has also been improved, and you can now edit your text without having the palette open like so: 



Menus are now much nicer and more polished:



Overall, many little improvements have been made to the sidebar, topbar, palette, and more. We hope you will find all of it more polished and enjoy the improved quality of life.