Release Notes for Java Hot Potatoes Beta 6.0.2.0

Thanks for your interest in our software.

FIRST:

This is test software. You are using it entirely at your own risk, and agree not to hold the authors or anyone else responsible for any loss or damage you incur in connection with use of this software.

JAVA PLATFORM:

This release is designed to run on the Java Virtual Machine version 1.3.1 and newer. 

The primary target for this release is Macintosh OS X. If you are updating your Mac properly with the Software Update... item in the Apple menu, the Java Virtual Machine running on your computer will support Hot Potatoes.
As a Java release, this program may also work in the Java Virtual Machines available for other Operating Systems (Windows, Linux etc.), but we make no claims about interoperability of the Java code. 

THIS RELEASE

The list of features included with this release and those still under development can be found at:
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/hotpot/v6java_bugs.htm

BUGS REPORTED BY CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE BEEN FIXED FROM LAST VERSION

In JCross, when you clicked on the "move letters on grid" buttons, only the topleft 8 by 8 group of cells moved. That bug has been fixed.

In JCross, when you opened a data file and then attempted to create an exercise, no exercise was created. This problem introduced by the fix addressing the "two instances of the same word in the grid" problem. 
Thanks to Peter Blackburn and Michael Riccioli.


BUG REPORTS, FEATURE REQUESTS etc:

Updates and news on alpha and beta releases can be found at:
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/hotpot/betas.htm

History of bug fixes can be found at
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/hotpot/v6java_bugs.htm

The Hot Potatoes users group is at 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hotpotatoesusers

Please check those pages before emailing the authors directly.
If you have a bug report, note the following:
	look for the file hotpotbug.txt on your computer and attach it to your email
	Please be as precise and descriptive as possible about what you were trying to do and what happened.
	Email Stewart at sarneil@uvic.ca.

TO INSTALL THE APPLICATION (for Mac OS X users only):

The download file is JavaHotPot6.zip
When you unzip that file, you will have a folder called JavaHotPot6.
Drag that folder into your Applications folder.

TO START HOT POTATOES:

Double-click on the Hot Potatoes application icon in the JavaHotPot6 folder.
When the Hot Potatoes Chooser window appears, click on the JCloze, JMatch or JQuiz button at the bottom of that window to launch the potato. 


TO UNINSTALL HOT POTATOES:
Drag the MacHotPot6 folder from the application directory to the trash.
On non-Mac systems, delete the JavaHotPot6 folder from the install directory.


IF YOU WANT TO DELETE THE HOT POTATOES PREFERENCE FILE:
Find the file hotpot6prefs.xml in the folder /Users/[yourUserName]/Library/Preferences/com.halfbakedsoftware/ and drag it to the trash.
On non-Mac systems, find the file hotpot6prefs.xml and delete it.
