Upgraded my Windows 7 and Mac OS X machines today (the latter really being a new install because I was using Wine there to run the Windows version). I'm seeing a few issues. I know the request was for one thread per bug logged, but I figured I'd throw these out there and can split them off into individual threads if that makes sense.
I installed BeerSmith2 to Windows 7 first to eliminate any issues around picking up a Wine-hosted version. That went fine, and it prompted me to import my 1.4 recipes immediately, which it did. In general things look good, but there are a few things I've noticed:
None of the reports list my ingredients properly. This is true on both Windows 7 and Mac OS X (both BeerSmith 2 native to the respective platforms). Each report lists "Ingredients" then there's nothing below that until the next section. When I open the actual recipe I see all the ingredients listed properly, though. Not sure what's going on there, but it means I can't print out useful brew steps.
Mac OS X performance is very sluggish relative to Windows performance. My Mac is pretty beefy and generally nothing else runs slow. I have 4GB of RAM. Nonetheless, the Mac version is very slow...not quite unusably slow, but close to it. Any idea why? Perhaps wxWidgets on the Mac is just slow?
It doesn't seem to remember some of my settings. For example, if I set up recipe sorting in a folder to be by date descending (which I typically do), then exit the program, then restart it, the setting seems to be lost. This is true on both the Mac and Windows, so I doubt it's a filesystem permissions issue.
I think those are the main usability issues I'm hitting. I also noticed that the starter calculation seem to be either for stir plates or (what JZ calls) simple starters. I actually use intermittent shaking with my starters which isn't as efficient as a stir plate, but is significantly more effective than a simple starter. Any way to model the behavior of intermittent shaking in this calculator? Also, any way to have it measure just the starter volume in metric (liters) instead of standard (quarts)? I use standard measurements for most of my volume values, but since starters with proper gravity can be calculated easily using the 100 grams of DME per liter of starter (pre-boil), I use metric for my starters. I know I can type the value in as, e.g., 1.3 l, and it'll convert to quarts, but it doesn't get reported that way in the recipe so I still have to jot down the starter size on the side...
Anyway, in spite of these small issues that I know will be resolved quickly, I wanted to thank Brad for offering such amazing software to us at such an awesome price point!!! Keep up the great work!
I installed BeerSmith2 to Windows 7 first to eliminate any issues around picking up a Wine-hosted version. That went fine, and it prompted me to import my 1.4 recipes immediately, which it did. In general things look good, but there are a few things I've noticed:
None of the reports list my ingredients properly. This is true on both Windows 7 and Mac OS X (both BeerSmith 2 native to the respective platforms). Each report lists "Ingredients" then there's nothing below that until the next section. When I open the actual recipe I see all the ingredients listed properly, though. Not sure what's going on there, but it means I can't print out useful brew steps.
Mac OS X performance is very sluggish relative to Windows performance. My Mac is pretty beefy and generally nothing else runs slow. I have 4GB of RAM. Nonetheless, the Mac version is very slow...not quite unusably slow, but close to it. Any idea why? Perhaps wxWidgets on the Mac is just slow?
It doesn't seem to remember some of my settings. For example, if I set up recipe sorting in a folder to be by date descending (which I typically do), then exit the program, then restart it, the setting seems to be lost. This is true on both the Mac and Windows, so I doubt it's a filesystem permissions issue.
I think those are the main usability issues I'm hitting. I also noticed that the starter calculation seem to be either for stir plates or (what JZ calls) simple starters. I actually use intermittent shaking with my starters which isn't as efficient as a stir plate, but is significantly more effective than a simple starter. Any way to model the behavior of intermittent shaking in this calculator? Also, any way to have it measure just the starter volume in metric (liters) instead of standard (quarts)? I use standard measurements for most of my volume values, but since starters with proper gravity can be calculated easily using the 100 grams of DME per liter of starter (pre-boil), I use metric for my starters. I know I can type the value in as, e.g., 1.3 l, and it'll convert to quarts, but it doesn't get reported that way in the recipe so I still have to jot down the starter size on the side...
Anyway, in spite of these small issues that I know will be resolved quickly, I wanted to thank Brad for offering such amazing software to us at such an awesome price point!!! Keep up the great work!