Version 5.3 (06 Jan 2003, free update, build 2197)
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New : Support for portrait and landscape modes (Palm Tungsten T3, Sony Clie NR/NX/UX series)
New : Treo 600 resident invocation via hotkeys introduced (will also work on other OS 5 devices without command bar)
Fix: Significant stability improvement for ARM devices (the infamous "fatal error" when switching lexicons now gone)
Fix: 5-way navigator's action button (Palm Tungsten devices) can now be used to switch between word/article fields

Version 5.2 (26 June 2003, free update)

New : Native ARM code for dictionary decompression on Palm OS 5.x devices
Fix: Finally, a small icon was added
Fix: Fixed bug preventing scrolling up on some rare occasions
Fix: Fixed a problem causing the resident lookup function to trucate words starting or ending with accented characters
Fix: Fixed a problem requiring exact word spelling ("Moses" vs "moses"); special thanks to Demetrio Voulgaris
Fix: Text selection background changed to light gray on monochrome devices.
Fix: Fixed a problem preventing displaying multiple empty lines (hard line feeds)
Fix: Misc other UI improvements (HR icon transparency etc.)

Version 5.05 (07 February 2003, free update)

Fix: Requirement for Palm OS 3.5 is now correctly enforced thus preventing crashes when BDicty is run on older devices.
Fix: Dynamic screen resize issue fixed on Sony Clie devices with 320x480 resolution; stretch to normal screen, then tap the global Find, then stretch to full screen; if the display is confusing you need this update!
Fix: Copy and Copy Translation menu commands work as supposed in Phrasebook view
Change: Typing delay before word lookup starts is decreased by 40% to 600 ms

Version 5.0 (02 January 2003, free update)

New : BDicty 5.0 requires Palm OS 3.5 or higher; sorry about that, we have prolonged the support for older devices as much as we could.
New : The article field has now been implemented as graphical control; this will allow the program to introduce rich text output (colors, styles, pronounciations) in future releases; note the custom text field is for now only available in the standard view, the resident mode still uses classic text field from Palm OS;
New : Four different fonts are now available for selection instead of three;
New : Support for high-resolution fonts on Sony Clie - there is a new checkbox in the general preferences to indicate if you want to use these or the standard fonts;
New : New icons for high-resolution devices and sime minor changes (see below)
New : Support for 320x320 and 320x480 on Sony Clie!
New : On Palm Tungsten, the selector button can now be used to play selected phrase from a talking phrasebook
Change: The article field's font in the resident view is now fixed to the standard Palm OS font
Change: The button for adding/editing article is now a pen instead of the classic "record" symbol
Fix: The resident lookup through the command bar had been malfunctioning and sometimes blocking the device requiring soft reset; this has now been fixed.
Fix: Resident lookup icon disappearing problem resolved upon installing the lexical files

Version 4.95 (1 November 2002, free update)
This is the last BDicty version to work below Palm OS 3.5!

New: Support for talking phrasebooks; note that Sony Clie devices running OS 4.x and all devices running OS 5.0 (including the new Clies) require different sound databases in order to operate
Fix: Occasional fatal error when doing resident lookup from a form that does not have text fields (thanks to our customer Gert Caspersen for his persistancy!)
Fix: Jog dial support updated for Palm OS 5.0 devices;

Version 4.92 (19 August 2002, free update)

Fix: Article size limit inreased according to the new needs of medical and megal dictionaries
Fix: Fatal error "MQWin.c, Line:634, unlock out of sync? addresses reset too soon" now fixed; used to appear upon resident invokation in certain high resolution applications, mostly on Sony Clie

Version 4.9 (16 July 2002, free update)
Special thanks to Stephen Byers, Scott Almas, John King, Joe Tanzola, Dan Crews, Charles Fishburn and all others who provided valuable feedback!

New: Resizable view panes introduced; feature requires Palm OS version 3.1 or higher in order to operate, on 3.0 the panes will be still fixed.
Fix: Display flickering problem upon application startup fixed
Fix: The famous "Fatal Error" when invoking Categoris from within the Application Launcher throgh the command bar is now fixed
Fix: Smart View mode bug fixed - used to NOT switch the view mode after a word was found and then changed to unknown entry
Fix: Upon resident invokation BDicty automatically takes the underlying field selection if possible
Fix: Leading and trailing punctuational characters now automatically removed during resident invokation (except when coming from the clipboard)

Version 4.81 (24 May 2002, free update)

New: Alternate resident lookup invokation methods - hotkeys or command bar; support for Handspring Treo resident invokation
New: Cross-lookup button for faster reverse or related lookups; see manual for more details
Updated: Updated user manual
Fixed: A bug when the program was launched from a media card.
Fixed: Resident mode will now ONLY be operational when the program resides in RAM

Version 4.7 (05 April 2002, free update)
This is an intermediate release reflecting many of the internal program improvements; many new features are still hidden for the sake of backward compatibility or program stability. More updates with some long-awaited and some surprising features are to be expected soon.

New: Compliance with the requirements for the upcoming PalmOS 5.0
New: Resident lookup method significantly improved and standartized for devices running Palm OS 3.5 or higher
New: Dictionary browsing
New: Support for jog dial
New: Resident lookup screen navigation buttons (copy, paste, etc.)
New: Indication and switcher button for custom/stock articles
New: Program hints
New: New/edit article screen
New: Multiple preference screens organized by topics
New: Customizable media sources, including dedicated dictionaries directory on external card (great startup speed improvement!)
New: Customizable startup options to reduce startup time for advance users
New: Word of the day
New: Multiple internal changes/updates resulting in more stable program behavior
New: Completely new user manual
Fixed: Limited/incorrect list of dynamic words while typic; fixed due to the new browsing feature, which does not limit the amount of displayed entries
Improved: Temporary program freezing while entering word; the issue is completely addressed in next release, but has been improved in this one too.

Version 4.6 (01 June 2001, free update)

Support and full compliance with PalmOS 4.0, including media cards (MC and SD); all lexicons can now be installed and reside on SD or MC card!
Misc. internal updates: does not require soft reset upon installation any more, lexicons list is collected faster and more secure, does not delete unlicensed lexicons automatically.

Version 4.5 (01 Oct 2000, free update)

Lookup feature from within other PalmOS programs introduced
Support for PalmType enhanced (now PalmType gets automatically activated when BDicty is active)
Most recently used words list introduced
Most recently used words list introduced

Version 4.0 (20 March 2000, free update)

Support for topic dictionaries (phrase books, travel dictionaries etc.)
Horizontal / Vertical display modes.
Smart View mode
Automatic user dictionaries backup during HotSync®.
Availability online anytime (downloadable from the net)

Version 3.5 (25 July 1999, free update)

Enhanced support for foreign languages.
Improved interface - users can now choose between two modes of the display - wider description field or wider list of words
Persistency - BDicty now remembers its mode when left and restores it the next time being run.

Version 3.0 (26 June 1999, free update)

Version for OEM distribution in Russia.
Support for ROM-based lexicons

Version 2.0 (1 April 1999, free update)

Support for multiple lexicons
Search speed optimized

Version 1.0 (8 March 1999, Initial release)