Graph IDE

September 3, 2024

Synched with the latest Data Visualization library. No bugs were detected or corrected and this synch is for regression analysis and the possibility of correcting undetected bugs. We are being very careful to not introduce new bugs in version 12.16.x and as a result no new features are being added. If you wish to participate in the TestFlight for version 14 then please email support@vvi.com

August 16, 2024

This version is about two to ten times faster for many common tasks. Launching is particularly optimized in this version. Version 14 will be compatible with the newest version of iOS only and this version 12.16.x will be the last compatible with previous operating system versions. As a consequence only critical bugs are being fixed for 12.16.x. In the last year, Graph IDE has become about 10 times faster, many robust features added and the build from scratch time reduced from one hour to 12 minutes meaning that comprehensive iteration on builds is five times faster which result in greater ability to iterate test and deploy. Version 14 will increase reliability beyond that which can be achieved otherwise by focusing only on the latest operating system. Please email support@vvi.com to let us know your thoughts about compatibility or any other issue.

May 21, 2024

Made the user interface about twice as fast, including launching faster. This is accomplished by optimizing the programmable graphical elements, including formula generation. Graph IDE has a very responsive user interface designed to provide ample feedback for data visualization tasks. A faster user interface translates to a more fluid experience when creating visuals. The precise and responsive feedback of the user interface is enabled by the programmable graphics capability of Graph IDE. Improved the main document view contextual menu.

April 23, 2024

This version is faster and more secure. That is accomplished by pre-caching hashes and other deterministic values into the signed binaries. That means that the user interface is 2-4 times faster and common operations are much more immune to injection attempts or system changes. Being fast and secure translates into robust and dependable data visualization. The off-board control panels (selectors) have also been optimized for much better placement on the screen and performance in general. A few non-critical feature deficiencies were also fixed. All state duplication (such as copy and paste, palette dragging, document opening and saving) is now much faster and more reliable. Transient tooltips are also many times faster. Menus are also many times faster. Table and spreadsheets are also much faster. A faster user interface (UI) translates into faster data visualization (DV) because DV and UI computations compete for resources. Reliable and secure means more immune to system changes and unaccounted for injection such as during operating system updating, hacking or changes in system API. Thousands of code points were also replaced with more secure implementations and the theoretically unsecured (and slower) code API is now removed. Cloud services also benefits from this update and is also faster and more secure.

March 18, 2024

Graph IDE is feature rich, fast and reliable. To further that, this version speeds up launching, fixes bugs and removes API associated with security concerns and replaces those calls with compile-time deterministic implementations.

February 13, 2024

In order to make Graph IDE very solid this version focuses on bug fixes only. The system status bar, notch and other system geometries are better accounted for. The Graph IDE Status Bar responds better to device rotations in limited geometries (iPhone). There were a handful of bugs that could be exercised through extensive user interaction with unusual patterns; not likely to be encountered in the field. Additional testing could not produce any additional bugs. While using Graph IDE please keep in mind that your satisfaction is paramount which means that existing features need to be exceptional while new features demonstrate continual progress to better data visualization and analysis tools for the entire community. If you do encounter a bug or feature issue then please email support@vvi.com with your input.

February 6, 2024

In order to maintain Graph IDE as the preeminent tool for data visualization and analysis the following improvements have been made: Menus are now more visually appealing and display much faster. Table header pop-down menus now format their title with more visual appeal. The entire user interface is faster. Dragging spreadsheet and graphs from separate palettes to the same document view now preserves the correct spreadsheet relationships. Focusing on a graph data layer and using the magnification tool now brings forward the graph main editor with graph limits and changes the graph limits upon drag-magnify. Selecting a cell in the navigator focuses on a graphic on the main document view and now also resets the graphic selector to the selection tool whereas before it would preserve a mostly inappropriate factory tool setting. Border drag-scroll feature has been improved. While using Graph IDE please keep in mind that your satisfaction is paramount which means that existing features need to be exceptional while new features demonstrate continual progress to better data visualization and analysis tools for the entire community.

January 16, 2024

In order to maintain Graph IDE as the preeminent tool for data visualization and analysis the following improvements have been made: Color specification now includes HSV (Hue, Saturation and Value) as well as RGB, CMYK and Gray scale. The Color Selector has been updated for HSV input. Border drag-scroll feature has been improved. The Font Selector now validates the font size input, bounds the size to one or greater and formats the size to a natural number. If a graph title was turned off, saved in a document and that document was opened and then the graph title was turned on then the graph title would not show immediately; this has been fixed. If a 3D graphic was copied from its projected graph coordinate and then that graph was defocused and the 3D graphic was pasted to the page (2D) coordinate then an error would be produced. This version now detects those conditions and presents an alert notifying that 3D graphics cannot be pasted to a 2D coordinate. On rare occasion the alert selector would show with a shifted background; this issue has been addressed and now cannot be reproduced. Account creation setup on the backend (on the server/cloud system) could prevent use because the feature type was not set. Account creation is now more robust by providing additional details regarding valid but probably not desired setup. The build process is about 25% faster and the embedded script engine (for animations, ui bindings, formula generation, etc.) is now faster which means Graph IDE is faster than ever. A faster build process allows for quicker turn around time to address issues iteratively and also respond to customer requests in a more timely way. While using Graph IDE please keep in mind that your satisfaction is paramount which means that existing features need to be exceptional while new features demonstrate continual progress to better data visualization and analysis tools for the entire community.

November 21, 2023

In order to maintain Graph IDE as the preeminent tool for data visualization and analysis the following improvements have been made: • Spreadsheet touch and keyboard interaction has been improved. There were many edge cases that could potentially be typical user interactions that could cause the onboard keyboard to not dismiss well without an additional touch in a different location. This new version now dismisses the keyboard on many additional (comprehensive) touch locations and also brings forward the keyboard more reliably. • When the spreadsheet is activated and related representations (Pie, Bar, Line, etc. Chart) are touched to bring forward the data selector then the keyboard does not require the spreadsheet keyboard accessory. During that interaction when the spreadsheet is touched then the keyboard transitions to have the spreadsheet accessory. That interaction and transitioning between keyboard states including dismiss, forwarding and accessory transitioning has been comprehensively improved. • The Printing (PDF generation) features have been significantly improved. For example, Graph IDE can paginate a view by tiles but also loads separate pages of a document on demand. This version can optionally load and print all pages within a Graph IDE document thus serializing the document pages, and view tiles, into a single PDF document. • The user interface and also data visualization has been optimized further and is faster than ever. Each iteration of Graph IDE incorporates incremental code improvements. Since Graph IDE directly uses the native graphics API in iOS it can directly take advantage of GPU improvements thus making code improvements the only means of optimization. • Several feature deficiencies are fixed. For example, when a graphic (such as a chart or artwork) from a palette was drag and dropped then the cursor information would present. This is a non-sequitur in a touch environment that is a nuisance. This behavior is now not present. • Our efforts are to reduce bugs to zero. One critical bug was detected and fixed; it was encountered while using spreadsheets, activating the event qualifier, deactivating it and then performing a lengthy sequence of additional user interface operations. Critical bugs are very important to fix and if you encounter a critical bug, or non-critical bug, then please report it to support@vvi.com.

October 27, 2023

In order to maintain Graph IDE as the preeminent tool for data visualization and analysis the following improvements have been made: • Documents are improved for much better pagination and more accurate PDF and Printer exporting to either a single page or many pages. This includes pagination of the view proper or pagination of printer specific layouts including PPD metrics such as non-printable border regions. • This version is compiled against the iOS 17 SDK and respective toolchain to incorporate compiler and SDK improvements. • iOS 17 API changes have been accounted for while still maintaining backwards compatibility to iOS 16.4. • The user interface and also data visualization has been optimized further and is faster than ever. • Three critical bugs were fixed as follows: (a) The table peak menu had a crash bug that has been fixed; (b) The cursor information had a crash bug while using multiple documents and (c) editing a table cell associated with a graph while under certain (rare) conditions would cause a crash bug. Critical bugs are very important to fix and if you encounter a critical bug, or non-critical bug, then please report it to support@vvi.com. • Hundreds of non-critical bugs have been fixed. These types of bugs are mainly feature related fixes; for example: (a) more accurate page metrics, (b) the view grid now shows a title that corresponds to tile and page values, (c) a new integrated printer inspector editor has been made to consolidate and expand upon pagination attributes. • In keeping with iOS privacy policies the Privacy Info property list has been included. Should you have a privacy concern the please email support@vvi.com. While using Graph IDE please keep in mind that your satisfaction is paramount which means existing features need to be exceptional while new features demonstrate continual progress to better tools for data visualization and analysis for the entire community.