The Soulmen Blog » Ulysses 2.0 http://www.the-soulmen.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:33:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Ulysses on iAppsForStudents http://www.the-soulmen.com/blog/2010/08/17/ulysses-on-iappsforstudents/ http://www.the-soulmen.com/blog/2010/08/17/ulysses-on-iappsforstudents/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:00:52 +0000 dirk http://www.the-soulmen.com/blog/?p=555 iAppsForStudents logo

The Soulmen take part in a great back to school sale at iAppsForStudents, which runs until September 1. So if you happen to be a student or work at an educational instution, you qualify not only for the regular educational discount, but also for this additional discount if you use the coupon code from the sale’s website.
This sale also includes lots of other great apps for the Mac, iPhone and iPad, so make sure to check them out before the promo ends!

]]> http://www.the-soulmen.com/blog/2010/08/17/ulysses-on-iappsforstudents/feed/ 0 Ulysses 2.0.3 Ulysses 2.0.3 http://www.the-soulmen.com/blog/2009/10/04/ulysses-2-0-3-ulysses-2-0-3/ http://www.the-soulmen.com/blog/2009/10/04/ulysses-2-0-3-ulysses-2-0-3/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:04:23 +0000 Marcus http://www.the-soulmen.com/blog/?p=411 Ah, bad joke, but here’s the list of fixes and news in the latest version of Standard and Core and Standard and Core. Dang, sorry.

  • Removed additional Edit menu
  • Crashes during opening projects on 10.4
    [Ed: just to be clear... we fixed that]
  • Fixed Portuguese, Italian Localization
  • Pasting text to console mode notes window no longer screws colors
  • Fixed a bug which causes a hang during a LaTeX export, if a document ends with a footnote mark.
  • Fixed a bug in the LaTeX exporter which exported a footnote, even if the footnote mark is deleted by another
  • Layout glitches when changing display in info panel
    [Ed: same here]
  • Hang when clearing styles in a empty document
    [Ed: and here]
  • Now only shows Trial expiry sheet once

Note: The edit menu on pre Snow Leopard (10.6) systems will show several greyed-out items, such as “Transformations”. These are exclusive to Snow Leopard, so there’s nothing to worry about. We tried to hide these from 10.5 and below, but it’s not worth the hassle, really.

So, there you have it. The update should be available as you read this via integrated update greateness.

2.0.3 will be the last update to Ulysses 2.0, unless we really screwed up something. The next release will already be 2.1, which will offer nothing new in terms of editing features, but will focus on data security, backup handling, as well as management of your projects. Oh, and iPhone/iPod touch syncing, of course.

Have fun!

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Ulysses 2.0 is running as a promo on MacUpdate — today and throughout the whole weekend. We are very existed about this three-day partnership!

Be sure to grab a copy here.

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To get a detailed list of all changes, see the version history. You may directly download the new versions from here:

Update: I forgot to mention that this update also finally fixes the registration problems under Mac OS 10.4 Tiger.

]]> http://www.the-soulmen.com/blog/2009/09/15/ulysses-2-0-2/feed/ 5 2.0 done and I am finished… http://www.the-soulmen.com/blog/2009/07/13/20-done-and-i-am-finished/ http://www.the-soulmen.com/blog/2009/07/13/20-done-and-i-am-finished/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:42:57 +0000 Marcus http://www.the-soulmen.com/blog/?p=350 Well, here we are. Ulysses 2.0 is finally out, and apart from a few early hickups with the store, everything seems to go rather smoothly. This may change, of course, once everybody comes rushing in, but so be it. We’re prepared. ;)

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everybdy involved with this rather stupid idea of taking a small software company and turning it around 180 degrees. Max and I had this vague concept, and while it took us far too long to make it happen, we’re very happy with where the Soulmen are today and glad everything worked out just the way it currently does.

Reboot.
Check.

So… first off, I’d like to thank Dirk for his great work and outstanding calm over last couple of weeks, trying to get all localizations ready for the launch of Ulysses 2.0. This is not an easy task, let me tell you, and it sure didn’t help that Max and I decided to juggle around vital parts of the interface at the last minute.

Then I’d like to thank Götz for both his tremendous work on the new help book and the series of screencasts. If we had to do these on our own, we would still be in pre-release limbo, or we would’ve shipped with the version 1.2 help and tiny featurett movie clips with Apple Loops as soundscape.

LAst not least, of course, Michael. Man of the exporters, or should I say — the exporter. Michael’s been around since… like… forever, and he has added a layer of constancy to this project, that *I* would never be able to provide (and neither could Max, but I can’t say that, he).

This project would NEVER be at this state without you.
So thanks a lot.

I’d also like to thank our friends, families, colleagues, kids (yeah), who’ve all suffered over the course of the past couple of months, but especially during the last weeks. Some more, some not so much, but we know. Without your continuing support and understanding, this — again — would not have been possible.

Now… it was hard, it was fun, it was crazy at times.
We feel it was worth it. Is. Will be.

This is just the beginning.
Hit me!

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Ulysses Disk Image

You might notice that the disk image icon is still missing.
This is how close we are :)

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As we already announced yesterday, Ulysses 2.0 and Ulysses core 2.0 will be released on Wednesday, July 8. This Update hosts a tremendous list of features, refinements and polishes.

One change that we never spoke about and one that has not been brought up so far is the pricing. After six (!!!) years of free Updates, bringing Ulysses 1.0 to 1.6r2, we finally decided to do a paid update.

And we decided to make Ulysses cheaper. Not because we think it’s overpriced or not worth what we charge. It’s rather that we want to make it more affordable for many users. We don’t want people to choose a different application just because of the price.

As of July 8, 2009 this will be the new price tags:

  • Ulysses 2.0 full version EUR 44.99
  • Ulysses 2.0 educational EUR 34.99
  • Ulysses core 2.0 full version EUR 24.99

For all Users who purchased after January 1st, 2009 version 2.0 will be a free update. For all others there are two options:

  • Updating any version to Ulysses 2.0 full version EUR 24.99
  • Updating any version to Ulysses core 2.0 full version EUR 14.99

Max

]]> http://www.the-soulmen.com/blog/2009/07/02/new-pricing-for-ulysses/feed/ 14 Ulysses 2.0 — Release Candidate http://www.the-soulmen.com/blog/2009/07/01/ulysses-20-release-candidate/ http://www.the-soulmen.com/blog/2009/07/01/ulysses-20-release-candidate/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:18:57 +0000 max http://www.the-soulmen.com/blog/?p=289 We finally have it.
Here it is — the release candidate for Ulysses 2.0 and Ulysses core 2.0. Please feel free to download it and submit anything you do not like or would like to have in a later version to our bug tracker Mantis.

There are some very small hiccups remaining. We want to make a perfect release this time, please help us in doing so. How to help? It’s quite easy:
1) Go 2) Grab 3) A Copy.

Max

PS: Someone interested in the new pricing?

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we are proud to announce hereby that we are proud that on the sixth anniversary of the first public release of Ulysses 1.0 we proudly announce that the final release date for Ulysses 2.0 will be in exactly one week.

In short: Yep, we’ve made it. We are nearly done. Actually we wanted to have the release today, but you know… The website wasn’t yet quite finished. Now it’s the 8th of July, 2009.

And as it’s our sixth birthday today, we also have a little present for all of you: Later today there will be the release candidate for Ulysses 2.0. Available here and through the internal update mechanism.

Cheers, Max

]]> http://www.the-soulmen.com/blog/2009/07/01/ulysses-20-release-date/feed/ 1 Wrapping things up (start of, actually) http://www.the-soulmen.com/blog/2009/06/10/wrapping-things-up-start-of-actually/ http://www.the-soulmen.com/blog/2009/06/10/wrapping-things-up-start-of-actually/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:57:31 +0000 Marcus http://www.the-soulmen.com/blog/?p=262 Ulysses 2.0 Final

Puh, these days are just packed. Laying finishing touches on some interface elements, squashing late bugs, collecting localizations, squashing new bugs, creating PR letters and product information pages, double-checking new Help content, the new registration system, squashing bugs, the new updater (works!), and finally moving every little bit over to SOULMEN CI.

Apart from standard pre-release craziness, you won’t believe how much blue-tec stuff has amassed over the years, and how much work it is to completely switch out company names and logos and colors and all… no going back, of course. :)

But not much time to blog-post, either.

So, release date. You want a release date? A fixed and firm release date? And a price tag? Standard price and update-fee? Like… Ulysses 2.0, available at the-soulmen.com, beginning… beginning… beginning, uhm, or rather starting at… at…

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