by jkoenin | Jul 6, 2009 | DianHua Dictionary | 0 Comments
During the past couple of months, I have received a great deal of constructive feedback on DianHua Dictionary v2.0. Several users have helped me identify some bugs in some of the newer functionality. I also performed a thorough code review to try to clean up some...
by jkoenin | Jun 11, 2009 | DianHua Dictionary | 0 Comments
Our excellent VPS provider Slicehost notified us today that DianHuaDictionary.com will be down briefly for maintenance at 4:00 AM GMT, Friday, June 12, 2009. My understanding is that this is preventative maintenance that will cause minimal...
by jkoenin | May 5, 2009 | DianHua Dictionary | 0 Comments
DianHua Dictionary v2.0 is now available through the iTunes App Store. With this release, DianHua Dictionary now includes: Search History Bookmarks with support for multiple level folder hierarchies Backup and Export support through DianHuaDictionary.com Integration...
by jkoenin | May 3, 2009 | DianHua Dictionary | 0 Comments
When I decided to integrate DianHuaDictionary.com with DianHua Dictionary, I knew I would need code to submit HTTP multi-part form requests. Unfamiliar with the iPhone APIs for network communication, I decided to look around the Apple Developer Forums and stumbled...
by jkoenin | Apr 26, 2009 | DianHua Dictionary | 0 Comments
DianHua Dictionary v2.0 was rejected by Apple this afternoon for non-technical reasons. It will take me a day or two to make the required changes and submit it again. It’s entirely possible it could be rejected again on the next attempt so it may take a few...
by jkoenin | Apr 19, 2009 | DianHua Dictionary | 0 Comments
At long last, I have submitted DianHua Dictionary v2.0 to Apple for approval. Changes to DianHua Dictionary for v2.0 include: Integration with the DianHua Dictionary Audio Module providing pronunciation for over 16,000 dictionary entries. Support for Search History....
by jkoenin | Mar 24, 2009 | DianHua Dictionary | 0 Comments
It’s hard to believe I haven’t posted here since December 2008. Though only 3 months have passed, part of that time has seemed like an eternity to me due to an injury and the subsequent medical care. Before the injury in late January, I was closing in on...
by jkoenin | Feb 25, 2009 | DianHua Dictionary | 0 Comments
The DianHua Audio Dictionary adds audio for over 7,000 words and phrases covering over 16,000 entries in DianHua Dictionary. The balance of the 100,000+ entries in DianHua Dictionary are synthesized from their component syllables taking into account appropriate tone...
by jkoenin | Dec 3, 2008 | DianHua Dictionary | 0 Comments
Before submitting the recent updates to DianHua Dictionary to the App Store, I managed to squeeze in a couple more new features. The most significant is the ability to draw on the zoomed view of Traditional and Simplified characters. This should allow those...
by jkoenin | Nov 29, 2008 | DianHua Dictionary | 0 Comments
DianHua Dictionary v1.4.1 BETA is now available for testing. This release includes the “exact search” changes discussed in a previous post as well as some interface cleanup. It also includes the technology developed for our number learning application,...
