{"id":101,"date":"2022-11-22T18:41:18","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T02:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejal.com\/blog\/?p=101"},"modified":"2022-11-22T18:41:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T02:41:18","slug":"simon-5-1b2-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejal.com\/blog\/simon-5-1b2-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon 5.1b2 released"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p>A second beta of <a href=\"https:\/\/dejal.com\/simon\/\">Simon<\/a>\u00a0version 5.1 is now available. Version 5.1b2 just has a few improvements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Added an option on the <b>Advanced <\/b>settings page to show the <b>Debug<\/b> menu, as an easier way to toggle it.<\/li>\n<li>Updated the example tests.<\/li>\n<li>Updated French localization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a reminder, version 5.1 includes lots more changes since the previous release, including:<\/p>\n<h2>New Web Page test option to render the page in the Preview<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Added a new option to the <b>Other<\/b> page when editing a <b>Web Page<\/b> test to control whether or not to render the page in the <b>Preview<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>By default it is on, preserving the usual behavior.<\/li>\n<li>But if you turn it off for a test, the <b>Preview<\/b> pane only shows the HTML source and filter output, instead of the rendered page.<\/li>\n<li>Reload the <b>Preview<\/b> to show or hide the rendered page after changing the option.<\/li>\n<li>This option is independent of the \u201cCapture rendered source\u201d option; that will render the page in a separate process.<\/li>\n<li>This is useful for performance, or if you want to minimize the risk of malicious JavaScript on the page, or other side effects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Added an automatic data backup<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Once per hour Simon will make a copy of its data into a dated folder within a Backups folder in the data folder.<\/li>\n<li>Added a slider on the <b>Advanced<\/b> settings page to control how many backups to keep; defaults to 10.<\/li>\n<li>Set to zero to disable the automatic backups.<\/li>\n<li>When the maximum has been reached, it\u2019ll remove older ones, so that half of the backups are for the most recent hours, and half are for previous days.<\/li>\n<li>If you need to restore your data, turn off syncing if it\u2019s on, use the new <b>File \u25b8 Reveal Data Folder<\/b> menu command to show the data folder in the Finder, quit Simon, then copy the folders from one of the backup folders to replace the Filters, Notifiers, etc folders.<\/li>\n<li>If in doubt, <a href=\"https:\/\/dejal.com\/contact\/?prod=simon&amp;subj=Simon+backup+restore\">contact Dejal for assistance<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Support for Ventura<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Updated for Ventura (macOS 13), but still compatible back to High Sierra (10.13).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Plus several other improvements<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Added a <b>File \u25b8 Reveal Data Folder<\/b> menu command, to show the Simon data folder in the Finder.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed filters not completing if the <code>{FilterStatusNumber}<\/code> variable was used.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue with loading data that doesn\u2019t have any reports.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue with the font in the script editor and elsewhere.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed a localization issue.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed a crash with the <b>Preview<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Want to try it?<\/h2>\n<p>If you are using the direct edition, you can change your <b>Updates<\/b> settings to include beta releases, then use the <b>Check for Updates<\/b> feature in the app to update.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, <a href=\"\/download\/?prod=simon&amp;op=show&amp;rel=beta&amp;ref=blog\">download the beta now!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A second beta of Simon\u00a0version 5.1 is now available. 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