Version History

v1.6 — June 25, 2010
- Added support for iPhones running iOS 4.0
- Added retrieval of Google Voice linked numbers to use for callbacks
- Added preference for installing the "Dial Selection with Dialectic.workflow" service for all users or just the current user
- Added support for CounterPath softphones Bria & X-Lite 4.0 Beta
- Added support for Telephone softphone
- Added support for the enhanced FRITZ!Box authentication method in FRITZ!Box devices with firmware xx.04.74 or newer
- Added support for Thunderbird & Firefox 3.6 to the Dialectic Firefox extension
- Added support for Google Quick Search Box 2.0.0 (2.0.0.3328) to the Dialectic Quick Search Box plugin
- Added support for waking the main display when stop screensaver actions are triggered
- Improved updating of extra components
- Improved handling of incoming call detection for modems
- Improved handling of internal numbers, outside prefixes, and some international numbers in the Dialing Rules
- Fixed an issue where long dial strings were not properly handled using the Modem Dial Method
- Fixed an issue that caused Google Voice calls to fail for some users
- Updated & augmented the documentation
- Many other minor fixes & optimizations
v1.5 — November 30, 2009
- Added incoming call detection for the iPhone
- Added a Services workflow item to enable contextual menu dialing in Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
- Added a Google Quick Search Box plug-in (see the Extras section of the Dialectic preferences to install)
- Added Call Timer preferences & separate Call Timer status window
- Added option to use grayscale menu bar icons
- Added optional identifier property to AppleScript, HTTP, & URI dial, incoming call, & add call log entry commands to help third-party apps keep track of calls they make through Dialectic
- Improved phone number formatting for Address Book numbers
- Improved detection of call types (e.g., Local, Domestic Long-Distance, etc.) in the Dialing Rules
- Improved accuracy of caller ID lookups in Address Book
- Improved reliability of dialing with Internet-based Dial Methods (e.g., Google Voice or Vonage, etc.)
- Improved speed & reliability of dialing & incoming call detection using an analog modem
- Improved support for dialing and monitoring Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones
- Improved support for dialing and monitoring analog modems
- Updated & improved the Dialectic Automator action
- Updated the Address Book Plug-In for Mac OS X 10.6 compatibility
- Fixed large type window opacity on Mac OS X 10.5 & 10.6
- Fixed an issue where the HTTP server would not restart after waking from sleep on Mac OS X 10.6
- Fixed the online help links on Mac OS 10.6
- Fixed an issue when using a smart group as the contact source of the AB Menu
- Updated & augmented the documentation
- Many minor fixes, enhancements, & optimizations
v1.4.2 — August 7, 2009
- Added Copy submenu to the Call Log contextual menu to copy the call log entry data to the clipboard
- Added an alternate “Dial Number from Clipboard” menu item (hold down the Option key to see it); selecting this alternate menu item will dial the clipboard text immediately as opposed to simply adding it to the number field of the main window as the regular “Dial Number from Clipboard...” menu item does
- Updated the Firefox Extension to include Firefox 3.5 support and fix an issue with the French localization
- Fixed an issue that caused the Services menu items to fail when selected in certain applications such as Safari 4.x
- Fixed an issue that caused incoming call notification to fail on some systems
- Made many minor code optimizations & improvements
- Updated & augmented the documentation
- Posted more resources on the resources page (http://www.jonn8.com/dialectic/resources/) including support for the Apptix & Gradwell VoIP services and incoming call notification scripts to pass the call information to an NCID server or YAC listener clients
v1.4.1 — May 15, 2009
- Added AppleScript commands to pause and restore incoming call detection on all modems to allow better compatibility with other modem-related software
- Fixed a bug that caused an incorrect dialing string to be sent to an iPhone when using a comma pause
- Fixed a bug that prevented multiple status windows from tiling correctly
v1.4 — April 6, 2009
- Replaced the GrandCentral Dial Method with the Google Voice Dial Method
- Improved dialing with the FRITZ!Box Dial Method
- Improved options to integrate Daylite tasks when making and receiving calls
- Improved the Firefox extension to add automatic highlighting and hyperlinking of phone numbers when a page loads
- Fixed a bug that could cause dialing to fail when using some VoIP Dial Methods (e.g., BroadVoice or ViaTalk)
- Fixed a bug that caused an errant incoming task in Daylite to be created when making outgoing calls on some systems
- Made many minor code optimizations & improvements
- Updated & augmented the documentation
- Posted more resources on the resources page (http://www.jonn8.com/dialectic/resources/) including new or improved support for Speedport devices, RingCentral, Snom IP phones, iSoftPhone, Voipfone, New Voice Telecom and Broadview
v1.3 — December 18, 2008
- Added GrandCentral as a native Dial Method allowing multiple configurations
- Added Yahoo! Messenger & QuteCom to the supported softphones available in the Softphone Dial Method
- Added magicJack dialing support using the AppleScript Dial Method
- Added incoming call monitors for acting on incoming calls to FRITZ!Box devices, Skype, & SIP-based softphones (see the resources page for more information)
- Added option to close the main window after dialing
- Added option to float the main window over all other windows
- Added option to open a new While You Were Out note on incoming call detection
- Added option to copy the found contact results of a lookup to the clipboard
- Added location parameters to both the Dialectic remote HTTP server dial command and to the dialectic URI scheme’s dial command to specify the Location to use for the number specified in the command
- Added a confirmation when changing the number of call log entries to remember if the new number would cause the log to be truncated (also increased the maximum call log length to 10,000 entries)
- Improved compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5.6
- Improved responsiveness to dial commands from outside sources (e.g., when dialing from the AB Plug-In, if Dialectic is not already launched, the number will be dialed properly once Dialectic fully loads)
- Improved dialing long numbers when using the Modem Dial Method (e.g., numbers that include calling card, PIN, and other numbers)
- Improved international number formatting in the Address Book menu
- Improved creation of Daylite tasks on incoming calls when Daylite is set as the caller ID lookup source
- Fixed an issue that could cause the application to crash when using the modem to dial
- Fixed an issue that could cause the application to crash on launch on systems with French as the primary language
- Made many minor code optimizations and improvements.
- Added more commands to the AppleScript dictionary
- Updated & augmented the documentation
- Posted more resources on the resources page (http://www.jonn8.com/dialectic/resources/) including a plug-in for NetworkLocation by Centrix.ca (http://centrix.ca/NetworkLocation/) and more
v1.2 — September 3, 2008
- Added support for dialing with the iPhone using the Bluetooth Phone Dial Method
- Added a color setting to the alert window to further customize it to your preference
- Added support for subgroup members in the AB menu group menus
- Improved phone number formatting in the AB menu & lookup results from the Address Book
- Improved incoming call detection to automatically restart monitoring modems that were disconnected and then later reconnected
- Improved reliability of dialing with the Phlink Dial Method
- Fixed an issue that could cause numbers to be transformed incorrectly when “Convert Mnemonics” was enabled and a Preprocessing Script was applied
- Fixed an issue that could cause problems when dialing with the Speakeasy Dial Method on some machines
- Fixed an issue that could cause some windows (including the lookup results window) from appearing onscreen
- Fixed an issue that could cause an error when trying to set the system volume on systems with an external audio system connected via USB
- Updated & augmented the documentation
- Posted more resources on the resources page (http://www.jonn8.com/dialectic/resources/) including scripts to dial with GrandCentral, RingCentral, Voipfone, and to pause & restore PageSender when dialing
v1.1 — July 8, 2008
- Added internal HTTP server for controlling Dialectic from Web-enabled devices & services
- Added search filtering to the call log
- Added AppleScript support for individual call log entries (you can now update names, flags, & notes as well as retrieve information from a script)
- Added use of alternate dial string for CDMA phones when using the standard Bluetooth Phone Dial Method
- Added call timer auto start option to the Dialing preferences section
- Improved dialing Skype contacts using the Softphone Dial Method with Skype set as the softphone
- Improved dialing with the modem when the modem is unresponsive or incoming call detection is enabled for the modem
- Improved caller ID & missing name lookup accuracy
- Fixed an issue with retrieving your Vonage number in the Vonage Dial method configuration screen when more than one number is associated with the specified account
- Fixed an issue that could cause the main menu icon from appearing when launching a new version of Dialectic on Mac OS X 10.4.x
- Fixed an issue that could cause the documentation to open a blank screen in the Help Viewer on some systems
- Fixed an issue that could cause a window dragged to a secondary display to jump back to the primary display unexpectedly
- Fixed an issue where holding down Shift & Control when selecting a phone number from the AB menu presented the Choose Action dialog when it should have presented the Choose Location dialog; Choose Action will now only be shown if Control is held without the Shift modifier as well
- Fixed several issues related to Notifications & Dialectic Remote services when either the client or server machines went to sleep
- Fixed an issue that could prevent the Dial Method configuration list from updating properly when renaming, adding, duplicating, or removing configurations
- Fixed some minor issues in the documentation
- Updated the Firefox Extension with minor improvements (including Firefox 3 support)
- Updated many interface elements & added minor code enhancements
- Documented more hidden defaults you can set to further customize Dialectic to your needs
- Posted more resources on the resources page (http://www.jonn8.com/dialectic/resources/) including a new helper application called KeypadBezel
v1.0.3 — May 12, 2008
- Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when dialing using the Speaker Dial Method
- Fixed a bug that could cause menu inconsistencies when using separate Quick Dial and/or Recently Dialed number menus in foreground mode
- Updated several minor code & interface elements
v1.0.2 — May 9, 2008
- Updated and improved the Dialectic Address Book Plug-In (added French localization and support for dialing from LDAP directories)
- Updated the Dialectic Firefox Extension for Firefox 3 compatibility
- Improved dialing with Skype through the Softphone Dial Method
- Improved dialing with the FRITZ!Box Dial Method
- Fixed several system sound issues that could raise an error when using an output device other than the built-in sound system
- Fixed an issue that could cause some machines to fail to wake from sleep when the system was put to sleep while Dialectic was monitoring a modem for incoming calls
- Fixed an issue that prevented the Cisco IP Phone Dial Method from dialing correctly if the username or password contained a non-alphanumeric character
- Fixed an error that prevented the "literal" parameter from being correctly recognized when dialing using AppleScript
- Fixed an error that prevented calls identified as SIP calls from dialing properly
- Fixed an error that prevented the Vonage number retrieval feature from working correctly
- Fixed some minor issues in the documentation
- Updated several minor code & interface elements
- Updated the French localization
- Posted more resources on the resources page (http://www.jonn8.com/dialectic/resources/)
v1.0.1 — April 23, 2008
- Fixed an error that prevented the Cisco IP Phone Dial Method from working properly
- Fixed an issue that prevented the ViaTalk Dial Method from working correctly for users of the new ViaTalk control panel
- Fixed an issue where two Help menus may have appeared in foreground mode on Mac OS X 10.4.x
- Fixed an issue that prevented Vonage UK subscribers from properly dialing using the Vonage Dial Method
- Fixed an issue that caused touchtones to be somewhat distorted on some Mac OS X 10.5 systems when using the keypad or the Speaker Dial Method
- Fixed an issue that caused the user to specify the location of the Gizmo softphone at dial time when Gizmo was selected in a Softphone Dial Method configuration
- Fixed an issue that caused the application to hang on launch for some international users
- Fixed several issues that prevented the PhoneValet Dial Method from working with a remote machine
- Fixed an issue that prevented Dialectic from launching on case-sensitive drives
- Fixed many minor issues in the documentation
- Added French localization by Ronald Leroux
- Updated several minor code & interface elements
- Posted more resources on the resources page (http://www.jonn8.com/dialectic/resources/)
v1.0 — April 7, 2008
- Initial public release.