Freeware release of Scrivener Gold

[KB]

Hello folks,

I know some of you were getting nervous about the expiry date of the current beta drawing to a close. Fear not. As promised, the current version of the Scrivener beta is hereby made freeware. 0.21b is nearly identical to 0.20b (barring two very minor bug fixes) except that it no longer has a time limitation on it - you can use it for as long as you wish. I have dubbed it "Scrivener Gold" to differentiate it from Scrivener 1.0, towards which I am still working.

Scrivener Gold is really just a big THANK YOU to all of the beta testers who have taken to Scrivener and who use it regularly for their writing projects. Scrivener is undergoing some rather radical changes, so this freeware release really frees me up to concentrate on that in several ways:
1) It marks the end of active development on the current beta. All development is now focussed on the new interface (actually, all of the interface elements are finished, it's just putting it altogether that is going to take the time from here on in).
2) It gives beta testers a stable version to continue with until the next version is ready, which may be some time yet.
3) It frees me up to make some radical changes, because anybody who doesn't like the next version can always stick to Scrivener Gold.

Anyway, without further ado, here it is:

www.rumramruf.com/ScrivenerBeta/dlbeta/ScrivenerGold.dmg

Be sure to tell your friends!

All the best,
Keith

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BUG FIXES IN 0.21b (Scrivener Gold)
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- Storyboard could hang if the synopsis was automatically generated from text containing an image (fixed).
- In rare cases, the binder could be overwritten as blank if the file was moved between machines and could not be opened because of permissions problems.

Miscellaneous alterations
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- Storyboard selection now uses rounded rectangles.
- Icon has been changed to gold to reflect status as Scrivener Gold.
- Preferences have been cut down to include only those that have actually been implemented.

[shorn]

Thanks, Keith. I'm looking forward to beta testing Scrivener 1.0 when the time comes.

[amberv]

Oh yes, we are all quite anxious for .3, no fear. Thanks for opening up .2 and giving us something to go with in the mean time. I was wondering, if it is all right with you, I would like to pass along your application to the fellow that writes the Outliner column in About This Particular Macintosh magazine. If he decides to give it a mention (which he probably will, he eats up anything that outlines. Even Jer`s Novel Writer got a mention), it would probably mean an increase of interest in your project. If you'd rather not have that yet -- and wait until something closer to a 1.0 release for publicity. I'll hold off. Just a thought, now that it is open, he and his readers might be interested.

[Jose]

Keith, thank you for posting Scrivener Gold. It would surely come handy tomorrow. But, most importantly, it releases a bit of pressure on both sides (development and user base). Just one question. Since I'm buying this week a MacBook Pro, I was wondering if you were planning to release a universal version. If not, that's just fine, I'll wait for Scrivener 0.3; meanwhile, I believe Rosetta should work fine.
Thanks again for creating this wonderful tool!

[KB]

Amber - feel free to pass it along to the guy who writes ATPO, though please do stress to him that this is really only an early beta now made freeware whilst a much improved version is worked upon - the next version has much stronger outlining facilities so I wouldn't like him to be put off by the current version.

Jose - oops, forgot to mention. Scrivener Gold was compiled as a universal binary. I have only tested it on PPC, so if it completely breaks on Intel, let me know and I will release it as PPC only so that it can be run on Rosetta until I get an Intel for testing.

Thanks and all the best,
Keith

[gjvandijk]

Keith,
thanks very much for the free release of Scrivener Gold. One thing though, when i try to open a file in Scrivener Gold and double click on it, Tutorial.scriv for example, it doesn't open and I get the message that it it not possible, code 10660. So, I first have to double-click the program itself and then open the file with 'open existing project'. With the 'normal' Scrivener I could open the file (and the program) by double-clicking on the file.
gertjan

[KB]

Are you on an Intel machine or PPC? Also, have you installed Scrivener Gold to the Applications Folder and got rid of the old version of Scrivener? I would be grateful for any more details you can give me.
Thanks,
Keith

[dunx]

Thank you Keith. I'm looking forward to downloading that when I get home this evening.

[gjvandijk]

Keith,
about code 10660: I use a PPC machine (imac G5). I have installed Scrivener Gold in the Application folder, the old Scrivener is in the trash and I did a restart.

gertjan van dijk

[KB]

Gertjan - having looked up this code and reading your set up, I believe that this error code means that it is trying to open the version of Scrivener that is in the Trash, but can't, because apps can't be opened from the trash. Empty the trash and try again - hopefully that should do it (or just make sure that the file is associated with Scrivener Gold via Get Info in Finder).
Thanks,
Keith

[gjvandijk]

Keith,
Thank you, that solved the problem (emptying the trash, I mean. Why didn't I think of that myself? Not clever enough? Lazy?).

And thank you again for a great program.
Succes with the work on Scrivener 1.0
Looking forward to it.
Yours truly
gertjan van dijk

[rasmus]

Thank you very much Keith for the freeware release of Scrivener Gold. That is a beautiful gift for all Scrivener Beta Testers. I love the programm.

[dave]

Thanks Keith, much appreciated!