PopChar X v 4.1.1 (November 2008) - Changes since v 4.1:

	Works around a problem with inserting characters in FreeHand 10.
	Fixes a performance bottleneck caused by repeated access to certain preferences.
	Fixes an occasional crash when expanding or collapsing Unicode groups.

	Solves a problem that caused inserted characters to appear with a shadow in certain Carbon applications.
	German localization now contains the correct quotes.

PopChar X v 4.1 (October 2008) - Changes since v 4.0.1:

	PopChar can now detect the current font in MultiAd Creator Pro.
	New technique for flexible adaptation to peculiarities of certain applications.
	Improved font detection technique (for "As in Document") avoids problems with unusual font/style combinatons.
	Clarified messages when a license key does not cover an upgrade.

	Works around a problem when inserting characters in OpenOffice 3.0 and NeoOffice.
	Fixes a problem that caused the memory allocation of PopChar to grow over time.
	Fixes a problem where the magnifier could remain visible on the screen after closing the PopChar window.

PopChar X v 4.0.1 (June 2008) - Changes since v 4.0:

	Fixes a problem that caused insertion of question marks in QuarkCopyDesk.
	Clicking the "P" in the top-left corner no longer opens the Apple menu instead of the PopChar window.

	Fixes the flickering of the "P" icon in the left or right corner.
	Fixes the version number in Activity Monitor, which still showed PopChar 4.0 as "PopChar 3".

PopChar X v 4.0 (June 2008) - Changes since v 3.4:

	New "All" view displays all available Unicode characters in any installed font.
	Context menu now contains a new command for copying the selected character's Unicode name.
	Support for Unicode 5.1.
	PopChar now also lists undefined Unicode characters that may be present in some fonts.

	Improves compatibility with Butler.
	Improves compatibility with CopyPaste Pro.
	PopChar now uses transparent menu bar icons that better match the appearance of Leopard's menu bar.
	Fixes some visual alignment glitches.

PopChar X v 3.4 (March 2008) - Changes since v 3.3.2:

	Context menu supports copying selected characters to the clipboard in various formats.
	PopChar now supports searching for characters by their decimal and hexadecimal Unicode numbers.
	Entering or pasting arbitrary text in the search field displays the characters used within the text.
	Support for Unicode 5.0.
	Automatic checking for new versions.
	Fixes a problem where typing or pasting a license key sometimes did not work.

	The "As in Document" option could cause Excel 2004 to hang on Leopard.
	Font detection sometimes caused excessive delays in certain applications.
	Fixes a problem where certain characters beyond the first Unicode plane were displayed and inserted incorrectly.
	Works around a bug in InDesign that causes InDesign CS3 to crash after copying guides to the clipboard while PopChar is running.
	Fixes a problem with font detection in Adobe Illustrator CS3.

PopChar X v 3.3.2 (December 2007) - Changes since v 3.3.1:

PopChar 3.3.1 did not launch on Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Panther).

The magnifier lens sometimes appeared with a dark spot.

PopChar X v 3.3.1 (December 2007) - Changes since v 3.3:

	Improved compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).
	The corner "P" flickered in the menu bar on slow Macs.
	Works around a clipboard-related problem in MS Office applications that could lead to crashes after copying a piece of text.

	PopChar could not identify the current keyboard on certain Leopard configurations.
	Some users could not type or paste their license keys in the registration window.

PopChar X v 3.3 (October 2007) - Changes since v 3.2:

	Ready for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).
	New magnifier tool shows an enlargement of the selected character.
	"As in Document" font selection works with all components of iWork '08.
	Avoids flickering of the selected character when the "As in Document" option is enabled.
	Accellerates "As in Document" font checking and avoids mismatches in some applications.
	The corner "P" of PopChar now correctly appears on all "desktops" in virtual desktop managers (such as VirtueDesktops, You Control Desktops, Desktop Manager and Codetek Virtual Desktop).
	Fixes a crash at startup that affected some users after applying the system update 2007–005.

	When a sheet was visible, characters could be selected in the partly covered table.
	Changing preference settings caused flickering of the character information field.
	Fixes a problem that could cause insertion of the current clipboard instead of the selected character in MS Office applications.
	Fixes a problem with multiple Spaces in Leopard, where the corner "P" would show up only in the first space.
	Fixes a problem where selection of characters did not work immediately after opening the PopChar window.
	Fixes an inconsistency with online renewal of license keys.
	Fixes a scrolling problem when a character was inserted multiple times.

PopChar X v 3.2 (May 2007) - Changes since v 3.1:

	New option to hide the corner "P" unless the mouse pointer is near the corner.
	New option to highlight recently selected characters with a yellow background.

	Improved handling of mouse movements avoids flickering.
	Faster display of the character table during scrolling and selection.
	The PopChar window now closes faster when the mouse pointer leaves the window.
	PopChar is now resolution-independent in preparation for future Mac OS X enhancements.
	Some characters of certain fonts occasionally appeared with incorrect attributes.
	In some situations, the preferences sheet could not be displayed.

	Certain preference settings could cause a crash at startup.
	Fixes a problem that caused slowdown after long periods of use without relaunching PopChar.
	Works around a problem with some exotic fonts that left artefacts during scrolling.
	The first character in the font list sometimes was not visible.
	The scrolling position was not always correct in the "Scripts and Symbols" view.
	Works around problems in QuarkXpress and InDesign CS1 that caused insertion of the clipboard instead of the selected character.
	PopChar 3.1 did not restore the clipboard after inserting a character.

PopChar X v 3.1 (November 2006) - Changes since v 3.0:

Automatic font detection ("As in Document") now works with Pages (v.2.0 or newer).

	PopChar now uses a more sophisticated technique to determine the best font size to display. As a result, many fonts are now shown in larger sizes, so the characters can be recognized more easily.
	PopChar detects corrupted fonts and displays a warning message on attempts to display an unusable font.
	PopChar now uses less memory and reacts faster when the current keyboard layout changes.
	In ASCII mode, the non-breaking space character was displayed and inserted as a regular space character.

	PopChar now works around a bug in QuarkXPress that resulted in insertion of a question mark instead of the selected character.
	The "As In Document" feature sometimes failed immediately after inserting a character.
	PopChar now detects and works around anomalies in fonts with incorrect size information.
	Fixes a problem that could cause high memory load and slow response when PopChar had been active for a long time.
	Fixes a problem with certain applications that refused to insert selected characters.

PopChar X v 3.0 (June 2006) - Changes since v 2.3:

New features:

	PopChar 3 is a Universal Binary and runs natively on PowerPC and Intel-based Macs.
	The PopChar character table now appears in a window that "floats" above all other windows and can be placed anywhere on the screen.
	As an alternative to the well-known "P box" in the top-left corner of the screen, PopChar can now be configured to include a "status item" icon in the right-hand portion of the menu bar. If the space in the menu bar gets tight, the status item may disappear. PopChar detects this situation and then temporarily switches back to the "corner P".
	Instead of a font menu with hundreds of fonts, PopChar now features a font list in a separate drawer that can be opened on demand. The most recently used fonts appear in a shortened pop-up menu in the PopChar window.
	PopChar now supports font styles. The font list contains the font families only; if a family has multiple members (such as bold or italic variants), they can be selected from a popup menu in the font list drawer.
	Unicode characters can be arranged as Unicode blocks or as collections of scripts and symbols.
	There is a new Recent Characters view that displays recently used characters from the current font.
	The groups in the Unicode table can be collapsed. PopChar remembers the state of the groups across fonts and restarts. If you do not need Cyrillic letters, collapsing the Cyrillic groups gives you a better overview of the other characters.
	PopChar now knows the Unicode character names of more than 16,000 characters. The PopChar window now contains a search field for instant lookup of characters by their names.
	PopChar now supports Unicode-based keyboard layouts and displays the keystrokes needed to generate the selected character. This even works for "full Unicode layouts" that are capable to generate all characters from the Unicode plane 0.
	PopChar now comes with three separate insertion modes: plain, formatted (with choice of font size) and HTML. These possibilities have already existed in previous versions, but they are now more consistent. Beside that, every character can now be inserted as HTML.
	HTML characters can be inserted by their names or numerically.
	Fine-grained preferences options give you better control whether the PopChar window should remain permanently open or automatically close on certain actions.
	It is now possible to specify the desired display size of characters; in ASCII view, an additional option specifies whether the characters should be scaled to fit the window.
	Activation is now also possible via a menu status item.

Other improvements:

	PopChar 3 can show all Unicode characters available in fonts even characters beyond the first Unicode plane.
	Improved transfer of characters to the current application results in improved compatibility with more applications.
	Improved automatic font detection (now available via the "As in Document" menu command) with better support for exotic applications.
	Improved feedback when automatic font detection succeeds or fails.
	The registration process has been streamlined and simplified.
	The documentation is now available in English, German, and French.

Problems fixed:

	Earlier versions of PopChar sometimes lost preference settings (including the license key).
	In some fonts, wrong characters were inserted in non-Unicode applications. Conversely, characters from certain fonts (most notably the Wingdings family) could not be correctly inserted in Unicode-aware applications.
	Previous versions did not include certain fonts for foreign languages (in particular, Hebrew and Arabic fonts). Since PopChar 3 is no longer limited to the fonts available to Carbon applications, it now displays all installed fonts.
	PopChar now works with CopyPaste installed.

Other changes:

	PopChar 3 now requires Mac OS X 10.3.9 or newer.
	PopChar 3 no longer supports Classic applications.

PopChar X v 2.3 (November 2005) - Changes since v 2.2.1:

New features:

	The "P" box can now be hidden from the menu bar; it automatically appears when the mouse pointer enters the menu bar.
	Preference setting for the number of recent fonts to be shown in the font menu.
	Preference setting for the number of recently selected characters to highlight.
	It is now possible to close the PopChar window immediately after selecting a character or to keep it open until the "P" box is clicked again.

Other improvements:

	Improved compatibility with Mac OS X 10.4 ("Tiger").
	The PopChar X window now closes faster when the mouse pointer moves out of the window.
	Dialog windows now appear in more adequate locations.
	Clicking a disabled character in demo mode now displays an explanation.

Problems fixed:

	Fixed a scrolling problem with Apple's Mighty Mouse.
	Fixed a problem with automatic font detection under Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger).

PopChar X v 2.2.1 (October 2004) - Changes since v 2.2:

Problem fixed:

In rare situations, automatic font detection could cause PopChar X to quit unexpectedly when the current font could not be found.

PopChar X v 2.2 (October 2004) - Changes since v 2.1.2:

New features:

	Automatic font detection for most applications with a regular font menu (such as AppleWorks, FileMaker, QuarkXpress and many others).
	Easier font selection in long font menus.

Other improvements:

	Improved antialiasing for some text elements.
	PopChar X menu instead of the macility icon makes registration and adjustment of settings clearer.

Problems fixed:

	Automatic font detection did not work in Word 2004 and Excel 2004.
	The HTML item in the font menu sometimes appeared checked when HTML mode was off.
	PopChar X sometimes used much processor power even if it was not currently used.
	In rare cases, picking a character in "styled" mode inserted the clipboard instead of the selected character.
	Fixed a corrupted message in a dialog window.
	Fixed an occasional crash when PopChar X was about to quit.

PopChar X v 2.1.2 (September 2003) - Changes since v 2.1.1:

Problem fixed:

In rare situations PopChar X refused to work after restarting.

PopChar X v 2.1.1 (September 2003) - Changes since v 2.1:

Problems fixed:

	Characters that require typing a "dead key" (such as option-N) sometimes could not be inserted in Cocoa applications.
	Some characters cannot be typed with keyboard combinations on some international keyboards. PopChar X now also handles these cases properly.
	Fixed a problem with certain MacRoman characters beyond the ASCII range.

Other improvements:

	The PopChar X application is now smaller and faster.
	Some modifications to prepare for compatibility with the soon-to-come Mac OS X 10.3 ("Panther").

PopChar X v 2.1 (March 2003) - Changes since v 2.0.1:

New feature:

French localization.

Other improvements:

	PopChar X now displays a warning if it is launched directly from the distribution disk image.
	Easier update: When you start a second copy of PopChar X, it automatically quits the already running copy.

Problems fixed:

	Character insertion did not work on some pre-Jaguar systems. This was caused by a conflict with the scroll wheel support that was introduced in PopChar X 2.0. Version 2.1 now disables scroll wheel support on Mac OS X versions prior to 10.2.
	Fixed another problem with the "Start at Login" feature that could cause loss of items with non-ASCII characters in their names on certain non-English systems.
	Fixed a confusing button label in the registration dialog.
	Some button labels were truncated in localized versions.
	When the "P" box was clicked, the PopChar X window sometimes appeared and immediately disappeared again.

PopChar X v 2.0.1 (January 2003) - Changes since v 2.0:

Problem fixed:

On some configurations, PopChar X 2.0 crashed when the front application changed.

PopChar X v 2.0 (January 2003) - Changes since v 1.3.1:

New features:

	Automatic font detection in Word, Excel, Illustrator, InDesign and BBEdit.
	When the option key is pressed, PopChar X now inserts the HTML codes for selected Unicode symbols.
	PopChar X now supports the scroll wheel on extended mice.
	A context click (right mouse button or control-click) in the PopChar X window and the "P" box directly opens the "macility menu".
	The preferred font and the "styled insertion" mode (including the font size) are now remembered separately for each application.
	PopChar X has been prepared for localization. Version 2.0 supports English and German.

Problems fixed:

	Some preferences could be lost under certain circumstances.
	Fixed a memory leak that slowed down PopChar X after multiple uses.
	PopChar X works around a bug in Mac OS X (versions 10.2.0 up to 10.2.2) that could lead to crashes at startup or to false alerts about a duplicate license key.
	Keyboard modifiers now appear correctly for all international systems.
	When the “P” box was clicked, the PopChar X window sometimes appeared and immediately disappeared again.

Other improvements:

	The PopChar X window is now less transparent, which improves readability of characters.
	PopChar X consistently uses Quartz-based drawing of anti-aliased text.
	Scrolling of Unicode tables has been accelerated.
	PopChar X now uses significantly less CPU time when it is not in use.

PopChar X v 1.3.1 (October 2002) - Changes since v 1.3:

Problems fixed:

	Clicking the "P" in the menu bar sometimes did not open the PopChar X window.
	'Start at Login' did not work when PopChar X was located directly or indirectly in a folder with non-ASCII characters in its name.

The Finder information within PopChar X was incorrectly specified.

PopChar X v 1.3 (September 2002) - Changes since v 1.2:

New features:

	PopChar X now correctly recognizes Unicode fonts that have been created on and designed for Windows (including all fonts that are distributed with Microsoft Office).
	The Unicode categories menu now displays the total number of characters in all categories.

Problems fixed:

	PopChar X crashed under Mac OS X 10.2 when the "About", "Contact Us" or "Registration" window was closed.
	PopChar X now respects the space occupied by the dock. This avoids a problem under Mac OS X 10.2, where the PopChar X window could be partially covered by the dock.
	Under Mac OS X 10.2, the "P" in the menu bar sometimes jumped to the right when the dock was at the left side of the main screen.
	Fixed a cosmetic alignment problem with the Unicode category menu.

PopChar X v 1.2 (August 2002) - Changes since v 1.1:

New features:

	PopChar X now supports Unicode.
	PopChar X 1.2 uses the Quartz technology to display the character table. This results in better anti-aliasing for most fonts. The character table is now partially transparent.
	The feedback for selection and recent characters now appears with different background colors.
	Control characters are now displayed in dark red.
	Entering sticky mode is now easier. It is no longer necessary to click and release the mouse button very quickly.
	In the status line, the misleading term "ASCII" has been replaced with "MacRoman".

Problems fixed:

	Snapz Pro X did not work when the PopChar X window was visible.
	The status line at the bottom of the window displayed funny characters when the mouse pointer was outside of the window.
	PopChar X crashed on some Macs when the "About" command was selected.
	Clipboard-based insertion of characters sometimes did not work properly with slow applications.

PopChar X v 1.1 (June 2002) - Changes since v 1.0.1:

New features:

	It is now possible to move the "P box" in the menu bar. Press the command key and move the "P box" to the desired position. This helps avoid conflicts with other utilities that also activate in the top-left corner of the menu bar (such as MaxMenus).
	PopChar X now has an option to display and insert control characters.
	PopChar X displays the ASCII code and keyboard combination in sticky mode when you just point at a character.
	PopChar X is now more tolerant in sticky mode when you slip and move the mouse pointer out of the window. The window no longer disappears immediately.
	All characters are now drawn with antialiasing.

Problems fixed:

	The "Start at Login" option now works correctly.
	When a different keyboard was selected from the keyboard menu, PopChar X did not recognize the change. It displayed wrong keyboard equivalents and inserted wrong characters when the "styled" checkbox was off.
	Some fonts were displayed in tiny font sizes in one or two columns. PopChar X now correctly determines the best display size for these fonts.
	When a characters was selected in "styled" mode, PopChar X sometimes deleted items from a DragThing palette.
	PopChar X sometimes displayed a non-existing character at the end of the table.

PopChar X v 1.0.1 (May 2002) - Changes since v 1.0:

Problems fixed:

	The "Start at Login" option cleared the list of login items for some users. The option has been disabled in version 1.0.1 and the problem has been fixed in version 1.1.
	PopChar X did not launch when many fonts were installed.

PopChar X v 1.0 (May 2002)

First Public Release

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