SuperMemo 8.3 beta-testing program

Download and Beta-testing instructions

  1. To download SuperMemo 8.3 beta, click here: Download SM8BETA.ZIP; 680 KB.
  2. Unzip SM8BETA.ZIP file using the password obtained from SuperMemo World. For example: PKUNZIP -s<password> SM8BETA.
  3. Replace the old SM8.EXE file with the newly unzipped EXE.
  4. Read the New features section below to find most critical testing areas.
  5. Report all bugs via e-mail to Wozniak@SuperMemo.com.

Here is the detailed list of bugs and new features implemented in SuperMemo 8.3 (August 20, 1997).

Bug fixes

Beta A Aug 20

  1. Editing names in Categories combo-box would result in errors
  2. Add Item button would call Find String function
  3. Import from SuperMemo 7 would duplicate sound entries in CD-ROM Alias mode
  4. Wrong component registration at Duplicate on element's pop-up menu
  5. Continuous Appending was not available from the menu
  6. Small components would change their size upon entering dragging or editing modes
  7. On learning new elements, the outstanding parameter in the status bar would be incremented and decremented on each repetition

New features

The following new features have been added to SuperMemo 8.3 as compared with the previous release:

  1. Double hierarchy window for easier drag-and-drop operations
  2. Text and translation registries display both texts and their translations
  3. Intelligent translation import.
  4. Translation export dialog box makes it possible to export translations alphabetically, by occurrence, from a subset file, from a range, with duplicates, only untranslated texts, etc.
  5. Adding Comments registry.
  6. Element parameters dialog makes it possible to change ordinals and Contents category of an element (the dialog is available by double-clicking the bottom bar of the element window; to the right from the buttons Learn, Commit, Reset, etc.).
  7. Selecting and deselecting elements in the browser by browser range or element range.
  8. Faster instant phonetic transcription.
  9. Next button can be customized to choose next Contents element, next topic, next pending element or next element number.
  10. New drag-and-drop operation in Contents: Transplant partly
  11. Option Arrange folders in Contents
  12. Path tab in the element window makes it possible to easily view the location of deeply nested branches in the Contents
  13. Option Apply filter in registry makes it possible to perform global string operations on registry member names
  14. Option Feed to browser in registry makes it possible to browse all elements that use registry members in the current registry form
  15. Option Match registry to subset makes it possible to select only members that correspond to a given element subset file
  16. Sorting registries for the number of member users
  17. Option View : Range
  18. SM7AVPath from KS.INI can now be edited at Tools : Options : Data access
  19. Import from SuperMemo 7 imports question and answer fonts
  20. Import from SuperMemo 7 imports the forgetting curve for first repetition and E-Factor=2.5
  21. Locking KNO files to prevent simultaneous access by two users over the network
  22. Allowing more than one instance of the program in memory
  23. Simplified element browser
  24. History list implemented as a browser

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