TheKBase Desktop 3.0 Beta Released

TheKBase 3.0 Desktop Beta is out and available here. New features include:

• Plug-In API (still in development) so most of the new features are in the plugins directory. Currently plug-ins load under the Tools menu.
• Plug-In: Multi-language spell-checking for TextPane contents (thanks to Loresoft's NetSpell).
• Plug-In: Image viewer for Snippets.
• Files of any type may now be dragged into the TextPane (same as Insert Link To File).
• Files are saved with better security -- a backup file is made during each save operation.
• Now you can sort by date, name, and icon (right click on Snippet).
• PropertySets is a completely new feature. You can now aggregate properties in an enclosing (parent) snippet. This gets added as a new property pane.
• Search fields are no longer limited to three.
• Several bug fixes including forwards-compatability support in TheKBase files.

TheKBase Desktop 3.0 Roadmap Almost Out

Confusionists, Inc. has announced that rumors of a new Desktop version of TheKBase (www.thekbase.com ) are in fact true. Users are urged to mail their feature requests to kbase3@confusionists.com as soon as possible.

TheKBase Desktop Code Released Under GNU GPL

Several TheKBase Desktop users had requested the source code for TheKBase Desktop for extension and integration into internal projects. Today that goal was finally realized, with simultaneous releases at  SourceForge and Google Code. Daniel Rosenstark commented, "Making TheKBase Desktop open source is a simple way to extend our commitment to our users. The GNU GPL was chosen as a licensing option because it forces the open source option even for derivative works. We expect TheKBase 2.13 to be released with this license as well."

TheKBase Web will remain free to use, but at the present is not open source.