Welcome to 2021! Hope you all enjoyed the recent holidays. I haven’t posted in a while, so let’s get some MangAI and health news going.
I have been (very slowly) working on a MangAI update based on user feedback. Just little stuff since my health rarely lets me program. Also the licensing server was having some issues, but I think I fixed those bits of code.
I finally got disability status after over a year and half of applying (and appealing, and appealing again). It was not an easy process. I will write up a full article once all the dust has settled.
As for my current health, nothing has improved. Every day is a challenge. I imagine a lot of you experienced a new sense of isolation in 2020 with quarantines keeping you at home more. With me mostly in bed all day anyway, 2020 didn’t feel all that different to me.
I hope things get better for everyone this year :)
New to version 1.15d:
-Bug fix: Problem requesting and validating licenses on certain Linux distributions
MangAI requires the MAC address of the host computer when requesting or validating a license. It uses various techniques to try to determine this MAC address, but these were not working on some newer Linux distributions. This has been fixed.
I recently added some new device profiles, namely for the PocketBook series of products. If your ereader is not included in the list of MangAI settings profiles, contact me with the model and I can easily add it.
Download the latest version from the MangAI project page.
New to version 1.15c:
-Bug fix: Problem communicating with licensing server in Java 13
As of Java 13, requesting a trial license or trying to verify a trial/full license would fail with an error message about a problem interpreting runtime arguments. This bug has been fixed.
-Compatibility with Java 8
In a previous update, MangAI changed from requiring at least Java 8 to needing at least Java 11. As Java 8 is still being pushed as the main Java version though (it’s what you get when you Google for “java download”), I changed this latest release to be compliant with Java 8 again.
Be aware that Java 8 is at the end of its life and so you may want to update your Java anyway if you haven’t already. Also, while testing in Windows I noticed that the GUI had small text running on Java 8, so update your Java if this affects you.
As always, if your ereader is not included in the list of MangAI settings profiles, contact me with the model and I can easily add it.
Download the latest version from the MangAI project page.
Happy 2020 everyone! I hope you all are having a good year so far.
I was recently made aware of a bug that occurs if you use MangAI with Java v13. Requesting a trial license, or trying to verify a trial or full license, will fail with an error message about a problem interpreting runtime arguments. I have already fixed the code and an update should be out tomorrow (health permitting).
MangAI currently requires at least Java v10 to run. As Sun Oracle is still pushing Java v8 as their main distribution (it’s what you get when you Google for “java download”), I may release the next update as Java v8 and up instead. Just be aware that Java v8 is at the end of its life and so you may want to update your Java anyway if you haven’t already.
-Update-
The new code is looking good. I need an additional day for testing.
bitcake’s server will be having some hardware improvements installed on November 1. There may be downtime during the installation, but the site should be back up shortly.
