DaisyMaths 4

Version 4.0.4 - Changes

5th of January, 2004

Removed sponsorship.

Version 4.0.3 - Changes

7th of October, 2003

Session Report

The "Session Report" window, accessible from the popup menu, has been completed revised.

About DaisyMaths

Added the "About DaisyMaths" window, accessible from the popup menu. This reports the DaisyMaths version and the Java version being used to run the program which can help when diagnosing problems.

E-Mail

Removed the in-built facility to send comments e-mails to DaisyMaths or to tell a friend about the program.

Version 4.0.2 - Changes

2nd of July, 2003

Interface & Appearance

On Mac OSX, the native "Aqua" scroll bars did not always function as expected, making it difficult to answer some problems. In an effort to fix this problem and to make the interface consistent between Windows, Mac and Linux, the standard Java interface ("Metal") is used for buttons, scroll bars, etc. Various other modifications to the appearance of problems to improve legibility and consistency.

Locking Up

Activity 11, Topic "Challenge 1", Exercise 6. Refreshing this exercise more than 20 times would lock up the application. There were possibly other exercises where this would happen as well but all such cases should now be fixed.

Missing Exercises

Activity 8, Topic "Share to 48 by 4", Exercises 15 & 16 would fail to load doe to a missing resource.

Activity 12, Topic "Challenge", Exercises 11 & 12 (MAD-Style Multiplication) would fail to load due to a missing image.

3D Lattice Counting

Activity 5, Topic "Challenge", Exercise 6 & Activity 11, Topic "Challenge 1", Exercise 7. The problem no longer displays scroll bars as the lattice grows and shrinks.

Dragging Fractions

For example, Activity 4, Topic "Fraction Introduction, Half", Exercise 11. Only the numerator and bar of the fraction was visible. Now the denominator is visible as well.

Number Order

For example, Activity 5, Topic "Challenge", Exercise 8. The prompt always says to order the numbers from smallest to biggest even when the problem required the order to be biggest to smallest. The prompt is now correct for each type of problem.

Graphs

Activity 13, Topics "Graphs 1" & "Graphs 2". You can no longer click on the graph to move the point if the problem requires the answer to be typed.

Angles

Activity 13, Topics "Angles 1" & "Angles 2". The angle label is no longer cut off when it gets too wide or high. This was a particular problem with Exercise 7 of "Angles 2" which also now shows the smiley face when the problem is answered.