That’s a very good suggestion! Thank you. I’d be willing to do it, depending on the specifics. If it risked losing my ability to run AT2 (and the precious web exports), I couldn’t do it.
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I understand that you would not want to interfere with your current workflows by taking part in the beta testing. Hopefully someone from the dev team and/ or support can clarify the specifics.
I, too, would love to be a beta tester. However, I understand that it could disrupt the data in my current project. Unless there is a way I could put it on another machine (my laptop, in this case) and thereby keep it isolated from my live project, I don’t see how I could volunteer to be a beta tester.
I’ve been a beta tester and using the beta of Aeon for a few years now and it has never disrupted my data. I know it’s just a personal anecdote and it may happen to anyone, but so far I’ve found the beta versions very stable.
I also save my files in Dropbox, so if anything were to be messed up, I can just load a previous copy from Version History and get it all back to rights.
I do back up my data obsessively, so I’m not worried about that. My larger concern is whether or not the beta testing procedure would interfere with my AT2 installation.
There is a knowledge base article that deals with this very topic. It covers upgrading version 2 files to version 3 files and how the upgrade process does not overwrite existing version 2 files, making them available to still use with AT version 2:
[Upgrading Version 2 files - Aeon Timeline 3 Knowledge Base]
That article suggests there shouldn’t be a problem. However, I can’t answer your specific question re whether beta testing may affect your version 2 installation. That, undoubtedly, needs answering by support.
@jess @matt @rebecca, could you provide guidance re this issue? Understandably, users don’t want to jeopardise their current workflows by undertaking beta testing. Whether they are version 2 or existing version 3 installations/ files.
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The version 3 beta does not affect the installation of version 2, you are able to install and use these concurrently.
The only issue is that files worked on in version 3 cannot be opened in version 2.
Andrew is correct in that when you open a version 2 file in version 3 it does not overwrite the existing version 2 file (instead it saves a copy with a new file extension). However this means any work done on this file in version 3 cannot be opened in version 2. You can only open the original version 2 file.
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@Rebecca, thank you for the update. I have submitted my request to join the beta testing program.
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As Aeon evolves, I desperately hope I can always run a local app with local data. I do not have permission from my employer to share company data with third parties, including cloud storage providers. I imagine lawyers would (or should) have reluctance to put case material out where third parties potentially have visibility.
I like to think I use Aeon for writing fiction. Honestly, the greatest power I’ve gotten from it is tracking correspondence.
My most recent discovery - a real forehead-slapper - is that Mind map entries automatically appear in the timeline if the item type is configured to appear in timeline view and assuming dates were entered.
Before, I would laboriously enter a letter/email/phone call as an event in timeline mode, set its relationship to other things, then right click it and use the Add to mindmap option.
How silly of me. All that can be done in half the effort by entering the item in Mindmap view and I have immediate control of where the new node appears.
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Time flies really fast, but as always… future plans for Aeon Timeline are shady.
Give us a roadmap, already!
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Thank you! I can’t wait to have a web interactive version.
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would the current local version always be available? i for one dont need collaboration and being required to have internet to use it. please dont make some electron app…
Hey everyone,
I was wondering if there are any recent updates on the development of the web version and the planned features for team collaboration. Has there been any progress or timeline shared lately?
Thanks in advance!
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Yeah, no clear informations as ALWAYS from these people.
It would be good to have an update on the web version. That said, there is an active beta for the offline version 3.5. In my view, the features would justify releasing it as version 4; it’s that good.
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Thanks for everyone’s continued interest. The collaborative web version is definitely still planned, and it’s something we’re very excited about.
Right now, we’re fully focused on testing and releasing Aeon Timeline 3.5. Many of the features in 3.5, like customizable tabs, are foundational pieces we need in place before a web version can work the way we want it to. Once 3.5 is released, we’ll be able to shift more attention towards the web side of things.
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A feature I’d like is a way to expand the edit window for a multi-line notes field. It would be nice to have a way to wax poetic about an event in a conveniently sized window, even nicer if I could open a multi-line text property in the editor of my choice.
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Though perhaps we’re swerving off-topic for this thread, if you haven’t already read it, you might enjoy reading What Aeon Timeline could be. I argued for adding a writing tool to Aeon Timeline: “The key is to stop thinking of Aeon Timeline as a ‘timeline’ tool and develop it and market it as an integrated writing and plotting environment.” This idea has gone nowhere, at least, so far. But I can dream, can’t I?
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Good thoughts. I guess the things I’ve always thought about would make AT more capable in terms of knowledge management.
Pretty natural I would think in those terms. I crave that kind of system.
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