Version 1.6.0a
⚠️ Disclaimer ⚠️
This release is an early, non-production ready at all, bugged, version. It is shared with you, the github community, so you can see what we are working on, on a regularly basis, and to thank you for your constant help in maintaining OpenBoard.
New Features
- Migration from Qt 5.5 to Qt 5.13
- qtwebkit maintained as a third-party
- C++14 support
Windows
- OpenBoard Windows 64 bits
- MSVC 2017 support
- (WIP) Windows podcast migration to ffmpeg
Linux
- Ubuntu 20.04 release
- libpoppler instead of xpdf (with the precisous help of @bartoszek)
OSX
- libpoppler instead of xpdf
Bug fixes
- Some slow motion could be experienced in MacOS while using drag and drop in Document Mode
- Changing font weight to bold was no longer working in MacOS (10.14+)
- Drawing on Desktop Mode should now work on Gnome
- System virtual keyboard was not working on Windows
Known Issues
- SWF support is currently not maintained. Depending on what qtwebkit is going to do about it, SWF support could be removed from OpenBoard
OSX
- Desktop Mode, in OSX 10.13+, is not working as expected (it was no longer possible to interact with background apps). A workaround has been applied to limit this problem, but is not completely satisfying (cf. https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-81456 for more details)
Linux
- on X11, starting OpenBoard in Desktop Mode may not work (it is due to a workaround needed to compensate randomly happening bugs appearing when using this qt method => https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qwidget.html#showFullScreen).
- Gnome Dock should be set to bottom position to workaround the issue with the Openboard left palette not beeing usable from above it (cf. https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-81341 for more details).
Windows
- Podcast audio recording is not working. Choose "no audio" in order to make video recording work
- K-Lite codecs must be installed in order to make videos playing (https://files3.codecguide.com/K-Lite_Codec_Pack_1535_Basic.exe)
- if you encounter some issue regarding vcruntime140.dll download and install it manually (https://www.microsoft.com/fr-fr/download/details.aspx?id=53840)