“We want to go much further.” -- cto Robert Graebert
As a Christmas special, Graebert GmbH will bundle ARES Commander and ARES Touch with a free tablet: Galaxy Tab 10S, an 8.4" octa-core 1.9GHz tablet wtih 2560x1500 resolution screen and 3GB RAM. (LTE version might be available as an option.) The tablet is provided as a voucher, which is redeemed online in your country.
Roadmap for ARES Touch
Beta 1: November
Beta 2: January
General availability: April
Service pack: July (with ARES 2015 service pack 3)
Things to add for version 1:
- Add to Dropbox: Google Drive and email first, then Box and others later
- Tweak the user interface, such as swiping actions
- Preview for block insertion, allow direction and length input, link layer tools to layer toolbar, edit text notes in-place
- Export drawings as PDF and image files; export to PDF and email in one step
- Options dialog box, Properties palette, command line history
- Dedicated help features
- Optimize for stylus input
- Insert audio notes, and pictures from tablet camera
- Support device’s buttons, such as return, camera, options
For developers:
- Add DCL (dialog box control language) and OEM customization, such as branding and changes to UI
- Localization
- Dedicated numeric keyboard
- 14 languages
- Cfx API, lock APIs to certified plugins
Service Pack following Version 1:
- Full control of layers
- “Mouse” gesture widget using three fingers to select from eight commands on a radial menu
- More responsive for phone-size screens
- More dialog boxes written in Java to look native
- Print to Google cloud print
- Collaboration tools
- Grouped undo, redo within commands
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