Black Ink
Licence: Shareware
(24.95)
- Version 1.4.1 | Release Date: 2011-08-05 | Download
- Black Ink 1.4.1
- Fix clue lists scrollbar appearance on Lion
- Fix a problem where puzzles would no longer open after installing official Across Lite app
- Version 1.4 | Release Date: 2011-05-20 | Download
- Black Ink 1.4
- Printing improvements
- Support a new "fit on one sheet of paper" print option
- Support live-updating of print preview as settings are changed
- Fix issues with printing when clue list printing is disabled
- Work around a printing issue on a pre-release version of Mac OS X
- Other Fixes
- Prevent possibility of crashes with some accidental keystrokes in puzzle view
- Remove Houston Chronicle as it stopped publishing Mar 25, 2011
- Prevent double-quoting titles of puzzles already in quotes
- Further fixes for Mac OS X 10.4 functionality
- Fix to show puzzle document names as "Black Ink Puzzle Document" in Finder
- Restore ability to add custom puzzle sources to the default list
- Printing improvements
- Version 1.3 | Release Date: 2011-02-08 | Download
- Black Ink 1.3
- New web puzzle sources
- LA Times Daily & Sunday
- Newsday
- USA Today
- Universal
- Rework the Startup preferences to be more user-friendly with reopening puzzles
- Give keyboard shortcut Cmd-K to "Check Current Letter"
- Now includes automatic crash reporter
- Fix a bug that caused Black Ink to hang when printing on rare occasions
- Fix a bug that caused puzzle timer to be placed off screen edge
- Fix a bug that could prevent puzzle solving menu items from being enabled
- Fix a bug that prevented canceling a stalled puzzle download from working
- New web puzzle sources
- Version 1.2.2 | Release Date: 2010-11-22 | Download
- Black Ink 1.2.2
- Fix behavior of Open as Unsaved when the puzzle is not already open
- Fix issues with showing and hiding the puzzle Timer window
- Version 1.2.1 | Release Date: 2010-07-22 | Download
- Black Ink 1.2.1
- Fix issue with puzzles that have e.g. a blank center square (NYT 7/22/10)
- Version 1.2 | Release Date: 2010-03-23 | Download
- Black Ink 1.2
- Printing improvements
- New option lets you choose whether the grid appears on left or right of page
- Clue text is now less likely to be split across two columns
- Puzzle zoom factor is now remembered when you open new puzzles
- Supports horizontal scrolling with Mighty Mouse and trackpads
- Fix an occasional crashing bug when downloading puzzles
- Fix a crash when trying to use OS X definition hotkey over puzzle grid
- Printing improvements
- Version 1.1.9 | Release Date: 2010-03-14 | Download
- Black Ink 1.1.9
- Update the Philadelphia Sunday and Wall Street Journal puzzle sources.
- Version 1.1.8 | Release Date: 2010-02-25 | Download
- Black Ink 1.1.8
- NOTE: The New York Times seems to have (temporarily?) stopped publishing their weekly free puzzle. We're leaving the puzzle source in Black Ink in the hopes they will reinstate functionality soon.
- Support a new 'Start Over' menu item to clear a puzzle's contents.
- Fix a bug that caused automatic app update checking from working as expected.
- Fix an issue with puzzle sources failing silently after one failed puzzle load
- Fixed some issues with puzzles that have special character answers such as à in them
- Fix the timer window so it starts below puzzle window even when opening multiple puzzles.
- Version 1.1.7 | Release Date: 2009-09-15 | Download
- Black Ink 1.1.7
- Puzzle Sources
- Fix the Chronicle of Higher Education source
- Remove Syndey Morning Herald - the paper has stopped publishing new puzzles
- Fix a bug that could cause downloads to stop working until relaunching the app
- Bug fixes and minor improvements
- Can now hover over a long puzzle title to see a tool tip window with the entire content
- Fix a visual bug with "Open As Unsolved" when the puzzle is already open
- Fix a bug that prevented numeric answers from being checked correctly
- Fix a bug that caused direction to change abruptly in puzzle that starts in "down" mode
- Multi-character answer improvements
- When revealing a multiple character answer, make sure the "revealed" color applies to all characters
- Fix check-as-you-type for multi-character answers
- Enter Multiple Letters menu item is now called "Enter Special Letters"
- After entering multiple character answer, now jumps to next square same as when entering single
- Fix a bug that caused reveal/correct to fail on some multi-character answers
- Puzzle Sources
- Version 1.1.6 | Release Date: 2009-01-13 | Download
- Black Ink 1.1.6
- Fix a crash that could occur while changing preferences
- Fix more issues with puzzle corruption when entering multiple character answers
- Version 1.1.5 | Release Date: 2008-12-11 | Download
- Black Ink 1.1.5
- Fix a puzzle corruption bug when entering multiple characters
- Version 1.1.4 | Release Date: 2008-12-08 | Download
- Fix a bug where the selection jumped inappropriately to end of word
- Fix a crashing bug related to selecting the wrong starting square on puzzles with black square in top-left
- Version 1.1.3 | Release Date: 2008-12-04 | Download
- Black Ink 1.1.3
- New puzzle sources:
- Chicago Reader
- Onion AV Club
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Remove Little Rock Daily Record - no longer published
- Bug fixes
- Fix a problem with opening the wrong puzzle source when a source is disabled
- Fix an issue printing puzzles of unusual dimensions
- New puzzle sources:
- Version 1.1.2 | Release Date: 2008-06-25 | Download
- Black Ink 1.1.2
- Fix display of the "puzzle correctly solved" dialog
- Fix to make sure download dialog closes after download
- Fix problems with duplicating and adding custom puzzle sources
- Fix a bug that caused last few clues of a puzzle to sometimes not print
- Version 1.1 | Release Date: 2008-06-24 | Download
- Black Ink 1.1
- Dramatically improved puzzle printing quality
- Improved highlighting of active clue in clue list
- Fix for crashing scenario when migrating preferences to a new Mac
- Improved reliability of puzzle downloads
- Fix some bugs with timer restarting after pausing
- Updated default puzzle sources
- New: Boston Globe Sunday
- New: Little Rock Daily Record
- Removed: Washington Post Sunday
- Version 1.0.9 | Release Date: 2008-01-24 | Download
- Black Ink 1.0.9
- Fix problem that caused puzzle letters too draw too small
- Fix zooming of non-square puzzles
- Version 1.0.9 | Release Date: 2008-01-23 | Download
- Black Ink 1.0.9
- Fix problem that caused puzzle letters too draw too small
- Fix zooming of non-square puzzles
- Version 1.0.8 | Release Date: 2007-12-20 | Download
- Black Ink 1.0.8
- Automatically stop timer when puzzle completed successfully
- Fix a bug that caused drawer edge preference not to be respected
- Update Houston Chronicle puzzle URL
- Fix a rare hanging bug when keyboard navigating some puzzles
- Version 1.0.8 | Release Date: 2007-12-19 | Download
- Black Ink 1.0.8
- Automatically stop timer when puzzle completed successfully
- Fix a bug that caused drawer edge preference not to be respected
- Update Houston Chronicle puzzle URL
- Fix a rare hanging bug when keyboard navigating some puzzles
- Version 1.0.7 | Release Date: 2007-10-08 | Download
Black Ink 1.0.7
- Menu items for making puzzle larger/smaller
- Add keyboard shortcut for opening web puzzle chooser
- Fix correctly-solved detection for puzzles with multi-character answers
- Version 1.0.6 | Release Date: 2007-08-01 | Download
Fix a bug from 1.0.5 that could cause the web puzzle source list to get cleared out.
- Version 1.0.5 | Release Date: 2007-08-01 | Download
Update the URL for the Thinks.com web puzzle source.
- Version 1.0.4 | Release Date: 2007-05-29 | Download
Black Ink 1.0.4
- Fix corruption with puzzles containing multi-character answers
- Don't show puzzle browser if opened with a double-clicked puzzle
- Version 1.0.3 | Release Date: 2007-05-02 | Download
Black Ink 1.0.3
Improves reliability of web puzzle downloads, by downloading again if previous attempt was corrupted or the puzzle was not yet available on the server .
- Version 1.0.2 | Release Date: 2007-03-28 | Download
Black Ink 1.0.2
- Fix memory leaks
- Allow selection for copy/paste of clue text and puzzle credits
- Fix for "smart quotes" and similar characters found in some puzzles
- Fix bug with puzzles having no value for any of author, title, or copyright
- Add menu link to "Get More Puzzles..."
- Fix "Show By Text" color order in Preferences
- Center checkbox in web sources table and fix bug with size of table header for Web Sources
- Version 1.0.1 | Release Date: 2007-03-23 | Download
- Bug Fixes:
- Fix a crash when loading puzzles of differing height/width (e.g. 15x16)
- Fix inconsistencies in respecting "insertion movement" preferences
- Version 1.0 | Release Date: 2007-03-21 | Download
First release.



