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March 29th, 2010 - Released Mentations 1.6:
Added more error handling and bulletproofing to the Mentations Modeler functionality;
Fixed the error regarding logging locations not always working properly;
Added user experience tweaks including highlighting categories when hovering over them as well as showing a popup note after loading Mentations to provide usage hints to users.
February 8th, 2010 - Released Mentations 1.5:
Added some more error handling to the Mentations Modeler functionality;
Fixed the problem where postponing data entry for a given self input item would sometimes not be tracked correctly and you would subsequently be prompted again after the default half an hour had elapsed versus the time delay that you had specified.
February 1st, 2010 - Released Mentations 1.4:
Made more tweaks to the Mentations Launcher utility to account for Windows 7 User Account Control (UAC) restrictions;
Fixed the “Could not locate a Category Image File” error.
January 26th, 2010 - Released Mentations 1.3:
Made additional tweaks to the Mentations Screensaver and Launcher utilities to account for Windows Vista/7 UAC restrictions.
January 21st, 2010 - Released Mentations 1.2:
Corrected “duplicate key value supplied” alert message error;
Fixed “exception occurred during a ping request” error;
Added functionality to detect simultaneous logins by the same user to avoid potential data inconsistencies;
Corrected annoying behavior where Mentations would sometimes prompt you two times in a row for the same self-input data;
Fixed minor aesthetic issue where when minimizing Mentations to the system tray (versus taskbar) the minimized program would be visible on the desktop;
Hopefully eliminated the program flicker while Mentations is loading;
Updated the related Mentations Screensaver and Launcher utilities.
January 11th, 2010 - Released Mentations 1.1:
Performed memory optimization;
Added status histories for categories whereby you can right-click on any of them and select Status History to see a Sparkline graph for how you’ve been doing;
Improved scroll wheel support by enabling when just hovering over a given control;
Fixed the initial positioning of category balloon windows;
Fixed alert messages regarding relationship statuses (i.e., reformatted XML);
Added the ability to clear the local data cache by holding down the Control key when starting the application;
MS Windows 7 Compatibility;
 Last but certainly not least, added the Mentations Modeler!  This tool provides comprehensive support for allowing you to input the roles and goals relevant to your life along with associated targets for each of them.
August 31st, 2009 - Released Mentations 1.0:
Updated the Helm to be more responsive when dealing with multiple interfaces; 
Added a “Preview” function to the Helm which allows you to see how categories are positioned without having to refresh the entire interface;
Added “Set Location” functionality whereby you can manually enter your current location and Mentations will notify you about nearby places of interest to you as well as local weather, etc;
Added the ability to enter an arbitrary URL within the mini-browser so that you can create Thoughts about web pages discovered outside of Mentations;
Included the ability to have categories comprised of “self-input” constituents like perhaps a Health category which includes a Weight constituent where you can enter daily measurements for it;
Included the capability to review your status (i.e., “wellness”) history (including Sparkline charts) with regard to your overall active interface, the individual categories comprising it, and the constituents which comprise each category;
Improved Mentations’ system resource conservation capabilities;
Fixed problem where alert messages were shown for outdated information.
February 28th, 2009 - Released Mentations 0.99:
Added performance diagnostics accessible via Help | Diagnostics; 
Added ability to send an email from the mini-browser regarding the current URL of interest;
Likewise, added the ability to add a new Thought from the mini-browser regarding the current URL.
August 20th, 2008 - Released Mentations 0.98:
Made miscellaneous error handling and connectivity notification tweaks.
March 20th, 2008 - Released Mentations 0.97:
Added the function where Mentations regularly checks your RSS/Atom feeds to determine if they are still valid and if they’re not, it flags them as such; 
Corrected the RSS/Atom Feed Wizard such that it will now allow you to correct a faulty/obsolete feed.
January 19th, 2008 - Released Mentations 0.96:
Fixed additional “jerky” mouse movement issues; 
Added more customization capabilities when creating a new Unmanaged Interface;
Fixed issue where Mentations would lock up when coming out of computer hibernation;
Improved the RSS/Atom feed wizard such that it will detect the presence of an XML feed link if a regular web page/blog page is provided instead;
Fixed issue where modifying a constituent interest or news item would cause its status not to update properly when hovering over it.
October 27th, 2007 - Released Mentations 0.95:
Fixed “jerky” mouse movement (hesitation) when hovering over constituent items; 
Fixed issue where password wasn’t being masked;
Performed memory optimization.
October 23rd, 2007 - Released Mentations 0.94:
Improved functionality of the Thoughts screen and fixed several related issues; 
Tied any Thoughts added to Public Topics within the Mentations desktop client to the new Thoughts page on the website.
October 8th, 2007 - Released Mentations 0.93:
Added code to check network availability to minimize/prevent any connectivity related errors from occurring;
Integrated the Mentations Flash tour – it can be accessed by right-clicking on the background and selecting Help – Tour;
By popular request, added code to stop movement of items (other than alerts) when you are interacting with the application.  It should be noted that you can also design an entire Mentations interface without incorporating movement at all;
Added the retrieving percent complete to the category “[Retrieving]” labels to give better feedback on progress;
Started adding to the help system (finally J) and included a help link (question mark icon) on the login screen and main window of the app.
August 29th, 2007 - Released Mentations 0.92:
Fixed a problem with constituent statuses not always updating after new data was received;
Made turning off the Read Alerts option more responsive;
Fixed minor issue where alert windows would sometimes not be entirely shown if you hovered over one while it was at the bottom of the screen;
Made verbiage of alert messages more concise;
MS Windows Vista Compatibility!
August 21st, 2007 - Released Mentations 0.91:
Fixed a problem with the Thoughts functionality where users on non-Tablet PCs experienced errors while trying to view the associated window. Users with this issue will need to fully uninstall and then reinstall Mentations.
August 14th, 2007 - Released Mentations 0.90:
Further enhanced the functionality of the alert message windows such that they show what has changed versus just stating that a change had occurred;
Also enhanced alert windows such that they will expand when you hover over them if there is more text than can be shown in the regular-sized windows.
August 7th, 2007 - Released Mentations 0.89:
Changed functionality of alert message windows such that they only show for constituent members that you have weighted to be greater than 0%;
Added the “Read Alerts” option that instructs Mentations to read the information contained within alert message windows as they are shown.
August 4th, 2007 - Released Mentations 0.88:
Updated Mentations to use .NET Framework 2.0;
Fixed issue where alert message windows would steal focus from the application you were currently working in.
March 9th, 2007 - Released Mentations 0.87:
Changed company logo to reflect the company's pending name change from Grimaldi Productions Inc. to Mentations, Inc.;
Changed email addresses to also reflect company name change – gpinc.biz domain updated to Mentations.com;
Fixed issue where the New Interface Wizard would not accept interface names containing apostrophes.
February 20th, 2007 - Released the capability to have a trimmed-down display running on your cell phone which displays your Mentations feeds updated as of the last time you ran the desktop client.
February 20th, 2007 - Released Mentations 0.86:
Added the “ Mentations Maximize Mini-browser” voice command to provide an easy way to maximize the mini-browser window area;
Added the Mentations Info Stream screen (a.k.a. “River of News” in early adopter circles) to provide a quick means to see what/when information has been getting updated within Mentations. You can double-click on any of the items shown to drill down to the actual constituent item;
Added the ability to see a related user’s (Friends, Family, or Significant Others) current Mentations interface via the Mentations Relationship screen – just click on the Mentations Mini button;
Added the ability to create ‘thoughts’ which are ink-enabled journal/note entries which can optionally be shared with individuals within your network of relationships;
Added the ability to see a related user’s shared thoughts via the Mentations Relationship screen – just click on the Shared Thoughts button;
Added the ability to generate a Mentations Mobile token for use with your internet-enabled cell phone/mobile device by right-clicking on the background and selecting Tokens Mentations Mobile.
February 15th, 2007 - Launched the Mentations Users area of the site which allows you to explore the Mentations social network as well as drill into a given user's profile and optionally invite them to join your network of relationships.
January 24th, 2007 - Released Mentations 0.85:
Added alternative to the “Stop Reading” voice command where the user can double-click the Mentations background which will instruct Mentations to stop reading;
Fixed problem where right-clicking on a constituent item wasn’t showing the context menu properly;
Made updating the status of constituent items more responsive to user input.
January 23rd, 2007 - Released Mentations 0.84:
Modified the “Read” series of voice commands such that when you request to hear a given constituent’s data items read, the status of this constituent will get updated just like when using a “View” voice command;
Added logic to handle the condition when constituent weighting percentages for a given category do not add up to 100%.
January 22nd, 2007 -Launched the Mentations Gallery which showcases all of the public themes that have been created as well as the usage statistics for them.
January 16th, 2007 - Released Mentations 0.83:
Increased UMPC usability by repositioning cursor on top of tooltip after clicking on a constituent item and also added the ability to hide the tooltip by clicking on the related category balloon window;
Tweaked screensaver image once more.
January 4th, 2007 - Released Mentations 0.82:
Increased cryptographic security of data file names;
Modified screensaver image;
Added ability to create tokens for Typepad/Widgetbox;
Changed time references to be relative to the current time versus EST values.
December 11th, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.81:
Corrected the “specified procedure could not be found” error when running Mentations as your screensaver.
December 5th, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.80:
Added code to make tokens generated more secure (you’ll need to generate a new token if you were using an older version);
Added support for international users (FINALLY!);
Added the ability to securely save your login and password locally (see checkbox on login screen) so that you don’t have to explicitly log in each time you use Mentations;
Added the ability to create ‘thoughts’ which are ink-enabled journal/note entries which can optionally be shared with individuals within your network of relationships;
Enhanced the Mentations Screensaver, adding an options screen and the ability to start Mentations if it is not already running;
Fixed issue where a user photo was not able to be successfully added to a user’s profile using the Preferences Wizard.
November 19th, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.79:
Modified login screen such that new users see a flashing registration button to highlight the fact that this is the necessary course of action in order to begin using Mentations;
Added the “Tokens” context menu item to generate HTML script for integrating your Mentations desktop info with Mentations Mini. This HTML script currently comes in 3 flavors – one for creating a stand-alone Mentations Mini widget/gadget for your own website/blog, one for utilization with the Google Mentations Mini Gadget, and another for use in your email footer to direct users to your Mentations Mini content.
November 8th, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.78:
Fixed issue related to tooltips not being properly displayed for some constituent items.
November 7th, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.77:
Fixed an issue involving the “New”-type voice commands where they were not being properly recognized.
November 2nd, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.76:
Fixed bug introduced in last release (0.75) related to Mentations not correctly recognizing a user’s credentials when requesting data from the Mentations web service.
November 1st, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.75:
Fixed issue with how IP addresses are determined;
Added error-handling related to lat/long determination.
October 31st, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.74:
Optimized memory usage somewhat;
Added functionality to differentiate logins from the desktop versus web editions of Mentations;
Added functionality to track the base interface used in the creation of an unmanaged interface;
Added ability to choose whether users can create unmanaged interfaces from a given base interface;
Added the ability to provide an optional web site link with your user profile so that people using one of your public interfaces can find out more about you.
October 25th, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.73:
Fixed issue where the Mentations Relationships screen was not showing the current status for Friends, Family, or Significant Others;
Fixed issue where Mentations didn’t know how to handle empty data cache files;
Enhanced functionality to stagger the launching of feed gathering for categories so that CPU demand is not so high when starting Mentations.
October 16th, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.72:
Fixed issue with links not correctly being flagged as visited in subsequent Mentations’ sessions;
Changed location where temporary data files are written.
October 13th, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.71:
Fixed minor issue with the constituent item click behavior;
Added error-handling in case of contention issues accessing data files.
October 12th, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.70:
Decoupled theme-specific files from the Mentations program allowing for smaller executable sizes. Themes files are now downloaded on-demand as needed;
Added logic to eliminate “false positives” related to flagging individual News items, Interests, and Offers as being new;
Added gradient fills to the form backgrounds;
Added new voice subcommand where you can now append “New” to any Constituent-specific “Read” or “View” command. For example, instead of saying, “ Mentations Read News Google Top Stories” and having to listen to ones you’ve already viewed, you can say, “ Mentations Read News Google Top Stories New” and Mentations will only read the new items (or will say “N/A” if there aren’t any);
Added the Mentations Helm  which allows you to create your own “unmanaged” interfaces from scratch or to modify those unmanaged interfaces created using the Unmanaged Interface Wizard (see below);
Added the Unmanaged Interface Wizard which allows you to get a jump-start on building an unmanaged interface by basing it off of one of the existing public interface templates;
Added the Web Service (WS) Request Builder (accessible from the Helm) which allows you to easily build out a Data Input object for the Mentations (or other) web service;
Added the Calculation Scripter (accessible from the Helm) which allows you to build and test VB.NET scripts based on the results of Data Inputs;
Added a local data cache to improve Mentations’ performance and to decrease memory usage.
September 26th, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.69:
Corrected issue where sometimes the “Read Mini-browser” voice command won’t find any content to read even though some exists;
Added a new voice command, “Skip Lines [1-10]”, which instructs Mentations to skip reading the next 1-10 lines of content in the mini-browser;
Enhanced the Mentations Screensaver to be able to detect when Mentations is running in the System Tray versus the Taskbar and activate it;
Added error handling to address condition where no active interfaces are found;
Added and modified server-side routines to accommodate upcoming Unmanaged Interface functionality;
Added generic images and sounds to support building Unmanaged Interfaces from scratch.
September 20th, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.68:
Added capability to show Mentations in the computer’s System Tray versus the Taskbar;
Corrected issue where selecting multiple interests to delete was problematic;
Corrected issue where using the “Drill” voice command to drill into a currently read aloud item fails;
Added a new voice command, “Read Mini-browser”, which instructs Mentations to read the contents of the mini-browser;
Added and modified server-side routines to accommodate upcoming Unmanaged Interface functionality.
September 5th, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.67:
Released the new Football theme;
Modified server-side routines to accommodate upcoming Unmanaged Interface functionality.
September 3rd, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.66:
Corrected some issues introduced in last version;
Added more error handling.
August 21st, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.65:
Significantly decreased Mentations load time;
Significantly decreased Mentations executable size;
Added dynamic theme download capability for retrieval of new themes on an as-needed basis;
Added more error handling.
July 3rd, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.64:
Fixed problem where the status shown in the title bar (caption) sometimes referred to the current theme by the wrong name;
Made other small, miscellaneous tweaks to the code.
May 12th, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.63:
Added more error handling in the speech engine initialization routine to catch some previously unhandled errors.
April 20th, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.62:
Added functionality to limit instantiating category constituent web services if CPU usage or thread count is too high;
Changed behavior to store clicked/viewed links every 10 minutes (interval subject to change) versus just doing so when Mentations is exiting;
Added location-based functionality including the following:
Ability to tie into live GPS readings from a connected device (right-click on the background, hover over Options, and then click the “Enable GPS” option);
Ability to see any nearby (i.e., within 10 miles) locations related to your interests based on your current location (either your zip code or live GPS readings if available and enabled);
Ability to see current distance and directions (via the Relationships screen) to individuals defined within your relationships who have designated you as a Friend, Family, or Significant Other;
Ability to see all nearby locations of interest on one screen by right-clicking on the background and selecting “Vicinity Map”;
Variable frequency updating of the Vicinity Map with your location based on your current speed if GPS is available and enabled;
Added a voice command to launch the Vicinity Map which is “ Mentations View Map”.
March 28th, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.61:
Added the functionality to locate nearby places of interest (via Google Local) based on a user’s current interests and their current location (based initially on zip code);
Added labels to items shown for Interests to distinguish one type from another. Applicable types include “Website”, “Blog”, “Bookmark”, “News”, and “Nearby Location”.
March 20th, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.60:
Corrected problem where links shown within the Release Notes were not clickable;
Changed the “ Mentations Exit” voice command to “ Mentations Close Program” to reduce the number of times it is accidentally triggered;
Added the “ Mentations Go Back” and “ Mentations Go Forward” voice commands to help with mini-browser navigation;
Added more error handling related to the speech engine initialization;
Fixed issue where the News constituent list would ‘flicker’ while it updated its status, especially for a large number of data feeds;
Added support for OPML import and export (finally).
March 14th, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.59:
Added voice activation and speech capabilities. This functionality requires that the Microsoft Speech API is installed in order to use it. See the help on Voice Activation & Speech for more information;
Added the following constituents to the Weather category for all managed interfaces:
NWS Humidity;
Weather.com Sunrise;
Weather.com Sunset;
Weather.com UV Index.
February 28th, 2006 - Released Mentations "Lite" 0.1:
We now have a rudimentary (i.e., alpha) web interface for Mentations up and running, Mentations "Lite", at https://www.mentations.com/Mentationsweb. So far it lets you access your current desktop interface's info from any location regardless of whether or not the desktop client is installed; however, the information you see is static as of the last time you used the desktop client. Never fear though, we're working on making it dynamic!
February 6th, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.58:
Fixed the “There were not enough free threads in the ThreadPool object to complete the operation.” error;
Fixed the “Column 'fldCurrentLocation' does not belong to table tblUserValues.” error;
Fixed an error related to filtering user interests;
More accurately capture mini-browser size and position changes.
February 2nd, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.57:
Added functionality to the mini-browser such that when you hover over a hyperlink it will show you the corresponding URL in the title bar;
Fixed issue where sometimes when you click on an item to display, the mini-browser would momentarily freeze while opening it;
Changed the color of new items from dark green to green.
January 25th, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.56:
Tweaked mini-browser “Retrieving” image;
Added functionality to store viewed and visited tooltip links between Mentations sessions.
January 24th, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.55:
Improved visual indicators associated with retrieving a web page in the mini-browser;
Fixed issue where semicolons were not parsed for meta-tags related to bookmark analysis;
Updated constituent item list to show “N/A” in the Weight column for constituent types where weight does not apply (i.e., “Boolean” and “Info Only”);
Enhanced code to manage the Mentations Screensaver better;
Fixed issue where some web pages were getting retrieved as “http://http://...” within the mini-browser;
Added visual cues associated with tooltip items to aid colorblind users (new links have a “+” out to the right of them whereas previously visited links have a “-“).
January 17th, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.54:
Incorporated the use of the mini-browser throughout the program;
Added functionality to automatically save the mini-browser’s size and location.
January 16th, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.53:
Changed list behavior to only allow multiselect of constituents for interests;
Incorporated a mini-browser to make drilling into constituent items easier (you can still open these items in your default browser by holding down the Shift key while clicking on them);
Added some content to the help system.
January 13th, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.52:
Fixed synchronization issue with the Mentations Screensaver component.
January 11th, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.51:
Added the current interface name to the Mentations title bar along with the user’s overall status which is dynamically updated as it changes;
Added the ability to use the Shift key to select multiple items for deletion (tooltips are not shown while depressing the Shift key).
January 9th, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.50:
Fixed error received while inferring interests;
Eliminated annoying behavior where Mentations would maximize itself at inappropriate times.
January 9th, 2006 - Released Mentations 0.49:
Added throttling functionality – Mentations will limit its activities when it determines that your CPU is over 80% utilized;
Fixed issue regarding not being able to edit RSS/Atom data feeds;
Fixed issue regarding not being able to edit relationships;
Changed list update behavior to allow for easier top-to-bottom reading (i.e., when a given list refreshes itself, it will place the last viewed item at the top versus bottom of the visible list);
Did a bit of memory optimization by revamping the way the data access layer of Mentations works.
December 29th, 2005 - Released Mentations 0.48:
Tweaked the administrative functionality;
Hooked up the Offers category! Mentations will now deliver (in a tactful manner) personalized offers to you from Amazon and eBay based on your interests.
December 19th, 2005 - Released Mentations 0.47:
Added color-coding to tooltip lists – green represents new list items, black represents previously viewed items, and blue represents items previously clicked;
Added the feature that when moving the mouse pointer over category constituent items, if you hold down the Control key, tooltips will not be shown.
December 6th, 2005 - Released Mentations 0.46:
Yet more error handling added.
December 5th, 2005 - Released Mentations 0.45:
Added more error handling.
December 1st, 2005 - Released Mentations 0.44:
Created optional bookmark analysis capability;
Added functionality to  infer interests;
Hooked up the Interests category! Fyi, you can delete multiple interests at the same time by holding down the Control key when selecting them;
Refactored and enhanced the wizard subsystem;
Fixed the tooltips to not show duplicate items.
October 11th, 2005 - Released Mentations 0.43:
Fixed issue where attempting to add a relationship to an existing Mentations user was not working properly;
Enhanced the RSS/Atom feed wizard so that it auto-populates the feed name field;
Alphabetized the constituent items shown on the Edit Weights screen;
Changed the ‘Constitution’ label to ‘Overall Status’ on the Relationships screen.
October 5th, 2005 - Released Mentations 0.42:
Finally, the Relationships category is hooked up! You can now right-click on the category to add relationships;
Also, at long last you can perform basic preference changes via the new Mentations Preferences Wizard (just right-click on the background image and click Preferences);
Made the scrolling behavior in the Managed Interface Wizard more professional-looking;
Made the scrolling behavior on the Edit Weights screen more professional-looking;
Refactored wizard infrastructure to make it more modular/organized;
Added code to make sure category constituent statuses are correctly synchronized after starting software;
Added functionality to enable/disable alerts by individual categories;
Added ability to always update the status of news feeds when hovering over them;
Yet again, hopefully fixed the “Could not find file” error (third time’s the charm).
August 27th, 2005 - Released Mentations 0.41:
Fixed issue with Atom web feeds where the wrong link tag within the feed was getting selected sometimes;
Enhanced alerts so that when you click them, the software ensures that the related constituent is visible and also triggers any status update functionality.
August 25th, 2005 - Released Mentations 0.40:
Fixed an issue where the statuses for individual constituent members of categories were getting reset all the time.
August 24th, 2005 - Released Mentations 0.39:
Added yet more web feed error handling.
August 23rd, 2005 - Released Mentations 0.38:
Improved memory management;
Added more robust and informative web feed error handling.
August 15th, 2005 - Released Mentations 0.37:
Added sorting capability for columns displayed in the popup balloon windows (click on any column header to sort that column).
August 8th, 2005 - Released Mentations 0.36:
Handled error involving storage of long strings;
Tweaked the behavior of the popup balloon windows a bit more.
August 6th, 2005 - Released Mentations 0.35:
Fixed a few miscellaneous, annoying bugs.
August 5th, 2005 - Released Mentations 0.34:
Fixed tooltip alignment issue;
Changed software behavior to not reset category statuses every time the user logs in to the system.
August 1st, 2005 - Released Mentations 0.33:
Improved algorithms for processing RSS and Atom feeds;
Improved the interactive behavior of the popup balloon windows.
July 20th, 2005 - Released Mentations 0.32:
Added additional error handling;
Changed interface to not show alert messages for the “Hidden” data input data type.
July 14th, 2005 - Released Mentations 0.31:
Added better error handling for RSS/Atom feeds;
Added support for user-defined stock quotes for FINANCE-related categories (just right-click on the Finances category for options) even for Managed Interfaces;
Fixed miscellaneous minor bugs.
July 7th, 2005 - Released Mentations 0.30:
Fixed issue where the first and last news items in a given list were getting truncated.
July 5th, 2005 - Released Mentations 0.29:
Fixed issue where clicking on the same link multiple times caused an error to occur due to the way Mentations was tracking visited links.
July 4th, 2005 - Released Mentations 0.28:
Added capability to make the Mentations web service URL configurable via an INI file;
Added functionality to show visited links in a different color;
Added support for user-defined RSS and Atom feeds for NEWS-related categories (just right-click on the News category for options) even for Managed Interfaces;
Mentations now shows the Release Notes (i.e., this document) when a new version is downloaded.
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