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The old programming rule still holds: you fix one bug and create two new ones. I (not so much proudly) present: ZugInfo 2.1.4 – fixing:

• A bug introduced in ZugInfo 2.1.3, which wrongly grouped S-Bahn under the RE/RB button
• Improved nearby services
• Fixing a typo in the German disclaimer text

To avoid another quick fix, this time I will apply more rigorous test scenarios, so it might take a few more days before I will submit this version. Sorry for the inconvenience and a happy new year to all of you!

[Update:] Just submitted the new version. Let’s hope for the best, and that I have not introduce more bugs

Sometime next week I will release another bug fix version of ZugInfo, which addresses a few of the long standing minor annoyances and should re-enable nearby stations (though atm only real train station seem to work anymore, sorry you public transport people). Here is the full list of fixes for ZugInfo 2.1.3:

• Adresses an issues, which cause ZugInfo to incorrectly display all connection when queried from the favorite tab, while only local connections had been selected in the Favorite (only happened after first startup).
• Fixed an issue with train type selection (now all ME connections from Goettingen to Hamburg should be displayed correctly)
• Re-enabled nearby station (though atm only DB train station seem to work)
• [Update:] Re-enabled via location
• [Update:] Improved fare display

On a completely different note: I had quite a nice chat with the people from DB. Maybe I can convince them to include a save connection feature into DB Navigator (and ticket purchase, which would be the killer feature for me).

[Update:] The update has been submitted to Apple (Dec 23). Happy holidays to all of you!

yep, increasing the prices goes hand in hand with changing the mobile website. Today the DB decided to again change their webinterface (which is browsed by ZugInfo). This means for the moment ZugInfo is broken and we are working on a fix. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[Update:] Alrighty then! Bugfix version finished, just needs some polishing (i.e. testing). Hope to submit it tomorrow. If I find the time over Christmas, I will try to implement a more sustainable solution for the website change problem.

[Updated:] Just submitted the bugfix to Apple (ZugInfo 2.1.2, Dec 13, 10pm). Keep you posted.

[Update:] Thanks to the swift work of the guys and girls of the Apple App review team ZugInfo 2.1.2 is now available in the App Store (Dec 18).

Today Deutsche Bahn (German Railways) announced that they will publish their own IPhone appliciation. The detail – including the release date – are still vague, but if it is any good, I might stop developing ZugInfo. I keep you guys posted. And let me know what you think.

[Update:] There we go, DB Navigator is available in the App Store (Dec 15). Let’s have a look.

edit, select, save

So there it is: the all new edit favorites function. At least the basics. I can imagine to do much more with this in the future. But for 2.1 this should be fine. Beta testing is on the way and I expect to submit by the end of the week.

The day will finally arrive: copy, cut, & paste on the IPhone. No kidding.

Ah yes, and IPhone OS 3.0. Almost forgot about it. Unfortunately, ZugInfo was not yet IPhone OS 3.0 ready. Today I submitted a compatible version (2.0.2). But the people in the App Store review department seemed to be quite busy theses days. I am still waiting for the approval for a RegenRadar update I submitted 10 days ago.

Well, let’s hope for the best and keep the fingers crossed that the update will arrive in time.

I will throw out a quick update to fix some of the annoyances that found there way into ZugInfo 2.0. The update should address the following problems:

• Input text fields disappear and only re-appear after restart
• Inconsistent departure/arrival settings
• Wrong times in details view for connections after a transition stop
• Inconsistent behavior across different time-zone

Let’s see how long Apple will take this time …

Redesign is long and painful process. You start of with a working program and end up with a big mess that needs hours of debugging. And have I already mentioned my low graphic design skills? And my heavy daytime job workload? Ok, I quit complaining and better show a few screenshots from the latest beta of ZugInfo, which will get the a new major version number (2.0!) to reflect the work that went into it:

shiny buttons - all handmade

So, with the minor delay of about 1.5 months, I will ship this new version in about a week or so (it needs some more beta testing on the device). Thanks again to everyone who sent in comments and suggestions!

Me and the boys.

It’s been a while. I have been busy with my daytime job the last few weeks and there was not much time left for ZugInfo and friends. In the mean time, Apple decided to feature my App on the ITunes Store frontpage with a nice picture. Thanks for that! And thanks to everyone who wrote such nice things about ZugInfo.

In the next two weeks I will spend considerable time on trains, the perfect place to work on ZI. Currently, I am aiming for two updates in the near future, one of them is already finished and and runs beta testing on my IPhone: ZugInfo 1.5.1. It will deliver:

• Delay information (again).
  This was implemented in 1.5, but shortly after the release the Deutsche Bahn changed their webpage (again) and I had to adopt the html parser accordingly.
• User interface improvements
  e.g. date information for the saved connections.

This should be submitted to App Store next week. For the more distant future (and a release in about 3-4 weeks) I am working on ZugInfo 1.6, which should/could/would include

• Updated user interface, to allow for an optional “Zwischenhalt”
• Arrivals/Departures for a stop
• Save queries/Favorites

I hear you

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I found some time to work on ZugInfo 1.4 over Christmas. Long promised features finally got implemented:

• Save connections (for convenient offline viewing)
• Mail connection

There are also some GUI tweaks (some inspired by FahrInfo Berlin). Should not be too long to submit.

Thanks again to everyone who bought ZugInfo Donation. Your support is appreciated! Merry Christmas and happy holidays.

[UPDATE] I submitted ZugInfo 1.4 two days ago (12/31), so it should arrive in the App Store beginning of next week. In addition, ZugInfo 1.4 is again compatible with IPhone OS 2.1 (the last version was only compatible with 2.2, due to a wrong setting in XCode).

[UPDATE2] There we go: 48h and the app is “ready for sale” in the store. Enjoy.