April 7, 2005
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DogEar

DogEar
Another nice refinement in the latest Tinderbox is in the map view. When a note contains text, Tinderbox draws a dog ear in the corner of the note. Now, the background color of that dog-ear reflects the note's age.

Fresh notes are a very light, pale blue. After a day or so, the note "dries" to white. Then, over the course of a year or two, it gradually ages to a pale, golden yellow.

The colors are sufficiently subtle that they don't dominate the display, but they change just enough to let you know what's new and what's old. They've been available in Tinderbox outlines all along, but in Tinderbox 2.4 they're now visible in maps.

Did I mention that Tinderbox is on sale? You can save $40 this week.

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