CiteGenie - Prior versions changelog

Changelog for prior versions of CiteGenie

0.3.1.3

Adds support for the "Full Screen" view for cases in Westlaw.
Added the location of CiteGenie's local files to the "About" tab in the CiteGenie configuration screen.
Improved update notifications for future versions.
Improved the (still experimental) feature for citing documents other than caselaw in Westlaw.

0.3.1.1

Major new feature to cite state/federal statutes, and some other publication found in Westlaw.
Added "D.C." as jurisdiction.
Improved compliance with Michigan custom citation format (pinpoints only for the first reporter).
Fixed bug that could cause "North Carolina" to be abbreviated "N. Carolina" in some cases.
Added checkbox to several message dialogs to not show that particular message agin.

0.3.0.1

Rollup of previous beta features.
Begin work on citing statutes.

0.2.3.3Beta96

Fixed bug in some state public domain cites when a Westlaw cite was not present.
Removed comma after date parenthetical when jurisdiction is California and parenthetical is in front.
Now supports Wyoming state court public domain citations (for cases on or after 1/1/2001).
Now supports Vermont state court public domain citations (for cases on or after 1/1/2003).
New option to "Use all digits for spanned page ranges."

0.2.3.3Beta92

This version makes a number of changes to improve compatibility with Firefox on Macs and Linux.
Moved stored information from registry into Firefox profile.
Added an icon to use for customizing your Firefox navigation bar.
HTML pasting is now protected against mis-matched quotes.
Improved some dialog messages and buttons to be clearer.
Citing for Montanan courts now puts the parenthetical up front and handles paragraph numbers per state practice.
Now supports Oklahoma public domain citations (for cases on or after 1/1/1997)
Now supports New Mexico state court public domain citations (for cases on or after 1/1/1996)
Now supports North Dakota state court public domain citations (for cases on or after 1/1/1997)
Now supports South Dakota state court public domain citations (for cases on or after 1/1/1996)
Now supports Utah state court public domain citations (for cases on or after 1/1/1999)
Now supports Wisconsin state court public domain citations (for cases on or after 1/1/2000)
Now supports Vermont state court public domain citations (for cases on or after 1/1/2003)
Now supports Florida DCA districts in parentheticals (overrides Bluebook for Florida briefs)
Fixed bug in Iowa Court of Appeals parentheticals

0.2.3.1

Improved parsing of the caption to determine docket number.
Added a placeholder and popup notification if CiteGenie can not determine the docket number and the docket number is required for the citation per rule 18.1.1.
Now supports Louisiana public domain citations (for cases on or after 1/1/1994)
Now supports Maine public domain citations (for cases on or after 1/1/1997)
Improved handling of Massachusetts court names

0.2.3.0

Fixed bug when "not reported in" comes after first reporter cite instead of before.
Improved "In re" substitution for party name where appropriate.
Improved parsing of docket numbers with nonstandard formats.
Improved parsing of captions when opinion is designated as nonpub.
Improved substitution of en-dashes (updated GenieMacro).
Improved spanned page pinpoints when a *-page started a new line or a tab.
Fixed another odd Westlaw abbreviation (Bkrtcy. => Bankr.)
Corrected naming of bankruptcy courts per rule 10.4
Corrected naming of bankruptcy appellate panels (B.A.P.) per rule 10.4
Improved pinpoints when multiple reporters are cited
Improved detection of older cases where pinpoints are unavailable
Improved overall Bluebook citations for "Superior" courts"
Improved overall Bluebook citations for "Orphans" courts"
Improved Bluebook citations for "Cal. Dist. Ct. App." (Cal. App. prior to 1960).
Improved Bluebook citations for "Cal. App. Dep't Super. Ct."
Improved Bluebook citations for "Conn. Super. Ct."
Improved Bluebook citations for "Conn. C.P."
Improved Bluebook citations for "Conn. Cir. Ct."
Improved Bluebook citations for "Del. Super Ct." and "Del. Orphans' Ct."
Improved Bluebook citations for "Ill. App. Ct."
Improved Bluebook citations for "Ill. Ct. Cl."

0.2.2.9

Fixed a bug when Westlaw *-pagination doesn't have a space in front of the '*', the last letter of the previous word was sometimes dropped.
Improved handling of spanned pages when 10's digit was zero (e.g., spanning 500-501 should not be reported as 500-1).
Added a pop-up for state/jurisdiction selection when the user has not yet selected a target state/jurisdiction.
Added notification when selecting a state jurisdiction which has adopted a public-domain citation system.
Made a number of improvements to be able to handle more state public-domain citations in the future.
Improved accuracy of concurring and dissenting option checking (fewer false positives).
Improved memory usage and variable scoping.
Improved court identification for older federal district court cases.

0.2.2.5 to 0.2.2.8

Internal testing releases

0.2.2.4

Fixed a bug when replacing "and" with "&" per Bluebook rule 10.2.1(d).
Changed hyphen to en dash in page span indicators.
Changed hyphens to em dash in placeholders.
West Headnote links inside quoted text are now are excluded.
CiteGenie now alerts you when it can not determine pinpoints due to Westlaw not providing pagination for one of the reporters.

0.2.2.3

Corrected abbreviation of "September" to "Sept." rather than "Sep."
Tweaked rule 10.2.2(d) processing.
Addressed all known Vista issues.

0.2.2.2beta1

Made several internal changes for Vista compatibility.
No longer needs to run with admin privileges under Vista.
New feature added for user-defined supplemental abbreviations.
Reworded several on-screen messages to be clearer.
New feature - if you select "Copy with CiteGenie" without selecting any text, you get a clean cite to the case without pinpoints.

0.2.2.0

Vastly improved handling of federal district court names and abbreviations.
Implemented Rule 18.1 provision to add docket number when an electronic cite is the only cite available.
New option to drop docket number from cite when an electronic cite is the only cite available. (violates Bluebook)
Improved Rule 10.2.1(f) accuracy in processing gengraphical terms in party names.
Adds appellate district to Ohio Webcites where required by Ohio citing rules
Added special handling for New York City in party names.
Handle yet another improper Westlaw abbreviation, Com'rs ==> Comm'rs
Improved Table T.6 processing when the same abbreviation appears more than once in a case title.
Improved dissenting and concurring opinion checking (fewer false positives).
Better handling of D.C. Cir. and D.D.C. court names.
Improved pinpoints when text being copied spans pages.

0.2.1.8

Corrects improper Westlaw abbreviation when District of Columbia is a party
Corrects improper Westlaw abbreviation when United States is a party
Corrects improper Westlaw abbreviation Edn. ==> Educ.
Dropping WL cite when another reporter exists is more consistent with very old cases (i.e. 1800's).

0.2.1.7

Better handling of spaces and abbreviations in parentheticals.
Missouri practitioner's rules (non-Bluebook) incorporated.
Fixed handling of court name for the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
New GenieMacro code to fix a bug that could delete first letter of case name if reveal codes was turned off when pasting into Wordperfect.

0.2.1.6

Better handling of "writing tools" in Wordperfect (prevent "correction" of what Wordperfect thinks are typos).

New GenieMacro code to support underline and italics, as well as new writing tools options.
Added handling of erroneous abbreviations used by Weslaw (such as Broth.=>Brotherhood, Inter.=>International.)
Implemented rule 10.2.2 processing (Abbreviate state names when state is not a party).
Implemented rule 10.2.1(f) processing (Full state name when state is a party).
Implemented rule 10.2.1(d) processing (remove "The" from party names).
Implemented rule 10.2.1(j) processing (CIR, IRS => Comm'r.).
Implemented rule 10.2.1(h) processing (delete redundant business designations).

0.2.1.5

Internal release

0.2.1.4.0beta2

Fixed bug in removing *-pagination that could sometimes remove one character of text before the *-page.

0.2.1.4.0beta1

Changed font sizes on configuration panel to improve readability.
Changed links on configuration panel to open in new window or adequate size.
Fixed bug in abbreviations when first characters of the first word of case title begins with abbreviatable term.
Changed default for option to use abbreviations and added explanation popup (default is now to not use abbreviations).

0.2.1.3.0beta1

Now works in FireFox 3.0!
New option to retain parallel SCotUS cites.
New advanced option to use underline instead of italics.
Option to use supplemental case name abbreviations now enabled.
Improved handling of spaces between abbreviations for court names.
Improved handling of spaces between abbreviations in reporter names.
Improved accuracy of strict Bluebook court name option.
Improved handling of compact parentheticals option.
Alerts user when a long case name has been truncated by Westlaw.
Option to "Use strict Bluebook state court names" is replaced with option to "Use truncated state court names."

0.2.1.2

Internal release

0.2.1.1

Fixed bug in the abbreviation for "Pa.Cmwlth." should be "Pa. Commw. Ct."
Fixed bug in the abbreviation for Third Circuit (should be "3d" instead of "3rd").
Fixed bug in displaying the count of citations in the configuration panel.

0.2.1.0

APA, MLA, Chicago, and Wikipedia reference style options are now all working.
Option to treat all websites as generic (disable custom rules) enabled and working.
Configuration screen is now non-modal, so other windows can be brought forward.

0.2.0.9a

Selected text now remains selected in the browser when CiteGenie finishes.
Improved handling of complex HTML web pages.
Improved dissenting opinion detection.
Added enhanced citing rules for more websites (Slate.com).
Enabled user customization file for enhanced citing rules for websites (personal.dat).
Citation counts are now kept for both web cites and Westlaw cites.
Improved downloading of updated navigation data.
Created additional WordPerfect pasting options (not yet enabled).
Fixed a bug that could cause the upgrade notification window to appear twice.
Fixed a bug on multi-page pinpoint citations when the initial spanned page number had 2 internal zeros (i.e. spanned pages 1009-10).
Released preliminary version for Internet Explorer (private beta).

0.2.0.8

Internal release candidate

0.2.0.7

Smoother handling of installation and upgrades.
Enabled option for automatic upgrade checks and whether to include beta versions in upgrade checks.
Added system information to "About" tab.
Fixed a bug in GenieMacro when pasting more than 16K of text into Wordperfect.

0.2.0.3 - 0.2.0.6

Internal release candidates

0.2.0.2

Fixed bug that corrupted pasted citation text when default configuration values were not being set on some systems.
Added button to Update Navigation Configuration to ensure latest navigation configuration is being used.
Added checksum and verification to navigation configuration.

0.2.0.1

Internal release candidate

0.2.0.0beta

The feature set for legal citations is complete. We have reached the 0.2.0 release!
This version adds the Internet Citation Engine (ICE). With ICE, CiteGenie will be able to:

Give citations to Internet web sites complying with Bluebook, APA, MLA, and Chicago style guides for many Internet references, such as Wikipedia, New York TImes, Washington Post, etc.
Determine author and date published for many Internet sites.
Will give at least a generic citation for all Internet web sites

For Wordperfect users: A new feature called GenieMacro will allow CiteGenie to give more details about a citation and quoted text to Wordperfect. As a result, CiteGenie can prepare the citation to be pasted:

as plain text
enhanced text with formatting
as a footnote/endnote
as a Wikipedia reference entry
as html

CiteGenie Configuration screens have been reorganized and redesigned to accommodate new options for GenieMacro and ICE.

0.1.9.7beta

CiteGenie now provides citations for Internet web sites (experimental)!
Many popular sites have specific rules to extract author and title
All other websites are handled on a default basis

0.1.9.6 beta

New option to use strict BlueBook court names (i.e. "Mo. Ct. App." instead of "Mo.App.")
New option to retain parallel citations that otherwise would be dropped by Bluebook rules
Fixed bug that affected paragraph numbers in Ohio opinions when no text was selected
All state-specific settings now work properly
Option to "use compact parentheticals" enabled (reduces word count in briefs)
Option to "warn if copying fron dissenting opinion" enabled

0.1.9.5 beta

All states now listed in state-specifics
Many more state-specific rules implemented.
Site-specific updates only done once per day unless forced
Solved issue with copying text that contains multiple cites to *-paginated text (see 2008 WL 656075 at *2-3)
Handle back-apostrophe in Hawaii cases (Hawai`i)

0.1.9.4 beta

Redesigned state-specific interface. Now you select the jurisdiction you want to comply with and CiteGenie will do the rest
Improved dissenting opinion detection
Improved "en banc" opinion detection.
Improved dropping of obvious court name using generic rule
Handles "zy--" trial court orders (rare) without choking
Create placeholder if court name can not be determined (rare, usually trial court orders)
Popup notification if CiteGenie detects failure to create part of a citation

0.1.9.3 beta *

Handles most alternate Federal Circuit formats (i.e. "C.A.Hawaii 1962" converts to "9th Cir.")
Handles 5th/11th circuit split in 1981
Corrected transient error causing pinpoints to sometimes be created when no text was selected.
More graceful handling of incompatible web pages

0.1.9.2 beta *

Implemented dissenting opinion detection
Improved installation process
added state specifics for Ohio

follows rules for mandatory use of webcite for cases beginning in 2002.
drop entire parenthetical when webcite is present
changes order of reporters
determines paragraph numbers

Drop obvious court name option now works for both Ga. and Ga.App.
Strip comma after court name before comparing results (Westlaw inconsistency)
Improved en banc opinion detection
Added preliminary code for working on other websites

works on Washingtonpost.com. (very experimental)

0.1.9.1 beta *

Convert to GUID format for application ID {e23e1101-6cde-4b94-b415-508a7cde8628}
Implemented globalized versioning
Read installed information from chrome RDF
Re-coded "about" dialogs for single-source of data
Incremented licence type, key, and serial
Sign RDF for secure upgrades
Implemented upgrade URL
Enabled "Check for Updates" button in preferences
Added "User Forum" button in preferences
Improved installation process
Reset serials
Created default preferences
Clarified evaluation notices
Enabled special state rules for Texas

detects en-banc opinions
retains appellate district for court name

0.1.8 beta

Option to remove *-pagination now works
Report errata now uses contents of last copy from Westlaw, and not what is currently in your clipboard.

0.1.7 beta

internal release for debugging

0.1.6 beta

results window now reports if an obvious court name was dropped
Add/convert quotation marks enabled and functional.
improved special code for dropping obvious court name
Now uses dialog instead of xml for preferences pane
Now uses dialog instead div/child for results window
Set focus to close button in results window so "enter" will close it.
Solved variable scoping problem for preference pane
Added code to include last error messages in bug reports
Fixed bug causing leading space in some parentheticals

0.1.5 beta

Fixed null popup bug introduced in 0.1.4

0.1.4 beta

Convert to 3-digit versioning format
Implemented download of updated genievars on first visit to Westlaw.
Added check for Westlaw changes and gracefull exit
Added GenieNotice to first use of Westlaw per day
Speed up loading of new browser windows
Added feature that if no selection is highlighted, Citegenie will put the citation only (no pinpoint) into the clipboard w/o error
Warns if it looks like you are copying from a headnote (i.e. pinpoint =0).

0.03 (beta)

Better handling of odd state court names
Fix leading zero on dates
Added framework for state-specific court naming rules

Created Missouri-specific court naming rules

Fixed case names containing an ampersand
Added code for Ctrl-Shift-C
Made notification screen work in IE
Changed notification screen to include flags
Added "Report Errata" button to results screen.
Added "Report Errata" button to Options screen.
Added flag and basic check for En Banc decisions.
Fixed bug in DC Cir. court name.

0.02 (beta)

added options panel
increased parallel cites to 3
Implemented California style cites (parenthetical up front)
implemented majority of cross-platform code for IE

0.01 (alpha)

Initial release to demonstrate feasability

	CiteGenie™ Automagically copy text with correct citations from Westlaw, Lexis, and other websites.^*
	"We cannot impress too strongly upon counsel in all cases the importance to us of correct citations." Hughes v. Wyatt, 125 N.W. 334, 336 (Iowa 1910).