OpenLP one point nine point seven, "Joyful John" aka beta 3, has been released!

OpenLP one point nine point seven It's like a match made in heaven, With plenty new features And fewer bug creatures.

(Stupid poem courtesy of Raoul - you can moan at him!)

NB: Please note that OpenLP does not work on OS X 10.7 Lion. This is a known issue, and we are working on a solution.

It's release time again, and once again this new version will not disappoint. Along with over 79 bug fixes there have been a large number of features added.

Moving on we hope the next release will either be the first Release Candidate, or the last beta.

New features:

• Basic support for audio files on songs.

• Internal database upgrading (no more re-importing of your database).

• Drag and Drop support has been enhanced from the desktop into all plugins and Services.

• It is now possible to change to the colour surrounding small images used for themes or when displayed from a service.

• The Song database now records when a song is created and edited.

• Song Usage can now record when a song is used or printed.

• The Android client is now available on the Android Market

• More visible indication if song usage is active or not.

• Tooltips in the service manager, including theme name, notes and media playing time.

• The spell checker is active in notes as well.

• The First Run Wizard can be re-run.

• Settings can be exported and imported.

Major bugs that have been fixed:

• Render performance improvements.

• Image displaying performance improvement.

• Fixed JPEG support on Mac OS X 10.6.

• Formatting tags now work on second slide when slide is split.

• You can update the song's theme by double-clicking on the top level item in the service manager after setting a new theme.

• The manual is now packaged with OpenLP on Windows.

• Various fixes around the First Run Wizard, including better handling of no connectivity.

• Various fixes for the Bible and songs imports.