Version 0.9.0: Improved Usability

Version 0.9.0 was released yesterday. We are very excited about this version, as this is the first that shows enhancements based on users' feedback. There are many minor enhancements and fixes in this version. This post will highlight two major changes: the auto analysis and the toggling of showing associations hierarchically in the navigator.

Auto enablement of the nWire analysis means that nWire will automatically enable itself on any relevant project: new or existing. This makes nWire even simpler to install and use: run the installer, activate and start using nWire. The auto-enablement will occur only after the "getting started" dialog is shown. Existing users, or users wishing to turn this feature off, may switch this on through the preferences.

To understand the affect of showing associations hierarchically take a look at the following two images:

Show Associations Hierarchically On (current option)


Show Associations Hierarchically Off (new option)

The left column is clearer and easier to understand. Notice that the middle column, showing classes grouped by package, is not affected and still shown in a hierarchy. Behind the scenes, this view is controlled by a configuration file. Future versions will expose this configuration so you will be able to design your own, personalized, view.

As always we welcome any feedback as we gradually improve nWire towards the 1.0 release.