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History of the project

January 14, 2005JISHOP 1.0 released.
(Access database; standard Windows visual style;
3600 edited kanji entries;
about 6000 translated compounds).
February 1, 2005Database updated (+1400 translations of compounds).
February 15, 2005Database updated (+1000 translations of compounds).
March 1, 2005Database updated (+700 translations of compounds).
March 15, 2005Database updated (+500 translations of compounds).
April 1, 2005Database updated (+600 translations of compounds).

July 1, 2005JISHOP 2.0 released.
New database architecture (SQLite).
Original overall design.
Improved dictionary entry layout.
Search for readings in names.
Full screen mode.
Small functional improvements.
July 20, 2005Database updated (+1000 translations of compounds).
August 15, 2005JISHOP 2.1 released.
Many bugs fixed.
Mouse wheel support added.
Better specification of hotkeys.
Better layout of the main menu.
Database updated (+500 translations of compounds).
August 23, 2005JISHOP 2.2 released.
Trial period bug fixed.
Database updated (+500 translations of compounds).
September 29, 2005Database updated (+1000 translations of compounds).
October 30, 2005Database updated (+1000 translations of compounds).
December 15, 2005JISHOP 2.3 released.
Better setup program.
Correct interface layout for 120 dpi settings.
Popup hints for kanji in all windows.
"Chinese reading by katakana" setting added.
"No square brackets" setting added for kana transcription.
Countless small improvements made and bugs fixed.
Database updated (+200 translations of compounds
and 500 kana words).
February 20, 2006JISHOP 2.4 released.
Large screen layout (extra mode).
Balanced design for small screens.
"Overall text size" setting.
"Column numbers on top and bottom" setting.
Shortcut keys 1-9 to select a kanji from search results.
Color adjustment of highlighting.
Small improvements to the format.
Database updated (+1000 translations of compounds).
May 6, 2006JISHOP 2.5 released.
Many graphical and formatting bugs fixed.
Shortcut keys A, D, Q, E  to scroll the search results.
Database updated (+1700 translations of compounds
and 100 edited kanji entries).

May 2, 2007JISHOP 3.0 released.
Search by traditional keys.
Magnifying kanji.
Codes, indexes and keys.
Concise entry format.
Direct kana input.
Kanji drill.
Small functional improvements.
Database updated (+5300 compound words
and 200 edited kanji entries).
More details about version 3.0
July 15, 2007Database updated (+1000 translations of compounds).
No more untranslated compounds in kanji entries!
September 14, 2007Database updated (+200 edited kanji entries).

January 30, 2008JISHOP 4.0 released.
Rich text mode.
Printing.
Drill groups.
Unfolded lists.
Enlarging search results window.
Improved graphics.
Many more.
Database updated (+300 edited kanji entries
and 2000 translations of compounds).
More details about version 4.0