<div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div>As many of you know, the Fiji distribution of ImageJ is bundled with the latest stable version of Bio-Formats 4.4.x. As such, when bugs are reported in Bio-Formats, it can take awhile before any bug-fixes make their way into Fiji. This is because Fiji normally ships stable versions of Bio-Formats, which are released only every few months.</div>
<div><br></div><div>With computer software, there is always a balance between "stable and working" and "improving quickly". For those people who prefer stability, and for whom Bio-Formats already does what they need, it makes sense to stick with the Bio-Formats release versions.</div>
<div><br></div><div>But for those who need access to bug-fixes or new features as soon as possible, it makes sense to have another channel to obtain them more quickly. I am pleased to announce that there is now a "Bio-Formats daily builds" update site which makes this possible.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Enabling this new update site is extremely simple:</div><div><br></div><div>* Choose "Update Fiji" from the "Help" menu</div><div>* Click the "Manage update sites" button</div>
<div>* Check the "Bio-Formats daily builds" checkbox</div><div>* Click the "Close" button</div><div><br></div><div><div>Five files should now appear on the list with "Status/Action" of "Update it".</div>
<div><br></div><div>* Click "Apply changes"</div><div>* Restart Fiji</div><div><br></div><div>To verify that Bio-Formats has been updated, you can choose "LOCI Plugins..." from the "About Plugins" submenu of the "Help" menu. The dialog should now show a build date of "14 August 2013" or later.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Please let us know how it works for you!</div></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Curtis</div><div><br></div><div>P.S. There are at least three Fiji bug reports which have been fixed in Bio-Formats, but for which the fixes were not previously easily available in Fiji:</div>
<div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://fiji.sc/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=599">http://fiji.sc/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=599</a><br></div><div><a href="http://fiji.sc/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=611">http://fiji.sc/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=611</a><br>
</div><div><div><a href="http://fiji.sc/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=629">http://fiji.sc/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=629</a><br></div></div></div><div><br></div></div>