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The AntNotation update history — new features, improvements and fixes, in the order they shipped.
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When a page cannot open for lack of network, the screen you get now looks like AntNotation, lists what still works with no signal and takes you straight to the field notebook. It also watches the connection: as soon as the network is back, the page you wanted loads on its own.
A new notifications screen in the panel. Everything starts switched off: you tick, alert by alert, what you want in the bell and what you want on your phone — even with AntNotation closed.
The panel bell became a real system — and, above all, it became yours.
Nothing arrives unless you ask. Open Notifications in the panel menu. Every alert is off. Tick only what matters: overdue check-up, a colony shared with you, a comment on your content, a reply from the team, system news.
Two places to be reached, chosen separately. The bell keeps the message in the panel until you read it, interrupting nothing. The device shows the alert on your phone or desktop screen even with AntNotation closed — the same kind of notification any app sends.
Turn it on per device. In the "This device" card, tap Turn on for this device and allow notifications when the browser asks. Do it on each device where you want to be reached; the list shows them all and you can remove any of them. There is a Send a test button to check it right away.
On iPhone and iPad, on-screen alerts only work with the app installed: use Share → Add to Home Screen and open AntNotation from there.
Check-up reminder. If you wrote a next check-up date in the journal and it has passed, AntNotation lets you know — at most once every few days per colony, and only for the most overdue ones. Nobody wants a reminder that turns into nagging.
In a hurry? The Turn on the recommended ones button switches on the alerts that are addressed to you and ask for an action from you. And Turn everything off does exactly what it says, at any time.
In the "Needs attention" list, on medium screens the colony name and species slid underneath the badges and buttons. The row now wraps before squeezing the text, and the badges sit apart from the "Run check-up" and "Assess" actions.
AntNotation can now be installed on your phone and has a field notebook that works with no signal: log the check-up, the note, the feeding and the photos where there is no network, and everything goes up by itself once you are back online.
Ant farm in the backyard, in the woods or in the basement — where the signal does not reach, your records now go along.
Install it on your phone. An "Install on phone" invitation shows up (on iPhone, use Share → Add to Home Screen). AntNotation gets its own icon and opens full screen, without the browser bar.
Open the Field notebook. It is in the panel menu. While online it stores your colonies on the device; offline they are still there — with counts, last check-up and recent notes.
Log offline. Check-ups, notes, feedings and photos. What you log shows up right away, marked as waiting, and goes up by itself once the network is back.
Nothing is lost. The top of the screen always shows how many records are still waiting. If your session expires during the trip, nothing is discarded: just sign in again. And if a record cannot be accepted, it goes to Needs attention with the reason spelled out, for you to decide — instead of vanishing.
One note: the field notebook creates records. Editing and deleting stay in the panel, online.
The photo galleries of colonies, nests and species now have a "Take a photo now" button: your phone camera (or your computer webcam) opens right there, without leaving the form.
Recording with the colony in hand got shorter: under Photos, next to the file upload, there is now Take a photo now.
Uploading an existing file keeps working exactly as before. The shortcut only shows up when the device has a camera available, and the browser will ask for your permission the first time.
AntNotation now has a what's new page: features, improvements and fixes, in the order they ship.
Every relevant change to the system is now recorded here, with a badge saying what it is:
Where to find it:
The counter clears as soon as you open the page, and the New badge marks what arrived since your last visit.
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Tap Share in the Safari bar and choose "Add to Home Screen".
Important on iPhone: only once installed does the system guarantee that your field records are not cleared by the browser.
