Alert Notes

write it down and it reminds you

“… a killer reminder app. You tell it what you want and it does the hard work for you.” -
Patrick Rhone, Minimal Mac

iOS 5 compatibility fixes
Fixed crash that happened when returning to the main screen from an empty note
Fixed an issue that prevented some empty notes from being deleted
Fixed UI issue that forces people to set a future alert date on an expired alert, after accidentally invoking manual alert date selector
Updated online help with information about improved name detection capabilities added in version 1.2
Now switches to the main screen before automatically showing the action menu in response to a new alert
Note title is now always updated after a note's text is changed. It was previously not changed if one chooses to keep the current alert date after editing a note with a relative alert date.
Fixed occasional UI glitches in landscape mode for iOS 5
Improved overall UI responsiveness

iOS 5 compatibility changes
Faster and more accurate detection of names from your notes. Now detects single name contacts, as well as company only contact entries.
Will automatically show action menu for the latest alert, when appropriate
More accurate value for pending alerts app icon badge, specifically when the app is not running
Revised wording for app icon badge setting to better match standard iOS 5 usage
Now stops currently playing alert sound when going into background

Improved alert reliability when one has a large number of notes
Prevent creation of empty note that sometimes get created when the app is terminated while creating a new note
"Silence" button for persistent alerts now always behaves as expected
Fixed a bug where the displayed alert time for repeating alerts is sometimes wrong
Highlighted appearance of a note in the list is now removed after changing a past alert date to a future one
Always brings back the editable headers in the note editor when resuming from background. It previously does not come back if the app goes into the background while a note's content is being edited.

Landscape mode support
Ability to quickly send a text message, initiate a FaceTime call, or share the contact info for names and initials detected from your notes' text

Lengthened some of the alert sounds, when appropriate
Improved detection for the days of the week
Improved detection and behavior for phrases like "nightly", "each night" and "every night"
Removed previously arbitrary limit to the number of info items (names, initials, phone numbers, email addresses and URLs) that can be detected in a note
Alert sound preview now stops playing as soon as you leave the alert sound chooser screen
Note titles and alert messages are now consistently capitalized
"Email Us" compose screen appearance now matches the rest of the app
"Email Us" feature now sends email to new address, support@alertnotesapp.com

Fixed bug where the default alert time setting is not honored for events that repeat daily
Fixed bug where after editing a note, its title does not change to match its new content
Fixed bug where a note's title can have leading spaces
Fixed bug where the phrase "in x months" or "in x days" is not recognized if it is at the start of a line