ACORNS lessons with the Firefox browser on MACS
	Firefox version 4 requires JAVA version 1.6. This means that ACORNS lessons running on Apple computers having JAVA version 1.5 won't work (Mac OS 10.5). This means that if Firefox is your preferred browser, don't upgrade to 4.0. The ACORNS lessons still run fine on the Safari browser. By dan  - Sep 12 2011 - 1 new of 1 message

	Next version of ACORNS
	One of the major goals of ACORNS 7.0 is to have the ACORNS lessons work on tablets and smart phones. This is proving to be a challenging project. The industry is moving away from Java Applets, so version 7.0 requires a significant amount of redesign. Furthermore, there are five major browsers on desktops, and at least four more on tablets and... more » By dan  - Sep 12 2011 - 2 new of 2 messages

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	New ELK load
	A new load of ELK is available (as of 1/10/2011). It includes a minor change to the naming of TTF fonts that are created. If the font name already ends with the language name, the program does not append the name of the language to the font again. By dan  - Jan 10 2011 - 1 new of 1 message

	New WOLF load - Jan 2, 2010
	This new load corrects the following problems and adds two minor enhancements. These are: 1) There were race conditions that caused the display of a dictionary to sometimes be incorrect. The problem was very time dependent, and so was difficult to duplicate. These problems were corrected in the new... more » By dan  - Jan 2 2011 - 2 new of 2 messages

	ACORNS 6.0 - new load
	The following are a list of corrections and enhancements to ACORNS 6.0. The new load is available at the ACORNS download site as of 12/18/2010. The web-site is [link] 1) The Hear and Click lesson setup scrolled to the front of the audio signal after a picture was attached. The latest load keeps the display... more » By dan  - Dec 18 2010 - 1 new of 1 message

	Sizing pictures for use in ACORNS lessons
	Using large pictures with ACORNS, can create files that are quite large. It is a good idea to resize them before dragging and dropping them into an ACORNS lesson. In Windows, double click on the file. This will bring up the Microsoft Office picture manager. In the picture manager, click on picture and then re-size. A dialog... more » By dan  - Dec 15 2010 - 1 new of 1 message

	viewing ACORNS web-pages with Internet Explorer version 8.0
	Internet Explorer 8.0 blocks Web-pages containing activex content when running from the local computer. They call this "local host lock down." This creates a problem for web-pages created by the ACORNS application (when clicking on the spider web icon). Note: This problem does not occur when using other browsers.... more » By dan  - Dec 15 2010 - 1 new of 1 message

	Handling audio file formats not supported by acorns
	The audio format, wma, is one example of a format not supported by ACORNS. This is a Microsoft codec. The program, switch, is available that can easily convert between dozens of audio formats. This program can be downloaded from [link] On that web-site, use the hyperlink saying "Download Switch Audio File... more » By dan  - Nov 30 2010 - 1 new of 1 message

	bug fix in version 6.0
	In Story Book, Hear and Respond, and Hear and Click lessons, after recording audio and saving, it was not possible to add additional audio to a recording. A "System Busy" message came up instead when tried. This bug was fixed on 11/28/10. You can download from the acorns web-site ([link]) and reinstall if... more » By dan  - Nov 28 2010 - 3 new of 3 messages