Hi Everyone,
Rhino for Mac WIP 5A706 was released yesterday. It has many improvements to the license validation process.
A few details:
- The user interface is cleaner and more Appley (or is it Macish?)
- Validation works over HTTPS by default, but can fall back to HTTP - this should allow validation from mainland China to work (I hope).
- Validation contacts our validation servers in Seattle directly, rather than servers hosted by Google (this should also help with validation from mainland China).
- Offline license validation should work (previously it displayed an ugly exception message)
- Offline license validation is now called “Get a validation code manually”, and contrasts with the other option, “Get a validation code automatically”.
- Switching between manual and automatic license validation should be more obvious
- Error messages should be clearer and may help you figure out what you need to do on your own.
- Timeouts for checking for our server are much shorter, so those of you behind firewalls or disconnected from the Internet shouldn’t need to wait as long to begin the “Get a validation code manually” process.
Please let me know if you see any problems or have any confusion with validation with build 5A706.