A large amount of code was rewritten to enable data to be downloaded from the server via AJAX at the point of need. This eliminates the long wait when you start to use UniView without the database information in your cache. This means that there is a slightly longer delay when you view a new block, but the code is designed so that if you have already downloaded data, you don’t have to retrieve it again from the server.
The search mechanism was also rewritten. The regular expressions used must now be supported in both JavaScript and PHP (PHP is used if not searching within the current range). When ‘other’ is ticked, the search will look in the alternative name fields, but not in other property settings (so you can no longer use something like ;AL; to search for characters with a particular property. (Use ‘Show list’ instead.))
Removed several zero-width space characters from the code, which means that UniView now works with Google Chrome, except for some annoying display bugs that I’m not sure how to fix – for example, the first time you try to display any block you only seem to get the top line (although, if you click or drag the mouse, the block is actually there). This seems to be WebKit related, since it happens in Safari, too.
Please report any bugs to me, and don’t forget to refresh any UniView files in your cache before using the new version.