Mandelbrot Screensaver Version History

3.1 - June 2008

Minor patch release to address issues reported by users.

• Much improved performance;
• Now alternates (round-robin) generation between screens in multimonitor configurations;
• Lower memory user (now typically under 128MB);

3.0 - June 2008

A complete rewrite in C# using features from .NET 3.5.

New Features

• Improved support for multiple monitors;
• Additional colour choices for palette;
• Bug fixes for multicore processors;

Note: This new version requires the runtime for .NET 3.5 to be available - this is a free download from Microsoft.

2.0 - June 2004

New Features:

• Support for Multiple Monitors;
• Now Theme Compliant on Windows XP;
• Bug fixes for high speed machines.

1.0 - February, 2001

First public release.

0.8 - July, 2000

• Sneakernet distribution to friends and work colleagues;
• Minor bug fixes;
• Improvements to multithreading;
• Better algorithm for choosing "interesting" spots to magnify.

0.6

• Added use of threading to gain performance;
• Added frames to structure the display.

0.5

• Proof of concept for own use;
• Functional - makes poor choices of "interesting" spots.