PlainText beta 3 is ready.
This release is more polished, and I hope should be useable for real world work. Sync has been improved so that it’s faster gives you a better indication of what is happening durring the sync process.
There are thre known issues:
On iPad if you create a new folder the current files title begins editing instead of the new folders. To finish creating the folder tap in it’s title field and type the folder’s name. If you leave it as “Untitled Folder” it will get deleted on next sync.
Deleting a Folder on the iOS device doesn’t first check for more recent changes on the server. So even if someone else has made more recent edits, the folder will be deleted. Luckly Dropbox can undo delete if this ever becomes a problem.
You can get into a sync loop if you type in a file at the same time that it is being synced. I don’t think this should cause any errors, but it isn’t very efficient and will probably slow down your typing. Sync is automatically started after 5 seconds of inactivity while typing. So if you just keep typing you shouldn’t run into the problem. If you do run into the problem just stop typing for a few seconds until the sync finishes, then you can start typing again.
Note, I don’t have any open beta slots, but if you have an iPhone developers certificate you can self sign the beta and then run it that way. Here are some self signing instructions.
