Here you can find all the news concerning the Ultimate Computer Acronyms Archive, from the most to the least recent.

August 20, 2001: New report layouts

Those new layouts allow the same information to be squeezed onto less pages by using a continuous flow thus eliminating blank areas. Go to the download section and take a look at the new reports.

 

March 24, 2001: Netscape 6 Sidebar's tab

Netscape 6 users can now add a convenient tab to their sidebar. With it they can search for computer acronyms without leaving the site they are browsing. Sounds interesting? Then click here to add a tab to your sidebar.

 

March 3, 2001: New look

The Ultimate Computer Acronyms Archive has got a new skin we hope you'll find pleasant. Also, the most used functions are now accessible through buttons conveniently placed on the home page. Finally, since we saw almost no use on the other menu panels (both client-side JavaScript and Java) they have been removed.

 

July 21, 2000: New server

During these days, the acronyms database has been moved onto a more powerful server. This led to some service availability hiccups and application malfunctions. If you still experience problems, please let us know through our message submission form.

 

November 4, 1999: New Questions and answers page

This new FAQ page includes the questions asked most frequently as well as their answers.

 

November 3, 1999: New default navigation menu

Having seen from our log files and heard from your messages that the Java 1.0 TreeView menu is hardly supported by and difficult to use with modern browser, we decided to switch the default menu type to the server-side one.

 

October 12, 1999: New page describing the application

Ever wondered what's behind The Ultimate Computer Acronyms Archive? Take a look at the application's description to find out.

 

October 10, 1999: Application and database last update dates added

At the bottom of the home page, you can now see when the application was last updated and when the last acronym was added to the database. Also, the download page has been reorganized a little.

 

July 14, 1999: New acronym categories and paging system

Since the old method that grouped the acronyms according to their first letter yielded too many acronyms for many categories, we decided to split those categories in subcategories and to add a paging system that limits the number of acronyms returned per page yet allowing the user to browse through pages.

 

June 25, 1999: New menu panels

If you experience troubles with the menu panel you're currently using, these other menu systems may be helpful (discontinued as of version 2.0).

 

June 8, 1999: New report layouts

The Ultimate Computer Acronyms Archive has grown a little bit lately, and the layout of the old files were somewhat space-consuming. Enjoy the new two-columns PDF files, more compressed yet retaining their readability.

 

June 1, 1999: Own domain

The Ultimate Computer Acronyms Archive got its own domain, acronyms.ch, unbinding this application from the previous web site.

 

May 26, 1999: Links to other sites

If you don't find what you are searching for, maybe these sites will help you. See Links to other sites.

 

February 15, 1999: Letter-size PDF files added

Due to many requests, we added PDF files suitable for printing with letter-size paper.

 

June 2, 1998: PDF duplex version added

Since the archive has grown rather large (more than 100 pages), there is now a PDF version suitable for duplex printers.

 

February 14, 1998: PDF version added

You can now download the full content of the archive, in PDF (Portable Document Format). See the Downloads page.

 

November 20, 1997: Application launch

The development phase is now over so we can publish the computer acronyms archive. Comments and suggestions are welcome as usual as are new acronyms.