Release Notes (iOS)

This version adds support for Core Discovery, helping the app find even more legal Open Access copies of otherwise paywalled scientific articles! My thanks and gratitude to both core.ac.uk and unpaywall.org for making this app possible!

In this version I am “future-proofing” the application a little, no new features, but sometimes one needs to work on the foundations too!

This version introduces an Advanced Search, enabling you to search core.ac.uk with greater precision. Additionally I’ve enhanced various aspect of DOI detection and fixed a few smaller bugs.

After adding a lot of features in version 1.5, this version focuses on improving usability of these features.  * The code for finding Open Access versions of otherwise paywalled scientific articles has been further improved * You will now find a familiar tabbed interface, ensuring quick and easy access to all features * Settings, which […]

There was a minor problem with the previous build, which caused iCloud Sync to fail, this has been resolved in this version. All the good features of 1.5 are still there

Thank you for your interest in OA Helper, in this release a lot has happened: Improved DOI recognition ———————— Several enhancements have been made to make the recognition of Digital Object Identifiers on popular sites, such as PubMed.gov more accurate. Improved handling of unpaywall.org response ——————————————- I had made a mistake in handling the unpaywall.org […]

For this version, I focused on improving the user experience: * in the result overview you will now see up to two lines of the title and three lines of the abstract * furthermore in the result list an icon indicates whether a PDF is readily available (green) or a click to core.ac.uk is needed […]