At long last, after more than one year without a stable release, Tagaini enters the final lap with the release of the 0.9 "Fukkatsu" version!

Although this version is not a fundamental breakthrough, it brings lots of changes under the hood. Databases are better organized, which makes it reasonnable to have only one release for all languages (and not one installer per language version because of duplicated data). Searching and viewing entries should be smoother, with the interface displaying results as you type and the results list not being paged anymore. Lists are much faster and secure. SQLite does not need to be embedded anymore, and the system's SQLite can be used if present.

The most visible change for international users will be the number of new languages the interface is translated to. Thanks to many contributors from Transifex, Tagaini is now available in English, French, German, Czech, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Norvegian, Russian, and even... Japanese! This unfortunately only concerns the GUI, as the dictionary is only partially translated in French and Russian for the vocabulary, and French and Spanish for kanji meanings. But we are also about to see some movement about the dictionary contents, so stay tuned here if you are interested.

Future wise, the core code of Tagaini starts to be solid enough to think about new exciting features. One of the biggest challenges we will have to respond to is the switch to mobile devices. 3 years ago Tagaini offered the option to print booklets for studying anywhere, but this is not really relevant anymore now that everyone owns a smartphone. Although there is no plan to stop the desktop version (because some of the features just cannot be exploited on a phone or tablet), it is a legitimate demand of users today to be able to access their data ubiquitously - this means your study data, lists, and so on. So expect something to happen there too, although it is difficult to know when.

Oh, and Tagaini now also has a Google+ page! Go and +1 it! And of course don't forget to download 0.9!