Zekr is an open platform for research and development on the Holly Quran.

It is a Quran based project, planned to be a universal, open source, cross-platform application to perform most of the usual refers to Quran.

The main idea is to build an as generic as possible platform to be capable of having different add-ins for its tasks.

The current release, 0.2.0, is planned to search the Quran, and support multiple languages The program is written in Java (HotSpot JVM), using Eclipse IDE, and SWT as the widget toolkit.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Features/Enhancements: A new buffering (pre-fetching) scheme is used to avoid lags between reciting two ayas. This is done using a hidden flash player, which pre-fetches and loads the next aya. Added or updated some language packs and localized sura names (quran-properties-he.xml, russian.xml, spanish.xml, german.xml, arabic.xml, persian.xml) Windows installer script changed to support smart deletion when uninstalling the software. It now logs installed files, and so does not delete files which are changed or added after installation.

· Bug fixes: A blocker bug which prevents Zekr starting fixed. It happened when the user disabled audio support through Tools > Options menu. A bug fixed with sending flash JavaScript events to a browser without any flash player. This happened when separate layout is selected (in which flash player is loaded in the translation browser). A bug fixed which caused menu icons being shown in Mac when toggling play-pause state of the player. Icons are not shown intentionally in Mac.