As you can see Tyre’s got a new design. Although the old design was simple and clear we wanted to add some extra flavor to Tyre. The redesign and coding was done by a company in Amsterdam called WebDandies.
One part of the Tyre website is still using the old style: the help pages

December 22, 2011
Lots of things happened recently. Most of them were not noticeable to users until now, but great plans have been made and are almost ready to be launched.
Recently I have entered a partnership with Michel van Hagen: his commercial understanding is better than mine. He is the initiator of a project that should result in a completely new platform in 2012, built around Tyre: a platform where users can join to share ideas, to exchange itineraries, etc.
The launch of this platform will probably happen in two stages: the first stage is at February 23 (the start of the new motorcycle season). That is the moment that the 6.0 beta version will leave the test stage, and at the same time the new platform www.tyretotravel.com will be launched.
A second stage is planned for later that year: a further development of the platform with even more functionality for exchange, etc.

November 7, 2011
The Google related problems kept coming up. I have concluded that they were caused by the way Google operates: the most recent API version is available for use, but still under construction.
For use with Tyre, I therefore decided to use the last API version that is no longer under construction. (Google is calling this a 'stable version'.)
I have planned to watch this development carefully: whenever a new stable version will be available, that version will be used by Tyre. That will be done automatically for all users of Tyre 6.0 from the Tyre server.
(The older 5.84 version is almost outdated now. For that reason that version will not use newer stable API versions automatically. It will remain on the current stable API version.)

September 23, 2011
Things are OK again. For how long? (I am getting a bit cynical.)

September 21, 2011
Unfortunately the problem is there again. And a lot of emails...

September 20, 2011
Apparently those Google guys fixed it. Pff... Quite a relief. Hope it will stay that way.

September 20, 2011
Today some new error on the Google server. Don't like it. The error locates waypoints on wrong places. It is also disturbing a proper functioning marker clusterer for fixed POIs. I am afraid I will get lots of emails about this, reporting a 'Tyre bug'...
I really hope they will fix this very soon.

September 1, 2011
Today I saw that Google has restored the previous situation on their server. Pfff... All users will be able to read the map in a normal way.

August 29, 2011
It sure is a Google thing... And it does not look as if they are going to restore the previous situation. Grrr!
I considered it to be a challenge, and decided to make the map readable for all Tyre users. Finally I succeeded. There is a new option for the Google map, available from the 'Preferences' window to size the map.

August 19, 2011
One thing is for sure: this new problem is not a Tyre problem. Pfff...
Users who are facing this problem, have the same problem with all websites and maps that are using the Google Maps API.
Furthermore: the problem only seems to come up in MS Internet Explorer!
Must be a Google thing then. I hope they solve it soon, because people are writing me about their problem, and in their emails they call it a 'Tyre bug'...

August 18, 2011
Since a couple of days, there is a new problem. I got some emails from users who see a map with very small characters. They are that small, that street names etc. cannot be read.
Hmm, I wonder what this is. Will try to find out.

August 8, 2011
The problem with the map that does not show up, might be a malware problem after all.
More and more people are reporting that their problems were gone after they had scanned their computers for malware.
Some people who were thinking that their computers were free from malware (because they were using a malware scanner themselves already), discovered that the scanner from Malwarebytes detected some other malware, and that removing that malware solved their problem!

June 28, 2011
This is another great day! I have posted a completely new version of Tyre. For the time being it will be offered as a beta version, and the 'regular' version will still be available.
The new version is the result of a redesign, that became necessary after adding and inserting all kinds of new features, since the start of Tyre in 2006. Most of them were the result of feedback from users. But I was not satisfied any longer about the end result of all those features and components.
After a full redesign they make a logically composed application now, with an even more intuitive look and feel.
And yes, new possibilities and features have been added as well.

May 12, 2011
Downloading itinerary files could be an irritating problem sometimes: in some situations and for some browsers, the files were not offered for download, after clicking on their names: the contents were displayed in a new browser window...
I got lots of emails from people who did not know how to handle this situation, and I can understand that.
Therefore, I am glad that there is a solution. From now on, clicking on the itinerary names will open the familiar dialogue window that offers to download the file to your computer.

May 10, 2011
Since a couple of days some people are reporting that street view is not working properly anymore: the images are no longer visible.
There is an easy solution for this problem, though. Just clear the cache of your Internet Explorer, and street view will work fine again.
I will try to automate this for a next update.

March 14, 2011
The problem that I have mentioned before, is still not solved. Several people have been very helpful in finding or testing solutions, but none of them worked properly.
There is a workaround however: if you have this problem, just create a new user account on your computer. Tyre will work as designed for the new user.
It is mysterious why this solution works. There must be some security issue in IE that I did not detect so far...

February 16, 2011
Several users have been very helpful to find the cause of the problem. It is not solved yet, but at least I think I know where the problem can be located. Finding the cause of the problem was rather difficult, because all my own (virtual) computers are working just fine with Tyre.
The problem seems to be this: the html code refuses to read some text files (*.txt) from the hard disk, that are used to feed some data to the html file.
This only happens when the html page and the text files are located on the local computer's drive. The error does not occur when they are located on the Internet...
And: why is this happening on some computers, while it is working perfectly on most computers? I think this is some kind of security issue, but I don't know which one...
Strange, huh?
Now I am facing the next step: how to force IE to read the text files. Any ideas? Please let me know.

February 5, 2011
Today the finishing touch for the website. Now the download section for itinerary files has the new look and feel too!
Took me quite some time, but I like the result. Hope you like it too!

February 3, 2011
No useful solution until now. Got one response, indicating that security software might be the problem. Disabling security software did not solve the problem for one user. Another one decided to format his disk and install all software from the start. Quite a job... But it solved his problem. A third user did not react to this possible solution until now.
So, there is still a problem to solve. Any ideas? Let me know!

February 1, 2011
Some users are facing serious problems, even I cannot solve. These users don't see the map, because executing JavaScript is blocked on their computers for some reason. (And that reason is not just a simple IE setting.)
Therefore I decide to ask for help from other users by a message on the first page of the website. Let us see if somebody will come up with any useful ideas for a solution...

January 21, 2011
This is a special date to me: the new Tyre website is online now. It took quite some time. Several people have been asking me over the last few months why I did not restyle the website. Well, here it is: the new look and feel. I hope you will like it as much as I do.
As you see now, the new website comes with a blog function. From time to time I will write some stuff here to keep you informed about important things. You will have to check this part of the site yourself: there is no RSS-feed.