The Development Change Log

Changes for alpha 11

• Bug fixes in MSN add--on
• Improved contact handling in im_server
• More sound events: contact status changes and protocol [dis]connect
• Bug fixes in im_client to make the protocol menu show correct statuses
• Sounds from http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/main/sfxlib/beep.shtml
• Fixed "100% CPU usage if you block someone" bug
• Fixed "Deskbar can't read settings" bug, should those with Dano too

Changes for alpha 10

• New preflet
• Added protocols, MSN and Yahoo
• New client, info popper
• Too many changes to list them all, over a hundred commits!

Changes for alpha 9.1:

• Client handles dropped People files
• Initial AIM protocol support
• Smart(er) protocol selection in im_server
• Contacts can be on any drive, not just boot
• "Action" buttons in client
• Away messages (for AIM only so far)
• Various things needed to support multiple connections
• The usual bugfixes

Changes for alpha 8:

• Scroll wheel in client scrolls history
• Deskbar icon shows current status
• Clicking the Deskbar icon with your third mouse button opens your People folder
• Various changes, fixes etc

Changes for alpha 7.1:

• Fixed some bugs in im_client
• Added saved history in im_client

Changes for alpha 7:

• Changed flashing deskbar icon to red
• Removed app-sigs from add-ons so they don't appear in Open with
• Added new setting type: bool
• Added settings for im_server and Deskbar icon
• Added click-URL-to-open in client
• Fixed a flooding bug that disconencted you from ICQ if you have a lot of contacts
• Changed chat windows to not steal focus
• Added auto-starting clients
• Added selectable amount of output
• Added duct-tape style fix for buffer overflow
• Swtich to multi-line input in client
• Chat windows remember position
• Changed log to be per-contact
• Person icons now reflect online status

Changes for alpha 6:

• Various fixes
• IRC-style /me support in chat
• Sound notification if a message is received to a window not on current workspace
• Improved text output from im_server et al
• Updated GimICQ import utility
• Changed query that's used to set contacts to offline when disconnecting so it matches all contacts that have a connection set
• Added a Deskbar icon
• If a window receives a message when not active, it's title is changed to reflect this
• Also, the Deskbar icon starts flashing. Click it to activate the chat window

Changes for alpha 5:

• Fixed bug where contacts weren't registered to 'receive updates'-list
• Made im_server and sample_client SingleLaunch
• Changed the way messages are handled by sample_client to fix bug with missed messages on startup
• Changed the makefile for the ICQ add-on so it builds with the rest of the kit
• Might have fixed Server::SetAllOffline() bug
• Changed text colors in ChatWindow
• Changed status "online" to "available" to get nicer lists in Tracker
• Hopefully fixed the 'im_server uses 100% cpu on error' bug. Not sure though.
• Added constants defining the texts for various statuses
• Added more info on step one of the install instructions
• Added ScrollToSelection when a chat window is resized

Changes for alpha 4:

• Fixed the chat window so that the text re-wraps when the window is resized
• Moved the source and changed to proper makefiles. new build instructions in imkit/src/README
• Changed chat window: own text is gray, selecting text no longer messes things up quite as much
• changed Contact::AddConnection and RemoveConnection to return status_t
• changed Server::CreateContact to use Contact functions to add connection and set status
• Added "Tips and tricks"

Earlier changes lost in the mists of history.