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Changelog of KMess 1.5pre2

Changes

This is the summary of changes between KMess 1.5pre2 and 1.5pre1.

  • added "now playing" support, both sending and receiving.
  • added file transfer preview support, both sending and receiving.
  • added x-clientcaps message for third party client exchange.
  • added option to disable the nudge shaking effect, completing the nudge support.
  • added proper error message for webcam invitations, which are currently not supported yet.
  • added support for an second incoming file transfer invitation to become client instead of server.
  • added translation support for chat styles, fixed untranslated "says:" message in the chat window.
  • added emoticon image conversion to the the personal status message.
  • added warning message when KMess is installed in a folder where it can't find it's resources.
  • added warning dialog when KMess can't find it's eventsrc file to handle notifications.
  • improved visual *bold*, /italic/ and _underline_ effects, they don't hide the ASCII codes anymore.
  • improved account menu's, display account handle instead of long friendly name.
  • improved compatibility with Windows Live Messenger's protocol for client-to-client invitations.
  • restored context menu in the chat window.
  • fixed file transfers, a timer was not stopped to detect a direct connection timeout.
  • fixed crash when a timeout occurs during a direct file transfer.
  • fixed login problems with "restricted passport accounts".
  • fixed image width/height of received custom emoticons.
  • fixed link parsing, adding http:// before www. URL's, and fixed geek-style links (links without www. or http://).
  • fixed unwanted resizing of the chat window when the statusbar text didn't fit.
  • fixed unwanted resizing of the chat window sidebar.
  • fixed contact window alignment, right-to-left names aligned randomly.
  • fixed contact window updating when a group was succesfuly renamed.
  • fixed lost personal status message when moving contacts.
  • fixed own personal status message, it could literally become "<Enter your personal message here>".
  • fixed missing right-to-left flag in sent chat messages.
  • fixed message "<handle> has left the chat", displays contact name now.
  • fixed missing contact name when adding new contacts.
  • fixed missing "overwrite file" question when saving sent files.
  • fixed tab order of the 'chatting' options panel.
  • fixed revoking of sent invitations when a timeout occurred.
  • fixed typing notification, these were not sent instantly when the user continues to type after sending a message.
  • fixed emoticons support for KDE 3.3 and below.
  • fixed emoticons installation with the installer.
  • fixed compiling with automake 2.10.
  • fixed compiling of the RPM with patch level KDE versions (e.g. 3.1-10).
  • fixed character encoding problem in the desktop file.
  • fixed filename of Estonian translation.
  • updated website address, moved to www.kmess.org.
  • updated Dutch translation by Jaap Woldringh.
  • updated Danish translation by Pascal d'Hermilly.
  • updated German translation.
  • updated Finnish translation by Joonas Niilola.
  • updated Hungarian translation by Páder Rezsõ.
  • updated Italian translation by Valerio Pilo.
  • updated Spanish translation by Jaume Corbí.
  • updated Turkish translation by Uğur Çetin.
  • updated Traditional Chinese translation, by Yen-chou Chen.
  • added Hungarian translation by Páder Rezsõ.
  • Removed ASL and unhappy icon because these are no longer used in Windows Live Messenger.

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The current version of KMess is: 1.5.1
Latest development version: 2.0-alpha2
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