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Versions
1.4 Release - release date: 1.11.2004
1.3 Release - release date: 17.09.2004
1.2 Release - release date: 20.08.2004
1.1 Release - release date: 4.08.2004
1.0 Release - release date: 1.07.2004
0.99 Release Candidate 2 - release date: 12.06.2004
0.99 Release Candidate - release date: 1.06.2004
0.90 pre-Release Candidate - release date: 30.04.2004
0.40 beta - release date: 17.04.2004
0.35 beta - release date: 2.04.2004
0.34 beta - release date: 1.04.2004
0.33 beta - release date: 24.03.2004
0.32 beta - release date: 19.03.2004
0.31 beta - release date: 16.03.2004
0.3 beta - release date: 13.03.2004
0.2 beta - release date: 6.03.2004
0.1 beta - release date: 1.03.2004
0.1 alpha - release date: 10.02.2004
version 1.4 Release - 1.11.2004
Kernel: Add "incoming e-Mail" sound event.
Kernel: Add pre-parsing smiles and showing them to message sender.
Kernel: Add multiple File Transfer for all IM clients in IM2.
Kernel: Add ability to setup contact list sorting order.
Kernel: Add ability to setup IP addresses visible/invisible mode.
Kernel: Finish localization module and preparation for IM2 translation.
Kernel: Add system tray blinking icons to incoming chat message and incoming email.
Skins : Add HiTech skin.
Skins : Add DarkAge skin.
Skins : Add Eleanor-Basic skin.
Skins : Add Eleanor-Silver skin.
Skins : Add Eleanor-Empty Space skin.
Yahoo : Add Yahoo authorization request window.
Yahoo : Fix Yahoo ignore list processing.
Yahoo : Make a complete Yahoo module review and fix alot of minor and major bugs.
Kernel : Fix selection and storing account connection status.
Kernel : Make File Transfer for all IM clients in IM2 more stable.
Kernel : Fix bug with disappearing typing area in chat windows.
Kernel : Make audio/video flows more stable and lower in CPU usage.
Kernel : Fix bug with changing fonts and colors in main IM2 preferences and applying them to all chat windows.
Kernel : Fix bug with parsing and showing quotation marks in chat windows.
Kernel : Fix bug with showing/hiding protocols, accounts, goups, etc in main window.
Kernel : Fix bug with sender and receiver names in file transfer progress windows.
Kernel : Fix trouble with resizing main and chat windows.
Kernel : Fix notification timeout checking procedure and hiding corresponding window.
Kernel : Minor and major kernel bugfixing.
Updater tool: Fix "Files in use" trouble and make updater tool completely independent from installed IM2 files.
Kernel : Change default settings for "Client always on top" option.
Kernel : Change local (in chat window) sounds enabling/disabling method.
Kernel : Make most inportant windows in IM2 showing on top of all other screen windows.
Kernel : Change and add some help messages in user profile windows.
Kernel : Change all spellings to Instant Messenger 2 as a complete project title.
Kernel : Change main IM2 splash screen and main IM2 icon.
Kernel : Change and fix notification windows working procedure.
Installation: Correct some strings in installation package to make it more user friendly.
Kernel : Finded and fixed trouble with CPU usage 100% on Windows 2000 family.
Kernel : Fix crash situation with adding new contact to Yahoo IM module in Im2 Accoutn Management window.
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version 1.3 Release - 17.09.2004
Kernel: Extended indication has added for file transfer windows: show count of sended/received bytes and percent of the execution in window header.
Kernel: Sounds has added for file transfer actions like incoming file transfer, transfer error, transfer successfully complete.
Kernel: New records has added in tray menu: add/find contacts and about program.
Kernel: Remove group button has added to add/find contact dialog.
MSN : Special IM2-IM2 file transfer through the server method has added. Now available only in MSN protocol.
MSN : Offline e-mail notification has added for MSN protocol. You can send notification message to user's .NET passport e-mail address.
MSN : Now you can allow other IM2 user's see your IP-addresses and you destination. Also you can disable you IM2 client status.
MSN : Problem of add contact to MSN forward list, that already exist in Reverse list, has fixed.
MSN : Problem of display "user joined" and "user left" in private sessions, has fixed.
MSN : Problem of the window's pop-up on session invite, and minimize to tray option enabled, has fixed.
MSN : Problem of the renaming contact in MSN protocol has fixed.
MSN : Set max MSN message length to 1664 bytes.
Skin : Problem of the resize skin size when user change it has fixed.
Kernel: Contact and account pop-up menus has optimized.
Kernel: Problem with deleting temporary files after close application has fixed.
Kernel: When secure connection not enabled (in settings) - client send auto decline messages on distant user secure invitation.
Kernel: Change messagebox on critical error like bad password or login name to system notification.
Yahoo : Problem of the hovering the program when receiving contact list has fixed.
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version 1.2 Release - 20.08.2004
Profiles: Add a small explanation to profiles windows.
Profiles: Add ability to create and use default non-secure profile.
Pop-up menus: Add 'View privacy lists' menu to view/change visible, ingore and other lists.
Pop-up menus: Add 'Clear message history' menu on each user to clear corresponding message history.
Preferences: Add ability to select UNIX- or Windows like chat windows text selection and copying.
Chat windows: Add ability to scroll text in the chat windows with scrolling mouse wheel.
MultiMedia: Finish RTP transport integration for audio and video conferences.
General: Add ability to set auto-away status and back to normal status automaticaly (Now only for ICQ).
Chat windows: Fix enabling/disabling sounds locally on chat windows.
Profiles: Fix UserEnv.dll loading under Win98 platform.
Profiles: Change 'Log into profile' to default button at the Profile Management window.
Chat windows: Add new line feed to default MSN-style message logging.
Notifications: Change default parameters for eMail notifications and system notification. Set showing time to 10 seconds.
Updater tool: Change Updater Tool structure and make it more user friendly.
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version 1.1 Release - 4.08.2004
Video: Add preview mode.
Video: Add a choice of video source.
Video: Add settings for received video (brightness, contrast and another).
Notifications: don't hide on alerted contacts.
Skins: Display Send e-mail to friend button for all windows.
Skins: Display Audio/video/Secure buttons for all windows (not only for IM2).
Skins: Add indication icons of active IM2 feature (secure,audio,video).
MSN : Add Hotmail e-mail notification and automatic Homtail login from notification window.
MSN : Add MSN account features like: check for chat rooms, manage your .NET passport features, manage you contacts.
MSN : Auto disable secure connection in multiperson session mode.
MSN : Disable peer 2 peer action and secure connection buttons in multiperson session mode.
YAHOO: Add Yahoo e-mail notification.
Kernel: Add ask dialog for input account password.
Kernel: Add user profiles management.
Kernel: Crypt message history method.
Kernel: Add Messenger 2 usage statistics.
Kernel: Add check option for ask password at each account connection.
Initial account wizard: Add default profile creation.
Multimedia: Audio and video conferences are in progress (integrating new multimedia transport) and may caused IM2 crash.
Skins: Bug with DCC button fixed in 'Night Fall'.
MSN : Fixing bug with blocking/unblocking contacts.
MSN : Fixing bug with storing account status after reconnect.
MSN : Display if possible user's friendly names (no loginname) in multiperson sessions.
Kernel : Fix bug when user close window with enabled secure connection.
Kernel : Low Windows resources usage.
Global : Minor bugfixing.
Kernel : Change Preferences->About->'e-Mail to Us' form - add message destination field.
Kernel : Minor review of the Preferences dialog window user interface, make it more user friendly.
MSN : Fix crash while deleting groups.
MSN : Fix crash while adding user to session, that already exist.
Yahoo : Fix critical bug in conferences.
Yahoo : Fix file transfer critical bug.
Yahoo : Fix Yahoo search bug.
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version 1.0 Release - 1.07.2004
Add opportunity of video conversation with multiple users.
Add new skins from Messenger 2 team: "Tiny Cordillera" and "MSN Like". Download here.
Add IP address identification to Yahoo IM module.
Add automatic closing Messenger 2 after starting Initial setup and Upadter tool wizards.
Add IM2 secure channel to Yahoo IM module.
Finish Silent Upadate mode (like in MSN/Windows Messenger).
Add drag-and-drop files to send.
Add MSN authorization window.
Fix filetransfer in IRC.
Fix bug with checking and creating folders for file transfer.
Fix Messenger 2 client identification in Yahoo IM module.
Fix Yahoo IM module localization.
Fix AIM and ICQ rate limit errors and sending and receiving messages delays.
Fix bug with storing and loading and updating email accounts information for simple email checker module.
Fix email checker errors (make them not repeating with the same errors).
Fix Yahoo IM authorization procedure and enable Yahoo IM connection.
Fix some typos and default string in IM2 wizards and Messenger 2 client.
Fix problem with loading new and old skins.
Fix removing all Messenger 2 icons after uninstalling Messenger 2.
Fix bug with status changing in Yahoo IM module.
Fix bug with add/remove users in Yahoo contact list.
Change default type of status notification windows to animation.
Standartize all spellings of Messenger 2.
Change default main window position from left desktop corner to right corner.
Fix IM2 crashing in AIM chat rooms.
Fix Yahoo module connection on YMSG ver 11 protocol.
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version 0.99 Release Candidate 2 - 12.06.2004
Add auto secure channel.
Add IRC channel key support.
Silent update mode: Adding update progress window.
Change alot of text strings to make IM2 strings and message-boxes more professional and stantartized.
Remove brackets from default message formatting string for displaying message.
Change font face for system messages to "Arial".
Fix showing offline and other status notifications when internet connection currently not available.
Fix bug with enable/disable sounds button on chat windows.
Fix bug with opening WEB links from chat and other windows.
Fix bug with adding contact to the root folder into account (disable this option).
Fix sorting in contact list.
Fix "Show incoming message windows minimized to taskbar" option.
Fix AOL/AIM connection errors.
Fix 'Previous history buffer' settings parameter storing/loading bug.
Minor bugfixing.
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version 0.99 Release Candidate - 1.06.2004
Add display MSN supporting feature (Mobile, Direct, WebCam) only for MSN Messenger user, not just for Messenger 2.
Add new secure messging engine.
Add log formatting strings to displayed and logged messages.
Add IRC Messenger 2 - Messenger 2 peer-to-peer Video session.
Initial setup wizard: Added note for Windows Messenger users how to connect their account into Messenger 2.
e-Mail features: add notificaions on send offline notifications and Send e-Mail to friend features.
Add system messages to conversations log storage (Session start and stop, status changes, etc).
Add proxy settings for each service separately with converting from old proxy settings.
Add system notify messages to chat windows on "Enable/disable Sounds", "Enable/disable Log" and "Enable/disable On top" buttons.
Restoring account status after disconnect in AIM, ICQ nad MSN.
Add animation options for notify windows (Prefs:Events:Notifies).
Add icons in contact list on non-authorized(ICQ) and ignored(blocked) users.
Add control menu in IRC chat.
Initial Setup Wizard: Add check for existing accounts and contact list data.
Initial Setup Wizard: Add check for existing settings data.
Initial Setup Wizard: Add preventing to rewrite accounts and settings.
Initial Setup Wizard: Add preventing to run tool more than one time after installation.
Added button to Open File after successfull receiving file.
Add option to setup update mode - use Updater Tool or use silent update mode like in MSN Messenger.
Updater tool: Add silent update mode (like MSN Messenger).
Silent update mode: Adding update progress window.
Language pack and translation.
Initial setup wizard: change Yes/No Buttons to Ok/Cancel when running Messenger 2 was detected.
e-Mail features: Change waiting timeout to 30 seconds for working on low-speed intrenet connections.
Notification windows: Change notification windows colors to white background and other foreground colors.
Close button removed from filetransfer windows, now Cancel button close dialog and cancels active filetransfer.
Send video to yourself.
Fix bug on Add folder menu action.
Fix refusal of reception of video (if another side already has video session with other buddy).
Fix crash on online rename group/contact in contact list.
Fix displaying notification windows on account connection.
Fix Mesenger-2 installer script. Add Unistall information into Windows Add/Remove Programms menu.
Fix Initial setup wizard warning on trying to rewrite current setting or accounts data.
Fix default setting according to shown old history lines. See Preferences->Message history->Show previous history.
e-Mail features: fix bug with SMTP mail sending via servers under qMail soaftware.
Language editor: fix bug with selection language to edit.
fix bug with writing conversation logs.
fix bugs with displaying and processing in localization editor.
Fix close chat window after send message.
Fix bug with yahoo hiden status.
Fix bug with history button at chat window.
Parsing UTF8 message at ICQ authorisation request and reply.
Updater tool: Fix typos in strings on Updater tool pages.
Updater tool: Remove "Retrieve update information" button in automatic mode.
Updater tool: Remove "Start update process" button in automatic mode.
Simple mail checker: All error message windows removed except "Error authorization with server".
Fix bug on retrieving client version when "Check for update" option was unchecked.
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version 0.90 pre-release candidate - 30.04.2004
ICQ: Re-request authorization menu added.
Add option to hide program to tray or exit on close.
Add MSN buddyes language detections.
Add options for some hot keys (send message after Enter or Ctrl+Enter, etc.) See Settings->Windows->Hotkeys tab.
Add MSN rename buddy and group method.
Add MSN dynamic buddy nick-name checking.
Main contact window position and coordinates are stored after each session.
Add MSN hotmail account actions (check mail, compose mail, check folders).
Add skin to video window.
Add clipping windows to screen feature.
Add MSN View/Change own details method.
Add additional sounds on text input/backspace key.
Add Messenger 2 client version support to OSCAR dll.
Add AIM and ICQ Messenger2-Messenger2 peer-to-peer Video session.
Screennames are displayed in "User is typing..." messages.
Extended popup notification window's options, animation effect and transparency will be added soon.
Fix MSN authorization crash if SOCKET_ERROR available.
Fix new version checking procedures and Updater Tool bugs.
Fix bug with opening window for Audio/Video/File MSN session from context menu.
Fix bug with yahoo messaging.
Fix bug with MSN contact list (no contacts incoming, no online users).
Fix menus under win98.
Fix fullscreen mode with no taskbar.
Fix dialogs(Settings, AccManager, AddContact, About) 'not on top' bug.
Fix minor bug with maximum account login name of 16 characters (Yahoo).
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version 0.40 beta - 16.04.2004
Add text/backgroud color support for all skins.
Add MSN M2-M2 peer-to-peer Video session.
Add multilingual support (hebrew, arabic ect.).
Add ICQ outgiong RTF message.
Add MSN offline messanging method. If user offline M2 send e-mail message to user's .NET Passport address.
Add MSN dinamic buddy client checking (version updates when you starting session).
Add Audio/Video buttons on all M2 Private windows.
Add new buttons: "E-mail friends about M2", "Always on top", "Mute/Unmute sounds" and "Enable/Disable history logging".
Language editor added (see Settings->Language).
Add checkbox "Show incoming message windows minimized to taskbar" (Settings->Windows).
AIM search added.
Add checkbox in Settings->Windows to enable/disable tooltips over contact list items.
AIM privacy options added (see Account Manager->AIM privacy tab).
Add sound event when account goes online.
Add Hyperlink to download more skins (in Settings->Skins tab).
Add MS Internet Explorer tool bar button to run Messenger 2 application.
Add MSN M2-M2 messaging. Type "/" and then type your message.
Default chat style changed to MSN-like (see Settings->Display->Message history format).
Default colors for chat windows changed to black text on white background.
AIM Chat: fixed minor bug when you can't see all users in current chatroom.
Fixed MSN authorization crash if SOCKET_ERROR available.
Don't show "user joined" and "user out" message in MSN private windows.
Fix MSN disconnect reasons.
Fix MSN disable proxy bug.
Fix AIM chat buddy list bug.
Fix bug with large contact list on Yahoo! module.
Fix bug with crashing Messenger 2 on receiving message in Yahoo! module.
Fix message displaying.
Fix ICQ/AIM add/remove procedures.
Fix ICQ store own info method.
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version 0.35 beta - 2.04.2004
Add smile selection with cursor buttons.
Add "Start a Voice Conversation" in context menu for MSN protocol.
Fixing bug with privacy list action from context menu.
Fixing bug with crash at closing video session.
Fixing "Local Font Settings" button.
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version 0.34 beta - 1.04.2004
Add privacy list action section to user context menu.
Add hyperlinks opening on left mouse click in chat windows.
Add MessageBox if you trying to check non Homtail e-mail account.
Add ability to save keyboard language for each chat window during current Messenger 2 session.
Add ability to change message displaying format (IRC or MSN representing) at Prefereces->Windows->Dislpay window.
Add some comments to clarify how to test audio processing system inside the Messenger 2.
Add MSN Messenger 2-to-Messenger 2 peer-to-peer voice communication.
Add checking for MSN conferences - Audio session and FTransfer will work only Peer2Peer mode.
Add Messenger 2 updater tool wizard.
Add ability to add more than one account for each IM in initial setup wizard.
Add Check For Update Now button in Preferences window and enable this feature.
Add MSN special Messenger 2-to-Messenger 2 messaging method (only default join message available).
Add blocking casual interaction with video interface.
Add and change video modes for optimal video conferencing (not compatibility with old version).
"Cancel" button turns to "Open Folder" after successfully receiving file.
Add "close FileTransfer dialog after success" checkbox.
Add MessageBoxes on critical errors while connecting (wrong password, connect from another location, etc.).
Changing colors in the chat window now is enabled, but color attributes not send to recipient at all IMs except IRC.
Contact tooltip improved.
Notification windows modified - e-Mail notifications are dislpaying while user not clicks on according window.
Notification windows modified - e-Mail notifications are dislpaying only in case of some new mails are in user mail-box.
Global Away status actions updated (add global Away with default or user message, add global Back).
Contact list item's screennames now automatically updates only for online users. (It caused a problem with large contact lists).
Fix program crash in W2K, when user press ICQ Adv.Search button in Add dialog.
Fix automatical reconnect after critical errors (wrong password, connect from another location, etc.).
Fix bug in Initial Setup wizard in importining contact list from Trilian Pro X.X software.
Fix bug with simultaneous closing one video stream.
Fix bug with broadcasting video stream from server.
Fix MSN console logging (out more information about authorization).
Fix MSN disconnect method (when you sing in from another location & server close connection).
Fix bug with saving login when it's changed in Account Management dialog.
Fix ICQ file transfer.
Small fix of IRC messages displaying with parsing from RTF format.
Fixed checkboxes for File Transfer section in Settings.
Fixed checkbox "AutoOpen console windows on connect".
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version 0.33 beta - 24.03.2004
Add new official skin from Messenger 2 team "NightFall". Download it now
ICQ web-aware checkbox added in settings dialog.
Creating automatical updater tool wizard.
GUI hanging after receive ICQ contact list.
Items in Contact List now expands after single-click, not double.
MSN authorization fail fixed. Multithread authorization released.
Multilingual MSN file transfer problem fixed.
Remove empty EMail field in contact's popup tooltips.
Fix correct IP displaying for ICQ (see options in settings dialog).
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version 0.32 beta - 19.03.2004
Yahoo! search added (see Add Contact dialog).
Add button to check current audio settings in program preferences window and enable this feature.
Add MSN session keep alive mode (ping switchboard server every minute).
Add Display MSN Messenger 2-to-Messenger 2 op/normal user status
Add MSN Messenger 2-to-Messenger 2 change op user status (if op user leave session).
Add URL-codding for user info (fix problem with storage HTML info).
Add console user status indication (sigen on/off, change status).
Add console user status indication (sigen on/off, change status).
New 102 smile images added and enable check-box to enable/disable show smiles.
Add localization procedures to Yahoo! IM module.
AIM Search dialog added, dll search supporting in progress.
Enable check-box and value for control showing smiles.
fix default colors settings for chat windows and message history.
fix bug on enable/disable logging message history.
ICQ Offline messages receiving fixed.
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version 0.31 beta - 16.03.2004
Add Show Message History pop-up menu item and enable this feature.
Add Messenger 2 client identification for Yahoo and AIM protocols.
Add "Manage this account" pop-up menu item and enable this feature for each account in contact list.
Add "Run minimized to tray" program settings option and enable this feature.
Add MSN Protocol v9 support (just not supporting MSNC1 protocol).
Add MSN Messenger 2-to-Messenger 2 feature: set session topic (now only default topic available).
Add MSN Messenger 2-to-Messenger 2 feature: Session client identificate.
Add MSN Messenger 2-to-Messenger 2 feature: Session member rights.
Add MSN Messenger 2-to-Messenger 2 feature: Send exit message when session closed (now only default message available).
optimize Messenger2 opening speed (Make more fatser loading localization strings).
fix Messenger 2 running detection in Initial setup wizard (Now Initial setup wizard be be started only when Messenger2 is closed).
background color of notifications windows to white and center text in this windows.
fix position of the notification windows - above the task bar.
fix Messenger 2 link on the task bar at the maximized, minimized and system tray states.
fix switching between languages in program preferences.
fix ICQ and AIM info.
fix AIM file transfer.
fix AIM status recieving on adding new contact to contact list.
fix bug with deleting Root group.
fix receive file transfer from MSN Messenger/Trillian.
fix bug with MSN mobile status.
fix bugs with creating/destroying/messaging in secure mode over all IM protocols.
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version 0.2 beta - 6.03.2004
IRC channels list in add contact dialog.
ICQ white pages search (advanced search) added.
smiles extended and fixed.
MSN Reconnect session method has released.
System tray context menu added.
Preferences: Autoupdate checkbox enabled.
About box added.
added open private chat windows in MSN conferences, IRC channels and AIM chat by double-click on users.
correctly working XP themes for dialogs.
correct colors displaying in MSN chat windows.
Preferences: Create desktop icon and program group fixed.
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version 0.1 beta - 1.03.2004. First public Messenger 2 beta version.
basic features of the AIM, ICQ, IRC, MSN and Yahoo messengers.
multy account support for all messenger protocols.
Messenger 2 P2P file sharing.
Messenger 2 P2P multimedia chat including text, voice and video conferencing.
Skinable user interface.
Multylingual user interface support.
Simple mailbox checker.
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version 0.1 alpha - 10.02.2004. Alpha version intended for private Messenger 2 team alpha testing and bugfixing.
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