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WatzNew 1.2 VERSION HISTORY
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Copyright (C) 1999 A.I.Studio. All Rights Reserved.
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BUG REPORTS AND SUGGESTIONS
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Please send your bug reports and suggestions regarding ONLY THE LATEST
VERSION of WatzNew to support@watznew.com .
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VERSION 1.2 26-Nov-1999
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* Ability to create channel groups (folders).
* Ability to sort channels manually within or between folders (hold
[Shift] key and click on any channel or folder, then drag-n-drop it
to the desired location).
* Atomic Time Synchronization feature added. See 'WatzNew Settings' ->
'Time' tab.
* Instant Web Search feature added. You will now have an interface to
ten most famous internet search engines. Click [Alt+F7] to open
the search dialog.
* WinProxy 3.x limited support added (HTTP channels only). See
'WatzNew Settings' -> 'Proxy' tab -> 'Type' combo box.
* Now you are able to view HTTP document header in Page Source Window.
* Find [Ctrl+F] / Find Next [F3] options added to Page Source Window.
* Now you are able to specify if a document has KOI-8 (Russian)
encoding. These documents will be autotamatically converted to
Win-1251 codepage after loading. See 'Channel Properties' ->
'General' tab -> 'KOI8 Encoding' checkbox.
* New {%,N} search pattern macro added. Now you are able to extract
text of the fixed length.
* Pattern searching works faster now.
* The size of watznew.dat file can be unlimited now (was 64K max).
* Almost all WatzNew icons and buttons redesigned.
* Miscellaneous minor interface improvements.
* Fixed bug when proxy settings were ignored when loading document
in Page Source Window.
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VERSION 1.1 Final Release 13-Jul-1999
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* Now you are able to view any amount of new message headers (for
POP3 Mailboxes), not the single one as it was before.
* New Perl-Script channel type is added. You need to have Perl
installed on your machine to use script channels.
* 'HotMail Account' and 'NetAddress Account' perl-script channel
templates added. Now you are able to setup your HotMail and
Net@ddress accounts easily.
* 'Temp Directory Info' template added. Now you will be able to track
the amount and the total size of the files in your temporary
directory.
* Now when the channel "hangs", the timeout occurs after a minute and
the checking process continues.
* Help file added. Press F1 in Main Window to open it.
* Mouse-wheel support added.
* Channel icons are changed.
* WatzNew Settings Window now has the 'Cancel' button.
* 'Start maximized' option for Browser added ('WatzNew Settings' ->
'Browser' tab).
* Minor bugs fixed.
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VERSION 1.1 Pre-Release 2 16-Jun-1999
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* Many bugs introduced in PR 1 fixed.
* E-mail retrieving is more stable now.
* Now the LAST e-mail message info is retrieved, not the first.
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VERSION 1.1 Pre-Release 1 13-Jun-1999
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* The ability to set up custom multiple actions (up to 10) for each
channel!
* GREAT interface improvements in Channel Properties Window.
* <B>...</B>, <I>...</I>, <U>...</U>, <LI>...</LI>, message template
macros added. Now you can make your messages more attractive!
* "Alert on changes" option added to Channel Preferences Window.
* New online/offline mode detection scheme added -- it should work
fine under NT now.
* Automatic program install/uninstall.
* Program is much more stable now.
* Fixed bug in message templates when %10 would be treated as %1,
%2x as %2 and so on. The number of parameters is truly unlimited
now!
* Tray icon hint is more informative now.
* Alert windows are auto-adjusted now to show the entire message and
slighly redesigned to support multiple actions.
* Text in alert windows is rendered exactly in the same way as
in the main channels list.
* If the channel title contained '[' or ']' characters, the channel
would be saved incorrectly -- fixed.
* Pressing 'Check All' button would place disabled channels in queue
also -- fixed.
* The ability to set up custom pop server port number added.
* The ability to specify additional parameters for mailer added.
* Now you can define the exact path to your browser and specify
additional parameters for it.
* "Stay on Top" feature added ('WatzNew Settings' -> 'Appearance'
tab).
* <BR> message template macro (same as '\n') added.
* Negative value for Date/Time 'Left' field aligns the date/time
string to the right edge of the channel cell.
* The nifty scrollbar added to the main window.
* "Show Scroll" option is removed; the scrollbar is always visible
now.
* "Forced online mode" option added ('WatzNew Settings' ->
'Connection' tab).
* "Use old detection scheme" option added ('WatzNew Settings' ->
'Connection' tab) to switch between new/old detection schemes.
* All 'nn;' and 'nnn;' html codes are converted to
corresponding characters. '©', '®', some german
language specific characters are translated too.
* "Launch at startup" option added. ('WatzNew Settings').
* When importing channels to the list they are compared with the
existing ones now. If the similar channel exists the
'update/skip/rename' dialog appears.
* Fixed bug when zero value of 'Load first [nn] Kb' wouldn't save.
* Miscellaneous minor improvements and fixes.
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VERSION 1.0.3 07-May-1999
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* Multiple alert windows.
* Application eats much less memory and starts faster.
* "New Line" '\n' macro added to Message template.
* Channels are checked in the order they appear in the list.
* Misc. minor interface improvements.
* Channel list won't refresh when adding channel via tray icon popup
menu -- fixed.
* Scheme would reset to 'Default' when 'Edit Current Scheme' button
was pressed -- fixed.
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VERSION 1.0.2 29-Apr-1999
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* Fully customizable interface with several predefined schemes (Tiny,
Normal, Full etc.).
* The ability to display multiline messages added. You can
enable/disable multiline messages for each scheme individually.
* You can show / hide ScrollBar via 'WatzNew Settings' ->
'Appearance' -> 'Show ScrollBar'.
* Minor bugs fixed.
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VERSION 1.0.1 11-Apr-1999
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* 'Check All' feature added.
* A bug in E-mail notification has been fixed. Now WatzNew will notify
you only when the amount of messages or the first message header is
changed. No more annoying alerts each time the non-empty mailbox is
checked.
* Channel saving is stable now (fixed bugs appeared in 1.0.0.153).
* WatzNew now automatically detects an url in clipboard and shows it
in Add Channel Wizard.
* Adding channels is much more simple now. Simply copy the desired url
to clipboard, right-click on the tray icon and choose 'Add Url From
Clipboard' to add the site to channel list.
* Miscellaneous interface improvements.
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VERSION 1.0.0 (build 153) 01-Apr-1999
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* Proxy support added ('WatzNew Settings' -> 'Proxy' tab).
* Integration with Online Documentation added.
* Pattern searching bug fixed. Searching works fine now.
* Channel saving is safer now (this should eliminate the possibility
of occasional channel data loss).
* Adding Mail account is more simple now.
* Changing mail server in 'Settings' window would cause adding an
'http://' prefix to it as for urls. Fixed.
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VERSION 1.0.0 (build 149) 25-Mar-1999
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* The first public beta release of WatzNew.
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