2.0.3 - 06.09.99 - This version adds compatibility with eBay's new appearance changes.
2.0.2 - 05.24.99 - This version adds compatibility with eBay's new bidding procedure.
New feature and improvements:
•Bidding now works with eBay's bidding procedure changes.
•Bidding window now remembers your user ID and will remember your password if you check the "Save Password" checkbox. Please note that AAT does not encrypt the preference file that saves your login data, so anyone with access to your computer could get your eBay password if you use the "Save Password" option.
•AAT will now play the system beep when the number of bids has increased (when the green arrow is displayed).
•AAT should now correctly display the Euro currency character ("£") for UK auctions.
2.0.1 - 05.14.99 - This version fixes a compatibility issue with Mac OS 8.6 as well as adding some minor improvements.
New features and improvements:
•AAT 2.0.1 should now work correctly with Mac OS 8.6.
•The item list's bid and high bidder columns are now automatically updated when an auction status window detects a change. If you want to update the whole items list, just open every auction, let them load, then close them all.
•The "View:Update From Cache" menu item was removed. The item list now automatically updates itself from the cache when it is opened.
•The "Auction:Open" menu item has been renamed to "Auction:Open With Browser" to more accurately reflect its function.
•The "Auction:Bid" menu item has been renamed to "Auction:Bid With AAT" to more accurately reflect its function.
•The registration reminder will no longer open for unregistered users who choose the "View:Item List" menu item.
•Minimum RAM raised to 3MB.
2.0 - 05.13.99 - This version adds long-awaited bidding support, along with quite a few major improvements.
New features and improvements:
•New bid window accessed from the "Auction:Bid" menu item.
•"Browser" menu has been renamed to "Auction". "Auction:Open" works the same as "Browser:Open" used to. "Auction:Bid" no longer opens the item in a browser, but instead opens the new bid window allowing the user to bid from within AAT.
•Item list and ban list now have five columns: number, end date, bid, high bidder, and title. This gives the user more information and a more Finder-like feel to AAT. The bid and high bidder can be updated from the cache via the "View:Update From Cache" menu item.
•The "View:Arrange:by Item Number", "View:Arrange:by End Date", and "View:Arrange:by Title" menu items have been removed. Their function was replaced by the new column headers in the Item and Ban lists.
•All auction data is now cached, not just the number of bids. When an auction status window is opened, the information received is cached so that the next time you open it the previous state is immediately displayed while new, current data is being loaded.
•New "Auction:Reload" and "Auction:Stop" menu items. These do the same as the "Reload" and "Stop" buttons in an auction status window.
•The Auto Load feature now remembers the last user ID you used.
•The Items window can now be closed by clicking the close box or choosing the "File:Close" menu item.
•New "View:Item List" menu item to reopen the Items window once it has been closed.
•The Items window now remembers its size and position, returning itself to that size and position when it is reopened.
•Auctions can now be opened in your Internet Config-selected browser from the item list, without having to open a status window, via the "Auction:Open" menu item.
•Closing an auction status window now automatically resets the green arrow. This is to remain consistent with the new auction data caching. Users can still click the green arrow to reset it.
•The Items window now has a minimum size of 620x200. This is for compatibility with the new column headers in the item and ban lists.
•Item number sorting now works correctly when sorting 8 character and 9 character item numbers.
•Bug fixed with opening multiple auction status windows at once with item numbers of varying lengths.
•Bug with green arrow fixed. This bug would cause the green arrow to display when the number of bids had not increased, whenever the screen was redrawn (such as when AAT was hidden and then brought back to the front).
1.5 - 04.28.99 - This version adds some useful features, cosmetic and menu improvements, and bug fixes.
New features and improvements:
•New "Ban" button in the Items window. The button is not normally visible, but when the option key is held down, the delete button turns into the "Ban" button. This button adds the currently selected item(s) to the ban list, preventing them from being added to the items list. This is useful if you have bid on something, but the bidding has passed what you wish to spend and you do not want the item to be added via the Auto Load option.
•New "File:New", "File:Open", "File:Auto Load", "File:Delete", and "File:Ban" menu items. These menu items have button counterparts, and were created to give keyboard control to AAT.
•New "Alert on Bid Increase" feature. When an auction status window is opened, AAT will now show a green arrow next to the current bid if the number of bids has increased. This arrow will stay until it is clicked, which resets it.
•New "Edit:Clear Cache" menu item. This will delete the cache created by the new "Alert on Bid Increase" feature.
•New "View:Ban List" menu item. This will present the currently banned auctions, and allow the user to remove auctions from this list.
•Fixed a bug which caused the Auto Load feature to not work with users who are selling or bidding a lot. The problem occurred when the amount of HTML data Auction Action Tracker had to process was greater than 32k.
•New "About Auction Action Tracker..." about box dialog with improved graphics.
•Fixed an inconsistency in the end date formatting in the Items window.
1.2 - 04.11.99 - This version adds two requested features.
New features and improvements:
•New "View:Bidding", "View:Bidding & Time", and "View:Bidding & Time & Item" menu items. These new menu items will alter the information displayed in an auction status window, allowing the user to see only the information he/she wants.
•New "View:Remove Duplicates" menu item. This menu item, when the Items window is frontmost, will attempt to remove duplicate entries from the items list.
•Better crash error message.
1.1.1 - 04.07.99 - This version fixes a bug that could cause auctions' statistics to be parsed incorrectly.
1.1 - 04.06.99 - This version adds some very useful requested features.
New features and improvements:
•Item list now shows the auction's end times. NOTE: End dates will not be displayed for auctions already in your item list from a previous version. Only new auctioned added with the "New..." or "Auto Load" buttons will show the end date.
•New "View" menu with "View:Arrange:by End Date", "View:Arrange:by Item Number", and "View:Arrange:by Name" menu items. These new menu items allow auctions in the item list to be sorted by different values. NOTE: Older auctions in the item list from previous versions may not be able to be sorted, especially by end date.
•New "Edit:Select All" menu item. This menu item, when the Items window is frontmost, will select all auctions in the item list.
•Items window is now resizable.
1.0 - 04.03.99 - First version is complete.
1.0b3 - 04.03.99 - Getting close to the final version with some simple but important improvements.
New features and improvements:
•For reserve auctions, "(reserve met)" or "(reserve not yet met)" is now displayed next to the bid.
•Bid status is now in bold for easier viewing.
•Bid status is now color-coded with red or green text.
•When the user clicks the "New..." or "Auto Load" button, it will turn into a "Stop" button allowing the user to cancel the task.
1.0b2 - 04.02.99 - Some major improvements.
New features and improvements:
•Various bug fixes.
•New window layout uses about 26% less space.
•30 day trial period, instead of 14.
•New File:Close menu item to close currently displayed auction status window.
•Registration reminder window now links to secure ordering, as well as insecure ordering.
•Improved HTML numeric entity processing. NOTE: When a numeric entity value can't be interpreted correctly, it is replaced by a question mark.
•New browser menu with Browser:Open and Browser:Bid menu items. "Open" will open the currently displayed auction in your web browser. "Bid" is the same as "Open", but should scroll down to the bidding section of the page.
