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- WatzNew 1.2 VERSION HISTORY
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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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