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- Chameleon Clock: versions history
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-
- + new feature
- * improvement/modification or bug fix
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- 2.41 (7.09.2000)
-
- + Quick Reminder enchanced with sound properties.
- * Remove from Alt-Tab list option fixed.
- * Access violation in atomic clock synchronization fixed.
- * Volume and FadeIn save in alarm properties.
- * Repeat option for WAVs playing fixed.
- * Random icon for alarms without message fixed, new default
- alarm icon created.
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- 2.4 (29.08.2000)
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- + Volume and Fade In control in alarm sounds (MP3, M3U, and WAV formats).
- + New alarm action: Standby Computer.
- + New commands in main pop-up menu: Enable/Disable alarm sounds and
- actions.
- + New checkboxes in the alarms table, a streightforward way to enable
- and disable alarms.
- + By popular demand now clock adjusts time on Windows start.
- + Support of GoldenSection Organizer's most common actions.
- + Support of Quick To-Do Pro's most common actions.
- + Interface improvements in alarm options.
- * Random M3U play problem fixed.
- * Resource leak in the time synchronization routine fixed.
- * Centering issue in the wide tray area when "Fit to Height" fixed now.
- * Alarm window can be minimized.
- * Skins deletion error is fixed.
- * Today's upcoming alarms list now includes all alarms for the next
- 24 hours, not depending on what time is it now.
- * Advanced Tooltip doesn't show when fullscreen mode is active.
- * Too insistent stay on top is fixed.
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- 2.3 (12.07.2000)
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- + Playlist (*.M3U) support in alarm sounds.
- + 47 melody presets for computer's speaker to use in alarm sounds.
- + Play random sound option in alarms.
- + If the calendar is on when you exit the program, it will be
- authomatically open on the same position at the next clock's start.
- + New option: Show animated tray icon when synchronize
- * In the tooltip not only todays's alarms are shown, but also alarms
- for the next 12 hours.
- * A bug with negative margins is fixed
- * "Invalid argument to time encode" when atomic synchronization interval
- is more than 24 hours is fixed.
- * High CPU usage when playing MP3/WAVs is fixed. Now it's about 5-10%
- on Celeron 433.
- * non-removing of applications from default alarm settings is fixed.
- * Some little bugs are fixed.
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- 2.2 (31.03.2000)
-
- + Atomic Clock Synchronization Log is available from the Time menu
- in the Main Dialog.
- * Always on top positioning for calendar and alarm message
- * Conflict between Cham Clock and TurboNote is solved.
- * Conflict between Cham Clock and WindowBlilnds (Start button refreshing)
- is solved.
- * MP3 alarm crash under Windows 2000 is fixed
- * In calendar, Sunday/Saturday colors didn't accept blue tones - fixed.
- * Some interface tweaks.
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- 2.2 beta 1 (14.02.2000)
-
- + New presets menu in Alarm options, to speed up time/date setting
- + Option to change Alarm Message backgound and window color
- + Sorting in Time Zones list is added
- * Explorer's crash when the clock pops from the tray is fixed
- * Tooltip won't show if pop-up menu is opened.
- * Skin <none> (default skin) now can be selected from Recent Skins menu.
- * Alarm Message is redesigned slightly
- * Alarm wakes computer up out of standby mode before show the message
- * Strange bug in the tray code is fixed.
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- 2.12 (16.01.2000)
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- * Alarms storing routines are rewritten to be more stable
- * Bug in the moon component (crashed when date is 29 Feb 2000) fixed.
- * Some tweaks in the interface.
- * MP3 core is changed; now it's more stable and allows to play several
- MP3's simultaneously
- * Deletion of last skin in the list error fixed.
- * Months navigation in the calendar is improved
- * Space button in the Alarm Messsage increases snooze interval by 5 min.
- * White line at the clockface's bottom is fixed - it was a real bug - but...
- * ... Show Border option now adds lowered border to the clock in the tray,
- as this bug looked pretty nice. To disable it uncheck Show Border option.
- + New option: Show Winamp Background. You may want to disable it and get
- clearer clockface for some Winamp skins.
-
-
- 2.11 (2.12.99)
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- + Tray icon is showed when transparency is turned on and the clock
- is in the floating state.
- * Bug fixed: icon appeared even when transparency is on and the clock
- is in the tray state.
-
-
- 2.1 (1.12.99)
-
- * Previous versions (since 2.01) had two different tray drawing code
- for Windows 95/98 and NT/2000. As the code for NT is appeared more
- stable, now it's used for all Windows versions.
- * Alarm message caption now shows the time alarm should have been done.
- + New command in pop-up menu: Stop the music! It appears only when
- sound is playing. So, now bored sound can be stopped via this command
- or double-click.
- + Drop-down menu in alarm messages with most useful actions with alarms:
- Close/Snooze, Edit, Delete, Disable, Show alarms list.
- + Winamp skins without background image (main.bmp) support is added.
- + New skins in the distribution kit.
- + New sample alarm.
- + New default skin - "Blue Chameleon".
- + The option "Section buttons look and feel" is back with better looking
- "Flat transparent" style.
- * Menu changes: 15 minutes reminder instead of 5 minutes
- * More accurate intervals of colon blink.
- * Snoozed alarms are displayed in the list and tooltip.
-
-
- 2.10 beta 1 (18.11.99)
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- + Custom Atomic Servers list
- + Testing the Atomic Servers response time
- * Threaded SNTP and MP3/WAV realization
- + Making default settings for new alarms
- + New Regular alarm type
- + New Activity Period settings in Alarm Options
- + Drag-n-drop adding to the applications list in Alarm Options
- + Julian date, Swatch time, and moon phases in the Advanced Tooltip
- + Julian date and moon phases in the Calendar
- + Opening the last section used in Main Dialog
- * Occasional "Control has no parent window" error fixed
- * Locking Windows shutdown fixed
- * Some leaks in the third-party code fixed
- * Resource leak caused by the combination of transparent clockface and
- tray clock location fixed
- * Tray stability during Explorer crashes
-
- ? Known issues: Cham Clock in floating state may prevent The Matrix
- screensaver from normal functioning.
- - Solution: The Matrix is seemed not liking when Cham Clock or any other
- window resizes itself when it's active. So, use Cham Clock built in the
- tray or set Winamp or other fixed-width skin.
-
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- 2.01 (23.08.99)
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- * Simplified pop-up menu structure
- * Empty timezomes list under NT fixed
- * Continuous reminders fixed
-
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- 2.0 final release (16.08.99)
-
- * Resource leak fixed
- * More strict SNTP timeout
- * Position forgetting fixed
- + Improved calendar
- * Snooze error fixed
- * Flushing alarms file added to avoid data's losing
- * Manual updated
- * New installator
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- 2.0 beta 5.1 (30.07.99)
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- * Windows NT 4.0 tray clock compatible
- * Better Windows 98 multi-line tray support
- * Fixed 90% CPU load (was in beta 5 only)
- Now it's 0.4% (up to 1.4% with very large skins)
- * Fixed incompatibility with some screensavers
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- 2.0 beta 5 (19.07.99)
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- + Alarms stored in the file instead of registry
- + Multilingual interface support
- * CD Players interrupt fixed
- * Screensavers under Windows 95 interrupt fixed
- * Some changes is PMS Watch
- * More stable Chimes alarm
- * Random skins bug fixed
- * Many little fixes
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- 2.0 beta (5.05.99)
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- + Build itself in the tray (in Windows 95/98 for now)
- + Critical Days Watch feature
- + Show time in different time zones
- + Calendar: floating and in Advanced Tooltip
- + Quick Reminder
- + "Mouse in the corner" alarm type
- + More configurable sounds in alarms
- + Alarm example (chimes) is included
- + Skins directory now is configurable
- * Last used skins menu is redesigned
- * Pop-up menu is redesigned
- * "Out of resource" with some winamp skins is fixed
- * Dial-Up window is not appears now in Windows 98
- * New memory-saving technique for time adjustment
- * Unregistered version now closes without problem by Windows shutdown
- * Alarms now more stable when time jumps forward and back
- * Background time adjusting is more stable now
- * Ugly gradient caption under Windows 98 is fixed
- * Always on top implementation is redesigned
- * Blink current time in Tooltip is fixed
- * Shutdown progress bar added, and time is reduced to 15 sec
- * Some spell errors are fixed
- + New sites in Download Skins menu
- + New keyboard shortcuts
- * New Easter Egg.
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- Non-software news:
-
- +++ New website with new design and new contents. Welcome to
- http://www.softshape.com !
-
- 1.21 (17.12.98)
-
- + Section icons now reflect the current section state.
- * Preferences window title is corrected.
- * Unchecked 'moveable' option is fixed.
- * Access violation when 'Delete skin' is fixed.
- * Snooze state now remain when message is showed again.
- * "Non-disabled buttons in Alarms List" error is fixed
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- 1.2 (12.12.98)
- + New option "Remind before" in alarms
- + New option "Show on top of screensavers and full-screen games"
- + New option "Section buttons look and feel", there's also a fixed bug
- with shifting the icons in Windows 98
- + CD-Audio and midi-files support in alarms
- * "Invalid argument to date encode" error is fixed
- * Winsocket loading is optimized to decrease memory consumption
- * New animation to adjust time via Internet
- + Batch-files SaveSettings / RestoreSettings. Use them to save clock
- and alarms settings when you reinstall your Windows
- * Real speaker beep in alarms
- * "Windows shutdown freeze" error is fixed
- * Another 'List index out of bounds' error fixed
- * A lot of little tweaks
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- 1.1a (29.10.98)
- + Moveable Clockface and Remove from Alt+Tab list options added
- (by users's requests)
- * Help file and interface spelling corrected
- * Adjust time algoritm corrected
- * Clocks hides in full-screen mode (i.e. if screensaver or game is active)
- * 'List index out of bounds' error fixed
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- 1.1 (19.10.98)
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- + Alarm features.
- + Easy procedure of skins adding, even from zip-files,
- with drag'n'drop support.
- + Adjust Date&Time via Internet Time Servers
- + Adjust Date&Time via Control Panel (if the tray clock
- is disabled)
- + Transparent background support
- + Hide the clock with one mouse click.
- + Blink colon
- + Advanced tooltip
- + New options - Show Seconds, Show Border , Show tooltip,
- Show leading zero, Always On Top.
- + New icons
- + New base skin
- + New HTML Help file
- + Keyboard shortcuts.
- + Skins preview speed improved.
- + Recent Skins List added to Preferences->Skins menu.
- + Sites list updated.
- + Improved algoritm of calculating background color.
- + A lot of little tweaks and improvements
- + Easter Egg added :)
- * Sleep Mode bug fixed
- * More insistent stay on top
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- 1.03 (17.08.98)
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- * empty skins list error fixed
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- 1.02 (10.08.98)
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- + Date show in local format, not only in European
- + AM/PM time format now works with Winamp skins
- + New option 'Use regular time format even if AM/PM signs
- is missing in skin'
- + Help file
- * fixed error 'FindFirstChangeNotification() failed'
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- 1.01 (25.07.98)
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- + Now Cham Clock is Windows NT compatible
- + and has an install/uninstall program
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- 1.0 (7.07.98)
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- * Original version (Windows 95 only)
-