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=== What's New In DC 2.205 ==========================================================

    - The preferences now allow you to choose whether you want Direct
      Connect to minimize to the system tray or the task bar
    - The Client menu now has a 'Stats' option to display the stats graphs
    - The 'up' button in the browse dialog that takes you to the parent folder
      of the one you are browsing has a new icon
    - When you have multiple browse views open and you resize the listview
      columns or the tree browser, the views all stay synchronized
    - When you have multiple hub connections open and you resize the listview
      columns for the users list, or resize the list itself, all of the hub
      connections stay synchronized
    - There is an option in the preferences to insert a timestamp at the
      beginning of all chat messages
    - You can double click on upload or download items in the transfer section
      to open the transferring file with the associated application
    - The <selected> keyword for operator commands now works from the private
      message dialogs
    - The application now prevents users from making custom menus where a
      separator item has children.
    - There is a button to add a menu separator when defining custom commands
    - Fixed a bug that kept the client from redirecting to new hubs
    - The kick and redirect dialogs now display the name of the user who will
      be redirected
    - Direct Connect keeps you from sharing 'Program Files' 'Windows' 'Winnt'
      and the 'Downloading' folder
    - The error message for sharing a child of an already shared folder has
      been shortened so it fits in the error dialog of the preferences
    - When you share folders you shouldn't, Direct Connect highlights the
      offending folders so you know which ones to correct
    - The import queue command in the client menu now works for Direct Connect
      1.0 queues
    - When you activate a search view, the query text combo box is automatically
      focused
    - When you activate a hub view, the text input field is automatically focused
    - When you activate a private message view, the text input field is
      automatically focused
    - When the client responds to a private message with an away message, the
      message has "AWAY: " prepended
    - Slash commands (i.e. "/refresh") now work in private message dialogs
    - The remove all command that is used to clear queues now asks for a
      confirmation
    - The 'Dock Window' command was previously only accessible via ctrl+d with
      no hint in the GUI; now each window's system menu contains a 'Dock' menu
      item. The system menu is the menu you get when you click the windows icon
      or right click its task bar entry.
    - The stats window now displays the values of the graph in %, KB/s, or MB
      depending on what is selected
    - The auto complete feature defaults to completing by hash rather than name+size.
    - The description tag is now it's own column.
    - The user context menu that is displayed when clicking a users name now has an
      option to load that users private message history
    - The shared folder listview in the preferences is now sortable
    - The passwords listview in the preferences is now sortable
    - Hub list sources in the preferences are sortable
    - The password listview in the preferences remembers its column width info
    - The op menu listview in the preferences remembers its column width info
    - The shared folders listview in the preferences remembers its column width info

=== What's New In DC 2.204 ==========================================================

    - File lists render more than 10 times faster.
    - When the application downloads a hub lists it won't freeze
      during the transfer.
    - When you open the preferences dialog, the application won't
      freeze while it calculates the number of bytes shared.
    - App doesn't use LockWindowUpdate() any longer. If you ever
      noticed your desktop flashing while using Direct Connect,
      it will no longer happen.
    - Fixed a problem with hashing locked files. If you were
      receiving an assertion error, this is most likely the cause.
    - DNS resolution no longer blocks the application. You shouldn't
      see a mini-freeze when connecting to a hub.
    - Folders group while sorting file lists in browse dialogs.
    - Fixed the tab order for the tab pages in the prefences. Tab key
      navigation should better than before.

=== What's New In DC 2.203 ==========================================================

    - BZip2 file list support.
    - The queue only allows one transfer per local path. If you queue
      FileA.zip from two users, only one will download at a time.
    - Fixed a bug with the 'apparent' auto-complete that caused looser
      matches than should be accepted to be accepted.
    - Tweaked the buffering settings and amortized some function calls
      to make the CPU performance for file transfers a bit better - ~15%
      improvement.

=== What's New In DC 2.202 ==========================================================

    - Tiger Tree Hashing! As described at
          http://open-content.net/specs/draft-jchapweske-thex-02.html
    - Automatic download completion. Direct Connect now finds alternate
      sources for file-transfers closed by remote peers. It can find
      alternates by Tiger Tree Hash (Exact Match) or it can choose files
      with similar names and the exact same file size.
    - If the remote peer supports Tiger Tree Hashes, Direct Connect will
      verify data as it is written to disk. This prevents transfers from
      becoming corrupted.
    - ZLib Compression
    - GetZBlock/GetTestZBlock support
    - Client-2-Client Tiger Tree Hash Exchanged via GetMeta command
    - Preference to control automatic download completion. Choices are
      'Exact' vs 'Apparent'. An exact match occurs only when you have
      the tiger tree hash of the file in question and are able to
      find another client exporting that same tiger tree hash. Hence,
      both clients must support hashing. Direct Connect currently
      works with BCDC++ at this point.
    - The back-end of the queue (Not GUI) has been re-written.
    - When a file completes all queued files with he same local path
      are removed from the queue.

=== What's New In DC 2.201 ==========================================================

    - Empty folders are now deleted from the 'Downloading' folder when
      they become empty.
    - Crash on password of "" after closing and opening the app - fixed.
    - File lists now get placed at the top of the queue when you request
      to browse. So, if you queue, a bunch of small files, and close the
      browse window, and then want to browse again, the file list will
      be the first thing transfered.
    - File transfers should now have a much higher maximum possible
      throughput. The limit should be based on your network/HD as it
      should. Previously direct connect could not transfer faster that
      ~1.5MB/s on a pIII 600 notebook. This has been fixed. Also,
      tranfering files will consume less CPU.
    - The various methods for adding and editing hubs in the connection
      window are now controlled by one dialog rather than a series of
      input boxes. You may also specify a name and password from these
      dialogs
    - Private message windows now show the name of the hub the user is
      from.
    - The 'Welcome To Direct Connect' label on the main window now
      displays the total of connected hubs, users, and byte shared
      across all connected hubs.
    - bz2 files now count as 'Compressed' for searching.
    - aac and m4a files now count as 'Audio' files for searching.
    - nfo, xml, and diz now count as 'Document' files for searching.
    - 'divx' and 'xvid' now count as 'Video' files for searching.
    - Fixed a file movement bug. You shouldn't see File.1.1.1.1.1.mpeg
      files anymore.
    - Added AIM style notifications to the task bar. They can be turned
      off in the Prefs
    - Application now comes to the foreground like it should when you
      double click the tray icon
    - Added a status panel that shows graphs of uploads/downloads/cpu/
      memory, available by right clicking the systray.
    - The installer would let you install if you had the .NET Framework 1.0
      even though the app requires version 1.1, this has been corrected.

=== What's New In DC 2.20 ==========================================================

    - Added a 'feature' so that when the application crashes, the user
      has the ability to optionally send some debugging infomation
      back to neo-modus.com should they wish to help.
    - Added a 'Request Feature' start menu item that can be used
      to request new features for Direct Connect.
    - Version number in 'About Direct Connect' is now obtained from
      the Direct Connect executables so that the version number is
      always correct. Previously it wasn't updated for weekly builds
    - Fixed a bug that slipped in with 2.0.29 that caused search
      queries to crash upon selecting results in the GUI.
    - XML Queue's from other clients can now be imported from an
      'Import Queue' menu item in the 'Client' menu.
    - Custom operator menus. You can now define custom menus under the
      operator tab of the preferences. Each menu has a 'Target User'
      when you use the menu item, a message will be sent to that user.
      You get to type the contents of that message in that dialog, and
      then it will always be just one click away. The 'Target User'
      can also be '<selected>'. If you enter '<selected>' for the user
      name the currently selected user will receive your message.
      The 'Target User' field is ignored if you choose to send the
      message over the main chat. These menus are targeted at
      operators who frequently communicate with bot's. The menus can
      ordered into arbitrary hierarchies and each menu item can have
      a custom 16x16 icon. The menus are accessed by right clicking a
      users name in the hub, or left clicking a users name in a main
      chat or private message.
    - The connect window and hub list code was rewritten. Now XML hub
      lists have all of their native columns shown.
    - Hub list displays remember their column position and information
      individually. So, you can have the columns for an XML hub list,
      and your favorites list be completely different, and these
      settings will be saved.
    - When you sort by 'Kind' in a search or browse dialog, the items
      are sub-sorted by extension. So all movies will be next to each
      other, but in the set of movies they will be grouped by 'avi',
      'mpg', 'mpeg', 'mov' etc.
    - The Connect dialog can now be a tab or a window, just like the
      hub connections browse dialogs, search dialogs, and message
      dialogs.
    - The 'More..' text in the advanced search section was sometimes
      visible when it shouldn't have been. This has been corrected.
    - Context menu's in the user lists didn't behave property and
      could sometimes be shown twice for just one click. This has
      been corrected.
    - Previously, in build 2.027, holding down the enter key in the
      main chat or a private message window would cause a flood of
      messages. This has been corrected.
    - Files smaller than 128KB do not require a slot. If a user
      connects to you when you are æmaxed outÆ they stay connected and
      can keep downloading as long as files they ask for are less than
      128KB. This includes your files list.
    - Support for XML hub lists. YouÆll have to enter in the URL of an
      XML hub list in the preferences window. XML lists compressed
      with bz2 are also supported.
    - Fixed memory leaks in the æc/c++Æ layer. You can type /mem in
      the main chat for a memory report.
    - You can use up and down arrow keys to scroll through a history
      of what youÆve said in a chat dialog.
    - The <DC tag now shows the correct number for number of
      connected hubs. Previously, it counted disconnected hubs
      as connected
    - Whenever there is a peer connection in progress there will
      be a æconnectingÆ message in the transfers download section
    - There is a contextual menu item that to add a hub to your
      favorites. Just right click on the hubÆs tab to reveal it.
    - ThereÆs a combo box in the advanced search section that
      allows you to pick a hub to limit your search to.
    - The æpauseÆ and æresumeÆ menu items in the transfer context
      menu can now be used to pause and resume entire queues û like
      DC 1.0
    - When a transfer is aborted, the queue item represented by
      that transfer is returned to the top of the queue rather than
      the bottom.
    - You can type /fav or /favorites in the main chat to add a hub
      to your favorites.
    - Better DNS management. The client would previously forget
      hubÆs DNS names and instead use their IP addresses. This
      botched reconnect attempts and foiled the password saving
      system. It has been fixed.
    - The æAdvancedÆ panel in the search window can be hidden with a
      toggle button next to the search button.
    - You can now right-click on the column header of any list view
      for a context menu that will allow you to show/hide the columns
    - The chat area now has a context menu to allow copy/paste/select
      all
    - 'Advanced' button now enables and disables depending on the
      radio button selection
    - The æAdvancedÆ button in the preferences used to set routing
      options now enables and disables with the radio button for
      æPassiveÆ and æActiveÆ mode.
    - Better handling of pressing æenterÆ when chatting.
      Previously you could see the enter key splitting your text
      before It disappeared. This visual annoyance has been resolved.
    - Combo boxes have been improved - Both drawing and clicking.
    - The æQueue UsersÆ panel is now resizable.
    - The æAdvancedÆ panel now hides items that donÆt fit all the
      way on the view and shows a caption indicating there are
      more items to view.
    - The ælast seen onÆ tool tips that where revealed when holding
      the mouse over a queue user are now available when holding
      the mouse over a queue item.
    - Added an æactiveÆ/æpausedÆ column to the queue users column.
    - Queue users iconÆs get badged with a pause symbol if their queue is
      paused.
    - The æ/helpÆ section is now more informative.
    - The names of hubs are now trimmed to fit in tabs while leaving them
      long for the caption next to user counts.
    - Remote hub lists are now auto sorted by user count.
    - Reconnect now works all of the time when you right click on a hubÆs tab.
    - The client now logs all of its output to <Documents and Settings>\
      <Your UserID>\Applciation Data\Neo-Modus.com\Direct Connect.stdout.txt
      and Direct Connect.stderr.txt. If you have a problem that you report to
      us, please include these files - especially if it is an assertion error.
    - Font is selectable along with foreground and background color
      in GUI preferences.
    - Browse icon in transfer menu has been corrected to the new
      browse icon.
    - WMV is now a 'Movie' type as far as search is concerned.
    - Text in the info section (1003 Users Sharing 1.01 TB) now
      paints properly after a resize.
    - Corrected icon in context menu for connect window to be the
      updated connect icon.
    - Colors in 'Advanced Search' section now change with the rest
      of the application.
    - Combo box's now draw their background color properly.
    - Connect window's toolbar doesn't flicker when selecting new
      hubs from the list.
    - Auto compelete is now not so zealous. It waits a fraction of a
      second before guessing what you plan to type.
    - Fixed bug null refrence error in peer communications.
    - Holding the mouse over the user name list on the queue tab will
      now bring up a tooltip expressing where and when the user was
      last seen.
    - The system tray icon now has an exit menu
    - The user icons will now are shown as grey if the user is away
      they will have an 'A' badged over them if the user is known
      to be in active mode, and a 'P' if they are known to be in
      passive mode. For example, if they are away and active their
      icon will be grey and have an 'A'. If they are present, but
      the app doesn't know if they are active or passive their icon
      will have the normal color with no badge.
    - The context menu shown when the user clicks on a tab now
      enabled the 'close' and 'float' items correctly with respect to
      the 'left most' and 'welcome' tab.
    - There is a new movie icon.
    - Fixed a bug in the queue ordering that made it appear that
      queue items hadn't been reordered, when in fact they had.
    - The transfer menu now has a 'Queue Placement' sub-menu that
      allows for the movement of files within a user's queue.
    - The application is now much faster at queueing files.
    - The application shouldn't warn you about shutting down by saying
      you have acive transfers when you can't see any active
      transfers.
    - The 'Download' button in the browse view enables and disables
      more accurately.
    - Fixed a resource leak that kept you from deleting some files
      Direct Connect had used.
    - Toggling whether the transfers are shown doesn't cause the app
      to flicker as much.
    - If a user you are private messaging disconnects from the hub
      you knew them from, or you disconnec from that hub, you are
      notified in the private message window. If you later rejoin
      that hub through the same window/tab, the private message
      window/tab becomes active again and you are notified that the
      user is available.
    - The password managment system won't ask you to retype your
      password after being disconnected from a hub.
    - Ping Results check box in the search dialog now works as
      intended. It previously had no effect.
    - Smilies now work with different background colors
    - Name coloring is now more accurate.
    - The application no longer flickers when you change
      your prefs, go to/from away mode, or refresh your list.
    - You should no longer see strange values like -104.2 EB when
      you first start transfering a file.
    - MyList(X).dclist entries should no longer appear in the
      upload history.
    - If you are an opperator, your icon will no longer flash back
      and forth to the no op version of your icon while changing
      your setings.
    - The GUI settings allow you to specify to keep the connect window
      open after connecting to a new hub.
    - Upload items are now tracked in the history view also.
    - You can now click a chat name for a context menu.
    - There's a menu option to refresh your shared files list.
    - The GUI settings allow you to customize what gets printed in the
     'Progress' section of transfers view.
    - Hyperlinks in the chat views are now clickable. They're also
      drawn in colored underlined text.
    - There are two new columns in the search results 'Hub', and
      'Connection'
    - If you right click on a hub's tab, now you can choose
          'Reconnect'
        - If you upload a file at over 100KB/s, you'll get the 'fireball'
      icon.
    - The application now always allows Operators to connect and
      browse your file list or other small files.
    - The application now supports Emoticons - smilies. They're also
      customizable if you're willing to edit config files. See the
      'Emoticons\' folder in your direct connect install folder.
    - New download icon
    - New connect icon
    - New zip icon
    - New browse icon
    - Fixed a bug that caused the program to crash having to do with
      adding items to your favorites list.
        - User definable hub lists. You can now add your own hub list
          sources to the program.
        - Hub list compression. Hub lists can now be downloaded as bzip2
          files to save transfer time and bandwidth.
        - Password and name management on a per hub basis.
      You can now assign a name and password to any hub address.
      when the client connect to a hub that has a name or password
          assigned, it will use the name and password provided in the
          settings. Should that password ever fail, the next time you
          connect to that server, you will be presented with a dialog
          to enter a new password. This new password will then be stored
          for this hub address and used for subsequent connections.
        - There is a preference to save and restore the active hub
          connections when opening and closing the software.
        - There is a preference to log conversations to disk.