Changes
This is the summary of changes between KMess 1.5 and 1.5pre2.
- added support to send custom emoticons.
- added support for P4-Context field, used for by plugins of the official client for contact aliases (i.e. Xiaoi's Qun). Patch by LiuSizhuang.
- added initial status chooser at login, and in the account settings.
- added drag&drop for files in the chat window to send files.
- added internationalization support to the service status URL.
- added automatic download of new display pictures in the background.
- added option to crop a picture before using it as display picture.
- added zoom buttons to scale the chat window text.
- added context menu to open and copy links in chat window.
- added "remove and block" option in the contact remove dialog.
- added dialog to confirm overwrite when saving a chat to file.
- added dialog to confirm overwrite when renaming custom emoticons.
- added auto clean up of the configuration files for outdated info.
- added keepalive support to see when a contact really closed the chat window, or the chat went idle.
- added a tooltip to the system tray, showing current name and status.
- added warning message when chatlogs can't be saved (e.g. wrong permissions).
- added status message upon server shutdown for maintenance notification.
- added notification balloons for contact typing and contact status changes.
- added a workaround for NAT timeouts when behind a "black hole" router.
- changed default chat style to "Fresh", old style is renamed to "Classic".
- improved notification balloons, completely new implementation using more standard KDE functionality.
- improved notifications with correct balloons when transferring files and receiving winks and nudges.
- improved taskbar notification of new messages, added asterisk in front.
- improved "Remember this profile" checkbox, it's consistent with the selected account.
- improved error messages for adding invalid MSN accounts.
- improved memory usage by reducing dependencies on QWidget.
- improved memory usage when a chat is started to download a display picture in the background.
- improved tests for invalid e-mail addresses when adding a new contacts.
- improved account settings dialog behavior when adding invalid email addresses.
- improved chat window appearance, with a new right-click menu for the listed contacts, and a resizable message box.
- improved file transfer speed over high speed links.
- improved saving of settings; save directly, not only when KMess quits.
- improved login handling to Passport 3.0 webservices.
- improved the user manual, reorganized completely.
- improved developer API documentation, especially the networking classes.
- improved transfer window's reliability.
- prepared preliminary support for tabbed chats.
- fixed multiple problems with broken file/picture transfers, especially over slow links or slow systems.
- fixed replacing of custom emoticon placeholders which contain <, > or & characters, or quotes.
- fixed support for default messages from MSN Plus!.
- fixed keyboard shortcut to insert new lines in the chat messages.
- fixed keyboard shortcut to copy text in the chat window.
- fixed background rendering in the contact list.
- fixed now playing icon, previous one was SUSE-specific.
- fixed Hotmail folders opening in wrong browser.
- fixed login selectbox, display last selected account at logout.
- fixed opening the main window when KMess is started with KDE.
- fixed missing emoticon example pictures next to the emoticons checkbox.
- fixed settings dialog height, was too big for 800x600 displays.
- fixed settings of notification balloons, balloons can be disabled again.
- fixed emoticon theme settings previews, some themes lacked a preview image.
- fixed links to account registration and verification in the settings dialog.
- fixed maximum length of displayed messages in the message balloons.
- fixed notification balloons text with special messages, like nudges or file transfers.
- fixed resuming chats when there was no connection to switchboard (gray display pictures in the chat).
- fixed raising existing chats when trying to open one from the contact list.
- fixed duplicate chat windows when clicking repeatedly on a contact in the list.
- fixed reuse of chat windows to use expected behavour.
- fixed subtle GUI flashing in the chat window for the contact picture.
- fixed changing an accounts email, it did not get reflected in the initial login UI and the menu's.
- fixed personal message being sent when the main window lost focus, not only when we confirm its change.
- fixed non working 'open inbox/send mail' links for non-Hotmail accounts, which now open the mail account specified in the settings.
- fixed broken contact images which don't get updated; added data hash check.
- fixed connection timeout error with downloading offline-im messages.
- fixed connection timeout issues during login for slow connections.
- fixed incorrect "transfer failed" message when sending files to Mercury Messenger.
- fixed internal protocol message to withdraw a started file transfer (not visible with WLM).
- fixed internal protocol encoding with commands which update groups in the contact list.
- fixed internal protocol handling to allow MSNSLP ACK messages.
- fixed invalid image when contacts don't have a display picture or it's not valid anymore.
- fixed unwanted destroying of the direct connection if a switchboard connection restarts.
- fixed handling of direct connection write errors, revering to the switchboard.
- fixed unwanted "session is cancelled" messages after completing a file transfer.
- fixed issues with aborting invitations when a chat window closes.
- fixed blocking KMess user interface with account settings dialog.
- fixed blocking user interface when the network is down or slow during the login.
- fixed 'eventsrc' file not being found by KMess.
- fixed 'eventsrc' warning, path should be 'kmess/eventsrc'.
- fixed compiling in Mac OS X (fink environment with KDE3/X11).
- fixed a series of potential crashes with closing the chat window.
- fixed a crash when closing the application.
- fixed a crash when downloading offline-im messages.
- fixed a crash when the contact was removed with it's chat window open.
- fixed a crash when the contact cancels a file transfer and the user is still choosing a destination folder.
- fixed a crash when the direct connection could not be initialized correctly.
- fixed a crash when a contact changes status but its chatwindow is not yet loaded.
- fixed a freeze when receiving custom emoticons from Kopete.
- fixed a freeze when starting/resuming multiple chats at the same time.
- fixed a freeze when there are too many unacked P2P messages in a chat.
- fixed a freeze when starting a file transfer with direct connections.
- fixed a possible freeze when inserting emoticons into the messages.
- fixed memory leaks in the chat window using Valgrind.
- fixed many compiler warnings.
- fixed word puzzles in translations with notification balloons.
- fixed translations for the Transfer Window messages.
- removed custom proxy support in favor of the global KDE settings.
- reduced the time KMess waits before detecting a connection error.
- updated Arabic translation by Youssef Chahibi.
- updated Danish translation by Pascal d'Hermilly.
- updated Dutch translation by Jaap Woldringh.
- updated Finnish translation by Jussi Timperi.
- updated French translation by Andrea Blankenstijn and Choplair.
- updated German translation.
- updated Hungarian translation by Páder Rezsõ.
- updated Italian translation by Vincento Reale.
- updated Spanish translation by Christian Kaiser.
- updated Swedish translation by Christian Lundgren.
- updated Thai translation by Rachan Hongpairote.
- updated Turkish translation by Uğur Çetin.
- updated Simplified Chinese translation by Liu Sizhuang.
- updated Traditional Chinese translation by Yen-chou Chen.
