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Thu Jan 7 15:26:45 2010 UTC (4 years, 9 months ago) by gubatron
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updated changelog, almost ready for 4.18.6
1 Version 4.18.6 "Arctic Shield" (January 2010)
2 - New Feature: Right clicking on the tabs brings out a context popup menu to Show/Hide any of the tabs.
3 - New Feature: Gnutella Torrent Search. FrostWire now can search for .torrent metadata files in the Gnutella network.
4 - Upgraded feature: Optionally FrostWire will copy all .torrent meta files to a shared torrent folder.
5 - Fixes a bug where FrostWire would not recognize or switch Themes/Skins correctly.
6
7 Version 4.18.5 "Artic Shield" (November-December 2009)
8 - Fixes two NPEs that were causing FrostWire to kill uploads. (related to httpcomponent/nio)
9 - Fixes a crash under some Windows JREs when the windows firewall is turned off.
10 - Fixes a freeze in Windows after the user would switch to the "Windows Theme".
11 - Updates: License is upgraded from GPLv2 to GPLv3 to allow proper license compatibility with Apache Licensed components.
12
13 Version 4.18.4 "Arctic Shield" (October-November 2009)
14 - New: "Tools > Refresh Connections". A network of FrostWire Sentinels mantains a list of reliable nodes that can be used to bootstrap your connection.
15 - FrostWire IP BlackList technology updated to get rid of over 70% of spam and fakes (thanks Aaron.Walkhouse).
16 - Update: latest UPnP code merged from LimeWire Codebase for better connectivity.
17 - Update: Network core more efficient and stable thanks to the latest Apache HttpComponents (httpcore-4.0.1 and httpclient-4.0)
18 - Update: Random Splash Screens. Now showing different community submitted Splash Screens to spread the FrostWire culture.
19 - Update: The Chat Server is now a parameter on frostwire.props.
20 - Fix: Connection Doctor addresses more connection bootstrapping issues.
21
22
23 Version 4.18.3 (August 2009)
24 - Fixes connectivity issues on Snow Leopard where FrostWire would not attempt to open any connections.
25 - Bug fix on Connection Doctor. It would continue to run even though FrostWire was already connected.
26 - FrostWire for Mac is now compiled with 64-bit JDK and it's backwards compatible with Leopard (10.5)
27
28 Version 4.18.2 (August 2009)
29 - Ads .wma and .au extension to the default excluded shared formats. Also they are filtered from search results by default to protect windows users from malicious installers invoked from Windows Media Player when fake .au and .wma are opened. This also gives preference to .mp3 content which has no DRM.
30 - Updated Adult Filter keywords.
31 - Fixes compatibility issues with Snow Leopard for Mac users.
32
33 Version 4.18.1 (August 2009)
34 - Updates on the "Connection Doctor" component, to address connection issues. Connects to new network of UHC servers.
35 - Updates on secondary (after-search) loading logic. Loads secondary overlay on the spot, more room for FrostClick artist promotions.
36 - Fixes a bug where some mp3 would not play. Volume, Pause and skip are disabled intentionally during workaround.
37 - Fixes a bug where the media player would loop non-stop without playing all the songs on a playlist once it found an mp3 it could not play
38 - Fixes a bug on for Mac OSX where FrostWire would only download torrents opened via Finder if it was already running. Torrents now launch FrostWire and start downloading at once.
39 - Updates video help link to point to YouTube video of how to install FrostWire on Mac. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hakWq8q8CHQ
40 - Fixes Windows Uninstaller issue where it would leave behind a Start Menu entry
41 - Fixes a bug on the .deb (Ubuntu/Debian) installer and GDebi. The FrostWire icon is now shown correctly in Ubuntu 9.04 "Applications > Internet" menu. (Thanks Telkwa)
42
43 Version 4.18.0 (May 2009)
44 - Fixes Bittorrent Incompatibilities.
45 - Mac launcher fixes bug where FrostWire would not allow itself to run on a external disk.
46 - Fixes bug on Welcome Screen, now you don't need to open FrostWire twice to get the latest welcome screen.
47 - FrostWire caches the last 2 images shown on the Welcome Screen to save bandwidth from static servers.
48 - Tools > Check for Updates. Now FrostWire can check for configuration updates, community messages, new FrostWire releases and welcome screen promotion updates during runtime.
49 - The welcome screen can be customized for every language, giving the chance to more content creators to be promoted every week to different audiences that speak their language.
50 - The Buttons of the Download Manager have been rearranged to avoid mistakes when trying to resume downloads. The Clear and Cancel Buttons are all the way to the right. Thanks to 'ssome' for the suggestion.
51 - New Splash Screen.
52 - Anti spam filters updated to filter out new keywords used by spammers.
53 - New "Buy" icon.
54 - The community chat 'Connect' button now checks if a nickname has been set and helps the user set a default nickname using an input dialog.
55 - When users issue the "/nick" command on the chat, FrostWire will remember the new nickname as the default nickname.
56 - Updates to debian package fix issues with unpack200 and performs a cleaner uninstall.
57
58 Version 4.17.2 (November 2008)
59 - Fixes a newly introduced bug in Windows which would make FrostWire(tm) take over the .bittorrent file association without asking the user.
60 - Reduces network load. The LimeWire team found out that "store forwarding" would not provide extra data availability, so it's been turned off from the DHT
61 - FrostWire.ico has been updated. Now when FrostWire(tm) is associated to .bittorrent files, .bittorrent files will use the FrostWire(tm) icon.
62
63 Version 4.17.1 (July-November 2008)
64 - Heavy work on all translations. Translation files now work with launchpad.net for more open collaboration of worldwide translator volunteers
65 - Default Community Chat chatroom auto join will now be more friendly to non-english speaking users. Users that speak the following languages will be able to foster new communities to help others in their native language. Dutch, Portuguese, French, German, Spanish, Turkish, Norwegian, Danish, Italian, Swedish, Polish, Czech, Filipino, Japanese, Finnish and Hungarian. No more unexplained kicks to international users!
66 - Icons updated
67 - Volume toolbar graphic replaced
68 - Fixed playback Issue when continuous playback was selected
69 - Valid Chatroom links will now open on the user's default browser
70 - Smaller Windows Installer (2.1 times smaller helping us double our available bandwidth)
71 - It will attempt to add the default Library folder of 4.13.5 so users won't feel like they lost their old library
72 - FrostWire(tm) now can be auto-started when Windows starts. This setting is available from the 'Option' menu ('Windows boot') and from the initial setup.
73 - File Association issues fixed. FrostWire(tm) will open automatically on Windows and MacOSX upon clicking on .torrent files and links, as well as for magnet links.
74 - Fixes compatibility issues with iTunes 8.
75 - Updated "FrostWire" font logo on the Logo Pane
76
77 Version 4.17.0 (March-July 2008)
78 - Completely new FrostWire(tm) based on the core of LimeWire 4.17.4
79 - Faster, Improved Networking
80 - Capable of using Mojito DHT technology
81
82 version 4.13.5 (January-February 2008)
83 - More fixes on peer discovery on connection bootstraping.
84 - FrostWire(tm) is now capable of remembering announcements sent via the update system, that way users won't be annoyed by reading the same announcements for as long as we have them up.
85 - Added Smiley support to the Chatroom. Developer note: irc.jar is now part of our build process, One step build scripts for all distros.
86 - Fixed wording on spanish translation.
87 - Fixed bugs on the media player and playlists on Preview.
88 - Fixed bug on search box auto-focusing while a search was running.
89 - Fixed typo in Polish. Thanks Radek.
90 - Fixed i18n bug, where non english operating system could never keep english as the preferred language, it would always default to the OS systema affer restarting FW. Thanks to FTA our new dev team member.
91
92 version 4.13.4 (November 2007)
93 - Connection Bootstrapping problems should be gone. TurboCharged connection is achieved on average under 5 seconds after launch.
94 - "Buy" button on the search result panel.
95 - Polish Translation Included. Finally got around Encoding issues of the Java ResourceBundle class. More translations with their correct characters coming in the future. (thanks Paulinka for the translation)
96 - New FrostWire(tm) Icon on the Icon Tray for Windows XP (thanks to sw1tch)
97 - The Bugmanager window still said "LimeWire" (it was very well hidden in the code). Thanks to Marcelina Knitter for reporting.
98 - Fixes on Update Notification Mechanism.
99 - Fixes on Chat Banner Loading Mechanism, banner reloading interval from server is now configurable. Banners can now be delivered per FrostWire(tm) version. Faster startup and savings on bandwidth.
100 - Cleaning of IRC Stack traces.
101
102 version 4.13.3 (August 2007)
103 - New Update Manager. Also allows delivery of special announcements to the community. We won't use this feature for spam, only for special announcements to the community, or special downloads.
104 - The Update Manager supports the delivery of torrent broadcasting to all the FrostWire(tm) community. This will allow us to lower bandwidth costs if we decide to distribute an upload using bittorrent trackers.
105 - FrostWire(tm) startup time back to normal, no more waiting for Chat window to load, the chat is now loaded on a background thread.
106
107 version 4.13.2 (July 2007):
108 - No more BETA, this is the final release of the 4.13.1.8 branch
109 - Included translation to Portuguese (Since our Brazilian User Base is the second biggest one out there).
110 - Cleaner debian installer (Thanks to the "Ubunteros" that kept complaining).
111 - Compatibility fix for Beryl (Thanks to the "Ubunteros" again)
112 - Frostwire will actually shutdown on Linux without you having to set up the Tray System settings.
113 - Updates on Chat Banner system. Memory Leak fixed, Banners can be targetted by language, ip range and country. (Want to advertise on the FrostWire(tm) Chat? - write to contact@frostwire.com)
114 - Misc Updates to the Chat and Lots to the Chat Server (Ianw's the man ruling those lands).
115 - When music files are launched theyŐre automatically added to the playlist (Finally).
116 - Fixed bug on "Explore" button where itŐd launch the file instead of the folder that contains the file.
117 - Dev. tools to synchronize translation files, and quick build script.
118 - Removed all Simpp messages
119
120 version 4.13.1:
121 - Added IRC Chat (only for Windows and Mac until we resolve AWT Font bug for Linux on PJIRC)
122 - Merged Bittorrent support
123 - Merged Several Core and GUI Improvements
124 - New Building Scripts will automate further releases. build/ directory added to the frostwire trunk
125 - Magnetmix button gone, we need help from the community to keep going