Palringo 2.6.7 - Changelog

What's new in Palringo 2.6.0:

March 14th, 2011

· Fixed intermittent “Voice message” click action.
· Group proximity search for geo-tagged groups.
· About Me and Group Description fields can now include clickable links, smileys and easy access phone numbers.
· Removed homescreen plugin for Windows Mobile handsets.
· Smaller install footprint.
· Group search functionality, including “Safe Search”.
· Messages Tab.
· My Groups page.
· Being banned or kicked no longer closes an existing group chat.
· Icons reformatted slightly.
· Coffee mug emoticon added.
· Upon a successful group join, the group contact lists will be automatically displayed.
· Restoration from minimized state has been made more reliable on Desktop platforms.
· Improved formatting on manual location naming screen.
· Fixed background graphical glitch on location service opt-in screen.
· Improvements to local group avatar cache.
· Growl has to be explicitly selected for installation.
· New “Join group” screen layout.
· New “My Groups” section of Groups tab.
· Bandwidth optimization.

What's new in Palringo 2.5.4:

January 4th, 2011

· The only change since version v2.5.3 is that the Facebook authentication mechanism has been changed to use a web app method that Facebook have requested us to use instead of the old method.

What's new in Palringo 2.5.3:

November 4th, 2010

· Button in Settings menu for deleting any local temporary files.
· Reduced bandwidth consumption, lower memory requirements, smaller installation.
· Improved image quality for avatar uploading
· Login speed optimisation when avatars are enabled
· Ability to stop playing audio messages
· Added iPad icons for future use
· Full Swedish translation
· Fixed redraw bug with window docking/undocking behaviour.
· Optimised processing of messages sent whilst offline
· Added choice over whether or not avatars will be displayed in the chat windows
· Feedback added to the UI when the user is throttled
· Added protection against corrupt nicknames/status messages causing disconnections
· Invalid credentials force a re-prompt to appear instead of retrying when we know it will fail again
· Admins can update group short descriptions
· Group owners are displayed
· Audio should be more reliable.

What's new in Palringo 2.5.2:

November 4th, 2010

· Fixes for right-to-left language support.
· Faster program launch & better history retrieval on desktops.
· Edit control rewritten to ensure wider device compatibility.
· Support for Ctrl-A (Select All) shortcut in text boxes.
· Unicode characters are supported in all file operations.
· Chat window tabs can be dragged to reorder them.
· Window focus bugs fixed on certain mobile devices.
· “Burnt” and “Midnight” themes added.
· “Royal” theme added.
· New translations: Simplified Chinese, Estonian, Farsi, Kazakh, Indonesian, Hindi, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malaysian, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.
· Partial Swedish translation added.

What's new in Palringo 2.5.1:

November 4th, 2010

· Added Brazilian Portuguese translation.
· Faster history downloading on desktops.
· Fixed Alias/Custom Nickname fields being overwritten shortly after the window appears.
· Fixed crash if no monitors are attached to the computer.
· Fixed date calculations.
· Optimised image thumbnail rendering for problem mobile devices.

What's new in Palringo 2.5:

November 4th, 2010

· Group links – messages that include group names in the format [group name] will automatically link to the join group screen.
· Uploading of avatars to selected services (Palringo/MSN/AIM/iChat/ICQ) is enabled for premium account holders.
· Automatic language detection by default.
· Any corrupt PNG avatars that Yahoo send us are automatically fixed.
· Fixed large avatar downloading.
· Improved focus navigation for non-touchscreen mobiles.
· Enhanced security.
· Better multi-monitor support on Windows.
· Updated translations.

What's new in Palringo 2.4:

November 4th, 2010

· Fixed ability to enter Chinese punctuation.
· Downloading updates automatically can be turned on or off.
· Chat windows can be minimised instead of closed in a touchscreen interface via the OK button.
· Tabbed chat window available on all mobile handsets as an option.
· Ability to authenticate with proxy server.
· Password-reset integrated via the web.
· Multi-language desktop installer also sets initial client language.
· Emojis allowed in text messages.
· Summer theme added for premium accounts
· Groups gallery integrated via the web.
· Support integrated via the web.
· Account tags viewable in the properties screen.
· Fixed avatar download sometimes getting stuck.
· Other minor bug fixes.

What's new in Palringo 2.3:

November 4th, 2010

· Dynamic third-party services – new services do not require client updates.
· Reverted mousewheel behaviour in lists.
· Option to disable inertial scrolling.
· Thumbnail generation from files is now case-insensitive.
· Other minor bug fixes.

What's new in Palringo 2.2:

November 4th, 2010

· Czech and Korean languages added.
· Reduced bandwidth requirements.
· Optimised avatar rendering.
· Mousewheel support on desktop systems.
· A more tidy use of the temporary files directory.
· Numerous other usability enhancements and bug fixes.