What's new in Palringo 2.7.5
Jun 26, 2012
- In-App User Notifications
- Added support for pulling image message thumbnails.
- Added support for rendering location messages.
- Added enhanced avatar picker.
- Added reputation to contact profile screen.
- Added auto-away functionality.
- Enabled spell checking in chats.
- New format for group stats.
- Fixed ability to create groups.
- Fixed crash when purchasing a Premium Group.
- Fixed size of registration CAPTCHA.
- Added padding below image message thumbnails.
- Fixed crash when reconnecting if the Join Group window has been opened.
- Added user-friendly error message when trying to add a contact that has too many outstanding requests.
- Dropped support for 32-bit systems.
- Various optimizations and other bug fixes.
- Full Store Gifting, including:
- Gift Message Packs to other users.
- Added ability to buy Bots for any joined groups.
- Added ability to upgrade any joined groups to Premium.
New in Palringo 2.6.0 (Mar 14, 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.
New in Palringo 2.5.4 (Jan 4, 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.
New in Palringo 2.5.3 (Nov 4, 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.
New in Palringo 2.5.2 (Nov 4, 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.
New in Palringo 2.5.1 (Nov 4, 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.
New in Palringo 2.5 (Nov 4, 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.
New in Palringo 2.4 (Nov 4, 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.
New in Palringo 2.3 (Nov 4, 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.
New in Palringo 2.2 (Nov 4, 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.