Weezo 3.0.0 - Changelog

What's new in Weezo 3.0.0:

October 28th, 2011

New features:
Interface:
· New "Simple" mode
· Resizable interface
· New "Configuration" tab
· New "Start" tab
· New "Community" tab
· New "Activity" tab
· Connections monitoring: user browser is displayed
· Server: on Apache startup error, error detail is displayed
· Server: startup and initialisation state is displayed
· weezo.net account: account name can be retrieved with account email
· weezo.net account: account name can be modified
· Direct access links can now be directly shared by mail, twitter
· Configuration backup: extensions settings are now saved
· Direct access links can be sent to a mobile using QR Code
· New integrated error reporting tool
· Windows 7 context menu integration
· Project support button

Server and tools:
· Dual mode for Apache & PHP : VC6 and VC9 (Windows XP SP3 and better)
· ffmpeg video encoder upgraded to V0.8.5 "Love"
· PHP upgraded to V5.2.17 and V5.3.8
· Apache upgraded to 2.2.21
· Sqlite 2 database engine replaced by PDO Sqlite 3
· Improved server startup error handling
· SSL can now be applied to alternate port even if different from 443
· Server access test: all ports are tested (including alternate and bittorrent ports)

Mobile interface:
· HP Touchpad support
· Video streaming support on Android devices (with Flash player)
· WebTV support on Android and webOS devices (with Flash player)
· Files explorer: new files + folders display
· Blog: misc. Interface improvements
· Login: password is now hidden
· New mobile theme
· Audio library: whole artist or album can now be directly played
· Audio library: Flash player is used on Android devices if installed

Video:
· HTML5 Video support, with WebM and Ogg Theora formats
· H264 codec support for Flash videos (GPL version of ffmpeg needed)
· New reencoding sizes (including 720p)
· Video ratio can be modified

Audio:
· Audio library: new "CD Wall" view
· Audio library: audio reencoding may now be changed by user
· Audio explorer: updated page layout with maximised space for files
· Flac format support
· Remote Desktop
· New HTML5 remote control desktop
· New "Read only" remote desktop
· Improved quality for IE6, iPhone and Android

Login:
· Facebook friends may now login using "Facebook Connect"
· Coverflow login page may now be controlled with keyboard

Miscellaneous:
· Chrome browser: files can be downloaded by a simple drag and drop from the browser to the desktop
· Logged users may now leave comments on your personal space using Facebook comments
· WebTV resource entirely rewritten (new playlists, channels icons, VLC not needed)
· Audio explorer, video and multimedia resources: new file search tool
· Photo sharing: photos can now be viewed in full screen mode
· Resources icons can be customized
· Files explorers: single files can now be downloaded with bittorent
· RSS feeds: website address may be typed instead of feed's address
· New option to prevent computer from going to sleep

Bugfixes:
· Files explorer: zip download issues
· Audio library: database generation issues on ill-tagged mp3s
· Remote administration: CPU usage indication error
· Remote interface: misc. windows issues
· Direct links: misc. access issues
· BitTorrent transfers: misc. issues
· IE: misc. HTTPS alert messages issues
· Mobile interface: misc. issues
· Linux access: misc. fonts issues
· General: 'Run-time error 5' when starting Weezo
· General: user disconnection issues
· Audio librarie: issues with some characters in file names
· Files Explorer: search issues
· IE9, Chrome & Firefox: misc. display bugs
· General: issue when starting Apache server for the 1st time
· Files transfers: large files download issues
· HTML/PHP websites: better compatibility with third-party scripts
· IP access restriction: issue with some rules
· Server: misc. issues with httpd compatibility mode
· Files explorer: server crashing when trying to delete a read-only file
· Misc. bugs...

What's new in Weezo 2.1.0:

July 1st, 2010

New features:
· New direct resource access / sharing mode
· iPad compatibility
· HTML5 Drag & Drop upload
· WebM support for video files
· Audio playlist support on Android
· Configuration backup tool
· Users can be banned


Improvements:
· Multiple mobile interface improvements
· Zip download improvements

Bugfixes:
· Issue with weezoFfmpeg not terminating
· Audio issue on flash video streaming
· Misc. issues on files list sharing
· Misc. bugs...

What's new in Weezo 2.0.0:

May 18th, 2010

New features:
· Common: mobile version
· Common: new "send" feature, BitTorrent and streaming formats supported
· Common: new "Publish" feature, enabline users to embed medias into external web pages
· Common: Aero interface (Vista / W7)
· Common: Installation / configuration wizard
· Common: plugins management tool
· Common: clients may now customize their desktop. "Single user" account will restore settings on reconnection
· Common: site and users activity may be tracked on a Twitter account, on a personal website, or forwarded to Growl
· Common: new PHP session management system, hardened compatibility with third parties PHP scripts / extensions
· Common: client's browsers are displayed into activity tab
· Common: firewall and UPnP mapping may be reset on exit
· File explorers: user may share a list of files and directories instead of a single dir's content
· File explorers: user may toggle thumbnails, and select thumbnails size
· Security: unauthenticated direct connections may be rejected
· File explorers: display embedded icon of .exe and .ico files
· File explorers: tree view may be sorted
· Photo, video and multimedia albums: updated layouts
· HTML Web Site: PHP / MySQL sites supported
· Video album: users may upload videos, users may use multiple download feature
· Proxy: possiblity to forbid access to LAN and localhost
· Remote administration: process icons are displayed
· Bookmarks: extensions completely rewritten and merged
· iPhone: playlists supported, new image drag feature
· Resources configuration: save/cancel buttons removed

Improvements:
· Pages layout: lighter page sturcture, faster display, transparency effects, animations
· Files explorers: server-side cache, faster display
· RSS feeds: faster display
· PHP: new version (5.2.12)
· Apache: new version (2.2.15)
· Ffmpeg: new version (>0.51)

Bugfixes:
· Audio libraries: incorrectly displayed UTF8 encoded tags
· File explorer: "protected file" displayed when moving a file
· Common: some images are not correctly displayed
· Common: Chrome and Safari display issues
· File explorer: misc bugs with tree view
· Chat: random freezes
· RSS feeds: feeds could sometimes not be refreshed
· RSS feeds: icons incorrectly displayed
· Videos: videos sometimes freeze
· Videos: some problems with very long videos
· Videos on Wii: videos freeze after 5 minutes
· Connection: unciphered password with non-ansii characters may be rejected
· User activity: messages are now displayed in UI language and not client language
· OS/Vista/Simple themes: some icons sometimes disapear
· Resources configuration: changes not saved depending on local IE security settings

What's new in Weezo 1.3.0:

March 13th, 2009

New features:
· Common: centralized authentication
· Common: direct resource link can be included into URL
· Common: resources can be opened in a separate browser window
· Common: server connection indicator
· Common: password complexity indicator
· Chat: webcam support
· Photos: display number of images and position of current image
· File explorer: possibility to search for files
· File explorer: better layout, faster display
· Remote desktop: multi-screen support
· Remote administration: new MSDOS interface
· Music: better ID3 tags handling

Bugfixes:
· Common: server access test may return false answer when several weezo running on same LAN
· Common: "Index out of bounds" error when selecting a client in activity panel
· Common: apache access.log file size limit
· File explorer: problem uploading large files
· Video: DivX web player problems
· Bookmarks: problems displaying FF3 bookmarks
· Audio libraries: script hanging while generating database
· Audio: incorrect lenght displayed for some mp3s
· Audio: artist and album names might be wrong for some OGG and FLAC files
· Proxy: misc. bugs fixed
· Statistics: some buttons didn't work
· Misc. minor bugfixes

Improvements:
· Common: upgraded to PHP 5.2.9 et Apache 2.2.11
· Common: Windows 7 compatibility
· Photos: optimized image resizing algorithm (x5 faster)

What's new in Weezo 1.2.2:

December 6th, 2008

· Resource configuration : simple / advanced config mode
· File explorer : better page layout
· Video player : better buffer handling
· Photo : default sort order can be configured
· Proxy: some cache files put at disk root
· Multiple upload: compatibility issue with Firefox et Opera
· Video: couldn't download ffmpeg GPL version
· Browsing: Chrome compatibility issues
· Browsing: potential compatibility issues with some add blockers

What's new in Weezo 1.2.1:

November 30th, 2008

· Application: problem with service installation
· File explorer: blocked browsing if no upload allowed
· Audio library: problem reading mal-formed ID3 tags
· Remote desktop: stability issues

What's new in Weezo 1.2.0:

November 26th, 2008

· Application: included bandwidth meter (weezoPicoNetMeter.exe)
· Application: direct links can be created directly from Windows explorer (right click integration)
· Application: Weezo can be run as Windows Service (2000, 2003, XP, Vista)
· Application: real-time application of configuration, creation and removal of resources to connected users
· Application: possibility to view an history of connections and to track content viewed by users
· Application: tray icon’s tooltip show detailed server info (state, external IP, connected users…)
· Application: SSL certificate is now generated using actual server name (IP address)
· Remote desktop: quality and speed can be dynamically adjusted
· Remote desktop: graphical display of special keys
· Photos: slideshow speed can be dynamically adjusted
· Photos: photos can be sorted by name, size or date
· Photos (mosaic): new thumbnails display
· Photos (checkerboard): a preview is displayed when hovering over thumbnails
· Flash audio player: next track pre-buffering, non-linear volume control
· Audio libraries: ID3 tag embedded images supported, better cover detection algorithm, better handling of ID3 tags
· Audio libraries: ASF, WMA, M4P, QT, AAC, AIF, FLAC and OGG tags supported
· Audio libraries: playlists can be played in external players (m3u format)
· Audio libraries: album artist used for grouping
· iTunes library: iTunes 8 compatibility (cover art)
· Files explorer: tooltips display folders content
· WebTV: now compatible with VLC>0.9.0, new flash player, Wii compatible
· Application: application hangs at first startup on UPnP failure
· Application: ever restarting server when Apache access logs enabled
· Application: cleaner uninstall
· Remote administration: data problem in resources configuration
· Remote desktop: image flickering in Opera 9.5x
· Remote desktop: problems sending some characters in clipboard
· Photos: slideshow misc. Problems (double caching images, keyboard shortcuts not working, flickerings…)
· Photos: thumbnails generation issues on Win 2000/2003.
· Photos: session hanging on thumbnails generation
· Videos: session hanging when launching a video streaming
· Files explorer: direct access button couldn’t be clicked
· Music: server crash when reading malformated ID3 tags
· Music: non-mp3 songs could not be played by flash player if no maximum quality set
· Flash audio player: incorrect song name displayed
· Bookmarks configuration: edition options no more disabled when FF3 is installed
· Local HTML site: any HTML home page can be set
· Chat: "XML Error" when opened in Weezo user interface
· Miscellaneous bugfixes
· Application / server: global performance improvement
· Application: better UPnP port forwarding
· Application: upgraded to Apache 2.2.10
· Application: translations updated
· Application: new opcode (Xcache)
· Remote desktop: global performance improvement

What's new in Weezo 1.1.1:

July 3rd, 2008

· New remote administration, Flash webcam, rich tooltips, performance improvements, bugfixes, lot of small new features...

What's new in Weezo 1.0.9:

January 9th, 2008

· New features
· File explorers: TreeView
· General: Windows 98 / ME compatibility
· General: Vista Clear theme
· General: New theme selection form
· General: german version
· General: PHP upgraded to V5.2.5
· Photo album (checkerboard): thumbnails bar can be dragged with mouse
· General: overall interfaces improvement and optimisation
· Miscellaneous improvements...

· Bugfixes
· Installer: data lost on application upgrade
· General: login problems on IE6 / IE7
· General: better Vista UAC compatibility
· General: service mode (Windows 2000/XP)
· General: on-user-connection sound playing (Vista)
· General: ever-loading pages on IE/FF
· Bittorrent: seeder connection problems for unregistered users
· Videos: SSL flash video streaming on IE6 / IE7
· External websites: windows size settings
· Music access: subfolders inclusion problem
· Music access: playlist playing with IE6 / IE7
· General: automatic application update
· Miscellaneous bugfixes...