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Apr 16, 2008 - 10:03 PM :: GokMasE :: 1269 Reads ::
 It was originally planned to wait until this summers NAS (http://www.sak.nu/nas/) before releasing a new version av AtarICQ. However, after a rather hard hitting bug was recently discovered and fixed it was instead decided to get a new release out as soon as possible.
The biggest noticeable addition to aICQ 0.172 is the ability to view GIF images as background in the contact list. This was made possible through a cooperation with PeP, who has been kind enough to supply a very, very nice OVL that decodes and processes the GIF data. Cheers for that!
Example screenshot: http://www.ataricq.org/20080415-aicq.png
A somewhat thorough complete list of changes:
* Implemented support for loading graphics via external load modules in form of dedicated overlays. (Look into the preferences dialog to set this feature up properly)
* Caching of background images implemented. By default AtarICQ will use a subdir (/cache) in its own workdirectory for storing the data. To change this, you need to tweak the cache dir within preferences dialog.
* After loading the GFXGIF.OVL the CPU cache will now be flushed before the client calls any functions within the OVL. Applies also to aicq.ovl!
* When put in compact mode (F10) the contact list will now use the native sliders of the AES, including a SIZER widget.
* Clicking the CLOSER widget on contact list while holding ALT-key, will trigger aICQ to remove the window TITLE.
* More optimised redraws of the TABs, resulting in much less flickering when toggling between open TABs.
* Cookie jar is now read utilizing Ssystem() under MiNT. Under TOS/MagiC, the old method is still used.
* Under large gfx resolutions the scrollback setting could easily be defaulting to a much too small value, in case the message window height was increased. A check for this is now added after reading the config file. This problem could be noticed as a very serious scrolling problem, causing aICQ to lock up pretty good.
* In case COLOR_SELECT is not specified in the environment, AtarICQ looks if COLSEL.PRG is present in its workdir. (This prg is included in the zip file as of the 0.172 release)
Find the new release on the official AtarICQ website:
http://www.ataricq.org/
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