I had 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 I 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!
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/
Enjoy the new AtarICQ, and please share any thoughts on the new
release with me either here or on the AtarICQ webforum at:
http://www.atariforums.com/list.php?25
Regards,
/Joakim