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BlitzIn Release Notes


Changes in Installer (March 19, 2009)

  • Updated three sounds to be more compatible with some Vista drivers
  • Updated certificates to prevent security warnings

Changes in the 2.7.0 Build (since 2.6.2)

  • Changes for pstat, including support of pstat variable, adding it to Options:Set Variables, and nicer output

pstat

  • Changes for Vista to ensure appropriate privileges for what BlitzIn needs to do
  • Changes in signing: using a new cert as the old one was expiring, signing the executable for Vista
  • Fixed: Incorrect login attempt disables sign in button [1498]
  • Fixed obscure problem saving PGNs
  • Changes for better security
  • Added more ICC domains as allowable to be shown in the internal window
  • Replacement of the word "handle" with "username"

Changes in the 2.6.2 Build (since 2.6.1)

  • Add Need Help with Login Problems link and allow guest logins for customer service

Changes in the 2.6.1 Build (since 2.6)

  • Fixed compatibility problems with older operating systems (Win98/2000/Me)

Changes in the 2.6 Build (since 2.52)

  • Added new "Alpha" piece set


  • Support castling in Chess960 (w22, formerly Fischer-Random) by dropping the king on the rook
  • Seek Graph
    • Gray out your own seeks
    • Fixed bugs with the seek graph with seeks having ranges that include 0 rating [549]
  • Logging In
    • Added option for Anonymous login
    • Report login failure messages from the server
    • For visibility, display failure message in the dialog surrounded by *****
    • Automatically strip whitespace from entered login info
    • Allow longer server names to be entered
  • Foreign Language Support (note: new translations have not yet been released)
    • Give you option to set server language if it doesn't match BlitzIn's
    • Made all remaining user interface items translateable
    • Fixed: Spanish in you've-been-challenged dialog doesn't fit [560]
    • Fixed: Translated Auto/Black/White selection in Match and Seek dialogs didn''t do anything [552]
    • Support for future language enhancements on the server
  • Allow https address links in the Event list
  • Start showing tips regularly at startup if users explicitly invokes it from the Help menu
  • Recognize more domains as a valid ICC domains [629]
  • Removed obsolete ctell option from Variables dialog; updated description of tell option
  • Increased allowable length to type connection server
  • Added anti-firewall server login option (alt1.chessclub.com:443)

Changes in the 2.52 Build (since 2.51)

Fixes for problems in 2.34

  • Removed close box on the "Promote to" dialog, since clicking it did not cancel the promotion as one might expect.

Fixes for problems only in 2.5

  • Fixed crash that occurred on some systems (such as Windows2000 SP4) when trying to use a different language than English
  • Fixed a bug that could cause:
    • a blank wild menu in the Match and Seek dialogs
    • an empty wild name in the Seek Graph window or the you've-been-challenged dialog
    • a can't-interpret message in the console after seeking using the Seek dialog
  • If you seek a game specifying a rating range you don't fall into, shows the seek dot in gray
  • Show FAQ database within the Info Window
  • Improved internal clean-up on exit

Updated Language Pack

  • Improvements to Dutch, Russian, French, Portuguese translations. Removed Italian

Changes in the 2.51 Build (since 2.50)

New Features

  • Foreign language support
    • New "Language..." menu under options for switching language
    • Uses language DLLs (installed separately): Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Dutch
    • Remembers previous language used.
    • Launch with Shift key down also invokes language selection dialog
    • /language=<arg> command line option. (Pass the DLL name, or nothing for English, or ? for prompt.)
  • Support Cut and Paste editing in form fields of Info Window

Fixes for problems in 2.34

  • Fixed: If closed some windows, then did Close Connection, then opened a new connection, the windows that you wanted closed would re-open.
  • Fixed using scrollbar to scroll through w22 games with castling moves where the King started on the e-file and the rook started on the King's destination square.

Fixes for problems only in 2.5

  • Fixed for memory and resource leaks. These problems could cause display problems such as disappearing pieces in Windows98
  • Eliminated flashes of game and console windows on login
  • Fixed: Exits when click Sign In and BlitzIn can't find chess server
  • Remove right-click menu when nothing selected in console
  • Seek graph window wasn't immediately changing when sfilter or rating changed
  • Cosmetic improvements to the challenge dialog such as making text fit better
  • Hyperlinked "+noplay foo" in console but would issue the incorrect command if clicked on.
  • Fixed crash when click on "Reconnect" link when you weren't previously connected
  • Fixed in some cases: If you have Russian selected for "Language for non-Unicode programs" in the Advanced tab of Windows' "Regional and Language Options" control panel, the font would change in the console following a hyperlink at the end of a line.
  • When setting finger notes if no deletions, just sends changed lines
  • When setting finger notes if no changes, hitting OK will never change the notes

Features in BlitzIn 2.5

 


 

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