Previous ICC Dasher Release Notes

Release 1.0.1 (12/02/06) -- Changes since Release 1.0

- Fixed: Saving a PGN resulted in a "Error opening or creating the file to save the game" warning message and, for some people, a crash [1178]
- Fixed a crash on login, which occurred to some members having more than 99 "friends" [1179]
- The Games tab of the Profile window often would be missing the "Game Library" (liblist) and "Unfinished Games" (stored) [1181]
- Support typed in "whois" command [1182]
- Fixed: Clocks didn't stop after game when observing a member having examine=1 [1188]
- Fixed: Clicking on a seek dot issued two challenges [1177]

Messages
- Semi-colons in the message dialog or chat window were causing problems [1183, 1185]
- Fixed bug in the display of a message Subject in the Messages window
- Fixed bug where up to the last 6 letters of a really long message might not get sent

Engine
- Sometimes the analysis wouldn't show opening book lines
- As White vs. a Computer Opponent, making the first move too fast could cause problems.

Directing Server Output
- The results of the Observers button are now put in the game console [904, 1189]
- If a tell failed due to censoring, the warning is now put in the appropriate window.
- Put some responses to messages submitted to channel 1 in channel 1

Release 1.0 (11/23/06) -- Changes since Open Beta 5

Anonymous Logins
- "Enter anonymously" feature (checkbox in login dialog, checkbox in General Settings) [1143, 1157]

Examining
- New "Toggle Setup Position" button in examine mode. Allows you to drag pieces onto the board to add them, drag pieces off the board delete them, and select from a right-click menu: White to Move, Load FEN, Clear Board, Reverse Board
- "Enter Examination Mode" examines moves from game that you were playing or examining [1084]
- Improves emulation of Dasher lecture marks in observing BlitzIn clients
- Fixed bugs examining certain saved games created with board edits (fixed on server) [981]

Playing
- Lag indicators [759]
- Animate Captures option added to Playing settings [894]
- Fixed: Clock display problem when use moretime [1052]
- Fixed: Autorematch rematches after abort [1114]
- Confirms that you want to resign when you close a game window, even when you don't have the Verify Resign with Popup checked.

Premove
- Premove is no longer shown when go back in move list [996]
- Made premove color different from from/to square coloring. Changes from green to regular coloring after premove.
- Show premove highlight even when from/to squares aren't highlighted

Observing
- Fixed: Kibitz bug when following someone who loads an examined game [1127]
- Automatically flip board when following [992]
- Stops kibitzes from flooding console after "tag result 1-0" [1105]

Tournaments
- Made Live Games work
- Tournament chat
- Fixed incorrect standings data: place, score (score and place are now calculated by Tomato instead of Dasher)
- Fixed strange scrollbar behaviour
- Fixed games data, post correct result
- Fixed crash on player dropdown
- Consistently updates tournament window
- Fixed incorrect "waiting" status data in standing tab
- Fixed problems closing the tournament window while in a tournament
- Fixed various other problems [1151, 1155, 1156, 1162, 1164]

Saving/Loading Games
- Upload Game now puts result in movelist [1129]
- Fixed: When in examine mode loading game with FEN is broken [1106]
- Fixed bugs uploading a game with FEN saying Black starts [1134]
- Fixed: Games would be saved incorrectly from examine mode after board edit
- Fixed: Saving a game started with a FEN (TrainingBot) would always store it as black-to-move
- Fixed "Error opening or creating the file to save" when saving after opening a game in an examine window.. [1173]

Computer Opponent
- Fixed crash when switch windows while playing engine offline
- Fixed problem where asking for a hint would give you no hint or would crash [1112]
- Removed unimplemented Take-Back button in toolbar for unrated offline AI play

Messages
- Fixed: Deleted messages come back after deletion [1130]
- Added support for multi-line messages with Enter or Ctrl-Enter. (Newline will display as " . " in other clients.)
- Control-enter entered into a message caused problems [1168]
- Spaces in the To: field of the message window caused problems [1168]
- Improved enforcement of 320 character limit
- Fixed display of messages sent before 2000 [1138]

Other
- Fixed: "search" command isn't working [1030]
- Made tournament suggestion dialogs go away automatically when accept opponent's match [944]
- Updated chat emoticons [1116]
- No longer repeats most recent seek in Seek dialog [1126]
- Fixed bug setting formula with "Atomic", "Loser's", and "Opponent is allowed to escape"
- Fixed: Input menu prematurely removes options [1039]
- Fixed problems with deleting of "Change user" profiles [1089]
- Fixed display of Profile when handle is examining a copy of a game [1171]
- Fixed "No help available for that item." message as a result of hitting F1.
- Avoid conflicts with Dasher sent commands and user aliases [840]
- Put explanation at top of channel 1. Filter some server messages into channel 1 tab. [1144]
- Allow 150 handles in friends list, rather than just 100 [967]
- Removed Save to Game Library button when playing a game
- Updated ICC Webcast option and removed it from the offline menu [1150]
- Fixed ICC Website option when used offline
- Installs necessary components to use attached DGT board
- Prevent all spaces entered for password, which would create a bug.
- Link the word more in: [Type "more" to see more.] (with [] around it)
- Disable right-click in the Activity window's Events and Tournaments tabs
- Cleaned up a lot of internal problems (memory leaks, uninitialized variables, unused code, bugs, etc.)

Open Beta 5 -- Changes since Open Beta 4

- Avoid console messages like "<user> has no stored games" when bringing up profile [653]
- Fixed: Pawn disappeared while observing [989]
- Better compatibility with analysis engines. For example, Arasan 8.4 now works [995]
- Allow sending of message to a 2-letter handle [1071]
- Doesn't correctly save start position in PGN [1077]
- Fixed: White moves 1. e2e4 and and pawn disappears in examine mode [1082]
- Fixed: Computer opponent won't move after "Rematch" [1093]
- Fixed problems with the Channel Tabs:Number option in the Appearance settings dialog. [1097]
- Fixed "You cannot use Computer Analysis on Chess variations" message" [1098]
- Added time into date column in the Profile window's Games tab [1103]
- Uncolor players with DM title [1107]
- Fixed: Activities Window --> Titled Players: Players are never removed [1109]
- Fixed a bug loading games with FEN when not in examine mode
- Add "Practice and Improve" menu item
- Updated where the Contents button on web window goes to
- Enter key no longer is a shortcut for Send (message)
- Doesn't install unused folder

Open Beta 4 -- Changes since Open Beta 3

- Fixed: Font can change in game window's command/chat menu after game [596]
- Fixed: "play trainingbot" sometimes only shows the initial position [705]
- Fixed Closing web window does not stop streaming audio [825]
- Fixed Load Game: Dasher had problems loading some PGN files [982, 983]
- Fixed: Prints L for bishop when printing a game [1027]
- Removed behind-the-scenes tells from bots for the F9 button (reply to last sender) [1031]
- Fixed problems with new users accepting the license agreement [1046]
- Fixed: When start observing, Dasher wouldn't automatically unexamine a game examined due to examine=1 variable [1050]
- Fixed: Board wouldn't update after a position with black-to-move is loaded (while examining or observing MrSpock or an examined/relayed game) [1069]
- Fixed: After game, titlebar could have "was was" [1076]
- Fixed: In Beta 3 examine=1 causes pile up of windows with every new game. [1078]
- Fixed: Show observers icon does not work in examine mode [1083]
- Fixed: Formula tab on Settings dialog didn't restore lower rating limit [1085]
- For Autosave Games, added a blank line between games to avoid confusing some PGN readers
- Updated Help menu destinations

Open Beta 3 -- Changes since Open Beta 2

- Now makes links in game notifications, draw/abort/adjourn/match requests, and Type "more" messages [1028]
- Only highlight players in seek graph with FIDE titles [1054]
- Fixed: Library slot %20 doesn't work [1062]

Examine Mode
- Fixed: After a game when examine=1, says "You are not examining a game" message when click forward/backward [1049]
- clearboard command now removes arrows and highlighted squares from board [1026]

Right-Click Menus
- Added right-click option for deleting games (libdelete) [805]
- Right-click in web window now brings up menu allowing copying of text [615, 1036]

Messages
- Fixed bug: "My Messages" menu item was not working correctly (although "messages" command was)
- Fixed various messages problems [1013, 1051]

Report Computer Abuse
- Fixes submission format and missing submitting game ID [835]
- Requires handle to be entered when it's needed [1037]

Open Beta 2 -- Changes since Open Beta 1

- Put titles by handles in the game board [864]
- Fixed option for 100th's of a second [949]
- Fixed: When examining, piece changes after "tomove" command [1032]
- Fixed: cc-move results in a blank board [941]
- Fixed "View Final Position" menu item and "sposition" command [929]
- Fixed: After a result in an observed relayed game, kibitzes/whispers go to console [690]
- Your rating on the board is updated after a game (doesn't always work yet)
- Fixed: Rating change message not getting displayed in game console [815]
- Fixed: End examination mode message not getting displayed in game console

Analysis Engines
- Engines can now be placed within subdirectories of the engines folder
- Better support for engines and better conformance to WinBoard specs [995]
- Tested with Ruffian 1.0.1, Spike 1.2, Crafty 20.14, Zappa 1.1, GnuChess 5.07
- Notify user if engine doesn't support needed WinBoard feature
- Fixed: Position sent to the engine sometimes incorrect [1011]

Menus
- Added: Actions-->Edit Finger Notes [725]
- A number of changes to the default Quick Commands [952]

Activities Window
- Added 1-minute and 5-minute as displayable ratings [974]
- Fixed: Friends tab is blank when change ratings [970]
- Un-gray font in Titled Players frame

Messages
- Fixed: Duplicate messages created when logging into different accounts [1033]
- Fixed: Can type messages that are too long [1019]
- Fixed: Some messages show in consoles instead of messages window [1021]

Settings
- Fixed: Email games...setting resets to Classic Format [1014]
- Default Premove to on [1016]
- Default simul sounds to off [923]

Formulas
- Added provisional and removed unregistered in Formula dialog [1015]
- Detect when doesn't understand a formula set outside of Dasher and warn user. [1041]
- Handle some basic parentheses when trying to read a formula.
- Fixed bug: if the user set his formula from the command line wouldn't detect if terms were removed.
- Avoid dumping variables into the Main console when changing settings [958]

Play vs. Computer dialog
- Fixed bug occurring when play vs. computer when no computer opponent was selected
- Updates help link for Play vs. Computer dialog

Installer
- Fixed: Uninstaller shouldn't remove non-Dasher engines in the engine folder [1002]
- On first install (or install after uninstall), imports Quick Commands from non-% BlitzIn user buttons [806, 1043]
- When looking for BlitzIn settings, look in BlitzIn 2 folder if BlitzIn 2.5 folder doesn't exist [806]

And more...
- Fixed: command: =ch doesn't do anything. [914]
- Allow URLs like http://chess.fm to open in the internal web window
- On bad password, don't show: "Sorry, a name must begin with a letter and consist of letters and digits.
- Fixed problems with auto-flagging [706]
- Fixed bug loading certain PGN files
- Fixed various internal problems [606]
- Fixed on server: Can't start 1,5-minute pool game and prints "<12>..." message [961]

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