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| 13 | <p>Screenshots? See on the <a href="screenshots.html">Screenshot page</a></p> |
13 | <p>Screenshots? See on the <a href="screenshots.html">Screenshot page</a></p> |
| 14 | |
14 | |
| 15 | <h3>Download:</h3> |
15 | <h3>Download:</h3> |
| 16 | |
16 | |
| 17 | <p><a href="play.html">See the Play now! page</a> about the download!</p> |
17 | <p><a href="play.html">See the Play now! page</a> about the downloads!</p> |
| 18 | |
18 | |
| 19 | <h3>Installation notes:</h3> |
19 | <h3>Installation notes:</h3> |
| 20 | |
20 | |
| 21 | <ul> |
21 | <ul> |
| 22 | <li> |
22 | <li> |
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| 29 | </p> |
29 | </p> |
| 30 | </li> |
30 | </li> |
| 31 | <li> |
31 | <li> |
| 32 | <p><b>GNU/Linux</b></p> |
32 | <p><b>GNU/Linux</b></p> |
| 33 | <p> |
33 | <p> |
| 34 | <b>Please note that you need glibc-2.3 and x-libs with XFT. (For amd64 you will need ia32-libs and a 32bit OpenGL driver, eg. nvidia-glx-ia32)</b> |
34 | <b> |
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35 | Please note that you need glibc-2.3 and x-libs with XFT. |
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36 | </b> |
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37 | <br /> |
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38 | <b>AMD64 users should use the amd64 binary. |
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39 | (But if you want to run the 32bit client on an amd64 you would need |
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40 | ia32-libs and a 32bit OpenGL driver, eg. nvidia-glx-ia32 |
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41 | (for NVIDIA) or fglrx-glx-ia32 (for ATI)) |
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42 | </b> |
| 35 | </p> |
43 | </p> |
| 36 | <p> |
44 | <p> |
| 37 | After downloading you need to make the binary <b>executable</b> like this:<br /> |
45 | After downloading you need to extract the client and execute the extracted binary. |
| 38 | <tt style="margin-left: 2em">chmod a+x cfplus-gnu-linux-x86.bin</tt><br /> |
46 | </p> |
| 39 | And start it like this (when cfplus-gnu-linux-x86.bin is in the current working directory):<br /> |
47 | </li> |
| 40 | <tt style="margin-left: 2em">./cfplus-gnu-linux-x86.bin</tt> |
48 | <li> |
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49 | <p><b>Mac OS X</b></p> |
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50 | <p> |
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51 | To start the client, just double click on the <tt>.dmg</tt> image file to open it and start the client.<br /> |
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52 | <b>NOTE: You will need an Intel CPU for this binary, it will not work with PPC CPUs! Also you will need Mac OS X 10.5 or later.</b> |
| 41 | </p> |
53 | </p> |
| 42 | </li> |
54 | </li> |
| 43 | <li> |
55 | <li> |
| 44 | <p><b>Build from source</b></p> |
56 | <p><b>Build from source</b></p> |
| 45 | <p> |
57 | <p> |
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| 55 | |
67 | |
| 56 | <h3>News:</h3> |
68 | <h3>News:</h3> |
| 57 | |
69 | |
| 58 | <p> |
70 | <p> |
| 59 | <em> |
71 | <em> |
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72 | 2009-01-15 First release in the new year, version 2.03 comes with a |
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73 | many changes in the GUI. For example the auto pickup toggle has been |
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74 | moved into a checkbox to the top of the main window. |
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75 | The configuration is now saved automatically on exit. |
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76 | Shimmering during smooth scroll has been reduced a lot and some displaying |
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77 | bugs have been fixed in the inventory. More workarounds which make the |
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78 | client more stable on broken OSes were also implemented. |
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79 | </em> |
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80 | </p> |
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81 | |
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82 | <p> |
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83 | <em> |
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84 | 2008-12-26 The Chrismas release of version 2.02: Hidden mapspaces are |
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85 | marked visually by a question mark and are made as bright as the darkest |
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86 | mapspaces. A crash has been fixed when the user clicks on the map during |
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87 | login. New tips of the day have been introduced. And more minor stability and |
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88 | visual fixes. |
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89 | </em> |
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90 | </p> |
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91 | |
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92 | <p> |
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93 | <em> |
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94 | 2008-12-12 Version 2.01: The client tutorial has been rewritten, to match |
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95 | the GUI changes of the last months. The random switching between |
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96 | message window tabs when a new tab was opened has been fixed. |
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97 | Fixed minor displaying bugs of the speech bubble of NPCs and other |
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98 | minor things. |
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99 | </em> |
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100 | </p> |
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101 | |
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102 | <p> |
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103 | <em> |
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104 | 2008-12-05 Version 2.0: Last minor fixes round up the version 2.0 of our |
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105 | client: The Log window can't be closed anymore by Alt+x, Also wont Alt+x or |
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106 | other Message window operations crash the client anymore directly after startup. |
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107 | Also the invisible/cached parts of the map are darkened even more, so that |
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108 | invisibile parts can be distinguished from dark parts better. |
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109 | </em> |
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110 | </p> |
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111 | |
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112 | |
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113 | <p> |
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114 | <em> |
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115 | 2008-11-09 Version 0.9978: Some minor fixes: |
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116 | The healthbar is now correctly smoothly moved. Own text in NPC dialogues are |
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117 | emphasized now. A crash bug in the macro dialogue has been fixed. The tooltips |
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118 | in the Mesage Window tabs are updated correctly now. And Alt+x won't let |
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119 | Message Window tabs disappear for ever anymore. |
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120 | </em> |
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121 | </p> |
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122 | |
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123 | <p> |
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124 | <em> |
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125 | 2008-09-29 Version 0.9977: A race condition has been fixed that could lead |
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126 | to client freezes or crashes on login, especially on slower systems. The |
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127 | smooth movement is no longer choppy. The default font for messages is now a |
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128 | (hopefully nicer looking) proportional font. Text display has been tweaked. |
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129 | The client no longer makes unnecessary screen refreshes and uses less CPU |
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130 | time. |
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131 | </em> |
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132 | </p> |
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133 | |
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134 | <p> |
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135 | <em> |
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136 | 2008-09-05 Next version of the client: 0.9976 comes with many fixes for Mac OS X, |
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137 | like some fixed keyboard issues on OS X. Improved the protocol with compression |
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138 | and fragmentation, leading to more efficent bandwidth usage. Implemented crash |
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139 | diagnostics, which are sent to the server, for easier debugging. Important fix |
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140 | with the default resolution, which was too small. Added theming support, with some |
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141 | basic themes. And some other minor fixes all over the place. |
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142 | </em> |
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143 | </p> |
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144 | |
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145 | <p> |
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146 | <em> |
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147 | 2008-08-27 Version 0.9975 comes with a small fix with the initial resolution and |
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148 | a carification of the weight/value autopickup option. There is also a <b>Mac OS X</b> |
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149 | port available now of the client! |
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150 | </em> |
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151 | </p> |
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152 | |
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153 | <p> |
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154 | <em> |
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155 | 2008-08-01 Version 0.9974 comes with smooth scrolling for player movements, |
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156 | workaround for a possible OpenGL slowdown, and other small fixes and enhancements. |
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157 | </em> |
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158 | </p> |
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159 | |
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160 | <p> |
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161 | <em> |
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162 | 2008-07-07 Some minor fixes and features: IPv6 support, chat tabs have tooltips |
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163 | again and converted to a new non-blocking API. Also fixed the CPAN distribution. |
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164 | </em> |
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165 | </p> |
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166 | |
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167 | <p> |
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168 | <em> |
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169 | 2008-05-23 Next release: 0.9972. The map cache has been extended a bit to store more |
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170 | map changes (fixes some minor bugs). Fixed some crashbugs when the client is |
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171 | logged out and some UI elements were used. The server XML format is now also |
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172 | supportet in item tooltips. The keyrepeats are ignored now in some conditions. |
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173 | And crashes when the map cache is corrupted are now prevented. Also the client |
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174 | configuration is now stored in pretty printed JSON. |
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175 | </em> |
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176 | </p> |
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177 | |
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178 | <p> |
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179 | <em> |
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180 | 2008-05-05 Long time no release, but now we got some fixes for you: Some issues |
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181 | with the default sort order have been sorted out, some tooltips were fixed, |
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182 | a long standing bug with the stats tab being empty has been resolved and some GUI |
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183 | fixes have been done. Also the pseudo-items are now only shown in the inventory |
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184 | and not the floorbox. Have fun! |
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185 | </em> |
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186 | </p> |
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187 | |
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188 | <p> |
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189 | <em> |
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190 | 2008-03-30 Release of version 0.9970: Reduced documentation memory usage, fixed |
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191 | the stat gauge tooltips that have gone missing since 0.9966. Fixced a grave bug |
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192 | with tile id allocation, which effectively disabled the tile cache. And last |
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193 | but not least: The NPC Dialogs have also been fixed. |
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194 | </em> |
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195 | </p> |
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196 | |
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197 | <p> |
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198 | <em>2008-03-24 Release of version 0.9967 of the Client: A memory leak was fixed |
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199 | where the messages in the message window were kept for ever and the client |
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200 | consumed more and more memory. The highlighting of the chattabs is now red and |
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201 | not blue. The history handling of the chat input will now not erase the |
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202 | typed input if the down cursor key is pressed. A keyboard modifier display has |
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203 | also been implemented, (for example to signal whether numlock is on, |
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204 | which caused problems under windows). Also a bug with the layout font under |
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205 | windows has been fixed. |
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206 | </em> |
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207 | </p> |
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208 | |
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209 | <p> |
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210 | <em> |
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211 | 2008-01-19 Another release of the Client, version 0.9965: Some bugs |
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212 | have been fixed: A race condition was found in the database access and |
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213 | a bug which crashed the client with nvidia drivers has been fixed. |
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214 | Some minor bugs in the GUI, the message fontsize and chatbox label padding, |
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215 | have also been fixed. |
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216 | </em> |
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217 | </p> |
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218 | |
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219 | <p> |
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220 | <em> |
| 60 | 2008-01-06 First release in the new year, version 0.9963: Among the |
221 | 2008-01-06 First release in the new year, version 0.9963: Among the |
| 61 | changes are some minor bugfixes, optical tweaks and performance |
222 | changes are some minor bugfixes, optical tweaks and performance |
| 62 | improvements on the GUI. Some to the user invisible changes were |
223 | improvements on the GUI. Some to the user invisible changes were |
| 63 | improvements of the server side widgets and a reimplementation of the |
224 | improvements of the server side widgets and a reimplementation of the |
| 64 | message window to allow to undock chats from the central message window in |
225 | message window to allow to undock chats from the central message window in |
