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What's New?
Current Production Version is 2.8.5

If you are trying to upgrade from 2.7 or earlier version, make sure you read the instructions mentioned in the file "CHANGES" inside 2.8 download zip file. It has valuable information regarding the new release.

JPilot jIRC applet version 2.8.5 (Current Version)

Changes Log

Current Version 2.8.5 build 2

  • Changed applet file name from extension of zip to jar to work around digital certicate issue in JDK1.6

Version 2.8.5

  • Signed applet with new certificate.

Version 2.8.3

  • fixed when in non-multichannel mode not able to display topic data bug
  • fixed applet bug for MS version of JVM that still use jdk1.1 that cause the applet to crash in certain condition and making the channel listing messed up.

Version 2.8.2

  • Fiexed user listing not appearing for private or secret channel type

Version 2.8.1

  • Fixed the kick command result in the user name remain in the user list bug

Version 2.8

Added multiple rooms support

  • Users can now join more than one channel at the same time
  • When executing the /join command, unlike the older version, by default users will not be forced to leave their current channel before joining the new one.
  • Rooms will appear on the same user list component on the right with a tree structure
  • RoomMenuList parameter is added to support the right click action of a room
  • Example: Switch to=/join %$HC,Leave=/part %$HC,Open list=/userlist_open %$HC,Close list=/userlist_close %$HC"
  • if AllowMultiChannels parameter is set to false, applet will switch back to single channel mode like in the previous version.

Added HTTP proxy connection support

  • new parameter of "ProxyAddress" is added"
  • There are currently only two type of proxy supported, namely, the HTTP and SOCKS4
  • e.g value for http proxy http://myproxy.mycomany.com:8080
  • e.g value for socks proxy socks://mysocks.mycompany.com:8080
  • No user name password authentication is supported at this time, and anything other than "http://" or "socks://" will be ignored

Added image buttons support

  • UseImageButton parameter to enable or disable image buttons
  • Available image buttons are stored inside resources.zip
  • Include images: button_config.gif, button_ok.gif, button_connectnow.gif, button_connection_0.gif, button_connection_1.gif, button_cancel.gif, button_close.gif, button_bold_0.gif, button_bold_1.gif
  • We are currently looking for the best set of button images to use, be sure to let us know if you find one!

Added right click menu on user list

  • UserMenuList paramter is added use for creating user popup menu
  • Example : "Send File=/dccsend %$HN,Private Message=/msg %$HN,Ignore=/ignore %$HN,Whois=/whois %$HN,See User Profile=/showprofile %$HN"
  • Each menu is seperated by "," and each menu is further seperated by "=". Value on the left of the "=" sign is the message appears on the popup menu, value on the right of the "=" is the actual command.

Added avatar image support

  • A image can be displayed in front of the nickname on the chat screen
  • AvatarList parameter is used to indicate which user will use avatar image.
  • Each nickname inside AvatarList is seperated by ","
  • The avatar image filename is in the format of "user_lowercase_nickname.gif" and must be stored in applet_images/ subdirectory.
  • All avatar images must be in the same size and they are controlled by AvatarHeight and AvatarWidth parameters.
  • Currently, nickname jpilot and guest123 is setup to use the avatar. Try to change your nickname to either jpiot or guest123 to see the effect.

Added copy and paste support

  • Copy(and paste) support is added. There are two ways to do that, depends on the parameter of "CopyMethod".
  • If CopyMethod parameter is set to "JVM", the text is directly save into user computer's system clipboard. And can be paste into any other application using application's paste command. This feature require user to accept our digitally signed certificate. For those people who use jirc_pure.jar version, this method will not work for them. See next line for solution.
  • If CopyMethod parameter is set to "JS", the text will be sent to a javascript function called "jirc_copytext" as one of the argument. The javascript function will then print out a simple window with the copied text user selected from chat screen, and user can further copy from that window just like any HTML content.

Added DCC file transfer support

  • Experimental DCC file transfer is now support, controlled by AllowDCCTransfer paramter.
  • All received files extension will first added ".rmext" extension; user need to manually remove this extra extension. This is to prevent double clicking untrusted materials accidentally.

Misc.

  • Added parameter of AllowAddressDisplay to disable or enable the display of user IP address when first joining a channel.


From Version 2.7.2

- fixed issue with new undernet irc servers that always complaint "not in channel"
- send NickAuthString command only after successfully login
- fixed licnese key issue on Mac OS X platform
- fixed /showurl command not showing up in other applet client bug
- fixed bug that a very loin URL string is not clickable

- added parameter for IRC PREFIX support
UserPrefixCommand e.g aohv
UserPRefixSymbox e.g !@%+
The length of these two parameters must be matched.
- added a new parameter to workaround user list refresh problem when number of users in a channel is more than 100+
UserListBufferPageSize
If you know your number of users in the channel is 100+ and you are experiencing strange user list refresh problems, set this parameter to a higher value. Default value is 12.


From Version 2.7.0

- User listing now support using icons to represent the mode status
(set UserModeIcons to true if you want to use it, it is off by default)
- fixed animated gif not animated problem
- images can now be stored in an additional zip or cab file
( resources.zip or resources.cab) to speed up download time
- change cursor to busy when mouse over hyperlink
- new license key format for coming new release
- There is now a profile button on the private chat window, webmaster can
implements its own profile display page if they want to use this feature.
- fixed the java.lang.ArrayOutOfBoundsException when using %$HN but not user is
selected
- parameter to control topic bar disable or not (DisplayTitleBar)
- parameter to control chat screen scroll buffer(ScreenBufferPageSize)
- parameter to disabe text input field(DisplayTextInput)
- parameter to set showurl target window name(URLWindowName)
- disabled AllowURL , replace with AllowShowURL, AllowHyperLink
- readJOutput($%HN) api return "" when no user is selected in the user list.
- Fix the ordering of operators and voice users in the user list
- complete remove "About" windows to reduce size
- When nickname already taken, change the way of picking new nick name
i.e Keep first character, and a random number follow
- Fix /quite command somtimes produce exception error.
- clear user list when disconnect
- remove the extra "/" when requesting logo image, so some web servers will
able to serve the content
- Fix bug of not able to clik url link after many messages. This is especially
true if using smileys that are higher than the text height.
- Fix bug of FieldNameOwnChannelLeft parameter from previous preview version.
- Fix bug of "bold and long sentence contains smiley will make the icon overlap
- New parameters to set the wordings of " has join the channel ",
" is now known as", " has left the channel ".
- New parameter to control playing the sound file when user leave the channel (AllowLeaveSound).
- New parameter to control a timestamp on each user message received(TimeStampFormat, AllowTimeStamp).
- New parameter to control the logo border and config border color(LogoBorderColor, ConfigBorderColor).
- New parameter to control signoff signautre text
- New parameter to control the logo gif file name (LogoGifName).
- New public LiveConnect API allow JavaScript to query for the special
variables in the applet. jchat.readJOutput(val), where val is the 3 special
variables defined in previous version.
- Fixed the bug of not breaking a single word to multiple part when the single
word is actually longer than the screen width.
- Dropped the requirement of all the special variables need to ends with white
space. This should prevent users from making mistake when putting their chat html
configuration.
- Fixed the color code implmentation in the applet that color is now based on
two digits code format. One digit color code will contine to work, but may
result in unexpected results if your sentance rigth after the color code is
also a digit.
- Fixed the /me command in the PM window should also go into PM in the
other side instead of main channel.


From Version 2.6.0

-New signing and code changes that Netscpae on Mac can run the applet correctly.
-fix smiley images loading problem when user define many images .
-Ignore by code number and keyword *** new parameter IgnoreCode ***
-away message display on applet screen
-/me private message to user(at private chat) will no longer appear
in the main window
-option to dispaly Connect/Disconnect button
-putback the OK button ** new Parameter DisplayConfigOK, FieldNameOK
-Socks Proxy support, properties defined, add gui and code, need SOCKS4
proxy server on your firewall network.
-play a sound file when people join.(sound_join.au)
-fix the Alias list and the sepcial variables like $%HN combination bug
-support channel type with non "#"
-fix the bug of color code starts with 01, 02, instead of 1,2
-support half op (+-h), and rework the mode change handling and display
-fix the bug of user list not in alphabetical order when new user join, own user
always at the bottom
-add ignore function
-hostname can be set from html properties instead of "localhost" by default.
To avoid "too many connections" message from some irc networks.
-fix the problem of /away /notice command that does not add the ":" with
the message


From Version 2.51:
- Chat input text field will receive focus whenever the chat screen is displayed.
- Fix welcome message lost bug.
- Fix #%$C variable bug
- New param UserListWidth
- New param DisplayUserList
- Provide workaroud for early IE's freeze problem


From Version 2.50:

-Emotion expression in small image icon support
-Option to hide the "About" button(only for registered user)
-More precise control of what server message to ignore
-Alias support
-Misc. new parameters to control messages color and wordings on config screen
-jkey.txt file now support multiple licens key values.
-%$C, %$N, %$HN variables added. They will be replaced by current
channel name value, nick name value, and highlighted name value on user list.
-fix the bug of not correctly response to user ping request
-Netscape 6 support

-bug fix of cloning problem in previous version<


From Version 2.42:


- Reverse, Underline are now supported
- Title screen now also support color
- LiveConnect support through "processJInput(String) method
- Add "DisplayConfig*" parameters allow you to have complete control on what to
included in the config screen.
- Message word starts with http:// will be treated as hyper link, click on these
words will pop up an new browser window.


From Version 2.40:
- mIRC type color support is added
- applet can now play audio file
- You can now change the label or button's text content by using a new set of parameters


From Version 2.35:
- Signed with new certificate.
- This is our last maintainence release for Version 2.3X series.
From Version 2.32:
-Server Password is now supported
-Fix the nickname too long bug
-Add function to not to display the config panel at all.
-If a nickname is already been taken, the applet now will try to use nickname1,
 nickname2, nickname3 etc ... until a nickname not in use is found.

-You can now automatically execute some commands or message once you login to
server.


From Version 2.31:
- Nick name list is now sorted.
- Message coloumns wrap bug is now fixed.
- Private chat is now supported! Just double click on the user name.
- You can now display only Nick Name and Channel selection on the login page.
- Applet can be configured to ignore join/part/quit and misc. server message.
- It is now supports up to 30 channels and server names!