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Version 0.9.3 History
 
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  • 0.9.3 - 7 Apr 2000
    Some great new features and bug fixes:
  • The "state" of each provider is now shown in the Active Provider List. Before any headlines have been fetched from a particular provider, the provider name is shown in grey. Once headlines have been fetched, the name is shown in the usual color for the list (usually black).
  • The General Tab of the Settings Dialog now includes a Flip Categories checkbox. If this control is checked, then all commands which step through the set of active providers -- the Next ("<") and Previous (">") buttons, the "<" and ">" keyboard shortcuts for these buttons, and the timer-driven flip, will all step to the next or
    previous category at the appropriate point.
  • A progress screen is now shown when starting up and when shutting down. The same screen is also shown when exiting from the Settings, since some lengthy processing occurs at that time.
  • The current skin is preserved even if the Skins tab of the Settingsdialog is never visited when using the settings.
  • The state of each category (active or inactive) is now remembered when the program shuts down.
  • Pressing the New button in the Providers tab of the Settings dialog no longer causes a crash. The new provider is placed in the General category.
  • Unless "Show URL to Article in Tooltip" is checked in the General tab of the Settings dialog, the full article headline is shown as the article's tooltip.
  • The full name of each provider and category is now shown in a tooltip in the Active Provider and Category Lists, respectively.
  • When switching categories, if the background fetching is for the current category only, then any pending fetches from the previous category are now canceled. This greatly improves responsiveness and reliability.
  • Comments are now allowed in the skin.xml files.
  • The "Always On Top" setting is now in the Behavior category.
  • When the visibility of the Category List is set using the context menu, the Category List and the Active Provider List are now properly updated.
  • System colors are now used in the External Provider Lists tab of the Settings dialog. This should provide proper text contrast for the explanatory text to the right of the buttons.
  • The Update Interval is now properly saved for each provider.
  • Context menus now work properly in the gaps between the buttons.
  • Background updating now chooses the providers to update more carefully, resulting in better performance and responsiveness.
  • The About Dialog and the Settings Dialog are now always positioned such that they are fully visible.
  • When the "Add Default Providers" button in the Providers tab of the Settings Dialog is pushed, the status line is updated throughout the procedure.
  • Certain headlines with "&" characters are now displayed properly.
  • More duplicate sites are now detected and properly handled.
  • Fixed a typo in the To Do List.
  • New Categories:
    - The Dow Jones 30

  • New Providers:
    - 3M
    - Al Gore
    - Alcoa
    - American Express
    - Australian Internet News
    - Be Open
    - Boeing
    - Canadian Internet News
    - Cancer
    - Caterpillar Inc
    - Citigroup
    - Coca-Cola
    - Cyber Atlas
    - Daily Daemon News
    - DuPont
    - Eastman Kodak
    - Electronic Commerce Guide
    - Exxon Mobil
    - FileClicks
    - Geeknik
    - General Electric Company
    - General Motors
    - George W. Bush
    - Hewlett-Packard
    - Home Depot
    - Honeywell International
    - IBM
    - ISP News
    - Ice Walkers
    - International Internet News
    - International Paper Company
    - Internet Ad Resource
    - Internet Advertising Report
    - Internet Business News
    - Internet E-Commerce News
    - Internet Finance News
    - Internet News - Top Headlines
    - Internet Product News
    - Internet Stock Report
    - Intranet News
    - JP Morgan
    - JavaScript Tip of the Day
    - Johnson & Johnson
    - Linux Central - Best Sellers
    - Linux Central - Daily Specials
    - Linux Central - Products
    - Linux Developer's Network
    - Linux Freak
    - Linux PR
    - McDonalds
    - Merck & Co
    - Motley Fool
    - Newsweek
    - OS Investor
    - Philip Morris
    - Procter & Gamble
    - Refer-It
    - SBC Communications
    - Security Focus
    - SiteReview
    - Space Science
    - Streaming Media News
    - The FreeBSD Diary
    - The Market Close Report
    - The Midday Report
    - The Morning Report
    - The Street
    - The Wall Street Transcript
    - UK Internet News
    - United Technologies
    - Wal-Mart Stores
    - Walt Disney
    - Washington Post
    - Web Developer News (internet.com)
    - Web Reference
    - WebMonkey
    - Windows 2000
    - eXploringXML

  • Changed Providers:
    - Tin Toys is now Desktopian
    - The AppWatch site now uses titles instead of descriptions
    - Microsoft News is now Microsoft, and it is in the Dow Jones 30 category
    - AT&T News is now AT&T, and it is in the Dow Jones 30 category
    - Intel News is now Intel, and it is in the Dow Jones 30 category

  • Repaired Providers:
    - Be News is once again functional
    - CNET News is once again functional
    - Perl News no longer reappears in duplicate each time that the
    Add Default Providers button is used.

  • Removed Providers:
    - Millennium News
    - LiteStep
    - ZDNet
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