Headline Viewer
Version 0.9.4 History

• 0.9.4 - 11 Sep 2000
  Some great new features and bug fixes:
  
• New Skins:
  - Cedar Skin - Carved of the Best Cedar
  - Rough Rock Skin - Gray rock with rough edges
  - Chiseled Rock Skin - Gray rock with smooth outer edge
  
• The General tab of the Settings dialog now includes a Startup group with the following new options:
  
  Add Desktop Icon - Pushing this button creates a Headline Viewer icon on the desktop.
  
  Add to Startup Menu - Pushing this button creates a Headline Viewer shortcut in your Startup menu so that Headline Viewer will run each time you log in or start Windows.
  
  Add Quick Launch Icon - Pushing this button creates a Headline Viewer shortcut in your Quick Launch toolbar.
• The View section of the General tab of the Settings dialog now includes the "Show Titlebar" option. This option is respected only when a skin is not being used. If unchecked, no Titlebar is shown for the main window. This results in a very clean and minimal display. The option is also available from the View submenu of the Headline Viewer context menu.
  
• The skinning model has been revamped to increase flexibility and to allow for the development of more intriguing skins. The model now allows the strechable segments along the edges and within the main form to be composed of tiled images that are more than one pixel tall or wide in the stretchable direction. This makes it easier to construct textured skins. Full information can be found in the Headline Viewer Skin Creation Guide. Multiple bugs and glitches in the skinning system have also been cleared up.
  
• The ESC (Escape) key can now be used to minimize the main dialog. This key, along with the existing keyboard navigation of the main window, allows you to rapidly scan through many providers and then dismiss Headline Viewer, while your hands never leave the keyboard.
  
• Headline Viewer now includes drag-and-drop integration with mailing lists hosted at www.egroups.com. After you have subscribed to a list in the usual way, you can drag the URL of the list's home page on to Headline Viewer to create a provider which references the list.
  
• The StartsHere external provider list no longer exists; the corresponding button has been removed from the settings.
  
• Added better detection of the problem leading to the infamous "Error in Form_Load" message. The program now detects the absence of the Microsoft Scripting Runtime and asks the user to install it.
  
• The automatic flip timer is now reset after a click or double-click on an article title, or an arrow-key selection change in the article list.
  
• The Article list no longer gains an extraneous horizontal scroll bar when the vertical scroll bar is displayed.
  
• Headline Viewer is now more efficient when writing out settings and providers after a change in the Settings dialog. The providers are not written out unless they were changed in the settings. This greatly improves the speed of an exit from the Settings dialog.
  
• Headline Viewer should be more reliable on Windows 95. The settings which control the amount of concurrent network activity have been reduced to values which work better on Windows 95.
  
• The "mailto:chvskin" link in the About box is now functional.
  
• The "Fonts" section of the General tab of the Settings dialog is now named "Fonts & Colors".
  
• The "Fonts & Colors" section of the General tab of the Settings dialog now includes the "Use Per-Provider Background Colors" option. When on (the default), the article list is drawn using its very own background color. When off, the article list is drawn using the Windows default background color.
  
• In the Providers tab of the Settings dialog, exceptionally large images no longer overlap with other controls.
  
•  Resizing the main window to a very small size no longer results in the "Error in Form_Resize" message.
  
•  Added some better handling for text-mode providers:
  
  1. Empty records at the end of the data no longer result in the creation of empty articles.
  
  2. If the Text Format Spec for a text-mode provider is empty, then the default value "00,01,T" is used.
  
  3. If the TextFormat Spec for a text-mode provider does not include a "U" (URL) character, then the provider's Site URL is used instead.
  
• The site image on the main dialog can be used to drag the dialog around when the Easy Move option is enabled. Right-clicking on the site image now produces the context menu.
  
• System resource leaks when using skins have been plugged.
  
• New Categories:
  - Consumer
  
• New Providers:
  - <XML>fr
  - 3M News
  - About.com Botany
  - About.com Gardening
  - About.com Home Repair
  - About.com Interactive Fiction News
  - About.com Interior Decorating
  - About.com Landscaping
  - About.com Publishing
  - About.com Roses
  - About.com Today
  - About.com Woodworking
  - Absolute Quake Files Archive
  - Aerospace and Defense Industry News
  - Atlanta News
  - Audio Surge
  - Austria News
  - Backyard Blitz
  - Bay Area News
  - Better Homes and Gardens
  - Black Interest News
  - Book Reviews
  - Boston News
  - Boxing News
  - Burke's Backyard
  - Car Survey
  - Chicago News
  - Cleveland-Akron News
  - CNN.com
  - Consumer Non-durables News
  - Cool Sites
  - Cosource
  - Country Living Gardener
  - Craftsman.com
  - Cycling News
  - Daily Automotive News
  - Dallas-Fort Worth News
  - DC Area News
  - Denver-Boulder News
  - Detroit News
  - Digital Theatre
  - Dig Magazine
  - Do It Yourself.com
  - Domain Name News
  - Dot Com Doom News
  - DVD Review
  - Eastside Journal
  - Euro 2000 News
  - Election 2000: Democratic Convention
  - Election 2000: Candidates
  - ElectricNews.Net
  - Epinions - Education
  - Epinions - Food & Drink
  - Epinions - Home & Garden
  - Epinions - Kids & Family
  - Epinions - Restaurants
  - Epinions - Websites
  - Epinions - Health & Wellness
  - Family Gardening
  - Fantasy Football Weblog
  - FileFlash
  - Fine Gardening
  - Fine HomeBuilding Magazine
  - Fine Woodworking Magazine
  - Fitness News
  - Food and Drink News
  - Free XML Tools
  - Garden.com
  - Garden Gate Magazine
  - Garden Guides
  - Gardening Australia
  - General News
  - Graphics Industry News
  - Greece News
  - Growing Lifestyle
  - Growing Lifestyle - Gardening
  - Growing Lifestyle - Landscaping
  - Growing Lifestyle - Home Improvement
  - Guardian Unlimited
  - Hacker News Network
  - Health News
  - Hitplay
  - Home and Garden News
  - Home and Garden at Women.com
  - Home and Garden Television
  - HomeTime
  - Horse Racing News
  - Hort Digest
  - Hotel Resource
  - HouseNet
  - Houston News
  - IP and Patents News
  - Ice Hockey News
  - Infolets - Internet Innovations Explored
  - Internet Consultancies News
  - Internet Germany News
  - Internet Latin America news
  - Job Markets News
  - Kitchen Gardener Magazine
  - Knowledge Management News
  - kst.com news
  - LA News
  - Lansystems.com
  - Leisure Goods News
  - LinuxFreak News
  - Linux Magazine
  - Lowe's Warehouse
  - Mac PR
  - Mac Renegade
  - MacWEEK
  - Major League Soccer News
  - Miami-Fort Lauderdale News
  - Minneapolis-St Paul News
  - Movie Reviews
  - MozillaZine
  - Natural Health News
  - NineMSN OurHouse
  - OS News
  - Obituaries
  - Online Legal Issues News
  - Open Source News
  - Our House
  - Outdoor Recreation News
  - Parenting News
  - Personal Data Privacy News
  - Philadelphia News
  - Philippines News
  - Phoenix News
  - Pittsburgh News
  - Pop Music Reviews
  - Popular Mechanics - Home and Garden
  - Practical Hydroponics Magazine
  - Rebecca's Garden
  - ResearchBuzz
  - Riposte.org
  - RootPrompt.org
  - San Diego Don's Infonode
  - San Diego News
  - search.CPAN.org
  - Seattle-Tacoma News
  - ShoppingList: Free With Rebate
  - Site Scour
  - SlashDot - Apache
  - SlashDot - Books
  - SlashDot - BSD
  - SlashDot - Features
  - SlashDot - Interviews
  - SlashDot - Science
  - SlashDot - Yro
  - Small Business News
  - Software Downloads
  - SpaceViews
  - Spicy Noodles!
  - Sports Top Stories
  - SourceForge New Releases
  - Tampa-St Petersburg News
  - TeamGOP.com
  - Tech Events
  - The Cultivated Gardener
  - The Family Handyman
  - TV Shows News
  - Today's Homeowner
  - Top Consumer Stories
  - Top General Stories
  - Tornado Investor
  - Total F1
  - Traditional Gardening
  - Travel News
  - UK News
  - Ultimate Chaos
  - UMBC AgentWeb
  - US Security News
  - VC Watch
  - US Banking News
  - US Immigration News
  - Virtual Garden
  - Virus Warnings
  - Webmaster Tips
  - Wide Open News
  - Window Box
  - Women's News
  - Women's Rights News
  - Wresting News
  - yaBel
  - Yachting News
  
• Changed Providers:
  The following providers were moved to new categories. The new categories will be assigned when you upgrade unless you have already made an alternate category assignment of your own:
  - MP3 News from Culture to Consumer
  - Mutual Funds News from Finance to Consumer
  - Personal Finance News from Finance to Consumer
  - Personal Tech News from Technology to Consumer
  - Pop Music News from Culture to Consumer
  - Retail Investor News from Finance to Consumer
  - Metals News from Technology to Industry
  - Chunkymunky is now dTOP. It has a new image, too.
  
  The twenty-two InternetNews.com provider's names were changed to have "InternetNews.com" as a prefix so that providers from this source will all appear sorted together in the provider list. The new provider names are:
  - InternetNews.com Top Headlines
  - InternetNews.com Internet Business News
  - InternetNews.com Internet E-Commerce News
  - InternetNews.com Internet Advertising Report
  - InternetNews.com Ad Resource
  - InternetNews.com Electronic Commerce Guide
  - InternetNews.com Cyber Atlas
  - InternetNews.com Refer-It
  - InternetNews.com Internet Finance News
  - InternetNews.com Internet Stock Report
  - InternetNews.com Internet Stock Report - Morning
  - InternetNews.com Internet Stock Report - Midday
  - InternetNews.com Internet Stock Report - Market Close
  - InternetNews.com International Internet News
  - InternetNews.com UK Internet News
  - InternetNews.com Australian Internet News
  - InternetNews.com Canadian Internet News
  - InternetNews.com Intranet News
  - InternetNews.com ISP News
  - InternetNews.com Internet Product News
  - InternetNews.com Streaming Media News
  - InternetNews.com Web Developer News
  
• Repaired Providers:
  - Arts and culture News now displays the correct news
  - Cybertropix is once again functional
  - Site Review now shows the title instead of the description
  - 32 Bits Online - Features is once again functional
  - CNET News is once again functional
  - The Street.com is once again functional
  - Newsweek is once again functional
  - Washington Post is once again functional
  - tedev.net is once again functional
  - BeOS Central is once again functional
• Removed Providers:
  - Defense News
  - Election 2000 Candidates
  - Election 2000 Primaries
  - Y2k News
  - Customize.org - Message Board
  - Customize.org - Skins
  - Customize.org - Uploads
  - Customize.org
  - Internet Alchemy
  - Euro 2000 News
  - Election 2000: Democratic Convention
  - DisneyWire
  - AllUSB
  - Slayer's BattleTech
  - FileWatcher