Chapter 6


	Chapter 6

6. Release Notes & History
(last updated February 16th, 2006)

Current Release is 3.2 of the server 3.1 of the manager and 3.8 of the client.

Known problems / bugs (please email support@howudodat.com with new bugs or issues)

Bugs:

	When changing "Echo Room" status, the user list in the manager isn't updated to add/delete Mr. Echo (Workaround: close and reopen the manager)
	When a profile room is spawned, the # of configured users doesn't always show right in the manager (Workaround: close and reopen the manager)
	If you add/update a room when the server is stopped all room configs but one are lost.
	The browser wont launch real player when surfed to .ram files
	While holding down the ctrl key, if you try and right click in the text chat, it appears to freeze (Workaround: Don't do that)
	Client sometimes freezes when pressing ctrl and clicking on the menu
	Redirects don't work in browser window if browsing disabled

Requested Features (Let us know if you'd like to see these features in the product):

	Play a sound when the file transfer is done
	Ability to ignore users
	Have an indication as to who has the control of the app sharing
	Maximize screen space if url is hidden
	Put copy of shared app in the tab of the person sharing
	Allow multiple pages in the whiteboard
	Put a transparent overlay onto the presentation window for markup
	Allow saving of whiteboard, or allow multiple canvases

The Version 1.x and 2.x client and server are no longer supported as of 1/1/2005
Version 3.0 was officially release 10/1/2004.

The 3.0 release Chatterbox is a complete re-write of the user interface. We have also added significant features in the area of presentation sharing. This feature allows you to share PowerPoint and Flash presentations. Please note that we are currently re-working our roadmap so some of these features my change.

Upcoming Features

Video. This is just as it sounds. In our current design, there would be a "video" window that streams (bandwidth allowing) video from one to one and one to many

Invisible User. An invisible user that can monitor the room

Private voice sessions. The ability to "tear off" into a private room, from a public room

Remote Control. A simpler method of remote controlling a users pc.

Features further in the future

Internationalization and Localization. Features to make the product more usable in other languages and regions of the world.

Large Scale, Low Bandwidth (LS/LB) Server. A system we have already designed that will allow thousands of users on a single server/room with extremely low bandwidth requirements for the server, but still sustain high levels of voice quality. The real benefit is that the bandwidth required would not cost the server owner any additional connect or bandwidth fees from their service provider.

Server Clustering. A way to provide automatic fault tolerance and load balancing. This architecture would be an alternative to the LS/LB server. In certain situations the LS/LB server may not be the preferred approach for hosting hundreds of users and/or provide the level of fault tolerance needed.

Note: There is no guarantee when or if these features will actually be released, how they will be packaged or whether or not they will be included in the core product.

Server
2/15/2006	3.2.14	Fixed accented characters not showing in presentation filenames
1/18/2006	3.2.13	Added support for "force upgrade"
12/6/2005	3.2.12	Added support for new user->moderator text option
11/24/2005	3.2.11	Fixed a bug in the WhoIs directory.
10/24/2005	3.2.10	Fixed race condition when moderator with follow-me enabled logged out of the room
		Added support for Upload Layout
9/1/2005	3.2.9	Added Support for Local Record Option
		Changed News to be RTF based instead of IE
8/15/2005	3.2.8	Added ability to bind to single IP address
8/11/2005	3.2.7	Added support for renaming of playback files
		Fixed a bug where playback in a room with live users wouldn't work
		Made retrieving of license more reliable
7/29/2005	3.2.6	Fixed a security bug where a user could get access to the room password
7/12/2005	3.2.5	Fixed Flash Presentations not sharing

6/20/2005	3.2.4	Added white list filter for chat manager IP addresses
6/15/2005	3.2.3	Changes to support more intelligent presentation sharing
5/26/05	3.2.1	Minor Session Recording fixes
5/9/05	3.2.0	Support for RTF Text Chat (as explained in the client)
	3.1.5	late user now synchs with current follow me page

Manager
12/6/2005	3.1.3	Added support for new user->moderator text option
9/1/2005	3.1.2	Added Support for Local Record Option
6/20/2005	3.1.1	Fixed the msgError Dialog box to only show the error

Client
2/16/2006	3.8.3	Fixed a couple of Whiteboard Scripting problems
		Moved the Whiteboard toolbar down one row
2/15/2006	3.8.2	Fixed Whiteboard relayering of objects not being propagated
		Added a lightweight import whiteboard from text file, scripting option
		Fixed some scaling issues with markup on powerpoint
		Fixed accented characters not showing in presentation file names
		Fixed local record dialog not being closeable
2/7/006	3.8.0	Roll up of all fixes
		Fixed CPU going to 100% ("Stuck at Initializing Interface")
1/18/2006	3.7.12	Added support for room admin to force an upgrade.
		Fixed manual refresh not working on whiteboard capture
		Added support for extended characters in the title and welcome message
	3.7.11	Numerous WB enhancements and fixes
		Disabled Freehand Tool. (May be re-enabled in the future)
		Fixed stamp tool dieing after save or load
	3.7.10	Fixed tab order of external alerts dialog
		Added "forced switching of tabs" when right-click to switch tabs
		Added Delete of Individual Objects
		Fixed WB not showing progress of background download
		Fixed WB save / load
		Increased tolerance for selecting lines
		Changed to text behavior in WB to auto size box if it is larger than when created
		Empty text box in WhiteBoard no longer creates an empty object
12/29/2005	3.7.9	Reworked Whiteboard to use vector type objects
		Added save / load to Whiteboard
		Added background fill color to Whiteboard objects
		Fixed a bug when pasting text > 1000 chars
12/12/205	3.7.8	Added nicer menus
		Changed alerts so that they search for substrings and not whole word matches
		Fixed a bug with right click menu and moderator only text chat
		Fixed a bug with alerts with empty command line launching IE
12/6/2005	3.7.7	Added a new user->moderator text option and changed old one to user screened text chat
		Added support for rtf in screened text
		Fixed user->screened text not working
		Fixed a massive memory leak in whiteboard
		Added a "clear all" to the text chat window (moderator and user)
	3.7.6	Added support for running external command with the alerts
11/24/2005	3.7.5	Fixed File Transfer
10/25/2005	3.7.4	Fixed a problem where the gui would not display when connecting to an old client layout room.
10/24/2005	3.7.3	Fixed google and msn search and follow-me
		Added a "type here" message
		Enabled tabbing between windows
		Hooked up F11 and Shift-F11 (SF11 does not work if in Text window)
		Added select all and copy menu items to received text chat window right click menu
		Added a "upload layout" option for moderator to more easily upload room layouts
		Fixed a problem with the installer not writing the correct install dir / drive to the registry
9/1/2005	3.7.2	Added Support for Local Record
		Changed News to be RTF based instead of IE
8/16/2005	3.7.1	Smoothed out VOX algorithm to be less choppy
		Added right click menu to hold down talk key
8/11/2006	3.7.0	Added VOX to voice chat
		Smoothed VU meter
		Added a voice Tx indicator for VOX
		Fixed bug in polling where 5 answers would produce weird output in the text chat window
		Fixed bug in Polling where > 25 saved polls would freeze the client
		Changed private text chat so that popup window wouldn't take the focus away from typing in another window
		Changed session playback to cache to a file, and allow local restart / stop / pause
		Added a progress bar for session playback to show DL progress and playback progress
		Added support to allow renaming of recorded sessions
		Added launch buttons for volume and recording controls in preferences/audio
8/8/2006	3.6.1	Added a progress bar for browser navigation status
		Auto cancels navigation (for follow me) when the moderator clicks on a link
		Fixed a problem with Echo Rooms only playing 1 sec or less
8/5/2005	3.6.0	Roll up of fixes into forced release
		Fixed numerous nuances with follow-me
		Fixed crash in win98 and win2000 with emoticons and text chat
7/29/2005	3.5.6	Resolved issue where if multiple clients were logged in, pressing ctrl would send voice to all rooms
		Fixed "Share Web Page" not working.
		Fixed remaining non-working menu items
		Fixed a bug where changing options would make the audio go crazy
		Fixed a bug where if a user joined an existing presentation the client would crash
7/25/2005	3.5.4	Fixed some nuances with follow me not showing the right URL in the address bar
7/12/2005	3.5.3	Fixed Private Text Chat not working if not using a popup window for it
		Fixed word wrap on text entry window so it coincides with global preferences
		Fixed a bug in Text Chat when saved showing up too big in MS Word
		Added Playback Controls to the Session Playback
6/15/2005	3.5.2	Changed Presentation Sharing to be more size / quality intelligent
5/21/05	3.5.0	Added internal upgrade mechanism
		Added accelerator keys
	3.4.1	Added ability to freeze text chat
	3.4.0	Rebuilt Text Chat so it no longer depends on an IE browser (eliminates Exception writing to Browser error)
	3.3.0	fixed critical bug with co-browsing
	3.2.0	added frames support to co-browsing

3.1.0 Released 3/1/05

Server

	(3.1.0) Added Dos Counter Measures.
	.1 Fixed user / moderator passwords not showing in the control panel
	.1 added "enumrecord" command to web admin interface
	.1 added a status icon to userlist while downloading a presentation
	.1 added a "white list" filter to web admin
	.2 fixed a problem with presentation sharing where only mods could view presentations
	.3 fixed a problem with some international character sets not displaying correctly

Manager

	(3.1.0) Added support for CM variables (DoS CounterMeasures)
	.1 Fixed System Message displaying "Send Message" and not the message

Client

	(.19) Added logic to help reduce non-default browser conflicts
	(.19) Fixed a bug in the SWF upload
	(.19) Restored Screen Name (Alias) rules
	(.19) Added a trap for corrupt IE (User enters and leaves room immediately)
	(.19) Chatclient.exe is now signed. This will allow some local firewalls to accept the exe without prompting
	(.19) Added support for simple user auth records into the config panel
	(.19) Added ability to use mouse to talk (click in status bar by microphone)
	(.19) Double click in presentation sharing brings up "jump to page" dialog box
	~~(.19) Presentation sharing now saves as WMF and JPG and uploads the smaller of the two files~~
	(3.1.0) Completed conversion to Unicode
	(3.1.0) Fixed a bug in Whiteboarding not pasting graphics
	.3 fixed " not working in text chat
	.3 fixed favorites not launching the browser
	.3 fixed "set room layout" in the control panel
	.3 added a "close" button to the news window
	.3 added a status icon to userlist while downloading a presentation
	.3 changed presentation sharing so it DL's one slide at a time instead of the whole presentation
	.4 fixed a problem with some international character sets not displaying correctly
	.5 added more anti-hacking code

3.0.0 server 3.0.0 Manager Released 10/1/2004

Server / Manager / Client

	Complete re-write of the user interface for the client and the manager.
	Integrated User Authentication
	Windows XP Support
	System Message
	Persistent News / Text Messages
	Session Transcribing
	Database Integration
	PowerPoint / Flash Presentation Sharing
	Whiteboard

Click here for release notes for version prior to 3.x