Spark Changelog

2.0.7 -- December 4th, 2006

New Features

• [SPARK-444] - Added one-click hide from system tray.
• [SPARK-445] - Added simple log viewer.
• [SPARK-447] - Added Typing notification to individual tabs and Frame.
• [SPARK-398] - Nicknames should be sortable in group chat rooms.

Bug Fixes

• [SPARK-428] - Fixed issue with removing start on startup in preferences.
• [SPARK-435] - Setting presence to DND works correctly.
• [SPARK-436] - Verify new JID escaping with transports works correctly.
• [SPARK-437] - Auto reconnect to notify each connection manager to reset themselves.
• [SPARK-438] - Rooms need to be active when Reconnection was successfull
• [SPARK-439] - Yahoo! Logo shows up in vcard popup for offline users
• [SPARK-440] - No longer sending presence to Gateway if not signed in.
• [SPARK-441] - Chat room send field no longer becomes disabled.
• [SPARK-442] - Logging out causes temporary blank spark to appear.
• [SPARK-443] - The Translator plug-in does not work
• [SPARK-446] - No longer show toast popups when a message has an error.

2.0.6 -- November 20, 2006

Bug Fixes

• [SPARK-414] - Added Grabber icon to the bottom right of each frame.
• [SPARK-415] - Removed background from JButtons for better UI on OSX.
• [SPARK-416] - Replaced old icon for menu tray.
• [SPARK-418] - Improved upon Members Only Group Chats.
• [SPARK-419] - Fixed MSI build.
• [SPARK-425] - Creating account with in-band registration caused NPE in spark.
• [SPARK-426] - Improve compatibility with GTalk.
• [SPARK-428] - Fixed issue with removing start on startup in preferences.
• [SPARK-429] - Improved Gateway tooltips.
• [SPARK-430] - MSN roster invites work.
• [SPARK-432] - Adding new users will not offer gateway if the user is not from an external system.
• [SPARK-433] - Fixed lost message issue with GTalk users.
• [SPARK-353] - Improved upon conference invitations.

2.0.5 -- October 30, 2006

New Features

• [SPARK-358] - Added a beta version of the MSI installer.
• [SPARK-402] - Added ability to add new contacts through transports.

Bug Fixes

• [SPARK-393] - Fixed blank tab on MAC OSX when presence changed.
• [SPARK-400] - Spark now checks for available real estate on monitor.
• [SPARK-403] - Fixed private chats in group chat rooms.

2.0.4 -- October 18, 2006

Bug Fixes

• [SPARK-394] - Fixed user search.
• [SPARK-395] - Fixed issue with broadcasts.
• [SPARK-396] - Auto discovery is now working with SRV lookup.
• [SPARK-397] - Fixed some minor issues with group chat rooms.

2.0.3 -- October 11, 2006

New Features

• [SPARK-364] - Added French translation to Spark.
• [SPARK-385] - Added Italian translation to Spark.
• [SPARK-386] - Added Dutch translation to Spark.

Bug Fixes

• [SPARK-379] - Fixed exception that occured when services could be loaded from the server.
• [SPARK-383] - Gateway information is now based on disco and not the subdomain name.
• [SPARK-387] - Fixed disconnect on illegal error packet.
• [SPARK-388] - Fixed flaky gateway detection in contact list
• [SPARK-392] - Fixed removal of sames user in multiple rooms.

2.0.2 -- September 28, 2006

New Features

• [SPARK-363] - Added screen selection capability to the screenshot feature.
• [SPARK-356] - Added German translation to Spark.
• [SPARK-359] - Updated icons and text in Spark to reflect functionallity better.
• [SPARK-370] - Added sound preference for incoming chat invitations.
• [SPARK-374] - Improved message notifications using sounds and toasters.

Bug Fixes

• [SPARK-357] - Spark Manager now handles the online spark distribution correctly.
• [SPARK-360] - Added missing i18n properties.
• [SPARK-361] - Fixed case where users were showing up as offline when they are online.
• [SPARK-362] - Allow passwords with leading and trailing spaces.
• [SPARK-365] - File transfers through a proxy no longer fails.
• [SPARK-366] - Show login failure when Spark is in the system tray and login fails.
• [SPARK-367] - Spark can now run with limited operating system permissions.
• [SPARK-368] - Fixed error with wildcard searchs.
• [SPARK-369] - Fixed connection issue with Facetime and Akonix.
• [SPARK-371] - Added back ctrl+n (now ctrl+f) for user searching within contact list and chat window.

2.0.1 -- September 11, 2006

New Features

• [SPARK-350] - Added icons and registration for ICQ gateways.

Bug Fixes

• [SPARK-341] - Changed online installer to require JRE 1.5.
• [SPARK-342] - Spark will not start if the language settings do not match i18n.
• [SPARK-343] - Spark handles upgrades with the online tag.
• [SPARK-344] - Fixed invalid paths with sound preference.
• [SPARK-345] - XMPP URI mapping now registers correctly with the registry.
• [SPARK-346] - Search no longer crashes in Spark
• [SPARK-347] - Fixed multiple presence packets being sent on idle.
• [SPARK-348] - Gateway plugin now checks the server on separate thread.
• [SPARK-351] - Changed Spark to use default look and feel on OSX.
• [SPARK-352] - Display correct message on uninstalls of plugins in the plugin viewer.

2.0.0 -- September 7, 2006

New Features

• Initial release as an Open Source project!
• [SPARK-5] - Added resource bundle support so that Spark can support translations.
• [SPARK-28] - Added ability to send a file transfer to an offline contact (file is sent when they become available).
• [SPARK-45] - Added support for storing group chat bookmarks (JEP-0048).
• [SPARK-78] - Improved tab management.
• [SPARK-162] - Improved UI of chat history when opening window.
• [SPARK-169] - Spark now stacks chat tabs instead of scrolling them.
• [SPARK-177] - Added XMPP URI Mapping to Spark
• [SPARK-181] - Improved the Mac installer.
• [SPARK-290] - Added ability to resend files when transfer fails.
• [SPARK-291] - Add file transfer timeout setting to preferences.
• [SPARK-292] - starting conversations with "user" (not really a JID) is possible, Spark could attach "@server.com" to make it "user@server"
• [SPARK-298] - Presence updates now show timestamp.
• [SPARK-299] - Incremental scroll units should be moved to 150 instead of 50.
• [SPARK-302] - Added nested groups support.
• [SPARK-314] - Apple-W now closes a chat tab/window on Mac.
• [SPARK-315] - Improved Growl support on Mac.
• [SPARK-324] - It's now possible to logout with a reason.
• [SPARK-330] - The preferences dialog is no longer modal.
• [SPARK-332] - Added activity monitoring for users typing, going offline and online to contact list.
• [SPARK-333] - Added support for gateways.
• [SPARK-335] - Added new notification preferences.

Bug Fixes

• [SPARK-14] - Spark no longer unchecks the auto-login feature on disconnects.
• [SPARK-88] - The update process now checks to see if the update is already downloaded (in case the user never restarted Spark).
• [SPARK-101] - The chat window now has proper Mac OS X menus.
• [SPARK-208] - Allow VM params to be set for graphics rendering options.
• [SPARK-218] - Non-English characters were noe displayed correctly in vCards.
• [SPARK-221] - Sparkplugs were not "sticking" after restart on the Mac.
• [SPARK-238] - Setting download directory in Spark is now persisted on logout.
• [SPARK-240] - Some commands should not be offered for workgroups in roster.
• [SPARK-245] - 0 byte files were crashing Spark.
• [SPARK-253] - GroupChatRoomInfo needs to support DBCS.
• [SPARK-279] - Special characters in the away message could crash Spark.
• [SPARK-280] - Spark was not showing avatars created in Google.
• [SPARK-281] - Conference button hidden in chat room toolbar.
• [SPARK-282] - Broadcast message functionallity is now dictated by the broadcast plugin in spark.
• [SPARK-283] - In some cases, Spark was not starting due to an exception in Tray handling.
• [SPARK-285] - The link-2-text filter was not matching all URL's correctly.
• [SPARK-288] - Spark was ignoring error messages in certain cases.
• [SPARK-293] - Cancel of Spark Manager download does was actually closing the input stream.
• [SPARK-294] - Improved logic around avatar handling.
• [SPARK-297] - Mac/Linux - conference invites were never received.
• [SPARK-300] - Unsubscribe packet was triggering unsubscribe response.
• [SPARK-301] - Offline messages were not saved in transcript history.
• [SPARK-303] - Fixed memory leak in ChatRoom.
• [SPARK-304] - Added chat history to the chat room window.
• [SPARK-305] - Added a preference option to specify a download folder.
• [SPARK-306] - The text ": - )" now shows a smiley.
• [SPARK-317] - Fixed error when loading user history.
• [SPARK-318] - Added a way to specify cleanly that a Sparkplug will fail when Spark API changes.
• [SPARK-321] - Pending Presence subscription from other users were not showing up in Spark.
• [SPARK-322] - Fixed error retrieving vCards from dJabberd
• [SPARK-323] - The auto-away feature now changes presence priority to 0.
• [SPARK-326] - Double clicking on a user search result was not starting a chat conversation.
• [SPARK-328] - Fixed bug where Spark wouldn't start due to bad proxy config.
• [SPARK-331] - Message of type HEADLINE can now popup as a toaster.