| New Features in Version 4.0 |
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- Users can now invite other users to real private chat rooms. Multiple 1 on 1 private chat rooms can be open at the same time.
- The user's country location is now displayed in the userlist.
- Users can now ignore / mute other users. An ignored user will disappear from the online list and further messages will be blocked.
- A button menu has been added to the private chat box UI with the options to ignore, kick or ban the user. Admins / Moderators don't have to type the /kick or /ban commands manually into the chat anymore.
- The chat can now automatically throttle it's data update timer depending on the amount of users connected to the chat room. This new technique allows 100+ users connected simultaneously even on shared hosting servers.
- Turbo Flash Chat can be placed on Facebook pages.
- Link / email detection has been improved. Chat now understands formats like www.domain.com and test@email.com and converts them to clickable links.
- 10 new emoticons and smileys
- Several newly discovered bugs were fixed. |
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| Update Version 3.5 |
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- There is no more delay when sending messages.
- Improved user banning. If a user is banned from the chat room, simply changing the IP address or trying to connect via a proxy to overcome the ban block does not work anymore. The chat client will remember if the user was banned and even clearing the browser cache and deleting all cookies will not allow the user to login again.
- New default sound effect for incoming message.
- The chat now loads and initalizes much faster and there is no more delay when clicking on the login or logout button.
- Fixed a rarely occuring bug that allowed kicked / banned users to post further messages in the chat.
- Several newly discovered bugs were fixed, making the chat even more secure and stable. |
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| Update Version 3.0 |
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- The chat can now be integrated into your existing website / social network / community user database. Integration demo and example code
- Avatar pictures in the user online list are larger now and show more details.
- The online status menu has been improved in functionality and style.
- 10 new smileys have been added to the chat.
- In previous versions, sometimes a user's name disappeared from the user online list for no reason even though the user was still connected and actively chatting. This has been improved in version 3.0 and doesn't happen anymore. The chat can now tell if a user has timed out and reconnects automatically.
- In previous versions, some users reported the messages they are sending display 3 times in the chat. This bug has been fixed.
- The chat now has a new message buffer and can handle high amounts of simultaneous online users and message traffic.
- New swear word filter. Swear words are now filtered and show stars like this instead ****.
- The chat history viewer has been improved and can now display all language characters (Chinese, Arabic, Russian, etc.). |
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| Update Version 2.5 |
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- Users can now upload a photo (JPG, GIF or PNG) and it shows up next to their name in the user online list.
- Advanced flooding control. Users attempting to flood the chat room are blocked and cannot send further messages for a set period of time.
- The chat can now detect when the XML files become corrupted and automatically resets them. |
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| Update Version 2.0 |
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- The users online list has been greatly improved. It's now possible to directly click on a user's name to send a private message.
- You can now change your online status from "online" to "away" via a newly integrated menu button. Your availability is visible by the means of a small avatar icon displaying your online status in the users online list.
- Sounds can now be switched on / off via a button in the interface.
- URLs/Links now show properly for the sender too. |
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| Update Version 1.504 |
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- Added an emoticon / smiley menu to the chat interface. Makes it much easier to add emoticons to your messages without the need to type the keyboard character.
- Replaced the chat’s sound effects with completely new and better ones. |
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| Update Version 1.503 |
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- The sending of private messages has been greatly improved. The /private command now pops up a separate chat box, displaying the received private message from the other user. You can comfortably reply to private messages via the message text input field in the new private chat box.
- The chat now detects if a user has timed-out or lost connection to the chat. In the older versions, the timed-out user's nickname disappeared from the user online list and was still able to send and receive messages. This made it impossible for Administrators to kick or ban this user. The chat can now detect if a user has timed-out and will remove the person from the chat room automatically.
- The history XML files can now be cleared via the "/clear" chat command. In the older versions, administrators had to manually upload the empty XML history files via FTP to reset the chat history. Now you can do the same by typing the clear history command directly inside the chat client.
- The chat now checks the size of the history XML file before loading the last 30 messages into the chat client via the "/history" command. In the older versions, the chat tried to load the history XML file no matter how large its file size. This caused the chat to crash or the user to lose connection. Now, when the size of the XML file exceeds a certain limit, the chat notifies the administrator to clear the XML files.
- The administrator password is now stored in a separate .PHP file instead of being inside the .AS code. Some people reported having their chat hacked by others who decompiled the chat's .SWF file and retrieved the administrator password from inside the source code.
- Added basic flooding control. Users cannot send duplicate messages. |
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