- 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. |