
Network Assistant: Versions History
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Legend 
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    + new feature, improvement 
    * miscellaneous change, modification
    ! bug fix


Network Assistant v2.0 (October 4, 2000)
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    + Help system now available
    + Sound Events: PC Speaker support under Windows 95/98
    ! Fixed serious bug in communication code that caused almost all network 
      services unavailable on some systems.


Network Assistant v2.0 beta 2 (September 10, 2000)
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    + Ability to change/select local IP address
    ! Alerts: fixed invalid behavior of the screen shot taking alert
    ! Whiteboard: fixed the bug of pen tool that drawn unexpected lines
      sometimes
    ! Chat-In-Tip: fixed the bug when Chat-In-Tip window is configured to be
      shown in the top right desktop corner
    ! Fixed "RICHLINE INSERTION ERROR" bug
    * Stack dumping in bug reports made correct
    * Some changes of tray icons behavior


Network Assistant v2.0 beta 1 (July 19, 2000)
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    + New connection engine (based on Winsockets instead of Mailslots API)
    + Screenshots taking has been made much more stable and quicker
    * There is not built-in router any more. Instead of old router you can
      specify additional broadcast IP addresses
    + New stylish interface (dockable toolbars and "round" tool buttons)
    + Current-mode-sensitive main menu
    + "Contacts" toolwindow. It lists online users and allows you to select
      recipients quickly
    + New properties for every state: Autoanswer, Message minimization, Sound
      disabling and more
    + Up to 10 user defined (custom) states
    + Up to 10 user defined nicknames (with history)
    + Chat: Channels concept. You can join public channels or talk privately
      with only one remote user (person-to-person). Nassi remembers last 20
      public channels which you had joined. Also you can specify channels which
      you would like to join at startup
    + Chat: You can specify/change the topic of current channel
    + Instant messages. Access to this feature has been made more easy and
      intuitive: single click on a user in the Contacts window opens 
      "Send Message" dialog. Incoming messages from a particular user are
      queued. WinPopup/Messenger messages use the same framework
    + Whiteboard: Pan and Text tools
    + Whiteboard now resides in memory only when it is being used
    * "Special" tab has been renamed to "Special Services". Currently only one
      special service is available: Date/Time Synchronization
    + Event Log tab. Event log records some system messages and errors
    + Logging. From this version Network Assistant stores all chat public
      channels, private channels, instant messages and event log in 
      corresponding text files in the Logs folder (by default)
    + Formattable text output for chat history and Chat-In-Tip
    + "Print" feature for the current chat channel and whiteboard
    + New sound events for joining/leaving channel
    + New "Setup Sound Event" dialog. In addition to playing wave sound you can
      use PC speaker. Moreover you can specify duration, frequency and one of
      five types of sounding (available for Windows NT only)
    + You can view the text content of remote Windows clipboard
    + Multilanguage support. By default, Network Assistant supports English and
      Russian. Additional languages avaliable for download from web site
    * New "Setup" dialog design
    + New setup options:
        - General: Minimize/Close button action
        - General: Pop up main window options
        - General: Run Network Assistant at startup
        - Auto "Away": on Screen saver / monitor power off / StandBy / Suspend
        - Secutity: Disable clipboard view
        - Secutity: Disable statistics view
        - New logging options
    + You can specify non-standard fonts for user interface, chat windows,
      instant messages and Chat-In-Tip
    + Context popup menus for users list and Contacts window
    + New "Floating" feature for the online user
    + Alerts: New alert: On Screenshot taking
    + Alerts: New actions: 
        - Add alert message to event log
        - Automatically send message back
    * "Define Alerts" dialog is sizable now
    + New columns (parameters) in users list: Ping time and IP address
    + New "Setup Columns" dialog allows you to setup columns for users list
    + New Autorefresh Users List options:
        - Autorefresh on program activation
        - Autorefresh on Users List activation
    + New "Setup Refresh Timer" dialog
    + Shortcuts and accelerator keys for most commands
    * Traffic History panel has been redesigned
    + Improved the "Sticky window" feature
    + Improved the behavior of the tray icon
    * "Neighborhoods" tab has been renamed to "Users"
    ! Fixed incorrect Idle Time calculation (when using only keyboard)
    ! Fixed very small unreadable fonts problem
    ! Fixed Network Tree browser code
    ! Fixed several bugs from previous versions


Network Assistant v1.9 (November 2, 1999)
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    The very first public release.


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Several unreleased versions has been done since version 1.0
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Network Assistant v1.0
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    The original version. Very primitive. Unreleased.