
Banter NEWS

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(http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Banter).

Version 0.1.7
* Quick release to fix timestamps in tarball of 0.1.6

Version 0.1.6
* Video chat is now rockin' with full video/audio support
* The chat window now handles all types of chats
* Video chats can be added and removed to text chats with ease.
* Major event handling added so incoming and outgoing chats flow well
* Lots of bug fixes

Version 0.1.5
* Avatar UI added to GroupWindow to set and remember avatar history
* Tapioca sharp dependencies completely removed
* Introduced video chat with minimal success

Version 0.1.4
* Status Messages can be set and received in Group and Chat windows.
* Secret status messages can be set.
* Logged in person is shown in Group Window.
* Contacts can be resized in Group Window to show more details.
* Removed dependency on Tapioca sharp.

Version 0.1.3
* Groups can now be created/deleted from group windows.
* Themes/Styles now loaded from $prefix/share/banter/Themes and ~/.banter/Themes.
* Initial work for adding people to groups via evolution.
* New work so Banter can be packaged as an RPM complete. 
* Translations can now use po/LINGUAS file to add new translations. 

Version 0.1.2
* Initial Avatar support from Telepathy and EDS
* Internal object model for Banter was cleaned up.  The presence engine
  was eliminated and events are now provided on ProviderUser objects.  All
  managers can now deal with Person objects and much of the work the
  Application was doing is now handled in Managers.

Version 0.1.1
* New icons (they need some tango love).
* New GroupWindow which shows groups of contacts/people.
* New EDS integration.  Contacts that appear in EDS now appear in the
  GroupWindow regardless of whether they exist in Telepathy.  Telepathy
  users are automatically added to EDS.
* GroupWindow state (size, position, etc.) saved across sessions.

Version 0.1.0
* Initial develpment release.
* Includes basic text-chat capabilities.
* Video and audio chat capabilities are stubbed-out.

