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mceWeather changelog

This is the version-history for mceWeather. You can see what was fixed and changed in which release of the plugin.

Version 3.2 updated on 10/31/2006
- mceWeather is now fully compatible to Windows Vista
- added new skin "darkblue" that seemlessly integrates into to the new Vista look
- downloadfile is now signed with digital certificate. This ensures that no one has changed the file and that it's safe to install.

Version 3.1.1 updated on 07/13/2006
- updated location for some satellite images due to changes of DLR-Servers (Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt). All images should show correctly again.

Version 3.1 released on 03/29/2006
- global persistent settings: even if you delete your cookies, your settings will still be there and all Media Center extenders have the same settings as the PC (only if installed with setup; does still use cookies if started from Online Spotlight)
- overworked design (background panels)
- improved navigation
- fixed hilite of active item when mouse is moved back to MCE window
- rearranged "about" screen (info is not covered by video anymore)
- satellite images are sized correctly
- if forecast starts next day, it will not show broken images and info anymore (red crosses)

Version 3.0.2 updated on 12/15/2005
- fixed some issues on XBox360 (i.e. text input with large XBox360 remote)
- added spanish translation
- improved french and dutch translations
- added more default satellite images (60 from all around the world available now)
- fixed some design issues (truncation, colors, ...)
- when mceWeather runs in the background while you are in another MCE section, no "wait"-icon will be shown anymore

Version 3.0.1 updated on 11/01/2005
- fixed problems with text input with installed Windows XP Media Center® RollUp2+3
- satellite images now scale correct

Version 3.0 released on 09/20/2005
- reload scales the window right
- added possible placeholders to the sat image url:
#D# = current day without leading 0. i.e. "1"
#DD# = current day with leading 0. i.e. "01"
#M# = current month without leading 0. i.e. "9"
#MM# = current month with leading 0. i.e. "09"
#YY# = current year two digits. i.e. "05"
#YYYY# = current year four digits. i.e. "2005"
#HH# = current hour in 24 hours format
#NN# = current minute with leading 0. i.e. "01"
- overview scales right on 16x9 format
- renamed "options" to "settings" to be consistent with MCE
- changed font to "Segoe Media Center" to look more like MCE
- slightly changed menu logo
- fixed setup so that link is created in MCE 2004 as well

Version 3.0 Beta 1
- added wetter.com as source for weatherdata
- new page "overview" which shows compact current weather and forecast on one page
- now you can select your favorite cities which then can be switched fast on every page
- you can select your favorite satellite images
- added ability to enter own URLs for sat images
- favourite sat images can be chosen
- satellite images can be switched very fast on the sat images page
- you can choose between 6 different weather-icon styles
- added the "rain risk" in the forecast
- all pages showing weather data will reload every 5 minutes to refresh the data
- overworked all styles for smoother look
- added switching sound in comboboxes
- added portuguese translation
- options page has a button to install/uninstall link in MCE more programs + start menu
- start menu entry contains 3 parts now to directly jump to sat, forecast or overview
- checks if cookies are enabled on startup
- added the ability to enter extended characters (over the number-keys) by holding down shift on keyboard

Version 1.0.10
- included italian translation
- an icon "-" is now showing correctly as "na.gif"

Update on 1/7/2005
- added satellite-image for "New Zealand"

Version 2.0 released on 12/27/2004
- Now uses webserver instead of local cbServer.exe
- completely new design of the MCE-part (Microsoft does not want plugins to look 100% like MCE)
- improved navigation and display
- pages are now zoomed to display correct in Internet Explorer without MCE
- added online-survey on uninstallation
- installation does not add a link to the MCE 2005 main menu anymore (Microsoft permits this for software publishers...)
- added italian translation

Version 1.0.9 released on 11/5/2004
- installation asks to add link in the MCE 2005 main menu
- improved navigation
- fixed problem with "back"-button on remote control
- added 21 more satellite-images from all around the world
- some translations fixed
- cbServer is closed on update/uninstall automatically
- improved performance
- ...

Version 1.0.8 released on 10/22/2004
- added a permanent link to the MCE 2005 main menu
- link in the start menu is now in the correct place in any language
- fixed some problems in the navigation
- names of weekdays are now coming from internal translations, not from the system
- input city name is now fully remote compatible (no more keyboard needed)
- corrected some translations

Version 1.0.7 released on 10/9/2004
- fully compatible to Microsoft Windows XP Media Center 2005® (thanks to P. Leibling)
- fixed some errors in the navigations

Version 1.0.6 released on 9/4/2004
- new language available: Dutch (thanks to D. de Kruyff)
- Fixed problem with wetherstations with an "'" in their name (thanks to B. Best)
- Last shown page is now really shown again on next start
- setup now only removes parts installed with mceWeather
- setup now removes all files installed with mceWeather
- setup now prompts to open mceWeather in bowser

Version 1.0.5 released on 7/30/2004
- fixed the problem with the white screen and/or error "This page was not designed for Media Center..."

Version 1.0.4 released on 7/29/2004
- fixed the installation so that previous installed version's paths are ignored
- larger font-size in buttons
- if forecast or satellite-image was the last shown page, it's opened on the next start again
- rearranged buttons in options-page
- fixed movement of textfield in "Lookup city"
- corrected typo in the setup (french words in english setup)
- new uninstall-icon
- new "image is loading..." text while loading the satellite image

Version 1.0.3 released on 7/28/2004
- fixed the font-size (larger font again)
- now supports proxy-servers (see the faq-entry)
- added a link "Open in Browser" to the "normal" windows start menu
- fixed javascript-error in "lookup city"

Version 1.0.2 (first release) 7/25/2004
- included french translation (thanks to T. Dufaud and J. Pariset)
- background-image is stretched to cover hole screen even in weird screen-resolutions (and 16:9)
- navigating "down" from the last menuitem on the left now focuses the "shared viewport" (i.e. minimized live-tv)
- last visible page is restored on next run (if you looked at "forecast" when leaving mceWeather, you will see the forecast as first page on next run)
- now shows when the data was retrieved from weather.com on "current" and "forecast"-pages
- does noct show forecast for current day if local time in shown location is past 2 pm (weather.com says: forecast is not valid anymore)
- cbServer can only be accessed from localhost (improved security)
- corrected button-focus after loading satellite-image

Version 1.0.1 (Beta 2) 7/7/2004
- now shows the "view" correct as distance
- added some more satellite images
- fixed javascript error on some machines
- made the cbServer more secure
- added the ability to refresh the weather-data manually (in "current", just select "current" again to refresh data from The Weather Channel®)
- fixed errormessage while navigating in "Lookup City"-page
- improved look of blue style in the options
- prepared french as language (not complete yet)
- added another set of weather-images (just rename folder [programfiles]/cbuenger/cbServer/res/mceweather/images/weather1 to weather2)
- changed white areas on exotic display-resolutions to background-color
- added a "Donate"-button in the "about"-window
- fixed and added some translations

Version 1.0.0 (Beta 1) 7/2/2004
- first public Beta

 


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