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[Vhab]

First of all, I'd like to thank all the people that tried out the nightly builds and gave feedback.
I really couldn't have found some bugs if it weren't for you all. Give yourself a round of applause!

Now, without further delay: the first Beta release of Vha.Chat 1.2!

1.2.0 Beta:
- Major code revamp in preparation of the future (configuration, extendability and robustness)
- Added an options interface
- Added popup windows for a single channel or private conversation
- Added /afk (or /away) command
- Added /reply (or /r) command
- Added right-click context menu's on characters, channels and private channels
- Changed /help to behave more dynamic and descriptive
- Changed the target box to sort alphabetically
- Proper support for system messages and anonymous vicinity messages
- Proper support for multiple clients running at the same time
- Windows now remember their position, size and state
- The side panel can now be moved to either side of the window
- Many small fixes and tweaks

This build is feature complete.
The only possible changes between this release and 1.2.0 Stable are bug fixes (if any) or minor improvements.
I believe this release to be suitable for daily use and encourage everyone to take it for a spin!

Get your fresh Vha.Chat at: http://www.vhabot.net/downloads.php#Vha.Chat

[Vhab]

1.2.0 Beta has been promoted to 1.2.0 Stable.
No changes have been made.

[Vhab]

I have some bad news for Linux users, I've abandoned the goal of making Vha.Chat Mono compatible.
See this thread for more information: http://forums.vhabot.net/index.php/topic,7148.0.html

Vha.Chat may work on Wine, but it won't be an officially supported platform due to the somewhat random behavior of Wine.
I won't be actively testing on this platform as testing and debugging really is a pain to do down this road.

I've invested quite some time into making this work, but I'm simply being held back by bugs in Mono.
As there really is only a hand full of Linux users wishing to use this application, I cannot justify investing more time into this.

Vha.Chat's roadmap will no longer reflect support for non-Windows platforms.


There's also some good news, I've finished the new AOML parsing lib.
Vha.Chat's AOML display should now be more accurate and hopefully a few bugs Budabot users were experiencing should be fixed too.

Take the alpha for a testdrive:
- New AOML parsing lib for improved info window and scripts displaying
- Added the /start command to launch the default browser
- Made http://* and https://* links clickable
- Works reasonably on Wine

As always, get it here: http://build.vhabot.net/ccnet/server/local/project/Vha.Chat/PackageList.aspx