It has taken a few days longer than expected, but we wanted to iron out some last-minute bugs that had been reported, and release a more solid version. We don’t think most people enjoy updating their software every two days!

This is the list of fixes and changes in the 2007-02-19 release:

• Fixed problems with presence at local group in chat window.
• Blinking tab in taskbar when new message arives.
• Special characters in chat messages are now allowed.
• The server connection is now kept alive every 10 minutes, preventing random logouts.
• Presence problem in chat groups when an previous member reenters has been fixed.
• Fixed automatic connection (with auto-login checked) to an AP in private mode.
• Login process speed has been improved.
• Various minor revisions and changes in the GUI.
• Fixed transient non-Whisher status for registered or tagged APs, between no
• connection and internet available instances.
• Non blocker search buddy mechanism + limitation of result number when searching for all.
• WPA has been tested on a variety of access points and routers, and found to work.
• Access points with SSID length greater than 30 characters can now be registered.
• Fixed “deny friendship” message on destination buddy logout.
• Fixed regular expressions in chat messages, URLs are now always recognized and clickable.
• Copy/paste text from/into chat window has been implemented.
• Maximize button for all resizable windows has been added (thanks AustinTX for the suggestion).
• Fixed local storage update after unregistering/untagging an AP.
• AP connection process now uses the keys in the right order and does not retry with the same stored keys upon failure.
• Fixed problem with commenter’s identity in guestbook comments.
• Offline messages timestamp changed to GMT (server time), this will be adapted to the client timezone in a future release.
• Email address is no longer diplayed in user profiles.
• Enabling wireless adapters method has been improved.
• The installer now copies the required files specific for Windows 2000 (thanks to those who reported this and helped identify a fix).
• Various Online Maps improvements and Javascript errors solved.

Since we use Qt to keep versions across operating systems synchronized, the fixes that affect the common code base will be applied also the Mac and Linux (soon to be released) versions. The reason we are not releasing a Mac update is that we are waiting for a set of APIs from Apple which will allow us to make WPA much more stable. We’d like to sincerely thank Apple for the support they are offering us in this project!

To update Whisher, simply download it again, run the installer, which will uninstall the previous version and install the updated one.