Whisher 2.0 is finally here!
We’ve made it! Whisher 2.0 is now available for download here, in our super cool new site. Right now Windows XP, Mac OS X and Linux versions are available…and hopefully Windows Vista by next Friday - Microsoft makes it very hard for developers on their shiny new OS.
What’s new? Well, a lot, which is the main reason why we haven’t had summer holidays this year…but it was worth it!
First of all the application is much more stable than previous versions. There are still minor issues to fix, and the occasional crash, but we are counting on the precious help of our active beta testers team to solve them. Secondly, we have pretty exciting new features, the most remarkable being:
- Guided process for easy and automatic WiFi sharing, WiFi tagging and connectivity to other hotspot networks.
- Integration of multiple instant messaging platforms: GoogleTalk, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, ICQ and AIM, all integrated in the same interface.
- Twitter: yes, you can also send and receive tweets directly on Whisher. We’re not completely sure, as there always seems to be some hidden lab somewhere working on pretty much anything, but this is probably the first cross platform Twitter application ever.
- Catch up with your friends: check your online address books and find out if your friends are already on Whisher, and optionally invite them if they are missing out on the fun.
- Better usability on the online coverage maps; have fun seeing how Whisher spreads all over the world. We bet you to find a country without Whisher presence.
On top of all this, geolocation of buddies, notification balloons, sounds, LAN support, faster file transfer…we’ve added so much that we encourage you to download the software and join us in the effort of creating The World’s Largest Free WiFi Network.
Said all this, we wish you a nice WiFi experience and very much look forward to your feedback.
The Whisher Team.
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Loving it!
Had some major slowness issues when it first ran - which I will have to dig around and find the cause of - but the effect was that Skype suddenly started using 99% of my CPU while Whisher was running - i’ll do some exhaustive tests first though as I can’t remember when the laptop was last rebooted!
Anyways I especially love the “Networks”
Great idea - now I can use Whisher to connect to Whisher and FON! (wonder how long it will be before they change the weblogin authentication method!)
Well done anyways
Andy
oh - in the “Around” tab clicking on WiFi attempts to open “http://www.whisher.com/en/detailed_map.php” which of course doesn’t work! Can I suggest this page be reinstated and redirects to where the maps are now?
Andy
Will wait till Friday then
Andy, you may now right-click inside the “Around” toaster and refresh.
We’re still selecting the best local content websites to point to, so this feature is still in “proof-of-concept” status.
Thanks for the suggestion though!
Hey, the new site looks great! A couple of formatting/alignment issues with my browser (Firefox on Linux), but perfect on my Safari/Mac - nice and sharp graphics. Note: “LAN Support” is on the features page twice. Downloading now.
Good work guys…
David,
Thanks for your kind words. You can tell the web developers work on Macs with Safari, right?
We’re going to fix the double-entry on the LAN feature, thanks for pointing it out.
I don’t get a right click “refresh” option - I can only assume that you have a white background image on the page it loads - because it does give me the option to “set as background”
If I close Whisher and restart it - will it load the correct page? I’ll try it and let you know…
Andy
Andy,
Maximize a bit the application and right click on the empty part of the “Around” content, anywhere but except on top of the icons. You’ll be able to refresh and get the dummy image.
Hope it works
Whisher 2.0 is not working on my side. I’ve put a message in forum : http://forums.whisher.com/showthread.php?p=835#post835
Many thanks - restarting the application did the trick too
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