Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 01:08:35 -0400   
   From: WINSERVER SUPPORT   
   To: all   
   Subject: VERSION v6.2.451.2 ALMOST READY FOR GAMMA TESTING   
   Newsgroups: winserver.public.gamma.testing   
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   This week we will be preparing the new WINSERVER v6.2 BUILD 452.1 for    
   AUP GAMMA testing. GAMMA means all AUP subscribers have access the new    
   version where we fell it is stable enough for final comments before    
   final release.   
      
   There are a lot of new enhancements, some fixes to 452.1, in particular    
   a big emphasis on cleaning up the web side HTML, WCT and CSS style    
   sheets making it more flexible for WEB customization.   
      
   Please visit http://www.winserver.com, review and comment on the following:   
      
     - Personal Properties (PP)   
       http://www.winserver/client?personal.wcn   
      
     - Who's Online   
       http://www.winserver/client?who.wcn   
      
   One reason why we changed the personal properties view to have vertical    
   buttons is because sysops and 3rd party developers now have the ability    
   to add their own buttons to offer users custom "personal properties."    
   So we needed the space to add buttons vertically.   The beauty of this    
   is that even if you don't the buttons, you can remove the BUTTONS.CSS    
   style sheet and it will appear differently using a normal ordered list    
   of links.   
      
   More importantly, is a great new feature in 452.1 which allows sysops    
   and 3rd party developers to read/write extended user variables (i.e,    
   profile variables).  The user session only had READ access only. Now it    
   can write to its own extended user database.   
      
   And example of this new capability is the new AUDIO options in the    
   personal properties.  Since we added some of the wcNavigator audio    
   notification stuff, obviously we wanted the user to have the option to    
   turn it off/on.   
      
   Including with this new audio logic is a new WCAUDIOPLAY.JS javascript    
   that now supports WEB-BASED Flash sound playing which is faster than the    
   SUN JAVA based we added in the last released.  Also, FLASH is HOT, and    
   its on 90% of all machines! The JAVA version was ok, but it required    
   installation from SUN because Microsoft no longer supports JAVA for its    
   web browsers (not included any more).   Using the new WCAUDIOPLAY.JS is    
   better and it will allow you to add STREAMING AUDIO to your web site!!   
      
   The Who's Online was "enhanced" with the idea again to allow admins and    
   3rd party developers to add their own stuff to the interface.  For now,    
   we are calling these add-ons "WHO BOTS".  Some examples of who bots as    
   shown at our site are:   
      
      - An icon link to email the online user,   
      - A "Who Called Today" box added to the display.   
      
   Anyway, if you have any comments, please do.  We will be spending the    
   next few days this week to prepare for the AUP GAMMA so you will be able    
   to get and test out the new version.   
      
   Thanks   
      
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