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XBList 3.2.4 (September 20, 2009)
- [Feature] Consolidated the Halo menu items into one, now that the new Bungie.net makes it easier to switch between them.
- [Feature] XBList is brought to the foreground with one click on the tray icon, not two.
- [Feature] Removed the debug log setting - debug logging is now always on.
- [Feature] Removed the ability to choose a custom notification sound.
- [Feature] Renamed the debug log and provided a new menu item under "Help" to open it.
- [Feature] Moved the emblem cache to the local profile, so it isn't copied when using profile roaming.
- [Fix] Fixed detecting when somebody hasn't played Halo and falling back to their Xbox gamer pic.
- [Fix] Fixed resetting settings when settings are corrupted.
XBList 3.2.3 (June 20, 2009)
- [Fix] Detecting new messages actually works
XBList 3.2.2 (June 19, 2009) Blog Post
- [Feature] Replaced references to http://brh.numbera.com/software/xblist/ with http://xblist.com
- [Feature] Changed sign in link to direct you to the friends page
- [Feature] Once again changed the default gamer tile icon.
- [Fix] Compatible with the new xbox.com redesign
- [Fix] Better error handling around invalid emblems.
- [Internal] Removed support for multi-page friends list, as they've removed that again.
- [Internal] More efficient loading of Xbox.com gamer tiles.
- [Internal] More efficient loading of messages.
XBList 3.2.1 (November 30, 2008) Blog Post
- [Feature] Changed the default notification sound to the Xbox 360 message sound.
- [Fix] A change in xbox.com caused gamer tiles to no longer load. This has been fixed.
- [Fix] Gamers who are away but still in a game will be shown under that game, not in the Dashboard.
XBList 3.2.0 (March 26, 2008) Blog Post
- [Feature] Loads Halo 3 emblems. If you choose to load Halo emblems over Gamer Pictures, the Halo 3 emblem will be tried first, then the Halo 2 emblem, then the Gamer Pic.
- [Feature] Added "Halo 3 Service Record" links to menus.
- [Fix] Loads the entire friends list after the recent Xbox.com redesign.
- [Fix] Improved detection of Xbox.com outages.
- [Fix] Improved detection of missing Bungie.net emblems.
- [Fix] Properly disable "Accept Friend Request" from the Friends menu for pending friend requests.
- [Fix] Properly disable "send a message" when a gamer is not selected.
- [Fix] You can now accept a friend request from the right-click menu.
- [Fix] Multiple confirmations when adding/removing/accepting friend requests.
- [Fix] No more visible exception dialog when the log file can't be written.
- [Internal] Correct processor architecture in manifest.
XBList 3.1.2734.38862 (June 27, 2007)
- [Fix] No longer processes the friends list multiple times per load - should fix the "added/removed" notification spam.
- [Fix] Fixed detection of the owner's gamertag after the Xbox.com redesign.
- [Internal] More logging in the debug log.
XBList 3.1.2698.549 (May 22, 2007) Blog Post
- [Feature] Fonts are now always the Windows default fonts, instead of being hardcoded to Tahoma.
- [Feature] Prettified the notification popups. Now they're more Vista, less Windows 95.
- [Feature] If there was an error getting the preferred emblem type, XBList will now try to get the other emblem type, instead of just failing.
- [Feature] Added a manifest to the executable, so Windows Vista recognizes it. This should suppress some of the dialogs Vista x64 users get when closing XBList.
- [Feature] New setting: Start Minimized.
- [Feature] New setting: Start when Windows Starts.
- [Feature] New setting: Always on top of other windows.
- [Feature] XBList now detects if you are using Windows Vista and offers to modify your Internet Settings to work around Internet Explorer 7's new security features. Hopefully I can get a better solution to this in time...
- [Feature] You can now open a message to a friend by double-clicking on their gamertag, selecting "Send a Message" from the Friend menu, or selecting "Send a Message" from the right-click menu. You can still see their Xbox.com profile by right-clicking or using the Friends menu.
- [Feature] New installer built using WiX - actually installs the serializer assemblies, and does a better job of the whole install process.
- [Fix] Fixed timestamp printing in debug log.
- [Fix] Fixed icon on "Add Friend" dialog.
- [Fix] Fixed detection of people who don't have a Halo 2 Emblem (broken since Bungie.net updated).
- [Fix] XBList is now restricted to one instance per user, not one instance per machine.
- [Internal] Fixed up some stuff that was suggested by FxCop.
- [Internal] Switched to System.Windows.Forms.VisualStyles instead of the mess of p/invoke for drawing popups.
- [Internal] Support for future development of Sidebar Gadget or Yahoo/Google Widget.
XBList 3.0.2572.3870 (January 16, 2007)
- [Feature] "Preview" sound button in the Options dialog
- [Fix] Doesn't forget custom sound
- [Fix] Default sound clip set correctly
- [Fix] Actually has sound on by default
XBList 3.0.2570.28808 (January 14, 2007) Blog Post
- [Feature] Now checks for new messages and displays a notification when you have new messages.
- [Feature] New logo, icon, tray icons, and sign-in/error message icons. Everything's rebranded with the new logo.
- [Feature] Remembers which games / categories were collapsed, even between restarts.
- [Feature] Added your gamertag to the title of the app.
- [Feature] New menu item under "Tools" to send a new message.
- [Feature] Added a command-line flag, "-startminimized" that will start XBList in the tray with no window showing.
- [Feature] Added a new "sign-in" screen.
- [Feature] Added hyperlinks to error dialogs, and made the Passport button always sit directly under the text.
- [Feature] Emblems now have individual expirations and are refreshed once they expire, instead of all at once on a timer. This allows failed emblems to be retried independantly from the rest.
- [Feature] Added "Compare Achievements" menu item
- [Feature] You can now launch the default friend action by selecting a friend and hitting enter
- [Feature] Now differentiates between outgoing and incoming friend requests
- [Feature] Sound is now enabled by default
- [Feature] Got rid of the "File" menu - you can now exit the program from "Tools" or the tray icon.
- [Feature] Removed "Refresh Friends List" and "Refresh Emblems" from the "Tools" menu.
- [Feature] Removed setting to change friends list refresh interval.
- [Internal] Embedded builtin sounds into the executable
- [Internal] Precompiled Serialization assembly for faster startup.
- [Internal] Consolidated passport error panel and general error panel into one.
- [Internal] Further attempts to increase thread safety everywhere
- [Internal] Really tightened up resource management
- [Internal] Emblem updating is now much more robust (and nice to the image servers), and supports getting multiple emblems in parallel
- [Internal] Switched to .NET Framework 2.0 - prettier menus, lots of code changes
- [Fix] Manipulating your friends list will no longer cause an error message to be shown.
- [Fix] "Sign In" button now links to the Xbox.com sign-in page instead of the generic Passport one.
- [Fix] Friends list is now updated in-place, so it should flicker less, and not always scroll to the top.
- [Fix] Fixed detection of 360 games vs. old Xbox games.
- [Fix] Fixed early detection of friends who don't have an Xbox.com account.
- [Fix] Changed "Confirm friend request" to "Accept friend request"
- [Fix] Fixed problem with loading Halo emblems from Bungie.net
- [Fix] Should no longer see error dialogs about viewing unsecure content
- [Fix] Fixed bug where newlines in game info string would cause friend to disappear.
XBList 2.2.2278.40289 (March 28, 2006) Blog Post
- Added the ability to manage your friends list from XBList - add and remove friends, and cancel or confirm friend requests.
- Added the ability to show pending friend requests
- Added timestamps to the debug log
- Added shortcut key (Ctrl + F5) to refresh emblems
- Shows when people are "Away" or "Busy"
- Fixed incorrect menu item labels on the context menu when you right-click on a gamertag.
- Fixed GamerCard popups to only show over gamertags, not games or empty space
- Fixed bug where "Choose Sound" would not open a file browser dialog.
- Fixed bug with "Friend Removed" notification windows showing the wrong gamertag.
- Changed "Refresh Halo Emblems" to "Refresh Emblems"
- Fixed miscellaneous rare crash bugs
XBList 2.1.2146.39269
- Correctly detects people who have no Halo 2 Emblem.
- Settings files are now smaller (not that it matters)
- Improved window state manager's interaction with remote desktop
- Verified Xbox360 compatibility - it'll detect when somebody's playing an Xbox360 game and use a different icon for it, and it'll show extra info in the GamerCard popup.
- Added super-spiffy GamerCard popups when you hover over your buddies. Includes extra info not on the normal GamerCard, and it'll use Halo emblems if you prefer.
- Fixed occasional empty popups.
- Fixed problem where "offline" popups wouldn't display.
- You may now choose to play a sound whenever a popup appears. A default sound is included (many thanks to John Stevens for recording the sound for me). You can enable sounds and choose your own sound in the Options window.
- Another attempt at keeping URL launching from failing on systems with broken browser installs.
- New error message if Xbox.com is unavailable
XBList 2.0.2132.37244
- There is now an error message if you do not have an Xbox.com account.
- Cleared up more potential threading errors. God how I hate threads.
- Fixed (I think) catastrophic error when you get a friend request.
- You can now right-click on the tray icon and enable or disable all notifications.
- Added an error message that should catch some Xbox.com errors, as well as giving you more than a blank screen if you have an empty Friends List.
- Fixed a bug that caused the tray icon to report no friends online if you had a friend request.
- Fixed a problem where emblems would not properly auto-update, or recover from a failure.
XBList 2.0.2129.41081
- NOTE: I kinda rushed this release, so let me know if you find any bugs (I bet there will be some).
- If you double-click a friend, you are now taken to their Xbox.com page. You can still see their Halo 2 Stats by right-clicking on their name and selecting "{Gamertag}'s Halo 2 Stats".
- XBList now supports both Gamer Tiles and Halo 2 Emblems. You can set which one you prefer by going into the Options Menu.
- There are now popups when different things happen, like friends coming on or offline. You can configure these from the Options Menu.
- The window now remembers its size and position much better, even when you change resolution. I expect to see some multi-monitor issues with this as I haven't had a chance to test that part.
- Too many more to mention - ended up ripping up XBList and redoing a lot of it.
- Emblems now refresh on their own, every half hour. Great for long-running instances of XBList.
- If you got an error on closing XBList, you probably won't get it anymore.
- Some obscure crashes related to threading should now be more obscure, if not gone entirely.
- Friends signed in to the Xbox Live Dashboard will always show up under friends playing a game.
- The tooltip on the tray icon will no longer count the Xbox Live Dashboard as a game.
- Rewrote lots of the internal code for handling the Friends list and emblems. This was to add the ability to notice events like people signing on and off of Live. It also should make the program much more stable.
- Fixed a bug that could cause XBList to stop updating.
- If the settings file is corrupted, settings will reset instead of crashing the program.
- Added help links for Setup, Troubleshooting, and FAQ. Also linked to My Xbox.
- XBList icon now shows up when you alt-tab between programs.
- Made it so you cannot run two instances of XBList at once.
- Fixed bug where XBList would throw an error if no default handler for http:// was set.
XBList 1.2.2036.2276 (July 29, 2005):
- Updated to newer IEControl
- Fixed bug where XBList would no longer display Halo 2 emblems due to Bungie.net changes
- Displays the number of people in each category
- New error message for errors retrieving friends list on Xbox.com (if Live is down)
- Better detection of when you've been logged in (after some changes to the Xbox.com website)
- People who have invited you turn red.
- Updated Passport Sign In button
- Removed extra hidden menu item
XBList 1.1.1939.3892 (June 23, 2005):
- Added a real software license
- Added "Check for Updates"
- Changed "About" box.
- Updated fonts and control positioning to comply to Windows standards.
- Removed need for a manifest file or one of the interop DLLs
- Stores settings in C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Application Data\XBList. This means it should now work fine for users running with restricted privileges, although I have not tested that.
- XBList now deletes cached icon from Friends that have been removed from your Friends List.
- Should no longer need manual uninstall before upgrading.
- Fixed bug where cached icons could not be updated.
XBList 1.0.1923.39221 (June 7, 2005):
- Added emblem caching for fast startup and refresh. XBList now won't re-download an emblem unless it's different from the cached version. You still need to choose "Tools > Refresh Halo Emblems..." to make it check for new emblems after startup.
- Reduced "flickering" of display.
- Fixed bug where refreshing emblems would mess up icons.
- Speed / Memory Improvements
- Improved speed of Bungie.net connections
XBList 1.0.1922.2048 (June 6, 2005):
- Fixed problem where XBList would stay at "Getting Friends List..." forever.
- Switched to IEControl internally, which should speed up XBList.
- Fixed error refreshing emblems.
- Removed option to show XBList in the Taskbar.
- Fixed problem where changes to options were not immediately applied.
XBList 1.0.1916.40540 (March 31, 2005):
