August 19th, 2010 – 1:16 PM
Version 2.5.2 for Windows Desktop & Mobile has been released on the Palringo website. Changes include:
- Fixes for right-to-left language support.
- Faster program launch & better history retrieval on desktops.
- Edit control rewritten to ensure wider device compatibility.
- Support for Ctrl-A (Select All) shortcut in text boxes.
- Unicode characters are supported in all file operations.
- Chat window tabs can be dragged to reorder them.
- Window focus bugs fixed on certain mobile devices.
- Text entry fixed for password fields on Samsung East-Asian devices.
- “Burnt” and “Midnight” themes added(contributed by Raven).
- “Royal” theme added.
- New translations: Simplified Chinese, Estonian, Farsi, Kazakh, Indonesian, Hindi, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malaysian, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.
- Partial Swedish translation added.
July 12th, 2010 – 3:10 PM
Version 2.5.1 for Windows Desktop & Mobile has been released on the Palringo website. Changes include:
- Added Brazilian Portuguese translation.
- Faster history downloading on desktops.
- Fixed Alias/Custom Nickname fields being overwritten shortly after the window appears.
- Fixed crash if no monitors are attached to the computer.
- Fixed date calculations.
- WINE will now remember saved passwords correctly.
- Optimised image thumbnail rendering for problem mobile devices.
- Fixed Windows Mobile character map input.
- Fixed Windows Mobile softkeys on certain problem devices.
- Windows Mobile will use ConnMgr to establish the connection.
July 2nd, 2010 – 11:49 AM
Version 2.5 for Windows Desktop & Mobile has been released on the Palringo website. Changes include:
- Group links – messages that include group names in the format [group name] will automatically link to the join group screen.
- Uploading of avatars to selected services (Palringo/MSN/AIM/iChat/ICQ) is enabled for premium account holders.
- Automatic language detection by default.
- Any corrupt PNG avatars that Yahoo send us are automatically fixed.
- Fixed large avatar downloading.
- Improved focus navigation for non-touchscreen mobiles.
- Enhanced security.
- Image preview screen on Windows Mobile.
- Better multi-monitor support on Windows Desktop.
- Fix for menus not appearing on the HTC HD2.
- Updated translations.
- Home screen plugin disabled for Windows Mobile 6.5+ (since it is no longer supported).
- Protection against mis-configured custom ROMs.
April 12th, 2010 – 10:33 AM
The v2.3 release of Palringo for Windows desktop PCs and Windows Mobile based devices has been made available on the website!
This release reorganises the internal structure of Palringo so that in future we can provide new services or alter their behaviour without having to release new software updates.
- Dynamic third-party services – new services do not require client updates.
- Reverted mousewheel behaviour in lists.
- Option to disable inertial scrolling.
- Thumbnail generation from files is now case-insensitive.
- Other minor bug fixes.
March 9th, 2010 – 10:21 AM
The v2.2 release of Palringo for Windows desktop PCs and Windows Mobile based devices has been made available on the website! This release primarily updates the internal code to be more efficient, but it also includes some more visible changes such as:
- Czech and Korean languages added.
- Reduced bandwidth requirements.
- Optimised avatar rendering.
- Mousewheel support on desktop systems.
- Thumbnails for photos in file browser on Mobile devices.
- Added option to disable auto-dialling on Mobile devices.
- Windows Mobile installer prevents storage card installation.
- A more tidy use of the temporary files directory.
- Numerous other usability enhancements and bug fixes.
Keep your eyes peeled for updates later this year which will deliver increased power-saving, more diverse services with exciting new features and further web site integration!
February 16th, 2010 – 12:49 PM
Dear Palringo users,
After the latest release of Palringo for Symbian we received a lot of feedback from you. We have spent all this time implementing some of these requests and would like you to try our new release 1.3.0. Here is a short description of what we have done:
Phone profile support.
When a new message arrives Palringo now only notifies if currently selected phone profile allows it to do so. So if you are at a boring meeting and your phone is set to silent Palringo will not give you away.
Image preview in the chat window.
You can now see a thumbnail image preview in the chat window so there this no need to press “view” all the time when you need to see that picture.
Contacts blocking
If someone is pestering you then you can block them so you won’t receive messages from them anymore.
Group muting.
If you don’t want to receive sound notifications from a particular group then you can mute it. That way you will only receive notifications which are important for you right now.
UI improvements for touch screen devices.
If you are an owner of N97 or 5800 then you should find this release much easier to use. We reworked some UI elements and increased their sizes so they are easier to control.
Extra settings to control the application.
We have added extra settings such as viewing offline contacts. This improves application speed when switching between groups.
Avatars support.
If you own Palringo premium account then you can view other people’s avatars. The avatar images can be uploaded though our website.
Support for two new languages.
Thanks to support from our beta testers Palringo for Symbian can now work in Arabic. We went as far as implementing new layout for right to left languages. We have also added Dutch language support.
Bridge message history
If you own Palringo premium account you can now have access to your old bridge messages.
Thank you all for your valuable feedback and keep your ideas coming so we can improve the application.
February 12th, 2010 – 3:43 PM
The v2.1.1 release of Palringo for Windows desktop PCs and Windows Mobile based devices has been made available on the website! This release primarily updates the internal code to be more reliable, secure and efficient, but it also includes some more visible changes such as:
- A new terminal theme for premium users
- Generic service icons and a refactored service display to be similar to the iPhone.
- Desktop installer improvements (mutex protection, corruption detection and better compression).
- Bug fix – loudspeaker will now be activated when necessary on mobile devices.
- German, Arabic & Italian languages added.
- The ability to expand a contact in place in the contact list to see their location and device or service type.
- Replacement for the automatic update system – including compression, better checksums and resuming of partial downloads.
- New “Save Password” option.
- Replacement for the default file Open/Save dialog on mobile devices with one that allows improved file system access.
- The last group you were chatting in is now saved.
- Bug fix – today/home screen plugin getting out of sync on some platforms.
- Custom friend request messages.
- Password security enhancements.
- “via Palringo” is no longer tagged onto status messages for premium users.
Keep your eyes peeled for updates later this year which will deliver increased power-saving, more diverse services with exciting new features and further web site integration!
December 9th, 2009 – 9:31 AM
Hi Everyone!
We’ve been updating our J2ME versions to improve your Palringo service yet again. We’ve increased performance in many areas and fixed the bugs you helped us to find – keeping you connected and making Palringo more stable than ever before.
To enhance your experience, we’ve also improved the reliability of Palringo’s connection to Facebook. Finally, Palringo is now available in 25 languages:
Simplified Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese-Brazil, Slovak, Spanish, Spanish-Latin America, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Russian, Vietnamese.
Happy Chatting!
The Palringo Team.
December 7th, 2009 – 3:19 PM
Hi Guys!
We hope you’re all enjoying version 2.5 for iPhone! We’ve been busy making additions and adjustments to make Palringo even better to use.
Message Screen
*The messages screen has been completely re-designed to make it faster, more stable and even more customisable than ever before.
*Palringo Premium users now have exclusive access to the three brand new themes which we’ve added.
Image Viewer
* The brand new image viewer now lets you look over a whole gallery of group or private chat images, as well as allowing you to flick between images in a slide show!
Group Search
*In response to popular demand, we have added Group search to the latest versions. This means it’s now easier than ever to meet new friends and become part of the countless groups on Palringo.
Privacy Control
Palringo now comes with an in-client privacy system – allowing you to block those people you just don’t feel like talking to!
It’s easy to enable (Or disable if you are the forgiving type!) but private messages sent by a blocked contact won’t be sent to you at all.
Emoticons
Since the recent updates of Palringo, it seems there has been much confusion surrounding the use of emoticons. The next release of Palringo due before Christmas will add a much improved emoticon pane, until then all the emoticons can still be used by typing in their text version- ‘:)’ will show a smiley face, ‘;)’ shows a wink… etc.
Have fun using!!
The Palringo Team.
