Release Notes

17-08-2011 4.8 Build 645

• bugfix: Fixed connection bugs
• bugfix: The client deadlocked on incoming calls.
• bugfix: Some minor issues in the network testfunctions have been fixed.
• bugfix: A bug in the wan measurement system has been fixed.

05-07-2011 4.8 Build 636

• general: An non working test menu item has been removed from the view.
• general: Internal connection methods have been slightly enhanced resulting in faster connects.
• general: Vtp connection method has been made less dependent on backend server status.
• general: Minor internal changes.
• general: On a specific connection method peer-to-peer calls where not possible. Users are now notified when this happens.
• general: The internet re-check timer has been adjusted to ensure faster connect times.
• general: The internal internet check has been slightly enhanced.
• general: A new and faster connect method has been implemented.
• general: tcp.connectionserver.label.tld is now used in stead of connectiontcp1.label.tld and connectiontcp2.label.tld
• general: When the client was started minimized or invisible notification dialogs where not displayed correctly. Now the client will be restored.
• general: When a restricted user tries to perform a LiveUpdate, a proper error message is displayed.
• general: The new liveupdate screens are now translatable.
• feature: Inserted new menu item 'Contacts'. All contacts related menu items moved to this menu.
• feature: Renamed menu item 'File' to 'Account'. Close is removed from this menu.
• feature: When the setup is started, the running client will be stopped.
• feature: The client will first check the internet connection before proceeding to connect to the voip network.
• feature: The LiveUpdate system has been enhanced. When checking for new versions an overview of new files is presented.
• bugfix: Minor Bug fixes
• bugfix: Fixed potential crash in shutdown sequence.
• bugfix: Calls could get disturbed when an incoming call was received during an active call.
• bugfix: Fixed potential crash in Bandwidth test procedure.
• bugfix: An internal bug in the connection system has been solved.
• bugfix: There was a bug in the background drawing functions that could cause clients to crash.
• bugfix: Modified vtp connection timeout
• bugfix: On one specific connection method it was impossible to receive voip-in calls.
• bugfix: When a logon failed due to a wrong password, the client would reconnect with the wrong method.
• bugfix: Very often the client would not select the optimal connection method.
• bugfix: In rare cases the client could crash while connecting.
• bugfix: When the connection was lost during a call and the client was exited, the client could sometimes crash.
• bugfix: Conference calls where virtually impossible due to internal locking problems.
• bugfix: The client could end up in a connection state where it could not logon anymore. Restarting the app was the only solution to be able to logon again.
• bugfix: When the client would download updates after checking for updates, the progress icon was not displayed.
• bugfix: On rare occasions the client could go in an infinite reconnect loop.
• bugfix: The LiveUpdate screen had a faulty black background on Windows XP.
• bugfix: It was impossible to update the client from a restricted user account in Windows 7.
• bugfix: After a LiveUpdate it took too long before the application restarted.
• bugfix: Communication layer could fail resulting in failure to logon or other communication failure.
• bugfix: Because Outlook contacts can not be deleted from the contact list, the DEL key is ignored for this type of contacts.
• bugfix: When making a phone-2-phone call with the client, the callduration was not displayed.
• bugfix: When re-displaying the 'register new user' screen, the captcha was not displayed.
• bugfix: When a call was ended focus could be removed from an active chat window.
• bugfix: The history screen did not show the displayname of peer-2-peer contacts.
• bugfix: Voice Engine 7.04 implemented. Now can play speaker/mic samplerates of 88200,176400 and 192000 samples/sec under vista and higher. Fixed a problem when changing devices.

05-10-2010 4.6 Build 596

• bugfix: Some internal addresses where wrong, this has been corrected.

04-10-2010 4.6 Build 595

• general: Minor internal settings change.
• general: The internal webconfig loader has been rewritten.
• feature: voice verify new style added
• feature: On an incoming P2P call a user can initiate a chat with the other party by pressing the right mouse button on the taskbar-notify-window.
• bugfix: The Mapi interface to display outlook contacts did not always load correctly.
• bugfix: On some occasions the audio device wizard would crash.
• bugfix: Voice engine 7.03 implemented, handles crash that would occur on some sounddevice like "remote sound" that uses large frame buffering.
• bugfix: Registering a new account did not work from the startup wizard. This bug was accidentally introduced in version 4.6 build 590.
• bugfix: When entering very long usernames in the logon screen the client would not respond anymore and logonprocedure had to be manually terminated.
• bugfix: The audiolevels during a conference were not always displayed properly.
• bugfix: The kernel has been enhanced on several places increasing stability of the application.
• bugfix: VoiceEngine 7.02 was implemented, fixed a bug where the noise cancellation resulted in degeneration of the speech signal.
• bugfix: New voice engine v7.01 inplemented. Improved voice quality under noisy sound conditions, better sound quality under slow internet conditions.
• bugfix: Two possible deadlocks have been fixed.
• bugfix: On some occasions it was impossible to start subsequent peer-to-peer calls because the UDP connecton was broken by the first call.
• bugfix: A possible deadlock has been solved.

15-07-2010 4.5 Build 579

• bugfix: The new internet connectiontest introduced in build 563 has been disabled because it caused problems for users behind a proxy server.

08-07-2010 4.5 Build 575

• general: Country code +47 (Norway) has been assigned to Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
• general: Country code +672 (Norfolk Island) has been assigned to Heard Island and McDonald Islands.
• general: If call fails because of invalid phone number format; an explaining message with example will appear.
• general: The close button has been removed from the liveupdate balloon. Hopefully this change will trigger people to update to the latest version more quickly.
• feature: A better internet connection test has been implemented. This will result in better connections to our servers and therefore better call quality.
• bugfix: The client could sometimes crash when exited.
• bugfix: The client could crash because of a stack overflow in the trace function. The CStrings have been made static in these functions.
• bugfix: New voice engine 6.11 implemented, with better receive concealment and smoother TCP handling.
• bugfix: A small memory leak was introduced in version 4.05 build 570. This leak has been removed.
• bugfix: When a voip server was put in maintenance, the client did not reroute to another server automatically.
• bugfix: When the connection switched from TCP to UDP, the connection could occasionally drop again after a few seconds.
• bugfix: Phonenumber settings could get lost when phone number verification was started.
• bugfix: When a computer resumed from standby, the client would try to logon, even if no username or password is available. Now it only logs on when it is set to automatically logon.
• bugfix: When a name was entered in the 'suggested username page' the correct radiobutton was not automatically selected.
• bugfix: The 'next' button in the suggestion screen was not always correctly disabled and enabled.
• bugfix: On Windows 7 the bandwidth test did not work.
• bugfix: In a previous version the login credentials where not remembered by default. This has been changed back so that they will be remembered by default.
• bugfix: Previous version 4.04 build 556 did not start on Windows 2000.
• bugfix: The client could accidentally logoff while trying to connect a peer to peer session. This only occurred on specific router combinations.
• bugfix: New incoming calls will not interfere with existing calls. In earlier versions the sound delay could increase when a new call was received during a call.
• bugfix: Fixed the 'username / password incorrect' bug.

11-11-2009 4.4 Build 550

• general: Some urls to webpages changed.
• bugfix: When the client auto-reconnected it would sometimes wrongly state 'Username/Password' incorrect.
• bugfix: In some cases, an error message 'The Parameter is Incorrect' occurred. After this message, normal calls where not possible. This issue has been solved.
• bugfix: re-login after resume of computer sleep was not working.
• bugfix: When verify was executed after a phone type change in the profile screen, the client could hang.

01-07-2009 4.3 Build 543

• general: New voice engine 6.10, The adaption speed of the echo canceler has been improved, also CPU usage is reduced.
• general: The logoff procedure has been changed and is much faster now.
• general: Some textual and visual changes in dialogs.
• general: The software is signed with a new Verisign certificate.
• feature: Missed calls while offline implemented.
• feature: User can now choose for country at register new user.
• feature: One minute before credit runs out, a sound will be played and a message will be displayed with a warning to inform that the user is almost out of credit.
• bugfix: Some import contact functions were not working properly.
• bugfix: Some getting started wizard issues solved.
• bugfix: Logon after sleep could take a while.
• bugfix: Fixed the volume control in the active screen.
• bugfix: Peer 2 Peer connections where not always correctly setup because the private ip address was not detected properly.
• bugfix: VoiceEngine 6.09 implemented. Fixed a memoryallocation bug which could sometimes crash the program due to heapcorruption.
• bugfix: Presentation restricted flag was not set correctly in the profile if changes where made in the call settings option screen.
• bugfix: The configuration of the VoiceEngine was not cached correctly.
• bugfix: Introduced voice-engine 6.08. Fixed issues with selecting sounddevices on languages that use non-ascii character sets.

03-11-2008 4.2 Build 529

• general: VoiceEngine 6.07 has been implemented.
• feature: Cleanup profile phonenumber types if not used.
• feature: When saving language files, the .lang extension will always automatically be added to the filename.
• feature: When invalid version popup is shown, an 'update now' button is added on the messagebox.
• bugfix: The client could crash when it received a specific server message.
• bugfix: In some rare cases the client consumed 100 % of the processor time.
• bugfix: At relogon the password was not set correct.
• bugfix: Client could crash in close when modify contact dialog was still open en visible.
• bugfix: Some untranslatable issues repaired.
• bugfix: The 'phone-2-phone' icon overlapped the number-type-icon in the contactlist. This has been fixed.
• bugfix: Some translate problems fixed.
• bugfix: Numberplan change: +0 is not accepted. except when it starts with +00x (and x <> 0).

04-09-2008 4.2 Build 517

• general: The verification of a Caller ID has had some cosmetic changes.
• general: There are some new manners to start the verification of a Caller ID.
• general: After a correct verification, the phonenumber used in the verification is automatic set as Caller ID.
• general: Some functional changes made in the profile screen
• general: Redesigned profile screen. Caller ID settings with verification functionality moved to profile screen.
• general: Redesigned phone number verification wizard.
• general: The layout of the existing user logon screen was changed a bit.
• general: Various typo's corrected.
• feature: Hot plugging a USB sound device during ringback is now possible.
• feature: The menu item 'Log Off' has been added to the file menu.
• bugfix: By pressing TAB when modifying the numbers in your profile it could be possible that a number was wrongly indicated to be verified.
• bugfix: Starting a peer-to-peer call to a SIP-client would result in a wrong notification that the other party is using an old client version and the call would be terminated.
• bugfix: When a USB sounddevice would be unplugged and replugged, it could occur that ringback would never be played again.
• bugfix: When changing the caller id, this was not reflected in the title of the client.
• bugfix: Conferencing would not work most of the time.
• bugfix: The statusbar in the chatwindow did not size correctly.
• bugfix: When calling a free destination, the client could crash on connection.

04-06-2008 4.2 Build 505 Initial Release