Changelog

Change history for Desktop BBC News

Release notes for this product.

v1.01; 25th July, 2017.
  - NOTE!: Desktop BBC News now requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7 and Vista or above to function.
  - Fixed: Rare crash at start-up.
  - Fixed: Minor interface changes.
  - Other: Faster start-up.

v1.00; 5th May, 2015.
  - NOTE!: Desktop BBC News now requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 and Vista or above to function.
  - Added: Video icon for video news items.
  - Fixed: Crash at startup; thanks to @ladams888 for reporting.
  - Fixed: View Using External Viewer in main context menu.
  - Other: Entirely new method for parsing news items.
  - Other: Old settings are lost due to a much faster rewrite.
  - Other: Interface changes to the Article summary window.
  - Other: Internal code improvements.

v0.99; 5th January, 2013.
  - NOTE!: Desktop BBC News now requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 and Vista or above to function.
  - Added: Portable mode. See documentation.
  - Added: Support within Settings - Interface for selecting a specific web browser.
  - Added: Command line parameters. See documentation.
  - Added: View Item Using (Built-in|External) Viewer to feed item context menu.
  - Added: Summary Start/End colour settings to Settings - Colours area.
  - Added: Direct link to the news item when using Copy to Clipboard.
  - Fixed: Sometimes clicking a news item would result in multiple browsers opening.
  - Fixed: Built-in Browser's location/size wasn't always being saved.
  - Other: Updated news links.
  - Other: Improved the dropdown feed selection menu.
  - Other: Significant internal code improvements.
  - Other: Further startup speed improvements.

v0.98; 29th May, 2012.
  - Fixed: Crash when entering an invalid address into the browser.
  - Fixed: A number of somewhat rare crashes.
  - Other: Improved the main window's listview.
  - Other: Faster startup.
  - Other: Minor changes.

v0.97; 17th June, 2008.
  - Added: Hide Window Header to the main context menu and Settings window.
  - Added: Mark All As Read to the main context menu.
  - Added: Colours section to the Settings window.
  - Added: Read Article Cache purging to the Settings - Feeds window.
  - Fixed: Somewhat rare crash when viewing articles.
  - Other: Feed refresh rate can now be dropped down to 1 minute.
  - Other: Small changes and additions.

v0.96; 16th June, 2008.
  - Added: Disabling of the BBC News logo link at the top of the main window.
  - Other: Updated the Pique exception library.

v0.95; 15th June, 2008.
  - Fixed: String-to-Boolean startup error.

v0.94; 1st June, 2008.
  - Added: Right-click the Summary window now displays a context menu.
  - Added: Copy to Clipboard to the main list context menu.
  - Fixed: The Summary window caused the main window to change position when opening.
  - Fixed: Return/Enter was refreshing instead of showing the selected article.
  - Other: Lots of minor changes.

v0.93; 24th May, 2008.
  - Added: Clicking the BBC News logo opens the BBC News site in a browser.
  - Added: The main window now enforces a minimum size.
  - Added: pad_file.xml to the distribution.
  - Fixed: Pinning the main window to the desktop works more consistently.
  - Other: Replaced all icon graphics with improved versions.
  - Other: Improved the update checker.
  - Other: Lots of minor code changes.

v0.92; 12th July, 2007.
  - Fixed: "Latest Published Stories" was not being downloaded at startup.
  - Fixed: Partially corrupted icon images due to the dotNet 1.1 compiler.
  - Fixed: Removed window flicker at startup.
  - Other: Changed colours of Feed Summary window for a sleeker look.
  - Other: Enabling Prevent Dragging now prevents the window from being sized.
  - Other: Updated for Windows Vista.

v0.91; 23rd July, 2006.
  - Added: Context menu to the news items list.
  - Added: Update Check to the Settings - About area.
  - Added: ReadMe.txt file.
  - Fixed: Exception when selecting the Latest Published Stories feed.
  - Other: Cleaner visual window startup.

v0.90; 11th July, 2006.
  - Initial public beta release.