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.