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SamePlace Suite, version 0.5.0, is available.

If you are running Firefox 2.0, grab the all-in-one package:

• http://dev.hyperstruct.net/download/sameplace-suite.xpi

If you are running Firefox 1.5 or Flock, please install the individual packages:

• http://dev.hyperstruct.net/download/xmpp4moz.xpi
• http://dev.hyperstruct.net/download/sameplace.xpi
• http://dev.hyperstruct.net/download/jabbar.xpi
• http://dev.hyperstruct.net/download/jabbiff.xpi

What’s new for users

• SamePlace: XHTML→plain text conversion. When you write something in bold, something in italic, or send a link to an image, contacts with a client that does not support XHTML will see *something in bold*, _something in italic_, and (image: http://www.site.com/link_to_the_image.png).
• SamePlace: Input area starts one row tall and grows as you write more.
• xmpp4moz: Whitespaces are periodically sent to server to help keep the connection alive through picky firewalls.

Already in 0.5.0rc1:

• SamePlace: Support for XHTML-IM. Images and styled text can also be dragged from web pages into conversation.
• SamePlace: Added wizard to configure an account on first run.
• SamePlace: Flashing taskbar on incoming messages.
• JabBar: Added “Send link to…” menu to quickly send the URL of the current page to a contact.
• JabBar: Added the “boss key” to toggle the toolbar quickly (Shift+F12).
• xmpp4moz: Better support for UTF-8.
• Hybrid web/IM applications: A preview of Tratto, a collaborative SVG editor, is online: http://apps.sameplace.cc/unstable/tratto/tratto.xul

What’s new for developers

• SamePlace: Chat application now includes accurate HTML→well formed XHTML conversion that operates via DOM traversal/reconstruction instead of (hacky) regular expressions.

Already in 0.5.0rc1:

• SamePlace: Split the chat application into several reusable modules.
• SamePlace: Refactored contact list into reusable component.
• xmpp4moz: Abstracted TCP socket transport to pave the way for other kinds of transport (e.g. HTTP).
• xmpp4moz: Channels report events about the status of underlying transport.
• xmpp4moz: Added component for data forms (XEP-0004).

Usual notice from the Help-Wanted department

We are looking for testers, especially on Mac and Windows platforms (see http://dev.hyperstruct.net/xmpp4moz/wiki/DocUsingTestingBranch for how to track the testing packages), and for HTML/CSS/graphic artists, to provide a user-oriented site along with the current developer-oriented one. Drop us a mail if you or anyone you know would like to help!