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v3.54
Fixed tray icon clearing glitch
Fixed loss of "always on top" window status
Fixed flickering at beginning of popups
Removed Woot-Off Theme
Cleaned up thread code
Removed Email/SMS functionality (now available on website)
Fixed side start menu location causing missing popup alerts
New option to start minimized on Windows start
Window position, viewmode, and number of trackers are now saved - The selection of each tracker is NOT
Rescripted the installer
Installer shuts down woot.exe correctly now
Fixed components not being fully drawn after launch
Added portable mode
Moved viewmode controls onto the root view menu
Removed "under $___" alert option
Added one extra line to the title field of item popups
Added checkmark next to selected view mode
Added option to temporarily disable popups
Deal menu categorization is now on by default and not disablable
Fixed glitch causing program to crash if a site was added while the settings dialog was open
Changed EXE description from "Deal-A-Day Tracker" to "Wootalyzer"
Added new image for "No Image"
Moved images and media into dedicated directories
Moved checkin to seperate thread from refresh loop
Reworked update system (updates are now optional unless protocol changes, and you can opt-into beta updates)
Moved changelog location
Always on Top status is restored when restoring from tray
Alarm is stopped if View Item or Buy Item is clicked
Alert Settings system was reworked - A "Default Profile" now exists
Added "Fitted" View Mode
Updated Information in "About" Dialog
Reworked core class layout
Added preset prompt called "Woot-Off Mode"
Welcome dialog only displays once - total
Updated install code
Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
Core can request the client to idle before an update is released
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v3.5.3
Removed persistent connections from the core server (still active on mirrors)
The old-style dropdown has returned! (The new style can be enabled within options)
Re-added the popup tip for the tray icon
Tweaked update box code
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v3.5.2
Fixed auto-update not showing up
Auto-update can now skip missing version numbers
Fixed small glitch in popup system
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v3.5.1
Added a small welcome dialog to prevent confusion
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v3.5.0
PERSISTENT CONNECTIONS! (On mirrors that support it)
Added top menu
Added ability to add additional trackers
New window layout
Recoded core for stability
Auto-updates should work correctly on machines which used to lock up
Updates are now run through a seperate update window
Popups are always completely disabled during full screen apps
Allow for an unknown price
Recoded core code for deal lists
Alerts list no longer redraws when changing tracking status
Converted site list into a dropdown menu with categories
Moved site selection list to bottom right (in place of old options and compact buttons)
Cleaned up alarm flashing code
Fixed a small memory leak related to deal popups
Fixed a small memory leak related to audio
Reduced shutdown time
Display $0.00 as "FREE"
All popups are disabled when full-screen apps are detected
Current site is checked inside dropdown menu
Pressing an arrow key before connecting no longer crashes entire program
Moved credits from options dialog to about dialog
Added jumbo view mode (and view mode menu)
Escape key stops alarm
When all deals are disabled, dialog now shows "No Deals Tracked"
Moved woot-off theme out of installer (now gets requested from server)
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v3.4.9
Limited number of times an image download is attempted
Increased partial set timeout from 10 to 20 seconds
Alerts tree starts with all categories expanded
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v3.4.8
Another attempt to fix the memory leak problems (this time it's related to the thumbnail downloader)
Fixed potential thread crash (now using global initialization of curl)
Attempt to fix thumbnails which stop downloading after a certain period of time
Update no longer breaks after first attempt
Popups no longer grab partial focus
Clicking X on popup prevents mouse-over fadeout prevention
Update provides readable error messages
SMTP username and password are no longer required
Images for non-tracked deal sites are no longer downloaded
Installer will force-kill Wootalyzer to make sure resources will not be held open
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v3.4.7
EMERGENCY WOOT-OFF UPDATE
Fixed the memory leak (hopefully)
Fixed crash when closing options in compact mode
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v3.4.6
Categorized deal layout in alert options tab
Fixed crash from bad combo box code
Reshaped options dialog
Fixed order being lost until reboot after a temporary site removal
Improved image code for popups
Added Shortcut Keys
- Ctrl+V = View
- Ctrl+B = Buy
- Ctrl+S = Stop Alarm
- PGUP/Up/Left/Scroll Up = Previous Deal
- PGDN/Down/Right/Scroll Down = Next Deal
Added email alerts and email options
Mouse over popup prevents it from fading out
Added ETA to compact dialog
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v3.4.5
EMERGENCY WOOT-OFF UPDATE
Fixed Crashing during new items
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v3.4.4
Fixed crash from starting compact mode
Rewrote update launching code - for the third time
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v3.4.3
Protection in an attempt to prevent the Thing Fling image crash
Clicking image now views item again (broken in 3.4.2)
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v3.4.2
New Image Processing Engine! No More ImageMagick!
Software download is now much smaller, no giant image library to fill space
No more unnecessary calling of an external executable for image resizing
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v3.4.1
Minimize Reminder balloon now only pops up once
Refresh rate parse error fixed
Added link to website in options pane
Added confirmation on options reset
Resized options dialog
Changed layout of alerts options tab
Added ability for sites to be added dynamically with the default tracking OFF
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v3.4.0
SAVED OPTIONS ARE LOST WHEN UPGRADING TO THIS VERSION
Complete Core Rewrite
Migrated to MFC
Changed rendering class for displaying thumbnail
Moved all thumbnails to the user's temporary folder
Changed all char arrays to dynamic CStrings
Migrated every string function to UNICODE (now supports non-standard characters)
Removed VIP Login - Project Abandoned
Cleaned up brackground redraw when alarm is going off
Fixed glitch causing popup window to grab focus
Cleaned up redundant code
Converted all gif thumbnails to jpg
Fixed automatic update on Windows Vista
Moved Specific Error Messages to Options Dialog
Added a small timer to prevent errors from flashing for only an instant
Added more details for each error message
Cleaned up the network status option tab
Added protection against NULL window handles
Gracefully closed out threads instead of terminating them
Changed Alert Sound options to only display filename, not entire path
Completely new storage system allowing for earier transfer of options between versions
Added option to not track specific sites
Reordered option tabs
Clicking image now acts the same as clicking "View Item"
Scroll wheel can be used to scroll through deals without selecting combo box
Exiting via the tray icon now removes the icon correctly
Moved all audio options into an Audio tab
Added volume settings for each alert sound
Added option for X button to minimize to tray instead of quitting
Added option to prevent popup flicker in full screen applications
Changed the controls of the Woot-Off theme
Added an option to change the default time for a popup
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v3.3.1
Fixed glitch causing saved options to not load
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v3.3.0
SAVED OPTIONS ARE LOST WHEN UPGRADING TO THIS VERSION
Prevented multiple instances from being run at the same time
Auto-update is fixed - it no longer simply uninstalls
Switching between compact mode no longer looses window location
Fixed alignment issue with buttons in option dialog
COMPLETE rebuild of the audio interface
Now using BASS audio library
Complete customization of all alert sounds - even MP3s and OGGs are accepted
Custom alert sounds SAVE across updates
All sounds are much cleaner and sound better with the new library
Audio no longer sound like it is clipping
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v3.2.2
EMERGENCY WOOT-OFF UPDATE
Fixed broken alarm and woot-off theme
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v3.2.1
Removed popup left in options dialog box from beta testing
Fixed issue causing deal info to not update sometimes
First run of new update system
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v3.2.0
Switched to a newer low-bandwidth system
Added back all sites not being listed
Changed proxy options to mask password box
Resolved issue causing creation of thumbs folder on desktop
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v3.1.5
Fixed HUGE handle leak causing page file eating over a day or so
Added credits section in Options Dialog
Fixed Wine Spies image (added user agent to curl request)
Added option to start with windows
Created All-New Install Wizard
Changed installer extenstion from .msi to .exe
Added option to view changelog during update
Added detection of 404 during update download
Stop Alarm can now stop low stock air raid
Fixed alarm not going off second time if set to not loop
Added support for VIP Password
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v3.1.1
EMERGENCY WOOT-OFF UPDATE
Checkin System Speed Limit Fixed
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v3.1.0
New Site profile instant update system
- No more full new releases just to update site profiles
- Added ability to set options on a PROFILE BY PROFILE BASIS (horray!)
- ALL sites are now fed through mirror system - no more pounding on external sites
Fixed typo in error messages
Sellout.woot avoidance of Yahoo - Functional yet again
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v3.0.4
Re-release of 3.0.3, fixed installer version number
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v3.0.3
Fixed sellout.woot support - they require going through yahoo again
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v3.0.2
Made software update into a popup instead of an alarm
Allowed mouse click on thumbnails in popup
Fixed all broken profiles (again) and added a few new ones
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v3.0.1
Fixed Uneetee Profile
Removed EjectIT Profile (website is down)
Added Thing Fling Profile
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v3.0.0
Fixed "View Item" button not showing up on boot
Reformatted layout of main window
Added popup functionality
Changed program icon
Removed connection status from options, will now be shown in main window if there is an error
Added support for other deal sites in an easily expandable format
Currently supports:
- Wine.Woot!
- Shirt.Woot!
- Sellout.Woot! (bypasses yahoo portal!)
- Steep and Cheap
- Whiskey Militia
- MidnightBox
- Yugster
- Uneetee
- I Have to Have That
- EjectIT
- Tanga
- 1 Sale a Day
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v2.2.0
Moved from Internet Explorer engine to CURL engine
Added proxy support with authentication
Fixed gray color of edit boxes
Removed need of batch scripts
Rebuilt packet engine
Rebuilt woot-off theme song engine
Rewrote image download system to run through proxy
Recoded low stock flash (again)
Added wootalyzer logo image
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v2.1.1
Fixed Internet Explorer cache causing old item to sometimes popup
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v2.1.0
FULL PROXY SUPPORT!
ADDED COMPACT MODE!
Solved all CPU load and memory leak issues
Reformatted look of the status screen under options
Indicates connection problems in title bar
Shows number of online users in options
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v2.0.1
Tiny glitch fix
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v2.0.0
Installer issue caused me to need to jump to 2.0
No big changes, sorry :(
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v1.1
Fixed errors when playing/stopping Woot-Off Theme Song
Reorganized Options dialog into tabs
Converted to a more stable user counting system
Fixed several small glitches
Fixed a glitch causing automatic update to fail when it shouldn't
Fixed Low Stock Alarm flashing with incorrect values
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v1.08
Changed hard-coded core server, again
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v1.08
Added image support back in to point to woot.coms premade thumbnail
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v1.07
Changed hard coded URL to our new core mirror direction server
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v1.06
Fixed a glich causing a fatal error from the last update, my bad
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v1.05
Changed the built in core update URL to our NEW SERVER!
This upcoming wootoff will be no match for Wootalyzer 1.05
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v1.04
Added an option to disable the alarm when a software update is released
Some people were getting woken up at night >_<
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v1.03
Woot.com also changed the buy url
Wootalyzer is now compatible
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v1.02
Woot.com changed ProductIDs into strings instead of numbers
Wootalyzer is now compatible
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v1.01
Fixed a string format typo causing wootalyzer to crash on low stock
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v1.0
Created a real installer
Moved settings into the user-specific "application data" folder of windows
Prevented program from deselecting title text
Added option to not loop the new item alarm
Added option to alert when low stock on a woot-off item
Converted automatic update to use installer
Allowed fastmode trigger to be expanded in the future
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v0.99b
Fixed a tiny glitch causing alarm to not activate from last version
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v0.99
Fixed glitch in new item detection
Added HTTP server support
Solved an old string parsing glitch
Added "Always on Top" to options dialog
Fixed time estimation to comply with the infamous woot-off foreshadowing glitch
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v0.98
Automatic Update Support! No more downloading!
Even more network optimization
Started coding support for http based mirrors
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v0.96
Solved a small networking glitch causing most of the "Error 24"s
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v0.95
Added error code support
Added timeouts on every section of networking code to prevent freezeups
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v0.92
Fixed the "any item under $___" checkboxes not working
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v0.91
Reorganized options dialog to a vertical layout
Coded enhancements to the network algorithm
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v0.9
Added support for seperate mirrors
Added update alerts
Added support for pure wootalyzer servers
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v0.8
Initial Release
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