Re: ANNOUNCE: GnomeMeeting 1.00

[Luis Villa <louie ximian com>]

Congrats, Damien.
Luis
On Tue, 2004-03-02 at 06:33 -0500, Damien Sandras wrote:

> Application
> ===========
> 
> GnomeMeeting 1.00
> 
> Description
> ===========
> 
> GnomeMeeting is a H.323 compatible videoconferencing application that
> allows you to make audio and video calls to remote users with H.323
> hardware or software (such as Microsoft Netmeeting).
> 
> Enhancements
> ============
> 
>     Main GUI :
> 
>         * Defaults to h323: or callto: if no url handler is specified and
> automatically rewrites the URL in the GUI
>         * Improved the incoming call dialog so that it displays the remote
> URL (either the IP or the remote party number or the remote alias)
>         * Added a speed dials submenu in the Call menu. All users for which
> you are adding a speed dial in the addressbook will be listed there, that
> gives a fast and easy way to call your friend or to transfer any existing
> call to them
>         * Do not display DTMF's in the URL bar during calls
>         * Added alphabet to the dialpad
>         * More HIG compliance (thanks to Fabrice Alphonso)
> 
>     Address book :
> 
>         * Allow to rename groups and servers
>         * Allow to have a group name identical to a server name while
> keeping them distinct and vice-versa
>         * Keep the last selected page as current when deleting, adding or
> renaming a group or a server
>         * Automatically enable the current group in the groups list when
> adding a new contact
>         * Added a menu entry to the right-click menu to copy the URL of the
> currently selected contact to the clipboard
> 
>     Preferences window :
> 
>         * Rewrote the preferences window code
>         * Added info dialog for codecs
>         * Administrators can block some settings to default values, they
> will be grayed out in the preferences
>         * Rewrote the PC-To-Phone configuration window
> 
>     Calls history:
> 
>         * Added call end reason for calls
>         * Remember last 100 calls
> 
>     Audio :
> 
>         * Added support for plugins (Julien Puydt, Craig Southeren)
>         * Added support for native ALSA
> 
>     Video :
> 
>         * Added support for plugins (Julien Puydt, Craig Southeren)
>         * Improved performances of the video grabber
>         * Fixed palette problem due to a bug in the Philips webcams
> driver
>         * Fixed problem with bttv under 2.6.0
> 
>     Configuration Assistant :
> 
>         * Completely rewrote the configuration assistant to make it simpler
> and more HIG compliant
>         * Users are now only registered to ILS if they explicitely request
> it
>         * Automatically disable video transmission when there is no video
> device for the selected plugin
>         * Added VU Meter support (widget from Stefan Bruns)
>         * The settings are now only applied when the user clicks on
> "Finish"
>         * Better default settings for DSL and cable users
>         * Rewrote the Audio Tester for better performance, and to permit it
> to work with Quicknet cards
> 
>     H.323 :
> 
>         * Added possibility to user early H.245 in setup or not
>         * Added a way to force the gatekeeper alias to be registered as
> primary alias with the gatekeeper
>         * Added possibility to clear automatically calls after 30 seconds
> of inactivity
>         * Added configurable timeout before clearing or forwarding a call
>         * Added iLBC codec support
>         * Added possibility to start/stop the video transmission on-the-fly
> during calls
>         * Added support for gateway/proxy
> 
>     Misc :
> 
>         * Only display one error popup when several attempts to open the
> soundcard fail
>         * Added plugin-managed sound events for incoming calls (incoming
> call ring) and outgoing calls (ring tone and busy tone)
>         * All windows sizes and positions are remembered between sessions
>         * Do not use ILS anymore to get the public IP when a NAT gateway is
> used, that allows people to have the service even if they don't register to
> ILS
>         * Allow to configure the web address GnomeMeeting uses to get the
> public IP address. This allows people to not have to trust seconix.com
>         * Added possibility to keep video on windows on top of others
>         * New notion of status : Available, Free For Chat, Busy, Forward
>         * Unusable codecs are now grayed out when a Quicknet card is used
>         * The text chat now supports h323:, callto:, http: and mailto: URLs
> (thanks to Julien Puydt)
>         * Rewrote Quicknet support
>         * The Transfer Call dialog is now closed at the end of calls. You
> can also transfer calls using only your POTS
>         * New PC-To-Phone configuration window
>         * Added a way to force "stay-on-top" for video windows
>         * Updated translations
>         * Better GConf keys structure
> 
>     Documentation :
> 
>         * Added manual (thanks to Christopher Warner and Matthias
> Redlich)
> 
> Download
> ========
> 
> http://www.gnomemeeting.org
> 
> GNOME Software Map entry
> ========================
> 
> http://www.gnome.org/softwaremap/projects/gnomemeeting
> 
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