New AVChat 3 build available (340)

We have put a new build of AVChat 3 up today, this build (340) includes a lot of new small features and some important bug fixes.

New features:

• You can now drag and resize the text chat area, other people’s web cams and the banned users window. A new red arrow is present in the lower right side corner of these windows:
  
• A new users list type which shows the avatar in a small format:
  
• Avatars (when available) are also shown in the side menu for each user:
  
• Added Sort by gender option:
  
• The banned users windows also shows the IP and user name of the person that added the ban
• When you buzz someone a confirmation message shows up: You buzzed ABC
• Better positioning for other people’s webcams
• Added new config option (adminCanViewPrivateStreamsWithoutPermission) for the admin to be able to view private streams without needing permission
• Added new config option (adminCanViewPrivateMessages) for the admin to see private messages or not
• Added new config option (fontsize) to control the size of the text in the text chat area
• Default  font size for the text chat has been increased to 12px
• Added new config options (kbmessages, jlmessages) to control if the joined/left and banned/kicked messages are shown in the chat
• The Joomla Component now also contains proper integration with the JomSocial Component, but more on that in a new blog post!

Bug fixes:

• Translation missing: Private chat with ABC
• The Loading Settings message can now be translated using the lstext Flahvar
• Zooming using the mouse wheel while in fullscreen caused the UI to go bonkers
• Fixed issue with empty spaces at the right of the users in the users list
• Fixed issue with empty spaces between the users in the users list
• The writeUsersList setting in avchat3.properties in the Red5 server side files did not work
• On Red5 the kick message was not being sent properly to the chat rooms
• On Red5 sometimes the text chat history shared objects were not being cleared out resulting in large history shared object files
• Some Drupal 5/6 fixes

How to get the new AVChat 3 release

You can obtain the latest AVChat 3 files by downloading the software again using the download link from the delivery/trial email. You will automatically download the latest build which includes all the bug fixes and feature enhancements mentioned in this post .

After downloading them:

• do a clean install or
• overwrite all the old files including the FMS/Red5 server side files