Esmska Changelog

What's new in Esmska 1.8

Jul 2, 2014
  • don't crash with gateways with unknown message length ( issue #463 )
  • always set problem detail when sending is unsuccessful ( issue #464 )
  • improve user signature handling

New in Esmska 1.7 (Jun 25, 2014)

  • gateway updates
  • moved signature to message start (thanks Petr Matas, https://github.com/kparal/esmska/pull/8)
  • added a way to easily add new contacts from unknown numbers (thanks tomas kozak, https://github.com/kparal/esmska/pull/12, issue #255 )
  • When a message is split into several fragments (to be sent separately), they are no longer visible as separate pieces in the history (which makes it hard to forward the message), but they are instead visible as the original single message. (thanks Lenka Saidlova, https://github.com/kparal/esmska/pull/10, issue #185 )
  • gateway script API changed: removed SENDER_NAME, getExtraSignatureLength() and getMaxParts()
  • show the user signature inside the message text
  • split message text by word boundaries (thanks Pavel Zak, https://github.com/kparal/esmska/pull/13, issue #110 )

New in Esmska 1.6 (Dec 20, 2013)

  • Reverted back the change from version 1.5, because if caused problems with recent Java versions. As a result. [CZ]t-zones gateway stays broken, because of their certificate issues.

New in Esmska 1.5 (Dec 5, 2013)

  • Trust self-signed SSL certificates

New in Esmska 1.4 (Jun 4, 2013)

  • fixed gateway [CZ]T-mobile ( issue #438 )
  • be faster when sending successive messages for [CZ]T-mobile
  • [CZ]t-zones: fix gateway for users of Mych5 tariff ( issue #440 , thanks Martin Pavlásek)
  • [CZ]O2_(registrace): fix detection of invalid credentials ( issue #437 )
  • [LT]dos.lt: add sender number support ( issue 445 )
  • [CZ]T-mobile, [CZ]t-zones: fix certificate problems ( issue #443 )
  • [CZ]PoslatSMS.cz: removed gateway due to frequent complaints ( issue #390 )
  • compose a whole message from its parts when editing queue (issue #152, thanks Tomáš Jiříček)
  • [CZ]O2_(registrace): remove captcha, not needed anymore ( issue #433 )

New in Esmska 1.3 (Dec 3, 2012)

  • notify when paid SMS is sent for [CZ]t-zones and [CZ]Vodafone park (question 202235)
  • fixed gateway [CZ]O2 SMSender
  • fixed gateways [CZ]O2 and [CZ]O2 (registrace) (thanks Filip Oščádal, issue #423 )
  • fixed gateways [CZ]Vodafone and [CZ]Vodafone park (thanks Filip Oščádal, issue #426 )
  • fixed gateways [CZ]T-mobile and [CZ]t-zones ( issue #431 , issue #432 )
  • fixed gateway [CZ]Vodafone ( issue #435 )
  • don't update gateways that require more recent program version ( issue #425 )
  • fixed gateways [CZ]O2 and [CZ]O2 (registrace) ( issue #436 )

New in Esmska 1.2 (Jan 23, 2012)

  • send usage info less frequently to avoid high server load
  • fix compilation errors on Java 7
  • fixed gateway [CZ]O2 (registrace) ( issue #416 )
  • fix mysterious crashes when configuring gateways ( issue #415 )
  • add Mac OS packaging scripts

New in Esmska 1.1 (Dec 4, 2011)

  • ignore diacritical marks when searching in contact list
  • disable notification icon in Gnome 3 ( issue #404 )
  • [CZ]O2 (registrace): fix problems when sending messages too quickly ( issue #412 )
  • [CZ]O2 and [CZ]O2 (registrace): fix gateway changes ( issue #413 )
  • add new gateway [INT]Odorik.cz ( issue #309 )
  • fix gateway [CZ]KlikniAVolej ( issue #414 )

New in Esmska 1 (Aug 29, 2011)

  • [CZ]t-zones: fix sending long messages when using english interface ( issue #397 )
  • new program icon (thanks Vítězslav Válka)
  • don't crash when no gateway credentials are filled in but the gateway requires it
  • added new gateway [CZ]SMS Manager (thanks Lukáš Pulda)

New in Esmska 0.22.2 (Jul 29, 2011)

  • fix occasional warning about incorrect number format when pasting a number into the recipient field
  • [CZ]t-zones: work correctly for english web localization ( issue #395 )
  • don't erase gateway properties (signatures, etc) on gateway update

New in Esmska 0.22.1 (Jul 4, 2011)

  • [CZ]Vodafone: fix gateway and decrese message delay to 0 sec ( issue #383 , question 161831)
  • fix crash when no problem description is provided in the gateway script ( issue #386 )

New in Esmska 0.22 Beta 2 (Jun 14, 2011)

  • improve startup performance by loading gateways asynchronously after showing main window ( issue #380 )

New in Esmska 0.22 Beta 1 (Jun 2, 2011)

  • [CZ]t-zones: fix frequent gateway-overloaded messages ( issue #340 )
  • fix focus problems on Win 7 in sending progress dialog ( issue #341 )
  • fix single instance mode problems in Windows ( issue #345 )
  • show confirm dialog when deleting messages from queue ( issue #347 )
  • enable automatic gateway updates, remove old manual update dialog ( issue #315 )
  • [CZ]Vodafone: fix gateway changes ( issue #351 , issue #366 )
  • add new gateway [CZ]KlikniAVolej gateway ( issue #339 )
  • add signature profiles, allow per-gateway signature profiles ( issue #87 , issue #306 )
  • only enable signature options for those gateways that support it ( issue #354 )
  • don't crash program when settings.xml file is invalid ( issue #357 )
  • disallow running Esmska with using OpenJDK + WebStart (IcedTea) because of many present bugs in IcedTea ( issue #335 , issue #357 , issue #358 )
  • delete invalid local gateways on program start ( issue #359 )
  • allow only one program instance to be running
  • add sender name signature into SMS text manually if it is not supported by the gateway ( issue #355 )
  • delete [INT]sms4you gateway, provide [INT]SMSpoint gateway instead ( issue #363 )
  • fix [CZ]PoslatSMS.cz gateway ( issue #370 , issue #377 )
  • remove [CZ]SMSmánia (O2) gateway ( issue #371 )
  • implement sending program usage info ( issue #267 )
  • improve error descriptions for sms failures, add "resend" button ( issue #251 )
  • slightly improve startup performance ( issue #378 )

New in Esmska 0.21 (Mar 6, 2011)

  • released 6th March 2011
  • fixed gateway [CZ]Vodafone ( issue #294 , issue #329 , issue #333 )
  • fixed dialog focus issue on Mac OS ( issue #301 )
  • new icon for [INT]SMSdiscount ( issue #303 , thanks Tomáš Kováčik)
  • updated Substance themes to version 6.1
  • improved user interface - important buttons have text description now
  • [CZ]Vodafone gateway now silently ignores invalid sender number (see issue #306)
  • show info label when queue is paused ( issue #296 )
  • allow to edit or delete sms from queue only when it is not currently being sent (it's not yet supported anyway)
  • hide gateway name for multisend mode ( issue #310 )
  • fixed [CZ]Vodafone gateway not reporting errors correctly
  • fixed [CZ]O2 and [CZ]O2 (registrace) gateways ( issue #319 )
  • fix insufficient credit message for [INT]SMSdiscount gateway ( issue #323 , thanks Tomáš Kováčik)
  • bundle Java into the Windows installer
  • Windows uninstaller will automatically delete any leftover files in Esmska directory
  • added new gateway [CZ]PoslatSMS.cz ( issue #325 , thanks Filip Oščádal)
  • remove gateway [CZ]Vodafone samoobsluha (operator ended supporting it)
  • add back [SK]Orange and [SK]Orange (platený) gateways ( issue #183 , thanks Tomáš Kováčik)
  • change the algorithm for suggesting preferred gateway ( issue #326 )
  • completely rework configuration tabs with gateway preferences, allow to mark gateways as hidden and favorite ( issue #237 )
  • change dialog to display error messages and security code requests to non-modal, all-in-once dialog (issue #251)
  • don't throw exception in About frame when Desktop API is not supported ( issue #337 )
  • add new gateway [CZ]smska.cz ( issue #290 )

New in Esmska 0.21 Beta 1 (Feb 28, 2011)

  • fixed gateway [CZ]Vodafone ( issue #294 , issue #329 , issue #333 )
  • fixed dialog focus issue on Mac OS ( issue #301 )
  • new icon for [INT]SMSdiscount ( issue #303 , thanks Tomáš Kováčik)
  • updated Substance themes to version 6.1
  • improved user interface - important buttons have text description now
  • [CZ]Vodafone gateway now silently ignores invalid sender number (see issue #306)
  • show info label when queue is paused ( issue #296 )
  • allow to edit or delete sms from queue only when it is not currently being sent (it's not yet supported anyway)
  • hide gateway name for multisend mode ( issue #310 )
  • fixed [CZ]Vodafone gateway not reporting errors correctly
  • fixed [CZ]O2 and [CZ]O2 (registrace) gateways ( issue #319 )
  • fix insufficient credit message for [INT]SMSdiscount gateway ( issue #323 , thanks Tomáš Kováčik)
  • bundle Java into the Windows installer
  • Windows uninstaller will automatically delete any leftover files in Esmska directory
  • added new gateway [CZ]PoslatSMS.cz ( issue #325 , thanks Filip Oščádal)
  • remove gateway [CZ]Vodafone samoobsluha (operator ended supporting it)
  • add back [SK]Orange and [SK]Orange (platený) gateways ( issue #183 , thanks Tomáš Kováčik)
  • change the algorithm for suggesting preferred gateway ( issue #326 )
  • completely rework configuration tabs with gateway preferences, allow to mark gateways as hidden and favorite ( issue #237 )
  • change dialog to display error messages and security code requests to non-modal, all-in-once dialog (issue #251)

New in Esmska 0.20.0 (Jul 25, 2010)

  • fixed changes in [CZ]T-mobile and [CZ]t-zones gateways ( issue #274 )
  • allow compressing of just selected text ( issue #250 )
  • ensure that correct message from history is deleted when the history is updated in the meantime ( issue #272 )
  • altered algorithm for suggesting recommended gateway, should work better now and also should not report false errors in information boxes ( issue #273 )
  • renamed all references of "operators" to "gateways", both in source code and in filesystem structure
  • correctly show warning message about invalid credentials for [CZ]Vodafone samoobsluha gateway, inform about supported Java versions ( issue #271 )
  • enable parallel sms queues again ( issue #279 )
  • fix problem where moving messages up and down the queue would mark other than first message as being ready ( issue #248 )
  • fix broken gateway [CZ]O2 ( issue #284 )
  • added new gateway [CZ]O2 (registrace) ( issue #286 )
  • added new gateway [CZ]Vodafone park ( issue #246 , thanks Csaba Botoš)

New in Esmska 0.20.0 Beta 2 (Jul 18, 2010)

  • fixed changes in [CZ]T-mobile and [CZ]t-zones gateways ( issue #274 )
  • allow compressing of just selected text ( issue #250 )
  • ensure that correct message from history is deleted when the history is updated in the meantime ( issue #272 )
  • altered algorithm for suggesting recommended gateway, should work better now and also should not report false errors in information boxes ( issue #273 )
  • renamed all references of "operators" to "gateways", both in source code and in filesystem structure
  • correctly show warning message about invalid credentials for [CZ]Vodafone samoobsluha gateway, inform about supported Java versions ( issue #271 )
  • enable parallel sms queues again ( issue #279 )
  • fix problem where moving messages up and down the queue would mark other than first message as being ready ( issue #248 )
  • fix broken gateway [CZ]O2 ( issue #284 )
  • added new gateway [CZ]O2 (registrace) ( issue #286 )
  • added new gateway [CZ]Vodafone park ( issue #246 , thanks Csaba Botoš)

New in Esmska 0.20.0 Beta 1 (Jul 15, 2010)

  • fixed changes in [CZ]T-mobile and [CZ]t-zones gateways ( issue #274 )
  • allow compressing of just selected text ( issue #250 )
  • ensure that correct message from history is deleted when the history is updated in the meantime ( issue #272 )
  • altered algorithm for suggesting recommended gateway, should work better now and also should not report false errors in information boxes ( issue #273 )
  • renamed all references of "operators" to "gateways", both in source code and in filesystem structure
  • correctly show warning message about invalid credentials for [CZ]Vodafone samoobsluha gateway, inform about supported Java versions ( issue #271 )
  • enable parallel sms queues again ( issue #279 )
  • fix problem where moving messages up and down the queue would mark other than first message as being ready ( issue #248 )

New in Esmska 0.19.0 (May 23, 2010)

  • show gateway info when hovering mouse over gateway combobox ( issue #243 )
  • added [INT]sms4you gateway, removed [LT]sms4you gateway ( issue #245 )
  • clean log files created by multiple program instances ( issue #195 )
  • added new gateway [CZ]O2 SMSender ( issue #73 )
  • disable IPv6 support in Java on Linux, because it breaks networking on Ubuntu and Debian ( issue #252 )
  • fixed exception when editing gateway for multiple contacts ( issue #254 )
  • notify user about uncaught program exceptions in modal dialogs ( issue #256 )
  • added new gateway [INT]SMS Global ( issue #261 , thanks Peng Duan)
  • display infinity sign in message progress bar tooltip when there is no limit on characters ( issue #259 )
  • updated Substance library to version 6.0 ( issue #253 )
  • documented CSV fields in config files ( issue #266 )
  • fix [CZ]Vodafone gateway problem when user signature was not filled in - added workaround when Vodafone sends an invalid URL ( issue #269 )
  • inform a user that [CZ]Vodafone samoobsluha is no longer usable on Java 6 Update 19 and higher due to insecure server certificate (issue #271)

New in Esmska 0.19.0 Beta 2 (May 14, 2010)

  • show gateway info when hovering mouse over gateway combobox ( issue #243 )
  • added [INT]sms4you gateway, removed [LT]sms4you gateway ( issue #245 )
  • clean log files created by multiple program instances ( issue #195 )
  • added new gateway [CZ]O2 SMSender ( issue #73 )
  • disable IPv6 support in Java on Linux, because it breaks networking on Ubuntu and Debian ( issue #252 )
  • fixed exception when editing gateway for multiple contacts ( issue #254 )
  • notify user about uncaught program exceptions in modal dialogs ( issue #256 )
  • added new gateway [INT]SMS Global ( issue #261 , thanks Peng Duan)
  • display infinity sign in message progress bar tooltip when there is no limit on characters ( issue #259 )
  • updated Substance library to version 6.0 ( issue #253 )

New in Esmska 0.19.0 Beta 1 (May 14, 2010)

  • show gateway info when hovering mouse over gateway combobox ( issue #243 )
  • added [INT]sms4you gateway, removed [LT]sms4you gateway ( issue #245 )
  • clean log files created by multiple program instances ( issue #195 )
  • added new gateway [CZ]O2 SMSender ( issue #73 )
  • disable IPv6 support in Java on Linux, because it breaks networking on Ubuntu and Debian ( issue #252 )
  • fixed exception when editing gateway for multiple contacts ( issue #254 )
  • notify user about uncaught program exceptions in modal dialogs ( issue #256 )
  • added new gateway [INT]SMS Global ( issue #261 , thanks Peng Duan)
  • display infinity sign in message progress bar tooltip when there is no limit on characters ( issue #259 )
  • updated Substance library to version 6.0 ( issue #253 )

New in Esmska 0.18.0 (Feb 12, 2010)

  • handle gateway delays correctly even if user messed up system time in the meantime ( issue #198 )
  • allow several redirects to the same URL ( issue #201 )
  • fix gateway [CZ]t-zones ( issue #207 , thanks radomir.orkac)
  • updated vCard manipulation library
  • add new gateway [INT]GoSMS ( issue #210 , thanks tomas.kovacik)
  • added possibility to enable or disable advanced controls visibility
  • don't inform about updates of hidden gateways ( issue #192 )
  • user is warned if he selects probably inappropriate gateway ( issue #199 )
  • on first program run user is asked for default country prefix ( issue #199 )
  • allow gateway to provide additional hint when asking for security image ( issue #211 )
  • updated Substance library to 5.3
  • don't notify about updates when running from Java Webstart ( issue #221 )
  • allow gateways to become deprecated
  • removed [SK]Orange and [SK]Orange (platený) gateways ( issue #183 )
  • improved failure checks for [INT]SMSdiscount (issue #214)
  • 'message too long' error message now mentions charsets (issue #214)
  • fix downloading updates with Java 6u18 ( issue #236 )
  • handle duplicated gateway scripts loading correctly ( issue #235 )

New in Esmska 0.18.0 Beta 2 (Feb 1, 2010)

  • updated Substance library to 5.3
  • don't notify about updates when running from Java Webstart ( issue #221 )
  • allow gateways to become deprecated
  • removed [SK]Orange and [SK]Orange (platený) gateways ( issue #183 )
  • improved failure checks for [INT]SMSdiscount (issue #214)
  • 'message too long' error message now mentions charsets (issue #214)

New in Esmska 0.18.0 Beta 1 (Dec 28, 2009)

  • handle gateway delays correctly even if user messed up system time in the meantime ( issue #198 )
  • allow several redirects to the same URL ( issue #201 )
  • fix gateway [CZ]t-zones ( issue #207 , thanks radomir.orkac)
  • updated vCard manipulation library
  • add new gateway [INT]GoSMS ( issue #210 , thanks tomas.kovacik)
  • added possibility to enable or disable advanced controls visibility
  • don't inform about updates of hidden gateways ( issue #192 )
  • user is warned if he selects probably inappropriate gateway ( issue #199 )
  • on first program run user is asked for default country prefix ( issue #199 )
  • allow gateway to provide additional hint when asking for security image ( issue #211

New in Esmska 0.17.0 (Oct 14, 2009)

  • when composing new message and trying to edit existing message from the queue, ask the user whether to replace the text
  • fix program freeze with redo function ( issue #160 )
  • add new gateway [SK]Orange (platený), fix paid accounts problem with [SK]Orange gateway ( issue #158 , thanks Tomáš Kováčik and Ladislav Matěj)
  • fix problems with downloading gateways containing non-ascii characters in their names, mainly on Windows ( issue #164 )
  • fix swapping of sms sender name and sms sender number when reloading esmska ( issue #176 )
  • fix problems with charset in messages for some gateways
  • fixed [CZ]t-zones gateway ( issue #177 )
  • semantics of debug modes changed a little
  • program output is saved to file console.log into user configuration directory (easier bug reporting!)
  • display an error dialog if there is some uncaught program exception caused by Esmska (easier bug reporting!)
  • create checkbox in settings to enable debug mode (even easier bug reporting!)
  • all gateway script files must now contain only ascii characters in filenames, which solves problems on some platforms (guess which) and in some tools ( issue #159 )
  • changed type of encryption of gateway passwords → program startup is faster! (about 600ms less on my 2GHz CPU)
  • improved appearance on Mac OS X (unified toolbar support)
  • removed many icons from main menu to improve readability
  • exit button is displayed in toolbar only when program notification icon is visible (then window close does not quit the program and therefore the button makes sense)
  • older user-local gateway scripts are deleted when newer version is present system-wide (should improve startup speed)
  • fix alternate text color in sms pane was not readable on dark substance skins ( issue #181 )
  • display main window properly when iconified and started again in Windows ( issue #182 )
  • warn if current program version is older than user config files ( issue #186 )
  • fixed gateway [INT]SMSdiscount ( issue #187 , issue #188 )
  • fixed gateway [CZ]T-mobile ( issue #189 )

New in Esmska 0.17.0 Beta 3 (Oct 9, 2009)

  • fixed gateway [INT]SMSdiscount
  • fixed gateway [CZ]T-mobile

New in Esmska 0.17.0 Beta 2 (Oct 1, 2009)

  • older user-local gateway scripts are deleted when newer version is present system-wide (should improve startup speed)
  • fix alternate text color in sms pane was not readable on dark substance skins ( issue #181 )
  • don't warn users about exceptions not caused by esmska
  • create checkbox in settings to enable debug mode (even easier bug reporting!)
  • display main window properly when iconified and started again in Windows ( issue #182 )
  • warn if current program version is older than user config files ( issue #186 )

New in Esmska 0.17.0 Beta 1 (Sep 17, 2009)

  • when composing new message and trying to edit existing message from the queue, ask the user whether to replace the text
  • fix program freeze with redo function ( issue #160 )
  • add new gateway [SK]Orange (platený), fix paid accounts problem with [SK]Orange gateway ( issue #158 , thanks Tomáš Kováčik and Ladislav Matěj)
  • fix problems with downloading gateways containing non-ascii characters in their names, mainly on Windows ( issue #164 )
  • fix swapping of sms sender name and sms sender number when reloading esmska ( issue #176 )
  • fix problems with charset in messages for some gateways
  • fixed [CZ]t-zones gateway ( issue #177 )
  • semantics of debug modes changed a little
  • program output is saved to file console.log into user configuration directory (easier bug reporting!)
  • display an error dialog if there is some uncaught program exception (even easier bug reporting!)
  • all gateway script files must now contain only ascii characters in filenames, which solves problems on some platforms (guess which) and in some tools ( issue #159 )
  • changed type of encryption of gateway passwords → program startup is faster! (about 600ms less on my 2GHz CPU)
  • improved appearance on Mac OS X 10.5 (Snow Leopard not officialy supported yet)
  • removed many icons from main menu to improve readability
  • exit button is displayed in toolbar only when program notification icon is visible (then window close does not quit the program and therefore the button makes sense)

New in Esmska 0.16.0 Beta 2 (Jul 2, 2009)

  • added [LT]sms4you gateway ( issue #144 )
  • fixed non-working link in czech localization ( issue #145 )
  • added [DK]CoolSMS (FriSMS) gateway ( issue #146 , thanks Julius Bartkus)
  • enabled Ctrl+F and Delete shortcut in history frame
  • updated Substance library to version 5.2
  • added [DK]CoolSMS (GratisSMS) gateway ( issue #150 , thanks Julius Bartkus)
  • enabled automatic regular backups of user configuration files
  • shortened delay interval for [CZ]T-mobile gateway
  • fixed [CZ]O2 gateway ( issue #151 , thanks hrubis)

New in Esmska 0.16.0 Beta 1 (May 17, 2009)

  • fixed problems with charset in vCard files
  • added different notification icons for states when program is idle and when it has some message in the queue ( issue #57 )
  • text area in history frame now can be expanded
  • provide a manager for entering security codes instead of many dialogs ( issue #141 )

New in Esmska 0.15.0 (Apr 17, 2009)

  • in contact list doubleclick now edits contact, middleclick writes new message
  • added update manager - from now on, you can download gateway updates without needing to update the whole program! ( issue #80 , issue #81 )
  • added options to choose whether you want to check just program updates, just gateway updates, both or none; also for unstable versions
  • added system-wide configuration file - very useful for Linux package maintainers ( issue #121 )
  • created portable program version for MS Windows ( issue #12 )
  • improved manipulation with vCard files - parsing should be more stable now and should support different character encondings (quoted-printable, etc) ( issue #70 , issue #71 )
  • fixed problem with [CZ]O2 gateway - seems they have declared war on us ( issue #131 )
  • added gateway [CZ]SMSmánia (O2) to help with persistent problems with [CZ]O2 gateway. Not much of a better solution unfortunately.
  • a vCard file can be dropped on contact list or an application icon (on Mac) to import contacts (thanks Marian Bouček)
  • a text containing name or phone number can be dropped on contact list to add new contact
  • accept organizations as contact names in vCard files ( issue #135 )

New in Esmska 0.15.0 Beta 2 (Apr 12, 2009)

  • fixed downloading of gateways updates with non-ascii characters in names
  • created portable program version for MS Windows ( issue #12 )
  • improved manipulation with vCard files - parsing should be more stable now and should support different character encondings (quoted-printable, etc) ( issue #70 , issue #71 )
  • fixed problem with [CZ]O2 gateway - seems they have declared war on us ( issue #131 )
  • added gateway [CZ]SMSmánia (O2) to help with persistent problems with [CZ]O2 gateway. Not much of a better solution unfortunately.

New in Esmska 0.15.0 Beta 1 (Mar 30, 2009)

  • in contact list doubleclick now edits contact, middleclick writes new message
  • added update manager - from now on, you can download gateway updates without needing to update the whole program! ( issue #80 , issue #81 )
  • added options to choose whether you want to check just program updates, just gateway updates, both or none; also for unstable versions
  • added system-wide configuration file - very useful for Linux package maintainers ( issue #121 )

New in Esmska 0.14.1 (Mar 20, 2009)

  • prevent data loss when saving configuration on modern filesystems like ext4 (LP #317781)
  • fixed operator [CZ]T-mobile ( issue #119 )
  • fixed operator [CZ]t-zones ( issue #118 )
  • improved setting proxy in GUI ( issue #101 )

New in Esmska 0.14.0 (Mar 16, 2009)

  • removed option to set border decorations (let's simplify things)
  • improved some icons ( issue #103 )
  • fixed displaying of 'š' character on OpenJDK ( issue #105 )
  • updated Substance library to 5.1 (fixes issue #108 )
  • when user has no contacts defined show a little hint how to add one
  • fixed not showing Hebrew translation in program
  • rewritten basic classes allowing easier development in the future. This is a huge change and will require thorough testing.
  • user is better informed if import finds no new contacts
  • when program update is available clicking on the statusbar will open a download page in user's browser
  • added package for FreeBSD (thanks martinko)
  • improved intelligence when suggesting operator in contact editing
  • fixed typing operator passwords with special keyboard layouts (like Czech), added "show password" checkbox ( issue #115 )
  • added clickable links to operator website to error messages
  • fix [CZ]Vodafone samoobsluha gateway not to throw unknown error when something bad happens ( issue #115 )
  • added tooltip to each of the available gateway in the combobox with summary information
  • changed debug commandline option syntax
  • default Substance skin is now Business Black Steel
  • fix problem when removing old history records on program exit ( issue #117 )
  • fix problem when editing gateway for multiple contacts at once
  • contact list operations are recorded in the program log
  • http and https proxies should be finally working ( issue #101 , thanks Marek Palatinus)

New in Esmska 0.14.0 Beta 2 (Mar 11, 2009)

  • changed debug commandline option syntax
  • default Substance skin is now Business Black Steel
  • fix problem when removing old history records on program exit ( issue #117 )
  • fix problem when editing gateway for multiple contacts at once
  • contact list operations are recorded in the program log

New in Esmska 0.14.0 Beta 1 (Mar 3, 2009)

  • removed option to set border decorations (let's simplify things)
  • improved some icons ( issue #103 )
  • fixed displaying of 'š' character on OpenJDK ( issue #105 )
  • updated Substance library to 5.1 (fixes issue #108 )
  • when user has no contacts defined show a little hint how to add one
  • fixed not showing Hebrew translation in program
  • rewritten basic classes allowing easier development in the future. This is a huge change and will require thorough testing.
  • user is better informed if import finds no new contacts
  • when program update is available clicking on the statusbar will open a download page in user's browser
  • added package for FreeBSD (thanks martinko)
  • improved intelligence when suggesting operator in contact editing
  • fixed typing operator passwords with special keyboard layouts (like Czech), added "show password" checkbox ( issue #115 )
  • added clickable links to operator website to error messages
  • fix [CZ]Vodafone samoobsluha gateway not to throw unknown error when something bad happens ( issue #115 )
  • added tooltip to each of the available gateway in the combobox with summary information

New in Esmska 0.13.0 (Jan 26, 2009)

  • added --version command line option to show program version
  • toolbar is visible by default now
  • program licensing is more carefully described
  • changed a few icons
  • added --debug command line option to show debugging output (also useful for debugging operator scripts)
  • added the new Nimbus look-and-feel instead of the old Metal on platforms that support it (Java 6 Update 10 and higher). In program preferences available under "Crossplatform" option.
  • fixed button order in dialogs under KDE
  • in preferences dialog only really relevant look-and-feels should be shown now. No more duplicates.
  • fixed non-working mnemonics on some buttons
  • added README file to the program sources (useful for package maintainers)
  • added option to build sources without Mac OS proprietary library (useful for package maintainers)
  • updated Substance library to 5.1dev, small fonts on KDE3 should be finally solved ( issue #89 )
  • user data are now continuously saved during program execution, not only on program exit. No more lost data when system crashes. ( issue #56 )
  • user data are now saved when program ended by control signals (SIGHUP, SIGINT, SIGKILL). Unfortunatelly Gnome does not use these signals when logging out. ( issue #67 )
  • queue list and contact list tooltips are now prettier
  • added combobox to preferences to select country prefix easily according to country
  • allowed editing of multiple contacts at once
  • fix country prefixes of countries starting with +1 (except US and Canada)
  • replaced bat launcher with exe launcher for those still using the wrong operating system
  • improved ICO image, windows users will now have nicer shortcuts
  • provided new Linux distribution packages (openSUSE, Fedora, Mandriva) (thanks Michal Vyskočil)
  • provided MS Windows installer ( issue #100 )

New in Esmska 0.13.0 Beta 2 (Jan 11, 2009)

  • added README file to the program sources (useful for package maintainers)
  • added option to build sources without Mac OS proprietary library (useful for package maintainers)
  • updated Substance library to 5.1dev, small fonts on KDE3 should be finally solved ( issue #89 )
  • user data are now continuously saved during program execution, not only on program exit. No more lost data when system crashes. ( issue #56 )
  • user data are now saved when program ended by control signals (SIGHUP, SIGINT, SIGKILL). Unfortunatelly Gnome does not use these signals when logging out. ( issue #67 )
  • queue list and contact list tooltips are now prettier
  • added combobox to preferences to select country prefix easily according to country
  • allowed editing of multiple contacts at once

New in Esmska 0.13.0 Beta 1 (Nov 26, 2008)

  • added --version command line option to show program version
  • toolbar is visible by default now
  • program licensing is more carefully described
  • on KDE3 program starts with crossplatform look-and-feel instead of Substance, because of small fonts problem ( issue #89 )
  • changed a few icons
  • added --debug command line option to show debugging output (also useful for debugging operator scripts)
  • added the new Nimbus look-and-feel instead of the old Metal on platforms that support it (Java 6 Update 10 and higher). In program preferences available under "Crossplatform" option.
  • fixed button order in dialogs under KDE
  • in preferences dialog only really relevant look-and-feels should be shown now. No more duplicates.
  • fixed non-working mnemonics on some buttons

New in Esmska 0.12.2 Beta 1 (Nov 17, 2008)

  • updated [CZ]O2 gateway because operator has changed the website
  • removed extraneous & characters from notification icon menu items
  • fixed having program hidden in system tray and unchecking "show notification icon" in preferences

New in Esmska 0.12.1 (Nov 10, 2008)

  • This is just a quickfix release. Our betatesters clearly failed and haven't noticed, that message can't be sent to the most of the operators. Which means that we need more betatesters! Please subscribe to this announcements feed, try the betaversions and report errors! Thank you.

New in Esmska 0.12.0 Beta 1 (Oct 31, 2008)

  • fixed problem in [CZ]t-zones script when sending multiple messages ( issue #75 , thanks David Watzke)
  • program internationalized and translated to English
  • added new gateway [SK]Orange ( issue #84 , thanks Tomáš Kováčik)
  • added new menu items to easily ask question, translate program or report error
  • enhanced program preferences with possibility of showing simple/advanced options
  • added new gateway [INT]SMSdiscount ( issue #85 , thanks Tomáš Kováčik)
  • fixed problem in [CZ]T-mobile script when using english locale ( issue #83 )
  • added new --debug-network and --debug-network-full command line options to easily debug network communication
  • added new gateway [CZ]SMS.cz ( issue #88 , thanks Igor Štefanko)