Release Notes 2009-10-23

What A Frame Up

Dear Whirled,

Thanks everyone for your feedback on the recent survey. We are still digesting the results but one thing that came out of it was a new feature to allow setting the frame color around a room. Squee! See below.

The changes in the update include but are not limited to the following:


 * Whirled SDK 0.65
 * Fix for notification ordering in the notification history list
 * New, darker chat tab attention flash
 * Yet another new slightly lighter permalink icon for read forum messages
 * The color of the frame surrounding rooms can now be customized
 * What was previously the room background color is now split into the room background color and the frame color. The room background color is the color underneath the backdrop and does not bleed out. The frame color fills the empty space surrounding the room.
 * The room background color is controlled by the room manager or managers and cannot be customized.
 * The frame color can be set to track the room background color or it can be set to a color of your choosing. The options are at the bottom of the room menu under "Frame color". (Apologies for the obtuseness of this interface, it will be improved.)
 * The default frame color setting for this release is to track the room background color. The next release will change the default to use white. We are serious about going white. If you don't like white, change your setting now to avoid shock and horror on the next release. Also note to lock in the setting to track the room background you need to deselect and reselect it.
 * The frame color for games follows the same rules except game creators cannot edit the "game background" color; it is always black. We may at some point allow game creators to edit this, but it is less relevant since the background is rendered by the game.

Happy Friday