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01-15-2008: New news!
Just felt like changing the headline. Make sure that you're not firewalled. See the news story below this one for help figuring it out.
04-26-2005: Firewalled? That's Bad. Get Some Help!
Now that most people are using version 1.7.5, you may have noticed a little smiley face on the lower left corner of the screen. If so, that's good. If not, you're firewalled, and that's bad.
How bad? Bad enough to cut your search results in half and to cut your download speeds. Firewalls make it very difficult to upload, too. In short, they suck.
Firewalls are usually caused by mis-configured routers or by software like ZoneAlarm, Windows XP firewall, and the like.
Please, don't think that being firewalled is good. It's not. You certainly should have a firewall on your PC, but you should also configure it so Furthur will run properly. Please take the time to do it, you'll be glad you did.
If you need help, please come into chat and we'll get you set up right.
04-16-2005: Furthur v. 1.7.5 Released!
After a lot of hard work and some dumb luck, the FurthurNet Development Team is pleased to announce Furthur v. 1.7.5.
Special thanks go to our crack coding team, Jonco, Acidrain, Vdoma, Skryking and the usual cast of mental patients, chat admins, and beta testers.
Major Issues Addressed Since Version 1.7.4
- Added an installation wizard to help first time users
- Added font and color selection and other enhancements to chat, and fixed several display bugs
- Fixed several bugs that prevented filesets from completing/sharing when the user upgrades to JRE 1.5
- Changed the way that Furthur reports band-name only search results -- it will now report all active shares that match the search, even if the user hosting the files has no open slots (i.e., the download will not start immediately)
- Improved the connection/disconnection code so that users won't appear as "ghosts," or be added incorrectly to the "peak uploaders" column as often
- Fixed a bug that prevented Furthur from automatically reconnecting to the network if the users' Internet connection went dead
- Revamped the help dialogs and error messages, added tooltips, and generally make the user interface more helpful
- Re-arranged the preferences panel and added code to automatically find flac and metaflac, or to prompt the user to download the flac binaries, and added a check to prevent selecting FlacFrontend by mistake
- Added column headings and other labels for using the client's features
- Fixed the installer for Solaris users
- Moved OS X menus to the client instead of on the system menu bar due to bugs with Apple's JRE that will hopefully be corrected by the next release
So, you want to know where to get it?
http://www.furthurnet.org/downloadarea
04-16-2005: Furthur 1.7.5 is Coming!
Get ready for version 1.7.5! Furthur 1.7.5 will feature a host of improvements, including . . . well, it will be a surprise.
If you are running version 1.7.3, heads up! Right now, you are missing out on FLAC files and other goodies. Upgrading to 1.7.4 will solve that problem. Also, after 1.7.5 is released, 1.7.3 will be deactivated. Beat the rush and please consider upgrading from 1.7.3 today.
-- The FurthurNet Team
04-16-2005: 1.7.4 Released!
We are proud to announce the release of Furthur Network 1.7.4. The major new changes since 1.7.3 are:
1. Introduced FLAC support for .flac filesets at 16 and 24 bits
2. Introduced a yellow "firewalled" light to alert users when they are operating behind a firewall
3. Added a counter to show the number of upload slots in use, and to show additional speed information
4. Improved the user interface with new icons, new graphics and new error/information messages
5. Added user interface features relating to window size and placement
6. Added code to ensure backward compatibility with JRE v. 1.3.x running on OS X
7. Fixed several sorting bugs
8. Created a new installer for Windows users, to resolve problems where users could not start the application or find their configuration files
9. Fixed several display bugs in OS X that prevented sub-windows from being drawn properly
10. Fixed a bug that prevented OS X users from making the initial connection to the network
11. Fixed the OS X file chooser for "Prompt for Save Location"
It's a quick and easy install. Go get it and start sharing that FLAC!
http://www.furthurnet.org/downloadarea/
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