Chameleon Clock: versions history
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2.0 final release (16.08.99)
      * Resource leak fixed
      * More strict SNTP timeout
      * Position forgetting fixed
      + Improved calendar
      * New installator
      * Snooze error fixed
      * Flushing alarms file added to avoid data's losing
      * Manual updated

2.0 beta 5.1 (30.07.99)

      * Windows NT 4.0 tray clock compatible
      * Better Windows 98 multi-line tray support
      * Fixed 90% CPU load (was in beta 5 only)
	Now it's 0.4% (up to 1.4% with very large skins)
      * Fixed incompatibility with some screensavers

2.0 beta 5 (19.07.99)
      + Alarms stored in the file instead of registry
      + Multilingual interface support
      * CD Players interrupt fixed
      * Screensavers under Windows 95 interrupt fixed
      * Some changes is PMS Watch
      * More stable Chimes alarm
      * Random skins bug fixed
      * Many little fixes

2.0 beta (5.05.99)

      + Build itself in the tray (in Windows 95/98 for now)
      + Critical Days Watch feature
      + Show time in different time zones
      + Calendar: floating and in Advanced Tooltip
      + Quick Reminder
      + "Mouse in the corner" alarm type
      + More configurable sounds in alarms
      + Alarm example (chimes) is included
      + Skins directory now is configurable
      * Last used skins menu is redesigned
      * Pop-up menu is redesigned
      * "Out of resource" with some winamp skins is fixed
      * Dial-Up window is not appears now in Windows 98
      * New memory-saving technique for time adjustment
      * Unregistered version now closes without problem by Windows shutdown
      * Alarms now more stable when time jumps forward and back
      * Background time adjusting is more stable now
      * Ugly gradient caption under Windows 98 is fixed
      * Always on top implementation is redesigned
      * Blink current time in Tooltip is fixed
      * Shutdown progress bar added, and time is reduced to 15 sec
      * Some spell errors are fixed
      + New sites in Download Skins menu
      + New keyboard shortcuts
      * New Easter Egg.

      Known issues of current beta:

      - Tray clock feature is disabled in Windows NT

      Non-software news: 

      +++ New website with new design and new contents. Welcome to
	  http://www.softshape.com !

1.21 (17.12.98) 

      + Section icons now reflect the current section state.
      * Preferences window title is corrected.
      * Unchecked 'moveable' option is fixed.
      * Access violation when 'Delete skin' is fixed.
      * Snooze state now remain when message is showed again.
      * "Non-disabled buttons in Alarms List" error is fixed

1.2  (12.12.98) 
      + New option "Remind before" in alarms
      + New option "Show on top of screensavers and full-screen games"
      + New option "Section buttons look and feel", there's also a fixed bug 
	with shifting the icons in Windows 98
      + CD-Audio and midi-files support in alarms
      * "Invalid argument to date encode" error is fixed
      * Winsocket loading is optimized to decrease memory consumption
      * New animation to adjust time via Internet
      + Batch-files SaveSettings / RestoreSettings. Use them to save clock 
        and alarms settings when you reinstall your Windows
      * Real speaker beep in alarms
      * "Windows shutdown freeze" error is fixed
      * Another 'List index out of bounds' error fixed
      * A lot of little tweaks

1.1a (29.10.98) 
      + Moveable Clockface and Remove from Alt+Tab list options added
	(by users's requests)
      * Help file and interface spelling corrected
      * Adjust time algoritm corrected
      * Clocks hides in full-screen mode (i.e. if screensaver or game is active)
      * 'List index out of bounds' error fixed

1.1  (19.10.98)

      + Alarm features.
      + Easy procedure of skins adding, even from zip-files, 
	with drag'n'drop support.
      + Adjust Date&Time via Internet Time Servers
      + Adjust Date&Time via Control Panel (if the tray clock 
	is disabled)
      + Transparent background support
      + Hide the clock with one mouse click.
      + Blink colon
      + Advanced tooltip
      + New options - Show Seconds, Show Border , Show tooltip, 
	Show leading zero, Always On Top.
      + New icons
      + New base skin
      + New HTML Help file
      + Keyboard shortcuts.
      + Skins preview speed improved.
      + Recent Skins List added to Preferences->Skins menu.
      + Sites list updated.
      + Improved algoritm of calculating background color.
      + A lot of little tweaks and improvements
      + Easter Egg added :)
      * Sleep Mode bug fixed
      * More insistent stay on top

1.03 (17.08.98)

      * empty skins list error fixed

1.02 (10.08.98)

      + Date show in local format, not only in European
      + AM/PM time format now works with Winamp skins
      + New option 'Use regular time format even if AM/PM signs
	is missing in skin'
      + Help file
      * fixed error 'FindFirstChangeNotification() failed'

1.01 (25.07.98)

      + Now Cham Clock is Windows NT compatible
      + and has an install/uninstall program

1.0 (7.07.98)

      * Original version (Windows 95 only)
