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2008-05-10 Russ Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com>
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Sixth alpha release of Gnash (0.8.4).
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Improvements since 0.8.3 release are:
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* The -d switch won't behave the same as in 0.8.3. This is a
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temporary thing, we'll likely bring it back to its original
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behaviour for next releases. If you're curious, -d will now
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change heart beating rate.
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* Support for MIT SHM X extention is disabled by default `cause
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it broke (*grin*). We'll get it back on next release. Let us
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know if you really notice a performance degradation on the
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rendering side please <gnash-dev@gnu.org>.
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* Keep Adobe happy with our users and our users happy with us by
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changing "Flash player" into "SWF player" everywhere. Adobe
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claims "Flash" as a trademark and had asked a Linux distributor
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* The popular SWF Twitter badge now renders correctly.
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* Fix parsing of urls containing multiple question marks
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* Fix support for movies embedding multiple sound streams
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* Support for loading PNG and GIF images added.
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* Improved rendering of SWF movies because of the less visible
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* Support for writing RGB/RGBA PNG images and JPEG images.
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* Works with Potlatch OpenStreetMap editor
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* New 'flvdumper' utility for analyzing FLV video files.
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* XPI packaging support for Mozilla & Firefox.
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Less visible to users:
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* Improved SWF version 8 support:
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o flash.geom.Point, flash.geom.Rect, flash.geom.Matrix classes
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o flash.geom.ColorTransform almost fully implemented.
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o flash.display.BitmapData partially implemented.
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o flash.geom.Transform.matrix and flash.geom.Transform.ColorTransform
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o MovieClip.transform implemented, with ability to find and apply
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MovieClip transformations.
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o Playback of VP6F video (SWF version 8 FLV) with Ffmpeg.
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* Fixes and implementation of ActionScript 2 classes:
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o NetConnection.call() implemented: initial support for flash Remoting
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o toString() method of objects called correctly, String.split
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o XMLSocket onData method implemented properly, other methods fixed.
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o Error class implemented.
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o XML and LoadVars sendAndLoad() now derive from a common base object
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(loadable AS object); fixes the popular SWF Twitter badge.
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o addRequestHeaders and contentType implemented for LoadVars and XML.
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* VM bugfixes and improvements:
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o Heart beating model, allowing for fine-grained interval timers and
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o Frame label fix (case sensitivity).
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o Fixes and improvements to Color and cxform.
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o SWF matrix made faster and more compatible (golf.swf works now!)
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o try/catch/finally ActionScript expression handled more correctly.
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o Parse and partially use ScriptLimits tag. Handle stack limit more
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o Fixed scoping issues for SWF <= 5
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o Bitmap characters now support alpha.
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* Media handling improvements:
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o Pluggable architecture for MediaHandlers (ffmpeg/gst available)
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o Media-handler agnostic Sound and NetStream classes
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o Numerous bug fixes in ffmpeg and gstreamer media handling
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* SWF version 2-specific fixes:
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o PlaceObject tag display fixed (also applies to SWFs generated with
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o DefineButtonCxform tag implemented).
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* Codebase improvements:
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o Renamed the 'server' directory to be a more accurate 'libcore'.
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Merge 'libgeometry' into 'libbase'
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o Keep Adobe happy with our users and our users happy with us by
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changing "Flash player" into "SWF player" everywhere (a Linux
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distributor received a demand letter).
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o Numerous cleanups and changes to improve portability.
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2008-05-10 Russ Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com>
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Sixth alpha release of Gnash (0.8.3).
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