We are happy to announce the release of Spark 2.5.0 Beta 4. We are still on target for the final release at the end of the month, so keep the feedback coming. You can get the download from our beta page at http://www.igniterealtime.org/downloads/beta.jsp.
Some new things to check out
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Jingle P2P Voice Support.
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Favorite Contacts - ctrl + t
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Recent Conversations - ctrl+e
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Much improved SoftPhone support.
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Option to show offline users in Offline Group or the groups they belong to.
Change Log
New Features
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SPARK-2 - Now show status of offline users.
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SPARK-382 - Added ctrl+e to display last 10 conversations.
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SPARK-410 - Now all plugins to be operating-system specific
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SPARK-559 - Refactored ContactList, ContactGroup and ContactItem to allow all event operations to run through the ContactList itself.
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SPARK-561 - Added new tray notification for incoming fastpath chat requests.
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SPARK-567 - Added Pack200 support to lower the overall deployment size of Spark.
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SPARK-568 - Added typing notification for Fastpath Conference chats.
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SPARK-571 - Added client to client VOIP support.
Bug Fixes
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SPARK-453 - Linux distribution no longer depends on the windows dir.
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SPARK-471 - Fixed presence issue inside chat rooms.
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SPARK-510 - Conference Invitation page needs UI improvements.
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SPARK-551 - Handle gateway jids and adding of gateway users more gracefully.
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SPARK-552 - Added new error handling UI for Soft Phone.
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SPARK-553 - Presence now changes back to normal presence when hanging up phone call.
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SPARK-554 - Opening of a chat room now hides contact tooltip.
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SPARK-555 - Usernames with escapeable characters are now handled correctly in history.
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SPARK-556 - VCardManager now caches invalid vCards to prevent network abuse.
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SPARK-557 - Soft Phone only loads vCards if the user is registered.
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SPARK-558 - IRC-Style Shortcuts are now displayed in history.
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SPARK-565 - Users are now notified that they need to reconnect to a conference room when disconnected.