January 11, 2006

• A lot has happened recently, and ChatZilla 0.9.69.2 is now out. The big issues currently are motifs not displaying properly and the timer problem - luckly we've managed to get the first one fixed (for Firefox 1.5.0.1), and are making good headway with the second one. These are both Firefox (Gecko) bugs, but they only affect us seriously, which is why we get to do all the hard work!
• The other news is that starting with ChatZilla 0.9.69.2, 1% of all new users will be asked to enabled a "startup ping", which will send the client's version to one of our developer's servers each time it starts. Nothing except the client version, and the name and version of the host app (Firefox, Mozilla, XULRunner) is sent - certainly nothing that could identify the user - and there is the option to not send the ping. This data should help us to identify what people are doing with ChatZilla - do they run it on older versions of Mozilla, for example, and how long they take to upgrade to the newest release. We should also be able to estimate the number of active users, which is much more useful that the simple "download count" we currently have.

October 30, 2004

• ChatZilla 0.9.66 includes a new version of the ChatZilla plugin API - you can find more details in the bug report.
• ChatZilla 0.9.66a features a new channel list dialog, accessible from File > Join Channel, Ctrl-J, or /join. The dialog lets you search for channels containing certain text in their name or topic, as well as minimum and maximum user filters. Get the latest version to try it out.

September 5, 2004

• ChatZilla 0.9.64g fixes the memory problems some people have experienced with 0.9.64f, as well as many other fixes and improvements.

August 25, 2004

• ChatZilla 0.9.64f has been causing problems for some people. If you are experiencing excessive memory or CPU usage when running 0.9.64f you are advised to install 0.9.64e until we work out the exact cause and fix it properly. If you need the new features in 0.9.64f (SSL and full Unicode nicknames), please check back regularly for new revisions that solve this problem.

June 10, 2004

• Firefox 0.9 support added. With Firefox 0.9 being released in just a few days, we've now fixed the majority of issues with ChatZilla running on current versions of the Mozilla Firefox browser. Update, June 17, 2004: some more compatibility fixes have been made, including fixing opening URLs in a new window. Please get the latest revision to try it out.
• Mozilla blocks XPInstall from "untrusted" hosts. Bug 240552 blocks XPInstall from "untrusted" hosts, which means you can no longer install ChatZilla directly from this website with Mozilla 1.7 and newer. Instead, you need to download the XPI files and open them in Mozilla on your computer.

April 22, 2004

• ChatZilla now supports DCC File transfers. Yes, it's finally here, but don't expect it to be perfect just yet - it's still very much a work-in-progress feature. Download the latest revision if you want to try it out.

December 25, 2003

• ChatZilla's preference window now works in Mozilla Firefox. It took some time, but it's finally working. Anyone who uses ChatZilla in Mozilla Firefox should check out version 0.9.54c or later, and we'd love to hear suggestions for making it better. Note: all versions since 0.9.63 have this feature as standard, and work in the Mozilla Suite and Mozilla Firefox.

November 17, 2003

• ChatZilla has a new web page. "You're soaking in it."™ Check out the new motifs page when you have a minute. Returning visitors will notice that only recent revisions are shown in the table below. You can still access the complete list on the Revision History page. I've also added a way to donate via PayPal, in case you want to contribute to the cause.
• James Ross gets CVS access. James is the creator the ChatZilla pref panels, RPL_ISUPPORT support, and halfop mode support. He also contributes regurlarly in Bugzilla and on #chatzilla, as Silver.
• Server sockets are in! Darin Fisher has added server sockets to Necko in the latest nightlies. This makes it possible to add DCC support to ChatZilla. See bugs 92928 and 73257 for more information.