ANNOUNCE: GnomeMeeting 1.00

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Application
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GnomeMeeting 1.00

Description
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GnomeMeeting is a H.323 compatible videoconferencing application that
allows you to make audio and video calls to remote users with H.323
hardware or software (such as Microsoft Netmeeting).

Enhancements
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    Main GUI :

        * Defaults to h323: or callto: if no url handler is specified and
automatically rewrites the URL in the GUI
        * Improved the incoming call dialog so that it displays the remote
URL (either the IP or the remote party number or the remote alias)
        * Added a speed dials submenu in the Call menu. All users for which
you are adding a speed dial in the addressbook will be listed there, that
gives a fast and easy way to call your friend or to transfer any existing
call to them
        * Do not display DTMF's in the URL bar during calls
        * Added alphabet to the dialpad
        * More HIG compliance (thanks to Fabrice Alphonso)

    Address book :

        * Allow to rename groups and servers
        * Allow to have a group name identical to a server name while
keeping them distinct and vice-versa
        * Keep the last selected page as current when deleting, adding or
renaming a group or a server
        * Automatically enable the current group in the groups list when
adding a new contact
        * Added a menu entry to the right-click menu to copy the URL of the
currently selected contact to the clipboard

    Preferences window :

        * Rewrote the preferences window code
        * Added info dialog for codecs
        * Administrators can block some settings to default values, they
will be grayed out in the preferences
        * Rewrote the PC-To-Phone configuration window

    Calls history:

        * Added call end reason for calls
        * Remember last 100 calls

    Audio :

        * Added support for plugins (Julien Puydt, Craig Southeren)
        * Added support for native ALSA

    Video :

        * Added support for plugins (Julien Puydt, Craig Southeren)
        * Improved performances of the video grabber
        * Fixed palette problem due to a bug in the Philips webcams
driver
        * Fixed problem with bttv under 2.6.0

    Configuration Assistant :

        * Completely rewrote the configuration assistant to make it simpler
and more HIG compliant
        * Users are now only registered to ILS if they explicitely request
it
        * Automatically disable video transmission when there is no video
device for the selected plugin
        * Added VU Meter support (widget from Stefan Bruëns)
        * The settings are now only applied when the user clicks on
"Finish"
        * Better default settings for DSL and cable users
        * Rewrote the Audio Tester for better performance, and to permit it
to work with Quicknet cards

    H.323 :

        * Added possibility to user early H.245 in setup or not
        * Added a way to force the gatekeeper alias to be registered as
primary alias with the gatekeeper
        * Added possibility to clear automatically calls after 30 seconds
of inactivity
        * Added configurable timeout before clearing or forwarding a call
        * Added iLBC codec support
        * Added possibility to start/stop the video transmission on-the-fly
during calls
        * Added support for gateway/proxy

    Misc :

        * Only display one error popup when several attempts to open the
soundcard fail
        * Added plugin-managed sound events for incoming calls (incoming
call ring) and outgoing calls (ring tone and busy tone)
        * All windows sizes and positions are remembered between sessions
        * Do not use ILS anymore to get the public IP when a NAT gateway is
used, that allows people to have the service even if they don't register to
ILS
        * Allow to configure the web address GnomeMeeting uses to get the
public IP address. This allows people to not have to trust seconix.com
        * Added possibility to keep video on windows on top of others
        * New notion of status : Available, Free For Chat, Busy, Forward
        * Unusable codecs are now grayed out when a Quicknet card is used
        * The text chat now supports h323:, callto:, http: and mailto: URLs
(thanks to Julien Puydt)
        * Rewrote Quicknet support
        * The Transfer Call dialog is now closed at the end of calls. You
can also transfer calls using only your POTS
        * New PC-To-Phone configuration window
        * Added a way to force "stay-on-top" for video windows
        * Updated translations
        * Better GConf keys structure

    Documentation :

        * Added manual (thanks to Christopher Warner and Matthias
Redlich)

Download
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http://www.gnomemeeting.org

GNOME Software Map entry
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http://www.gnome.org/softwaremap/projects/gnomemeeting