ISL Groop 1.0.1 for Windows (2008-04-25)
General Information
On 25th April 2008 we have released:
- ISL Groop 1.0.1 (2008-04-25) win32
- ISL Conference Proxy - ISL Groop 1.0.1 (2008-04-25)
Upgrading to new version
Hosted Service
Please visit http://www.islgroop.com to join or host a meeting.
Server License
Upgrades are free of charge for ISL Online Server License users with active Extended Support Service. ISL Online Server License users with expired Extended Support Service are welcome to purchase Extended Support Service in order to gain access to the newly released ISL Online Server system. In case you have extended ESS you will need to create new license file and upload it to your ISL Conference Proxy server.
Quick Instructions for users with ISL Conference Proxy 3.1 installed
- open web administration of ISL Conference Proxy http://localhost:7615/conf
- login using admin account
- click Online update link in left navigation
- click Apply changes if you have automatic install
Improvements
Major improvements
- New web interface for ISL Groop meetings management. The process of meeting creation has been simplified.
- Improved email invitation system - support HTML emails.
- Meeting owner has been introduced - owner needs to be in session for session to run.
- Improved connectivity.
- Improved support for Logitech USB headset.
New features
The webpages for session creation and modification have been changed to be more user friendly.
All E-Mail invitations are now sent in HTML and plain-text formats.
Timezone support now converts time to session owner time in emails and shows the user's local time when viewing webpages.
User video quality selections are saved between sessions.
Full ISL Autotransport support enabled allowing to connect through proxies that require user authentication.
The thin client splash screen now has a close button to allow exit.
ISL Groop module can now be disabled for each server and each user as needed.
It is now possible to see all users inside each session in the administrator interface.
Additonal address support in ISL autotransport is now enabled allowing clients to attempt connection to different servers when some are not available automaticaly.
Defect fixes
Domain is no longer required and displayed in username when user is the member of the default domain.
Owner name is displayed correcly as realname (if present) or email.
E-mail notification with session details is sent to session creator when a new session is created.
Private chat messages are no longer sent to session hosts, but only to the sender and receiver of message.
Toolbar is shown correctly on slide strip window when slide strip is in horizontal position.
Messages were shown in wrong time in chat window. Chat window was sometime left in disabled state when session was going from inactive to active.
Maximize and restore window buttons have new icons.
Text in message box shown when you try to unsync is not more explanatory.
When you do not have video device, video streaming is now disabled, and does not allow creating of empty video stream.
Error messages in audio tab on settings page are now more user friendly.
The way that users are invited to meeting has been changed to be more user friendly. Session's are by default created with Present as default role and all users are invited as Presenters.
All emails are now sent in HTML and UTF-8 plain text forms, so foreign characters are now possible in names and texts.
The join links sent in emails and show on webpages are now correct.
Audio did not work correctly on some Logitech USB headsets.
Clients are now always synhronized with the state on the conference proxy server.
