Spider 1.58 (04/29/2006)

-Changed:
 *time format for the files with duration longer
  than one hour
 *slider size is now specified with only one
  parameter - length (skinning)
-Improved:
 *default skin seeking bar length encreased
-Fixed:
 *ugly tray icon
 *incorrect sliders drawing in few cases
 *searching bug
 *duration detection (the milliseconds part) of
  WMA files (thanks to Chris Trosken)
 *invalid oscilloscope visualisation drawing with
  "Increased resolution" option enabled

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Spider 1.57 (04/20/2006)

-Added:
 *WMA tag editor
 *new icons pack
-Improved:
 *"Add folder" option now works faster when adding
  folders with non-mp3 files
 *each skinnable windows now has it's own close button
 *Spider now remembers last opened folder
-Fixed:
 *bugs with internet-radio
 *inaccurate duration detection for WMA files
 *the end of playback of files with very short
  duration wasn't detected
 *user could open several "Add file(s)..." or
  "Add folder..." dialogs which could result in error
 *repeat and shuffle incorrect behaviour

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Spider 1.56

-Added:
 *new option "Increased resolution"
 *"Repeat toggle" now has context menu where you
  can choose what to repeat: the entire playlist or
  just the current track
 *"Sort by Path and File Name" playlist option
 *double click on Spider's main menu button
  closes application
 *all Spider messages could be localized now
 *equalizer, volume and seeking bar sliders now have
  progress line
-Fixed:
 *volume didn't increase after 39% level
 *"Sound effects" window always displayed default
  effects settings after reopening
 *some interface bugs which are difficult to describe,
  just know they are fixed now
 *"Delete" key deleted playlist items
  instead of deleting characters while typing text
  in the Find box

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Spider 1.55 (03/30/2006)

-Added:
 *ability to change internet-radio buffer size
 *ability to check the percentage of internet-radio
  buffer memory usage while playing internet radio
  and other streaming audio
 *searching in network streams now available
  (if they allow that)
 *an approximate duration is now calculated for network
  streaming files on open and an accurate one - when
  download completes
 *ability to choose what output sound device to use
 *selected output sound device information box
  in the options window
 *now you can apply your own font on any control, rather
  than playlist only
 *history of played files in the shuffle mode was added
 *new option: Application font override (you can choose
  what Unicode-enabled font to use within Spider)
-Changed:
 *option "Use menu color schemes" was removed, option
  "Show icons in menus" was added instead
 *skin files structure (time label is now bitmap-based,
  removed font parameters for time label in the skin
  options file
 *equalizer window now has title again
-Improved:
 *network handling enchancements
 *more convenient options window
 *new information boxes in options window and tag editors
 *playlists with background images now render faster
 *"Volume translation curve" option now applys immediately
 *font preview in font comboboxes
-Fixed:
 *while searching for dead links, internet-radio links
  no longer deleted
 *hotkeys in the option window are not active anymore,
  preventing navigation from the keyboard
 *some visual controls were blinking on update
 *"no title" displayed for some internet-radio stations
 *small memory leak in image buttons with
  non-rectangular region
 *regions for image buttons were not always
  calculated correctly
 *corrupted icons in menus under Windows®2000 (icons
  in menus are no longer displayed under Windows®2000)
 *character codes in the added URL-adresses are now
  converted to characters itself
 *"Open folder" option now works for network places

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Spider 1.5.2 (03/18/2006)

Added:
 *Drag&Drop support from Open file dialog
  to playlist
 *ability to delete a currently playing song and
  automatically move to the next song
  (considering Shuffle)
 *on song delete text will also be deleted
Improved:
 *oggenc.exe was updated to v2.81, speed was improved
 *song numbers alignment
 *work with big playlist
 *new style of folder open dialog
 *options window was slightly reorganized
 *useless "Preview skin" window was removed
 *skin hue now affects all skinnable controls
 *skin hue is now relative
 *balance slider was moved to equalizer window
 *"Previous skin" hotkey was added, hotkey layout
  was changed in this way:
  N - previous skin hotkey
  M - next skin hotkey
 *language files were updated
Fixed:
 *hotkeys not always work
 *a possibility of incorrect rendering of playlist
  with background image if song numbers option
  is turned on
 *shifting of playlist window while resizing
 *error occured after pressing Up button after
  deleting playlist item(s)
 *"Can't focus on disabled window" error
 *overall Unicode support was improved
 *Spider didn't play files with 8-bit resolution
 *playlist slider lug while resizing
 *skin support was improved
 *ampersand symbol was interpreted as underline
  symbol in some cases

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Spider 1.5.1 (02/23/2006)

Fixed:
 *memory leak on skin changing
 *memory leak on interface language changing
 *critical error on closing Spider from taskbar
 *if there were no CD drives installed in the system
  then corresponding information window appeared on
  the screen, preventing you from accessing the
  Spider's main menu
 *localization of several dialog windows
 *rare "Invalid floating point operation" error
  after completing playing a song
 *several potential errors due to improper
  interpretation of returning values of some internal
  functions

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Spider 1.5 Final (02/23/2006)

Added:
 *new file formats support: MO3, IT, XM, S3M,
  MTM, MOD, UMX
 *Unicode support (except Unicode file names
  when encoding to OGG or MP3 due to limitations
  of corresponding modules)
 *fast playlist scrolling with Ctrl pressed
Improved:
 *more than one file at one time can be converted
 *searching in playlist
 *ID3 tag editor can be localized now
 *decoding speed of MP3, MP2 and Ogg Vorbis files
 *playlist rendering style
 *you can choose which icons to preview in the
  File types tab of the Options window
Fixed:
 *folders with subdirectories sometimes added
  incorrectly
 *potential error: Spider couldn't move to the
  next song when current was finished, even if
  corresponding playlist option was turned on
 *hotkey Ctrl-T was not working (Invert time)
 *playlist rendering bugs
 *paste from clipboard now works correctly for
  non ANSI characters
 *some small errors which is easier to fix then
  to describe

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Spider 1.5 (in development)

Added:
 *new option "Convert to..." allows you to change
  the format of any file, supported by player to
  one of the following:
  -Windows Wave PCM Audio
  -Windows Media Audio
  -Audio MPEG1 Layer-3
  -OGG Audio file
 *CD Extractor now supports extracting
  to MP3 and OGG formats
 *multi language support
 *ability to change skin hue
 *controlling Spider from other applications
 *each file type now has its own icon
 *you can choose which icon library to use,
  you can also examine contents of libraries
 *sliders now have highlighted state
Improved:
 *all Spider preferences are now stored in one file
  Spider.xml
 *playlist slider doesn't flicker anymore when
  resizing playlist
 *options window has been slightly reorganized
 *if player comes across a dead link then full
  dead link test will be performed on playlist
 *small changes in structure of skin file borders.bmp
 *many small improvements
Fixed:
 *misprints in visualization tab
 *critical error when starting Spider if current skin
  has been removed or renamed
 *menu text color didn't change
 *"Stack overflow" message and Spider crash when
  moving pan slider if its width value is even
 *lots of small bugs

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Spider 1.4

Added:
 -added support for internet file streaming
  stream MP3/MP2/MP1/OGG (inc. Shout/Icecast) and WAV 
  files from the internet
 -you can drag playlist items
 -support for custom background images in playlist
 -new playlist option "Go to current"
 -text editor remembers its position and size now
 -new shortcuts Ctrl+A, Ctrl+I, Ctrl+S, Ctrl+R
  (the purpose of shortcuts see in About->Shortcuts)
 -non-rectangular buttons support
 
Fixed:
 -bugs with regions
 -tags reading errors when adding files to playlist
 -error when loading skins with non-rectangular 
  windows
 -memory leaks in About window
 -you could open dialog window Playlist Entry even 
  when playlist was empty
 
Improved:
 -now you can listen to the music while extracting CD 
  tracks
 -CD Extractor window is non-modal now
 -skins load faster then before
 -gradient style spectrum analyser vis
 -you can delete even Read Only files with Shift-Del
 -the consumption of system resources was reduced
 -exceptions handling improved

Note: Win2k users must have gdiplus.dll library 
      installed

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Spider 1.3.1

Added:
 -CD Extractor can save AudioCD tracks to WAV format
 -icons in main menu and playlist menu 
 -you can set playback burref length now
 -you can change volume translation curve
 -show total time playlist option
  (shows overall duration of playlist items)
 
Fixed:
 -memory leakage during skin loading 
 -incorrect player elements arrangement after skin 
  loading 
 -incorrect SongTitleBox behaviour and disabled state
  of VisualizationBox if file was opened from windows 
  explorer 
 -critical error during CD text retrieving with some 
  AudioCDs 
 -WindowsXP visual styles didn't apply to panels in 
  Options window 
 -hotkey Ctrl+S (show song text) worked incorrectly 
 -during several simultaneous searches "Recurse 
  subdirectories" option sometimes hanged up Spider 
 -small memory leakage during Tag editor startup 
 -added missed genre to ID3v1 combo box in ID3 tag 
  editor 
 -incorrect playlist drawing of items with existing 
  but empty tags 
 -bugs with skins which color depth differs from 8 
  bit (256 colors) 
 -error "File not found" while deleting skin
 
Improved:
 -functionality of CD Extractor has been noticeably 
  increased,
 -some CD Extractor errors were fixed 
 -Fade-In effects update time has been decreased 
 -some useless settings of Spectrum analyser were 
  removed 
 -go to programs homepage or mail to the author from 
  the Credits tab of About window 
 -duration of long tracks (one hour and more) is now 
  displayed like hh:mm:ss instead of mmm:ss
