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2022-10-25T10:19:55Z

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Release Notes 0.7.6

2017-04-18T22:22:48Z

Admin: /* Summary */

{{FutureRelease}}

= Summary =

'''Actual Release:''' TBD 
'''Estimated Release:''' August 2016 
'''Release Tracking:''' [https://github.com/lulzapps/Owl/projects/1 https://github.com/lulzapps/Owl/projects/1]

This version of Owl includes several updates and enhancements. The network interface has been completely rewritten to improve overall performance, and should otherwise be transparent to the user. Portions of the UI have been rewritten and enhanced to include user icons. Interaction with pictures have been reengineered as well.

Owl has also been updated to use Qt 5.7.

= New Features =

=== User Icons/Avatars ===

User avatars are now displayed in the thread list and in the post list.

[[File:UserIcons-01.png|800px|border|center]]

=== Image Overlay ===

All images can be displayed in an overlay in the application window.

[[File:ImageOverlay-01.png|800px|border|center]]

= Notable Bug Fixes =

= Known Issues =

* [https://github.com/lulzapps/Owl/issues/12 #112]: Deselecting "Show Images" in board settings doesn't work

[[Category:Release Notes]]

Release Notes 0.7.6

2017-04-18T22:21:55Z

Admin: /* Summary */

{{FutureRelease}}

= Summary =

'''Actual Release:''' TBD 
'''Estimated Release:''' August 2016 
'''Release Tracking:''' [http://www.owlclient.com/bugs/view.php?id=185 http://www.owlclient.com/bugs/view.php?id=185]

This version of Owl includes several updates and enhancements. The network interface has been completely rewritten to improve overall performance, and should otherwise be transparent to the user. Portions of the UI have been rewritten and enhanced to include user icons. Interaction with pictures have been reengineered as well.

Owl has also been updated to use Qt 5.7.

= New Features =

=== User Icons/Avatars ===

User avatars are now displayed in the thread list and in the post list.

[[File:UserIcons-01.png|800px|border|center]]

=== Image Overlay ===

All images can be displayed in an overlay in the application window.

[[File:ImageOverlay-01.png|800px|border|center]]

= Notable Bug Fixes =

= Known Issues =

* [https://github.com/lulzapps/Owl/issues/12 #112]: Deselecting "Show Images" in board settings doesn't work

[[Category:Release Notes]]

Release Notes 0.7.6

2017-04-16T21:22:29Z

Admin:

{{FutureRelease}}

= Summary =

'''Actual Release:''' TBD 
'''Estimated Release:''' August 2016 
'''Release Tracking:''' [http://www.owlclient.com/bugs/view.php?id=185 http://www.owlclient.com/bugs/view.php?id=185]

This version of Owl includes a major rewrite of the network functionality. This rewrite improves speed and overall performance, and should otherwise be transparent to the user.

= New Features =

=== User Icons/Avatars ===

User avatars are now displayed in the thread list and in the post list.

[[File:UserIcons-01.png|800px|border|center]]

=== Image Overlay ===

All images can be displayed in an overlay in the application window.

[[File:ImageOverlay-01.png|800px|border|center]]

= Notable Bug Fixes =

= Known Issues =

* [https://github.com/lulzapps/Owl/issues/12 #112]: Deselecting "Show Images" in board settings doesn't work

[[Category:Release Notes]]

Release Notes 0.7.6

2017-04-16T02:57:56Z

Admin: /* New Features */

{{FutureRelease}}

= Summary =

'''Actual Release:''' TBD 
'''Estimated Release:''' August 2016 
'''Release Tracking:''' [http://www.owlclient.com/bugs/view.php?id=185 http://www.owlclient.com/bugs/view.php?id=185]

This version of Owl includes a major rewrite of the network functionality. This rewrite improves speed and overall performance, and should otherwise be transparent to the user.

= New Features =

=== User Icons/Avatars ===

User avatars are now displayed in the thread list and in the post list.

[[File:UserIcons-01.png|800px|border|center]]

=== Image Overlay ===

All images can be displayed in an overlay in the application window.

[[File:ImageOverlay-01.png|800px|border|center]]

= Notable Bug Fixes =

[[Category:Release Notes]]

Release Notes 0.7.6

2017-04-16T02:57:32Z

Admin:

{{FutureRelease}}

= Summary =

'''Actual Release:''' TBD 
'''Estimated Release:''' August 2016 
'''Release Tracking:''' [http://www.owlclient.com/bugs/view.php?id=185 http://www.owlclient.com/bugs/view.php?id=185]

This version of Owl includes a major rewrite of the network functionality. This rewrite improves speed and overall performance, and should otherwise be transparent to the user.

= New Features =

=== Feature ===

=== User Icons/Avatars ===

User avatars are now displayed in the thread list and in the post list.

[[File:UserIcons-01.png|800px|border|center]]

=== Image Overlay ===

All images can be displayed in an overlay in the application window.

[[File:ImageOverlay-01.png|800px|border|center]]

= Notable Bug Fixes =

[[Category:Release Notes]]

File:ImageOverlay-01.png

2017-04-16T02:56:51Z

Admin:

Release Notes 0.7.6

2017-04-16T02:52:31Z

Admin:

File:UserIcons-01.png

2017-04-16T02:50:43Z

Admin:

FAQ

2016-11-25T12:43:49Z

Admin:

=Frequently Asked Questions=

== The Basics ==

===What is Owl?===

Owl is like Outlook for message boards or Tapatalk for the desktop. It provides a single interface for all of your message boards.

===What boards work with Owl?===

This is a tough question with no simple answer. Our intention is to make Owl work with as many message boards as possible. Currently Owl will work any message boards that use Tapatalk, Xenforo and vBulletin 3.8 or above. However there are exceptions to these since some boards have heavily customized interfaces which may prevent Owl from working.

=== Which URL should I use to add a message board to Owl? ===

Most message boards use a path URL. For example, a board may exist at http://www.juot.net but the actual URL for the board is http://www.juot.net/forums. However, in many cases Owl will be able to accept either. If Owl doesn't find a board under the main URL (ie. http://www.juot.net) it will then try a list of the common paths appended to the URL (ie. http://www.juot.net/forums, http://www.juot.net/board, etc).

== What do the following errors mean? ==

==="No board could be found"===

This message means that Owl could not find any message board it could understand.

==="The forum structure of the messageboard could not be determined."===

Owl was likely able to log into the board but it was able to get a list of forums and sub-forums. This is often the result of heavy customization of the message board that may make it incompatible with Owl.

==="There was an unexpected error while configuring the board"===

This can be caused by a poor connection to the Internet or a malfunctioning server.

== Tapatalk ==

=== If I use a board on Tapatalk can I use it in Owl? ===

Yes. However a few boards do not install Tapatalk into the standard location. In this case, if you know the exact URL to the {{TT|mobiquo.php}} file, then you can enter the full URL and specify the Taptalk parser when adding a new board.

[[File:Tapatalk.png|center|550px]]

== Lua Parsers ==

=== Some times username don't show on posts. Why? ===

On many vBulletin message boards it is not uncommon to decorate a user’s name in the postbit. However, some boards will do this using the <code><div></code> tag, but since these decorations fall inside an anchor tag (ie. <code><a></code>) this is invalid HTML.

For example, the HTML may be something like:

<pre><a class="bigusername" href="member.php?u=1304"><div class="smallname">blowhard</div></a></pre>
Since Owl uses HTMLTidy to allow for XHTML processing of the HTML, the above snippet will incorrecly be changed to:

<pre><a class="bigusername" href="member.php?u=1304"></a><div class="smallname">blowhard</div></pre>
This causes blank usernames since Owl looks in the <code><a></code> element’s value in order to get the username. The solution is for the messageboard to use the <code></code> element, which is valid HTML. The example above then becomes:

<pre><a class="bigusername" href="member.php?u=1304">blowhard</a></pre>
And the username is exracted as expected.

Main Page

2016-06-15T21:01:25Z

Admin: /* FAQ */

__NOTOC__

[[File:2015-12-19-screenshot.png|800px|center|alt=Owl Client Screenshot|caption Owl Client Screenshot]]

== What is Owl? ==

Owl is a “message board client” for OS X and Windows. It offers a simplfied user interface to browse message boards. It is currently compatible with Tapatalk 4.x and most vBulletin 3.x message boards.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

Please check the [http://wiki.owlclient.com/index.php?title=FAQ FAQ] for commonly asked questions.

== Mac App Store ==

* https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/owl/id916200155

== Twitter ==

Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/owlclient

== Releases ==

* Version 0.7.5 released - 2016-06-02
* Version 0.7.4 released - 2016-04-26
* Version 0.7.3 released - 2016-02-26
* Version 0.7.2 released - 2015-01-22 (Based on Qt 5.4)
* Version 0.7.1 released - 2014-10-13
* Version 0.7.0 released - 2014-09-27
* Version 0.5.0 released - 2014-09-22 (Based on Qt 4.8)

== History ==

Owl was originally developed by Adalid Claure ([mailto:aclaure@gmail.com aclaure@gmail.com]). Many of the icons were created by Robert Burnham ([mailto:burntham77@gmail.com burntham77@gmail.com]). The original [[Owl Encryptor]] plugin for vBulletin was written by Joe DiBiasi ([mailto:joedibiasi@gmail.com joedibiasi@gmail.com]).

Owl is named in the spirit of the popular OSX email client, Sparrow, from which many UX ideas were taken.

Main Page

2016-06-15T21:01:04Z

Admin: /* FAQ */

__NOTOC__

[[File:2015-12-19-screenshot.png|800px|center|alt=Owl Client Screenshot|caption Owl Client Screenshot]]

== What is Owl? ==

Owl is a “message board client” for OS X and Windows. It offers a simplfied user interface to browse message boards. It is currently compatible with Tapatalk 4.x and most vBulletin 3.x message boards.

== FAQ ==

Please check the [http://wiki.owlclient.com/index.php?title=FAQ FAQ] for commonly asked questions.

== Mac App Store ==

* https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/owl/id916200155

== Twitter ==

Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/owlclient

== Releases ==

* Version 0.7.5 released - 2016-06-02
* Version 0.7.4 released - 2016-04-26
* Version 0.7.3 released - 2016-02-26
* Version 0.7.2 released - 2015-01-22 (Based on Qt 5.4)
* Version 0.7.1 released - 2014-10-13
* Version 0.7.0 released - 2014-09-27
* Version 0.5.0 released - 2014-09-22 (Based on Qt 4.8)

== History ==

Owl was originally developed by Adalid Claure ([mailto:aclaure@gmail.com aclaure@gmail.com]). Many of the icons were created by Robert Burnham ([mailto:burntham77@gmail.com burntham77@gmail.com]). The original [[Owl Encryptor]] plugin for vBulletin was written by Joe DiBiasi ([mailto:joedibiasi@gmail.com joedibiasi@gmail.com]).

Owl is named in the spirit of the popular OSX email client, Sparrow, from which many UX ideas were taken.

Main Page

2016-06-15T21:00:52Z

Admin: /* FAQ */

__NOTOC__

[[File:2015-12-19-screenshot.png|800px|center|alt=Owl Client Screenshot|caption Owl Client Screenshot]]

== What is Owl? ==

Owl is a “message board client” for OS X and Windows. It offers a simplfied user interface to browse message boards. It is currently compatible with Tapatalk 4.x and most vBulletin 3.x message boards.

== FAQ ==

Please check the [http://wiki.owlclient.com/index.php?title=FAQ FAW] for commonly asked questions.

== Mac App Store ==

* https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/owl/id916200155

== Twitter ==

Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/owlclient

== Releases ==

* Version 0.7.5 released - 2016-06-02
* Version 0.7.4 released - 2016-04-26
* Version 0.7.3 released - 2016-02-26
* Version 0.7.2 released - 2015-01-22 (Based on Qt 5.4)
* Version 0.7.1 released - 2014-10-13
* Version 0.7.0 released - 2014-09-27
* Version 0.5.0 released - 2014-09-22 (Based on Qt 4.8)

== History ==

Owl was originally developed by Adalid Claure ([mailto:aclaure@gmail.com aclaure@gmail.com]). Many of the icons were created by Robert Burnham ([mailto:burntham77@gmail.com burntham77@gmail.com]). The original [[Owl Encryptor]] plugin for vBulletin was written by Joe DiBiasi ([mailto:joedibiasi@gmail.com joedibiasi@gmail.com]).

Owl is named in the spirit of the popular OSX email client, Sparrow, from which many UX ideas were taken.

Main Page

2016-06-15T21:00:35Z

Admin:

__NOTOC__

[[File:2015-12-19-screenshot.png|800px|center|alt=Owl Client Screenshot|caption Owl Client Screenshot]]

== What is Owl? ==

Owl is a “message board client” for OS X and Windows. It offers a simplfied user interface to browse message boards. It is currently compatible with Tapatalk 4.x and most vBulletin 3.x message boards.

== FAQ ==

Please check the [http://wiki.owlclient.com/index.php?title=FAQ] for assistance.

== Mac App Store ==

* https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/owl/id916200155

== Twitter ==

Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/owlclient

== Releases ==

* Version 0.7.5 released - 2016-06-02
* Version 0.7.4 released - 2016-04-26
* Version 0.7.3 released - 2016-02-26
* Version 0.7.2 released - 2015-01-22 (Based on Qt 5.4)
* Version 0.7.1 released - 2014-10-13
* Version 0.7.0 released - 2014-09-27
* Version 0.5.0 released - 2014-09-22 (Based on Qt 4.8)

== History ==

Owl was originally developed by Adalid Claure ([mailto:aclaure@gmail.com aclaure@gmail.com]). Many of the icons were created by Robert Burnham ([mailto:burntham77@gmail.com burntham77@gmail.com]). The original [[Owl Encryptor]] plugin for vBulletin was written by Joe DiBiasi ([mailto:joedibiasi@gmail.com joedibiasi@gmail.com]).

Owl is named in the spirit of the popular OSX email client, Sparrow, from which many UX ideas were taken.

FAQ

2016-06-14T19:10:23Z