                           Mountain Reader History

Apr 5, 1996   - Began Work on Windows Version of Mountain Reader

Beta 1.a      - First Beta Release. Basic program structures in place.
Apr 26, 1996

Beta 1.b      - QWK Decoding and basic message reading
Jun 21, 1996

Beta 1.c      - Added Date/Time to message sorting
Jul 5, 1996   - Improved view menu appearance and controls
              - Added auto area advance to message viewer
              - Added Saving/Printing to message viewer
              - Basic reply editor
              - Modified Menu Structure to simplify message viewer/indexing

Beta 1.d      - Redesign of underlying file structures
Jul 12, 1996

Beta 1.e      - Basic layout of Reply Menu
Jul 19, 1996  - Basic reply entry and editing
              - QWK format reply packet generation and compression
              - Automatic exit to system menu at end of messages
              - Alert of beginning/end in message and area indexes

Beta 1.f      - Added Print/Save/Load functions to reply editor
Jul 26, 1996  - Scrolling functions to reply menu
              - VERY basic option menu to allow setting reply packet path

Beta 1.g      - Added Page Up/Down, Home, End to Message and Area Indexes
Aug 2, 1996   - Restructure of Reply Menu load/save routines
              - Added Control Up/Down paging to message viewer
              - Added carbon "Copy" to reply menu (Right Click)
              - Implemented Private/Public Flagging

Beta 1.h      - Moved QWK deletion to packet load and program exit
Aug 16, 1996  - Redesign mouse control in reply editor
              - Basic scrolling and mouse control for quote menu
              - Improved processing of Windows mouse messages

Beta 1.i      - Added Simple and Reformatted Quoting
Aug 23, 1996  - Fixed bug in product signature line
              - Added auto display of first message after loading
              - Improved mouse blocking and cursor position in editor/quoter
              - Added right mouse key edit operations to editor

Beta 1.j      - Modified mouse blocking to minimize errors
Sep 26, 1996  - Fixed bug in editor after quoting
              - Added support for SOUP message packets
              - Added support for SOUP replies
              - Added Page Up/Down, Home, End to reply editor and quote menu
              - Added copy of system data (for later reply purposes)

Beta 1.k      - Improved Page Up/Down speed in message viewer
Oct 4, 1996   - Added X-Newsreader line to SOUP replies
              - Fixed bugs in SOUP header decoding
              - Added delete key deleting to reply menu
              - Added address book

Beta 1.l      - Added LOCATE, AREA, and INDEX buttons to message viewer
Oct 25, 1996  - Added speed regulation to most program areas
              - Moved address book into reply menu
              - Added find menu

Beta 1.m      - Improved the Locate functions in message viewer
Nov 7, 1996   - Added extended message information display
              - Added search highlighting to To/From/Subject
              - Improved user settings saving/loading
              - Added archivers and default user name to options menu
              - Added tagline manager
              - Added security key validation
 
Beta 1.n      - Fixed bug in QWK reply packet creation
Nov 21, 1996  - Added QWK reply packet loading
              - Added article selection for UQWK style summary files

Beta 1.o      - Added time correction for GMT offsets in SOUP packets
Dec 6, 1996   - Improved packet loading sequence
              - Improved QWK and SOUP message processing speed
              - Added SOUP reply packet loading

Beta 1.p      - Improved message cleaning routines
Dec 13, 1996  - Added ANSI message decoding
              - Added PCBoard @X color command decoding
              - Added CONTROL/A to toggle ANSI decoding on and off
              - Added CONTROL/C to toggle message cleaning on and off
              - Improved internal fonts extended graphics characters
              - Added Bluewave message loading

Beta 1.q      - Added Bluewave reply packet reloading
Jan 17, 1997  - Improved Page Up/Down operation in various index listings
              - Modified Underlying Palette Controls
              - Added User Adjustment for Interface Colors
              - Modified Internal Font Data Format
              - Added TO/FROM/SUBJECT scanning to FIND menu searches
              - Added support for SOUP summary indexes
              - Fixed memory clearing bug that was corrupting some messages
              - Fixed problem with packets supplying invalid area numbers
              - Fixed bug with PCBoard @X command decoding
              - Added "Extracting Message" alert for long messages
              - Minor change to System Record format in SYSTEM.DAT file
              - Added support for uncompressed SOUP packets (select AREAS file)

Version 1.r   - Fixed Page Down bug in tagline menu
Feb 13, 1997  - Added E-mail address to registration menu
              - Added system information to registration printout
              - Wrote documentation
              - Improved handling of damaged QWK packets
              - Added checks for unsuccessful decompression of packets

Version 1.s   - Added registration limiting
Feb 18, 1997  - Improved alert box keyboard equivalent handling

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Version 1.0   - Added Help and Register to Help Menu
Feb 20, 1997  - Improved registration limiting displays
              - First Public Release
