EBME TR2

Meredydd <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:00:27 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.network.everybuddy.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello again!

	I know, things have been rather quiet, but I have a couple of tidbits 
nonetheless:

(1)	First and foremost is the release of EBME TR2 (Testing Release 2), 
an update to the mobile messenger that contains a few significant 
bugfixes. For those who haven't heard of it, EBME is our mobile 
messenger. It allows you to view who's online, and send and receive 
instant messages from your mobile phone. It works with most phones now 
on the market, and it's rapidly become indispensible for me!
	To use it, you'll need a publically accessible Everybuddy core, and 
you'll need to be able to run ebqt to set everything up (EBME won't do 
that). I can run a core for you, if you want, but you will still need 
ebqt - talk to me. Anyway, once you have those two, point your mobile 
phone at http://www.everybuddy.com/eb-lite/files/ebme.jad, download, 
enter your core details, and go!
	If you already use EBME, you can use your phone's Update feature to 
upgrade without losing any of your settings. Just highlight the 
Everybuddy application, open the menu, and select Update to download 
the new version.

(2)	Calling all artists! If you follow my instructions above and 
download EBME, you'll rapidly discover that the icons are somewhat 
wacky. This is because I have no artistic skill, and so had to steal 
them from elsewhere. If someone wouldn't mind creating a few 8x8 PNG 
icons for me, I'd be much obliged.

(3)	On a more minor point, there are a few bugfixes now in the trunk and 
bleeding trees, which it might be worth checking out. "svn up", or use 
a nightly build. I think a minor release is probably in the works.

(4)	Lastly, I'd like to encourage everyone to report bugs at 
http://bugs.everybuddy.com - it really helps, and it's by far the best 
way of making sure that I take notice of a bug report or feature 
request!

Meredydd