Release Notes/0.76

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Freespire Beta 2 Release Notes

OS Version: 0.0.76
Release Date: 2006-07-20
Previous Release: Freespire Beta 1

Restore ISP connection packages.
Add release notes to the startup wizard. Note: Release notes are up to date as of the ISO creation date. Please revisit this page for up-to-date Release Notes.
Remove entries from sources.list that are not mirrored on apt.freespire.org.
Email Notifier is included.
Diagnostic Reports now requires text in the comments field.
Updated Graphics for Installer Panels
Fixed: If you press F2/Esc while booting to view the system events, the text is black on dark blue and hard to read. Needs text to be in white.
Lots of Misc. bug fixes for useability, graphics, icons, etc...

Limit number of rows in taskbar to 1 (check to on and set to 1)
Group similar tasks (set to Never)
Control Center now defaults to show Advanced Options
Renamed the Control Center 'component chooser' to 'default application selector'
In the file manager, when you change the view preference (say, from icons to list), it should now save the last setting.
.iso files are now associated with the k3b application
turned on the bouncing mouse 'busy' cursor

Note: Plug-ins such as DeviantArt & DistSelector (for admins) are temporarily disabled in the version of CNR included in Freespire 0.76. This release represents significant stability patches. After this Freespire version confirms the patches are successful, the CNR services/plug-ins that were disabled will be re-enabled for the next release
CNR now starts up after the first run wizard
CNR no longer hangs after an update
The pause button works as intended in all cases
Fixed: If you quit CNR, restart CNR, sign in button never activates
When downloading packages for an install, the percent downloaded now works

email links on a web page now open default Freespire email client automatically
Change default Browser > Preferences > Downloads > Download Manager/Show Download Manager when a download begins TO OFF (NOT checked).
Miscellaneous Hotwords-Hover N Highlight tweaks
Added new Tab button on Toolbar, next to the Home icon.
Updated Help > About content and Credits.
Turn off Check default browser dialog
Fixed: At times the browser stops responding to clicking on links or form submit buttons. You click them, and nothing happens. If you use the scroll wheel button on links, they do open in a tab, but you can't use the left mouse button to open the link in the existing window.

New email client icon and mail start page
Lphoto's 'email' button now works!
Fix crash during email creation if user uses 4 or more addressees during email composition, then uses the addressee field scroll bar.
Fixed: while composing an email, after you enter an email address in the To or CC line, you have to hit enter TWICE before it advances to the next line.
Assume mail program as system default.
Set defaults for view images in emails to ON.
Mailto links in Lphoto and Gaim will not compose mail unless a browser has been previously opened during your session.
Email > Edit > Account Settings > Composition & Addressing > change to starting reply ABOVE my message (not below).
Default email 'SEnd format' to both HTML and text.
Fix missing scroll graphic in To/CC/BCC section.
MailMinder server-client communication is still not fully working (only use Mailminder for testing, not production usage at this time)