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July 28th, 2008

AVIM 20080728 has just been released. Changelog:

- Basic rewrite of the source code - wrapping everything inside a class to prevent possible conflicts with other scripts embedded in the same page.

- Allows configuration of which input method(s) to be included in the AUTO meta-method.

- Drastically reduced the size of source code in the compressed version to 18205 bytes. However, the uncompressed version is still recommended because the web server can compress much more efficient most of the time.

- AVIM no longer display its status in the status bar since newer versions of all major browsers now disallow changing the status bar’s text by default. AVIM will now only display its status via radio buttons & check-boxes - As a consequence, there is no need for shortcuts like F7 -> F9 to change AVIM’s status which can get in the way of some browsers - these shortcuts are therefore removed in this new version.

- By default, AVIM will now display an unobstructive control box at the top left corner of the browser. This box can be toggled on/off by pressing F12 at run-time or set its visibility to hidden by default by changing the showControl attribute of AVIMGlobalConfig in the source file allowing webmasters to write his/her own control box. This box is completely skinable by modifying avim.css & transparent.png.

Due to the relatively large number of changes implemented in this version, all users should have a look at the updated setup instructions at: http://noname00.com/hieu/?page_id=26.

Demo: http://noname00.com/hieu/pro/himtest.html
Download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/rhos

By the way, Minh Nguyễn is now responsible for the development & maintainance of AVIM Firefox Extension. He has just released a new version. Changelog:

- Added an option to allow words that begin with “dz” or “f”, even when spelling rules are enforced.

- Added support for more rich text editors, including Dojo’s Dijit.Editor.

- Fully compatible with GMail.

- Added support for disabling some versions of mViet (This allows the extension to be used even in pages with mViet embedded).

- Added support for disabling the CHIM and Mudim scripts when typing in a webpage. The two scripts are not disabled by default (This allows the extension to be used even in pages with CHIM/Mudim embedded).

- Added explicit menu items for switching to the previous and next input methods.

- Options such as input method can no longer be changed when AVIM is disabled.

- Compatible with Firefox 3.

- Add Spanish translation.

- A brand new configuration dialog.

The extension can be installed from: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2947.

In Vietnamese: http://hn-ams.org/forum/showpost.php?p=2238179&postcount=513.

Update (28^th Jul 2008): If you download this version before approximately 19:10 on 28^th Jul then you should redownload the script because the last version has a bug in its default stylesheet which can prevent some web pages from displaying correctly.

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AVIM 20071102 & Moving

November 3rd, 2007

- Bug fix: Previous versions might have problems saving users’ settings when AVIM is used in conjunction with tinyMCE under certain circumstances (this might happen with FCKEditor among others as well).

- Bug fix: When there are multiple editable iframes in a web page and one of those iframes (not the last one) has its id added to the va variable in avim.js to disable Vietnamese typing in that particular iframe. AVIM in any iframe appearing after that one will also be disabled.

- When there are iframes in a web page, changing AVIM settings in that web page or any of the iframes will also affect AVIM settings in other components in the page.

Download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/rhos

You might have known that hdang.co.uk is expired today (November 3^rd, 2007) and I didn’t renew the domain. Therefore, you can no longer access my blog through that address, please use this domain instead: http://avim.veneroida.com/.