Version History

4.30 ( 24 June 2009 )

  • CHANGE: Major internal changes to Clarion Desktop’s RSS engine, due to changes on the WordPress backend.

4.25 ( 19 June 2009 )

  • NOTE: Culmination of several minor releases over the past three weeks.
  • IMPROVEMENT: If Clarion Desktop detects that you have installed a new Clarion 3rdParty accessory it will force a hard refresh of all its web data on the next page load, to ensure that all data for that product is downloaded correctly, regardless of how long ago the product was last updates / released on the supplier’s website.

4.20 ( 13 Oct 2008 )

  • CHANGE: Cosmetic change to local homepage – Custom Search area moved.
  • FEATURE: The Custom Search field now searches 50 Clarion websites!
  • CHANGE: Added “Powered by” footer to the local homepage.
  • FEATURE: Added “Noyantis Software” to the suppliers list.

4.12 ( 9 Sep 2008 )

  • FEATURE: Suppliers can now optionally enter a “Clarion 7 Download URL” for each of their products in the supplier area.
  • FEATURE: Changed the way Clarion Desktop launches Safe Reader.  Now more robust, especially on Vista.
  • CHANGE: Rolled back to Clarion 6.3.9056

4.11 ( 2 June 2008 )

  • FEATURE: New “Help” menu.
  • DEPRECATED: Removed the “Chat” functionality.
  • DEPRECATED: Removed the “Groups” menu.
  • DEPRECATED: Removed the “Blogs” menu, as this is now displayed in the main page.

4.10 ( 9 May 2008 )

  • FIX: The product homepage links were now always opening correctly.
  • FEATURE: Clarion Desktop can now handle Error 403’s (Webpage forbidden errors).
  • CHANGE: First build compiled using Clarion 6.3.9058, and NetTalk 4.30.
  • CHANGE: New code-signing certificate used.

4.09 ( 19 Mar 2008 )

  • FEATURE: New “Clarion Bloggers” headlines section!

4.08 ( 27 Feb 2008 )

  • FEATURE: Added CHT blog to the blogs menu.
  • CHANGE: Deprecated the “Audio / Video Library” section.
  • IMPROVEMENT: Several minor internal improvements.

4.05 ( 8 Nov 2007 )

  • FEATURE: Added “Help” to the “General” menu.
  • IMPROVEMENT: Revamped ClarionDesktop.com.
  • IMPROVEMENT: The Custom Search field now searches 48 websites!
  • IMPROVEMENT: Tray notification messages improved cosmetically.
  • IMPROVEMENT: You can now click anywhere on a notification message to close it.
  • IMPROVEMENT: The “Blogs” and “Forums” drop menus are now sorted alphabetically.

4.03 ( 29 Oct 2007 )

  • FEATURE: Now automatically fixes AJAX queuing for Opera.
  • FEATURE: Added “CGF” to the Suppliers menu.
  • FEATURE: Clarion Desktop now detects Data Management Center by CGF.

4.02 ( 18 Oct 2007 )

  • FEATURE: New taskbar notification messages.
  • FEATURE: Added “Icetips” to the forums menu.
  • IMPROVEMENT: Several minor internal improvements.

4.01 ( 1 Oct 2007 )

  • FEATURE: You can now view all the news headlines in a single list!
  • FEATURE: A notification link now appears on the toolbar when new versions of Clarion Desktop are released.
  • FEATURE: New toolbar button called “Selection Options” (for the products list).
  • IMPROVEMENT: Now prompts if it detects that you have already downloaded a particular installer.
  • IMPROVEMENT: Now displays the total download size on the Download screen.

4.00 ( 7 Sep 2007 )

  • FEATURE: Now detects Clarion 7!
  • FEATURE: Clarion Desktop now provides links to product demos!
  • FEATURE: Clarion Desktop can now detect Clarion AppStats and Organize365.
  • FEATURE: Now supports CapeSoft’s new patching implementation.
  • CHANGE: Major internal improvements to how Clarion Desktop collects News data.
  • FEATURE: News Feeds are now never more than 1 hour behind the sites we’re monitoring.
  • CHANGE: Major changes on the backend.
  • FEATURE: New checkbox in the Program Options called “Fix Opera”. More details on this in the next build.