[Almonaster-list] Almonaster 620 pre-RC4 @ Prometheus

[Max A. F. <ma...@co...>]

In case you missed the SC-Club announcement...

I just brought the Prometheus database back online at the following URL:

http://almonaster.net:8081/

The server is now running on a dedicated 144Kbps IDSL line which will be
available until January.  After that, I will attempt to serve it off a
cable modem connection, which may or may not work out.

The server is running a pre-release version of 620 RC4.  The current
changelist is as follows:

User interface:
Removed borders from game list tables. This looks a whole lot better in
Mozilla and Opera
Removed nomenclature section from Server Information. It belongs in the
documentation section
Changed "Enter Game" to "Enter" in Open Game List
Changed "Start Game" to "Start" in System Game List
Moved "Bridier Game" text from Empires cell to Bridier cell in Active
and Open Game Lists
Minor fixes for Mozilla and Opera compatibility
Added responsibility text to game entrance prompt (thanks, Ah)
Add SourceForge usenet information to intro page

Gameplay:
Idle empire filtering is now on by default for new games

Fixes:
Fixed display of jump planets in Spectator Game up-close planet views
Fleets can no longer be given blank names
Fixed compatibility with NT4 and Win2K
Fixed display problem with uploaded icons on map screens
Fixed bug displaying log and report through admin interface

Security:
URIs with carriage returns are no longer allowed

Internals:
Enabled LFH (Low Fragmentation Heap) on Windows XP and .NET Server
Added BufferedPageRendering option to config file

Alajar:
Only HTTP 1.1 responses with Connection: close will be sent, instead of
returning HTTP 1.0 responses
New headers used: Expires, Cache-Control and Accept-Ranges
Fixed a couple of bugs in chunked encoding responses

Max Attar Feingold
http://almonaster.sourceforge.net/mfeingol/
[Not speaking for my employer]