Release notes v0.8.5 * Several UI adjustments were made to the sidebar. * Several UI adjustments were made to the tray window and the options dialogs * Fixed a bug where Sold items would appear as Unsold briefly when their auction concluded. * Fixed a bug where already purchased Buy It Now items appeared as Watching momentarily. * The sidebar state (opened or closed) is now maintained for all tabs of the same window (IE8). * The tray window now has rounded corners. * The item drawer can be pulled down by doing a dragging gesture (i.e. holding down the left mouse button). Known Issues * Somes links in the sidebar are pending. For now they just open the eBay homepage. * The installer cannot be launched from an encrypted folder. * The sidebar state (opened or closed) is not maintained for all tabs of the same window in IE7. Release notes v0.8.4 * The UI of the items in the sidebar was improved to match the ones of the Firefox version. * A bug was fixed which caused items to be duplicated when the user was not selling them. * The temporary files (database, log) are removed when the application is uninstalled. Also, the location of these files was changed to the standard common application data folder. * The search text in the tray is now cleared when the window is closed. * The options dialog received a minor overhaul: the tab icons were changed, and the tabs container in the alerts section now has a body. * The task bar and toolbar button icons were updated with the one from Firefox. * The location help text was added in the options dialog, i.e. the label which says, for example, "(for john123 this is United States)". * The home button in the tray window was fixed. Now the left part of the button can be clicked, in which case the home page is opened in IE. Known Issues * Somes links in the sidebar are pending. For now they just open the eBay homepage. * The installer cannot be launched from an encrypted folder. * The state of the sidebar is not maintained across the tabs of the same window. Release notes v0.8.3 * Updated the terms and privacy policy. * eBay's Client Alerts API is now being used to obtain frequent updates and display tray alerts. The code was vastly improved for performance. * The icon of the tray and the toolbar button now changes depending on whether or not the user is signed in, and also when alerts are being displayed. * Some Windows Vista warnings while installing and running the application have been removed. * Added a desktop shortcut to launch IE with the eBay Sidebar. * Added sound to the tray alerts. * Changed the way the silent upgrade works. Now the user is prompted to launch the installer when a new version is available, instead or running it silently on the background. This fixed an important bug where the application components were not being updated correctly during an upgrade. * Fixed some bugs in the tray alerts, related with the Client Alerts API. * Added the "High Bidder" tray alert. * Some tooltips were removed from the item tabs in the sidebar. * The options dialog was improved. * Fixed some of the URLs opened from links in the sidebar, e.g. "Mark as Paid", "Mark as Sent", "Leave Feedback". * Fixed a bug in the sidebar where the red bar (outbid) would stay on top of the green bar (high bidder). * Fixed a bug where a response from the Client Alerts API could cause an item that was recently removed to reappear. * Fixed a bug in the tray where it could appear without the proper style and in a wrong position in the window. * Fixed a small pagination issue in the alert window of the tray. * Fixed a bug where the "Outbid" and "Raised Bid" appeared incorrectly. * The refresh button in the sidebar is now disabled for 30 seconds after it is pressed. * Fixed a bug where the sidebar was not able to start signing in if it had not been opened at least once. * Added support for Silverlight 3 in the installer. * Improved support for IE7. Known Issues * Somes links in the sidebar are pending. For now they just open the eBay homepage. Release notes v0.8.2 * Fixed an important bug in the database upgrade code. The code tried to upgrade the database more than once in some situations. * Added registry entries so that UAC warnings are not displayed in Vista for the sidebar components and the tray. * Returned the sidebar refresh intervals to the original settings (8h for hard update, 4h for soft update). * Added a progress indicator to the sign-in process. * Added an animation to the reload button while the sidebar is being refreshed. * Item pages are now opened in a new tab when opened from the context menu in the sidebar. * The number of watchers of an item is now displayed in the item drawer. * The shipping cost is now displayed in the item drawer. * The tray window is now closed when the user clicks outside of it. * The "Search eBay" watermark of the tray window search box is now hidden when it is focused. * When the user name is clicked on the sidebar or the tray the eBay's My World page is now opened. * Changed the tab order of the sidebar search box so that it is not immediately focused the first time the sidebar is clicked. * Links opened from the tray application are now opened in an existing IE window instead of new one. * Fixed a bug that caused alerts to pop up for old items when the user signed in for the first time. * The UI in the tray application was improved. * The buyer/seller information in the items' drawer was fixed. Now it also displays the buyer if the current user is the seller of the item. * A small bug was fixed where items were not being fetched for a user when it was used by another user in the same computer. Known Issues * Somes links in the sidebar are pending. For now they just open the eBay homepage. Release notes v0.8.1 * Added a notification in the sidebar, displayed after a new version has been installed via the auto-update. Known Issues * Somes links in the sidebar are pending. For now they just open the eBay homepage. Release notes v0.8.0 * The tray icon application is now included in the installation. Item and feedback alerts pop-up on the bottom-right corner of the screen. * The options dialog has been fixed and is accessible from the toolbar menu, the sidebar home button menu, and the tray application. * Auto-update feature is now included. * The tray application is now registered and runs at system startup. * A new feedback score notification is displayed in the sidebar. Known Issues * Somes links in the sidebar are pending. For now they just open the eBay homepage. Release notes v1.0.0 * There is now one single sidebar instance per window, shared between the different tabs inside the same window. * The installer now checks if Silverlight 2 is installed in the system before proceeding with the eBay sidebar installation. * Removed the Options menus and the tray application. * A notification is now shown in the sidebar when a new version is available for download. * The issue still exists where the toolbar button drop-down is not displayed in some cases. Release notes v0.3.1 * Added first version of the item drawer, displayed when the cursor hovers over items. * The EULA is now displayed and can be printed from the options dialog. * Fixed a bug where the scrollbar in the item lists gets glued to the cursor. * The components were renamed (eBayAgent, eBaySidebar, eBayTray) * The installer is now built using WiX, which solves a lot of installation issues. Release notes v0.2.4 * Added terms of use and privacy policy to the installer. * Fixed a bug where the sidebar stops receiving notifications from the eBay Agent service. * Links are now opened in the same tab or in a new tab depending on the options. * Fixed a few minor bugs in the options dialog (labels, tabs, UI). Release notes v0.2 The following main features are accessible in this release: * Connect the sidebar with eBay using an eBay account. * Search eBay from the sidebar. * See the list of saved searches and search eBay by clicking on them. * See the list of active and ended items in the sidebar. * Filter the list of active items by selecting a status from the drop-down list: All, Bidding, Watching, Selling. * Filter the list of ended items by selecting a status from the drop-down list: All, Watching, Won, Didn't Win, Sold, Unsold. * Filter the list of items by typing a keyword: type anything while the search box is not selected. * Access different eBay item pages from the sidebar by right-clicking any item in the list or by pressing the context sensitive button for each item. * Add an eBay item to your watch list by drag and dropping its link (from an eBay listing page) into the sidebar. * Remove an eBay item from your watch list from the item's context menu in the sidebar. * Items glow in the sidebar according to the alerts set to "Sidebar Glow" in the options dialog. * A notification appears when the user has unread messages.