Seit langem haben wir Vorschläge zur Clientverbesserung gesammelt - nun kommt die erste FAH-Betaversion heraus, die eine Reihe dieser Benutzervorschläge verwirklicht haben soll. Unten findet ihr Guhas Kommentar inkl. Link zum Betaclient.Ich möchte noch einmal extra darauf hinweisen, daß es eine BETA-Version ist. Die HAT DEFINITIV BUGS und ist daher absolut NICHT geeignet, um sie auf Farmen oder wichtige Firmenrechner laufen zu lassen. Nur zum Spielen geeignet. Wer Fehler findet, möge diese bitte AUSFÜHRLICHST mit Rechnerkonfiguration, Clientkonfiguration, OS und den entsprechenden"logs" hier posten. Alles andere stiftet eher Verwirrung und macht mir Arbeit als es der Weiterentwicklung/Verbesserung des Clients hilft.
Michael.
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Hi,
A beta 3.23 client, incorporating much of the To Do list pertaining to the client, is available at http://folding.stanford.edu/beta/beta.html . As always, hope to get and use your feedback, especially since are some areas (like networking) that have seen major change.
Thanks,
Guha
Change log:
- If a work unit is rejected for any reason, server now returns reason to client, which prints it out. (In this client, and servers will transition to the new code as projects come online.) If work unit is fatally flawed, then deleted from queue.
- "Could not transmit unit" statement now also includes date unit was completed ("Could not transmit unit x (Completed xxxx)").
- Checks for bad URL, port on reception of work unit, deleting it before even starting work if bad.
- Time stamp on every line of FAHlog.
- Arguments to client printed to log.
- Some log messages modified (like the requested, and deserved, "Thank you" added!). Some further spacing changes may be desired.
- File "unitinfo.txt" printed and updated, with information and progress for current work unit. (Had been requested for use by 3rd party people, but keep in mind that format may remain fluid until release.)
- Benchmark done before every new work unit request; result printed (on verbosity 6).
Console (Linux/Windows) specific-
- Answers to Configuration questions now validated. One letter answers (i.e. "y" or "Y" instead of "yes") allowed.
Windows (all versions) specific-
- Client FAHlog output overhauled to use Windows API functions. (Interested in hearing if you see any change in performance, particularly from those Win95/98 users who said log froze sometimes.) Log file is locked for writing by other programs while client running.
- Networking overhaul to use whatever proxy settings are used by Internet Explorer (default setting).
Windows GUI specific-
- Bug fixed where if click off systray menu, menu did not disappear.
- Tool tip on systray icon now gives program status (including work progress if currently working)
- When move mouse over hyperlink portions of display, mouse icon becomes a hand.
- Bug fixed where if move display, then the links at the bottom of the display (ticker tape ones) did not always work.
- Menu item ("Status") added to give easy access to Team Stats page, User Stats page, and Logfile.
Planned to be ready for release 3.23 or next beta 3.23-
- Access to queueinfo information from the GUI menu.
