<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Hi,<BR></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>1) We are glad to announce First Beta release of Magrathea(download available at </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><A href="http://www.i3connect.com/download.html">http://www.i3connect.com/download.html</A>).</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>We have added support for HTTP proxy and SOCK4 proxy.  Now users behind firewall can also<BR>enjoy games on Magrathea. There is one new game added called 'Dots'. Work<BR>done on Beta release has made it much more stable as compared to Alpha 2<BR>realease. We request jdev members to upgrade & help us solving bugs & adding<BR>features by posting bugs & feature requests.<BR>We have added bug reporting system in client which makes it easy for members<BR>& other users to post feedback easily.<BR>So, we urge folks to upgrade and report bugs directly by clicking the Submit<BR>menu item.<BR>We will appreciate users & members helping us testing features which are<BR>added i.e Proxy support & Game.<BR><BR>2) Based on the feedback from Thomas and Jean on jdev (Thanks), we updated<BR>wire protocol & we are still working on wire protocol which will be<BR>completely integrated with our next Beta release.<BR><BR>Regards<BR>Vijay Balani,<BR>i3Connect.</FONT><BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>