CIX is pleased to release an update to CIXReader, the official desktop reader for Windows, available to download from http://www.cixonline.com/cixreader.asp

Changes are :-

* Added Set Signature/Delete Signature to editor popup menu. Simply type a signature, highlight and right click on the text and choose Set Signature to make that text your signature.

* Added Read-Lock on messages. Press ‘L’ to set a locked, unread, flag on the current message.

* Add Install Script to system menu to install CIXReader script packages.

* Can now close a profile window with Esc or Ctrl+F4.

* Can now override mugshots by putting a replacement image in the Mugshots folder in the CIXReader data folder with the username as the filename.

* Support Ctrl+K to mark the current topic read.

* Fixed a bug where some messages didn’t scroll into view when selected.

* Fixed a bug where backtracking missed some messages.

* Added more shortcut keys to dialogs for improved accessibility.

* Added F5 to invoke the system menu.

* Improvements for running CIXReader on high DPI displays.

* Add IndentationOffset configuration option in ini file for adjusting indentation in thread list.

* Expanded the Keyboard Help dialog.

The CIX Team

CIX is pleased to announce the release of the CIXBasic account which is completely free and available to all, including new sign ups.

The CIXBasic account allows anyone with an email address to sign up to CIX and participate in upto five open forums/conferences.

They will not have email facilities, and will not be able to join/be added to closed or closed confidential private forums/conferences, or become moderators of forums.

They are different to a ‘Plus4′ account as a ‘Plus4′ account requires a full paying parent subscriber to be in service, and Plus4 accounts can take part in all forums/conferences, regardless of their privacy level.

CIXBasic accounts will be able to access CIX via CIXForums, CIXReader, API applications and CoSy reliant programs, such as traditional off-line readers including Ameol.

Sign up can begin at http://www.cixonline.com/pricing.asp

The CIX Team

There has been confusion recently on how Private Messages work on CIX.

Private Messages allow messages to be sent between CIX users (and only CIX users). For example, customer_a can send a message to customer_b, and customer_b can reply accordingly.

However, this feature is not available in Ameol, but it is available in CIXReader, CIXForums and other applications that use the CIX API.

The obvious problem is that Ameol users won’t receive the Private Message within Ameol when they do a conferencing/forums blink.

To get round this, the CIX System will send an email to the intended recipient using the email address we have on file notifying them they have Private Message, who it is from and the content of the message and instructions on how to reply, so they can open up CIXReader / CIXForums accordingly. The reason why we use the email address held on file is because they might not have a CIX email address or it might be different to their CIX email address. Obviously, if the user has their CIX email address as the registered address for their account, the notification email will be sent there.

CIX never reveals this email address to the sender or to third parties, and you cannot send a Private Message unless you’re logged onto CIX.

CIX has no immediate plans to integrate this feature within Ameol because Ameol doesn’t interact with the CIX API to send and receive these messages. However, now that Ameol is open source, developers are welcome to write an add-on or include it within Ameol itself. Longer term, however, we recommend Windows users to switch to CIXReader for using CIX which is constantly updated and has many improved features over Ameol for daily CIX usage.

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