Prayer Times Gadget

إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَابًا مَوْقُوتًا
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Change Log/History of Changes
 
The following is a reversed chronological listing of the changes that were applied to the Prayer Times Gadget. The version number and the release date are indecated for your reference.
 
You can find the Change Log under the About tab in the Options dialog box in the Prayer Times Gadget

 

2.4.0.5 - Apr 15, 2012
  • Fix: Fixed a problem in playing Azan.

2.4.0.4 - Mar 5, 2011
  • Fix: Fixed a problem in selecting an Azan.
  • Fix: Fixed a problem in the morning and evening Azkar.
  • Fix: Fixed a problem in adjusting pray times.
2.4.0.3 - Feb 16, 2011
  • Azan/Alarm: Changed the way the gadget retrieves the Azan files.

 

2.4.0.2 - Feb 15, 2011
  • Azan/Alarm: Changed the way the gadget retrieves the Alarm files.
  • Fix: Fixed minor bug in calculating the time remaining till next prayer.
 
2.4.0.1 - Feb 13, 2011
  • Fix: Fixed minor bug in calculating Asr prayer time.
 
2.4.0.0 - Jan 31, 2011
  • Localization: Redesigned the gadget to support localization and translation.
  •  
    Localization: Added Arabic language support.
  • Localization: Added Albanian language support.
  • Localization: Added Spanish language support.
  • Localization: Added French language support.
  • Localization: Automatic detection of OS language and load the corresponding translation, if available.
  • Calculation: Now calculating prayer times locally. No Internet is needed any more for this.
  • Calculation: Now calculating Qibla direction locally. No Internet is needed any more for this.
  • Location: Now locations are searched using Microsoft's Virtual Earth service.
  • Fix: Fixed minor bug in calculating Hijri date.
  • Fix: Fixed other minor bugs
 
2.3.5.1 - Oct 12, 2008
  • Fix: Fixed minor potential bugs
 
2.3.5.0 - Oct 5, 2008
  • Azan/Alarms: Added ability to automatically disable Azan and Alarms while Microsoft PowerPoint is running
  • Azan: Added a new beautiful Azan called "Jordan (Hayat FM)"
  • Calculation: Now calculating Hijri date localy
  • Fix: Corrected highlighting next prayer time when 24 hours format is enabled
  • Fix: Improved error handling and reporting
 
2.3.4.0 - Mar 19, 2008
  • Connection: Added ability to dynamically pick a server to connect to
 
2.3.3.0 - Mar 12, 2008
  • Calculation: Added ability to adjust individual Azan times
  • Azan: Added option to show times in 24 hour format
  • Connection: Replaced the automatic retry with a Refresh button
 
2.3.2.2 - Mar 9, 2008
  • Connection: Automatically retry if no response is received
  • Fix: Fixed a minor bug in calculating Hijri date
 
2.3.2.1 - Feb 23, 2008
  • Connection: Added automatic detection of the state of the Internet connection
  • Fix: Fixed minor bugs when when Internet connection is down
  • Fix: Added some error handling
 
2.3.2.0 - Mar 7, 2007
  • Azan: Added Azan from Turkey to the list of the Azans
  • Azan: Play random Azan everytime
  • Azan: Select Azan files from the local hard drive
  • Alarms: Enable/disable all Alarms at once without losing settings
  • Alarms: Set alarms to run 45min or 1hr before/after prayers
  • Alarms: Bring the Sidebar when alarms are triggered
  • Calculation: Reduced the minimum number of letters to search for a city to two
  • Calculation: Automatically detect the proper calculation method based on the selected location
  • Usability: Ability to skip optional upgrades
  • Help: Added a change log to the About tab
  • Help: Added hints on where different Calculation Methods are commonly used
  • Help: Added hints on what prayer times are affected by different Calculation configurations
  • Fix: Fixed small typos in the Location & Azan tabs
  • Fix: Hitting Enter key on the Country list selects a country and brings the focus on the City text field
  • Fix: Start searching for city when hitting Enter on the City text field
 
2.3.1.1 - Feb 21, 2007
  • Fix: Fixed a bug when playing Fajr Azan
 
2.3.1.0 - Feb 20, 2007
  • Calculation: Custom location, using raw data: long/lat/time zone/daylight
  • Azan & Alarm: Fixed bandwidth limitation when streaming audio files.
 
2.3.0.0 - Feb 16, 2007
  • Azan: Select Azan from a predefined list of 12 Azans
  • Azan: Correct Azan sound file for Fajr
  • Azan: Control Volume
  • Alarm: Play/show alarms a few (configurable) minutes after and/or before the prayer timeAlarm: Play random short Surah for Alarms
  • Alarm: Display alarm message
  • Alarm: Play the morning and evening azkar
  • Alarm: Ability to stop the short Surahs by double-clicking on the widget
  • GUI: Remaining time countdown/ thermometer showing how much time left before the next prayer
  • GUI: Color of countdown timer & thermometer changes from green to red as time passes by
  • GUI: New Icon
  • GUI: Show & adjust Hijri date
  • GUI: Show Qibla Direction
  • Usability: Click on the gadget to show Details Page, which includes the Hijri Date and Qibla Directions
  • Usability: Gadget toggles between prayer times and Details Page automatically. The frequency increases as the remaining time decreases
  • Usability: Speed up the close of the Settings screen
 
2.2.0.0 - Jan 20, 2007
  • Azan: Ability to stop Azan by double-clicking on the widget
  • Azan: Allow to select which prayers to play Azan for
  • Azan: Allow to specify the sound file for the Azan
  • Azan: Play Azan when prayer time arrives
  • Azan: Preview selected Azan file
  • Azan: Support WAV, MP3, WMA through WMP
  • GUI: Emphasize the next prayer
  • Usability: About Tab
  • Usability: More deterministic way to select location
  • Utility: Check for new version automatically
  • Utility: Support mandatory and optional upgrade.
 
2.1.0.0 - Jan 11, 2007
  • Useability: Display a welcome message on gadget's first start
  • Useability: Dynamically search/filter the cities available for the selected state or country while typing its name
  • Calculation: Allow to select the calculation method
 
2.0.0.0 - Jan 9, 2007
  • Calculation: Allow to select the Mazhab
  • Calculation: Allow to specify location as city and country outside the USA
  • Calculation: Allow to specify location as city and state in the USA
  • GUI: Smartly format the location (zip code alone, city and state or city and country
  • GUI: Work at any DPI setting
 
1.0.0.0 - Jan 4, 2007
  • GUI: Display the location for which the prayer times are calculated
  • Usability: Remember settings between reboots