Battlegram 1.2 review

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Battlegram is a client that connects to the public chat interface ("Chat") of Blizzard Entertainment's Battle.

License: Freeware
OS: Mac OS X
File size: 0K
Developer: Nick Zitzmann
Price: $0.00
Updated: 17 Aug 2006
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Battlegram is a client that connects to the public chat interface ("Chat") of Blizzard Entertainment's Battle.net Internet gaming service. It enables Mac users of Battle.net to communicate with other Battle.net users without having to use one of Blizzard's game clients.

Battlegram only connects to the Chat part of Battle.net and does not even touch the private binary part of Battle.net. It will only connect to a recognized Battle.net realm, of which there are four at the time of this writing (USWest, USEast, Europe, and Asia).

Battlegram is not a Battle.net hacking tool and will not perform anything currently forbidden by Battle.net's Terms of Use.

Here are some key features of "Battlegram":
Connects to the Chat interfaces of the USWest, USEast, Europe, and Asia realms on Battle.net
Plays a sound effect when a user talks in a group, or whispers you (this can be turned on and off)
Requests the user's attention if the user receives a private message (a "whisper") while Battlegram is in the background (this can be turned on and off)
Supports logging and printing conversations, as well as the system cut/copy/paste interface
Text colors can be customized
Supports speaking text
Supports spell checking
Supports mouse wheels
Detects the presence of authentic Blizzard representatives in chat rooms
Works correctly with the Battle.net "/beep" command
Available in English and French.

What's New:
Updated contact information.
Recompiled with GCC 3.1.
The preferences file has been changed from "Battlegram.plist" to "com.attbi.home.dreamless.Battlegram.plist".
Finally fixed the packet fragmentation bug. Previous versions had problems with commands sent out in separate packets.
Added a shortcut to whisper to someone who is in the same channel.
Fixed problems with prebinding.
Minor optimizations here and there...

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