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Latest version

Countdown Live version 2.2.021 was released on Saturday, 21 February 2009. View the change log below for more information.

History

It was back in November 2007 when I started working on a complete revision of my first script, Countdown Live. The script was too messy, had lots of unfixed issues and I wasn't satisfied about it. Thus, I decided to begin from scratch again and re-program every single feature, with more structured and efficient code. This whole remake also came with a new design, which had to be more user-friendly, eye-catching and simpler. After having the original features re-implemented, the more structured code gave room for some additional interesting features, such as pausing the countdown on media change.

Around new year 2008, the BETA testing was as good as done, but then development slowed down. Translations were needed, a new site had to be made and new updates of Messenger Plus! Live gave new possibilities for script features, which I wanted to implement. And then school also started again. These factors caused a serious delay of the Countdown Live 2 release date. Until now...

Features

These are the major features in version 2.2:

• Add as many countdowns as you like in your nickname, personal message or media message
  
• Start counting upwards when the countdown date passes, or set a finish message such as "Happy new year!".
  
• See a live preview of the countdowns while modifying your preferences.
  
• Choose the words used for the time units, or let the script take the units from the current language file.
  
• Disable the countdown temporarily when a personalized status with personal message change is set, or when a media message countdown is interrupted by another program.
  
• Make the countdown tags as advanced as you want with the great variety of tag options.
  
• Support for Messenger Plus! Live's updater.

» View the full features list

The following translations are included in version 2.2:

• English (myself)
  
• Dutch (myself)
  
• French (Franck Dethier & Thomas Michiels)
  
• Danish (Patricia)
  
• Finnish (Olli)
  
• Greek (Basilis)

Through the Download Languages window, you can also find:

• Hungarian (Sarxes)
  
• Brazilian Portuguese (blessedguy)

Still awaiting the following translations: Italian (Francesco Giallatini), German (Jörg Schiller), Spanish (warmth)

Screenshots

» Promotion screenshot
» Screenshot gallery

Change log

• Version 2.2.021 - 21 February 2009
  
  • Some important bug fixes and script class improvements were made.
• Version 2.2.020 - 3 January 2009
  
  • You can now have as many countdowns as you like, in the same way as you can set up the tags.
    
  • System-wide hotkeys to quickly enable and disable the countdowns.
    
  • Added the documentation browser.
    
  • Rewritten countdown calculation system.
• Version 2.1.017 - 15 August 2008
  
  • Removed Countdown Live's own script updater and added support for Plus! Live's built-in updater.
    
  • Fixes a bug reported by Phazeus with the countdown calculating system.
• Version 2.1.016 - 16 July 2008
  
  • Fixes the bug as reported here: SmokingCookie's reply to [Release] Countdown Live (Latest: 2.1.014)
• Version 2.1.015 - 15 July 2008
  
  • Fixes the bug as reported here: SmokingCookie's reply to [Release] Countdown Live (Latest: 2.1.014)
• Version 2.1.014 - 14 July 2008
  
  • First public release of Countdown Live 2.1.
    
  • Tags are now separated from the countdowns, you can have as many tags as you want. New options for the tags include skipping of countdown units, units with leading zeros and unit grouping. For more information, please visit the features reference.
    
  • A preferences tab for the preview has been added. The preview panel has also been extended with extra toolbar buttons to force a refresh of the preview, to access to the preview settings panel and to toggle the state of the countdowns.
    
  • The preferences tabs list is now scrollable when all tabs can't fit in the window.
• Version 2.0.008 - 1 April 2008
  
  • First public release of the new Countdown Live 2.

» View the full change-log

Download Countdown Live

» From the scripts database: http://www.msgplus.net/Downloads/Download-Details/DocumentID/7968.aspx
» From the project site: http://matti.buelens.com/cdl/index.php?p=down

Visit the project website!

Known issues

• None.
  If you found an issue, please post about it in this topic so I can investigate it.

In case you'd like to translate Countdown Live...

I have developed a script which provides features to make translating Countdown Live lots easier. Read more on the project website...