Update 0.7.2 - 10/01/12

• Fixed: A bug introduced in 0.7.1 caused recent tracks to still get added to the playlist.
• Fixed: Removed some spurious error messages occurring on Nightingale.

Note: This version is not compatible with the Now Playing List and Now Playing List 2 add-ons.

Update 0.7.1 - 18/12/11

• New: Added support for Nightingale.
• New: Added Ukrainian [uk-UA] translations by yaryi (Yaroslav Krytsun).

Note: This version is not compatible with the Now Playing List and Now Playing List 2 add-ons.

Update 0.7.0 - 07/11/11

• New: Added the following Last.fm recommendation methods to the track command menu:
  • Recommend most loved songs
  • Recommend most hyped songs
  • Recommend top rated songs
• New: Added Swedish [sv-SE] translations by Lakrits (Mikael Hiort af Ornäs).
• New: Added Chinese (Simplified) [zh-CN] translations by 天涯倦客.
• Changed: Removed support for versions of Songbird below 1.9.
• Changed: Playlists which don't contain any tracks are disabled under the Sources menu.
• Changed: The Repeat Track button is enabled again. Thanks figa for pointing this out.
• Changed: Slightly improved the speed of adding/removing tracks from PartyRuffle.
• Fixed: PartyRuffle now works under Songbird 10.
• Fixed: Find Track works when the Main Library isn't open in the first tab.

Note: This version is not compatible with the Now Playing List and Now Playing List 2 add-ons.

Update 0.6.0 - 25/12/10

• New: Added a Play Now in PartyRuffle option to the track command menu.
• New: Added a Play menu item to the PartyRuffle item in the Service Pane.
• New: Added Enqueuing options (selected via the Options dialog). Similar to Winamp enqueuing or the Now Playing List add-on.
• New: Added an option to display All recently played songs.
• New: Added a Find Track option to the track command menu. This option will find the selected track in the Main Library. Thanks DAve.Shillito for the idea.
• Fixed: Show the default track command menu items when running Songbird 1.9.1.

Note: This version is not compatible with the Now Playing List and Now Playing List 2 add-ons.

Update 0.5.1 - 18/09/10

• Changed: Added Martin Giger as a contributor for the German (de) translations.
• Changed: Removed the the effect which dims played tracks. It was conflicting with other add-ons (e.g. SHOUTcast) preventing media views from displaying correctly when non-English languages were used.
• Fixed: The description text in the Shuffle Options tab now gets displayed correctly in all feathers.

Note: This version is not compatible with the Now Playing List add-on.

Update 0.5.0 - 10/09/10

• New: Added German (de) translations by Martin Giger.
• New: Tracks which have been played are now dimmed.
• New: Added an Options dialog.
  • New: Added an option which filters out tracks which have been recently played.
  • New: Added options to customize the weightings that PartyRuffle uses when performing biased shuffling methods (e.g. highest/lowest rated, most/least played, most/least skipped). http://www.omninerd.com/articles/How_Much_Does_iTunes_Like_My_Five_Star_Songs offers a good explanation of how the weighting system works.
  • New: Added a Shuffle by option.
  • Changed: Moved the history/queued count selections into the Options dialog.
• New: Added verbose logging which logs (to the Error Console) some of the decisions made by the PartyRuffle engine.
• New: Added performance logging which logs (to the Error Console) the time it takes the PartyRuffle engine to populate the playlist.
• Fixed: The View Metadata and Remove context menu items now work when used in the PartyRuffle Now Playing List.
• Fixed: The track list is no longer incorrectly sorted when PartyRuffle is first installed.
• Fixed: Disable the Shuffle and Repeat buttons.
• Fixed: The PartyRuffle icon in Songbird 1.8.0 was missing in the Service Pane.
• Fixed: Other miscellaneous bug fixes.

Note: This version is not compatible with the Now Playing List extension.

Update 0.4.0 - 01/08/10

• New: Added icons to the shuffle selection list. Icons by http://p.yusukekamiyamane.com/
• New: Added a Play Recommended shuffle option which suggests tracks using Last.Fm. The suggested track is determined by searching for similar artists based on the last track in the PartyRuffle playlist. If no similar tracks can be found then the search is performed again against the entire PartyRuffle playlist. Failing that then a random shuffle is used.
• New: Added an Add to PartyRuffle and Play option to the track command menu which is useful when wanting to change the Play Recommended seed artist(s).
• New: Added Music and Video items to the Sources list (Songbird 1.7.3 and above only).
• New: Added most/least skipped shuffle options.
• New: Improved the PartyRuffle command menus which options similar to the More of the Same addon. Using them the PartyRuffle playlist can be populated with tracks from the same Artist, Album or Album Artist.
• New: Added Refresh and Show/Hide Now Playing List menu items to the PartyRuffle item in the Service Pane.
• Changed: Improved performance and responsiveness.
• Fixed: The PartyRuffle Now Playing List sidebar now loads the correct track command list.

Note: This version is not compatible with the Now Playing List extension.

Update 0.3.1 - 26/06/10

• Changed: If Play Next in PartyRuffle is used and no track is currently being played in PartyRuffle then the added selection is automatically played.
• Changed: The current track is highlighted when the PartyRuffle view is opened or the queue sequence is manually modified.
• Changed: Added a title bar to the PartyRuffle Now Playing List.
• Changed: Moved the PartyRuffle Service Pane node to the top of the Playlists list.
• Fixed: Improved the Refresh function to better determine which tracks should be refreshed (i.e. which tracks are history and which tracks are queued).
• Fixed: Occurrences of duplicate tracks are prevented.
• Fixed: Corrected an error with the French translations which caused PartyRuffle to load incorrectly.

Note: This version is not compatible with the Now Playing List extension.

Update 0.3.0 - 13/06/10

• Added: PartyRuffle now includes a Now Playing List'ish sidebar.
• Added: The currently playing track is now highlighted automatically (similar to the FocusTrack add-on). This should make PartyRuffle play a little more nicely with MediaFlow.
• Added: The Sources list displays each item's associated icon.
• Added: Support for Songbird 1.7.3-1.9.0.
• Changed: The PartyRuffle playlist is no longer refreshed automatically after changing the Sources selection.
• Fixed: The weightings used for shuffling now take into account the number of items in each category.

Note: This version is not compatible with the Now Playing List extension.

Update 0.2.1 - 06/03/10

• Fixed a bug where Play Next in PartyRuffle would create a hidden Unnamed Playlist. This hidden playlist would get listed under the Add to Playlist menu. If there's demand then I'll create another add-on which offers the ability to remove these hidden playlists.

Note: This version is not compatible with the Now Playing List extension.

Update 0.2.0 - 03/03/10

• PartyRuffle works when Songbird is in Mini Player mode.
• Added ability to use PartyRuffle with MediaFlow and other Media Views.
• Added Play lower/higher rated songs more often and Play least/most played songs more often.
• Added Play Next in PartyRuffle and Add to PartyRuffle items to all Media View command lists.
• Fixed the case where the PartyRuffle control panel would disappear.

Note: This version is not compatible with the Now Playing List extension.

Update 0.1.4 - 12/13/09

• Bump for Songbird 1.5.0b1.

Update 0.1.3 - 11/21/09

• Adding or removing songs from the Main Library no longer causes PartyRuffle to disappear from the Service Pane.
• The remnants of PartyRuffle are now properly cleaned up when the add-on is uninstalled.

Update 0.1.2 - 10/29/09

• Fixed the incompatibility with the BirdTune add-on (and possibly other add-ons).

Update 0.1.1 - 10/25/09

• Got rid of the Service Pane context menu, so now PartyRuffle can't accidentally get removed.
• A little GUI clean-up.
• Added French and Spanish translations.
• Added back the PartyRuffle media item context menu (i.e. Show File, Remove, etc...).
• The Shuffle and Repeat buttons are now disabled when PartyRuffle is playing.
• Disabled sorting of PartyRuffle.

Update 0.1.0 - 10/18/09

• First release.