YTK Lite v1.0 Build 120 Beta

[Boo Berry]

YTK Lite is a FREE Yahoo! Messenger companion. This easy-to-use chat utility provides additional features to Yahoo! Messenger including enhanced privacy, unlimited safe list/white list, unlimited ignore bin, and font filtering, among other awesome things. YTK Lite is the little brother of the program, YTK Pro.

Website: http://www.ytkpro.com

Forums: http://forum.ytkpro.com

The Features Include:

* External Activity Logger with image identification of events

* White Alert Bar for Full Notifications of Blocked Activity

* Audible Alerts (for signing in, signing out and other events)

* Launch at Windows startup

* Automatic Font Resizing (auto-scales messages to 10 pt size)

* Automatic Font Effect Stripping (eliminates Alternate and Faded text effects)

* Embedded Chat Room Event Logger *Chat Window Enhancement* with 5 lines

* Option to Disable Messenger from Auto-Voicing in Chat Rooms

* All Advertisements in Yahoo! Messenger can be Optionally Eliminated

* Friend & Safe List Join & Leave Chat Room On-Screen Notifications

* Blocking of Valid URLs

* Blocked URL Catcher for Chat Rooms (saves links that were blocked for later viewing)

* Automatically Ignore "Voice Bots" when Voiced

* Flush DNS Resolver Cache Entries

* Voice Ignore Count Status in Tiny Even Logger for Voice Users

* Instant double-click Voice Broadcaster Ignoring w/ Crosshair Cursor (with or w/o sound)

* Auto-Ignore Wildcarding Capability for ID, Location, Nickname and Chat Message Content (limited to 20 rules total)

* Chat Screen Background Color Chooser (color palette selection)

* Custom Clear Chat Screen Hotkey Combination Setting (works with global scope)

* Enlarged Chat Room Text Input Area

* Enlarged (widened) Chat Room User List Area

* LaunchCAST Song Broadcasting to Chat Rooms

* Alias Auto-"Cloaking" for Anti-Boot

* Flood Cap Control (half and full) for Anti-Boot

* TCP Voice for Chat Rooms and Conferences instead of default UDP Voice

* Blocking of Yahoo! Messenger (YMSGR Crash Links involving the URI Handler

* Global Ignore Bin (only limited to physical memory) w/ Search Capabilities

* Global Safe List (only limited to physical memory) w/ Search Capabilities

* Chat Room Filtering for Flooding & Auto-Ignore (half slider level control)

* Auto-Ignoring of Chat Room "Bots" with Similar Names (half slider level control)

* Bounce Bot Protection in Chat Rooms (full slider levels)

* Enhanced Voice Ignore Support (Stronger than Messenger's)

* Show Contents of Blocked Chat Room Messages in the Activity Logger

* Logging of YTK events, Connection events, PC-2-PC Calling events

* PC-2-PC Calling option: Allow Call only if you've Called the Contact

* Block all P2P Connectivity

* Disable Messenger Local Logfile (used for troubleshooting and a security risk)

* Ability to Clear Authenticated PMs

* Working Deny-A-Buddy for Yahoo!

* Send Frequent Keep-Alive Packet to Improve Client Uptime

Full Group-based Management via Zones for ALL Invitations and PMs!!

Note: Some of the extra PM functionality won't be available in YTK Lite but only in YTK Pro.

- 4 "Zones" Created for PMs: Friends, Safe List Users, Chat Room Users and Unknown users.

- Allow, Block, Allow only if Contacted, Strip IMVironment Content from PMs, Block "ASL" inquiries, Magic Word Spam Challenge Check Verification & Block but Save PMs (limited to 20 total) all Independently Enabled/Disabled per Group "Zone"

- 4 "Zones" Created for All Invitations

Allow or Block independently per Group the Following "in-session" Types:

- Add Buddy Requests

- Voice Chat Requests in PM

- Webcam Invitations

- Game Invitations

- Chat Room Invitations

- Conference Invitations

- File Transfer Requests

- Send Contact Details

- Request Contact Details

- Buddy List Sends

- Photosharing Requests

- Audibles

- IMVironments

- Plug-ins

* "Offlines" Management based on 3 Groups

Allow or Block independently per Group the Following "Offline" Types:

- Offline Add Buddy Requests

- Offline PMs

- Offline Send Messenger Lists

- Offline Send Contact Details

- Offline Request Contact Details

* Full Yahoo!, WLM, LCS and IBM Lotus Sametalk Network Support for PMs, Status Messages and Add Buddy Management!

* Added back Show Nicknames OR IDs in Chat Rooms

* Right Click Clear Screen Option in Chat Room Window

* Several Custom Menus Added for Full Integration and Convenience

* Remove Users from Chat Room List and Add to Global Ignore Bin

* Add Users from Chat Room List to your Global Safe List

* Chat Window and Messenger Buddy List Window Transparency (offers 10% transparency)

* Ability to individually Remove User's Text from the Chat Screen

* Ability to Clear the Embedded Chat Room Event Logger

* SysTray Icon Packet Meter w/ Stats (Tooltip)

* Command-line Support in Chat Rooms (added YTK custom commands)

* Packet Profiling Technology (Advanced Malformed Packet Rejection System)

* Help File (Rich Text) and Community Forum Support

* Offers Full Compatibility with Messenger versions 7.02 through version 8.1 non-beta builds (up to the newest v8.1 Build 209)

* Supports Windows XP Pro/Home/MCE, 2K and 2K3 operating systems (32-bit support only with 64-bit support on the way)

* Ability to run in Limited Account Environments (does NOT require administrative privileges!)

Changelog:

YTK Lite v1.0 Build 120 Beta Release Notes

• Initial release
  

NOTE: YTK Lite/Pro is a separate program than 'Y!TunnelPro'. YTK has similar features, but has/will have more unique features of it's own. YTK is also considered an alternative to 'Y!TunnelPro'.