Isotoxin - Tox client [discontinued]

[webfork]

Isotoxin was reviewed at Softpedia ... and received rating of 3.5/5 which I consider to be too low

Yeah it's definitely too low considering the audio/video quality and serverless, open format. I like Softpedia a lot but I don't put a lot of stock in their reviews.

[smaragdus]

Yeah it's definitely too low considering the audio/video quality and serverless, open format. I like Softpedia a lot but I don't put a lot of stock in their reviews.

Yes, and we must have in mind that the reviews are written by different people with different notions. I remember I have seen the installer version of a program rated 5/5 and the portable version of the same program- 3.5/5. I can illustrate such a discrepancy with AkelPad- the installer version is rated 4/5- AkelPad, while the portable version is rated 5/5- Portable AkelPad. I think that even more drastic examples can be found at Softpedia.

[smaragdus]

Isotoxin version 0.3.417 released, changes:

- GUI theme color customization + Dark theme
- UI engine: svg limited support
- redraw UI elements with svg
- bug fix: wrong typing notification in group chat
- bug fix: crash on join not-in-contact-list groupchat member
- now short smileys like not replaced to emoticon by default (you can enable it back in Settings)
- Settings options to limit size of inline images
- ToxID export

[smaragdus]

For the first time I found something I didn't like in Isotoxin, the new title bar buttons introduced in version 0.3.417.

The old title bar icons prior to version 0.3.417- those I like:

Isotoxin 0.3.414 - title bar buttons - 2016-02-01 - 002.png (2.69 KiB) Viewed 62951 times

The new title bars icons that appeared for the first time in version 0.3.417:

Isotoxin 0.3.417 - title bar buttons - 2016-02-01 - 002.png (2.81 KiB) Viewed 62951 times

This may be a minor change but I found it ugly.

However the new dark theme is cute (in my opinion):

[smaragdus]

On my whimsical request about restoring the old title bar icons the developer was extremely kind to create a special version (0.3.419) in which he re-created the themes with the old title bar buttons- more about it in this Isotoxin Forum thread (at the bottom).

Now the users can also export the Tox ID and it can be used with other Tox clients (more about it in the same forum thread mentioned above).

[webfork]

he re-created the themes with the old title bar buttons

It’s encouraging the dev is so responsive

[smaragdus]

Isotoxin version 0.3.424 has been released, changes:

- spellchecker (english and russian dictionaries are in pack)
- better video quality with isotoxin-isotoxin video calls (see notes)
- power user option
- GUI theme inheritance supported
- simple markdown syntax supported ( **, ~~, __, *, _ )
- bugfix: png files not shown in image file selection dialog
- cosmetic: added shadow to inline images
- bugfix: rare plghost.exe crash during video call
- fullscreen video
- incoming call accept panel (like skype)

Release notes

You can download addition spellcheck dictionaries here. Create spellcheck folder in Isotoxin working folder and put .aff and .dic files into it and restart Isotoxin. New dictionaries will be loaded automatically.

Isotoxin now uses enhanced video encoding and transmition for video calls to Isotoxin 0.3.424 and higher. There are bug in toxcore, which leads to loss of connection on high transmission rate with low bandwidth of communication channel. So, if you use tor for tox, it could be better to turn off encanced video support. It can be done in advanced settings. Also (in advanced settings) you can enable vp9 codec, but it is bad idea. Encoding speed of vp9 is very slow.

Note:
If someone wants to use the old title bar icons, just download the otb.data file and put it into Isotoxin program folder.

[smaragdus]

Isotoxin version 0.3.425 has been released, changes:

- spelling dictionaries (ru and en) has been removed from archive
- you can download spelling dictionaries using build-in downloader ( settings => chat => Enable spell checker => Dictionaries ). This repository is used as source of dictionaries
- folder for custom dictionaries has been changed to (old location: ); only utf8 hunspell dictionaries are supported.
- sound system initialization has been changed (it should help to reduce load of sound card on some systems)
- fixed microphone initialization (introduced in 0.3.17)
- fixed crash on exit during spell check of text
- fixed crash on exit or close settings during sound recording/capturing

Spell-check can be enabled in Settings:

Dictionaries can easily be downloaded and enabled from Dictionaries menu:

[smaragdus]

Isotoxin at version 0.3.428, changes:

- spelling dictionary loader can load aff and dic files direct from zip archives. Build-in dictionary downloader does not extract aff and dic files after download dictionary pack.
- fixed: ipv6 checker. False negative ipv6 test on startup has been fixed.
- ipv6 nodes now used
- separate font for message text area. Size of this font can be changed via settings.
- max custom font size is now 32
- video resolutions of camera capture (HD cams now supported)
- file transfer system was rewritten to improve stability and speed
- tile animation supported for smiles
- smiles sorting fix
- OpenSans font is now default UI font. (If you do not like OpenSans, use dejavu UI theme with DejaVuSans font)
- some crash fix

[smaragdus]

Isotoxin at version 0.3.437, changes:

- desktop new message notification
- notification area unread counter (tray icon)
- icon of Isotoxin is now generated from svg with current theme color
- do not crash on start, if no isotoxin.data found (show error message)
- message handler (execute external command on message receive)
- show error message on import of encrypted tox profile
- show "add profile" button, if no profiles found
- fix: bad reaction on desktop size change
- refactoring of core - crossplatform friendly code

[webfork]

- desktop new message notification
- notification area unread counter (tray icon)

This is sounding better and better. I guess I've got to try it out now.

[smaragdus]

- desktop new message notification:

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- notification area unread counter (tray icon):

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[smaragdus]

It is easy to import a Tox profile from qTox, this can be done either from Isotoxin main menu:
- Join network:

or from Settings- Networks:
- Add new network connection:

Then from Select network menu choose Tox protocol and then- Import configuration from file:

and select a Tox profile file (name.tox).
Isotoxin can connect to several networks/profiles simultaneously.

[smaragdus]

I added Isotoxin to the database, please vote.

@webfork
This is my first submission so I suppose there might be errors, please have a look at the entry when you have time. Thanks in advance.

[I am Baas]

I added Isotoxin to the database, please vote.

Thanks.

Is this your preferred Tox client?

BTW, Isotoxin default configuration is set to autocheck for updates. This can be changed under Settings though.