A few months ago we announced the release of Presence Bar v1.0, and today we are happy to announce we have an updated version available for implementation. There are a bunch of great new features but the really exciting changes focusWe think that the integration process for Presence Bar 1.1 is far easier and shouldn take more than a few minutes to get running in conjunction with your implementation with Webmessenger. Just follow these simple instructions.Check out the list of changes:

1. We removed all server side code required to implement presence bar. Now simply add the javascript to your page and start using Presence Bar.
2. We are now using a lighter weight javascript framework ( jQuery ) and we have optimized the release so that the client has a much smaller footprint, reduced by almost 50%.
3. We added a notification service to alert your users when their friends come online or offline as well as when they receive a message.
4. We added simple-to-implement localization so you are in complete control of the labels throughout the Presence Bar experience. Want it in any language? Just provide a few key values and you have it.
5. We incorporated Web Presence into Presence Bar. Now you don need to implement Web Presence side by side with Presence Bar. Presence Bar will load presence automatically. If you already have Web Presence and wish to use Presence Bar, please contact support for further instructions.
6. We added an easy to configure preferences control so that you can load the preferences you wish to use from wherever you need to. This puts you in control of look and feel as well as features.
7. We completely rebuilt the Buddy List used in the Presence Bar, adding avatars, sorting and filtering to the Presence Bar.

As always if you have any questions or need help adding Presence Bar to your website please contact support@userplane.com.