mIRC 7.53 has been released! (November 29th 2018)

**err0r** · November 30, 2018

mIRC 7.53 has been released! (November 29^th 2018)

This release includes improvements, changes and fixes to a number of features, including:

Added support for voice selection to speech options dialog.
Added support for CPRIVMSG and CNOTICE if listed in numeric 005.
Updated OpenSSL library to v1.0.2p and CA root certificates cacert.pem file.
Extended/drawpic and $pic() to enable access to multi-frame icons/GIFs.
Extended /set -g and /unset -gl switches to enable use of local/global variables.
Changed all time-related features to use 64bit time values.
Add/Fixed features/issues in a number of identifiers including $encode(), $decode(), $ctime(), $readini(), $cb(), $var().
Changed udpate check/other features to avoid insecure SSL protocols in HTTP requests under Windows XP.
Added support for numeric 005 STATUSMSG=@+ and WALLVOICES and commands /vmsg, /vnotice, and /wallvoices.
Changed channel mode parsing to handle channel keys hidden from non-ops only on the Undernet ircd.
Changed CAP packet-size request to use 2048 bytes if available.
Added $eventparms identifer that returns event-specific parameters passed to an executed command in a script.
Changed perform/joins on connect to be delayed if nickserv request is sent during logon.
Updated PCRE regex library to v8.42 and TagLib sound library to latest fixes.
Changed script editor editbox to allow longer lines before it starts wrapping.
Added support for IRCv3 nested batches beyond basic batch support.
Changed default hash table hash function to modified FNV-1A for improved distribution.
Added support for dynamic-resizing in hash tables for better performance.

In total, there have been over 60 changes since the last release.

For a more detailed list of recent changes, please see the whatsnew.txt file.

As always, the latest version of mIRC can be downloaded from the download page.

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