The Homebrew Channel 1.1.3

1.0.5

* Added support for System Menu 4.2
* Faster startup.
* Prefer boot.elf over boot.dol when launching apps.
* New shiny fonts, tweaked to the last subpixel.
* Widescreen support :
o If your Wii is set to 16:9 in the system menu options, HBC won’t strech the picture like it did on older versions. Unfortunately the fonts might look a little weird then, it really depends on the used display unit. Blame the lack of true widescreen support on the Wii for that.)
* Grid view :
o Hit 2/Y while browsing applications to switch between the old and the new view. This shows 4 columns on 16:9 setups, 4:3 users only get 3.
* Device hot-plugging :
o You can remove and insert devices (front SD slot, USB mass storage, and SDGecko in both slots) at all times now without reloading HBC. To change to another device, hit 1/X to bring up a simple option dialog.
* Application sort order :
o You can now choose how to sort the shown entries. Current options: either by the name or by the release date. Note that for the latter sort order a valid release_date tag has to be present in the meta.xml file. Again, hit 1/X for the options dialog to set this.
* wiiload overhaul :
o On-the-fly compression: Uploaded files are automatically compressed on PC side: This makes it way faster, especially on bigger files. ScummVM, anyone? Improved USBGecko support: Faster uploads, and you don’t have to stop reading debug messages from the device while uploading files. libftdi support: Because ftdi-sio fails, especially on OSX. Note: Because of these improvements, older wiiload version and 3rd party upload clients are incompatible. Use the bundled v0.5, binaries and source code are included.
* Basic application management :
o To add apps: Just wiiload a ZIP archive, it will then get extracted to the active device. The ZIP file must be structured in a certain way, check this description for the details. To delete apps: There’s a new button on the application dialog.

1.0.4

* Fix the POWER button bug with BootMii IOS

1.0.3

* SDHC cards are working again
* SD performance has been increased again (regression was introduced in v1.0.2)
* HBC works on all system menu versions now
* Fixed rare hangs when exiting HBC

1.0.2

* Added "Launch BootMii" button (only for BootMii IOS version) to home menu
* Compatible with 4.0
* USB support added

1.0.1

* Fixed B button issues (app screen corruption, crash on B+A)
* Wiimotes now keep the ordering from the System Menu (libogc) (note: they’ll switch again when you boot apps that haven’t been updated like HBC has - but they would have switched anyway, and HBC can use all Wiimotes, so you don’t lose anything while those apps are updated)
* Hopefully fixed the USB Ethernet issues (couldn’t find a tester, even without a USB Gecko… it’s like they all disappeared after reporting the bug. Hope this fixes it)
* Fixed wiimote auto-shutdown (libogc) (now you don’t need a ridiculously perfectly still wiimote for it to shut down - playing music won’t cause your wiimote batteries to die)
* Hopefully fixed “video after shutdown” issues (libogc)
* Changes to () -> *

1.0

* meta.xml now handles all ISO-8859-1 characters properly
* Wiimote power button support (shutdown)
* Wiimote rumble honors system setting
* Fixed some crash bugs
* Fix meta.xml UNIX style newline regression
* All wiimotes work now, not just the first one
* Classic Controller support
* Nunchuk support (scroll only)
* Guitar Hero 3 guitar support
* Left and right change pages too
* Hit 1 on Wiimote for net reload (like net icon click or GC Z)
* Add information to installer
* Fixed some networking issues with net disabled
* Pushed in some text to avoid overscan crop
* Widened video width to match system menu ("black bars" fix)
* B returns from app screen (unless scrolling)
* Try to initialize network earlier
* Retry network init a few times
* Fix a networking issue (libogc)
* Reload stub now identifies itself (magic number)
* Support broken HTTP proxies in update check
* Show IOS revision in main menu

Beta 9

* Installer / updater now works with the October 23 update
* SDHC support
* REALLY fixed the memcard bug
* Installer now picks newest sane IOS, fixes some beta8 regressions
* Added a reload button (for SD card changes)
* Return to system menu skips warning
* Fixed some graphical glitches
* Compliant ELF loading code
* Saner XML load code
* Many fixes to underlying stuff in the newer libogc

Beta 8

* you don’t need to eject your memcards anymore
* switched from IOS35 to IOS21, this makes the hbc usable on older firmwares
* improved SD card loading performance (thanks, svpe!)
* improved some translations
* the IP label isn’t cut off anymore
* fixed argv support when loading SD apps
* fixed a minor wiiload issue
* the SD app entries are now sorted alphabetically
* wiimote rumble support
* installer overhaul, it now warns you if your System Menu is too new (future updates)

Beta 7

(Initial Public Release besides chainloader)

* minor bugfixes and last GUI updates
* more translations
* ISO distribution
* first public beta

Beta 6

* GUI overhaul chapter two
* translations
* wiimote dragging on memo widget
* auto disconnect wiimote after idle time
* various fixes

Beta 5

* GUI overhaul chapter one
* IR pointer smoothing
* improved argv support
* fixed bugs introduced with wiimote code
* fixed update bugs
* SD card is scanned for boot.dol then boot.elf

Beta 4

* wiimote IR cursor

Beta 3

* flicker fix
* stable wiimote libraries
* argv support