Here are the main changes introduced between versions 5063 and 5066.
Fixed bugs
Desktop App only: on some occasion, the application could hang and take at most 5 minutes to continue surfing. It will now continue as fast as usual (30 seconds max if the viewer does not respond).
Desktop Ap ...
When Otohits was created, the ratio was 1:1, meaning that for each second you visit a website, you earned 1 point. To keep a balance on the platform and avoid inflation (points value decrease), some basic modifiers were introduced to make this ratio varies. The chosen name to express this ratio ...
Applicable to v5063 and upper
Locales now match the country of the App
App v5 came with a basic locale (language) support. It was taken from the current operating system settings and in a lot of scenarios would have still resulted in an en-US locale.
With the recent upgrade of [geotargetin ...
Geotargeting appeared 4 years ago on Otohits. Since then, it never got any major update. The list of available countries was based on how much visits were generated by locations.
From time to time, we updated the list, but you were a lot asking for additional countries to be added.
In the end, it ...
Following the last post of the v5 release as well as the removal of the v3/Definitive edition of the App page, some of you contacted us regarding the lack of a 32 Bits version for the Windows App.
We didn't think there was st ...
Following the launch of the v5 App 2 months ago, it is now the most used version of the App.
I want to thank everyone, whether you just used it or helped us to make it better as you were encountering abnormal behavior.
Over these last 2 months, 32 updates have be ...
Page reload is the first new feature that has been implemented in the new v5 application. When activated on your links, it will simply "reload" the current page.
This feature is marked as experimental for the moment due to the fact that there are still so ...
Everything is explained in the previous article. As a short explanation, old Apps were really hard to maintain and to add features in. The v5 has been designed to be flexible and easier to upgrade.
Highlights
The v5 is now available as a console app for both ...
The v3 of the App was launched in August 2015 on Windows. The .Net Framework was not necessary anymore, but it was a simple window without the possibility to see the navigated websites.
App v3.1 for Windows
Quickly after, the 3.1 came out to bring back this fe ...
Since the beginning of Otohits, newsletters were the only way of communicating with you. Although it was perfect few years ago, it became more and more complicated to use.
From newsletters to blog posts
The last newsletter was sent more than 2 years ago (November 2017). It doesn't mean that wor ...