Jazz2Online news for January 2026
Jazz Twosday: JJ2+ v6.6 - January 6th 2026
Source: JJ2+
Version 6.6 of JJ2+ is now available! Today’s the 6th of 2026, what better date could you ask for?
Let’s have a history lesson. Here was the player list (in CTF) in vanilla JJ2:
This was the list from most of JJ2+‘s history. It added a lot of new information, but could be hard to read, with unexplained symbols like “M” and “S” and “A” and “*”. The asterisks were even drawn inconsistently in different gamemodes. It also drew “+” next to plus players’ names, which made sense in 2008 when running plus was rare, but is just unnecessary detail in 2026.
Version 6.4 started to tackle the problem of unexplained symbols, and moved the flag icon farther left, to a position consistent across gamemodes, so that it wouldn’t be obscured by other data. However, this led to the list being even more cluttered than before, and sometimes there was a lot of horizontal space between the flag (or other such icons) and the player’s name.
Following extensive community discussion and numerous public test builds, we’re happy to release 6.6 with a focus on being easy to read. The useless “+” symbols are gone; the redundant spectator eyes/scores are gone; the unclear “M” and “A” letters are replaced with graphics and moved to the right where less time-sensitive information goes; spacing is improved everywhere; and flags (and other such icons) are drawn immediately next to player names.
Because JJ2+ used to draw “*” in different positions in different gamemodes, some players may be more comfortable seeing icons on the right side of player names instead, so 6.6 has a new alternate display mode for those players who disable the new “Icons Left of Names” option.
As mentioned, this was the result of a long, very productive discussion in our issues tracker. There are about 90 different open threads at the moment, far more than we can possibly prioritize, so always remember to reply to the threads that have ideas that you want to see added/fixed in future. That’s the only way that JJ2+ developers can know which ideas are important to the community.
You can download 6.6 in-game or in-browser.