*********************************************************** * History of changes for FreeRapid Downloader * * WebSite: http://wordrider.net/freerapid * * Mail: info@wordrider.net (issue tracker is preffered) * * Issue tracker: http://bugtracker.wordrider.net/ * *********************************************************** Thanks to all individuals who reported bugs. Legend : Added - indicates new functionality or new part of distribution Changed - indicates a change in using/behavior FreeRapid Fixed - indicates a bug fix 29th October 2009 - FreeRapid Downloader 0.83 Update 1 Added : Romanian language [thanks to de-a dura lex] Added : Experimental: new -DtableSortable boolean internal property to enable sorting in the main table (default value is false, only for testers, see documentation how to use internal properties) Changed : file links.txt in the configuration folder adds a description to every link Fixed : invalid label in menu for russian and hungarian language Fixed : visible status of toolbar and statusbar is not saved Fixed : removed blinking of splash screen on WindowsXP Fixed : Rapidshare.com FileInputStream is empty (problem when connection was interrupted) Fixed : regression: enabled option hide downloaded files don't hide the most recently download file [reported by Mauser] 18th October 2009 - FreeRapid Downloader 0.83 Changed : updated chinese translation Changed : minor internal changes in plugins API Changed : updated plugins to their latest versions 4th October 2009 - FreeRapid Downloader 0.83 Release Candidate 2 Changed : minor internal changes in plugins API Changed : optimizations: minimized size of SwingX library Changed : updated plugins to their latest versions Changed : new cancelOnEscape internal property to disable ESC keystroke for action Cancel 20th September 2009 - FreeRapid Downloader 0.83 Release Candidate Added : startup.properties file in FRD's directory - see comments in this file for more details Added : registered new Substance 5.3 themes - Gemini, Magellan, Graphite Aqua Changed : minor GUI speed optimizations Changed : upgraded Substance LaF to version 5.3 Changed : updated plugins to their latest versions Fixed : Close To Tray bug http://bugtracker.wordrider.net/task/1158 [thanks to kiwichick!] Fixed : restore window size to maximized state does not work 5th September 2009 - FreeRapid Downloader 0.83 beta 4 Added : improvements and fixes to enable FRD using blind people - it's now compatible to Java Accessibility Bridge See http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/accessibility/accessbridge/ for more details or here: http://a11y.netbeans.org/a11yDevGuide.html Added : SOCKS proxy support [thanks to Benjamin!!] - all urls in proxy list file has to be prefixed with $SOCKS$ or SOCKS: SOCKS5 authentication is experimental Added : added shell script setupproxy.sh in tools/socks to help with automatic creating list of SOCKS proxies for FRD [thanks to Benjamin!!] Added : added backup links.txt file (located in configuration folder), which stores all links you ever added into FreeRapid Fixed: problems with backup files 30th August 2009 - FreeRapid Downloader 0.83 beta 3 Added : error message when launching FRD using GCJ Changed : connection timeout set from 100 to 120 Changed : updated default plugins to their latest versions Changed : internal - Windows - removed dependency on Windows registry Changed : internal - upgraded SwingX components to the latest build Fixed : selection disappears - when making selection from top to bottom while downloading Fixed : cannot launch CANCELLED (but existing) files Fixed : "checking... dialog" when updating plugins lies over dialog "checking finished" - finally fixed?! Fixed : If you change preferences check for updates every 597 hours or more FRD cannot start [reported by Prthvi, thanks!] 9th August 2009 - FreeRapid Downloader 0.83 beta 2 released Changed : updated PT_BR translation thanks to Tiago Changed : support for speed limit from menu (additional support will come back with 0.84) Changed : upgraded GOCR to version 0.48 Changed : internal - upgraded SwingX components to version 1.0 Changed : updated default plugins to their latest versions Changed : removed error message dialog for ERROR when there is not enough space on disk Fixed : regression - avg. speed disappeared from information dialog [thanks to user from forum] Fixed : "checking... dialog" when updating plugins lies over dialog "checking finished" 19th July 2009 - FreeRapid Downloader 0.83 beta released Added : support for resuming files for hostings which support it (eg. HotFile, but not Rapidshare free!) Added : quick search (incremental search) for searching in the main queue table and plugins table (ctrl+F) Added : MS Windows - windows key for popmenu emulates a click with right mouse button on content panel with links Added : Apple MacOS - support for native Aqua Look&Feel Added : support for GTK look and feel Added : new frd.sh launching script [thanks to Petris!] Changed : upgraded JTattoo library to the latest version Changed : fatal exceptions are shown only once for reporting Changed : Apple MacOS - screen menu bar used by default Changed : Apple MacOS - menu.about.name - correct title - FreeRapid Downloader + version Changed : upgraded Substance lookAndFeel to version 5.2 + new themes Fixed : ClassCast exception in directory chooser Fixed : handling invalid response header from server with empty file name Fixed : main window couldn't be activated at some random special cases Fixed : NullPointerException when server didn't respond anything at some random special cases Fixed : downloading updates does not work on Windows 7 Fixed : New links dialog - paste from clipboard did not work properly at some cases 15th April 2009 - FreeRapid Downloader 0.82 released Added : many new plugins coming with 0.82 like Badongo.com, HotFile.com, WikiUpload.com, Paid4share.com, UGotFile.com improved YouTube plugin, [thanks to all plugin developers] => 70 plugins for you! Added : Turkish translation [thanks to Ugur Karaman] Added : Bosnian translation [thanks to Nikola Katanic] Added : Farsi translation [thanks to behnam jan ahmad] Added : Greek translation [thanks to Spyros K.] Added : Arabic translation [thanks to Salah adel] Added : Dutch translation [thanks to mastermystery4ever] Added : Croatian translation [thanks to Željko Mitrović] Added : Slovenian translation [thanks to Tomaž Curk] Added : internal - plugin API - support for using SSL in plugins Added : French version of readme.txt [thanks to Jean-François] Added : Information (fileinfo) dialog - allow to create non existing folder like in NewLinks dialog Added : czech user guide for Menu-Help (F1) Added : based on locale country flag for english translation Changed : support for viewing info about >GB long files Changed : internal - upgraded Substance L&F to version 5.1, upgraded SwingX components to version 0.96 Changed : this file and readme.txt files were moved to 'doc' folder Changed : improved clipboard monitoring for URLs violating with RFC Changed : Estimated time of arrival (ETA) counted based on the average speed of last 20 seconds Changed : readme.txt files moved to 'doc' folder Changed : improved clipboard monitoring algorithm for URLs (to catch links with '...') Fixed : support for only X bytes long files (eg. 515B) Fixed : UI - UserPreferences dialog - OK not enabled when changed How to update plugins combobox [reported by Alex] Fixed : shutdown commands don't not work properly on FRD path with spaces Fixed : many other minor things 16th January 2009 - FreeRapid Downloader 0.81 released Added : Russian translation [thanks to Vdm17!] Added : Brazilian portuguese translation [thanks to Tiago Hillebrandt!] Added : Turkish translation [thanks to ukrman!] Added : Windows - open directory selects file if the file exists Changed : UI - User preferences dialog - languages are sorted based on the current locale Fixed : Linux - commands from syscmd.properties are not loaded properly [reported by Andre Grott] Fixed : clipboard monitoring merged some URL into one at special cases [reported by Alex] Fixed : RejectedException - problem solved? 21st December 2008 - FreeRapid Downloader 0.8 released Added : new plugin - usercash.com (crypter) [thanks to me! ;-)] Added : new plugin - CobraShare.sk [thanks to me! ;-)] Added : new plugin - flyshare.cz [thanks to me! ;-)] Added : new plugin - Upnito.sk [thanks to me! ;-)] Added : new plugin - SaveFile.com [thanks to Alex!] Added : new plugin - KewlShare.com [thanks to Alex!] Added : new plugin - EnterUpload.com [thanks to Alex!] Added : new plugin - MediaFire.com [thanks to Lukiz!] Added : new plugin - edisk.cz [thanks to Lukiz!] ###Added : Russian translation [thanks to CasTeT!] next time ;-) Added : Italian translation [thanks to Stefano!] Added : Japanese translation [thanks to Tilt!] Added : Danish translation [thanks to Topexso!] Added : Ukrainan translation [thanks to Vdm17!] Added : Indonesian translation [thanks to Alex!] Added : Polish translation [thanks to Soft4UAdmin!] Added : UI - added action to remove invalid/not existing links [requested by Alex] Added : UI - ability to hide text under toolbar buttons [requested by Alex] Added : --portable command line switch for application start [requested by Rusttaf] - with this switch, configuration files will be stored in the 'config' folder, all file paths will be saved relatively to FRD folder (if possible) - useful for USB FLASH drives Added : support to validate links manually [requested by Alex] Added : option to reset existence status when application starts Added : support for plugins update + many UI settings for it Added : detection of presence of ESET Smart Antivirus on Windows system to avoid startup problems Added : UI - new tab sheet in User Preferences dialog for plugins - ability to disable plugin for using/updating Added : plugins - service server is indicated by icon Added : support for checking file existence on the server (if it is supported by given plugin) - it's indicated by new icons in the table: green - link working/downloadable, red - file was deleted/removed, gray - unknown state - this feature can be disabled in User Preferences dialog Added : UI - moving lines on right mouse dragged [requested by Tuiz] - http://bugtracker.wordrider.net/task/39?project=4 Added : UI - clipboard monitoring catches links like http://blabla.com/?url=http:%25%25service.com%25 (decoding URL) Added : UI - About Dialog title shows build number Added : plugins - RapidShare plugin - ability to choose download mirror [thanks to Lukiz!] Changed : UI - MS Windows - open directory on completed files, file is selected when opened in explorer [requested by Alex] Changed : UI - clipboard monitoring is ON by default Changed : plugins are loaded on the fly (not during start) from the system temporary directory Changed : plugins - major intern changes and fixes in most of plugins Changed : plugins - completely reworked intern API for plugins - now it's easier and faster to implement any plugin Changed : translations - updated all existing translations [thanks to all translators!] Changed : MS Windows - newly application indentifies itself as frd.exe in Task manager (not java.exe) Fixed : could not connect with enabled proxy in Internet Explorer Fixed : UI - unable to set Raven Graphics Glass Look and Feel Fixed : UI - clipboard monitoring didn't catch html links like Part1 [reported by Alex] 10th November 2008 - FreeRapid Downloader 0.71 released Added : Hungarian translation [thanks to Denisz Kosztyukovics!] Added : German translation [thanks to Rabyte!] Added : Spanish translation [thanks to El Lalo!] Added : plugins - support for HellShare.com [implemented by Lukiz, thanks!] - this server is a bit tricky - the server is buggy :-) Added : plugins - support for QuickShare.cz [implemented by Lukiz, thanks!] Added : CAPTCHA recognition for Megaupload, Sexuploader [with Lukiz's help!] - 90% probability of successful recognition for Linux systems you have to install GOCR application (http://jocr.sourceforge.net/) Changed : plugins - minor changes and fixes in most of plugins Changed : rotating of enabled connections (can help to avoid some problems with many proxies) Changed : automatic disabling connection if there are Connect exceptions - if there are more available connections then restart downloading (neccessary to set intern property disableConnectionOnException to value true) Changed : autoreconnect time bottom limit set to 1 Changed : UI - open folder (Ctrl+Enter) on file which hasn’t been yet downloaded [requested by Tuiz] Changed : UI - choose another file by right click [requested by Tuiz] Fixed : problem with connecting when proxies had a same port [reported by Peter, thanks] Fixed : MS Windows: FRD does not start minimized from Start Up shortcut (=> added new switch -m to start FRD minimized) 22th October 2008 - FreeRapid Downloader 0.7 released Added : plugins - support for shareator.com [implemented by Lukiz, thanks!] Added : plugins - support for load.to [implemented by Lukiz, thanks!] Added : plugins - support for uloz.to [implemented by Lukiz, thanks!] Added : plugins - support for iskladka.cz/sk [implemented by Lukiz, thanks!] Added : plugins - support for xtraupload.de [implemented by Lukiz, thanks!] Added : both traditional and simplified chinese translation [thanks to Jodyp!] Added : slovak translation [thanks to dDwarf!] Added : confirm cancel if there are completed downloads [requested by Saymon] Added : autobackup files (filelist.xml, history.xml) Added : new download state WAIT! to show to user "you have to wait XX minutes" Added : table scrolls to new position of selection [requested by Pavel] Added : options to control confirmation dialogs Added : option to disable using history Added : buttons to create desktop, start menu, quick launch, start up shortcuts; Linux/MacOS users can configure syscmd.properties file Added : autoshutdown options - standby, hibernate, reboot, shutdown, quit when all downloads complete; Linux/MacOS users can configure syscmd.properties file Added : command line option to reset application properties (--reset) Changed : plugins - Rapidshare - support for URLs starting with 'rs123.' [requested by Valor] Changed : updating proxy list or proxy settings for default connection does not require a restart anymore Changed : force download passes max current number of connections (9 concurrent downloads is a limit) Changed : remapped selection shortcuts - HOME-first row , END-last row, ctrl+HOME-first column, ctrl+END-last column SHIFT + HOME - select to first row, SHIFT + END - select to last row Changed : removed heap memory indicator Changed : updated czech translation Changed : plugin file names renamed - version info removed Changed : new tray icons and splash screen [thanks to Axis!] Fixed : NewLinks dialog - pressed key ENTER caused calling insert action twice Fixed : fixed renaming file with many dots in its name Fixed : exception when target disk space has not enough space Fixed : shift+DELETE shortcut does not work in History dialog Fixed : PAUSED state sometimes runs another download 8th October 2008 - FreeRapid Downloader 0.65 released Added : plugins - support for letibit.com [FS#25 - requested by Chris C., implemented by Lukiz] Added : plugins - support for egoshare.com, share-online.biz, easy-share.com [implemented by Lukiz] Added : plugins - support for megarotic.com and sexuploader.com [FS#24 - requested by Anonymous, implemented by Lukiz] Added : new keystroke to activate searching in Downloads History dialog - Ctrl+F key Added : new keystroke for Resume action - SPACE key Added : new alternative keystroke for Open file/Show Information dialog - ENTER key Added : possibility to import (with clipboard monitoring) or paste links without 'http://' at the beginning Added : Sort by name function - available from Downloads menu - ctrl+S [requested by ATom] Added : link to the Flash video on the web from Help menu Added : option to remove files after completion (NEVER, IMMEDIATELY, AT STARTUP) Added : option to minimize to tray on close Added : option to disable using default connection (warning: only connections from proxy list will be used) Added : possibility to set proxy settings for default connection Added : support to set application property from command line (mostly for debug or testing purposes) Added : Czech translation [thanks to Lukiz&Kajda!] - more translations will come soon Added : option to select language (translation) for application Changed : improved searching for free available net port on localhost for creating only one instance of the application Changed : average speed and duration time attributes on completed file are stored [requested by Chris C.] Changed : small redesign of Appearance panel in User Preferences dialog Changed : improved pre-allocation files (less file fragmentation) Changed : minor changes in RapidShare, FileFactory, Megaupload, Uploaded.to plugins Changed : plugin extension was renamed from .zip to .frp Changed : default connection timeout is set to 100 seconds Fixed : OK button is not active when pressing shift+DELETE [reported by Saymon] Fixed : window size/position was not restored when application crashed Fixed : description area was not enabled for selection copy after file completion Fixed : removed czech labels from open proxy file dialog for English locales 20th September 2008 - FreeRapid Downloader 0.61 released - bug fix release + 1 great option ;-) Fixed : updated a few labels Fixed : clipboard monitoring doesn't work properly on Windows [thanks to ATom!] Fixed : last selected dir not saved when files were started as paused [thanks to Savannah&Lukiz!] Added : added option to pre-allocate file to prevent file fragmentation (Options->Preferences->Misc->Advanced) Changed : a change of Look&Feel does not require restart to apply new settings, but application restart is recommended Changed : minor changes in megaupload, rapidshare and uploaded.to plugins Changed : updated readme.txt Changed : upgraded Substance L&F library to version 0.5 final 15th September 2008 - FreeRapid Downloader 0.6 released Fixed : remove selected does not select next line in the table (if filter was applied) Fixed : partly downloaded files were not deleted at some special cases Changed : SwingX library upgraded to version 0.94 Changed : property "Max downloads at a time" does not require a restart anymore Changed : show/hide toolbar action has assigned new shortcut - F11 Changed : improved internal counting of actual speed Changed : double click opens files if completed or opens download information dialog otherwise Changed : reworked enabled status of action buttons (resume, cancel, pause) - at least one active -> enabled true Added : option to set horizontal and/or vertical lines in table Added : option to repeat error downloads indefinitely (-1 value in UserPreferences dialog) Added : new Misc panel in UserPreferences dialog Added : multiple settings dialog (if you select more than 1 file) Added : status info icon in the statusbar - clipboard monitoring (clickable) Added : animated tray icon in busy state (optionable) Added : clipboard monitoring (optionable) Added : frame title information (optionable) Added : ESC key cancels current download(s) Added : new icons in help menu Added : link to paypal.com to support this project Added : automatic smart saving current queue and downloaded files history (if application/OS crashes it preserves everything) Added : support for depositfiles.com [thanks to Lukiz!] Added : support for megaupload.com [thanks to Lukiz!] Added : support for netload.in [thanks to Lukiz!] Added : this file :-) 9th September 2008 - FreeRapid Downloader 0.5 released - initial release