muCommander 0.8.5

MuCommander is a cross-platform file manager with a Norton Commander style interface.

This release adds folder auto-refresh, send files as attachments feature, ability to run commands, support for symlinks, increased performance, cleaner interface, better OS X integration, a new logo, and fixes a number of bugs.

muCommander runs on any operating system with Java support.

Here are some key features of "muCommander":

· Virtual filesystem with SMB, FTP and HTTP/HTTPS connectivity
· Quickly copy, move, rename files, create directories, email files...
· Browse, create and uncompress ZIP, TAR and GZip archives
· Multiple windows support
· Interface localized in English, French, German, Spanish and Czech
· Customize the look and feel to your taste
· Never leave that keyboard again, shortcuts are provided for an all-keyboard operation

Requirements:

· Java 1.4 or later

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

New features:
· Added support for Amazon S3.
· Added support for the Hadoop HDFS filesystem.

Improvements:
· A proper error message is displayed when muCommander is started in a headless environment.
· Upgraded the commons-net FTP library to version 2.0 for increased server compatibility.
· Actions relying on a file operation that is not supported by the current folder's filesystem are now disabled contextually.
· Optimized the opening speed of Zip files.
· Mac OS X: updated JavaApplicationStub and Info.plist to enable 64-bit operation on x86_64 architecture.
· Improved the HTTP filesystem: better HTML/XHTML detection, follows links correctly.
· Free space indicator now changes color gradually (ticket #311) ; adjusted free space warning threshold.
· Adjusted the layout of the main window to some save screen estate around the toolbar. Contributed by Radomír Černoch.
· Lowered memory usage by caching file attributes only when they are in use.
· Migrated the codebase to Java 1.5 ; Java 1.4 is no longer suppo...