What's new in FreeRapid 0.9 Update 4
May 19, 2014
- Fixed: Recent files combobox uses MRU
- Fixed : widen up main frame's status bar's info label a bit as it got truncated on some LaFs that use bold font.
- Fixed : plugins API - improved replaceInvalidCharsForFileSystem
- Changed : French translation, Bahasa Indonesia translation
- Changed: rotate proxy per host
- Changed: upgraded internal ObjectDB database to version 2.5.5
- Added: plugins API:
- Support for JSON parsing
- Suggest file name
New in FreeRapid 0.9 Update 3 (Sep 16, 2013)
- Added : Icons for file types .apk (Android APK), .srt & .sub (subtitles), mp4 (video)
- Added : System icons are now shown for all file types, not just a few predefined types
- Changed : Updated internal ObjectDB database, can resolve some exceptions
- Changed : Updated translations
New in FreeRapid 0.9 Update 2 (Sep 16, 2013)
- Added : Option to open downloading file (User preferences dialog -> Misc->Advanced)
- Added : UI - Select all/select none support in Update plugins dialog
- Added : UI - Main table - new 'Date' column, older downloads have this column empty
- Added : UI - Download history dialog - new 'Connection' and 'Avg. speed' columns, older downloads have these columns empty
- Changed : Updated internal ObjectDB database, can resolve some exceptions
- Changed : Updated translations
- Fixed : Several minor issues in connection library (HttpClient)
- Fixed : frd.png should have transparent background
New in FreeRapid 0.9 Update 1 (Nov 26, 2012)
- Changed : Updated translations
- Fixed : File list was emptied in case an older version was run after the initial import
- Fixed : Miscellaneous smaller issues
New in FreeRapid 0.9 (Oct 31, 2012)
- Changed: minor translation updates
New in FreeRapid 0.9 Beta 2 (Oct 31, 2012)
- Added: The Armenian translation was enabled
- Changed: The Traditional Chinese translation had to be disabled as two files were found to be corrupted
- Changed: Internal - All translations are now encoded in UTF-8 for consistency
- Changed: File rename action is limited to files in COMPLETED state
- Changed: start.bat was renamed to frd.bat
- Fixed: Miscellaneous bugs and regressions
New in FreeRapid 0.9 Beta 1 (Oct 31, 2012)
- Added: After in-depth consideration, all non-updated translations were enabled, bringing the total number of supported languages to 31. Missing strings will appear in English. Updates to translations are warmly welcome, as usual.
- Added: Several translations were updated - thanks to all translators!
- Added: Downloaded files can be renamed within FRD
- Added: Support for zooming captcha image (enable in preferences dialog)
- Added: Progress bar while downloading plugin updates
- Added: PGSLookAndFeel is bundled again (choose in preferences dialog)
- Added: Plugin API - A few new methods to MethodBuilder - FileStreamRecognizer improvements - Changed approach to unlimited cryptography
- Changed: Removed global simultaneous downloads limit
- Changed: Internal file list and download history storage backend changed to a much more robust database system. This should provide performance improvements for large lists, and the list should not be lost anymore in case of improper shutdown. Note that older versions of FRD will not be able to read the new format.
- Changed: Plugins and log files are now stored in the configuration directory, which makes it possible to run FRD from a read-only directory, such as Program Files on Windows Vista and later.
- Changed: Internal - Updated various libraries to their latest versions
- Fixed: All downloads would stop working after a direct download until restart of program
- Fixed: Miscellaneous smaller issues
New in FreeRapid 0.86 Update 1 (Dec 1, 2011)
- Added : Support for Slovakian, Bulgarian and Hungarian languages - thanks to all translators!
- Added : New internal property - -DpopWindowWithoutMainFrame in quiet mode, default value is false,
- see startup.properties file for more details
- Added : New internal property - -DcharEncodingForPropertiesFiles defines character encoding for properties files,
- see startup.properties file for more details
- Added : New internal property - -DopenIncompleteFiles- makes possible to open .part files while downloading from GUI
- Added : New file start.bat in FRD directory to allow launch FRD without frd.exe
- Changed : User preferences dialog opens faster
- Thanks to all bug reporters:
- Fixed : Updated JTattoo look and feel, which fixes a bug where the main window shows over the taskbar
- Fixed : Updated Quaqua look and feel, which fixes certain regressions in 0.86 on Mac OS X
- Fixed : Unable to deselect "Use proxy list" - regression in 0.86
- Fixed : Unable to view dialog for settings of selected files - regression in 0.86
- Fixed : NullpointerException fix for PasswordAuthentication
- Fixed : Ugly Pause button on Mac version
- Fixed : Rare case - couldn't detect plugins on start - regression in 0.86
- Fixed : Backup file links.txt is not generated - regression in 0.86
New in FreeRapid 0.86 (Dec 1, 2011)
- Added : Support for Portuguese and Simplified Chinese languages - thanks to all translators!
- Added : Quiet Mode - don't let captcha dialogs bother you anymore while watching videos!
- Added : If the same file is downloaded from multiple sources, duplicates are automatically skipped
- Added : Support for preventing standby while downloading
- Added : Support for using system recycle bin for deleting files
- Added : Support for new search engine - http://wuploadsearch.com
- Changed : Speed up startup time
- Changed : Internal - NirCmd is not used anymore for native Windows actions
- Changed : Internal - Updated BetterSwingApplicationFramework to v1.9.3 snapshot
- Changed : Internal - Updated jna, mina, and commons-codec libraries to their latest versions
- Changed : Internal - Updated look and feel libraries
- Fixed : Java 7 compatibility issues