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diff --git a/Liaison/English.lproj/Liaison Help/pages/whatsnew.html b/Liaison/English.lproj/Liaison Help/pages/whatsnew.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..64d8471 --- /dev/null +++ b/Liaison/English.lproj/Liaison Help/pages/whatsnew.html @@ -0,0 +1,167 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" + "http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd"> +<html lang="en"> +<head> + <title>What's New</title> + <meta name="generator" content="BBEdit 6.5"> +</head> + +<body> +<h1>What's new</h1> +<h3>Since 0.4.2:</h3> +<ul> + <li>Fixed a bug with the load sheet not closing properly.</li> + <li>You can now drag whole directories onto the group list or file list to add the files + in them to Liaison.</li> + <li>Drag-and-Drop of promised files works.</li> + <li>The table view no longer scrolls to the top of the list after you remove files.</li> + <li>You can drag files from Liaison to the finder now.</li> + <li>The shared inspector now updates when you make other windows key.</li> + <li>No longer cache icon information. This slows everything down a tiny bit, but saves + a huge amount of memory.</li> + <li>The icon that signifies an unlocatable file now updates automatically.</li> +</ul> + +<h3>Since 0.4.1:</h3> +<ul> + <li>Added help.</li> + <li>Project split up for future open source plans.</li> + <li>A lot of old code culled.</li> + <li>You can unsort your file list by clicking on the header.</li> + <li>Editing files now works consistently with the sort and search.</li> + <li>Fixed many bugs where the file selection would change unexpectedly.</li> + <li>Fixed bugs with groups being assigned incorrectly.</li> + <li>Added contextual menus to the file and group panels.</li> + <li>Fixed dimming of menus and toolbars with two exceptions: the "Open" and + "Show in Finder" menu items don't work properly when the group list is the + first responder.</li> +</ul> + +<h3>Since 0.4:</h3> +<ul> + <li>Many GUI fixes and enhancements.</li> + <li>Major speed improvements for loading large amounts of files at a time.</li> +</ul> + +<h3>Since 0.3.3a:</h3> +<ul> + <li>The file database has been ripped to shreds and rewritten from scratch. The new one + is much more extensible and faster overall.</li> + <li>Application is now prebound for faster launch times.</li> + <li>Network code has been rewritten to take advantage of the new file database, and is + much more connection friendly now for persistant connections.</li> + <li>Loading files into your library should be substantially faster. However, you cannot + load more than about one thousand at a time.</li> + <li>File selection is saved as you navigate through groups, if possible.</li> + <li>The zoom box works properly (or mostly properly) everywhere.</li> + <li>Preliminary AppleScript support has been added. It's not very useful, but it's there.</li> + <li>You are no longer able to group remote file stores within an over-all "Rendezvous" + group.</li> + <li>Some minor fixes for Panther.</li> + <li>BUG: The "Add Files to Library" menu item doesn't get properly dimmed.</li> +</ul> + +<h3>What's new since 0.3.2a:</h3> +<ul> + <li>Application starts again.</li> +</ul> + +<h3>Since 0.3.1a:</h3> +<ul> + <li>Fix date sorts.</li> + <li>Make string searches case insensitive.</li> + <li>Add a plugin architecture for the file browser and inspector.</li> + <li>Add a Find panel stub so I can work out the interface.</li> + <li>You can set the file's icon in the inspector now - simply drag an image + file (not a .icns file!) onto the file's icon in the file inspector.</li> + <li>You can copy a file's icon by dragging it from the icon in the file + inspector to a folder. Note: files are saved as TIFF documents, with one + layer per icon size (so layer 1 is 128x128, layer 2 is 32x32, layer 3 is + 16,16) -- Thanx Cocoa!</li> + <li>If a file change can't happen, a sheet is displayed.</li> +</ul> + +<h3>Since 0.3a:</h3> +<ul> + <li>You can set or delete HFS file creator codes via the inspector.</li> + <li>Add columns for last modified time, creation time, and file size.</li> + <li>Column sizes and order in the file list are remembered now.</li> + <li>Added a "view options" dialog box, under the view menu. You can use + this to set which columns are displayed.</li> + <li>The delete key and the "Delete" item under the "Edit" menu work now.</li> + <li>If you have an editable group selected, adding files will also add them + to the current group. Otherwise the files are just dumped in the library.</li> + <li>Fix network code. I don't know how long it's been broken, but it works + again as well as it did the last time I checked, perhaps better.</li> + <li>Display scroll bars when the group list is longer than the view.</li> + <li>When reloading a file in the download panel, don't create a new status + view, just re-use the old one.</li> + <li>If the hostname changes you can still download files properly.</li> +</ul> + +<h3>Since 0.2.1a:</h3> +<ul> + <li>Use aliases instead of paths as the database key. Files can now be + renamed without being lost to Liaison. + <div class="warning"> + <strong>WARNING:</strong> This means + you have to delete your old library. You can accomplish this by deleting the + files in ~/Library/Liaison/. You must do this for Liaison to function + properly. Hopefully this shouldn't happen again.</li> + </div> + <li>Initialize the local group name if there's no existing library.</li> + <li>Add a little "!" icon for files that can't be located.</li> + <li>Edits in the file table and the inspector are now written to disk.</li> +</ul> + +<h3>Since 0.2a:</h3> +<ul> + <li>Editing a group doesn't clear the icon anymore.</li> + <li>Only draw the vertical grid; since we have alterntating row colors, we + don't need the horizontal grid.</li> + <li>File selection is saved between searches in the toolbar and sorts (from + clicking on the table header).</li> + <li>Empty groups are removed from the remote group list.</li> + <li>Add a menu item under the help menu to go to Liaison's web site.</li> + <li>Clear selection when group is changed.</li> +</ul> + +<h3>Since 0.1.3a:</h3> +<ul> + <li>File list is editable now. Changes still aren't written to disk.</li> + <li>Added a preference to put remote hosts under a rendezvous group, + or as a top-level group. By default, remote stores aren't displayed + under a rendezvous group.</li> + <li>File list has striped rows.</li> + <li>File extension is now relegated soley to the "type" column. The other + way just doesn't make sense.</li> + <li>"Reveal in Finder" tool bar icon.</li> + <li>Added "Get Info" under the file menu. This duplicates the "Inspector" menu + under the window menu.</li> +</ul> + +<h3>Since 0.1.2a:</h3> +<ul> + <li>A few new toolbar icons.</li> + <li>HFS type/creator codes are visible on remote hosts.</li> + <li>Writer threads are cleaned up properly.</li> + <li>The hooks for the Edit menu actions are in.</li> + <li>Remote group browsing works again.</li> +</ul> + +<h3>Since 0.1.1a:</h3> +<ul> + <li>File copying works again.</li> +</ul> + +<h3>Since 0.1a:</h3> +<ul> + <li>I have an icon! (However, I do not have Photoshop skillz).</li> + <li>Host name changes now update across the network. + (Actually, this needs work. I doubt a file copy will work without + restarting.)</li> + <li>Fixed a bug with the preferences always thinking the hostname had + changed.</li> +</ul> +</body> +</html> |