NewsLeecher 4.0 Beta 8
+: Native Header Compression:
Native article header compression now supported through the
usenet server 'XFEATURE' command.
The feature can be turned off from: "Settings ->
Adv. Nerdy Tweaks -> Article Download Allow XFEAT Compression".
Not all usenet servers support this command. NewsLeecher will
automatically check for support when it connects to the server,
and use the feature if supported. When the feature is enabled,
the 'header download' speed should be 2-10X times faster than
usual.
+: Implemented physical disk cleanup for usenet group caches.
It's possible to specify how much garbage a group cache must
have before the cleanup routine is triggered. The setting
can be accessed at:
Settings -> Adv. Nerdy Tweaks -> Article Cache Max Garbage Pct
+: (Re)implemented the 'Add to Subject Ignore List' feature for
the group headers view. It can be accessed from the popup menu.
+: (Re)implemented the 'Add to Poster Ignore List' feature for
the group headers view. It can be accessed from the popup menu.
+: (Re)implemented the 'Select Smart' feature for the group
browsing view, the SuperSearch Service view and the transfer
queue. The comparison algorithm used by 'Select Smart' has also
been improved a bit.
+: (Re)implemented the 'Select Poster' feature for the group
browsing view, the SuperSearch Service view and the transfer
queue.
+: (Re)implemented the 'Export to NZB' feature for the SuperSearch
view.
+: It's now possible to post text replies to articles, directly
from the SuperSearch view.
+: All leech methods available in the group article browsing view,
are now also available in the SuperSearch view. Including all
the 'special leech' commands.
*: The overall performance of NewsLeecher has been improved a lot
due to internal optimizations.
*: Group article headers are now received in a separate CPU
thread. Using this multithreaded approach to fecth headers,
will make NewsLeecher run smoother on slower computer, while
fetching headers.
*: When 'Opening' a selected article collection, NewsLeecher will
now only open *.NFO article files within the collection,
instead of the entire collection.
*: The progress bar view in the "Bots" listview, now also shows
the download progress of the entire collections belonging to
the downloading articles.
*: The "Number of New Group Headers at Server"-counters are now
updated live, while fetching headers from groups.
*: Several optimizations to the internal structures in
NewsLeecher, making the app run a bit smoother on slow systems.
*: Moved Socks Firewall setup to the Advanced Nerdy Tweaks
settings page.
*: Improved the appearance of the Nerdy Tweaks dialog a bit.
*: Smaller visual improvements here and there.
!: The explorer listviews sort column and sort order is now
remembered between sessions.
!: Fixed bug where articles added to the top of the transfer queue
were sometimes reversed in order.
!: Fixed bug where the queue status text for downloading articles
was sometimes incorrectly set to 'initializing'.
!: In the previous betas, the columns in the "all groups" listview
were not sortable. Fixed.
!: NewsLeeecher would sometimes freeze for some seconds during
starup. This has (most probably;) been fixed. Not 100% sure
though.
!: When exporting articles to an NZB file, the article poster
names were sometimes skipped. This has been fixed.
!: Sorting by the 'Download Folder' column in the queue listview
didn't work properly. Fixed.
!: Smaller bugs fixed. (the adv. nerdy tweak
'gui_show_popup_hints' didn't work in the previous beta, etc..)