Free Open FTP Face

File Release Notes and Changelog

Release Name: 0.99.5

Notes:
This was originally meant for a quick follow up on 0.99.4, to do some things
left out by accident, but it turns out the biggest thing on the TODO list just
got taken care of. This new relaese finally implements downloading of entire
directories, with recursion.

The download recursion has been tested on a directory depth of 6, including
multiple branches, and over 100 files, both text and binary. No problems, so
far, except for when the server drops the connection.

Another cool thing that got included in this release is better unarchiving
support. Previously you could only decompress single-file .gz and .bz2 files,
but now there is support for tar, tar.(gz/bz2), and zip archives.

Changes:
FOFF Changes:


 v0.99.5-vb (14/06/2006)

  - Implemented downloading of whole directories, supports recursion.
  - Send "account" with the username and password when connecting.
  - Fixed delete bookmark (broken from bookmark redesign in 0.99.4).
  - Added prompt to overwrite an existing bookmark from the main window.
  - Added prompt to overwrite an existing remote file when uploading.
  - Added a vertical pane to allow resizing of the feedback area.
  - Added further decompression support with tar(gz/bz2) and zip.
  - Enabled stopping (or cancel queued) multiple items in the queue.
  - Enabled automatic scrolling of the messages text view on output.
  - Display icons in the messages view to identify the message type.


 v0.99.4-vb (11/06/2006)

  - Changed some menu mnemonics to fit standards more closely.
  - Added icons for the context menu items in the folder views.
  - Added menu item seperators to the context menus in the folder views.
  - Integrated an os-independent audio player (optional, requires pymedia).
  - Added checksum file (md5) creation and verification in local folder view.
  - Seperated into python modules, foff, foffplay, foffutil and foffwnds.
  - Added common folder buttons to the main toolbar, works on last used view.
  - Automatically hides the local and remote folder toolbars by default.
  - Removed the compress and decompress buttons from the folder toolbar.
  - Read and write gzip data in chunks, avoiding high vm use for large files.
  - Fixed output folder of (de)compressed files, when the folder changes.
  - Added support for bzip2 decompression, with automatic type detection.
  - Added loading/saving of options set in the "view" menu on start/exit.
  - For screen real estate, hide/show connection bar upon connect/disconnect.
  - Bookmark format rewritten, also saves local and remote folders per site.
  - Catch DES crypt exceptions on loading/saving bookmarks, blanks password.
  - Saved sites in the site list and manager no longer show the .foff extension.
  - Fixed remove from upload queue (previously removed from wrong model).
  - Added a column with status icons for the download and upload queues.
  - Stop download stops instead of freezing (stop upload is still broken).


 v0.99.3-eb (06/06/2006)

  - Added an option to hide/show the folder toolbars.
  - Added signal handlers for the "ENTER" keypress in entry fields.
  - Connect and disconnect is now a single toggle button.
  - Added folder icons inside remote combobox (to match the local side).
  - Added support for deleting entire local directories.
  - Added support for uploading directories (limited recursion).
  - Fixed crashes and bugs when adding to an active transfer queue.
  - Enabled search column in remote folder views (type inside the view).
  - Added more keyboard accelerators, including Ctrl+D to "Bookmark".
  - Added "Other..." to remote folder changer, prompting for input.
  - Added context menus for local and remote folder views.
  - Controls for remote functions are disabled when not connected.


 v0.99.2-ub (02/06/2006)

  - Added the official FOFF logo for the about box.
  - Added support for multiple file selections and operations.
  - Added a progress bar for misc. time-consuming operations.
  - Made messages text selectable for copy purposes.
  - Multithreaded the compress and decompress routines.
  - Implemented proper download and upload queueing.
  - Refresh file views after threaded operations are completed.
  - Improved range, accuracy and quality of image viewer zoom.
  - Run OS commands via command bar in seperate threads.
  - Fixed (emulated, limited) raw FTP commands via command bar.
  - Clears messages window with 'clear' command.
  - A little code cleanup, but a lot more new code.


 v0.99.1-ub (29/05/2006)

  - Fixed crash if config directory doesn't exist, by creating it.
  - Added a simple yet efficient sites manager window.
  - Now using webbrowser module for browser detection.
  - De/Encrypt passwords for saved sites (in bookmarks).


 v0.99.0-ub (27/05/2006)

  - Initial release.