What's new in FreeRapid Downloader 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
- Added: plugins API:
- Support for JSON parsing
- Suggest file name
- Changed: upgraded internal ObjectDB database to version 2.5.5
New in FreeRapid Downloader 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 Downloader 0.9 Update 2 (Feb 25, 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 Downloader 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 Downloader 0.9 (Oct 31, 2012)
- Changed : minor translation updates
New in FreeRapid Downloader 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 Downloader 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
- 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 Downloader 0.86 Update 1 (Nov 15, 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 Downloader 0.86 Build 576 (Oct 31, 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
- 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
New in FreeRapid Downloader 0.85 Update 1 Build 565 (Jan 3, 2011)
- Added : Support for Polish, Bulgarian, Korean, Portugal (Brasil), Finnish, Hebrew language
- Added : Support for grouping FRD application in taskbar for Windows 7
- Added : Experimental - you have to enable it manually in startup.properties file for now
- Support for deleting files to recycle bin
- Support for searching subtitles on opensubtitles.org (popmenu on selected files)
- Added : Plugin API
- ScriptUtils class for easy JavaScript manipulation
- Changed: Internal - enhanced ESET antivirus detection, which is blocking FRD to start
- Changed: Internal - enhanced detection of not writable plugins directory
- Changed: Internal - list of languages is represented in file languages.xml, languages.properties was removed
- Fixed: Internal - plugin API - small problem in MethodBuilder when parsing name attribute
New in FreeRapid Downloader 0.85 Build 555 (Nov 20, 2010)
- Changed: UA translation is now available
New in FreeRapid Downloader 0.85 Build 550 (Nov 20, 2010)
- Changed: Turn off debug logging
New in FreeRapid Downloader 0.85 (Nov 20, 2010)
- Fixed : JDK 6 bug where the built-in WBMP reader tries to read ICO files and fails
- Fixed : OpenSearchDescription files require namespace http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/
New in FreeRapid Downloader 0.85 Alpha 4 (Nov 1, 2010)
- Added : Support for direct downloads (enable this feature in Preferences)
- Added : Support for container files (DLC, CCF, RSDF, etc...)
- Added : GUI - search text field in toolbar (supports OpenSearchDescription file format)
- Added : A few new user options:
- Start downloads from decrypters and folders automatically
- Bring application to the top when clipboard monitoring detects links
- Added : Plugin API
- Base URL is automatically parsed from fileURL during init
- Support for unlimited cryptography
- Added : New LookAndFeel skins - Substance Office Black 2007 and Substance Mariner
- Added : Downgrade of plugin is made automatically if necessary
- Added : New internal property removeNotSupportedPlugins to remove not supported plugins automatically (default value is false)
- Added : New internal property tableColumnsResize - behavior of resizing table columns, can be set in startup.properties file
- Changed : Upgraded Substance L&F to version 6.1 Final
- Changed : Upgraded Quaqua L&F to version 7.2.1
- Changed : Upgraded SwingX library to version 1.6.2
- Changed : Speed limiter settings pane split in two to make clear a difference between global and file-specific settings
- Changed : Updated commons-codec library to v1.4
- Static methods in Base64 and Hex classes now take Strings as arguments too
- DigestUtils class for easier handling of MessageDigest
- Changed : RTMP plugin - major update
- Upgraded MINA library to v2
- Support for proxies (SOCKS)
- Changed : Options for plugin update methods were shuffled around a bit to make them more logical
- Changed : New icon for global speed limit
- Changed : Plugin priority changed around: higher number = higher priority
- Changed : "Sort by Name" action is back
- Fixed : Exception when starting an RTMP download with file pre-allocation enabled
- Fixed : Problems with links containing '#' character
- Fixed : NullPointerException while sorting Connection column
New in FreeRapid Downloader 0.83 Update 1 Build 522 (Sep 28, 2010)
- Added : Romanian language
- Added : Experimental: new -DtableSortable boolean internal property to enable sorting in the main table
- default value is false, only for testers, see documentation how to use internal properties)
- Changed : file links.txt in the configuration folder adds a description to every link
- Fixed : invalid label in menu for russian and hungarian language
- Fixed : visible status of toolbar and statusbar is not saved
- Fixed : removed blinking of splash screen on WindowsXP
- Fixed : Rapidshare.com FileInputStream is empty (problem when connection was interrupted)
- Fixed : regression: enabled option hide downloaded files don't hide the most recently download file
New in FreeRapid Downloader 0.85 Alpha 3 (Sep 16, 2010)
- Added Plugin API:
- FileStreamRecognizer interface and accompanying methods for setting it
- Added support for in setActionFromForm methods in MethodBuilder
- Changed : It's not necessary to restart FRD after plugin updates anymore!
- Changed : SwingApplication framework (SAF) was updated to BetterSwingApplication framework (BSAF), which fixes some bugs
- Changed : "Confirm deleting files" dialog is truncated to 20 files to avoid overly tall dialog which overflows screen
- Fixed : Lots of exceptions in log in case a plugin dependency is missing
- Fixed : Proxy list not refreshing when changing the path to it in preferences dialog
- Fixed : Fails to startup if global speed limiter value is above 255
- Fixed : Empty temporary files are deleted if there isn't enough disk space for download
New in FreeRapid Downloader 0.83 Build 522 (Nov 2, 2009)
- Added : Romanian language [thanks to de-a dura lex]
- Added : Experimental: new -DtableSortable boolean internal property to enable sorting in the main table (default value is false, only for testers, see documentation how to use internal properties)
- Changed : file links.txt in the configuration folder adds a description to every link
- Fixed : invalid label in menu for russian and hungarian language
- Fixed : visible status of toolbar and statusbar is not saved
- Fixed : removed blinking of splash screen on WindowsXP
- Fixed : Rapidshare.com FileInputStream is empty (problem when connection was interrupted)
- Fixed : regression: enabled option hide downloaded files don't hide the most recently download file [reported by Mauser]
New in FreeRapid Downloader 0.83 Build 494 (Oct 23, 2009)
- Changed : updated chinese translation
- Changed : minor internal changes in plugins API
- Changed : updated plugins to their latest versions
New in FreeRapid Downloader 0.83 RC 2 (Oct 23, 2009)
- Changed : minor internal changes in plugins API
- Changed : optimizations: minimized size of SwingX library
- Changed : updated plugins to their latest versions
- Changed : new cancelOnEscape internal property to disable ESC keystroke for action Cancel
New in FreeRapid Downloader 0.83 RC (Oct 23, 2009)
- Added : startup.properties file in FRD's directory - see comments in this file for more details
- Added : registered new Substance 5.3 themes - Gemini, Magellan, Graphite Aqua
- Changed : minor GUI speed optimizations
- Changed : upgraded Substance LaF to version 5.3
- Changed : updated plugins to their latest versions
- Fixed : Close To Tray bug
- Fixed : restore window size to maximized state does not work
New in FreeRapid Downloader 0.83 Beta 4 (Oct 23, 2009)
- Added : improvements and fixes to enable FRD using blind people - it's now compatible to Java Accessibility Bridge
- Added : SOCKS proxy support - all urls in proxy list file has to be prefixed with $SOCKS$ or SOCKS:
- SOCKS5 authentication is experimental
- Added : added shell script setupproxy.sh in tools/socks to help with automatic creating list of SOCKS proxies for FRD
- Added : added backup links.txt file (located in configuration folder), which stores all links you ever added into FreeRapid
- Fixed: problems with backup files
New in FreeRapid Downloader 0.83 Beta 3 (Oct 23, 2009)
- Added : error message when launching FRD using GCJ
- Changed : connection timeout set from 100 to 120
- Changed : updated default plugins to their latest versions
- Changed : internal - Windows - removed dependency on Windows registry
- Changed : internal - upgraded SwingX components to the latest build
- Fixed : selection disappears - when making selection from top to bottom while downloading
- Fixed : cannot launch CANCELLED (but existing) files
- Fixed : "checking... dialog" when updating plugins lies over dialog "checking finished" - finally fixed?!
- Fixed : If you change preferences check for updates every 597 hours or more FRD cannot start [reported by Prthvi, thanks!]
New in FreeRapid Downloader 0.83 Beta 2 (Oct 23, 2009)
- Changed : updated PT_BR translation thanks to Tiago
- Changed : support for speed limit from menu (additional support will come back with 0.84)
- Changed : upgraded GOCR to version 0.48
- Changed : internal - upgraded SwingX components to version 1.0
- Changed : updated default plugins to their latest versions
- Changed : removed error message dialog for ERROR when there is not enough space on disk
- Fixed : regression - avg. speed disappeared from information dialog [thanks to user from forum]
- Fixed : "checking... dialog" when updating plugins lies over dialog "checking finished"
New in FreeRapid Downloader 0.83 Beta (Oct 23, 2009)
- Added : support for resuming files for hostings which support it (eg. HotFile, but not Rapidshare free!)
- Added : quick search (incremental search) for searching in the main queue table and plugins table (ctrl+F)
- Added : MS Windows - windows key for popmenu emulates a click with right mouse button on content panel with links
- Added : Apple MacOS - support for native Aqua Look&Feel
- Added : support for GTK look and feel
- Added : new frd.sh launching script [thanks to Petris!]
- Changed : upgraded JTattoo library to the latest version
- Changed : fatal exceptions are shown only once for reporting
- Changed : Apple MacOS - screen menu bar used by default
- Changed : Apple MacOS - menu.about.name - correct title - FreeRapid Downloader + version
- Changed : upgraded Substance lookAndFeel to version 5.2 + new themes
- Fixed : ClassCast exception in directory chooser
- Fixed : handling invalid response header from server with empty file name
- Fixed : main window couldn't be activated at some random special cases
- Fixed : NullPointerException when server didn't respond anything at some random special cases
- Fixed : downloading updates does not work on Windows 7
- Fixed : New links dialog - paste from clipboard did not work properly at some cases
New in FreeRapid Downloader 0.82 Build 421 (May 6, 2009)
- Added : many new plugins coming with 0.82 like Badongo.com, HotFile.com, WikiUpload.com, Paid4share.com, UGotFile.com
- improved YouTube plugin, [thanks to all plugin developers] => 70 plugins for you
- Added : Turkish translation [thanks to Ugur Karaman]
- Added : Bosnian translation [thanks to Nikola Katanic]
- Added : Farsi translation [thanks to behnam jan ahmad]
- Added : Greek translation [thanks to Spyros K.]
- Added : Arabic translation [thanks to Salah adel]
- Added : Dutch translation [thanks to mastermystery4ever]
- Added : Croatian translation [thanks to Željko Mitroviæ]
- Added : Slovenian translation [thanks to Tomaž Curk]
- Added : internal - plugin API - support for using SSL in plugins
- Added : French version of readme.txt [thanks to Jean-François]
- Added : Information (fileinfo) dialog - allow to create non existing folder like in NewLinks dialog
- Added : czech user guide for Menu-Help (F1)
- Added : based on locale country flag for english translation
- Changed : support for viewing info about >GB long files
- Changed : internal - upgraded Substance L&F to version 5.1, upgraded SwingX components to version 0.96
- Changed : this file and readme.txt files were moved to 'doc' folder
- Changed : improved clipboard monitoring for URLs violating with RFC
- Changed : Estimated time of arrival (ETA) counted based on the average speed of last 20 seconds
- Changed : readme.txt files moved to 'doc' folder
- Changed : improved clipboard monitoring algorithm for URLs algorithm (to catch links with '...')
- Fixed : support for only X bytes long files (eg. 515B)
- Fixed : UI - UserPreferences dialog - OK not enabled when changed How to update plugins combobox [reported by Alex]
- Fixed : shutdown commands don't not work properly on FRD path with spaces
- Fixed : many other minor things