What's new in GrabIt 1.7.5 Beta 3 Build 1022
May 18, 2020
- Upgraded the bundled unrar version to 5.90;
- Upgraded the bundled OpenSSL library to 1.0.2u;
- Some small performance improvements.
New in GrabIt 1.7.5 Beta Build 1016 (Nov 2, 2017)
- Bugfix: Super large groups now show up in the 'All groups' tab;
- Some small performance improvements
New in GrabIt 1.7.2 Beta 6 Build 1008 (Jan 16, 2012)
- BUGFIX: Fixed the #2001 error that appeared while searching for certain characters in the GrabIt Search
- BUGFIX: Some files appeared to be downloaded up to 99% while not being downloaded them at all
New in GrabIt 1.7.2 Beta 5 Build 1007 (Jan 16, 2012)
- Maximum number of connections increased to 50
- Upgraded the SSL library to version 0.9.8r
- Added alternating row colors to all the views (can be disabled from the Preferences->Visual panel)
- Most representations of alt.binaries newsgroups are now abbreviated to a.b
- All file sizes are now reported in KB, MB, GB or TB instead of bytes
- Added an indicator that appears whenever data is being retrieved from the GrabIt Search server
- Implemented a new configuration wizard for first time users
- Implemented a new preferences screen
- Improved SSL stability
- Improved Windows 7 stability
- BUGFIX: NZB file association now works in Windows 7 (installer option, no longer available in Preferences->Interface panel)
- BUGFIX: Browseable grouplist can now be updated under Windows 7
- BUGFIX: Fixed the 'Abnormal program termination' error that appeared on some heavy loaded systems
- BUGFIX: Solved a problem that stopped the Repair and Extract from working on some systems
New in GrabIt 1.7.2 Beta 4 Build 997 (May 4, 2009)
- BUGFIX: Removed a stack overflow vulnerability in the NZB importer that Niels Teusink discovered
- BUGFIX: GrabIt no longer disconnects on every server error, lowering the possibility of a 'Connection limit reached' error
New in GrabIt 1.7.2 Beta 3 Build 996 (Sep 17, 2008)
- BUGFIX: Files in the Download folder in subfolder "Abc" are now extracted to the Extract folder in subfolder "Abc"
New in GrabIt 1.7.2 Beta 2 Build 994 (Aug 29, 2008)
- Increased the maximum number of connections per server to 32 again;
- BUGFIX: Added msvcr71.dll to the installation folder;
- BUGFIX: Fixed the missing threads scrollbar on lower screen resolutions;
- GrabIt now defaults to smaller icons for the toolbar (can be changed: Edit->Preferences->Visual->Use small icons);
- Pruning of cache files now happens in the background;
- Removed BNS support from GrabIt as the format is no longer in use;
- Tweaked the new decoder code to improve large file performance.
New in GrabIt 1.7.2 Build 988 Beta (Aug 9, 2008)
- Added support for SSL server connections;
- Rewrote the yEnc decoder for improved speed;
- Decoder and Repair and Extract now run at the same time to stop the 'Waiting to decode' list from growing;
- A lot of small performance enhancements;
- BUGFIX: Some uuEncoded binaries imported via the NZB importer where corrupted or being saved as text files;
- BUGFIX: Resuming a batch with decoding binaries that are already decoded no longer results in a hanging decoding thread;
- When there is only one server profile, the NZB importer will just import a NZB file when it is double clicked instead of showing the import window;
- BUGFIX: GrabIt now detects when the 'gobbledygook bug' appears and resets the connection before moving on to the next download item;
- Increased the GrabIt Usenet browser history to 90 days of headers;
- New layout always shows the batch statistics;
- GrabIt can now continue to download binaries with an 'Article not found' error, increasing the possibility to complete a binary with a PAR set;
- BUGFIX: 'Error downloading article' bug;
- BUGFIX: A thread being activated while GrabIt is paused will only start downloading after GrabIt is unpaused;
- BUGFIX: No more flickering status messages while GrabIt is paused;
- It is now possible to Repair and Extract to a folder outside of the Download folder;
- It is now possible to disable the creation of a new folder for each RAR set;
- BUGFIX: Repair and Extract no longer leaves behind .1 files from repaired file sets;
- The Pause button now offers the ability to automatically resume after a preset time;
- It is now possible to Shutdown, Hibernate or Suspend the system or Close GrabIt after the batch has been processed
New in GrabIt 1.6.2 beta build 940 (Mar 31, 2007)
- Fixed the decoding failed bug
- 'Change group before downloading article' is now a per server setting (can solve some 'article not on server' problems)
- Some minor interface fixes.
New in GrabIt 1.6.1 beta build 936 (May 30, 2006)
- The download thread checkboxes are back with a vengeance (32 of them!);
- A new option in the configuration screen makes it possible to choose if GrabIt needs to change groups before downloading articles (makes it possible to download articles from groups that are not on your server);
- Fixed the problem that would freeze the batch tab after trying to remove a column;
- Increased the maximum amount of browseable days to 30;
- Fixed the progress bar for group updates;
- Fixed the download speed graph so it no longer drops to 0KB/s and then jumps to twice the actual download speed on slow connections;
- Fixed the missing files bug;
- Changed some of the fonts to true type fonts to help people with irregular font settings;
- Fixed the flickering in the batch tab while the batch was paused;
- Maximum amount of connections in the server properties can now be set to 0.