Binbot Changelog

What's new in Binbot 2.0 Beta 2

Feb 1, 2008
  • NZB file support
  • Built-in Usenet search
  • Enhanced file downloads
  • Automatic file unpacking (unzip and unrar)

New in Binbot 1.1.1 (Nov 2, 2007)

  • Added support for configuring the page selection policy (see menu Tools > Settings under the Headers page).
  • Added a file unsplit tool (to reassemble files named .001, .002, etc).
  • Added support for filtering articles by download status.
  • Upgraded the online JRE installer to version 1.6.0_03 (from version 1.6.0_02).

New in Binbot 1.1 Beta 3 (Jul 28, 2007)

  • New Features and Enhancements:
  • Header Downloads: Added support for automatically combining headers from multiple servers.
  • File Downloads: Added support for server usage and server priority.
  • General: Enhanced drag select functionality and added support for Ctrl drag select.
  • Server List: Added new columns with additional information to list of all defined servers.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Header Downloads: Headers could sometimes be downloaded twice when doing a header search.
  • Main Window: Double clicking in empty space on a table caused the selected article to be opened.
  • Server List: Server properties in the server list were not being updated properly after an edit.

New in Binbot 1.0.1 (Feb 23, 2007)

  • Added look and feel settings to the Appearance tab in the Binbot Settings window.
  • Changed the layout of the Newsgroup combo box to use all available horizontal space, instead of sharing it equally with the Server combo box.
  • Added minor improvements to the way icons are loaded and cached.
  • When a new Binbot version was being installed, the trial period was not being extended by 10 days as it was supposed to.
  • In some places, the default system colors were being used instead of the default look and feel colors.
  • The color of the banner on the Search and Header Download Options windows was inconsistent across look and feel settings.
  • The height of the rows in the page list in the Header Download Options window was too small under certain look and feel settings.
  • The background of the Newsgroup combo box was not being painted correctly under certain look and feel settings.
  • A border was being drawn around the toolbars under certain look and feel settings.
  • The Refresh icon in the directory chooser window appeared to be too small under certain look and feel settings.
  • If a server without any subscribed newsgroups was selected at start up, the No Subscribed Newsgroups message was being shown while the Binbot Evaluation Version window was still showing.
  • When adding a server from the View All list of servers, the new server was not being selected when the View All window was closed.