What's new in Visual Explorer 3.1 Build 3.1.0.0.1
Dec 28, 2011
- Optimized HTTP connectivity for up to 25% faster load times.
- Optimized the Compatibility View code to emulate Internet Explorer 7, 8 and 9.
- Added a Shift+F6 Compatibility View shortcut.
- Fixed issue with the “Open in New Window” right-click menu option not finding and correctly loading the target web page.
New in Visual Explorer 3.0 Build 3.0.0.0.1 (Dec 1, 2011)
- All recent enhancements to Visual Explorer have been incorporated into Visual Explorer Ultimate.
- Added the ‘Save Webpage Video’ feature (shortcut F2), enabling videos to be downloaded from 350+ sites including YouTube, Metacafe, Google Videos, Bing, Yahoo! Video, Dailymotion etc.
- Added the option to automatically convert downloaded videos to a variety of popular video formats.
- Added the ‘Convert Video on Disk’ feature (shortcut F6), enabling video conversion to a range of formats and to suit a range of popular devices including iPod, iPhone, iPad, Android, Sony PSP and MP3.
New in Visual Explorer 3.0 Build 3.0.0.0.0 (Dec 1, 2011)
- Optimized the loading of web pages and handling of Jscript code and debugging.
- Optimized the application start-up (launch) process, which is now considerably faster.
- Added the ‘Video View’ user interface (shortcut F7), providing a purpose designed environment for watching videos from popular video sharing sites.
- Added the ‘Remove Noise’ user interface (shortcut F8) for watching YouTube videos in a clean and clear interface, with the “background noise” turned off.
- Added ‘Arrange All’ option to the Tab bar, allowing multiple web pages to be viewed at the same time.
- Added ‘preparing web page’ dialog message prior to capturing web pages for the Print, Edit and Save Web Page functions.
- Removed the Navigate bar’s Rewind and Fast Forward buttons as per user feedback.
- Removed dependency on Res.dll library, due to occasional conflicts under Windows 7.
- Moved the integrated Blueg.com search engine to Blueg.org.
- Fixed issue with the Mouse Gestures function not correctly adding new gestures or displaying them in the report view.
- Fixed issue with the Tab Browser whereby thumbnails would not always get created.
- Fixed the ‘default browser’ checks under Windows Vista/7 and corrected relevant file associations.
New in Visual Explorer 2.1 Build 2.1.0.0.1 (Dec 1, 2011)
- The number of shortcut keys has been greatly increased, with the majority of Internet Explorer style shortcuts now implemented
- The Navigate bar's Rewind/Back/Forward/Fast Forward icons have been re-colored to be more intuitive
- Updated search engine icons in the Search bar's combo box
- The main Visual Explorer title bar heading has been re-arranged to show the web page title first
- Added option to remove all add-ons via the Tools, Manage Add-ons menu
- Fixed issue with the Explorer Bar's 'Source' tab being empty when viewing web pages
- Fixed issue with the Explorer Bar's 'RSS' tab. Clicking the Update or Update All buttons caused an error if the RSS list was empty
- Fixed issue with Content/Popup Filter displaying an error if the list was empty
New in Visual Explorer 2.0 Build 2.0.0.0.1 (Dec 3, 2009)
- The application footprint has been significantly reduced. All code has been optimized.
- The application start-up (launch) and exit times are now considerably faster.
- Optimized and updated the management of favorites (optimized the memory usage, updated monitor notifications).
- Web page addresses are now loaded on demand within the address bar, enhancing the URL combo drop-down and speeding the user experience.
- Favorites toolbar added.
- Tab icon animations and thumbnail previews are now available as options (disabled by default to enhance tab interactivity).
- Theme support now includes Office 2007 Aqua, Blue, Black and Silver themes.
- Added support for one-click master sound on/off, accessible via status bar and Filter menu.
- Installation support extended for Windows 7.
- Un-installation process now fully removes Registry entries and installation folder including user preference data for a 100% clean uninstall.
New in Visual Explorer 1.2 Build 1.2.0.0.1 (Dec 3, 2009)
- Introduced the Cloaking Device feature, designed to help ensure the user’s privacy when browsing secure web pages.
- Introduced the custom BlueG search engines, shown on the Explorer Bar and Search Bar.
- In addition to checking website addresses as they are typed, Safety Filter now uniquely checks the final destination page (to protect users against the original
- website re-directing them to a phishing website).
- Temporary image files (stored in ‘Images’ folder) now removed when Print as Web Page is initialized.
- Fixed the Back/Forward button issue, which occasionally skipped the last visited page.
- Fixed issue concerning the re-display of add-on toolbars when toggling full screen (F11) mode.
New in Visual Explorer 1.2 Build 1.1.0.0.1 (Dec 3, 2009)
- Introduced Veaddons.exe application, which checks new IE add-ons for compatibility. Veaddonsblocked.config text file contains a list of known problem
- (blocked) IE add-ons.
- Added the facility to copy/paste text from current web page into the Explorer Bar’s ‘Search’ tab text box.
- Added support for web page thumbnail previews when hovering over tab headings.
- Added the facility to use the address bar as a search box. Typing a word or phase and pressing ‘Enter’ now performs a search using the current search
- engine.
- Extended tab right-click options including ‘Lock Tab’ and ‘Copy URL to Clipboard’.
- Extended the File menu to include new ‘Send’ sub-menu options.
- The Explorer Bar’s ‘Notepad’ tab now restores typed user notes between Visual Explorer sessions.
- Fixed occasional mix-up between website URLs and descriptions when using the Back button in conjunction with the address bar.