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Binbot Version 2.0 Release Notes

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Changes in Binbot Version 2.0 beta 3

New Features and Enhancements

Category Description
Downloads Show remaining size and download time for articles under the Downloads tab.
Downloads Automatically reorder articles in download queue so packed files are downloaded in the right order (e.g. .rar, .r00, .r01, etc.)
Downloads New option to automatically remove articles from the Downloads tab.
Downloads Download packed files and parity files (par2, sfv) to the same directory.
General New option to change the folder in which Binbot settings are stored.
General Improved dialog for selecting folders on Mac.
General New option to open downloaded files (requires JRE 1.6 or higher on Windows and Linux).
General New option to open the folder containing downloaded files (Mac and Windows only).
General New option to minimize Binbot to the system tray (requires JRE 1.6 or higher, Windows and some flavors of Linux only).
General Remember opened search tabs at start-up.
General Added .7z file extension as compressed file type.
General Associate NZB files with Binbot (Mac only).
Main Window New confirmation dialog when closing Articles or NZB tabs.
Unpacked Files Drag and drop unpacked files form the Unpacked Files tab.
Unpacked Files New option to cancel partially unpacked files.

Bug Fixes

Bug# Category Description
N/A Main Window Newly subscribed newsgroups weren't being automatically selected if the first Articles tab wasn't selected.
N/A Main Window Table headers were shifted to the right after opening a file selection dialog (Mac only).
N/A Main Window The Article menu could become unavailable after closing a tab.
N/A Main Window The article properties window did not open if the article was being downloaded.
N/A General French language support was not working on Mac.
N/A Header Downloads Articles could get corrupted if headers were loaded from the same newsgroup in two different tabs in close succession.
N/A Unpacked Files Toolbar buttons weren't always properly updated.
N/A Unpacked Files Right mouse button popup menus weren't working for unpacked files.

Changes in Binbot Version 2.0 beta 2

New Features and Enhancements

Category Description
Files Downloads Added pause button to pause all scheduled downloads.

Bug Fixes

Bug# Category Description
N/A NZB Files Opening a large number of NZB files could cause too many files to be opened in the temporary directory.
N/A RAR Unpacking Corrupted RAR files could fail silently, appearing as is the unpacked file was valid.
1026 Main Window Articles in the main window were not being repainted after the current newsgroup's font was updated.

Changes in Binbot Version 2.0 beta 1

New Features and Enhancements

Category Description
Files Downloads Added support for downloading multiple parts of the same article simultaneously, and reordering downloads in real-time.
General Added support for NZB files.
General Added support for Usenet web-based search.
Articles Added support for browsing multiple newsgroups simultaneously.