Fact200 version history

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Version History

Fact200

This shows you how often Fact200 was updated with us over the past few months. Whenever available, we also include additional information for each update (new features, changes etc.).

version 1.09 - posted on May 12, 2008

Fixes:
fix many library settings, history, and saved terms not saving to disk
fix Google Images next link parsing

version 1.08 - posted on Feb 14, 2008

Fixes:
click on preview frame (1-2px border) should activate minibrowser
don t allow preview/minibrowser off the screen if it can be helped
smoother operation when loading cached content
fixed random crashes depending on code/resource length (DYNCREATE)
fixed, view preview in slideshow doesn t mark image as viewed
fixed crash when redirected to bad urls (bad server lookup)
fix google scholar next result page handling

Features:
detach minibrowser from main window
Eliminate hiding of minibrowser find panel
Add Close button to minibrowser find panel for easier closing of window.
minibrowser now always looks for content in internal cache first
clicks generally open into minibrowser (Except minibrowser external, and contexual item dropdown menu)
change dropdown mode menu to rectangular buttons and get rid of recent mode
add refresh button to minibrowser find panel
get rid of always open in ie preference (always uses default browser now)

version 1.05 - posted on Nov 08, 2007

Fixes:
fix reload using exact same search terms to increase search results depth
fix google source for some items, fix next
fix yahoo source
fix google images source, next
fix trap if gets invalid url to load from source
cap user scoring weight.
Features:
ability to turn images on/off in minibrowser

version 1.04 - posted on Sep 18, 2007

history dropdown auto select problem
adjusted rss importer media:content recognition to work with flickr content
doesn t save as Atom source when using `add feed` function
change scroll adjust in minibrowser to when interactive state is available
enable ctrl-V for pasting into minibrowser
fix tab counts when ideograms are used (or short words exist in query)
make library counts in load modes more prominent
fix google books search
escape entities in xmlURL for OPML export
fix some dialogs being blank

version 1.03 - posted on Jun 26, 2007

Features:
Minibrowser Permanenet button now toggles and shows permanent status of current url
Added altavista source Fixes:

Fixed escaping from google images source
Fixed temporary indexing of images
Fixed reload of images
Fixed manual source tagging of items not adjusting temporary index
Fixed re-basing of html document that already have a base item
Fixed escaping issues in titles and descriptions from rss sources
Added slightly more robustness when the permanent index gets corrupted

version 1.02 - posted on May 26, 2007

Features:
added right-click menu to category tabs to more easily edit categories
exposed library setting, never auto-update content to avoid re-loading of content

Fixes:
fixed google, google images, and google patent sources
fixed crash involving urls that redirect

version 1.01 - posted on Mar 22, 2007

Features:
Google Images source support
Loaded Result Filter mode now has indicator if exact mathes exist in Library Mode
Fixes:
fixed more issues with external style sheets (comments located in import declaations)
fixed rare crash while pre-loading html pages
fixed crashing when documents contained multiple variations of long words
re-enabled popup handling in minibrowser
fixed urlencoding of extra terms for rss, atom sources
fixed extraction of special chars from rss titles
memory handling improvements

version 1.0 - posted on Mar 07, 2007

Features:
highlight original search terms in minibrowser
recent result mode now allows sub searching
recent result mode now progressively searches for more results up to a maximum
minibrowser content search now color codes other status (found,wrapped)

Fixes:
fixed leak in minibrowser search
fixed leak when disconnects occur during content retrieval
fixed leak when fetching images as content
fixed leak in minibrowser auto-scroll
fixed main tab control resizing to entire pane size in win2k
fixed source link in result list not triggering re-filter
fixed filtering through loaded results when limit load indexing library setting is on
fixed bolding of search terms when search terms are ideograms
fixed problem when external style sheets have style tags
fixed problem with skipping over some style sheet directives when @import is used

version 1.0b20 - posted on Jan 29, 2007

Features:
per source overrides for indexing and permanent attributes
support for multiple rows in the tab controls
support for google scholar, patents, books, and directory
rss/atom dates now propagate through and set content dates if original items don t have modified dates
marking an item permanent causes it to be loaded if it s not already

Fixes:
re-sync google groups parser
add better index corruption handling
fixed problems with tab counts becoming unsynced after index removal processing
better consistency between behaviors of library and loaded result filtering modes
cleaner updates of tab counts

version 1.0b19 - posted on Jan 09, 2007

additional status icon to differentiate loading of content vs. rendering of preview. Items that are rendering can be clicked to bring up the minibrowser.
added ability to set encoding (e.g., euc-jp) of the query parameter for url, rss, and atom sources

Fixes:
fixed some subtle problems with tab count updating
fixed update/painting of progress area and static text
enabled tag with source menu item from main results menu
images that are horizontally much larger than the preview window size are scaled down
fix update of no results msg if no results are returned from sources
fixed odd behavior when clicking on preview area of list items when minibrowser is visible.

version 1.0b18 - posted on Dec 22, 2006

added memory based indexing for loaded results
term completion for loaded result filter mode
added category counts for number of results in all other tabs
fixed bold of search terms in result snippets when auto-completion occurs
updated url source to use post parameter as part of id. This will cause all categories that have sources using the post parameter to lose them.

version 1.0b17 - posted on Nov 29, 2006

Features:
Category set library when creating new libraries
Button to clear loaded results
added first category batch mode load option in library settings
Amazon and Ebay sources
Enlarged hover preview region in tiled view unless tile size is small

Fixes:
Cleared up many memory leaks
navigating to popup in minibrowser no longers clears history
fix scroll in minibrowser
fix more crashes when shutting down threads
Fixed append categories function accumulating sources

version 1.0b16 - posted on Nov 15, 2006

Fixes:
Google source fixed
disable auto completion for terms connected by punctuation
fixed minibrowser auto scroll so that the scroll matches the preview and disables auto scroll if user adjusts the scroll before the page finishes loading
fixed status in batch loading mode to include preview rendering
fixed occasional non-update of result list when switching between modes
minibrowser now always starts out with clean history
fixed slideshow preview rendering when previews are smaller than the preview window
fixed more crashes that occur during thread shutdown operation
fixed tile mode titles not being displayed if using non-browser titles
fixed click-load to begin loading at the item that is clicked
replace category warning dialog has been moved to after the import action dialog if replace is chosen.
fixed opml import always adding all category
fixed saving of source attributes when results in loaded result mode

version 1.0b15 - posted on Nov 08, 2006

OPML import/export for transfering feeds with other news readers
Easier methods for adding feed (rss/atom) sources
Source connection errors are now reported
Source index generation allows for improved Library filtering and term completion under tabs
Improved RSS import/export with extensions to preserve Fact200 specific data
new startup commands (//seed //seedall) for initially seeding items into a Library
Modes are not accessible via Ctrl- shortcuts
permanent icon changed to a start and made clickable
ability to append or import sources only when opening a categories file (from and existing library)
save position of main window and preview/minibrowser in preferences
ability to load and mark permanent from the minibrowser.

Fixes:
fix problems with saving of dialog preferences in portable mode
fix positioning of minibrowser if minibrowser info dialog is shown
fix problems with preview animation
wordpress destination now clumps all urls together into a single message
more fixes interpreting entities
more crash fixes

version 1.0b14 - posted on Oct 20, 2006

Features:
If the first tab is empty, the load button changes to Batch Load, Update, or Restore depending on the state of the system
The last batch load time is displayed if first tab is empty and results are loaded.
if the video card supports it, previews show an animated zoom effect
support for sending urls to gmail (via external browser)

Fixes:
Fixed formatting probs caused by stripping comments.
default search results per source reduced to 20 from 30
get rid of addded_by_fact200 default keyword
fixed wrapping problem if whole line exceeds lendth of view
flipped preference of no indexing to index only permanent
default of sponsors pane is now off
minibrowser titlebar is no longer allowed to go off of the screen
rss source looks in description for images if all other methods fail (for imageOverride option)
fixed ordering of url processing (i.e. copy url) to match the displayed ordering
fixed clearing of minibrowser url when clicking on pin button
status of batch loads now includes preview image generation when the option to render all urls is on in the library settings
fix some crashes when shutting down threads
fix some problems with new libraries not loading properly

version 1.0b13 - posted on Oct 05, 2006

Global Indexing is now settable in the Library Settings. The new default is OFF.
Rendering of all previews for batch load is now settable in the Library Settings. The new default is OFF.
Marking items permanent causes them to be globally indexed, if not already.
New mode: Loaded Filter allows subsearching through only the loaded set.
New mode: Load History shows the most recently loaded items in the Library.
allow setting of default library in portable mode (with a warning)
Titles in the list view are now Google-like
Wrapping of titles and content snippets in the list view
removal of compact tabs preference. Tabs are now always compact.
added post, referer, and pre_term parameters to url source. Added pre_term parameter to google source.

Fixes:
RSS description entities are now properly processed
minibrowser auto-scrolling adjusted
terms parameter for sources is no longer double-escaped
fixed more style import problems (affects offline viewing only)
fixed setting of minibrowser title/url with frame urls
explicit load/reload of items no longer marks request with preload header
better tiled view performance
fixed clearing of url in minibrowser when ctrl-clicking urls
disabled term completion when not under the first (General) tab

version 1.0b12 - posted on Sep 19, 2006

Features:
ability to adjust font and thumbnail sizes with keyboard/menu
option to switch to an existing instance if a library is already open on the current machine
clicking to download an un-downloaded result now defaults to performing a `Load More` unless ctrl is held down in which case only the particular url will be processed.
support for sending URLs to Google Bookmarks.
Added YouTube video search source (replaces News tab in default library)
Find pane in Minibrowser now defaults to being visible

Fixes:
fix Google Groups source
improve update of results list
fix `last read` sort
darkened selection color

version 1.0b11 - posted on Sep 06, 2006

Features:
Added direct image support
Added new parameters to rss, atom and url sources for image/media handling, cookies, and loading behavior
navigation buttons for minibrowser in the find panel.
ability to add and pin the current url in the minibrowser
Portable mode (create a blank prefs.ini file where the .exe is)
indicators in window title of portable/read only modes
Sort by viewed date, both ascending (for viewing unread) and descending.
indicator icon for urls that have been hovered over or clicked
sends Referer http header for urls obtained from raw loads
reset preview/minibrowser position by ctrl-hovering
added hover delays for previews
minibrowser scroll now automatically set if the preview image is scrolled

Fixes:
Load more now properly skips unsupported/broken urls in the result list.
fixed crash icon when clicking on unsupported urls.
various minor redirection, cookie handling, and style handling problems
minibrowser shows busy icon now when its loading
fixed scroll when changing selection in tiled mode
minibrowser to longer adds items to global history
scrollbar should no longer appear as part of previews

version 1.0b10 - posted on Aug 16, 2006

Features:
Tiled mode for viewing shrunken previews of multiple results simultaneously
options for thumbnails in list view mode (default is off)
ability to pin results so that they always remain in the results view until unpinned
progress indicator for the load->save->index pipeline
additional icons for indicating state (unsupported formats and non-loaded results)
tooltips for most clickable or informational areas of the results view
preview/minibrowser position is now saved (by moving the minibrowser). Revert to autopositioning by ctrl-clicking on a preview icon.
wordpress support as a url destination

Fixes:
better scheduling of manual reloads if other urls are already in the pipeline
better display of filtered results if indexing is in progress
internet detection code to avoid preview generation when not connected
batch load improvements
better detection of bad urls (blank content)

version 1.0b9 - posted on Aug 01, 2006

Features:
Opening a category file now creates a new library using the category file and gives an option to create a shortcut on the desktop
Save Results as HTML and Load results from links in HTML pages.
Checkbox to constrain saved results to selected items.
Realtime search through documents in the mini-browser similar to FF
Popup requests in mini-browser now present an option to open or ignore them. (Previously they were just transparently ignored).
External css styles are now saved with the content so that pages that rely on them don t look so bad when viewed offline.
support for if-none-match etags
support for loading and displaying default results when opening a library
improved expiration algorithm for removing old content.

Bugs:
fixed sending urls to del.icio.us
adjusted auto-completion
set default focus to the search box when the application opens
fixed crash when exiting right after starting the application
fixed crash when trying to adjust number of preview threads
fixed highlighting of items in the results list.
fixed some encoding problems by adding content-type meta tag to html.
fixed blanking of mini-browser if it gets hidden/unhidden via Show Desktop command

version 1.0b8 - posted on Jul 12, 2006

Category duplication (user request)
Source Duplication (via ctrl-New button) (user request)
Load/Save Results (user request)
Allow Google source to use different base URLs (user request)
Export categories to a file
Support for sorting in Raw mode (user request)
Adding a new source has option to automatically add to a category
Rss/Atom sources now support the / query parameter (search terms are added to request path)
Hidden registry support for javascript/ActiveX for previews and minibrowser
support for If-Modified-Since in requests for content

version 1.0 beta 7 - posted on Jun 27, 2006

Auto completion of terms in the entry textbox
Manual Slideshow of search results
Load categories from a file/url directly from file menu
category tabs now have tooltips showing the sources within

Fixes:
fixed file expiration problem when permanent files exceed library size.
improve response time in displaying initial results on load/batch load
changed base url of craigslist source
completion suggestions no longer appear in raw mode
new warning dialog before replacing old batch load
load button now changes to `stopping...` if stop is clicked
performing a batch restore now restores the original order of the results
ctrl-stop performs a load without clearing previous load
more indexer fixes
fixed multiple same sources being potentially occuring in raw results

version 1.0 beta 6 - posted on Jun 13, 2006

This version adds:
Bulk loading of search results (from non-query dependant sources like RSS).
Integration with link sharing sites simpy, delicious, and furl. Atom support.
Many bug fixes and UI refinements.