Version History

Version 2.0
November 20, 1997


Improvements:

• Smart Update - allows you to update a site quickly by only downloading items which are new or changed.
  
• Smart Recovery - lets you retry failed URL's
  
• Resume - you can now stop and resume a download whenever you wish.
  
• Added option to turn off logging.
  
• Added beep on completion.  On by default, this can be turned off via options.
  
  

• New 'Personal Intranet' feature
  
• Bug Fixes
  

Improvements:

• Removed requirement for IE3.
  
• Removed requirement for RAS.
  
• New downloading engine - IE3 or above is no longer required.  (IE3 now optional, although useful for internal browser)
  
• A few bug fixes, and some major improvements in overall performance and CPU usage.
  
• New HTML based Help.
  
  

Version 1.20
August 29, 1997


Improvements:

• New GUI, replaced tabs with Outlook-style button bar.
  
• New GO button on main toolbar.
  
  

Improvements:

• Major improvements to WebZIP multi-tasking. WebZIP now runs a lot more efficiently and smoother on slower PC’s.
  
• New BIGpage function. Allows you to view multiple web pages at the same time.
  
• Improved URL filtering.
  
• New option to zip files at end of download instead of during download.
  
• New option to hide the quickstart at startup.
  

Bug Fixes:

• A few particular URL types which WebZIP had trouble downloading were fixed.
  

Version 1.05
July 29, 1997


Improvements:

• New toolbars. - Removes dependence on COMCTRL32.DLL
  
• Deletion of Zip files from within WebZIP. Send to recycle bin.
  
• New QuickStart Tab.
  
• Extended information reported in log.
  
• Now able to save log to a file.
  
• New ‘print’ button for built-in browser.

Required update for Internet Explorer 4.0 PR2 users.

Improvements:

• Fixes a number of things broken by IE4 PR2.
  
• Improved built-in browser. New buttons for back, forward, refresh, home.
  
  

Version 1.03
July 15, 1997


Improvements:

• New URL filter - ‘Download only URL that contains...’
  
• Combined FileZip and WebZip into one button.
  
• Added a 'My WebZIPs for MM/DD/YY' menu option allowing you to quickly create a zip file to add all your new downloads into.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed drag/drop bug which would cause WebZIP to crash sometimes.

Initial Release