This is version 2.0 of Instant Folders. It's much more powerful than the previous versions. Also, it's no longer beta: deep and extensive tests were performed to make this version as efficient and bug-free as possible.
Here's what changed:
• The code was further cleaned up and optimized. Minor bugs were fixed.
• Destroyed, killed, annihilated that nasty bug that caused IF to crash with ClarisWorks, FileMaker and a bunch of other mainstream applications.
Technical note: it crashed every application that used a custom file filter and/or an activate procedure with custom data.
• Instant Folders now REALLY works with network volumes.
• Instant Folders now takes full advantage of the Alias Manager. This makes links to the folders much more robust and adds more useful features. Look at the "Why IF" section for examples of the new features.
• Instant Folders now displays the name of the folder that's going to be added, instead of just "the current folder".
• Fixed a bug with pre-System 7 dialogs; it also affected System 7 and later users because many applications still use them for compatibility. The bug prevented Instant Folders to do the needed clean-up when the dialog window is dismissed, preventing IF's menu to show or even forcing program termination in any application other than the offending one.
• Updated documentation.
Improvements since version 1.0 b
• Fixed a bug that would mess up the menu if a folder's name contained some special characters. (If you're a techie: they were meta-characters in AppendMenu and InsertMenuItem)
• Added alphabetic ordering in menu.
• Added volume-switching feature.
Improvements since version 1.0 Alpha
• Fixed the "bug" that made it take over completely the space where the volume name was. I was aware of this problem, and it wasn't a bug since it was not generated by an error in the program. I just used to put my menu in place of the volume name item as a "quick and dirty" way to install it. Now the menu goes on the right of the volume name, which may be shortened a bit on small windows (sorry, but there really wasn't space to do else…).
• Fixed the bug that made IF fail to switch to a directory on another volume. This was really a bug, although I knew about this too. Anyway, it has been completely fixed.
• The code has been cleaned up and now is much more efficient, stable and clean.
• Now IF does no longer save the folder list inside the extension itself, exposing it to all sorts of dangers. It's instead stored into a preferences file inside the proper folder.
• The icon has been modified a bit, and I think now it's much better. OK, you don't care, but this seems to me the most important change :-).
• More about the icon: it now shows up at startup. You startup-icons-fans will like this.
• Oops… I was forgetting it! The volume name item also works correctly (that is, you can climb up one level by clicking it).
• Perhaps I fixed some other things, but I can't remember :-).
