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What's New
Chaotic Software (chaotic@kagi.com).
Copyright ©1996-1999 by Bob Bradley, All Rights Reserved.
This application is $20 shareware.
Web Devil 4.5.1:
• Added support for multiple, comma-delimited name filters to make them more useful.
• Added Manipulator droplets to package to help organize stuff you download.
Web Devil 4.5:
• Added host name generation in HTTP header for virtual multihoming servers and fix lots of unreachable sites.
• Added download filter for names (contains, begins/ends with, etc...).
• Added download filter for sizes (greater/less than, is exactly, etc...).
• Added support for re-linking downloaded pages for offline browsing (may not work on some sites).
Web Devil 4.0:
• Added e-mail address extractor (drag files or folder into window).
• Added URL extractor (drag files or folder into window).
• Completely rewrote HTML parser to make it much faster and more accurate:
- Links not surrounded by quotes are now recognized.
- Link scanning is now almost instantaneous.
- Links with weird characters, linefeeds, tabs, etc. are now recognized.
• Added import of bookmarks from links HTML files.
• Added export of bookmarks as a normal HTML file (ready to view in browser).
Web Devil 3.6:
• Added support for customizing the user agent string.
• Several minor bug fixes and improvements.
Web Devil 3.5:
• Added bookmark management system to keep track of URL's, names, and passwords.
• Added a per-window download prefs dialog so each window can have unique settings.
• Changed the interface around to better comply with the Appearance Manager.
• Fixed a bug when parsing links starting with a slash (/).
• Fixed a bug that prevented it from working with MacTCP.
• Lots of other minor bug fixes and improvements.
Web Devil 3.1.3:
• Fixed a bug that prevented pasting in a URL.
Web Devil 3.1.2:
• Fixed problems which results in corrupt downloads.
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements.
Web Devil 3.1.1:
• This version never really existed, but because of the way Stuffit Expander renames duplicates, it appeared as though it did.
Web Devil 3.1:
• Fixed numerous bugs to greatly increase stability.
• Fixed problems with URL's containing "./" and "../".
• Improved server redirection handling.
• Major increases in speed when downloading larger files.
• Made link extraction more reliable.
• Added support for downloading BASE links.
• Added support for downloading EMBED SRC links.
• Added support for encoded URL's.
• Minor cosmetic changes (additions for the Appearance Manager, etc...).
• Added command-key for bringing up the Preferences dialog.
• Fixed white background problem when in 16 & 24-bit color.
Web Devil 3.0:
• Added support for the downloading pages with frames.
• Added option to only download files from the server that are newer.
• Added option to only get files from the same directory or below.
• Made the link searching more robust.
• Moved many options into the preferences dialog so they are persistant.
• Made the skip duplicates option much more efficient.
• Added support for retrieving HTTP-EQUIV links (eg. forwarding pages).
• Improved memory usage when downloading large files.
• Window title now changes to the URL being downloaded.
• Added preference for setting the download folder.
• Added preference for setting the file mappings.
• Put back the Launch Internet Config button in the preferences dialog.
Web Devil 2.0:
• Added the ability to do completely recursive downloads (ie. it will follow links).
• Added support for logging actions to a file.
• Added recursive download depth limiting to limit how far it recurses.
• Added the option to only download files from the same server as the starting web page.
• Added a recently downloaded web pages popup menu for quick access to the last few pages you've downloaded.
• Added an option to create the full web page folder hierarchy to more accurately reflect the web page.
• Added an option to store a complete URL to the downloaded file inside the file's Finder comment field.
• Added an option to skip files that already exist in the same location in the destination folder.
• Now allows the timeout to be set by the user instead of being forced to 3 minutes.
• Now creates a Web Devil Downloads folder into which it places all downloaded files.
• Removed the warning on launch if Internet Config couldn't be found.
Web Devil 1.0.1:
• Fixed a bug that made using it with MacTCP difficult (to say the least).
Web Devil 1.0:
• First public release.