Release notes for Greg's Browser 2.2 (10 May 1994)
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Documentation for Greg's Browser is available from within the Browser application either by selecting "Browser Docs" from the help menu or by pushing the "Browser Docs" button in the About... box.
Changes Since Version 2.1
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Added a Finder-like "New Folder" feature in the "File" menu.
Added a Finder-like "Label" menu.
Put an "Invisible" command in the "Label" menu, letting you make files visible or invisible.
You can now edit file names by pressing <return> or clicking on the file name at the bottom of the window.
Rewrote the code using C++ and MetroWerks Code Warrior (as opposed to C with THINK Object Extensions). This allowed me to produce the PowerPC native version, as well as paving the way for lots of future improvements (such as the ability to browse into Stuffit and Compact Pro archives).
Changes Since Version 2.0
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Put the documentation file into a "Browser Docs" window, available via the About... box or the help menu.
You can now change the font and size of Browser windows in the Preferences box.
If you check the "Anti-aliased (smoothed)" box, the Browser will use the TrueType version of the selected font to blur the font's edges. This process slows down text drawing considerably, but it looks fantastic with a large font on a high resolution (>88 dpi) screen.
New Browser windows now open to the same position in the file lists as the frontmost window. If you hold down <option> when opening a new Browser window, the Browser will resolve the currently selected file (if it is an alias) and jump to the original file in the new window's file lists.
Holding down <option> changes "Get Info" and "Reveal" to "Get Original Info" and "Reveal Original" respectively, in which case the Browser will resolve any alias files in the current selection before performing the desired action on the original files.
<option>-clicking on an alias bookmark will resolve the alias file and jump to the original file in the file lists.
Bookmark icons are now handled better. Bookmarks that become detached or refer to files on unmounted volumes will be drawn with the "offline" shading.
FIle sizes over 1023K are displayed in megabytes, and when a volume is selected, the Browser displays the amount of free space in place of the size.
Improved memory management so that the Browser will no longer crash when you open too many windows or open a folder containing more than 480 files.
Added several more mini-icons, fixed a number of bugs, and made many small improvements.
Changes Since Version 1.x
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Lots of 'em. In fact, there are so many changes that it would be terribly tedious for me to write them out (or even remember them), and it would be even more tiresome for you to read them all. It would be much easier for you to just mess about with the Browser for a few minutes to work them out for yourself. So there!
The Browser is now an application. Since it is no longer a control panel, there is absolutely no need to put it in the Control Panels folder. In fact, it never needed to be put there in the first place (as you already know since you are the type of person who reads the documentation).
The Browser now supports multiple windows, and whenever you launch the Browser, it restores your windows (both their screen positions and their file lists) to their configuration when you last quit.
In previous versions, you could drag the large icon from the lower left of the window. In version 2 the large file icon is there strictly for your viewing pleasure, although I do have plans to make its life more meaningful in future versions. If you feel like dragging something, you can now drag files directly from the file lists.
