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- NETCAPTOR 6.5 FINAL RELEASE NOTES
- September 24, 2001
-
- * * * NETCAPTOR IS NOW SHAREWARE * * *
-
- NetCaptor is now "shareware". This means you may evaluate
- NetCaptor for 30 days (not consecutive days, but 30 actual days).
- If you wish to continue using NetCaptor after that time you must
- buy a NetCaptor license. After 30 days, NetCaptor will no longer
- continue to run.
-
- BUGS
- * Fixed tab key not working correctly in java applets
- * Fixed memory leak related to saving tabs in background
-
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- NETCAPTOR 6.5 RC1 RELEASE NOTES
- September 4, 2001
-
- BUGS
- * Fixed double BACKSPACE key handling in some HTML forms
- * Fixed IntelliMouse problems under IE6, ME, XP with back,
- forward buttons not working correctly.
- * Expanded width of PopupCaptor, Url Blocking dialogs and fixed
- sizing problem
- * Fixed bug where selected language file check was not displayed
- in View > Languages menu
- * "Enter Registration Key" form is no longer resizable
- * PopupCaptor and Url Blocking forms are no longer resizable
-
- CHANGES
- * Added File > Open File... menu item that opens an Open File
- Dialog. File > Open is restored to opening the Open Location
- Dialog.
- * Max Favorites caption length display restored to 45
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- NETCAPTOR 6.5 BETA 9 RELEASE NOTES
- August 28, 2001
-
- FEATURES
- * Added support for privacy alerts when using IE6
- * Added counter for PopupCaptor (like URL Blocking)
- * Moved many settings to user-specific local folder (AppData) to
- allow NT/2k based roaming and user profiles
- - moved toolbar settings (toolbar.dat) to AppData folder
- - moved url blocking `(block.dat) to AppData folder from registry
- - moved PopupCaptor list (popup.dat) to AppData folder from
- registry
- * Added Options to skip startup setting when NetCaptor is
- opened from an external link (See NetCaptor Options > Startup).
-
- CHANGES
- * Favorites menu now shows captions up to 80 chars long before
- shortening them
- * Open dialog replaced with standard Windows open file dialog.
- The old one had redundant functionality with the address bar.
- * Moved Url Blocking, PopupCaptor out of Options form to own forms
- available from Tools menu
- * "Last Open Sites" is now saved periodically in the background
- so NetCaptor will recover from crashes better.
-
- FIXES
- * Fixed problem with QuickSearch not working with some urls with
- embedded "%".
- * Fixed problem with right-click popup on links bar not working
- correctly (no actions applied)
- * Fixed problem with using --new startup parameter (should not
- open a new tab at --new, it opens a new instance of NetCaptor).
- * Fixed issue with replacing text when typing in address bar
- during active navigation
- * Dragging URL to desktop from address bar icon no longer raises
- Active Desktop question.
-
- FEEDBACK REQUESTS
- * Can CaptorGroups be moved from the current directory under
- NetCaptor.exe to the user-specific local folder (AppData) to allow
- roaming profiles (like toolbar, popup, and block.dat files)?
-
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- NETCAPTOR 6.5 BETA 8 RELEASE NOTES
- July 17, 2001
-
- CHANGES
- * Added option to show/hide Blink tab on CaptorBar
-
- FIXES
- * Pro version only - Url blocking counter restored from behind
- expanded list
- * Multiple-monitor systems now handled correctly. NetCaptor will
- open on the monitor from which it was last closed.
- * Fixed double PGUP, PGDOWN handling
- * Double backspace in framed sites (http://www.besked.dk/)
- * Customize dialog OK now default, Cancel handled by ESC.
- Up, down button height corrected.
- * CaptorGroup form OK now default, Cancel handled by ESC
- * Fixed CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER prefix domain completion
- * Fixed double numeric keypad left, right arrow keys
-
- TRANSLATIONS
- * Added to [OPTIONS]
- ShowBlinkCaptorBarTab=Show Blink CaptorBar tab
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- NETCAPTOR 6.5 BETA 7 RELEASE NOTES
- July 9, 2001
-
- FEATURES
- * Added Options to allow closing tabs
- - Middle button click (my favorite)
- - Double click
- - Right click with CTRL key held down
- * Added "Send Shortcut to Desktop" function to File menu
- * Added CTRL + M shortcut to create a new tab from current
- * Added room for larger fonts in Options dialogs, New Tabs list
- * Added shortcuts for changing the current font size:
- - CTRL + Up Arrow makes the active font larger
- - CTRL + Down Arrow makes the active font smaller
-
- CHANGES
- * Free version -- now displays a random ad from the ad list when
- loaded from the cache, instead of always starting at the first
- one in the list
- * Blink is back -- the uproar can now cease :-)
- * Options, Open, Customize Toolbar,
- CaptorGroupForm, CloseAll, Confirmation, Search
- all open centered over our main form instead of centered over our
- desktop... much nicer in multi-monitor situations
- * Setting NetCaptor to suppress javascript errors will also change
- IE option to suppress script debugging
-
- FIXES
- * Fixed keyboard handling in java applets, like:
- http://cgi.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/crosswords/daily/front.htm
- * Updates to shortcuts on links bar now refresh correctly
- * Menu bar will now use correct menu font and size appropriately
- * F4 no longer causes error when address bar is hidden (F4 drops
- down the address bar combo)
- * ESC key now closes address bar combo when its dropped
- * Smash ads now open in NetCaptor, even when its not the default
- browser. Doh!
- * Send link by email. '&'s chars caused a truncation of the message.
- They are now removed from page titles.
- * Numeric keypad left and right arrows now move 1 space in HTML
- forms instead of 2
- * Links bar now autosizes correctly
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- NETCAPTOR 6.5 BETA 6 RELEASE NOTES
- June 20, 2001
-
- FIXES
- * Thanks to an MS knowledge base article we're trapping javascript
- errors the right way. Yehaa!
- * Fixed problem with NetCaptor not letting Windows shutdown when
- its running (resurfaced in beta 5)
- * Fixed minor PopupCaptor problem on shutdown
- * Removed the multiple red status indicators (beta 5). They tended
- to change too quickly and caused lots of "jumpiness" without
- providing any real information.
- * Form initialization order changed... should fix multiple copies
- of pages at startup
-
- CHANGES
- * F4 hotkey now focuses and drops down the address bar combo
- as it does in IE. Use CTRL + I to hide/show the CaptorBar
- * Added registry option AddNetCaptorUA that specifies whether
- NetCaptor should add a sub-section to the Internet Explorer
- user agent when NetCaptor is running. Its a string value, "1"
- is the default, "0" is used to tell NetCaptor not to load its
- user agent.
- * New ad system added to the free version of NetCaptor
- See this url for complete information:
- - http://www.netcaptor.com/smash.php
-
- TRANSLATION CHANGES
- * Added to [OPTIONS] section
- ShowActiveTitleInCaption=Show active title in window caption
- * Added to [MAIN] section
- MenuHelpTellFriend=Tell a Friend...
- MenuHelpTellFriendHint=Tell a Friend|Tell a friend about NetCaptor
-
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- NETCAPTOR 6.5 BETA 5 RELEASE NOTES
- May 30, 2001 -- PRO USERS ONLY
-
- FEATURES
- * Double-clicking a tab now closes it (as well as middle button,
- and CTRL + Right Click). This is really only included for users
- whose default middle mouse action is double click. It doesn't
- work as well as a standard middle mouse click because it will
- bring an inactive tab to the front and then close it, instead of
- just closing it like a middle mouse click.
- * Changed tab status indicators so status moves left to right
- instead of bottom to top
- * Added pending status indicators for connecting status (red)
-
- FIXES
- * Fixed problem with NetCaptor not starting URLs from command-line
- when minimized to system tray (would popup, not open new url)
- * Fixed BIG problem with some popup windows causing grey,
- blank tabs
- * Fixed last open sites problem saving and reopening some
- advertisements
- * Fixed problem with black line on left end of tab lock icon
- * Fixed problem with tab status indicators updating before
- navigation (but not download) is complete
- * Fixed loading .url files at startup (invoking NC) causing
- "Do you want to download..." dialog. Worked correctly if NC
- already open, not at startup.
- * Top line (bold) of confirmation dialog not automatically sizes
- correctly (was cutting off larger fonts).
- * Fixed problem with "Send link by email" under Outlook, OE
- where URL had embedded &'s. Now handled properly (UrlEncoded).
-
- CHANGES
- * Removed SHIFT + Home shortcut indicator for tab home function,
- it didn't work anyway and causes edit conflicts.
- * Changed status indicators... red for connecting (spins to show
- progress), yellow gradients for loading, and green when a page
- is completed loaded. Sort of a hybrid between previous versions
- and beta 4.
- * Reverted to javascript error suppression mode from beta 2.
- This will clear up some HTML rendering issues that resulted from
- the prepended error script. Should still get MOST script errors,
- but miss some on frames related sites.
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- NETCAPTOR 6.5 BETA 4 RELEASE NOTES
- May 8, 2001
-
- FEATURES
- * Tab icons now display mini progress bar
- * Middle mouse button (or wheel) click on tab closes clicked tab
-
- FIXES
- * Fixed more AltGr shortcut problems related to o,l,n,s,e etc.
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- NETCAPTOR 6.5 BETA 3 RELEASE NOTES
- April 26 2001
-
- FEATURES
- * CTRL + Right click will close clicked tab
- * Added .mht files to defaults in Open dialog
-
- FIXES
- * Fixed problem with AltGr + Q (international @) symbol
- * Pro: problem with url blocking requiring reload of list
- * Javascript error handling method reworked, should get almost all
- of them, except for sites which provide their own handling
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- NETCAPTOR 6.5 BETA 2 RELEASE NOTES
- April 23 2001
-
- FEATURES
- * Added online favorites functionality with Blink. Available from
- the CaptorBar and toolbar. Try it out!
- * Added Aliases functionality. Its like QuickSearch, but without
- the search. You can assign shortcuts to characters typed in the
- address bar and navigate automatically when you hit ENTER.
- For example, you can setup the shortcut 'n' to take you to
- 'http://www.netcaptor.com/'. See the Tools menu, Aliases.
- * Right-clicking on back, forward buttons will drop history menu
- * Optimized some startup code so that NetCaptor now loads at a
- minimum of 4/10 of a second faster.
-
- FIXES
- * Javascript error suppression now almost flawless.
- * Fixed "send link by email" not showing correct page title
- in the subject
- * Under IE5, tabbing between form fields clears the contents of
- origin field (where cursor was located before the TAB).
- * File menu, Offline now always accurately reflects offline status
- * NetCaptor Pro only - url blocking can cause extra javascript
- errors, in spite of error suppression, because some sites
- malfunction when content is blocked
- * Fixed bug in which using SHIFT + ENTER autocomplete wouldn't
- open result on a new browser tab even if New tab is selected
- in NetCaptor options
-
- CHANGES
- * When in CaptorGroup startup mode, and an external link invokes
- NetCaptor, NetCaptor will bypass the startup CaptorGroup and
- only load the invoking URL.
-
- NOTES
- * Under NetCaptor Pro, with Url Blocking turned on, download
- managers that require a http namespace will not work correctly.
-
- TODO - FIXES
- * Numeric keyboard right,left keys move cursor 2 chars in
- html form input boxes
-
- TODO - ON HOLD
- * Fix BACKSPACE problems in java apps
- http://myfamily.at/chat
- Also, choose daily crosswords under:
- http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/style/crosswords/
- * Can't select an item from HTML form combo box with TAB key,
- (workaround -- use ENTER)
- * CAN'T FIX - Double-clicking on address bar text, in conjunction
- with rapid, drag-and-drop movement of text can cause NC to hang
- Only happens in IE5-style autocomplete. It appears that
- SHLWAPI.DLL (implements IE5+ autocomplete) gets stuck inside
- some ugly loop. My assembler is a bit weak, so I'm not sure
- why.
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- NETCAPTOR 6.5 BETA 1 RELEASE NOTES
- 3/13/01
-
- KNOWN ISSUES
- * Pro version downloader integration with GetRight, DAP broken.
- Still investigating... its related to Url Blocking
-
- FIXES -- ALL 650 Beta 0 related
- * CTRL + O > Open Dialog shortcut fixed
- * CTRL + R > Refresh shortcut fixed
- * fixed problem where autocomplete entries in html forms
- couldn't be selected with ENTER without submitting form
- * fixed down, up arrows not selecting html form autocomplete items
- * fixed back key handling
- * drag and drop in CaptorBar favorites, favorites popup form
- was broken
- * Problem in translation file >>
- MenuToolsTranslatePageHint was MenuTooslTranslatePageHint
- * Javascript error suppression now works with framed sites
- Please report any script errors, with urls
- * fixed doubled down, up keys in html form combo boxes
- * fixed doubled page down, page up keys in browsers
-
- FIXES -- OTHER
- * fixed bug which resulted in toolbar data file corruption and
- toolbar only showing the security button.
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- NETCAPTOR 6.5 BETA 0 RELEASE NOTES
- 3/6/01 - PRO USERS ONLY
-
- FEATURES
- * Right-click context menu now available on Links toolbar
- (but not for menu items yet, that's coming)
- * History tree now displays URL tooltip of mouse over item
- (different sort orders are coming)
- * Favorites tree now displays URL tooltip of mouse over item
- * Added option to Suppress Javascript errors (on by default)
- * Forward and back button history menus, one of the most asked
- for features. Its not perfect yet, so please report problems
- with specific, reproduceable steps.
- * Added Ctrl + K shortcut for "Close All, Keep Current" action
- * AltGr keys now handled correctly. On confirmation, we'll
- remove the 'Disable ALT shortcuts' option as it won't be necessary
- * Translate Page feature added to Tools menu (uses BabelFish)
- * Tabs menu now bolds the menu item assoc'd with active tab
- * Added option to install OnFlow rich media player
-
- FIXES
- * Fixed (under IE55+) bug where last tab could lose its scrollbars
- * History search works much better now (since 6.2.1 update)
- * Address bar urls are trimmed of leading and trailing spaces
- * Previous instances now correclty handle passed .url shortcuts,
- no more 'Do you want to download...'
- * Dropped shortcuts/links/images on tab inner border no longer
- cause access violation
- * Fixed bug in PopupCaptor updating from previous versions
- * QuickSearch queries are now properly URLEncoded so that you
- don't lose search shortcuts like +/-
- * Urls from history now open correctly -- don't use 'Copy to
- Clipboard'
- * Fixed shortcut/key handling in the sidebar search browser
- * Fixed shortcut/key handling related to java applets and some
- other plugins
- * Fixed bug in "Send Link by Mail" in which bad title characters
- messed up command-line options (", ')
- * Fixed bug where local files opened from external link into
- existing app instance wouldn't open. NC would appear to ignore
- * Local files now opened correctly by editor dropdown menu,
- instead of opening a temp file (like it does for online files)
- * Fixed bug intro'd in NC62 which fixed the editor menu for IE55
- but broke it for IE5. Now works for both
-
- CHANGES
- * PopupCaptor list in Options is now much easier to work with
- * Options dialog handles default OK/Enter and Cancel/Esc keys
- correctly
- * Installer now remembers last installation path, so you don't have
- to reset it for each new install (works after running this and
- later builds at least once first)
- * Installer now remembers last shortcut settings
- * Installer will only install default settings (QuickSearch,
- PopupCaptor, Search, etc) if blank, won't overwrite or restore
- * flyswat is no longer included with NetCaptor