NewsLeecher 1.0 Beta 10
#: This should just have been a bugfix release.. Oh well, got
carried away :) ...
#: Warning: The "fills only" server option has been replaced
with a "download priority" server option. Remember to
lower the download priority for your pay servers before use.
+: Completely new (rewritten) cache system. The new cache
system relies solely global MSG id's. It features a dramatic
reduction of memory usage and much faster cache loading
and saving time. The new cache system can load a large
group containing 1.5 million headers (15.000 articles), and
still only use ~ 4 MB of memory to store them. Much work has
been put into optimizing & fine-tuning the cache, but there
might still be room for more cache optimization in a future
release. *Note* The new cache system is not compatible with
the cache system used in earlier betas. Headers have to be
re-downloaded, but only a single server is required for
header downloads.
+: Replaced the 'fills only' server option with a more flexible
'download priority' server option.
+: Added option to only download new group headers from specific
servers. (hint: use server with highest completion rate).
+: In can now be setup which serves should be used when
performing a "server search".
+: Added new 'optimization' tab to the setup dialog. It contains
various settings to optimize NewsLeecher for specific system
configurations.
+: Added a "Group Info Dialog" showing the completion rate
for the active group plus lots of other info.
+: Added option to exclude "header update" download bytes from
the servers "bytes downloaded" statistics.
+: Added support for article 'date' tag in NZB files.
+: Added full support for the 'group' tag in NZB files.
+: Added 'server login message' dialog.
+: Added 'Download Folder' column to transfer queue.
+: Reintroduced "New at cache" column to the groups view.
+: It's now possible to turnoff .NZB file association with NL.
+: Added "close application?" confirmation box.
+: Other small additions here and there.
* It's now possible to add/change/edit/enable/disable/move
servers even if there is content in the transfer queue.
*: Filter boxes now remember the last X used filter strings.
The X value can be setup from the setup dialog.
*: NL now puts a lot less stress on the CPU when trying to fetch
expired messages from a server. Was a problem when using
.NZB files containing outdated content.
*: Server search results are now saved between NL sessions.
*: Lots of minor improvements.
!: Fixed "never download incompletes" feature.
!: Fixed bug where NewsLeecher would sometimes crash if an
imported .NZB file contained a "part 0" segment.
!: Fixed bug where progress window was always on top. Even if NL
wasn't the active application.
!: Various other fixes.
-: The text posting feature has been removed. A full blown binary
posting system will be featured in a future release instead.