→ AppFresh Development Preview 5 Bugfix Release 2 (Mac OS X 10.4 only)

Before we continue working on a tighter iusethis.com integration, we are happy to release another bugfix to Preview 5. It also brings some new features that did not make it in the last bugfix, but we thought it’s about time.

New in Preview 5 Bugfix 2 is grouping of applications within a folder and its subfolders. It’s not yet possible to create flexible packages, but it sure helps reducing Unknown state entries for lots of software packages (such as Microsoft Office 2004 or Adobe and Macromedia products). Groups are always using the highest version available of all applications within the directory selected in the grouping dialog and can be unpacked if needed. Please feel free to submit feedback, since we are planning more related advanced features. Please note that non-bundle applications are now scanned and listed (Spotlight needed)! This might lead to a significant raise of applications counts.

Another new feature helps to correctly set the iusethis.com identifiers. When changing the iusethis.com identifier, AppFresh first performs a search and provides the results in an auto-completion enabled combobox. So its not needed to visit and search iusethis.com.

Please, make sure to check out the preferences. There are two new options that have been requested thoughout the last month. For all of you with lots of apps, there is a new compact list style that makes it possible to display more list entries at once. Another new option disables the installing of updates that need to be located by the Download Locator. Enabling this option will help run complete updates without user interaction.

Complete list of changes:

• Added grouping of applications in one folder.
• Added auto completion for changing iUseThis identifiers with search results.
• Added preferences option compact list style.
• Added scanning and handling of non-bundled applications.
• Added support for kernel extensions (yet without filesystems)
• Added toolbar action iUseThis Profile.
• Added auto-hiding of iUseThis categories if no credentials are set.
• Added preferences option to ignore updates needing the Download Locator.
• Improved checking for iusethis.com "Server down" messages and setting to state "Broken feed".
• Improved caching to improve overall list preformance.
• Improved iusethis.com auto-search.
• Improved internal Core Data handling.
• Fixed generating of application names containing dots (for example Last.fm)
• Fixed installing of some PreferencePanes.
• Fixed removing of old versions when iUseThis identifier is changed.
• Fixed setting of iUseThis state.
• Fixed updating of iUseThis category counts.
• Fixed marked as up to date applicatins category assoziation (now Up to date)
• Fixed inspector resizing issues.
• Fixed sorting by state.
• Fixed some more wrong capitlization.
• Fixed displaying application name in the Download Locator window.
• Fixed alignement of dates in the first row of a category.
• Fixed Safari 3 problems with Download Locator.
• Fixed handling of pre version schemes.
• Reverted Download Locators always-on-top window settings.
• Reverted to using sheets to display the progress.
• Removed preferences option to exclude unsupported applications.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 7th, 2007 at 8:59 pm and is filed under AppFresh. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.