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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.20.0002, 22-aug-2007).
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v6.20.0002 - 22.08.07 07:56
    * Cycling tabs by keys: now browsing the selected tab (i.e. jump to 
      tab's location in tree and then fill the list) is delayed until no 
      key is pressed anymore. This allows fast uninterrupted cycling by 
      keyboard. Works only, of course, if you use a keyboard shortcut 
      that combines at last 2 keys, like e.g. the default Ctrl+Tab: hold 
      Ctrl down while repeatedly pressing Tab... browsing will only 
      happen when you finally release Ctrl.
    ! Whenever using a keyboard shortcut containing the "Shift" key to 
      change the view mode of a tab to 'list', 'details' etc., all tabs 
      got changed to that mode, because holding Shift is also trick to 
      apply a view mode to all tabs. Fixed. Now the holding Shift trick 
      will only work in combination with mouse action.
    ! App did not restart minimized to tray when minimized to tray after 
      X close with "Minimize to tray on X close" checked. Fixed.
    ! Reordered the tab headers' context menu so that Close Tab is the 
      bottom entry.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.20.0001, 16-aug-2007).
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v6.20.0001 - 16.08.07 09:52
    + Configuration | General: added option "Minimize to tray on X
      close". Check it to minimize the app to the system tray when using 
      the X close windows button.
    * Preview: From now on, any file types excluded from Preview (via 
      unchecking the file type in Configuration | Previewed Formats) 
      *will* in fact be previewed when you explicitly use the "Preview" 
      (menu File, Ctrl+Q, TB button) command. In other words: if you go 
      for "Preview" you get Preview. The "Previewed Formats" settings 
      from now on only apply to Preview-by-focusing (usually by 
      clicking) a file in the file list.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.10.0092, 13-aug-2007).
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v6.10.0092 - 13.08.07 08:45
    + Catalog: added a keyboard/mouse trick to show a Catalog item's 
      location in the Tree, without selecting the tree folder nor 
      displaying its contents in the file list. 
        Keyboard: Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Enter (Scope: Catalog)
        Mouse:    Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Click
      In other words, the Tree will expand and scroll as to show the 
      Catalog item's folder at top position (resp. at the position set 
      by TreeRowForAutoScroll). This little trick can be pretty useful 
      to quickly home in on the target for a copy/paste or drag/drop 
      operation.
      Works as well for file:///-items, Visual Filtered items and 
      similar stuff. If the item is a file (and not a folder) then the 
      shown Location will be its containing folder, of course.
      I did not yet add "Show Location in Tree" (or so) to the Catalog 
      context menu, because -- uhm -- it's time for dinner.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.10.0090, 12-aug-2007).
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v6.10.0090 - 12.08.07 10:39
  +++ Catalog: You already could drag-drop files onto a Catalog item that 
      is an application (*.exe) to have those dropped files opened with 
      that application. Now there three more ways to achieve the same:
      (1) A new command in the catalog items' context menu called "Open 
          Selected List Item(s)". It is only enabled if the item is an 
          application.
          The currently selected list item(s) will be opened with that 
          application item you right-clicked in the Catalog.
      (2) Ctrl+Shift+Click an application item.
          Note: The application will open minimized or in the 
          background. This is not a feature but apparently a side-effect 
          of something -- I was surprised by this but can't do anything 
          about it.
      (3) Press Ctrl+Shift+Enter on the selected application item.
          This way, the application will open in the foreground.
      Note that this is effectively identical to the "Open With" command 
      you known from Explorer's (resp. the Shell's) context menu, but 
      with a reversed GUI: you have it in the context menu of the 
      opening application rather than the opened files.
      The advantages: 
        - Much easier and faster selection of the application.
        - 1-click-open any files with any application.
        - No need to change or look up the registry.
      It's the cool way to open with...
    * Catalog: added a mouse-only way (without holding the ALT-key) to 
      select a Catalog item without activating it, namely by clicking the 
      8 pixel wide area left of the item's icon. You have to be a good 
      hitter, I know... :)

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.10.0087, 11-aug-2007).
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v6.10.0087 - 11.08.07 13:00
    + Toolbar: added buttons for
        - "Preview". Works exactly as menu File | Preview (Ctrl+Q).
        - "Full Screen Preview" (F11).
      Remember that Full Screen Preview is for images only, where as 
      Preview is for all media files.
    * Menu File | Preview: If Raw View (tab) is opened then "Preview" 
      will open the Preview (tab) of the selected file. Before, it would 
      open the Raw View.
    * Menu File | Preview: You now can -- using the menu command, KS, or 
      TB -- preview the focused file even if it is not selected. Any 
      current selections will remain untouched.
      Maybe a disadvantage of this change: Pressing "Preview" does not 
      close the info panel anymore when nothing is selected. Time will 
      show...
    * Configuration | Preview | Image Preview: renamed "Faster instead 
      of better" to "High quality image resampling", and, as the new name 
      tells, reversed the logic.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.10.0084, 10-aug-2007).
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v6.10.0084 - 10.08.07 10:00
    + Configuration | Preview | Image Preview: added option "Faster 
      instead of better". Here you can control the quality of the image 
      resampling used in the Preview Tab, the Full Screen Preview, and 
      in Mouse Down Blow Up (on Preview and on thumbnails).
      The setting does *not* affect the thumbnails quality.
    + Preview: Added more Office 2007 file types, aka Office Open XML 
      Formats. So, including yesterday's addings, XYplorer's instant 
      preview now supports these new file types:
        Word 2007:       *.docx, *.dotx
        Excel 2007:      *.xlsx, *.xltx
        PowerPoint 2007: *.pptx, *.potx, *.ppsx

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.10.0083, 09-aug-2007).
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v6.10.0083 - 09.08.07 12:47
    + Tree: When the tree is tall and you are scrolling somewhere in the 
      middle with the root and parent nodes out of view, then you 
      sometimes lose orientation: where am I??? Now there's help:
      Hovering any folder icon will immediately pop up a tool tip 
      displaying the full path of that folder! Another usability 
      highlight that makes your file managing life just that little bit 
      easier...
      This feature needs "Configuration | File Info Tips | Show tips for 
      clipped tree and list items" to be checked!
    + Peview: Added *.docx and *.xlsx file types.
    * Menu Tools | Browse for Network Server... now works exactly as if 
      the path was entered in the address bar. That is: If the path's 
      server is currently not shown in the Tree, it will be added on the 
      fly. 
    * Updated the help file.
    ! Crash on previewing one particular malformed icon. Fixed.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.10.0082, 08-aug-2007).
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v6.10.0082 - 08.08.07 09:50
  %%% Incredible: Listing files (browsing and searching) ca. 15% faster!
      This involved a massive 12 hour rewrite of some core functionality 
      (storage and handling of file times) based on an idea I got when 
      standing on my head (Zen, baby...). Try it with care! (Standing on 
      your head and the latest version.)
    ! The "Len" column was not updated on rename. Fixed.
    ! Find Files: Name Search and related operations did not work 
      alright when the search "Mode" was set to anything but "Standard" 
      (namely to Boolean or RegExp). Fixed.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.10.0077, 06-aug-2007).
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v6.10.0077 - 06.08.07 11:27
  +++ List: added new column "Len", which displays the Full Name Length in 
      characters of each item. This offers you a slick way to find over-
      long filenames that might make trouble when burning CD-ROMs.
      NTFS allows a length of 255, ISO 9660 as well. However, it is easy 
      to create files with longer names on NTFS, by moving them to long-
      named locations. This is where the trouble usually starts...
      Note that when upgrading to this version, the new Len column will 
      initially take the place of the Path column in search results. You 
      can re-show the Path column with a single menu click so I did not 
      bother to write compatibility code.
    * Menu File: renamed "Info to Clipboard" to "To Clipboard". It's the 
      better term because also Icons are copied here. And, it's shorter.
      And, I have some nice ideas for a new submenu "From Clipboard" in 
      future... ;)

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.10.0075, 05-aug-2007).
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v6.10.0075 - 05.08.07 10:14
    + CKS: added new time-stamping command to "Miscellaneous" under the 
      sub-category "Touch":
      - Set Modified Date to Created Date
      Sets the last modified date of each selected List item to the 
      created date of that item.
    * CKS: Locked the unshifted ESC key. This "Stop" key should not be 
      reassignable. It's too fundamental to be soft.
    + INI Tweak: now you can have superfast thumbnail creation for *.gif 
      files, too!
        [Thumbs]
        SuperFastThumbsGif=1
      There's a but: transparent pixels will be black. This blackness is 
      due to a known GDI bug. If your GIFs are not transparent, or if 
      you don't mind seeing some black pixels, then you can win a lot of 
      time by using this tweak!
    ! Generating thumbnails could crash when hitting a truncated GIF 
      image file. Fixed.
    ! With "Show Folders in List" and "Check existence of subfolders in 
      tree" switched off, tree navigation did not work as it should. 
      Fixed.
    ! List: Rename edit box was not always closed when changing the View 
      (Details, List, etc.). Fixed.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.10.0074, 04-aug-2007).
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v6.10.0074 - 04.08.07 08:48
    ! Toolbar button "Hide Folders in List": didn't update its pressed 
      state after changing the setting via Configuration. Fixed.
    ! Triggering Rename (F2) in an empty List popped an empty edit box. 
      Fixed.
    % Handling of network browsing again faster.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.10.0073, 03-aug-2007).
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v6.10.0073 - 03.08.07 15:05
    % Again: Faster handling of attempts to browse to currently not 
      available network locations.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.10.0072, 02-aug-2007).
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v6.10.0072 - 02.08.07 17:41
    + CKS: added new time-stamping commands to "Miscellaneous" under the 
      new sub-category "Touch":
      - Set Modified Date to Now
      - Set Created Date to Now
      - Set Accessed Date to Now
      The commands are applied to all currently selected List items.
    ! Menu View | Show Items | Show Folders in List: in Find mode, 
      folders were not recursed when they were hidden by an unchecked 
      "Show Folders in List". Fixed.
      The same bug was in effect for folders hidden by an unchecked 
      "Show Hidden Files and Folders" and "Show System Files and 
      Folders": they were not recursed if hidden. Fixed: now they are 
      recursed and matching contents are displayed in the result listing 
      even if the containing folders themselves are not displayed.
    % Faster handling of attempts to browse to currently not available 
      network locations.
    ! Menu Edit | New | New Folder (Ctrl+N): list refresh after "New 
      Folder" was too slow for fast typists. Fix attempt #2.
    * Toolbar: redefined button "Show Hidden Items" to "Hide Folders in 
      List". The context menu remains the same (just the default command 
      changed). Note that the pressed button state means the folders are 
      hidden. I found it more intuitive to have the normal state (folders 
      shown) unpressed.
    * Menu Go | Hotlist... (Ctrl+H): now the hotlist pops up at the 
      current mouse position. Smoother workflow...

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.10.0071, 01-aug-2007).
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v6.10.0071 - 01.08.07 09:58
    + Menu View | Show Items: added option "Show Folders in List". 
      Defaults to checked. Uncheck it to show only files in the List.
      Default KS: Ctrl+Shift+O.
      Little issue: in Find mode, hiding folders currently also stops 
      recursing subfolders... I'll fix that soon...
    ! Toolbar buttons lacked transparency under certain color schemes. 
      Fixed #2.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.10.0069, 29-jul-2007).
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v6.10.0069 - 29.07.07 18:01
    + Find Files: now, you can click the label "Mode:" to cycle the name 
      pattern prefixes: [none], :, >. Just a little, more or less hidden, 
      power user trick for mousies.
    ! Menu Edit | New | New Folder (Ctrl+N): slightly changed the 
      internal order of actions. This might fix an issue where the list 
      refresh after "New Folder" was too slow for fast typists.
    ! Toolbar buttons lacked transparency under certain color schemes. 
      Fixed.
    ! Resizing the Catalog was buggy when DPI was set to a user-defined 
      value like 115%. Very strange VB user control (again!) bug , almost 
      fixed (worked around). The complete fix (removal of the damn User 
      Control) comes next time.