frostwire (5.3.2) stable; urgency=high
* Reverted H2 library to v1.3.160
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:09:46 -0500
frostwire (5.3.1) stable; urgency=high
* Updated default album cover image with an anti-aliased frostwire sphere.
* Fixes bug where clicking on the current song would switch to the library
but the button on the top would not be selected.
* Adds missing icon for "copy magnet" on Send file dialog.
* Library explorer and Playlist explorer are now divided by a split pane
for a better experience.
* Hides hints popup when search is triggered with a mouse click.
* Updated search icon (magnifier).
* Fonts are reset when the setup wizard is shown so the wizard can work
properly.
* New View > Reset Font Sizes action.
* The first time the Library button is used "Finished Downloads" is
preselected to give the user a clue of what can be done.
* When a new playlist is created, a graphic is shown to hint the user
about dragging audio files there.
* Updated H2 library to v1.3.164
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:22:15 -0500
frostwire (5.3.0) stable; urgency=high
* Search form looks similar to FrostWire 4 but now allows user to search
for more than one file type at once.
* Improvements in search algorithm.
* Send file/folder feature more effective between just 2 peers.
* Simplification of search form interface, looks similar to FrostWire 4
* Phone & Tablets tab is gone, integration with Android devices is now
part of the Library under a "Devices" tree item.
* Browses, Streams audio, and downloads files made public by Android devices
in the same network.
* When entering a search hints are shown to type less (powered by Google).
* Sorts transfers by "Seeds" correctly.
* Improvements on Library action buttons, now a "Launch" action is available
and buttons are shown/hidden depending on context.
* Fixes bugs where files on a audio playlist could not be dragged out.
* Fixes bugs where deleted files would still appear on the library.
* When right clicking on selected finished transfers and copying an infohash
you won't end up with a trailing newline on the clipboard.
* Sharing ratio of a torrent that you stopped and started seeding again
will not be infinite and will be based on the total sizes of the files
being shared.
* Now when the transfer split pane is dragged up, the pane border is painted
correctly on top of the image overlay.
* Fixes repainting glitch when moving split pane on top of promotional
graphic.
* Lots of icons have been revamped for a more uniform look.
* Null Pointer Exception issues #100, #103, #104.
* Fixes issue #93 chat action causing frostwire crash.
* Flickering issue on song progress bar resolved.
* Simplified torrent creation. User now doesn't have to make up her mind
about choosing a file or a folder, the file selection dialog now
handles this for her.
* Brought back "Stop" search button.
* Removed lingering "Show/Hide player" menu entry on status bar context menu.
* If seeding transfers are meant to be finished, newly finished transfers
are not hidden for that session.
* Audio files can be launched using the operating system's default player
Right click on a file "Launc in <OS>"
* Removed BTJunkie search engine.
* Added KickAssTorrents (kat.ph) search engine.
* Fixes issue where downloading removing a partial transfer would
delete previously completed downloads of that same torrent.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:14:10 -0500
frostwire (5.2.11) stable; urgency=high
* Fixes bugs where some BitTorrent configuration settings were reset
on startup.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:58:31 -0500
frostwire (5.2.10) stable; urgency=high
* Upload ratios will not be enforced to 30% of downloads anymore.
Users will have free will to set the upload ratio of their preference.
* Update autodownload now supported for mac.
* Updates can now be distributed via both BitTorrent and HTTP.
* HttpFetcher improvements for less resource consumption.
* HttpFetcher now supports large HTTP file downlods (progressive download).
* Improvements to Send File to a friend.
* Fixes bug where some finished Downloads wouldn't "Show in Library"
* Bug report system revised.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Mon, 22 Nov 2011 16:34:04 -0500
frostwire (5.2.9) stable; urgency=high
* Enhancement: Lucene full text indexing for Smart Search database to
allow for fuzzy searches.
* Enhancement: Lucene full text indexing for Library database allows
better search results on Radio search and playlist search.
* Enhancement: Audio player will start playing currently selected audio
source if it's on a stopped state.
* Bug Fix: Finished Downloads shows only finished downloads.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Wed, 9 Nov 2011 12:11:10 -0500
frostwire (5.2.8) stable; urgency=high
* Smart search updates uses less DHT resources and fixes logic bugs
that results into faster and better search results.
* New Internet Radio functionality on the Library. Play, Add, Remove
and bookmark your favorite Internet Radio Stations.
* Book/Document search now crawls for .cbr, .cbz, .cb7, .cbt and .cba
file formats.
* New "Show in Library" action for finished transfers. It is now the
default action when a finished transfer has been double clicked.
* Clicking on the currently played audio control should always take
the user to the currently played audio file.
* Top Library tree nodes re-arranged.
* When downloading a single partial file, the transfer manager shows
the proper icon based on the file type of the file being downloaded.
* Add partial downloads, and multiple transfers that contain audio files
to playlists right from the transfer manager.
* The library can now be configured to scan any folder the user desires.
* Files can be added to playlists right out of search results.
* New explore action button on the Library tab.
* New send to friend action button on the Library tab.
* Faster loading of Finished Downloads.
* Library search behaves as expected for all kinds of searches.
* A lot of bug fixes.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Mon, 7 Nov 2011 17:02:29 -0500
frostwire (5.2.3) stable; urgency=high
* Change the order of an audio file on playlist with drag and drop.
* Change the order of multiple audio files on a playlist with drag and drop.
* Drop audio files and folders at a specific position inside a playlist.
* Remembers the column and order you last set on the transfer manager
after restart.
* Remembers the last file type you searched for after restart.
* New FrostWire icon compatible with Ubuntu 11.10
* Bug fix, now if you're playing a song and you resort the playlist by
any of the columns, the next song to be played will be the one below
the current song in the new order.
* Searching inside "Finished Downloads" now yields folder names as search
results.
* Fixes lingering popup menu issue.
* Fixed DNS query issue affecting Linux.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:42:08 -0500
frostwire (5.2.2) stable; urgency=high
* Library tables are now cached in memory, searches are done in the cache
speeding up the experience considerably for users with several thousand
files.
* Create or add audio files to a playlist right from the Transfer manager.
* iTunes importing after audio transfers finish turned off by default.
* Completed transfers that contain at least one audio file can be sent
to iTunes from the Transfer manager.
* Audio status component recognizes an Audio Stream, from an Audio file
from an internet stream url. Clicking on it will take you to the
Android Tab if it's an android stream or to the Library otherwise.
* Fixes issues with download mediator refresh.
* Fixes out of memory error.
* Real time UI feedback as audio files are being imported into playlist.
* F5, Cmd+R or Ctrl+R will refresh the current Library table.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:03:10 -0500
frostwire (5.2.1) stable; urgency=high
* Play/Pause player buttons now share the same button depending on state.
* Mac OSX threading bug when importing .m3u playlist to new playlist fixed.
* Pressing space bar pauses/resumes currently played audio.
* Playlist files can be sorted correctly by track number when available.
* FLAC playback support.
* When a playlist has finished importing files, it's shown to the user.
* Transfer manager remembers the position of its JSplitPane.
* Transfer manager sorts downloads by default based on their creation date.
* Transfer manager has new column "Started On" showing the date the transfer
first started.
* Drag and drop issues on playlist component for Mac OSX fixed.
* Partial download dialog table can adjust column widths, a horizontal
scrollbar will appear if the sum of the columns is wider than the dialog.
* When playing an audio file, if it gets deleted FROM DISK from inside
FrostWire, the audio file will stop playing.
* Files can be dragged to the "Starred" playlist and they will be marked
as starred. If files are dragged from Disk, creating a new playlist
will be offered, and all the elements on the playlist will be starred.
* Files can be deleted from the "Starred" playlist. This will cause the
files to be unstarred on every other playlist where they belong.
* The tables on the library remember the last position of their scrollbars
during the session.
* Double clicking on a playlist name starts editing the playlist name.
* Fixes bug where downloading an individual file in a torrent wouldn't
be marked in the search results as downloading.
* Fixes a memory leak when importing ID3 tags into a playlist.
* Fixes bug where the duration of an MP3 file wasn't calculated correctly
by MPlayer, duration is now being calculated with Java library.
* Fixes bug where it would import torrent skipped files to iTunes.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:14:11 -0500
frostwire (5.2.0) stable; urgency=high
* New Library Tab, code named "Alexandria"
* New Audio Player controls
* New controls to create and manage playlists
* Drag and drop files from Finished Downloads, Audio, File explorer
into new or existing playlists.
* New control on status bar that shows current audio file being played
with a "Send to friend" button. Clicking on the file name bring user
back to where the audio file is being played.
* Export playlists to .m3u
* Import .m3u into new or existing playlists.
* Filter files inside currently selected file type or playlist.
* Audio player can randomize playback order, or repeat playlist.
* New icons all over the application.
* Album art is displayed when an audio file is selected on a playlist.
* Album art can be scaled in real time with split pane.
* Songs on playlists can be starred, Starred songs are added to "Starred"
* Selected songs on a playlist can be deleted with the Delete key, or
on right click Delete from playlist.
* Playlists can be renamed.
* Playlists can be deleted.
* When songs that have been deleted from disk are attempted to be played
they will be highlighted in red and with an exclamation mark.
* Right clicking on any song on a playlist > Cleanup removes all songs
on a playlist that have been deleted physically from disk.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:00:00 -0500
frostwire (5.1.5) stable; urgency=high
* Bug fix on setup wizard for some window configurations where controls
would not appear unless the user resized the window.
* Bug fix on keyword search filter, wrong keyboard event was being used.
* UX adjustement in the way transfers are sorted when the application is
launched.
* UX upgrade where Search Field on the Library now reacts to the DELETE key.
* UX upgrade where the FrostWire left hand side components are laid out
correctly after the user resizes the window from much smaller dimensions.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:51:34 -0500
frostwire (5.1.4) stable; urgency=high
* Bug fix where it would not index torrents when the
file type filter was in use.
* Bug fix when downloading a secondary file from the second torrent
download would not start and would appear as seeding.
* Cleans all empty folders created by a partial download once the download
is removed from the transfer manager.
* Fixes issue with transfer manager resetting the order of columns.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:57:38 -0500
frostwire (5.1.3) stable; urgency=high
* Search results now arrive under 200ms, aka, Instant Search.
* New FrostWire "Smart Torrent" search. FrostWire will search inside
top matching torrents for individual files matching the current query.
* Core upgrade, if a .torrent fails to download from its HTTP location
FrostWire will download it from the DHT if it can find it there.
* Functionality to see the size of the Search DB and to reset it.
* UX upgrade, ability to hide/show seeding torrents on transfer manager.
* UX upgrade, Phone & Tablets desktop explorer asks before deleting files.
* UX upgrade, New file "Extension" column on search results.
* UX upgrade, Search tabs now have animated indicator to let user know
a search is still going on.
* UX upgrade, New filter by file type. Filter controls re-arranged.
* UX fix, search results can now be sorted by file type.
* TPB has been added to the list of search engines.
* Mininova is back.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:50:00 -0500
frostwire (5.0.8) stable; urgency=high
* Shows torrent details after a download starts to bring traffic back
to the search engine that provided the result as a default setting.
* Shows FrostWire icon for search results to which we can't resolve the
file extension.
* Removes Mininova from search engines.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:41:08 -0500
frostwire (5.0.7) stable; urgency=high
* UX upgrade, send file or send folder support when a file or folder
is dropped on FrostWire.
* UX upgrade, file choosing dialogs on Mac now also show mounted volumes.
* UX upgrade, playback support for m4a files.
* UX upgrade, search result filters re-arranged.
* UX upgrade, main search button gone, updated search text box to include
clickable search icon.
* UX upgrade, filters re-arranged.
* UX upgrade, searches can be up to 50 characters long.
* UX upgrade, either disconnected or turbocharged, no idle state.
* UX upgrade, search as you type on the library, no more search button.
Disconnected only if it cannot connect to the internet.
* UX bugfix, iTunes options were not visible for Windows users.
* UX bugfix, fixes possible UI freeze on startup.
* UI bugfix, sending songs to iTunes on Mac is now done in a single process.
* Mac OSX Lion compatible.
* Bugfix, issue where opening a torrent from maglnk.com would result in a
double invocation of the Partial Dialog window.
* Bugfix, when user didn't start a partial download the torrent wouldn't be
deleted.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:13:16 -0500
frostwire (5.0.6) stable; urgency=high
* New feature, Send file. Available on File Menu and Transfer Manager.
* New feature, Send folder. Available on File Menu and Transfer Manager.
* UX upgrade, we now have a [+] icon next to search result file names to
show partial download dialog.
* UX upgrade, when a partial download is cancelled, the entry is removed
from transfers.
* UX update on partial download dialog. Includes new text filter.
* UX fix, Library search now also looks for .torrents on "Torrents" folder.
* UX fix, Mac OSX file menu does no longer show "Exit" action.
* Fixes bug, incomplete files are no longer exported to iTunes playlist.
* UX update, Help Menu now says "Sharing Help". Items rearranged.
* UX update, rearranged View options into single panel.
* UX update, torrent seeding settings are now a control of its own with
an explanation of what seeding is.
* UX update, the installation wizard now forces the user to decide if
she wants to seed or not seed to continue. Links to what is seeding
are in place.
* UX update, in Windows and Linux, when the user Xs the window the user is
explained that the application will be hidden and is given the option
to exit.
* UX bugfix, font size can now be increased.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:57:00 -0500
frostwire (5.0.4) stable; urgency=high
* UI upgrade, Create and seed New Torrents.
* UI upgrade, Ability to throttle torrent transfer speeds
* UI upgrade, Copy info hash from torrent.
* UI upgrade, Copy magnet link url from torrent.
* UI upgrade, Searchable library. Searches recursively downloaded
files, folders and torrents.
* UI upgrade, Search results filterable by Torrent Search Engine.
* UI upgrade, Search results filterable by file size.
* UI upgrade, Search results filterable by number of seeds.
* UI upgrade, Search results filterable by keywords as you type.
* UI upgrade, Ability to download partial files.
* UI upgrade, Promotional slides can now be switched by the user.
* UI upgrade and bug fixes on Phone & Tablets tab.
* UI upgrade, Ability to rebuild "FrostWire" playlist on iTunes.
* UI upgrade, Replaced legacy skinning code for "Substance" skinning system.
* Core update, audio playback is now done using mplayer.
* Core update, Vuze core integration with transfer manager.
re-written from scratch.
* Core update, No Gnutella support. Multiple library dependencies gone.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:00:00 -0500
frostwire (4.21.8) stable; urgency=high
* Fixes a possible freeze reported by some users when the configuration
wizard is shown.
* Fixes issue when a user changes default Gnutella Save Folder
and unchecks Sharing finished downloads. Individually shared
files from the old Save Folder would still be shared.
Now all individually shared files will be unshared if you uncheck
this setting.
* Now users don�t have to re-start to stop seeding after they�ve changed
their torrent Seeding Configuration. All torrents old and new will stop
seeding as soon as the setting is applied.
* Better wording to explain on which networks files are being shared on,
Gnutella or BitTorrent.
* Changed color of "Sharing Options" gear icon to blue, gray
icon may have seemed as if the button was disabled.
* Added "Sharing Options" gear button on Search Tab. It's only visible
once a search has been started.
* Added Help Menu options to learn about how to share/unshare files,
torrent seeding, and how to avoid being scammed into paying for
FrostWire. DO NOT PAY FOR FROSTWIRE.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Thu, 9 June 2011 17:40:20 -0500
frostwire (4.21.7) stable; urgency=high
* Makes sure cancelling torrents that have finished are not deleted.
* Folders created by torrents that are cancelled during download are deleted
to avoid any unwanted file sharing.
* Fixes a bug when migrating from an older version of FrostWire on which
previously Saved and individually shared files would still be shared after
not sharing finished downloads on the migration wizard.
* Fixes a bug on configuration screens that could make the application freeze
for a few seconds before moving towards the next screen.
* Migration wizard will always be shown to make sure users are aware of what
they're sharing.
* Sharing completed files is always set to off by default on the
configuration wizard.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Mon, 16 May 2011 17:10:25 -0500
frostwire (4.21.6) stable; urgency=high
* Fixes a bug where some Debian systems that didn't support the
Icon Tray would crash on startup.
* Fixes a bug where running FrostWire for the very first time
(and later) display Uploads number -1 in the bottom status bar.
* UX improvement Junk & Block. When marking Junk Results
UI offers to block malicious hosts that haven't blocked already.
* Policy update, Incomplete files are not shared by default to avoid
sharing files you started downloading and didn't want.
* Policy update, Finished downloads are not shared by default to
avoid confusion between files on Shared folder versus files
on Save folder.
* Policy update, .torrent files are not shared by default.
* UX improvement, better explanation and option to turn on/off
individual sharing of finished downloads (that end up in Saved
Folder) during FrostWire setup wizard.
* UX improvement, when user turns off Finished Download sharing
those files that were shared as individual files inside
the 'Saved Folder' will not be shared anymore.
* UX improvement, File menu now has option to Exit FrostWire completely.
* UX improvement, File menu now says "Open Torrent/Magnet" instead
of "Download Torrent/Magnet" for clarity.
* Bug Fix: The Torrent Save folder is now considered correctly,
now users can set a Torrent Save folder on external drives.
* Bug Fix: Slideshow component had an issue where it would not update
correctly the URL of the currently displayed slice if it had issues
fetching the image file, this could in turn sometimes cause 100% CPU
utilization.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Thu, 5 May 2011 11:03:14 -0500
frostwire (4.21.5) stable; urgency=high
* Fixes newly introduced bug where it would not recursively share the
files in a folder. Thanks File_Girl71.
* Fixes newly introduced bug where it wouldn't correctly display the
title of a file on the Playlist.
* Fixes issue where it would not kill torrent uploads until
the next restart.
* Fixes NPE on HttpFetcher.fetch()
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:33:12 -0500
frostwire (4.21.4) stable; urgency=low
* New setting to turn off automatic installer downloads.
* New setting to limit the speed of BitTorrent downloads.
* New Galician flag added.
* UX improvements when creating new folders on the Phones and Tablets UI.
* Fixes bug when dropping files on an Android device that hasn't been
selected.
* UX change. FrostWire will now seed torrents that have not been removed
from it's download manager. Completed torrents now will appear as
"Completed/Seeding"
* UX change. Default save location folder in Windows Vista and Windows7 is
now the user's default "~Downloads/FrostWire" folder.
* UX improvements when showing FrostClick overlays. No more flickering.
Overlays are now shown in an animated slideshow. More than 2 artists
can now be promoted.
* Fixes bug when copying .apk files from Android device to desktop computer.
* Fixes bug when saving torrents to it's default Save location if that
folder has been deleted.
* Fixes bug on which removed Torrent downloads would reappear.
* Updated Mojito DHT integration. Mojito DHT is now active.
* Upgraded anti-spam mechanisms.
* Removed all remnant code related to LimeWire Store.
* Cleanup to use a single logging library.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:00:00 -0500
frostwire (4.21.3) stable; urgency=low
* New "Phones and Tablets" tab. Tools to share files with Android
devices on a Wi-Fi network.
* New debian source packages available.
* Upgrades to HttpFetcher performance. Cleanups and refactors.
* Upgrades java compatibility to Java 6.
* Upgrades Mojito-DHT to the latest version found on the LimeWire
repository. Tune ups.
* Removed dependencies on Linux native libraries. JDIC is no more
for Linux releases.
* Fixes issues when rendering and scrolling torrent search results.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:00:00 -0500
frostwire (4.21.1) stable; urgency=low
* New auto-update support for Windows and Ubuntu.
* Upgrades Azureus Core (bittorrent engine) to version 4.5.0.4.
Thanks to the Azureus Team for their hard work and support through the
integration.
* New setting pane to allow user to turn off FrostClick promotions.
* Fixes issue with Application Icon. New high resolution icon now
in place.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:48:18 -0500
frostwire (4.20.9) stable; urgency=low
* Fixes bug where FrostWire would not try to open exclusively UDP tracked
torrents.
* New option -Dultrapeer=1 forces FrostWire to run as Ultrapeer. Only for
hackers that build FrostWire.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:36:22 -0500
frostwire (4.20.8) stable; urgency=low
* Upgrades search, now powered with ClearBits.net results a service
that indexes thousands of legal torrent files. (formerly known as
LegalTorrents.com)
* New BitTorrent Connection Settings Available.
* New ability to configure the max. number of active torrent downloads.
* New ability to configure the max. number of peers per torrent.
* New ability to configure the max. number of torrent connections.
* New ability to configure the max. number of torrent uploads.
* Fixes torrent auto resume bug.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:16:17 -0500
frostwire (4.20.7) stable; urgency=low
* Improves Torrent search dramatically.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:26:46 -0500
frostwire (4.20.6) stable; urgency=low
* Upgrades Azureus Core to version 4.4.0.0 - Thanks to the
Vuze/Azureus team for their hard work.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500
frostwire (4.20.5) stable; urgency=low
* Fixes audio player issues. Now all MP3s should support skipping
and gain control. * Fixes bug on status bar speed meter. Now
BitTorrent uploads speeds are added up and shown correctly in it.
* Fixes High CPU usage bug while loading hostiles ip list. *
Fixes a bug on MacOSX on which FrostWire would only start
downloading a .torrent only if FrostWire was already running. *
The FrostWire windows installer will now clean FrostWire Desktop
shortcuts if uninstalled.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Fri, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500
frostwire (4.20.4) stable; urgency=low
* Fixes connectivity issues for Mac version.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Mon, 28 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500
frostwire (4.20.3) stable; urgency=low
* Fixes a bug where files couldn't be dragged out of the Library.
* Fixes a bug where opening a magnet link would freeze the UI
while it was being fetched in the DHT. * Fixes a bug where magnet
links that were dropped on FrostWire wouldn't start downloading.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Wed, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500
frostwire (4.20.2) stable; urgency=low
* Fixes a bug on torrent resume * Installer sizes reduced over 58%
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Wed, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500
frostwire (4.20.1) stable; urgency=low
* Major Upgrade: BitTorrent Engine replaced for a lightweight
version of the Azureus BitTorrent core. FrostWire has become a
far superior BitTorrent client starting version 4.20.x now
supporting: - Trackerless Torrents (via Azureus DHT) - Improved
Magnet link support (BTIH Magnet Links) - SuperSeeding - +100%
Faster Torrent Connection Bootstraping (No more "sources needed"
for some .torrents) - +100% Faster Torrent Downloads in some
ocassions than 4.18.x - Transport Encryption capabilities -
Improved UPnP implementation * New Feature: The Download Manager
now has a new column showing the amount of bytes downloaded per
download. * Update: The "Refresh Connections" Tool is now
available even if you are Turbo Charged. * Fixes a bug where
Crash Reports would always show an old version number.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Tue, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500
frostwire (4.18.6) stable; urgency=low
* New Feature: Right clicking on the tabs brings out a context
popup menu to Show/Hide any of the tabs. * New Feature: Gnutella
Torrent Search. FrostWire now can search for .torrent metadata
files in the Gnutella network. * Upgraded feature: Optionally
FrostWire will copy all .torrent meta files to a shared torrent
folder. * Fixes a bug where FrostWire would not recognize or
switch Themes/Skins correctly.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Tue, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500
frostwire (4.18.5) stable; urgency=low
* Fixes two NPEs that were causing FrostWire to kill
uploads. (related to httpcomponent/nio) * Fixes a crash under some
Windows JREs when the windows firewall is turned off. * Fixes a
freeze in Windows after the user would switch to the "Windows
Theme". * Updates: License is upgraded from GPLv2 to GPLv3 to
allow proper license compatibility with Apache Licensed
components.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500
frostwire (4.18.4) stable; urgency=low
* New: "Tools > Refresh Connections". A network of FrostWire
Sentinels mantains a list of reliable nodes that can be used to
bootstrap your connection. * FrostWire IP BlackList technology
updated to get rid of over 70% of spam and fakes (thanks
Aaron.Walkhouse). * Update: latest UPnP code merged from LimeWire
Codebase for better connectivity. * Update: Network core more
efficient and stable thanks to the latest Apache HttpComponents
(httpcore-4.0.1 and httpclient-4.0) * Update: Random Splash
Screens. Now showing different community submitted Splash Screens
to spread the FrostWire culture. * Update: The Chat Server is now
a parameter on frostwire.props. * Fix: Connection Doctor
addresses more connection bootstrapping issues.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Tue, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500
frostwire (4.18.3) stable; urgency=low
* Fixes connectivity issues on Snow Leopard where FrostWire would
not attempt to open any connections. * Bug fix on Connection
Doctor. It would continue to run even though FrostWire was already
connected. * FrostWire for Mac is now compiled with 64-bit JDK
and it's backwards compatible with Leopard (10.5)
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Tue, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500
frostwire (4.18.2) stable; urgency=low
* Ads .wma and .au extension to the default excluded shared
formats. Also they are filtered from search results by default to
protect windows users from malicious installers invoked from
Windows Media Player when fake .au and .wma are opened. This also
gives preference to .mp3 content which has no DRM. * Updated
Adult Filter keywords. * Fixes compatibility issues with Snow
Leopard for Mac users.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Tue, 15 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500
frostwire (4.18.1) stable; urgency=low
* Updates on the "Connection Doctor" component, to address
connection issues. Connects to new network of UHC servers. *
Updates on secondary (after-search) loading logic. Loads secondary
overlay on the spot, more room for FrostClick artist promotions.
* Fixes a bug where some mp3 would not play. Volume, Pause and
skip are disabled intentionally during workaround. * Fixes a bug
where the media player would loop non-stop without playing all the
songs on a playlist once it found an mp3 it could not play * Fixes
a bug on for Mac OSX where FrostWire would only download torrents
opened via Finder if it was already running. Torrents now launch
FrostWire and start downloading at once. * Updates video help
link to point to YouTube video of how to install FrostWire on
Mac. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hakWq8q8CHQ * Fixes Windows
Uninstaller issue where it would leave behind a Start Menu entry *
Fixes a bug on the .deb (Ubuntu/Debian) installer and GDebi. The
FrostWire icon is now shown correctly in Ubuntu 9.04 "Applications
> Internet" menu. (Thanks Telkwa)
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Tue, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500
frostwire (4.18.0) stable; urgency=low
* Fixes Bittorrent Incompatibilities. * Mac launcher fixes bug
where FrostWire would not allow itself to run on a external disk.
* Fixes bug on Welcome Screen, now you don't need to open
FrostWire twice to get the latest welcome screen. * FrostWire
caches the last 2 images shown on the Welcome Screen to save
bandwidth from static servers. * Tools > Check for Updates. Now
FrostWire can check for configuration updates, community messages,
new FrostWire releases and welcome screen promotion updates during
runtime. * The welcome screen can be customized for every
language, giving the chance to more content creators to be
promoted every week to different audiences that speak their
language. * The Buttons of the Download Manager have been
rearranged to avoid mistakes when trying to resume downloads. The
Clear and Cancel Buttons are all the way to the right. Thanks to
'ssome' for the suggestion. * New Splash Screen. * Anti spam
filters updated to filter out new keywords used by spammers. *
New "Buy" icon. * The community chat 'Connect' button now checks
if a nickname has been set and helps the user set a default
nickname using an input dialog. * When users issue the "/nick"
command on the chat, FrostWire will remember the new nickname as
the default nickname. * Updates to debian package fix issues with
unpack200 and performs a cleaner uninstall.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Tue, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500
frostwire (4.17.2) stable; urgency=low
* Fixes a newly introduced bug in Windows which would make
FrostWire(tm) take over the .bittorrent file association without
asking the user. * Reduces network load. The LimeWire team found
out that "store forwarding" would not provide extra data
availability, so it's been turned off from the DHT * FrostWire.ico
has been updated. Now when FrostWire(tm) is associated to
.bittorrent files, .bittorrent files will use the FrostWire(tm)
icon.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Tue, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500
frostwire (4.17.1) stable; urgency=low
* Heavy work on all translations. Translation files now work with
launchpad.net for more open collaboration of worldwide translator
volunteers * Default Community Chat chatroom auto join will now be
more friendly to non-english speaking users. Users that speak the
following languages will be able to foster new communities to help
others in their native language. Dutch, Portuguese, French,
German, Spanish, Turkish, Norwegian, Danish, Italian, Swedish,
Polish, Czech, Filipino, Japanese, Finnish and Hungarian. No more
unexplained kicks to international users! * Icons updated *
Volume toolbar graphic replaced * Fixed playback Issue when
continuous playback was selected * Valid Chatroom links will now
open on the user's default browser * Smaller Windows Installer
(2.1 times smaller helping us double our available bandwidth) * It
will attempt to add the default Library folder of 4.13.5 so users
won't feel like they lost their old library * FrostWire(tm) now
can be auto-started when Windows starts. This setting is available
from the 'Option' menu ('Windows boot') and from the initial
setup. * File Association issues fixed. FrostWire(tm) will open
automatically on Windows and MacOSX upon clicking on .torrent
files and links, as well as for magnet links. * Fixes
compatibility issues with iTunes 8. * Updated "FrostWire" font
logo on the Logo Pane
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Tue, 01 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500
frostwire (4.17.0) stable; urgency=low
* Completely new FrostWire(tm) based on the core of LimeWire
4.17.4 * Faster, Improved Networking * Capable of using Mojito DHT
technology
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500
frostwire (4.13.5) stable; urgency=low
* More fixes on peer discovery on connection bootstraping. *
FrostWire(tm) is now capable of remembering announcements sent via
the update system, that way users won't be annoyed by reading the
same announcements for as long as we have them up. * Added Smiley
support to the Chatroom. Developer note: irc.jar is now part of
our build process, One step build scripts for all distros. *
Fixed wording on spanish translation. * Fixed bugs on the media
player and playlists on Preview. * Fixed bug on search box
auto-focusing while a search was running. * Fixed typo in
Polish. Thanks Radek. * Fixed i18n bug, where non english
operating system could never keep english as the preferred
language, it would always default to the OS systema affer
restarting FW. Thanks to FTA our new dev team member.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Tue, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500
frostwire (4.13.4) stable; urgency=low
* Connection Bootstrapping problems should be gone. TurboCharged
connection is achieved on average under 5 seconds after launch. *
"Buy" button on the search result panel. * Polish Translation
Included. Finally got around Encoding issues of the Java
ResourceBundle class. More translations with their correct
characters coming in the future. (thanks Paulinka for the
translation) * New FrostWire(tm) Icon on the Icon Tray for Windows
XP (thanks to sw1tch) * The Bugmanager window still said
"LimeWire" (it was very well hidden in the code). Thanks to
Marcelina Knitter for reporting. * Fixes on Update Notification
Mechanism. * Fixes on Chat Banner Loading Mechanism, banner
reloading interval from server is now configurable. Banners can
now be delivered per FrostWire(tm) version. Faster startup and
savings on bandwidth. * Cleaning of IRC Stack traces.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Tue, 22 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500
frostwire (4.13.3) stable; urgency=low
* New Update Manager. Also allows delivery of special
announcements to the community. We won't use this feature for
spam, only for special announcements to the community, or special
downloads. * The Update Manager supports the delivery of torrent
broadcasting to all the FrostWire(tm) community. This will allow
us to lower bandwidth costs if we decide to distribute an upload
using bittorrent trackers. * FrostWire(tm) startup time back to
normal, no more waiting for Chat window to load, the chat is now
loaded on a background thread.
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Tue, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500
frostwire (4.13.2) stable; urgency=low
* No more BETA, this is the final release of the 4.13.1.8 branch *
Included translation to Portuguese (Since our Brazilian User Base
is the second biggest one out there). * Cleaner debian installer
(Thanks to the "Ubunteros" that kept complaining). *
Compatibility fix for Beryl (Thanks to the "Ubunteros" again) *
Frostwire will actually shutdown on Linux without you having to
set up the Tray System settings. * Updates on Chat Banner
system. Memory Leak fixed, Banners can be targetted by language,
ip range and country. (Want to advertise on the FrostWire(tm)
Chat? - write to contact@frostwire.com) * Misc Updates to the Chat
and Lots to the Chat Server (Ianw's the man ruling those lands).
* When music files are launched they're automatically added to the
playlist (Finally). * Fixed bug on "Explore" button where it'd
launch the file instead of the folder that contains the file. *
Dev. tools to synchronize translation files, and quick build
script. * Removed all Simpp messages
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Tue, 22 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500
frostwire (4.13.1) stable; urgency=low
* Added IRC Chat (only for Windows and Mac until we resolve AWT
Font bug for Linux on PJIRC) * Merged Bittorrent support * Merged
Several Core and GUI Improvements * New Building Scripts will
automate further releases. build/ directory added to the frostwire
trunk * Magnetmix button gone, we need help from the community to
keep going
-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Tue, 22 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0500
