April 16, 2009 at 19:43Total Commander 7.5 public beta 1
Today, after a long (and, I would say, tightened) period of private testing, open beta testing of the new version of Total Commander begins.
Let me remind you of the most noticeable innovations of the upcoming version:
The main disadvantage of TC is the lack of full support for files with Unicode characters in transit. The problem was partially eliminated due to Windows compatibility functions, but now Unicode is implemented natively: Why wasn’t such an important change implemented before? Because to rewrite an application that has been developing for 15 years is not a pound of raisins to eat. But now - cheers. Unicode is also supported for the plug-in API, new documentation with descriptions of updated functions is already available to developers.
New features for organizing FTP connections, secure password encryption, bug fixes:
Now you can use breadcrumb, a Windows Vista Explorer-style navigation bar (containing a drop-down menu with a list of child directories). Also improved are the individual directory trees that appeared in the previous version, and much more, for example the toolbar: Alas, version 7.5, apparently, will not include the previously declared functionality for burning discs. The reason is that a suitable version of the burning engine, developed by a third-party company, is still not ready. Perhaps the missing functionality will appear in one of the next minor TC updates. Why did it take so long to test, because initially the beta was expected back in January-February, or even earlier?
This is the principle of development - to clean out all the bugs to one. Until the testers found errors in the new functionality, the beta version had to be postponed. A total of 17 closed versions were released, thus appearing is the eighteenth.
Naturally, using beta versions is at your own peril and risk, since even the most thorough testing does not exclude serious errors.
And yes: the long-awaited link
Let me remind you of the most noticeable innovations of the upcoming version:
Unicode support
The main disadvantage of TC is the lack of full support for files with Unicode characters in transit. The problem was partially eliminated due to Windows compatibility functions, but now Unicode is implemented natively: Why wasn’t such an important change implemented before? Because to rewrite an application that has been developing for 15 years is not a pound of raisins to eat. But now - cheers. Unicode is also supported for the plug-in API, new documentation with descriptions of updated functions is already available to developers.
FTP Enhancements
New features for organizing FTP connections, secure password encryption, bug fixes:
New navigation features
Now you can use breadcrumb, a Windows Vista Explorer-style navigation bar (containing a drop-down menu with a list of child directories). Also improved are the individual directory trees that appeared in the previous version, and much more, for example the toolbar: Alas, version 7.5, apparently, will not include the previously declared functionality for burning discs. The reason is that a suitable version of the burning engine, developed by a third-party company, is still not ready. Perhaps the missing functionality will appear in one of the next minor TC updates. Why did it take so long to test, because initially the beta was expected back in January-February, or even earlier?
This is the principle of development - to clean out all the bugs to one. Until the testers found errors in the new functionality, the beta version had to be postponed. A total of 17 closed versions were released, thus appearing is the eighteenth.
Naturally, using beta versions is at your own peril and risk, since even the most thorough testing does not exclude serious errors.
And yes: the long-awaited link