Features to come in future versions:
-Multiple URLs for each download
-Monitoring of progress of individual threads
27th May 2001: Version 1.1
-rewrote large amounts of
network code to help Speed Download work better with some URLs and to prepare
multiple URL support
-fixed bug that could cause
Speed download to incorrectly report that a server "couldn't restart",
or that the files
had been modified.
-made some optimisations
optional (Can be turned off in Preferences->connection)
-other small tweaks
15th April 2001: Version 1.0.8
-fixed many bugs under OS
X including:
-application crashes when opening the prefs dialog
-about box not displaying properly
- -50 errors when downloading files
Functionality under
OS X is mostly complete
-Multiple selections are
possible in the queue windows
-Decreased memory consumpion
under MacOS 9.x
-Further MP optimisations:
all file i/o now occurs from MP tasks (in MacOS 9 and higher)
25 March 2001: Version 1.0.7
-fixed bug that caused could
cause crashes while joining ftp downloads
-speeded up file joining
when runnung MacOs 9 or newer
-bugs squashed
-Carbonised
20 February 2001: Version 1.0.6
-fixed bug that caused crashes
while joining files under MacOS 9.1
-added "Clear Queue" button
-CMM no longer brings Speed
Download to the front
-bugs squashed
-New about box logo (thanks
to Zoran Korolija for designing it)
4 February 2001: Version 1.0.5
-Fixed bug that could stop
http downloads from being cancelled
-Fixed bug that caused many
servers to be incorrectly reported as not being able to restart downloads
-Added "Open Download Folder"
menu item
20 January 2001: Version 1.0.4
-fixed scrollbar problem
-you can now navigate the
queue with the arrow keys
-fixed problem with downloaded
files' types not being recognised
-downloaded files can be
automatically removed from the queue
14 January 2001: Version 1.0.3
-fixed major stability problem
2 December 2000: Version 1.0.2
-fixed stability and data
integrity related bugs
-fixed problems with the
Edit window
25 November 2000: Version 1.0.1
-bug fixes
18 November 2000: Version 1.0
-First final release
-New interface
-Added queue system and
schedules
-Added setup and download
assistants
-Added error log
-Rewrote Preferences
-fixed many, many bugs
-many other things, too
numerous to remember or list
25 July 2000: Version 0.9b
-added Applescript support
-added a contextual menu
plugin to integrate Speed Download into other applications
-Speed Download now handles
redirection properly (no more 302 errors !)
-when resuming a download,
Speed Download now checks that the file's size has not changed
-fixed a bug that caused
some servers to be incorrectly reported as not supporting restarting downloads
-fixed a bug which could
cause downloads to fail on some http servers (causing a type 400 error)
-fixed a bug that could
cause downloads to fail on some ftp servers (causing a type 125 error)
-fixed a bug which could
cause number of ports and buffer size information to be saved incorrectly
19 July 2000: Version 0.8b
-added ftp and http proxy
support
-added support for passive
ftp
-users can define a default
download folder
-downloads can be set to
retry automatically if they fail because the connection dropped
-smarter handling of duplicate
file names
-files should be reassembled
faster
-Speed Download now remembers
settings such as buffer size and the number of connections to open
-more error codes have accompanying
text
-fixed the "disappearing
file" bug
-fixed a bug that prevented
MacOS 8.1 users from running Speed Download
-fixed a bug that could
cause crashes when cancelling a download or when one connection had finished
downloading data
14 July 2000: Version 0.7.1b
-fixed major memory leak
that occurred if a download was cancelled or aborted
-fixed bug that could cause
bad crashes when cancelling a download
-less dependant on large
blocks of memory. This should help avoid "Out of memory" errors.
-many other tweaks and modifications
13 July 2000: Version 0.7b
-Added support for HTTP
-Progress dialog reports
speed more accurately (but it's still rather approximate)
-Added some Drag and Drop
support
-Added icons
-Nice new About/Credits
window
-Added version checking
-Recompiled with Universal
Interfaces 3.3.1
-Bug fixes too numerous
to mention
3rd July 2000: Version 0.5b
-first public release