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Version 1.5 (Changes since Version 1.0)
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Common
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1.5:
- New more modern user interface in all programs.
The Light of Adamas
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1.5:
- No more floating of tables into their corresponding headline.
- <SUP> tag is now drawing superscript text in all character sets.
- New Icons/Diamond.
- Nearest colour dithering is now also working for JPGs with
optimal colour palette.
- Fixed a bug, which produces some pixel at the right border in
some resolutions.
- Changed the functions EDIT and "GOTO" in the Hotlist dialogue.
"Goto" is now accessible directly by a double click.
- Title info
- Faster selection of HTML colours.
- New download information dialogue.
- Download will now be done parallel.
- Resolution dependend image scaling (ST Mid etc..)
- Command line URLs are now added also to the history.
- Cache directory can now be selected by a mouse click.
- Fixed a bug that text is sometimes not visible on black
background.
- Embedded now no longer asking for an online connection, if they
are local object files.
- NOFRAME parts are now skipped correctly.
- New option to (de)activate embedded objects.
- List marker are now correct in front of page objects (images...)
- Local startpage will now opened also if the drivers are not loaded.
- New X32-plugin for Multi/SingleTOS, including source code.
- A embedded object can now have a graphical user area inside the
webpage.
- Fixed a problem with mixed case files in "Mint-Filesystems".
- Support for 24 Bit truecolor.
- Provider can now be loaded by a file selector.
- New switch to en/disable animated images.
- Up to four search server definitions.
- Smoother font list scrolling in the selection dialogue.
- 24/32 Bit Icons (especially for Milan).
- Access to protected webpages is now working properbly.
- New windows slider.
- Standard windows sizer can now be en/disabled.
- Correct page format to the end of the page.
- Long pages (more than 32000 Pixel) are now working correctly.
- No more uncorrect shifted text/images after horizontal line
within paragraphs.
- Images now drawn always correctly after download.
- Fixed flickering images after scrolling, with stucked browser.
- Additional dithering function FS-Fast (Faster than FS-Dither).
- Optimized start of the formatting function.
- Now no more continues display error messages, when unable to
resolve the first entered hostname.
1.1:
- Support of 32Bit TrueColor.
- Fixed a problem, which avoid saving of manuell edited hotlist
entries.
- Corrected management of anchors with more than 49 characters.
- Now ADAMAS.CFG, CACHE.FLS, HISTORY.DB, HOTLIST.DB, LINKS.DB are
always searched in the browser directory.
- Less memory usage for managing cached files. (cache incompatible)
- Install directories are now read at once, when starting the
browser.
- New function for searching through HTML documents.
- Faster download of HTML-pages.
- The change between paragraphs and the contents of them are now
better recognized, and if necessary an empty line will be inserted.
- Fixed a bug with special characters in links.
- Dialog dialogues are no longer placed in the background during
the dial phase.
1.0d:
- Recognizes now also the extensions .JPE and .JPEG.
- Fixed a memory leak in the overlay manager.
- Fixed a problem in the save page functionallity (link alignment).
- New toolbar management (better redraw behaviour etc.)
- Fixed a redraw bug, when moving dialogue windows
- Fixed a colour palette problem, when opening the dialer dialogue
on a Falcon.
- Some changes in editing/clearing of textarea fields.
- Regular expression allowed in path overviews, which are entered
in the URL line.
i.e.: "e:\[a-h]*"
- Long filename support on Mint filesystems.
1.0c:
- Additional space between list marker (i.e. bullet) and the following
text.
- Calls now MARATHON.PRG, if a email link is selected.
1.0b:
- Fixed a problem with single checkboxes in table columns.
- Small GIF-Loading improvements.
- Fixed a problem with paragraphs in multicolumn areas.
- New URL http://www.mucs.com to enter M.u.C.S. homepage.
- Some speed improvements during page format.
- Reduced memory usage in storage of format informations.
- Possibility to save a background image.
1.0a:
- Optimized image handler, results in less page redraws during page loading.
- Fixed a problem with NOFRAMES pages.
- Corrected Frame size assignment.
- Reduced redraw when loading a page by the command line.
- Fixed a problem when skipping SCRIPT contents.
- Improved URL droplist.
- No frame redraw when moving the window.
- Improved mouse control.
- Less processor usage after image loading.
Marathon-Mail
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1.5:
- New option "send immediately", for outgoing messages without
placing the message in the queue.
- Immediate download by clicking on the POP server symbol
- A maximum download size can be specified.
- Automatic check possible on startup.
- If the server needs a pop authentication before a connection to
SMTP, it can be activated now.
- It's now also possible to disable the confirmation of reading.
- Address book added.
- Encoding of attachments is now selectable.
- In the list of outgoing messages a double click with the mouse
opens now directly the editor.
- If a box was previously open in i.e. ST-Mid and it was positioned
at the top close to the menu bar it will no longer clash in other
resolutions into it.
- Marathon mail is now using in all resolutions the current system
font size.
- In small font resolutions, the mail editor is now using a smaller
button bar.
- A read confirmation will now no longer placed in the SENT/Sent errorneous
folders, it will be deleted in any case.
- The message number are now displayed correctly, when deleting messages
directly in the POP server.
- When sending more than one mail from the queue, the mail server
will now be only connected once, and the mails are sent directly
one after the other.
- Deletion of mail is now working correct, and it is closing the
window after deleting the last mail.
- Fixed a bug, which may result in downloads of other than the
selected messages.
- Fixed a problem which may result in a crash in a simple forward.
- When deleting mail from the server, the info window will now
closed correctly.
- Automatic generation of read confirmations. The text can be edited
in the file CONFIRM.TXT.
- Recent address list, by clicking with the right mouse button,
on the line (To:, CC: or BCC:) in top part of the edit window.
- Added compatible Shift-Left/Right/Del key combinations.
- The cursor will now move correctly more to the start of the line,
when scrolling down and the line is shorter than the previous.
- Home/Shift+Home are now in message display top/end of message.
- Changing the page can now be done by Shift up/down, similar to
the mail editor.
1.1:
- Now it is possible to edit/reply to messages with long header
lines.
- It's now possible to scroll in the header lines of a new mail,
which means it is now possible to enter more than 59 characters.
- Lost memory will now returned correctly to the OS.
1.0e:
- The Edit option will no longer be disabled in the popup of the outgoing
queue after editing one message.
- Fixed a problem, redrawing the cursor when inserting a carriage
return into a line.
- Cursor marker will no longer left under some circumstances
on the screen, when changing the line with "Return".
- Correction in information bubble. The bubble doesn't appear
no longer immediately, it will now wait awhile before.
- Fixed a problem with no "delivery status notification" able
ESMTP servers.
1.0d:
- Bubble information for buttons in maileditor window.
- All lists are now scrollable by the cursor keys.
- Speed improved Scrolling in Mailwindows.
- New keyboard combinations for the mail view window:
Cursor-Up -> Zeile nach oben
Cursor-Down -> Zeile nach unten
Cursor-Left -> Spalte nach links
Cursor-Right -> Spalte nach rechts
Control+Cursor-Up -> Seite nach oben
Control+Cursor-Down -> Seite nach unten
Control+Cursor-Left -> Seite nach links
Control+Cursor-Right -> Seite nach rechts
- Support of saving Uuencoded attachements, i.e. attached by Infinitra.
- New mailer identification in header.
- Cursor will now be set correctly to the maximum length of the
current line, when deleting rows by Ctrl-Y
1.0c
- Accepting now command parameters.
- New keyboard command - Ctrl+Y = Delete line
1.0b:
- Language dependent assignment of labels, when creating a mailbox.
- Fixed a bug, which happened when creating a new mailbox, and a name
was entered without extension.
- Language dependend headlines in message overview.
- A message box can now sorted up/down by clicking on the
corresponding column.
- No longer crashing, when editing an empty mail.
- It's no longer possible to create a mail without a destination
address.
- Warning! If no subject is specified.
1.0a:
- New head line in Modes with more than 4 colours.
- Fixed a bug in wrapping very long lines.
Driver
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1.5:
- New modems in database...
- Now Echo control on hangup.
- Added the possibility to get the name server address (Microsoft
protocol) from the provider (if the provider supplies this
service).
- The new Draconis-Script-Editor gives you a comfortable solution,
to create dialin scripts.
- In WRITE/LISTEN it is now possible to use '\b' to transmit a
backspace character.
- Fixed a compatibility problem in "accept", "listen" calls.
- Fixed a small problem in the cookie manager (with Templemon Resident
Symbol driver).
- New script statement TIMEOUT.
- Display of the current line number during script execution.
- Correct logout from the server.
- It's now possible to access i.e. a PC-Linux server by a direct
serial line.
- Fixed a bug in the WAIT command.
- Fixed a bug in the LISTEN command.
1.1:
- The TCP/IP and PPP drivers, now take care that there are still
at least 8 free cookie slots available after installation.
- Some adaptations in the PPP driver (necessary i.e. for 1&1)
- Fixed a problem with "Psigreturn" on MultiTOS systems.
1.0d:
- Faster login/authentication phase.
- PPP CHAP authentication now tested and completed.
1.0b:
- (PPP) Fixed a bug with unwanted authentication.
- Introduced CHAP (encrypted password) authentication (untested).
- In the configuration utility it is now possible to force an
encrypted authentication. If the server does not support encrypted
authentication it will fail.
Setup-Programm
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1.0c:
- Writes now installation positions in DRACONIS.INF, to enable finding
the correct locations of the installed programs.
- DRWIZARD.PRG: Closing "finish" dialog, before saving the file.
1.0b:
- Im the configuration wizard it is now possible to define the number
to get an outgoing phone line in a local telephone network.
- The wizard is now setting the correct modem initialization sequence.
1.0a:
- Changed option "HTMLHelp" -> "Additional programs"
*** New ***
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1.0c:
- Updated version of HTMLHelp.
1.0a:
- New package contents (with the friendly permission of the respective
authors)
- GEMJing Version 1.30
- HSMODEM Version A0.7