This is a maintenance release of InterNews to fix a few bugs in version 2.0.1.
2.0.2a1 expires 1/1/97
There will be more work before an official 2.0.2.
There are no new features.
These are the bugs that were fixed:
- Would not work with MicroSoft public news site msnews.microsoft.com
- Crash if try to save an article from the archive window.
- If the quote string set in Internet Config System is blank or consists of spaces, we no substitute the standard ">".
- Fixed some bugs in article filtering.
InterNews 2.0.1 Release Notes
July 7, 1996
This is a maintenance release of InterNews to fix a few bugs that appeared in version 2.0.
There are no new features.
There is one change: the program now expires after 40 days of use unless it is registered.
These are the bugs that were fixed:
- Potential crash when inserting or pasting text in a composition.
- Crash when creating a filter for a very long subject line.
- Crash when showing an article with a very long subject line.
- A timing problem could cause a network error when refreshing newsgroups.
- Cancel and return keys did not work in the confirmation dialog for deleting an article filter.
- The "Mark Selected Topics Read" command was not processing cross-posts correctly.
- Crash when double-click in the filter list window when there where no filters.
- If you run the PPC version on a 68K machine, a sensible alert appears.
- Internet Configuration handling was changed so that the download folder for binaries may come from ICS preferences. Also, if the site default default is to use ICS then user preferences with an ICS option default to true in a new subscription file.
- Article filter expiration time was sometimes lost.
InterNews 2.0 Release Notes
June 2, 1996
This is a summary of the features added to InterNews between versions 1.1 and 2.0.
Major Features
• Runs native on the PowerPC.
• Supports OpenTransport as well as MacTCP.
• No 32K text limit on articles.
• Support for the Internet Configuration System.
• Command-click on any URL to launch a helper application.
• Support for "news:" GURL events.
• Access to a .newsrc file on a remote host.
• A revised "AuthInfo" authentication method for INN sites.
• You can type tabs in a new article.
• You can save/append/print whole topics.
• Improved searching in newsgroups, topics, and articles.
• Automatic marking of cross-posted articles.
• A "WorkSpace" window for storing URL's and other text.
• Article filtering for kills and hilites.
• Binary file download and conversion support.
• SOCKS firewall compatable.
• Archiving articles to disk and viewing them directly in InterNews.
• Improved site configuration capabilities.
• Password protected Newsgroup Exclusion filter.
Minor Features
• Speed and memory improvements.
• No limit to the number of newsgroups (there never was :-)
• Various new site configuration options.
• Topic sorting options.
• Folders for the Archive, Binary Files, and saved article Compositions.
• Command-clicks on file references in Info-Mac digest are treated as URL's to launch your FTP helper.
• More responsive Help system for preferences and site configuration.
• Multiple selection of topics for saving, appending, printing, and binary processing.
• Preference for location of subscription names relative to their icons.