Panic - Unison - Release Notes

Improved speed of SSL uploads
Added Dutch localization
Clicking the dock icon with windows minimized no longer creates a new Groups window
NZB downloads now wait until downloading begins to create folders
Fixed an issue with previewing images in Image view
Improved reliability of previewing images and music after deleting caches folder
Posting now (more) properly honors the "followup-to" header, as per RFC
Improves reliability of parsing the file extensions out of subject lines
Fixed situations where "Clear" may remove active downloads, too
"Mark Thread Read" now clears selection if messages are hidden
If you select both a thread and a single non-thread post, "Mark Thread As Read" no longer marks all non-thread posts as read
Improves download display of base64 posts made with other newsreader applications
Now attempts SSL first during server setup
Automatic PAR set naming is now smarter, to avoid generic "Recovery Set" name
Top level is now properly refreshed in All Groups view after checking for new groups or reloading groups list
Number of newsgroups is now properly refreshed when you change servers
Added commas (or periods for our friends overseas) to numbers in message list status text
File size on yEnc posts is no longer underestimated
Improved memory usage, such as when using a large number of headers
Fixed potential crashes, such as during file grouping and when using 10.2.8

Fixed an issue from 1.7.8 which caused slower file transfers on Intel Macs

Fixed potential hang when using SSL connections
Fixed issue with inaccurate or (numerically) negative message counts
Fixed issue parsing text encoding if charset value isn't terminated with a semicolon
We now honor the "followup-to" header for newsgroups
Fixed problem where images in messages sometimes weren't attaching properly
It's now possible to reply to binary posts in Message View when "Show File Messages" is on
Added Transfers and Transcript to the dock menu
MIME header parsing is now case-insensitive
Fixed hang when changing servers after failing to connect to the first server
Non-Latin1 file descriptions are now encoded properly
Added Command-O shortcut to open newsgroups in Groups window
Fixed wrong selected text color in Date column of files view
"OK" button on expanded "Add To Favorites" sheet in Groups view is now responsive
Blank line in "Edit Headers..." no longer causes User-agent field to appear in message body
Transfers window no longer keeps Groups window from opening on launch
Random signatures no longer use the same sequence every run
Fixed potential hang with messages that look like part of a gigantic file
"Save Attachments" is now enabled in separate message windows
"Save Attachments" now works in messages opened from news:msgid link
Fixed decoding/formatting problem with UTF-8+base64 encoded messages, e.g. Google Groups posts

Fixed issue switching to File or Music view in Mac OS X 10.5 Developer Preview ("Leopard")
Fixed problem with bad timer causing endless redrawing on Leopard
Fixed linking problem preventing Unison from launching on Leopard
Previewed items are now automatically removed from transfers window when preferences says they should
Downloads should now have progress bar when resumed from a previous error
Cache folder rearranged for easier clearing
Changed "Empty Image Cache" menu item to "Empty Preview Cache"
Unison no longer deletes /Application Support/Unison/ if prefs file missing/corrupted
Connections now close themselves after inactivity
Added command-option-w keyboard shortcut to close all windows
Fixed potential crash when changing system date format
Previewed songs are no longer cleared from cache when you switch to another song without stopping
Now reconnects and resumes if we get a timeout while loading headers

Nice Things

You can now create NZB files. Just select a list of Files and choose File > Export Files as NZB in the menubar
PAR creation now automatically restarts after a crash
"Save Attachments" is now much faster and more memory-efficient

Smaller Changes

Incomplete file posts are no longer incorrectly grouped after doing "Get Latest"
It's now possible to attach images with file extensions in ALL CAPS
Double-clicking a currently playing file no longer potentially confuses the player
Fixed decoding for a few more encoding styles
Rule colors are correct again (hooray)
You can now right-click in File/Message list headers to customize list columns
Cache folder has been reorganized so we can clear caches easier
Can now move a Favorite to the "root" of the Favorites. But not when adding it initially
Download window now handles resizing a bit better
And the age-old classic: numerous other smaller things.

Fixed potential crash when using "Mark Read"
Fixed problems with BinHex and MacBinary downloads on Intel macs
"Mark Thread as Read" now available when top-level message is read
Shift-arrow selection in Image view works now
Keyboard Command-1 through Command-4 now switches between Messages/Files/Images/Music
"Other" color in rules no longer gets set to black if you select menu item twice
Select-all in download list now works with full keyboard access turned on
Uploads no longer go to wrong newsgroup when crosspost list is changed in original window
Retried upload no longer skips a part if it fails at the very end
Fixed a potential crash when resizing the "Date" column
Improved handling of server timeout disconnections

Best New Things

Unison is now a universal binary, with Intel-native speed and goodness.
Improved the posting and reliability of large, segmented binary files
Imrpoved reliability of PAR file creation for large binary files

Other Changes

Fixed ability to mark a thread as read from within the thread
Groups now load properly from the sidebar after loading a nonexistent group
Fixed a problem with posting binary files with non-latin1 characters in filenames
It is now possible to post even after a server timeout
Added a warning before converting posts to UTF-8
Blank e-mail addresses no longer give an inappropriate error message
Missing files in NZB sets can no longer mistakenly be labelled "Complete"
Improved decoding of Entourage and Hogwasher posts
Add "MODE READER" command
Fixed a potential problem with the upload button being stuck as disabled
Improved handling of References: headers
Improved ordering of uploaded items when you drag in many items
"Reset Favorites" now restores the "Others" folder

Added a hidden preference to specify the subject formatting of binary posts
Fixed a potential hang when marking messages read
Fixed potential hang/crash on opening multiple windows on certain systems
Incomplete NZB files now load properly
"Save Attachments" now works more reliably in message view
Enabled "Home" and "End" keys in Transfers window
Marking lots of items read is a bit faster now
Selected quote in reply no longer two letters off
File's crossposts list is now available when the first part is missing
Unison can now decode certain base64 encoded messages properly
Tweaked the grouping routine to improve, well, grouping
Fixed filehandle leak causing "file not found" error after 200 uploads
Fixed a potential crash with crosspost rules

New Features

Added binary file posting! Hooray!

Added segmenting option, so large binary files can be split into smaller files on upload
Added PAR2 creation, so a set of recovery files can be generated on upload
Added support for crossposting and personality selection when uploading

Added a "Crossposts:" rule allowing you to filter on crossposted group names
Added a "Number of Crossposted Groups" rule.

Improvements

(1.7.1) Fixed potential problem with incorrect PAR checksums
(1.7.1) Fixed a problem with incorrect "Reference" headers
Improved the grouping algorithm
Fixed a potential problem with missing file parts after doing a "Get Latest"
Improved handling of open connections when reading messages to reduce server connection limit problems
Incremental image loading in message windows is much faster
File and image views now scroll after "Mark Read" to top previous visible
Fixed annoying window position memory after window tiling
Added "Empty Message Cache" to Groups window contextual menu
"Text Encoding" menu moved to "View" menu
Views now refresh at midnight so "Today" becomes "Yesterday"
Improved "Mark Read" on open message threads with other messages selected
Marking all unread is much faster now
Deselecting a message before it's done loading no longer does weird things
Closing message view during loading no longer confuses up main window text view
Download queue now remembers if it's paused between sessions
Download queue should retry failed downloads after it's done
Can no longer add the same group to a favorites folder twice
File groups now reflect changed size after files inside marked read
Fixed problem with message composer not using user's message font
Rot-13 accuracy on selection has been improved. Heh.
Can now handle MIME posts without file names
Clearing cached images is much faster
Fixed problem with badly spaced toolbar icons
Fixed problem loading weirdly-formatted image posts
Fixed problem with file groups having green dot even though there's an incomplete file inside
Groups window now updates properly after group open, "Refresh Counts", and "Empty Cache"
Expanded file groups now stay open after "get more" or "get latest"
Pause/resume button in download window is now correct when starting up paused
Unison now will download incomplete files in NZB files
Fixed various crashes and miscellaneous problems

Added a new "Matches Regex" rules filter for advanced matching
Added "Mark as Read", "Add to Downloads" rule actions
Added IPv6 support
Added a preference to limit the bandwidth that downloads consume
Hitting space in message view more reliably scrolls when it should
Fixed a potential crash when closing windows
Selection is now maintained better after loading messages
Multiple images on the same line in a post no longer cause trouble
Get Latest Posts now features improves group and file matching
Images are no longer included in reply text
Launching with large stored download list is no longer slow
Fixed problem connecting to last available server for a newsgroup
Fixed spurious "authentication required" error on servers that don't need authentication
Fixed decoing of images posted as "Zero-Knowledge MIME Encapsulated Message" (Mozilla)
Fixed decoding of MIME posts with one multipart section inside another (Entourage)
Now stripping leading '.' characters from filenames so downloaded files aren't invisible
Message count no longer shows more than the total after Get Latest Posts when messages have expired
Added visual hint when non-obvious attachments are in messages
Image view memory usage has been improved
Can now use underscore and percents characters in search field
Fixed problems with flowed text causing wrong quote levels

Added a Japanese localization
Images can now be attached to messages by dragging them into the composer window
Added per-group clear message and image cache
Improved performance of database query on startup
Increased efficiency of downloads
Moved passwords to keychain
Fixed problems with connecting after sleep
Read status now shown immediately after "Mark All Read" instead of after refresh
Fixed problem with wrong message shown at top of thread
Added hidden pref for servers that don't like login on connect
Added "Mark Thread Read" to contextual menu
Fixed crash when putting single quote in group search field
Open group windows respond properly to cleared message cache

Partially read threads now show all messages when read messages are hidden
Default socket timeout increased from 30 seconds to 90 for better server compatibility
Fixed problem with groups launched from nntp:// links loading headers five times
Fixed the drop-down list in the "Go To Group" sheet
Added new preference for always showing first message in threads when read messages are hidden
Marking messages and files read no longer deselects them when showing read items
Fixed problem where new files aren't added to an existing group when they should
Completed downloads are no longer listed as "queued" after doing "retry all"
Downloaded files with non-ASCII filenames have proper encoding now
Cached images in images view are no longer cleared on next launch
Continuation lines in headers are parsed correctly now
Image folders now draw right side up on Tiger
Selected images now draw darker on Tiger
Clearing lots of downloaded files from download view is much faster
Improved database synchronization to protect against corruption

Improvements

Added support for SSL (secure) NNTP servers
Added automatic MacBinary decoding
Loading message overviews is much faster now
Unison takes less memory, less disk space, and runs much faster overall
File grouping is smarter now
Printing is much improved
Download resuming now works better, picking up where it left off
Text encoding support is now much improved
Holding down "Option" and clicking Download sends files to top of queue
Added new groups to the list of default Favorites

Fixes Ahoy

Message selection no longer out-of-sync after a search
File group size no longer includes hidden files
Fixed mysterious "Green-Though-Incomplete" bug
Now checking for and removing stale cache databases
Delete key now removes rules
Non-ascii characters are now shown properly in music player track title
Can now "Ignore Poster" when poster has non-ASCII characters in their name
Selected message in search stays selected when you clear search
Resizing window expands Subject column instead of rightmost
Rules with "set color" actions are now colored accordingly in the rules list (like Mail)
Open file groups are no longer closed when switching views
Cached file list is now invalidated after doing "mark as read" in search
Added "Get All New Messages" button/menu
We now do proper nntp:// URL handling as per RFC 1738
Can now preview music in two groups at once
Fixed problem where first word of next sentence gets repeated twice after a long line in a post
Added "Mark Thread as Read" to Message list contextual menu
Downloaded file now changes icon when it gets proper file name
Next unread reply is now the top message for a thread
Added 30 second timeout on hung sockets
Added total size of all scheduled downloads to download window
Message list now scrolls when spacebarring off the bottom
File list now longer jumps when you mark files read
Expanding group with a lot of files in it is much faster now
"Save as" in separate message window works now
Added Paste as Quotation
Control-space now moves to next unread message
Rules are now reorderable
New files added to old groups now update the group date
Currently selected favorite is now selected when switching to All Groups
Can now search message subjects with non-ASCII strings
Clearing cached images is much faster
Multiple file NZB downloads now follow the "Make Folder for Group" flag
Databases are now stored in Application Support by default instead of Caches
Cache and database folders are now user-specifiable via hidden preference
Launching with huge queued download list is much faster
Clearing 22,000+ downloads from download window is much faster
Added "Refresh Favorites Counts" to groups window
NZB file support is improved
Can now Group/Ungroup in Images mode via the View menu
Files and Groups are now updated more reliably after "Get More"
Unison is much friendlier with missing network connection now
Rules list can now be resized
We now ask for more headers when we get fewer than the number requested
Grouping/ungrouping files during search no longer confuses up unsearched view
Messages are no longer de-selected when you switch away from Messages and back
Search field focus is now retained when group message counts is finished
Added keyboard navigation for image view: Cmd-Down goes inside a group, Cmd-Up returns
Selection is no longer lost in messages view after toggling files shown/hidden
Can now continue an HQX download after crash/quit
Previewed-then-downloaded file can now be shown in finder
Next/prev (command-[ and ]) now scrolls message list in group window
"Reset Favorites" now only replaces Files and Discussions
Tons, tons more.

Lots of improvements and important bug fixes!

Fixed the "null folder" / "flipped folder" bug in Images view, and related crashing
Fixed a crash when replying for (mainly) Mac OS X 10.2 users
Cured a potential bug where files left in the "Download" folder could be removed when they fall off the server
Unison no longer crashes when a rule has been disabled (unchecked)
Downloading lots of small files is much faster, and disk activity has been reduced
Switching groups rapidly in Favorites drawer is now much more reliable
Downloading thumbnails are still marked as downloading when file list is reloaded
Applying rules is faster
"Mark as Read" is now threaded for increased responsiveness
Message divider can no longer accidentally be set all the way to the top
Unison now recognizes unquoted MIME boundaries
The last-used posting Personality is now remembered per group
Threading loaded messages is faster
Removing a server from the Preferences now cleans up the associated database files
Music now stops playing when you switch groups via the favorites drawer
The message list no longer hits the database to check if a file is downloading
Message databases are now decoupled from the newsgroup database (nerd translation: "it's faster")
Group window is no longer confused by favorites drawer switches
Fixed problem with wrong row height in files list after switching with favorites drawer
NZB downloads no longer grab a incorrect file if the message is no longer on the server
Error text from a failed download no longer spills over to the next download
Retrying a failed downloads now properly removes alert badge, error message
Canceling all downloads no longer leaves cancel button active
Replying with some selected text no longer shifts the selection by two characters
Changing number of downloads in prefs no longer fires up paused downloads
Thumbnail images no longer wait until all loading's done to redraw
Fixed a issue involving posting a message with a long line at the very end
Fully-previewed songs are no longer left in the Cache folder when downloaded
Fixed potential issue with file "kill" rule sometimes scrambling message threading

Possibly fixed random crashes from database stack overflows
Fixed crash with changing newsgroup via favorites drawer when items are selected
Downloading lots of small files is fast again
Emptying Image Cache no longer deletes images that have been downloaded
Fixed crash on opening news:// URL w/out newsgroup
Changing "Show Headers" no longer wipes out composing messages
Files in a group are now properly reversed when the sort order is reversed
Downloading a previewed song now re-uses partial or complete download
Downloading previewed images works properly now -- no "phantom" downloads
Changing sort order now preserves selected items
"Reply" toolbar button now does "Reply to All Groups" by default
"Reply Via Email" toolbar button renamed to "Reply to Sender"
"Forward Email" toolbar button now works
Added "Newsgroups:" to the default message headers that are displayed
Clearing search now restores status field
"Mark As Read" on the top line of an expanded file group now works
If no address is entered in prefs, posting no longer fails
"Use Shapes" preference is now properly remembered
You can now double-click into an image folder while search is active
Hitting the Enter key in full image view now goes back to thumbnails
Fixed memory bloat issue when applying rules to files
Added progress update when applying rules to files
Fixed the filename when downloading already-previewed files
Image view progress bar now shows accurate download progress
Fixed problem with missing scroller in rules list
Fixed problem with missing text in replies when signature divider is in quoted text

New Features

Brand-new fast article storage technology
- Re-written from scratch, Unison now stores groups much more efficiently
- Grouping data is now saved, so opening of previously-visited groups is now significantly faster
- As an added benefit, Unison's overall memory usage has now been massively reduced
Mark Read / Mark All Read can now be used in ALL views!
- It's now possible to mark files, music, etc., as read, and only see new things in future visits
Improved Download Manager
- You can now pause the download queue at any time
- It's also possible to cancel / retry a group of items in one click
- The download queue is now remembered between Unison sessions
Mail-like Favorites drawer allows you to switch groups from within a group
Rules, in the Preferences, allow you to highlight or kill incoming items automatically
Profiles, also in Preferences, allow you to post from different personalities in a flash
Image Groups can optionally sort images into folders for easier browsing
You can now optionally sort both Images and All Groups in a variety of ways
It's now possible to add custom headers to posts, such as the much-requested "X-No-Archive"
You can also choose which headers to view when viewing messages
Mark As Read and Toggle Read Items has been added to the available Toolbar items
Unread message counts are now displayed right in the Favorites view
Support for quick downloading with NZB files
- Quickly download items by using web-based Usenet search tools
- Simply drag or double click an .nzb file and Unison will start downloading
It's possible to Clear Messages, emptying the database for a group for faster future loading
Rot-13 support allows you to scramble or unscramble hidden text

Changes

"Shape" status indicators have been added as an option for people who cannot easily distinguish color
Fixed problems with certain message encodings, included Quoted-Printable
The "Check Spelling" setting is now maintained
Dead-key modifiers now work in the message composer
Download manager no longer springs to the front when minimized
The space bar will now go to the next message in separate viewer windows
The space bar also pages down in files/images/music lists, and shift-space pages up
"Home" and "End" keys finally work
Made the "download speed" reporting more accurate, showing actual data transfer speed
Improved the visibility of failed downloads
Read items in other views are now drawn in gray to make them easier to spot
Fixed a problem with image viewing degrading Unison stability over time
Fixed a huge number of hangs, crashes, and other undesirable behaviors
Literally hundreds of additional small changes we'll never remember. :)

(1.0.2a) Fixed a problem where dead keys couldn't be used to type accented characters
(1.0.2a) Fixed an issue where the signature delineator was being posted incorrectly
Further improved Unison's handling of flowed text, particularly when replying
Improved Unison's ability to rebound when encountering errors during queued transfers
Added support for encoding of From: and Subject: lines with foreign characters (RFC2047)
Fixed a problem where lines were being wrapped unnecessarily ("sawtooth" effect)
Cured some rare situations where text would be quoted incorrectly
"Hide Read Messages" is now the default behavior for newly opened groups

Added colored quote blocks! It's now much easier on the eyes to read quoted messages
Added the ability to set your "Organization" name (with more header preferences to come)
Fixed a bucket-load of issues and suggestions with posting and replying to messages:
- Quoted portions are now handled and wrapped properly
- Signatures now have "-- " automatically prepended when posting
- Signatures are now displayed in a shade of gray
- Signatures are no longer quoted when replying
- Selecting text in a message before hitting Reply will now only quote the selection
- When replying, the message is now properly marked with all previous message IDs
Fixed a few problems with the "Get Latest Posts" feature
- Threading is now properly maintained
- Current thread settings (open / closed) are also matained
- Duplicate messages should no longer show up on occasion
When hiding the Message Preview panel, messages are no longer marked read unless opened
Rapidly scrolling through messages no longer generates "connection" errors
Fixed a problem where images would not download properly if already previewed in Images view
Fixed a crash that could occur, among other things, when selecting "Ignore Sender"
Fixed a problem with the menu bar being nonfunctional while the Transcript Window was open
URLs that were in parentheses or brackets weren't being properly recognized
Unison now actually uses the specified server port number
The "Favorites" folder is now named "Others" by default to avoid some UI confusion
Changed the Add to Favorites location pop-up to default to said "Others" folder
Additionally, the Add to Favorites location pop-up now remembers its last-used location
Triple clicking on an image thumbnail would bring you back to thumbnail view; no longer!
Fixed a problem where two-digit dates were being read incorrectly
Fixed an issue where clicking the Thumbnails button would sometimes return you to the top of the list
Fixed a rare problem where Unison couldn't connect to certain non-standard news servers
It is now possible to rename favorites back to their original names
Unison now properly displays the "replied" status icon for messages that have been replied to
The "Group" icon now displays properly in the left-hand column of the Favorites view
Changed the thread indentation to be a bit more readable
Unison is now better at decoding message/partial MIME attachments
Fixed some potential weirdness with renaming Favorites
Fixed a problem where certain servers would make posting impossible due to weird message ID's
It's now possible to override a message's encoding via the Text Encoding menu
Added support for the system localized date setting, so day and month make sense to all
Unison now properly displays international header text that's been encoded (like "Subject" lines)
Message loading and displaying is now much faster