Version history for FileZilla (Portable)

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Changes for v3.5.2 - v3.5.3

New features:
Ctrl+Shift+O can be used to toggle between modification time and filesize based directory comparison
Bugfixes and minor changes:
It is now possible to use custom passwords if using "anonymous" as user name
After un-hiding toolbar, update toolbar button states
Fix TLS compatibility issues with TLS 1.2 servers
MSW: Unset hidden attribute on FileZilla's settings files
Building FileZilla from source now requires wxWidgets 2.8.12 or higher.

Changes for v3.5.2 RC 1 - v3.5.2

Bugfixes and minor changes:
Updated translations

Changes for v3.5.1 - v3.5.2 RC 1

New features:
Added option to open site manager on startup to the settings dialog
Bugfixes and minor changes:
The "Don't save passwords" option was not being saved
The queue was not saved correctly if having items from multiple servers
Queue items with the lowest priority setting are now being restored again
Drag & Drop did not work with all saved sites if saving of passwords had been disabled

Changes for v3.5.1 RC 1 - v3.5.1

Add support for another rate variant of MVS style directory listings

Changes for v3.5.0 - v3.5.1 RC 1

Add menu item to hide toolbar

Changes for v3.5.0 RC2 - v3.5.0

Don't create queue.xml anymore if it does not exist
MSW: Progress lines in transfer queue now appear in correct position after changing the Windows theme
MSW: Work around a bug in Windows where a list controls' scroll position changes without the control being notified in any way
Several fixes to build system and environment

Changes for v3.5.0 RC1 - v3.5.0 RC2

New features:
Added experimental setting to strip file revision upon download from VMS servers. Set "Strip VMS revisions" to 1 in FileZilla.xml to enable
Bugfixes and minor changes:
The string coalescer benchmark debug option no longer crashes if benchmarking an empty string coalescer

Changes for v3.4.0 RC 1 - v3.5.0 RC1

New features:
The transfer queue is now stored in an SQLite database. This greatly improves performance and vastly reduces memory consumption while loading/saving the queue
Additional improvements to general queue performance and memory consumption
The provided Linux binaries are now compiled for Debian Squeeze instead of Lenny
Bugfixes and minor changes:
Fixed crash during shutdown of FileZilla
Clearing the queue when it was not yet fully populated no longer causes a crash
If using ask login type for a site and no username is given, the initial focus is now on the user box in the login dialog

Changes for v3.4.0 Beta 1 - v3.4.0 RC 1

New features:
Disabled automatic negotiation of FTP over TLS introduced in 3.4.0-beta1. Will be added in a future version instead
Add checkbox to settings dialog to not save passwords
Add timestamp columns to successful and failed queue tabs showing when the transfers completed or failed
Bugfixes and minor changes:
Fixed infinite loop in TinyXML when loading settings from corrupt XML documents
Parsing MDTM reply now takes seconds into account
MSW: Handling of paths relative to the drive-root in local directory input box
Compatibility with MVS listing containing PO-E type entries
Fix Resizing issues with manual transfers dialog
MSW: Remote file editing did not correctly handle files that were still open

Changes for v3.3.5.1 - v3.4.0 Beta 1

New features:
Normal FTP connections now always attempt to negotiate secure FTP over TLS
Added option to force use of insecure plain FTP to Site Manager
Kiosk mode option can now also be read from FileZilla.xml, with fzdefaults.xml having priority if setting exists in both files
Bugfixes and minor changes:
Fix memory leak in directory cache
Compatibility with obscure DOS servers using forward slashes as path delimiter
MSW: Horizontal scroll bar in file lists and queue did not appear if changing column widths
Improve text wrapping engine

Changes for v3.3.5 - v3.3.5.1

Permanently trusting certificates had no effect until FileZilla was restarted
Fix downloading of symbolic links to files

Changes for v3.3.5 RC 1 - v3.3.5

Bugfixes and minor changes:
Updated language files, otherwise identical with rc1

Changes for v3.3.4.1 - v3.3.5 RC 1

New features:
FTP over TLS certificate store is now host-specific
MSW: Large-DPI awareness
Improved SFTP transfer speeds
FTP over TLS should prefer ciphers with longer key sizes, updated contained GnuTLS library in precompiled binaries
Add context menu entry to re-queue all files on the successful and failed queue tabs
MSW: Native file list sort indicator on Windows Vista and 7
Bugfixes and minor changes:
Resuming of uploads was not working correctly in all cases
Correct remaining time calculation in queue
Do not show welcome dialog in kiosk mode 2
Do not offer option to permanently accept certificate in kiosk mode 2
Fix sorting by size in filelists with directory sort behavior set to inline
MSW: Fix memory corruption when changing language
OS X: Include license and documentation files in application bundle
Directly save settings after importing from file

Changes for v3.3.4 RC 2 - v3.3.4.1

Set a minimum size for column widths in directory lists and transfer queue
Fix build-time check for system TinyXML

Changes for v3.3.4 RC 1 - v3.3.4 RC 2

Fix issues with path names not properly terminated by separator
Fix loading of settings with empty values
Update status bar icons if changing theme

Changes for v3.3.3 - v3.3.4 RC 1

New features:
Filter/search by modification date
Add "does not equal" option to size filter
Reduced memory consumption when working with very large queues and directory hierarchies
Bugfixes and minor changes:
Fix bug in TinyXML that could lead to corrupt XML documents
Abort directory listing parsing if encountering a line with more than 10k characters
Fix stalling recursive operations if FileZilla gets disconnected
Set correct initial control state in site manager if there are no sites

Changes for v3.3.3 RC 1 - v3.3.3

Fix transfer statusbar regression introduced in the release candidate
Do not include IPv6 zone index in the argument to the EPRT command
Correct tab order in filter edit and search dialogs
*nix: Revert cursor changes

Changes for v3.3.2.1 - v3.3.3 RC 1

New features:
Added "does not contain" filter condition to name and path filter types
Pressing Alt+Left or Alt+Up (Cmd+Left, Cmd+Up on OS X) in file lists enters parent directory
Pressing Alt+Down (Cmd+Down on OS X) in file lists transfers selected items
Pressing Alt+Right (Cmd+Right on OS X) in file lists activates selected item(s)
Add operating system information to about dialog
MSW: Auto-update check now transmits whether the operating system is 32bit or 64bit
Small performance improvements, mostly benefiting *nix users
OS X: Remember hidden state of toolbar, make quickconnect bar look more Mac-ish
Add option to display momentary transfer speed instead of average speed
Bugfixes and minor changes:
Fix problem with rekeying of SFTP connections if not permanently trusting the server's hostkey
Certificate details dialog no longer changes size if selecting a different certificate in the chain
Some dialogs did not display icons using the correct size
Show "Not connected" instead of "Empty directory" in remote filelist statusbar if not connected
MSW: Replace some additional characters not allowed in filenames on MSW
MSW: Selecting files while holding Ctrl+Shift no longer shows incorrect values in the filelist status bars

Changes for v3.3.2 - v3.3.2.1

New features:
Remember location of update download directory
Bugfixes and minor changes:
Cancel file renaming on actions that change the file list, such as changing sort order or performing a refresh
Cancel file renaming if starting a drag&drop operation
Filter invalid characters if downloading through double-clicking files or if adding from the search dialog
Fix site-specific bookmarks menu
The menu did not reflect initial value of preserve timestamp option properly
MSW: Keep FileZilla subdirectory in startmenu when updating, preserves custom order
MSW: Add AppID support to installer

Changes for v3.3.1 - v3.3.2

New features:
*nix: Add support for forward and backward mouse buttons
Bugfixes and minor changes:
Speed limits can be re-enabled on SFTP connections
Changed settings did not come into effect unless FileZilla was restarted
Small performance improvements

Changes for v3.3.0.1 - v3.3.1

Implement missing tab creation from context menu
*nix: Reduce flicker on tab creation
Set initial focus in chmod dialog to input box for numeric value
Correct handling of unexpected closure of SFTP connection

Changes for v3.3.0 - v3.3.0.1

New features:
Ctrl-Tab and Ctrl-Shift-Tab to cycle tabs now loop around if reaching the end of the tab list
Bugfixes and minor changes:
Fix crash on showing/hiding of directory trees after closing a tab
Tabs no longer become unresponsive if not approving to close a busy tab
Directory comparison did not work properly on all but the first tab
Fix spurious error messages if connecting to a new site while synchronized browsing is enabled
*nix: Work around a bug in KDE preventing restore from minimize to notification area
Do not show update dialog if there is already some other dialog open
Fix synchronized browsing option on site-specific bookmarks

Changes for v3.3.0 RC 1 - v3.3.0

Aborting a previous connection attempt by establishing a new connection in the same tab no longer renderes the new connection unusable
*nix: Quote filenames containing spaces if editing using default editor for text files
*nix: Fix crash while emitting queue finished notifications

Changes for v3.30 Beta 2 - v3.3.0 RC 1

New features:
*nix: Display desktop notification if all transfers have finished and FileZilla isn't focused
Bugfixes and minor changes:
Navigating controls inside tab using tabulator key now works on all tabs
Fix splitter positions on horizontal interface layouts

Changes for v3.2.8 - v3.30 Beta 2

Give choice to abort old connection or to open a new tab when trying to connect while already connected
Double-click on empty space in tabbar opens new tab
Middle-click on tab closes it
Use splitter positions and filelist column setup of previous tab when opening new one
Make betas and release candidates check daily for new versions
Bugfixes and minor changes:
Fix crash when leaving settings dialog after tabs have been closed
Fix crash on changing tabs if old tab has site-specific bookmarks but new one doesn't
Layout of tabs no longer changes after leaving settings
Fix issues with remembering last used server
Don't use bold font for active tab
Recursive operations now working in all tabs

Changes for v3.2.8 RC 1 - v3.2.8

Changing directories at the same time an upload finishes no longer disturbs synchronized browsing
*nix: Ensure dialogs can be closed using escape key
*nix: Fix height of settings dialog

Changes for v3.2.6.1 - v3.2.8 RC 1

New features:
Remember last used search conditions
Display link overlay on icons of links in remote file list
Display of average transfer speed should converge faster to overall average
Simplify default file exists action dialogs
Apply decimal places size formatting option also to total queue size
MSW: Reduce number of needed user interactions in installer if update started from within FileZilla
MSW: Check that there are no running instances of FileZilla before installing
Bugfixes and minor changes:
Fix handling of remote directory names with leading or trailing spaces
*nix: Fix memory leaks in D-Bus session management and power management inhibitor client code
*nix: Fall back to org.gnome.SessionManager if org.freedesktop.PowerManagment does not exit to inhibit idle sleep during transfers
Increase default size of SO_RCVBUF (TCP advertised window) to fix performance issues on high-latency connections
MSW: Fix displaying list of shares on local network resources
MSW: Remote file editing no longer gets confused if two filenames only differ in character case
Fix dialog line wrapping issues
Ensure width of site manager is large enough to fit all tabs
Better guard against filename columns being moved or hidden
*nix, OS X: Handle filesystems without advisory file locking instead of falsely warning about site manager being opened in a different instance of FileZilla