Version history for FrostWire for Linux

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Changes for v5.3.0 RC - v5.3.4

New frostwire.exe launcher with extended Unicode support now able to handle .torrent file names with extended Unicode characters.
Windows build is Windows 8 compatible.
Windows build will prefer Java 7 if not JRE is found.
Improvements when sending files on a local area network via magnet link or send file to friend.
Bug fix when opening magnets from a website when FrostWire was already running.
User experience improvements on the transfer manager.
Spanish translation update (93% translated)
YouTube video search and download support.

Changes for v5.2.11 - v5.3.0 RC

* Search form looks similar to FrostWire 4 but now allows user to search
for more than one file type at once.
* Improvements in search algorithm.
* Send file/folder feature more effective between just 2 peers.
* Simplification of search form interface, looks similar to FrostWire 4
* Phone & Tablets tab is gone, integration with Android devices is now
part of the Library under a "Devices" tree item.
* Browses, Streams audio, and downloads files made public by Android devices
in the same network.
* When entering a search hints are shown to type less (powered by Google).
* Sorts transfers by "Seeds" correctly.
* Improvements on Library action buttons, now a "Launch" action is available
and buttons are shown/hidden depending on context.
* Fixes bugs where files on a audio playlist could not be dragged out.
* Fixes bugs where deleted files would still appear on the library.
* When right clicking on selected finished transfers and copying an infohash
you won't end up with a trailing newline on the clipboard.
* Sharing ratio of a torrent that you stopped and started seeding again
will not be infinite and will be based on the total sizes of the files
being shared.
* Now when the transfer split pane is dragged up, the pane border is painted
correctly on top of the image overlay.
* Fixes repainting glitch when moving split pane on top of promotional
graphic.
* Lots of icons have been revamped for a more uniform look.
* Null Pointer Exception issues #100, #103, #104.
* Fixes issue #93 chat action causing frostwire crash.
* Flickering issue on song progress bar resolved.
* Simplified torrent creation. User now doesn't have to make up her mind
about choosing a file or a folder, the file selection dialog now
handles this for her.
* Brought back "Stop" search button.
* Removed lingering "Show/Hide player" menu entry on status bar context menu.
* If seeding transfers are meant to be finished, newly finished transfers
are not hidden for that session.
* Audio files can be launched using the operating system's default player
Right click on a file "Launc in "
* Removed BTJunkie search engine.
* Added KickAssTorrents (kat.ph) search engine.
* Fixes issue where downloading removing a partial transfer would
delete previously completed downloads of that same torrent.

Changes for v5.2.10 - v5.2.11

Fixes bugs where some BitTorrent configuration settings were reset on startup.

Changes for v5.2.9 - v5.2.10

Upload ratios will not be enforced to 30% of downloads anymore. Users will have free will to set the upload ratio of their preference.
Update autodownload now supported for mac.
Updates can now be distributed via both BitTorrent and HTTP.
HttpFetcher improvements for less resource consumption.
HttpFetcher now supports large HTTP file downlods (progressive download).
Improvements to Send File to a friend.
Fixes bug where some finished Downloads wouldn't "Show in Library"
Bug report system revised.

Changes for v5.1.5 - v5.2.1 Beta

Play/Pause player buttons now share the same button depending on state.
Mac OSX threading bug when importing .m3u playlist to new playlist fixed.
Pressing space bar pauses/resumes currently played audio.
Playlist files can be sorted correctly by track number when available.
FLAC playback support.
When a playlist has finished importing files, it's shown to the user.
Transfer manager remembers the position of its JSplitPane.
Transfer manager sorts downloads by default based on their creation date.
Transfer manager has new column "Started On" showing the date the transfer first started.
Drag and drop issues on playlist component for Mac OSX fixed.
Partial download dialog table can adjust column widths, a horizontal scrollbar will appear if the sum of the columns is wider than the dialog.
When playing an audio file, if it gets deleted FROM DISK from inside FrostWire, the audio file will stop playing.
Files can be dragged to the "Starred" playlist and they will be marked as starred. If files are dragged from Disk, creating a new playlist will be offered, and all the elements on the playlist will be starred.
Files can be deleted from the "Starred" playlist. This will cause the files to be unstarred on every other playlist where they belong.
The tables on the library remember the last position of their scrollbars during the session.
Double clicking on a playlist name starts editing the playlist name.
Fixes bug where downloading an individual file in a torrent wouldn't be marked in the search results as downloading.
Fixes a memory leak when importing ID3 tags into a playlist.
Fixes bug where the duration of an MP3 file wasn't calculated correctly by MPlayer, duration is now being calculated with Java library.

Changes for v5.0.7 - v5.0.8

UX upgrade, send file or send folder support when a file or folder is dropped on FrostWire.
UX upgrade, file choosing dialogs on Mac now also show mounted volumes.
UX upgrade, playback support for m4a files.
UX upgrade, search result filters re-arranged.
UX upgrade, main search button gone, updated search text box to include clickable search icon.
UX upgrade, filters re-arranged.
UX upgrade, searches can be up to 50 characters long.
UX upgrade, either disconnected or turbocharged, no idle state.
UX upgrade, search as you type on the library, no more search button.
Disconnected only if it cannot connect to the internet.
UX bugfix, iTunes options were not visible for Windows users.
UX bugfix, fixes possible UI freeze on startup.
UI bugfix, sending songs to iTunes on Mac is now done in a single process.
Mac OSX Lion compatible.
Bugfix, issue where opening a torrent from maglnk.com would result in a
double invocation of the Partial Dialog window.
Bugfix, when user didn’t start a partial download the torrent wouldn’t be
deleted.

Changes for v4.21.8 - v5.0.7

FrostWire 5 changelog:
frostwire (5.0.7) stable; urgency=high
* UX upgrade, send file or send folder support when a file or folder is dropped on FrostWire.
* UX upgrade, file choosing dialogs on Mac now also show mounted volumes.
* UX bugfix, fixes possible UI freeze on startup.
* UX bugfix, sending songs to iTunes is now done in a single process.
FrostWire Team Mon, 4 Jul 2011 14:20:58 -0500
frostwire (5.0.6) stable; urgency=high
* New feature, Send file. Available on File Menu and Transfer Manager.
* New feature, Send folder. Available on File Menu and Transfer Manager.
* UX upgrade, we now have a [+] icon next to search result file names to show partial download dialog.
* UX upgrade, when a partial download is cancelled, the entry is removed from transfers.
* UX update on partial download dialog. Includes new text filter.
* UX fix, Library search now also looks for .torrents on “Torrents” folder.
* UX fix, Mac OSX file menu does no longer show “Exit” action.
* Fixes bug, incomplete files are no longer exported to iTunes playlist.
* UX update, Help Menu now says “Sharing Help”. Items rearranged.
* UX update, rearranged View options into single panel.
* UX update, torrent seeding settings are now a control of its own with an explanation of what seeding is.
* UX update, the installation wizard now forces the user to decide if she wants to seed or not seed to continue. Links to what is seeding are in place.
* UX update, in Windows and Linux, when the user Xs the window the user is explained that the application will be hidden and is given the option to exit.
* UX bugfix, font size can now be increased.
FrostWire Team Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:57:00 -0500
frostwire (5.0.4) stable; urgency=high
* UI upgrade, Create and seed New Torrents.
* UI upgrade, Ability to throttle torrent transfer speeds
* UI upgrade, Copy info hash from torrent.
* UI upgrade, Copy magnet link url from torrent.
* UI upgrade, Searchable library. Searches recursively downloaded files, folders and torrents.
* UI upgrade, Search results filterable by Torrent Search Engine.
* UI upgrade, Search results filterable by file size.
* UI upgrade, Search results filterable by number of seeds.
* UI upgrade, Search results filterable by keywords as you type.
* UI upgrade, Ability to download partial files.
* UI upgrade, Promotional slides can now be switched by the user.
* UI upgrade and bug fixes on Phone & Tablets tab.
* UI upgrade, Ability to rebuild “FrostWire” playlist on iTunes.
* UI upgrade, Replaced legacy skinning code for “Substance” skinning system.
* Core update, audio playback is now done using mplayer.
* Core update, Vuze core integration with transfer manager. re-written from scratch.
* Core update, No Gnutella support. Multiple library dependencies gone.
FrostWire Team Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:00:00 -0500

Changes for v4.21.7 - v4.21.8

frostwire (4.21.8) stable; urgency=high
Fixes a possible freeze reported by some users when the configuration wizard is shown.
Fixes issue when a user changes default Gnutella Save Folder and unchecks Sharing finished downloads. Individually shared files from the old Save Folder would still be shared. Now all individually shared files will be unshared if you uncheck this setting.
Now users don’t have to re-start to stop seeding after they’ve changed their torrent Seeding Configuration. All torrents old and new will stop seeding as soon as the setting is applied.
Better wording to explain on which networks files are being shared on, Gnutella or BitTorrent.
Changed color of “Sharing Options” gear icon to blue, gray icon may have seemed as if the button was disabled.
Added “Sharing Options” gear button on Search Tab. It’s only visible once a search has been started.
Added Help Menu options to learn about how to share/unshare files, torrent seeding, and how to avoid being scammed into paying for FrostWire. DO NOT PAY FOR FROSTWIRE.

Changes for v4.21.2 - v4.21.4

New setting to turn off automatic installer downloads.
New setting to limit the speed of BitTorrent downloads.
New Galician flag added.
UX improvements when creating new folders on the Phones and Tablets UI.
Fixes bug when dropping files on an Android device that hasn’t been selected.
UX change. FrostWire will now seed torrents that have not been removed from it’s download manager. Completed torrents now will appear as “Completed/Seeding”
UX change. Default save location folder in Windows Vista and Windows7 is now the user’s default “~Downloads/FrostWire” folder.
UX improvements when showing FrostClick overlays. No more flickering. Overlays are now shown in an animated slideshow. More than 2 artists can now be promoted.
Fixes bug when copying .apk files from Android device to desktop computer.
Fixes bug when saving torrents to it’s default Save location if that folder has been deleted.
Fixes bug on which removed Torrent downloads would reappear.
Updated Mojito DHT integration. Mojito DHT is now active.
Upgraded anti-spam mechanisms.
Removed all remnant code related to LimeWire Store.
Cleanup to use a single logging library.

Changes for v4.20.8 - v4.20.9

Fixes bug where FrostWire would not try to open exclusively UDP tracked torrents.
New option -Dultrapeer=1 forces FrostWire to run as Ultrapeer. Only for hackers that build FrostWire.

Changes for v4.20.7 - v4.20.8

Upgrades search, now powered with ClearBits.net results a service that indexes thousands of legal torrent files. (formerly known as LegalTorrents.com)
New BitTorrent Connection Settings Available.
New ability to configure the max. number of active torrent downloads.
New ability to configure the max. number of peers per torrent.
New ability to configure the max. number of torrent connections.
New ability to configure the max. number of torrent uploads.
Fixes torrent auto resume bug.

Changes for v4.20.5 - v4.20.6

Upgrades Azureus Core to version 4.4.0.0 - Thanks to the Vuze/Azureus team for their hard work.

Changes for v4.20.3 - v4.20.5

Fixes audio player issues. Now all MP3s should support skipping and gain control.
Fixes bug on status bar speed meter. Now BitTorrent uploads speeds are added up and shown correctly in it.
Fixes High CPU usage bug while loading hostiles ip list.
Fixes a bug on MacOSX on which FrostWire would only start downloading a .torrent only if FrostWire was already running.
The FrostWire windows installer will now clean FrostWire Desktop shortcuts if uninstalled.

Changes for v4.20.2 - v4.20.3

Fixes a bug where files couldn't be dragged out of the Library.
Fixes a bug where opening a magnet link would freeze the UI while it was being fetched in the DHT.
Fixes a bug where magnet links that were dropped on FrostWire wouldn't start downloading.

Changes for v4.18.6 - v4.20.1

Easier Tab Navigation (Toggling).
Right click on a tab and you’ll have the option to hide or show any of the FrostWire tabs right there.
Improved .torrent metadata file sharing
Automatic .torrent sharing has been reimplemented to correctly share .torrent files you use, thus enabling more torrent metadata file content on the gnutella network as FrostWire 4.18.6 and further versions is adopted by the community.
.torrent files have now been included as a search type
Being a BitTorrent client it was unnatural not having a .torrent file search.
The more the community uses FrostWire for BitTorrent, the more search results will be available under this search type.
Other important updates for this first release of 2010 include bugfixes on Theme Handling, the Console Tab dissapearing, a lot of code cleanup, 2 reported crashes fixed and a slightly smaller installer compared to the previous version.
Next releases will improve BitTorrent support and antivirus integration for windows users.

Changes for v4.18.5 - v4.18.6

Easier Tab Navigation (Toggling)
Improved .torrent metadata file sharing
.torrent files have now been included as a search type

Changes for v4.18.4 - v4.18.5

Fixes two NPEs that were causing FrostWire to kill uploads. (related to httpcomponent/nio)
Fixes a crash under some Windows JREs when the windows firewall is turned off.
Fixes a freeze in Windows after the user would switch to the “Windows Theme”.
Updates: License is upgraded from GPLv2 to GPLv3 to allow proper license compatibility with Apache Licensed components.

Changes for v4.18.3 - v4.18.4

New: “Tools > Refresh Connections”. A network of FrostWire Sentinels maintains a list of reliable nodes that can be used to bootstrap your connection.
FrostWire IP BlackList technology updated to get rid of over 70% of spam and fakes (thanks Aaron.Walkhouse).
Update: latest UPnP code merged from LimeWire Codebase for better connectivity.
Update: Network core more efficient and stable thanks to the latest Apache HttpComponents (httpcore-4.0.1 and httpclient-4.0)
Update: Random Splash Screens. Now showing different community submitted Splash Screens to spread the FrostWire culture.
Update: The Chat Server is now a parameter on frostwire.props.
Fix: Connection Doctor addresses more connection bootstrapping issues.

Changes for v4.18.0 - v4.18.1

Updates on the "Connection Doctor" component, to address connection issues. Connects to new network of UHC servers.
Updates on secondary (after-search) loading logic. Loads secondary overlay on the spot, more room for FrostClick artist promotions.
Fixes a bug where some mp3 would not play. Volume, Pause and skip are disabled intentionally during workaround.
Fixes a bug where the media player would loop non-stop without playing all the songs on a playlist once it found an mp3 it could not play
Fixes a bug on for Mac OSX where FrostWire would only download torrents opened via Finder if it was already running. Torrents now launch FrostWire and start downloading at once.
Updates video help link to point to YouTube video of how to install FrostWire on Mac. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hakWq8q8CHQ
Fixes Windows Uninstaller issue where it would leave behind a Start Menu entry

Changes for v4.17.0 - v4.17.1

FrostWire.com — The last of the 4.17.x FrostWire series is finally out. The following is a list of the most important updates made for this release, which irons out most of the complains received from the community in regards to 4.17.0.
The new FrostWire will allow us to distribute twice the number of installers using the same bandwidth employed by 4.17.0, The new FrostWire installer has been reduced in sized more than 50% by using the latest in compression technology.
Half sized installers
It will attempt to add the default Library folder of 4.13.5 so users won’t feel like they lost their old library
FrostWire now can be auto-started when Windows starts. This setting is available from the ‘Option’ menu (’Windows boot’) and from the initial setup.
File Association issues fixed. FrostWire will open automatically on Windows and MacOSX upon clicking on .torrents (files and links), and magnet links.
Fixes compatibility issues with iTunes 8
Heavy work on all translations. Translation files now work with launchpad.net for more open collaboration of worldwide translator volunteers
Default Community Chat chatroom auto join update (in your own language) makes chatting friendlier to non-english speaking users. Users that speak the following languages will auto join to rooms of their own language: Dutch, Portuguese, French, German, Spanish, Turkish, Norwegian, Danish, Italian, Swedish, Polish, Czech, Filipino, Japanese, Finnish and Hungarian. No more unexplained kicks to international users!
Updated “FrostWire” font logo on the Logo Pane
Icons updated
Volume toolbar graphic replaced
Fixed playback Issue when continuous playback was selected
Valid Chatroom links will now open on the user’s default browser

Changes for v4.13.5 - v4.17.0

Upgrades on our update notification system, capability for featured content and recommendations
Updated Playlist (drag & drop support, and Playlist rearrange options)
New Media Player with volume and seek controls (Plays mp3, ogg and wav)
Support for private torrents
Greater control over your Shared files
Add Magnets to Open Dialog
Improvements in bootstrapping
Warn When Too Many Files Shared
Make Ultrapeers ignore partial results
Mojito DHT capable (still not active for 4.17.0)
More translations to be available for the community on launchpad.net. Many improvements for Spanish, and Italian and Chinese have been finally been added among others
Reduce query traffic by knowing firewalled state; implement leafs informing ups of firewall status.
Recognize flv as a video extension.
Enable removal from playlist via the ‘Delete’ or ‘Backspace’ key.
(Bittorrent) Extended BEncoding to support rational numbers.
Add support for alternate location lookup for BitTorrents.
Use less memory for large number of leaf connections.
General Save folder improvements.
Smoother Icon Tray Icons for Linux and Windows
FrostWire now runs under Java SE 6 on Mac OS X (however SE6 is temperamental; it exhibits some strange connection issues). More integration with the MacOSX dock and other components
Speedup Magnet/Torrents at startup.
Add partial search results.
Exclude magnet downloads from being purged after 7 days.
Incremental search on the Settings window
Default setting tweaks for users with high speed connections (T1,T3) to make the most out of their bandwith

Changes for v4.13.4 - v4.13.5

FrostWire 4.13.5 is now available for MS Windows, Mac OSX and Linux. Major updates improve network bootstraping and peer discovery. 4.13.5 includes improvements on the Chatroom tab, Audio Previews and more.
Other improvements have taken place for the FrostWire build process (for developers this means true One-Step builds for all versions). Updates on translations have been made thanks to the feedback from users in Poland and throughout Latin America. .
In more detail users can expect the following:
Faster peer discovery on connection bootstraping. No more “Starting Connection…” problems, first time users will connect faster without using the official FixConnecting.zip patch.
Smiley Support to the chatroom
Fixed wording on Spanish and Polish translations.
Bug Fixes and other improvements for this release also include:
FrostWire Message Update System improved. Per community request, some announcements will not be shown more than once so the user is not annoyed upon every application launch
Fixed bugs on the media player and playlists on Preview.
Fixed bug on search box auto-focusing while a search was running.
Fixed i18n system error for systems which default language is not english
Potential bugs related to deprecated code gone
Users can find now by details without the auto-focusing problem.

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