session Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 Hello,Welcome to the Unison 1.5 Beta Test! As a frequent Unison user, you're among 50 people selected to help us prepare Unison 1.5 for final release! We're pretty much done adding all the new features we wanted to add in 1.5, so now it's just a matter of everybody pitching in to do lots and lots of testing. We want to make sure the final release is as stable and fantastic as it can possibly be! So, what have we been up to since Unison 1.0.2? Well, we've obviously been working very hard on 1.5, adding the most-requested features and ideas. Of particular note (and responsible for the longer-than-normal development time of this version) is our entirely new article storage system. I jokingly call this technology F.A.S.T. (Fast Article Storage Technology), because I'm a big fan of terrible acronyms -- and Dave hates it. Anyway, the overall idea is that message groups are stored on disk much more efficiently now -- opening a group for the second time is now almost instant, and memory usage has been reduced dramatically. You should like it. As for what else is new, why not take a moment and study the release notes below, and familiarize yourself with the areas that will require special testing! Then. we'll get to the instructions.. == Release Notes New Features - Brand-new article storage system - Grouping data is now stored, 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 Preferences, allow more advanced filtering of posts - 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 - It's now possible to add custom headers to posts, such as the much-requested "X-No-Archive" - Mark As Read and Toggle Read Items has been added to the available Toolbar items - Unread message counts are now displayed in the Favorites view - All Groups view is now sorted by post count by default, to make it easier to find active groups - 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 Fixes - "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 work - Made the "download speed" reporting more accurate, showing actual data transfer speed - Improved the visibility of failed downloads - Fixed a problem with image viewing degrading Unison stability over time - Fixed a huge number of hangs, crashes, and other undesirable behaviors - Many, many more things we'll never remember :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMaster Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 whats unison?? doesnt show up on google :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
session Posted June 18, 2004 Author Share Posted June 18, 2004 panic.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 I might give it another try now, since it seems that they are actually serious about adding features that were lacking in the first release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
session Posted June 19, 2004 Author Share Posted June 19, 2004 its not out yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickedkitten Veteran Posted June 19, 2004 Veteran Share Posted June 19, 2004 its not out yet just FYI, they don't normally like new features spread around during beta testing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 just FYI, they don't normally like new features spread around during beta testing Yeah. I assume most companies would feel the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
session Posted June 19, 2004 Author Share Posted June 19, 2004 like microsoft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling3k12 Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Well it said you're one of among 50 users, so I'm pretty sure this would have liked to been kept under wraps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 like microsoft? If Microsoft holds a closed beta like Panic did, you must agree to an NDA. It is closed for a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted June 20, 2004 Veteran Share Posted June 20, 2004 Well it said you're one of among 50 users, so I'm pretty sure this would have liked to been kept under wraps... I bet he won't be the 2nd time around :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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