BitComet 1.56 File Sharing P2P Client for PC Windows

- GUI Improved: new task piece graph for both BT and HTTP, displaying detail file piece downloading state
- GUI Improved: enhanced video codec version detection for preview. the extra video codec check wizard is removed.
- GUI Improved: add clipboard monitor, which can be enabled in floating window context menu
- GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that fail to open torrent file during preview
- GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the UPNP operation results are not displayed in statistics view
- GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the floating window is not hide when hit boss key
- Core Bugfix: fix the bug that the uploading rate is too low in some situation
- Core Bugfix: fix the bug in the decode of GZIP data returned from HTTP server

- GUI Improved: add option in HTTP task properties dialog to enable P2P http download
- GUI Improved: add hot key Ctrl+R in add HTTP task group dialog, to replace selected text in url to wildcard "(*)"
- GUI Improved: refer page url is filled to new http task when drag URL from IE to floating window
- GUI Improved: new network rate graph of the floating window in large size
- GUI Improved: improve the IE context menu for BitComet, add sub menu to download particular objects in the webpage
- GUI Improved: add comment and preview/play column in task list
- GUI Improved: WAN IP and network connection status is displayed in status bar of the main window, showing if the listen port is reachable to public domain peers
- GUI Improved: enhance the RSS list display function
- GUI Improved: add options in perferences dialog to enable network connection status auto check
- GUI Improved: add options in perferences dialog to enable task statistical info submitting
- GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that "save torrent as" in task context menu will save other task's torrent file if catogory is selected in fav list
- GUI Bugfix: fix the bug of the sort operation in task list
- GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the URL link name is not displayed in the selection dialog of downloading all links
- GUI Bugfix: fix the display bug of floating window in Windows Vista
- GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the task list is not refreshed after cancel the operation of add HTTP task group
- GUI Bugfix: fix the display bug of the HTTP task info window when switching selected task
- Core Improved: add P2P download function to HTTP task, able to search more peers to speed up downloading
- Core Improved: reconstruction NAT Traversal via UDP using encription connections
- Core Improved: improve the robustness of video file preview. the crash of video codec will not terminate BitComet main program
- Core Bugfix: fix the bug that HTTP download resume will fail if the web server is rebooted

GUI Improved: add sound prompt when task download finish, which can be configured in preferences dialog
GUI Improved: improve the context menu of floating window and system tray icon
GUI Improved: processing progress dialog will be displayed when add http task group
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the task start order is not correct if reduce task queue length while the queue is not empty
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug of version 0.81 that program can not run under win98/me
Core Improved: the NAT port mapping and Windows Firewall operation is moved to a separated toolkit program, therefor the CPU usage of main program decrease
Core Bugfix: fix the bug that the preview window will lose response if click stop button while preview video file of BT task

- GUI Improved: new floating window to display running status, supporting drag&drop of links in webpage and files to start download
- GUI Improved: add new function of auto query file size and server resume-supported ability when add new HTTP task, which can be configured in preferences dialog
- GUI Improved: the task number of a task queue is displayed in the favorites list
- GUI Improved: new icons for HTTP task states in task list
- GUI Improved: link count is displayed in add HTTP task group dialog
- GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that URL can not be opened from BitComet if FireFox is set to be default browser
- Core Improved: new function of auto recycle memory, which can be configured in preferences dialog
- Core Improved: compatible to Windows Vista, able to download HTTP links from IE7

- GUI Improved: new designed HTTP properties dialog layout
- GUI Improved: start preview video file while http downloaing from toolbar button or task context menu
- GUI Improved: support display URL with non-English UTF-8 characters correctly in English version Windows
- GUI Improved: display "Minimize to tray" in task-bar context menu of BitComet if enabled
- GUI Improved: new setting of "Optimize download strategy for preview" in Task setting page of preferences dialog
- GUI Improved: add move file to desktop and to My Document function in task context menu
- GUI Improved: after downloaded torrent file using BitComet, the torrent task properties dialog is displayed immediately
- GUI Improved: toolkit FlvPlayer support running under Windows 2003 now
- GUI Improved: toolkit FlvPlayer is able to seek while playing for most flv files now
- GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the description info in HTTP properties dialog not been saved after user modified
- GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the number of selected urls in url selection dialog not refreshed after applied filter
- GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that BitComet not able to launch FlvPlayer to play downloaded flv file in whose path has space character
- Core Improved: HTTP download task support video file preview, etc. play video file during downloading
- Core Improved: support to download URL with non-English UTF-8 characters in English version Windows
- Core Improved: able to change HTTP connection number during task running
- Core Bugfix: fix the bug that the program will lose response when decrease max downloading task number while any task running

v0.79 2006.11.30

GUI Improved: improve the performance of task list in task catalog switch action
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug in 0.78 that the program will crash when due to refresh task log start BT task
Core Bugfix: improve the process of some non-standard HTTP protocol packet


v0.78 2006.11.29

GUI Improved: change the display font in Statistics View to monospaced font
GUI Improved: improve the task delete confirm dialog
GUI Improved: add a button to rename download file by serverval rules in HTTP task properties dialog
GUI Improved: new proxy setting page in preferences dialog
GUI Improved: now can select which columns to display in task list by right click task list header
GUI Improved: now can import Flash files (.swf) when select download all links or download videos in webpage
GUI Improved: change the default operation for close button on main window to minimize main window
GUI Bugfix: fix the focous switch order when press Tab key in the HTTP task properties dialog
GUI Bugfix: fix the problem that the redownload button does not work when import a new task but a exist task with the same URL is detected
GUI Bugfix: fix the problem that the download left time is displayed as zero when download rate is zero
Core Improved: add support for connection via HTTP, SOCK4, SOCK5 proxy server
Core Improved: enhance the function of download videos in webpage, optimize for mainstream video websites
Core Improved: improved Rmvb file version and Real codec version detection algorithm, avoid most crash when play rmev files
Core Bugfix: fix the problem that unable to download file from certain FTP server

- GUI Improved: add recycle bin to place tasks deleted temporarily
- GUI Improved: add toolbar button, task list context menu item and Delete hot-key to delete task to recycle bin
- GUI Improved: add the function to to capture http/ftp file download in IE
- GUI Improved: add a setting to specify the file types to be captured when IE downloads file in in preferences dialog
- GUI Improved: add "Download Videos using BitComet" command in IE context menu as a option
- GUI Improved: adjust postion of splitters automatically when resizeing main window to keep optimal layout
- GUI Improved: display translated text in status-bar in the language of user chosen when mouse hover in the toolabr
- GUI Improved: dislpay the number of imported urls in the selection dialog of download all links in webpage
- GUI Improved: new toolkit: FlvPlayer
- GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the task list is cleared and not displayed after switch UI language
- Core Improved: add the function of searching mirror site automatically for HTTP download task
- Core Improved: add the function of download video files in webpage
- Core Bugfix: fix the bug that the program may crash when only download partial files in a BT task

- GUI Improved: add Scheduler setting page in perferences dialog to adjust bandwidth depending time
- GUI Improved: add max/min upload rate per task settings in BT task page of perferences dialog
- GUI Improved: add New HTTP/FTP download button in toolbar
- GUI Improved: the total task number and selected task number are displayed in status bar of main window
- GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the BitComet main window is not actived sometimes when download url from IE
- GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the function of avoid system entering suspend mode still works even when no task is running
- Core Improved: improve memory allocation strategy, avoid huge physical memory usage when program running for a long time
- Core Bugfix: fix the bug that in 0.75 sometimes the file is not downloaded entirely when task finish

- GUI Improved: add HTTP/FTP download in file menu
- GUI Improved: add HTTP/FTP download settings page in preferences dialog
- GUI Improved: add "Download using BitComet" command in IE context menu as a option
- GUI Improved: switch to downloading task list automatically if downloaded task list is being showed when add new task
- GUI Improved: the translator's name is able to be set in language file edit dialog
- GUI Improved: add clear button in torrent info search page of task properties dialog
- GUI Improved: the TCP half open limit is up to 500 in preferences dialog
- GUI Bug fix: fix the bug in 0.74 that non-executable file can not be opened in file list
- GUI Bug fix: fix the bug of a display mistake of the balloon tooltip when task download finish
- Core Improved: add HTTP/FTP multi-connection download function
- Core Improved: add HTTP/FTP multi-connection download disk cache function
- Core Bug fix: fix the bug in 0.74 that in rare situation program will crash due to file operation

- GUI Improved: add default settings of view size and list col width for common screen resolutions
- GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that in 0.73 an explorer window will be opened when task finish if the virus scan program path setting is incorrect
- GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that task list every 5 minutes auto-save function does not work
- GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that "Task File Move to" -> "Other Location" function only applied to first task when multi tasks are selected
- Core Bugfix: fix the bug that in 0.73 sometimes the file is not downloaded entirely when task finish

- GUI Improved: add the function to scan virus upon download finish
- GUI Improved: add a prompt to scan virus when open executable file
- GUI Improved: add scan virus to task list and file list context menu
- GUI Improved: add scan virus setting page in Preferences dialog
- GUI Improved: add language translate editor dialog to option menu
- GUI Improved: add the function to move task downloded files to corresponding folder when change task catalog
- GUI Improved: add catalog setting to BT task properties dialog
- GUI Improved: add upload/download speed limit settings to advanced page of BT task properties dialog
- GUI Improved: add a option to hide confirm dialog when open BCTP link from IE
- GUI Improved: remove Caps LockNum Lock and ScrollLock status display in main window's status-bar
- GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the disk available space is displayed error in BT task properties dialog
- GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the default TCP half-open number setting is too small in Windows2003
- Core Improved: add specific task upload/download speed limit function
- Core Bugfix: fix the bug of high CPU usage when enable upload/download speed limit

- GUI Improved: Add the function to move task downloded files to corresponding folder when change task catalog
- GUI Improved: Improve task list diaply speed
- GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the publisher's webpage may be openned incorrectly when selecting multi-task using mouse
- GUI Bugfix: fix the bug in version 0.71 that the UPNP gateway NAT port mapping function does not work
- GUI Bugfix: fix the bug in version 0.71 that the task download rate in balloon tip is not diaplayed correctly when main window is minimized
- GUI Bugfix: fix the bug in version 0.71 that the balloon tip will not diaplay when task download finish and main window is minimized
- GUI Bugfix: fix the bug in version 0.71 that stop task while playing video may cause program crash

GUI Improved: Add "Move file to..." function to task list context menu
GUI Improved: Add task catalog manage functions to "download complted" task queue context menu in favorites list
GUI Improved: Add task catalog set and locate functions to task list context menu
GUI Improved: Improve task list display algorithm, decrease CPU usage
GUI Improved: Add Half-Open TCPIP connection limitation modafication for Windows XP SP2, in Preferences dialog
GUI Improved: redesign "tast automatic stop" settings in Preferences dialog
GUI Improved: remove task pause, resume operation
GUI Improved: remove "Global Log" window, in which the infomation displayed is merged into "Statistics" window
GUI Improved: Improved crash report program, send crash report to server directly instead of using email
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the BCTP link is not displayed correctly if opened from internal browser in BitComet
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the music in webpage of video play window does not stopped after video play starts
Core Improved: no longer depends on MSXML3, no need to install MSXML3 in windows 98
Core Improved: improved file piece request algorithm, increase the launch speed of online video play
Core Improved: more program run-time error can be detected by the crash report
Core change: Chat, Proxy, NAT Traversal via UDP, IP block rules is removed temporarily
Core Improved: kernal code reconstruction

GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the program can not run in certain OS due to mistaken compile option

- GUI Improved: download status infomation will be displayed in preview window info bar when preview is buffering
- GUI Improved: BitComet Forum URL is updated
- GUI Bugfix: controls in Task Properity Dialog will reposition correctly when resizing the dialog
-GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the spin buttons of min/max upload rate edit-box in Task Properity Dialog do not work
- GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the peer list doesn't display any peer in very occasional situation
- GUI Bugfix: be able to handle BCTP link opened from FireFox properly
- Core Improved: improve preview buffer schedule algorithm, start buffer if data in buffer pool less than 50%, resume play if full
- Core Improved: improve piece request algorithm when preview, decrease the chance of buffering
- Core Improved: improve error detection of video decoder when start preview
- Core Bugfix: fix the bug that the video and audio sometimes become asynchronous caused by preview buffering
- Core Bugfix: fix the bug that the program may crash when parsing some non-standard HTTP protocol packet