| Re: [ANN] FoxTrot Search products 5.5b5 available for testing [message #305 is a reply to message #304] |
Tue, 23 June 2015 12:07   |
whrose
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feedback: the links do not work (for me)
Kind greetings,
Wolter
On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 11:59 AM, CTM info wrote:
> attn: FoxTrot discuss list and Google groups
>
>
> CTM Development is pleased to announce version 5.5b5 of its FoxTrot Search
> products.Given the vast number of changes since version 5.03, we are
> incrementing this release number to 5.5 - but if you own version 5.x then
> this will be free to you regardless.
>
>
> *Download links:*
>
>
> http://ctmdevcom.ipage.com/download/beta/ft_professional_sea rch_55b5.dmg
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> http://ctmdevcom.ipage.com/download/beta/ft_personal_search_ 55b5.dmg
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> http://ctmdevcom.ipage.com/download/beta/ft_search_server_55 b5.dmg
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>
> WE NEED FEEDBACK PLEASE. Very often, we post these intermiediate releases
> and hear almos nothing - we cannot assume that all is good unless you say
> so ! Please report back to us via the foxtrot-discuss group or directly if
> you prefer, but please do report especially as this is the final candidate
> for 5.5
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> jean michel/ctm qa
>
>
>
> *Release notes - FoxTrot Search products version **5.5b5*
>
>
> Note: FoxTrot 5.x is a paid upgrade for users of version 4.x and earlier
>
>
> *Version 5.5b5*
>
>
> *Bug fixes*
>
>
> • A “can’t connect” error message could happen in some circumstances,
> and has been fixed.
>
> • FoxTrot’s system menu could appear twice after rebooting.
>
> • A possible crash of the Admin application has been fixed when the
> server is disconnected.
>
>
> *Features*
>
>
> • A quick test shown compatibility on OS X 10.11 El Capitan.
>
> • Accelerated FoxTrot launch substantially when Finder tags are used
> intensively.
>
>
>
> *Search improvements*
>
>
> • *Search string word completion*: when typing words in the search
> field, partial words are autocompleted. Suggestions are based on the
> content of your index.
>
>
> • *Typo corrections*: when searching for a misspelled word, a similar
> word is suggested.
>
>
> • *[PRO] *Added the ability to search for *regular expressions*.
>
>
> • *[PRO] *Added the ability to search in the *file contents only*,
> ignoring the filenames and other metadata.
>
>
> • *Added* “log file”, “XML file” and “file archive” types in the “file
> types” category.
>
>
> • *[PRO] Added* an “all criteria / any criterion (AND / OR)” popup menu
> when combining multiple criteria.
>
>
>
> *Document viewing improvements*
>
>
> • *[PRO] *Added support for searching and highlighting regular
> expressions occurrences in all supported document types, including PDF,
> Word, Pages, Excel etc.
>
>
> • *[PRO] *Added a popup menu in the search field of the document window
> to toggle between Words, Consecutive Words, Exact String, Regular
> Expression, or FoxTrot query.
>
>
>
> *Index improvements*
>
>
> • By default, the content of log files and generic XML files is no
> longer indexed. This usually enhances the quality and the performance of
> the index, as these files contain many non relevant data. This can be
> toggled when adding a custom folder to the list of indexed locations.
>
>
> • Added the ability to disable some file types for content indexing,
> when indexing predefined locations, such as Documents or Downloads.
>
>
> • Outlook 2015, Dropbox and iCloud Drive support
>
>
> • Added a “view resource hogs” button in the index configuration window;
> this can help removing from your index huge files that contain few
> interesting text but many encoded, garbled or numerical data.
>
>
> • Email messages stored or exported to the .mbox format with a ‘TEXT’
> HFS file type are no longer indexed by contents (this would index a bunch
> of encoded data).
>
>
> • Contact’s phone numbers are also indexed unformatted (with no space).
>
>
> • When a third party Spotlight metadata importer has a memory leak, it
> is now periodically relaunched to prevent using all the available memory.
>
>
>
> *Bug fixes*
>
>
> • Some files could be displayed using their “title” metadata attribute
> instead of the filename; some items (email messages...) could be displayed
> using their (cryptic) filename instead of the title.
>
>
> • “Update folder in running indices” was updating all files by content,
> regardless of the index settings.
>
>
> • When adding a file to the blacklist, or when disabling some file types
> in the “index contents of files” list, the previously indexed contents of
> those files was only removed from the index when rebuilding entirely.
>
>
> • When displaying found words in some PDF documents, the document could
> be scrolled horizontally excessively.
>
>
> • Fixed a case where FoxTrot could fail to update the index, after
> FoxTrot’s preferences have been erased.
>
>
> • Fixed a bug in FoxTrot’s system menu on OS X 10.8.
>
>
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