| Re: [ANN] FoxTrot Search products 5.5b5 available for testing [message #306 is a reply to message #304] |
Tue, 23 June 2015 12:22   |
D Levy
Messages: 15
Registered: July 2012
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Hi
The links do not work for me either.
The beta before this one has been working fine for me, by the way.
David.
On 23 Jun 2015, at 10:59, 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
>
> http://ctmdevcom.ipage.com/download/beta/ft_personal_search_ 55b5.dmg
>
> http://ctmdevcom.ipage.com/download/beta/ft_search_server_55 b5.dmg
>
> 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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