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== Changelog ==
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== Changes ==
  
=== 3.2.2.1 (2009-02-21) ===
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For a list of enduser visible changes, have a look at the [http://filezilla-project.org/versions.php version history].
  
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
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For a detailed list of all changes committed to the source code repository, see the [http://filezilla-project.org/changelog.php changelog].
* Fix local directory creation during downloads. If multiple directory levels were missing, they were created in the reverse order
 
* MSW: Restore ability to navigate to drive list through .. entry in local file list
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.2.2 (2009-02-20) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Display password prompt if connecting to sites with Ask or Interactive logon type through bookmarks
 
* Fix parsing of default remote directories in site manager if using non-default server type
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.2.2-rc1 (2009-02-13) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* *nix, OS X: Fix crash if starting FileZilla when the last used local path no longer exists
 
* Keep track of name and path of the site manager item currently connected to so that bookmarks menu stays updated properly
 
* MSW: Handle obscure DDE associations for file editing
 
* More verbose error messages if loading a configuration file fails
 
* Newly downloaded directories appear again in the local file list
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.2.1 (2009-02-06) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* New iconset: Minimal
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Fix filter edit dialog sizing issue
 
* MSW: Fix icon transparency in status bar and use better disabled icons in toolbars
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.2.1-rc1 (2009-01-31) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Synchronized browsing
 
* Configurable double-click action for file lists
 
* Ask user to select an editor if trying to edit an unassociated file type
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* MSW: Work around problem with TinyXML if settings or program directory contains characters not expressible by the system's narrow character set
 
* OS X: When adding sites, the edit label will no longer be hidden behind the tree in the site manager
 
* MSW: Further Vista improvment for installer
 
* Fix potential race condition in socket code
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.2.0 (2009-01-07) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Fix account logon type in combination with FTP proxies
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.2.0-rc2 (2009-01-03) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Change wording of some strings
 
* Support yet another directory listing variant on obscure MVS style systems
 
* Fix odd behavior if deleting items from site manager
 
* Do not show proxy password in message log on SFTP connections
 
* Properly display "bytes" suffix in filelist status bar if not using thousands separator
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.2.0-rc1 (2008-12-30) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Bookmarks
 
* Logging to file
 
* *nix: Use GNOME's Session Manager D-Bus API to cleanly shut down FileZilla on end of session
 
* MSW: Improve installer's Vista compatibility.
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* *nix: Fix encoding issues with thousands separator in some locales
 
* Thousands separator on file exists dialog
 
* Rearrange filter dialog a bit
 
* Compile fixes for HP-UX
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.1.6 (2008-12-02) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Automatically refresh remote directory listing if queue finishes successfully
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Speed up refresh of remote directory listing if adding files during uploads
 
* Connections no longer time out waiting on a directory listing getting retrieved by a different connection
 
* Number of files were not updated if deleting remote files
 
* MSW: Update manifest so that the evil filesystem virtualization stays disabled under Vista
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.1.6-rc1 (2008-11-26) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Configurable location of message log pane
 
* Context menu inside site manager to export individual sites or site subtrees
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Several fixes for users with Turkish locale
 
* Fix race condition causing not all subdirectories to be added to queue on upload
 
* Cleanup of pane splitter code to facilitate configurable message log position
 
* Cleanup of path and directory listing caches to be less convoluted
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.1.5.1 (2008-11-15) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Connection establishment through SOCKS proxies could fail in some cases
 
* Clearing private data no longer crashes if quickconnect bar is hidden
 
* Handle drag & drop of symlinks
 
* Update remote directory tree if deleting a subdirectory
 
* Fix parsing of HTTP chunk lengths for the update downloader
 
* Reduce memory consumption of remote directory tree
 
* Rewrite the code that added local directories to the queue. New one is faster and avoids some potentially thread-unsafe behaviour of the old code
 
* OS X: Fix help menu duplication on non-English systems
 
* MSW: Reset wxWidgets internal display cache if changing display resolution or layout
 
* MSW: Fixes for silent intaller
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.1.5 (2008-10-22) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Handle symbolic links on servers. If trying to access a symbolic link, FileZilla will first try to CWD into it, and if that fails, will treat it as a file instead. During recursive operations, any directory link encountered will not be followed, but file links will be downloaded.
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Numpad keys could not be used to search for entries in the file lists
 
* OS X: Use smaller font sizes in message log and directory trees
 
* Fix vertical alignment of labels next to the directory boxes above the directory trees
 
* Use lighter text colors in message log if using dark background
 
* *nix: Transfer status lines will no longer overlap the queue scrollbar
 
* *nix: Fix font colors if using themes with dark backgrounds (e.g. DarkRoom under Ubuntu 8.10)
 
* Fix XML corruption problems
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.1.4.1 (2008-10-16) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* *nix: Fix crash if renaming directories using the local directory tree
 
* Rebuilt official binaries to revert a regression in wxWidgets causing memory corruption
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.1.4 (2008-10-15) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* *nix and OS X: Avoid SIGPIPE if socket gets closed during uploads
 
* Fix SFTP speed limits
 
* Avoid reduntant refreshes of local file lists on some drag&drop operations
 
* Send user agent with requests if using HTTP proxy
 
* MSW: Add checkbox to start FileZilla to finish page of intaller
 
* Reselect previously set default file exists action if reopening dialog on a queue item
 
* OS X: Do not check /net whether it has subdirectories, it is extremely slow
 
* Upon reconnecting, fall back to list current directory if last used directory is no longer accessible
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.1.4-rc1 (2008-10-08) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Configurable number of decimal places for filesize formatting
 
* Allow editing of files with identical name but different remote paths
 
* File changed notification displays more information
 
* Manual transfer dialog
 
* Quickconnect bar can be hidden
 
* MSW: React to added or removed drive letters
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Downloading updates should no longer randomly freeze the client after HTTP redirects
 
* Huge queues should save slightly faster
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.1.3.1 (2008-09-29) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Download speedlimits were not working since 3.1.3-beta1
 
* On very fast connections, sockets could receive close event before being marked active, leading to timeouts
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.1.3 (2008-09-21) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Fzsftp no longer crashes if receiving invalid data from server and instead quits gracefully
 
* Fix crash if entering hostname with characters not allowed in internationalized domain names
 
* OS X: Fix crash if path to FileZilla contained non-ASCII characters
 
* Compatibility with yet another exotic directory listing format
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.1.3-rc1 (2008-09-15) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Keep remote directory tree and file list if disconnected by the server. Transparently reconnect before performing the next operation.
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* OS X: Massive performance improvements
 
* Various small performance improvements
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.1.3-beta1 (2008-09-10) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* New socket event handling system, more flexible and a bit faster
 
* Performance improvements for local directory tree
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* MSW: Using prefix search to select an item now also changes the startpoint for a multiple selection.
 
* Fix directory creation logic if the directory to create is a root directory
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.1.2 (2008-08-30) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Allow drive labels with more than one letter for servertype DOS
 
* Slight speedup of transfer queue, defer redrawing of UI elements to idle time
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.1.2-rc1 (2008-08-24) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Add directory listing filter condition to match on containing path name
 
* Implement kiosk mode in which FileZilla will not write any passwords to disk. Can be enabled through fzdefaults.xml
 
* Add option to disable update checks to fzdefaults.xml
 
* Vast performance improvements if handling queues and directories with thousands of files
 
* Faster TLS/SSL handshake on data connections
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Queue should no longer get mixed up if LIST command fails during recursive downloads
 
* Fix crash if using -s commandline argument
 
* Fix spurious transfer failures if multiple engines try to list the same directory
 
* Loading invalid filters could crash FileZilla
 
* User/pass authentication for SOCKS5 proxy support was not working properly
 
* If stopping queue processing while recursively downloading directories, files added by the recursive operation will no longer reenable queue processing
 
* MSW: Keep site manager wide enough so that all notebook tabs fit
 
* Fix crash if server does not support resuming of large files
 
* SFTP uploads did not fail if server ran out of diskspace
 
* If compiled for some 64bit systems, SFTP resumes of files larger than 2^32 did not work properly
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.1.1.1 (2008-08-11) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Fix crash if a connection attempt gets aborted
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.1.1 (2008-08-10) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Save filter toggle state
 
* MSW: Display drive labels if available
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Fix crash in new socket class if using active mode FTP
 
* Request user attention (e.g. blinking in taskbar) if an edited file changes and the program is minimized
 
* Don't issue mdtm command on links for the automatic timezone detection on SFTP servers
 
* Do not capture menu shortcut keys in file lists
 
* Allow directory comparison if filters are toggled off
 
* MSW: Sorting in site dropdown menu is now identical to sorting inside the Site Manager
 
* OS X: If closing the file rename edit box, refresh neighboring lines to get rid of artifacts left behind by the edit control border
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.1.1-rc1 (2008-08-04) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* If using "Ask for password" and "Interactive" logon types, a username is now optional in the Site Manager
 
* New iconset: OpenCrystal
 
* MSW: Whether icon sets should be installed or not can be seleted in the installer
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Fix parsing of URLs containing port number in quickconnect bar
 
* Fix handling of local write errors if downloading files
 
* If closing FileZilla, the queue is now properly saved using a backup copy to prevent corruption of queue file
 
* Slight performance improvement if opening settings dialog, language and theme pages are now populated on demand
 
* Reply to server's shutdown notification on SSL/TLS secured downloads if connection still open
 
* After downloading files, local file count did not update
 
* "My Sites" in Site Manager should not be draggable
 
* Fix entering IPv6 addresses in Site Manager
 
* Directory cache was incoherent after renaming a directory
 
* Several fixes to new socket class
 
* MSW: Starting a bounding box selection (Windows calls it marquee selection) did not set focus to the file lists
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.1.0.1 (2008-07-24) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* <b>Do not report success on SSL/TLS transfers if server did not perform orderly SSL/TLS shutdown. Previously, an attacker could cause truncated files with FileZilla thinking the transfer was successful. All versions prior to this were affected</b>
 
* Fix infinite loop in new socket class
 
* Fix file descriptor/handle leak in new socket class
 
* Fix locking error if cancelling an operation waiting for a lock held by a different engine
 
* MSW: In rare cases, initial read event was not triggered on transfer sockets
 
* Add missing icon in LonE theme
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.1.0 (2008-07-23) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Right-clicking filter button in toolbar toggles filters
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Fix oddities in visual formatting of IPv6 addresses
 
* MSW: Enable IPv6 support on SFTP connections
 
* Connecting using an IPv6 address did not work on SFTP
 
* Editing remote files did not pick up local changes if timestamp preserving was enabled
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.1.0-rc2 (2008-07-19) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Enable SOCKS5 and HTTP/1.1 proxy support for SFTP connections
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* For sorting remote file list by owner/group
 
* *nix: Install FileZilla application icons according to the freedesktop.org Icon Theme Specification
 
* *nix: Use the system's tinyxml library if available
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.1.0-rc1 (2008-07-17) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* SOCKS5 and HTTP/1.1 proxy support
 
* The "Open" item in local directory listing context menu will open the system's file browser if a directory is selected
 
* New iconset: LonE
 
* 2 new file exists actions
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.1.0-beta2 (2008-07-12) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Filecount in statusbar no longer count upwards if deleting files
 
* MSW: Call WSAStartup, fixes WSANOTINITIALISED problem
 
* MSW: Use closesocket(fd) instead of close(fd), the latter caused uploads to hang at the end
 
* MSW: Fix socket hang after changing event handler. Use a better way to resend events
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.1.0-beta1 (2008-07-10) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* IPv6 support
 
* Add option to reopen file if trying to edit a file already being edited
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Fix SFTP file descriptor leak on some transfer failures
 
* Fix crash if remote directory gets cleared between opening context menu and selecting view/edit item
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.0.11.1 (2008-07-05) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Show number of filtered files in status bars if directory appears empty
 
* Support for international domain names was accidentally commented out
 
* Add missing path separator in remote filename on file exists dialog
 
* Fix shrinking panes if using widescreen or blackboard styles
 
* MSW: If showing file changed notification dialog after editing a file, program could become unresponsive in some cases
 
* MSW: Fix visual problems with right-to-left languages introduced with the flicker corrections in 3.0.11
 
* MSW: Main component can no longer be unselected in the installer
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.0.11 (2008-06-15) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* MSW: Reduce flicker if resizing main window
 
* Improve compatibility with Cygwin's SSH server. Use Site Manager to select server type
 
* Correct position of queue size in statusbar
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.0.11-rc1 (2008-06-09) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* File list status bars showing number of (selected) files and directories along with total filesize
 
* MSW: Installer improvements. The installer now remembers the installation options.
 
* The update wizard now shows a list of changes in the new version
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Fix sorting issues of file lists
 
* Reduce CPU load if deleting or uploading many files
 
* MSW: Prefix search in file lists did not work with all characters
 
* OS X: SFTP didn't work if full bundle path contained spaces
 
* OS X: Fix odd dialog sizes
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.0.10 (2008-05-20) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Precompiled binaries available from filezilla-project.org now link against GnuTLS 2.2.5 due to security vulnerabilities in previous GnuTLS versions, see http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/security.html
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.0.10-rc2 (2008-05-15) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* MSW: Performance improvements. Windows is inherently flawed since it does not cache directory contents.
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.0.10-rc1 (2008-05-14) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Commandline arguments, see manpage for details
 
* Columns in file lists can be reordered or hidden by right-clicking the column header
 
* Added some useful links to help menu
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Don't send redundant MKD commands to server if multiple transfers want to create the same directory multiple times
 
* Fix sizing problems with some interface layouts
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.0.9.3 (2008-05-06) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* <b>Fix rare race condition in IO thread leading to data loss. Was possible to lose up to 3*65536 bytes at the beginning of a download.</b>
 
* *NIX: Renaming local files did not change local filelist
 
* OS X: Deleting non-empty local directories did not work in all cases
 
* MSW: Program could become unresponsive if update available dialog appears while a menu was opened
 
* MSW: Update wizard should use correct download location on Vista to save installation files
 
* Fix possible duplication of queue items on shutdown
 
* Cap input length of speedlimit edit controls
 
* Fix crash if getting disconnected while remote directory creating dialog was open
 
* Quickconnect bar did not handle URLs with trailing paths
 
* Update menu and toolbar state after clearing private data
 
* NIX: Filetype column was empty on some filetypes
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.0.9.2 (2008-04-18) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Fix rare crash if closing FileZilla
 
* *nix: Fix problems with drag&drop operation starting from local directory tree- Filetype display and ascii/binary detection did not work on VMS servers
 
* Requeue did not work properly for edited files
 
* Fix state of comparison button if comparison could not be started
 
* Fix crash if changing filters while comparison mode is active
 
* Fix ghost item appearing if applying filters after exiting comparison mode
 
* Compatibility fix with broken servers sending PWD reply with single quotation marks
 
* *nix: Display drop highlight in file lists
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.0.9.1 (2008-04-07) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Reset keyboard search prefix in file lists on directory and selection changes
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.0.9-rc1 (2008-03-31) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Automatic resume on some types of transfer failures
 
* Improve main statusbar
 
** Icon to display selected transfer mode on FTP connections
 
** Icon to show current certificate and cipher on FTP(E)S connections
 
** Icon to show key exchange and encryption algorithms on SFTP connections
 
* Remember last selected item in Site Manager
 
* Various improvements to main menu
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* New menu and toolbar state update system to reduce CPU usage and increase responsiveness
 
* Fix refresh problem with local directory tree
 
* Fix unreadable text with some color schemes
 
* Submit operating system version on update availability check
 
* Fix connection problems with some SFTP servers introduced in 3.0.8
 
* *nix: Fix message catalog install directory
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.0.8.1 (2008-03-17) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Fix infinite loop in local directory tree
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.0.8 (2008-03-13) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* *nix: No longer follows symbolic links if deleting local directories
 
* Fix crash if dropping a file on a fill item in directory comparison mode
 
* Handle DEL key in queue and local directory tree
 
* Handle F2 key in local directory tree
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.0.8-rc1 (2008-03-07) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Add interface for SFTP public key authentication
 
* Add option to bypass proxy settings to sitemanager and quickconnect bar
 
* Automatic timezone detection for SFTP listings
 
* Preserving file timestamp on SFTP transfers
 
* If using Site Manager, display site name in window title during connection
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Tell user in message log to use interactive logon type if SFTP server sends multiple prompts
 
* Fix performance issue with local file listings, most noticeable if browsing network shares
 
* Reduce initial window size on very small display resolutions like 800x600 or below
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.0.7.1 (2008-02-19) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Fix connections timing out shortly after sending keep alive command
 
* Update remote file list if renaming files
 
* *nix: Fix tab key in Site Manager not working
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.0.7 (2008-02-14) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Timeouts were not working at all on FTP connections since 3.0.4-rc1
 
* OS X: Application bundle can now be renamed
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.0.7-rc1 (2008-02-10) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Ability to select different toolbar icon sizes if theme supports it
 
* Local listings can be filtered by file attributes (Windows) or permissions (other)
 
* Option to enable timestamps in message log
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Transfer queue pane did not remember its size correctly
 
* Fix infinite loop if dragging root node in Site Manager
 
* *nix: Fix segault if copying directory listing filters
 
* Keyboard navigation in file lists fixed
 
** MSW: Ctrl + Space not working
 
** *nix: Ctrl + A not selecting all files
 
* OS X: File changed notification can no longer get stuck behind main window
 
* Disable download in remote context menu if local directory is not writable
 
* Prevent opening multiple confirmation dialogs if closing FileZilla
 
* Speed up loading time of the more complex dialogs
 
* Fix cache problem if renaming files
 
* If preserving file timestamps, use MDTM command if downloading files where the directory listing does not have enough precision
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.0.6 (2008-01-30) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* If deleting or renaming a directory in SFTP, invalidate current working directories
 
* Allow downloading of files starting with a dash using SFTP
 
* MSW: /S installer argument works again
 
* Improve queue on broken servers with a connection limit
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.0.6-rc1 (2008-01-24) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Site Manager improvements:
 
** Remember dialog size
 
** Site Manager will remember which folders are expanded or collapsed
 
** Sites can be moved and copied using Drag & Drop
 
** F2 key can be used to rename sites in Site Manager
 
* Add context menu for local directory tree
 
* *nix: Basic man pages
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Do not allow empty names for filters and filter sets
 
* custom file associations did not work if system associations were inherited
 
* MSW: Fix Reboot/shutdown queue completion actions
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.0.5.2 (2008-01-12) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Fix local tree refresh causing unwanted directory changes.
 
* Fix crash in path cache
 
* Fix update check
 
* Remove error message if locales aren't installed or FileZilla has not been translated into the default system language
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.0.5.1 (2008-01-11) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Fix crash if entering custom command
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.0.5 (2008-01-10) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Fix freeze if deleting remote directories
 
* Compatibility with HP NonStop servers
 
* MSW: Uninstaller did not remove defaultfilters.xml
 
* Improve visual feedback for some drag&drop operations
 
* Fix sort order in sitemanager dropdown menu
 
* Fix size of file changed dialog
 
* "Apply to current queue only" in file exists dialog did not work properly
 
* Cached directory listings expire after 30 minutes
 
 
 
 
 
=== 3.0.5-rc1 (2007-12-31) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Directory listing comparison
 
* Ability to open and edit local files
 
* Add option to use default system language. Note: Language selection will be reset to default if updating to this version.
 
* New artwork for send and recv indicators
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Fix crash with keepalive timer
 
* *nix: Use proper locale initialization, happened too late in FZ's startup sequence in previous versions.
 
* Fix issue with proxies in combination with nonstandard ports
 
* Fix timezone offset detection if user has specified a custom offset
 
* MSW: Cancel remote renaming of files if listing changes
 
* Fix prefix search in file listings not working with all keys
 
* Internal engine state could get confused on failed transfers
 
* Fix visual refresh problem in queue
 
* Fix several glitches with right-to-left languages
 
* Write errors during downloads are now critical, as they usually require user interaction (e.g. disk full)
 
* Calculate proper filesize on VMS servers
 
* Remote directory tree did not display all known directories
 
* Don't display error messages if some local directories are not accessible during auto-completion in local view header or if if they are parent of an accessible directory in the local tree view.
 
 
 
 
 
=== FileZilla 3.0.4 (2007-11-26) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Linux: Fix empty challenge text if using interactive login
 
 
 
 
 
=== FileZilla 3.0.4-rc1 (2007-11-20) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Implement FTP Proxy support. Note that using a properly configured NAT router is recommended instead.
 
* Implement FTP keep alive for those connecting to improperly configured servers
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Fix crashes if deleting files in directories with more than 200 entries
 
* Compatility improvements with VMS and z/VM servers
 
* Now requires GnuTLS 2.0.4 which fixes a problem with servers using compression.
 
* Changing list of ascii files or increasing number of concurrent transfers had no effect until restart of FileZilla
 
 
 
 
 
=== FileZilla 3.0.3 (2007-11-06) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Install some default filters if filters.xml missing in user's settings directory
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* OS X: Fix remote file viewing/editing
 
* Additional fixes for SFTP servers with nonstandard filename encodings
 
 
 
 
 
=== FileZilla 3.0.3-rc1 (2007-10-31) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Automatic server timezone detection. Custom offset in the Site Manager may need to be adjusted. FTP only.
 
* Option to preserve file timestamps on downloads (all protocols)
 
* Option to preserve file timestamps on uploads on FTP servers supporting the MFMT command
 
* Add transfer type (ascii/binary/auto) selection to transfer menu
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Shorten very long filenames on file exists dialog
 
* Attempt at working around broken routers and firewalls disconnecting the control connection of the transfer session on transfers
 
* Deleting directories containing lots of files should be faster now
 
* Disallow settings/site import from files located in the settings storage directory
 
* Fix nullpointer dereference on non-UTF8 enabled SFTP servers
 
* *nix: Fix button height inconsistencies on dialogs with certain artwork (e.g. Ubuntu 7.10)
 
 
 
 
 
=== FileZilla 3.0.2.1 (2007-10-17) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Fix issue with message log not working properly
 
 
 
 
 
=== FileZilla 3.0.2 (2007-10-17) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* MSW: Added /user=all and /user=current options to installer
 
* Experimental support for z/VM servers
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Fix typo in option handling code. Due to this, settings for date/time formatting have been reset.
 
* Fix performance problem if FileZilla gets started with message log hidden
 
* Work around possible race conditions in SFTP input thread leading to crashes
 
* MSW: Fix issue with installer where reboot after uninstalling previous version disrupted installation. Fix will only work if uninstalling 3.0.2 or greater.
 
* OSX: Use new icon
 
 
 
 
 
=== FileZilla 3.0.2-rc1 (2007-10-10) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Remote file viewing / editing
 
* Display current server in window title
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Don't remember incorrect password on SFTP connections with ASK logontype
 
* MSW: Fix drag&drop to explorer in case of case-mismatch between requested and reported path.
 
* *nix: Fix Makefiles so SFTP properly supports files > 2GB
 
* Ascii filetype setting for extensionless files and dotfiles had negated effect
 
* Fix error message if using multiple running instances save the settings at the same time
 
* Fix parsing of very new files in directory listings if server is in a timezone ahead of the client
 
* Fix range of timezone offset setting
 
* Fix problems with remote path combobox if reconnecting after a disconnect
 
* Display confirmation dialog if deleting file from remote directory tree context menu
 
* Refresh remote directory listing after refreshing a single file
 
* On very first startup, center FileZilla on screen
 
 
 
 
 
=== FileZilla 3.0.1 (2007-09-19) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Fix parsing of settings or site XML data containing double, leading or trailing whitespace.
 
* MSW: Work around flaw in the combo box implementation used by the view headers
 
 
 
 
 
=== FileZilla 3.0.1-rc1 (2007-09-15) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Settings to configure size, date and time formatting
 
* Message log and queue visibility will be remembered
 
* Custom action to perform after queue completion
 
* Add some confirmation dialogs
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* MSW: Fix file truncation if using speed limits
 
* MSW: Fix slow startup on systems with floppy drives, disconnected network drivers and so on triggered by design flaw in Windows.
 
* Fix misplaced settings dialog
 
* Fix problems with remembering pane size
 
* Properly refresh local directory if downloading into newly created subdirectories
 
* Fix issues with language set to Japanese
 
 
 
 
 
=== FileZilla 3.0.0 (2007-09-08) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* New application icon
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Fix support for servers sending directory listing in yet another exotic format
 
* Fix prefix search in list controls on wxGTK
 
* Work around problem with wxSpinCtrl in site manager on wxGTK
 
* Fix assertion on wxGTK if listing extensionless files
 
 
 
 
 
=== FileZilla 3.0.0-rc3 (2007-08-31) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed vulnerabilities:</b></u>
 
* Fix buffer overflow if directory lisiting filters were enabled, causing FileZilla to crash.
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Backspace key can be used to goes to parent directory in file lists
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Fix file selection by entering filename prefix
 
* Restore correct window size if FileZilla gets closed while minimized
 
* Disable "Create directory" entry in remote filelist context menu while disconnected
 
* Improve compatibility with SFTP servers using exotic listing formats
 
* MSW: Fix locales not working
 
* *nix: Fix queue scrolling
 
 
 
 
 
=== FileZilla 3.0.0-rc2 (2007-08-26) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Remember Window size and position
 
* Remember sort column and order of file lists
 
* Additional icon set by Brian Lukis
 
* Added .desktop file on *nix systems
 
* If server is crippled and doesn't allow more than one connection (based on Sitemanager preference), primary browsing connection can be used by the transfer queue
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Fix SSL transfers hanging if using speed limits
 
* Compile fixes and compatibility improvements for various platforms
 
* The usual assortment of small bugfixes, see changelog for details
 
 
 
 
 
=== FileZilla 3.0.0-rc1 (2007-08-11) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed vulnerabilities:</b></u>
 
* Fix remotely triggered memory corruption if connection gets terminated during TLS handshake.
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Windows: Add choice between "All Users" and "Current User" to installer
 
* Windows: Add Desktop and My Documents links to directory tree
 
* Windows: Ability to list shares on Network computers
 
* Column widths in all list views will be saved
 
* Refresh local file list after a successful file transfer
 
* Add context menu to remote directory tree
 
* Make Site Manager resizable
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Don't leave empty files behind on failed downloads
 
* Fix retry and cache logic if transfer command fails with 5yz reply
 
* Limit number of simultaneous connections did not work properly
 
* Refresh listing after chmod
 
* Fix upload of empty files over TLS connections
 
 
 
 
 
=== FileZilla 3.0.0-beta11 (2007-07-20) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Improved queue
 
* Import and export dialogs including import of Sitemanager data from legacy FZ 2.x
 
* Tab key can be used to switch between panes
 
* F6 toggles between quickconnect bar and local/remote path edit fields
 
* Location of settings directory can be specified in fzdefaults.xml
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Engine state could get mixed up if transfers failed
 
* Transfer of empty files could incorrectly time out
 
* Fix directory cache coherency if removing/renaming directories
 
* Work around lack of thread-safety in wxWidgets causing random misbehaviour
 
* Properly disconnect idle transfer engines after 30 seconds
 
* Update selections if changing sort order of file lists
 
* Various minor fixes
 
 
 
 
 
=== FileZilla 3.0.0-beta10 (2007-06-03) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Fix bug that made Beta 9 unusable
 
 
 
 
 
=== FileZilla 3.0.0-beta9 (2007-06-01) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Add "View hidden files" option to server menu
 
* Add dialog to clear private data
 
* Performance improvements of message log
 
* Avoid sending unnecessary TYPE commands
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Updated TinyXML component, fixes problems with filenames containing ampersands or other special XML entities.
 
* Fix deadlock in sftp component under Windows
 
* Don't retry connecting if user cancels new/changed hostkey notification
 
 
 
 
 
=== FileZilla 3.0.0-beta8 (2007-05-09) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed vulnerabilities:</b></u>
 
* Fix data corruption on FTPS uploads
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Implement speed limits
 
* Last used local directory will be remembered
 
* New option for the sorting of the filelists. Directories can be kept on top or sorted inline
 
* Display warning if detecting a Windows system with a networking bug confirmed by Microsoft
 
* Right-clicking the Sitemanager button in the toolbar displays a popup menu with the sites for quick access. On Windows, a dropdown arrow got added
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Directorylisting-parser fixes, including support for Microware OS-9
 
* Small SFTP transfer speed improvement under Windows
 
* Autocompletion did not work properly on GTK based systems
 
* Uninstalling FileZilla on Windows should no longer leave registry keys behind
 
* lots of small bugfixes
 
 
 
 
 
=== FileZilla 3.0.0-beta7 (2007-03-27) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* New optionspage to change layout of file and directory panes
 
* Loading of predefined Sitemanager entries from fzdefaults.xml
 
* UTF-8 support for SFTP, merged in upstream changes from PuTTY
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Ascii file FTP transfers should now work properly on non-Windows systems
 
* Fix SFTP transfers of filenames containing the following characters: [ ] \ * ?
 
* lots of small bugfixes and performance improvements
 
 
 
 
 
=== FileZilla 3.0.0-beta6 (2007-02-19) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Vastly improved drag and drop support, including
 
* Shell extension under Windows to allow dragging of files from FileZilla into Explorer
 
* CTRL+A will select all files in currently focused file list
 
* Display warning if trying to connect to SFTP server using FTP protocol
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Fix timing issue in socket event handling, fixes transfers not starting on some systems
 
* Cosmetic fixes under non-Windows platforms.
 
 
 
 
 
=== FileZilla 3.0.0-beta5 (2007-01-11) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed vulnerabilities:</b></u>
 
* Fix format string vulnerabilities
 
 
 
<u><b>New features:</b></u>
 
* Partial drag and drop support
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Lots of small bugfixes
 
 
 
 
 
=== FileZilla 3.0.0-beta4 (2006-12-14) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Fix bug that made Beta 3 unusable
 
 
 
 
 
=== FileZilla 3.0.0-beta3 (2006-12-13) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* FTP over TLS/SSL support
 
* Major performance improvements
 
* Automatic connection attempt retries
 
* Improved compatibility with legacy systems and other exotic servers
 
* Lots of small bugfixes
 
 
 
 
 
=== FileZilla 3.0.0-beta2 (2006-10-15) ===
 
 
 
<u><b>Fixed bugs:</b></u>
 
* Fix timeouts
 
* "Update available" notification did not go away after updating
 
* Upload progress for SFTP transfers did advance too fast
 
* Filters did not apply properly
 
* UNC paths can now be browsed locally
 
* Directory listings can now be sorted by timestamp and permissions
 
 
 
 
 
=== FileZilla 3.0.0-beta1 (2006-10-05) ===
 
The main purpose of the first beta was public testing. Please [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=21558&atid=887596 report any bugs] you find, but do not post feature requests.
 
 
 
<u><b>What's new/improved since v2:</b></u>
 
* Cross-platform (new)
 
* Directory listing filter (new)
 
* Automatic updates (new)
 
* Multi-language support (improved)
 
* Right-to-Left languages support (new)
 
* Firewall support w/ wizard (improved)
 
 
 
 
 
<u><b>And of course, as always:</b></u>
 
* FTP and SFTP support
 
* Site Manager with folders and definable server timezones offsets
 
* Upload/Download Queue
 
* Ability to resume Uploads/Downloads (if the server supports it)
 
* ASCII/Binary files' support (not for SFTP though!)
 
* Custom Commands
 
* Timeout detection
 

Revision as of 23:39, 25 March 2009

FileZilla 3 is the next generation (S)FTP-client from the FileZilla project. It is platform independent and supports operating systems like Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, *BSD and Mac OS X.

Features

  • Easy to use
  • Supports FTP, FTP over SSL/TLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
  • Cross-platform. Runs on Windows, Linux, *BSD, OSX and more
  • IPv6 support
  • Available in many languages
  • Supports resume and transfer of large files >4GB
  • Powerful Site Manager and transfer queue
  • Bookmark
  • Drag & drop support
  • Configurable Speed limits
  • Filename filters
  • Directory Comparison
  • Network configuration wizard
  • The ability to use Notepad or any other program to edit a file online (the real action behind the scenes: downloading it to a temporary place and re-uploading it upon saving)
  • HTTP/1.1, SOCKS5 and FTP Proxy support
  • Logging to file
  • Synchronized directory browsing

More information

- You can follow the development in the FileZilla 3 development diary. There's also a detailed technical changelog available.

- Learn how to compile FileZilla 3 under Windows (for developers)

Tips & Tricks

- Holding ctrl+alt+shift while starting FileZilla resets the default GUI layout.

Changes

For a list of enduser visible changes, have a look at the version history.

For a detailed list of all changes committed to the source code repository, see the changelog.