Awasu 2.1.2.alpha2

IMPORTANT: This is an alpha release (what's this?). Some features are not complete and you will find bugs!

You must be already running 2.1.2.alpha1. To install:

• Read the release notes below first!
  
  
• Backup your Awasu installation directory and keep it, even if the alpha appears to work correctly.
  
  
• Unpack one (!) of the following zips on top of your existing installation:

  Personal Edition	NT/2K/XP	98/Me
  Advanced Edition	NT/2K/XP	98/Me
  Professional Edition	NT/2K/XP	98/Me

  
  
• It is recommended (but not required) that you rebuild your search index using ArchiveMaintenance.exe before running this release.

Release notes

• You can now drag and drop between workpads and external browser windows.
• Fixed the problem with ghost workpad windows at startup.

• The mouse scroll wheel now scrolls whatever window the mouse is currently over. This turns out to be an amazingly handy change and so if you want to extend this feature to all windows on your PC, not just Awasu ones, then create a DEBUG.INI file in your user's home directory that looks like this:

      [Debug]
      EnableGlobalMouseWheelMessageForwarding=1
  

• The user is now notified if channels are having their feed URL's automatically changed because of HTTP 301 redirects and given the option of reverting them back to the original URL's. Information on why this is an issue can be found here.
  
  
• Keeping the search index up-to-date as new feed items arrive can slow Awasu down somewhat, especially as the index grows. A new feature has been added to the Search tab of the Program Options dialog that lets you defer updating the search index to off-peak times e.g. overnight. Of course, if you enable this feature, any new items that are received will not be returned as search results until they have been added to the search index.
  
  If you had previously set DisableSearchIndexUpdates=1 in your DEBUG.INI to disable search index updates, you should take it out since this switch is no longer recognized.

Other minor features and bug fixes

• Fixed the crash at startup (in alpha1) if tabbed browsing is turned off.
• Fixed a crash at startup if an application plugin fails to load.
• Fixed a crash if the system tray icon is clicked too quickly after starting Awasu.
• All the search text is automatically selected when clicking in the search toolbar.
• Don't flag an error if running Awasu from a limited user account because the feed:// protocol couldn't be configured (even if it is disabled).
• Changed the text in the nag balloon shown at startup in the Personal Edition.
• Set focus to the browser pane (instead of the item pane) when a channel window is opened.
• Fixed a problem that prevented channels being created if they were being configured to be excluded from the search index.
• Fixed a problem when clicking on the bottom-most checkbox visible in a list that caused the wrong item to be checked.
• New channel reports now default to showing feed item excerpts.
• URL's can be dragged into My Channels to start the Channel Wizard.
• Fixed some incorrect keyboard handling if a popup menu is showing.
• Fixed a problem that was causing some channels to be incorrectly hidden in My Channels for certain channel filters.
• Awasu now lets you know if a newer version is available. This can be configured in the General tab of the Program Options.
• Don't show the window minimization animation if Awasu is configured to start minimized.
• Always record to the Error Log if an error notification balloon is shown.
• Clicking on a channel in My Channels now opens that channel even if another application was active at the time of the click.

Known issues

• Keyboard menu navigation in the 98/Me version is still broken (I'm waiting for a fix from a third-party vendor for this one).