News
Tuesday 12. of August 2008 PowerFolder 3.1.1 released!
Dear PowerFolder user,
The time has come to finally release our brand new 3.1.1 version of PowerFolder.
As a part of our improved quality assurance process this is the first 3.1.x version we deliver as an auto-update. Version 3.1.0 wasn't automatically updated to all clients because we wanted to stabilize all the new feature first.
This means version 3.1.1 comes with a huge set of improvements and a bunch of bugfixes. If you still run PowerFolder 3.0.2 or below you'll also get all the new features of 3.1.0 now. So we highly recommend to upgrade your PowerFolder!
I would also like to remind, that we recently changed our distribution model. In a few words: PowerFolder Pro is now freely available as 30 days trial, but the PowerFolder Basic distributions have been dropped from our homepage. In return we cut the price for PowerFolder Pro Home by nearly 50% - it now costs less then 1 USD per computer only. Read more about the changed distribution model.
And now comes the interesting part, here are the changes in 3.1.1:
Enhancements
- Account registration is now integrated into PowerFolder. Registration on the PowerFolder Website is not longer required.
- PowerFolder, which contain new files are now marked bold in tree.
- Filestab context menu action "Unmark new file" marks files as not longer new.
- System tray: Added explorer shortcuts to PowerFolder directories.
- Reduced overhead traffic during Router/NAT traversal. This feature is now again enabled by default.
- Console/server instance of PowerFolder now tries to read and activate a license key file from the execution directory (txt and key files).
- Improved error messages if system service fails to install on Windows Vista.
- Removed the system service installation option from the installer.
- The Online Storage now automatically gets added to the list of friends.
- It is now possibility to remove a PowerFolder from the Online Storage from within the program.
- Removal of meta-data also deletes invitation file in PowerFolder.
- Sending invitations: Finding new friends can now be done during the selection of the recipients.
- A checkbox to get own copy of invitation by email (CC) has been added.
- It is now possible to manually connect to a computer under "Find friends".
- Memory warning cannot longer be stopped to pop up. Too low memory settings causes PowerFolder to run incorrectly. More information can be found here.
- Debug logging now dumps the system settings into the debug directory.
- A button to send the debug directory has been added to the debug panel.
- Re-added filelist csv writing to debug log directory.
- Next button in wizards is now the default button when pressing enter.
- Wrong system notification popups not longer show up.
- The startup time has been slightly increased.
- Added hints to search text fields.
Bugfixes
- Unnecessary/wrong downloads do not longer occur. A bug has been fixed, that caused non changed files rarely to be detected as changed.
- The connection problem while adding a friend has been solved. Friendship invite dialog on added computer now correctly pops up.
- System service does not longer prevent PowerFolder from starting if it is unable to write to the "service" directory in installation path.
- System service now installs correctly on computers, that have Windows and user directory on different drives.
- Deletion date of files in recycle bin is now correct. Often was 1.Jan 1970.
- The CPU load on systems managing many PowerFolders was drasticallyreduced.
- Filestab filter is now correctly applied to directories.
- Foreign computers should not longer show up while sending an invitation.
- LAN computers now show up under friends if filter is set to show them.
- PowerFolder now starts after installation if checkbox "Start PowerFolder now" is checked.
- Context menus on Mac OS X now correctly show up.
- "Start file" and "Open folder" is now working under Mac OS X.
- Corrected sorting of uploads and downloads if sorted by "Progress".
- Date of last file change in folder/home is not correct.
- Many other cosmetic fixes.
Read next news entry for the release notes of the previous 3.1.0 version.
We hope you enjoy the new version of PowerFolder. If you have questions or suggestions please don't hesitate to contact us.
Best regards,
You PowerFolder Team
Saturday 12. of July 2008 PowerFolder 3.1 released offering free PowerFolder Pro trial
Today we are extremely proud to present you the best PowerFolder version so far - now for FREE!
Beneath all the new features we now offer a free PowerFolder Pro 30 days trial. Simply download, register and activate your PowerFolder Pro!
As you might have noticed we also changed our homepage layout to make your visit more pleasant.
New Features
- PowerFolder Pro is now available as 30 day test version
- Automatic setup of a default synchronized folder across all computers
- Swarming (Multi source) Download. Download single files from multiple sources
- Upload file history. See what files were uploaded.
- Added distribution with bundled Java Runtime (6.0)
- Status message now popup from system tray for important events
- System tray support for Mac OS X
- Rename of sync profiles to "Transfer modes"
- Custom Transfer modes can now be named and re-used in different folders.
- Default base directory for all PowerFolders is now "Own documents/PowerFolders" on Windows systems
- Unavailability of local base directories of a PowerFolder is now gracefully handled (e.g. USB Sticks, network or encrypted drives)
- Improved transfer performance of small files in LAN
- Find friends dialog is now wizard based
- Completely overhauled filter options in Filestab. Now new files are displayed bold.
- Program auto-updates can now be performed silently
- Computer name is taken as PowerFolder computer name instead of username
- Recycle bin now has a details panel
- Added more default excluded files: Temporary files from Word and .DS_Store on Mac
- Filtering of friendlist is now done through a dropdown box
- Added links from several functions to wiki
- Added "Answer" button to Chat system tray popup
- Added low memory detection on non-windows systems
- Added memory section to About dialog
- Public key of Online Storage now included in default distribution
- Several other enhancements and improvements
Bugfixes
- Fixed connection problems to Online Storage
- Fixed problem with sending invitation by email
- Fixed CPU load problem in debug mode
- Reduced overhead traffic: UDT/NAT Piercing protocol is off by default now
- Move of complete PowerFolders not longer cause to upload the files again
- Corrected minor sync percentage problem
- Fixed rare bug on Vista 64 that prevented PowerFolder from starting
- Fixed problem with debug log writing on Windows Vista
- Switched to new system tray implementation, that should not longer crash.
- Directory with space in name should now be correctly opened in system browser when clicking on Files/Open Folder
Big thanks go out to Bernhard, Flo, Harry, Dennis, Ceci, all our translators, all our testers and all our users!
Wednesday 18. of June 2008 PowerFolder 3.1 (dev) available for testing
Hello folks,
We just released the first 3.1 development version of PowerFolder.
Feel free to test it!
PowerFolder Basic 3.1 dev1 download (Section: Development version).
PowerFolder Pro 3.1 dev1 download (Select Download after login).
We also offer free test-online space (20 GB) on our sandbox system, simply contact us.
I would be happy to receive your feedback! We highly appreciate your support.
Feedback can be left at our Google development discussion group.
Checkout the 3.1 version information
Best regards,
Christian Sprajc
Thursday 29. of May 2008 We need your help, vote for us at SourceForge!
PowerFolder is participating in the SourceForge.net 2008 Community Choice Awards sponsored by Microsoft. Vote now to make us your favourite Open Source project, the nominations are still open till Mid June.
To give us your vote, please use this direct link. We are very much appreciating your help.
Monday 12. of May 2008 Benefit from the new PowerFolder file sync service
PowerFolder reaches over 300.000 users and presents itself with a new website including completely reworked content and design, but also loads of new free offers and tremendous discounts at www.powerfolder.com.
What´s new?
PowerFolder-Wiki: A free Wiki around the PowerFolder file sync solution was recently launched. The competent PowerFolder-Team presents solutions for typical problems happening wherever more than one computer is in use.
Also interactive: Users are welcome to ask all questions relating synchronization and PowerFolder in the forum or by email.
Discount: With the relaunch PowerFolder cuts its prices up to over 30 percent. The PowerFolder Pro-version (non commercial use) is discounted from 43.50 US-Dollar down to 30 US-Dollar and includes optional 5 GB online space for one year. Order now.
There is an unbeatable free test-offer as well: 5 gigabyte online space for 30 days without paying a single cent. The online-storage is used to backup important data on a safe server, which is worldwide accessible via web. It is possible to work up-to-date on business trips, on holidays, at home or at different workplaces.
Monday 05. of May 2008 Update (v3.0.2) available now
We just released an update for PowerFolder (v3.0.2), which fixes several issues.
Bugfixes / Changes:
- Sync percentage now displays correctly
- Fixed bug in LAN-detection
- Fixed rare bug, which prevented sync after startup
- Rolling logfile (one logfile per day)
Wednesday 30. of April 2008 Online Storage down for maintenance
UPDATE: The Online Storage is now back online.
The Online Storage is currently down for maintenance.
It is planned to be back online on 1. May 08 03:00 CET.
We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.
