• Depot browser for the Tracker
• Depot browser for the Deskbar

• 21 sept. 2001 : OpenTracker moved to a new home. Thanks to Axel Dorfler, OpenTracker will now be hosted at SourceForge. Find it here and there.

• Latest version of the OpenTracker's binaries and sources can be downloaded from OpenTracker.org.
• A packaged version, maintained by Peter Schultz, is also available on a regular basis at BeBits.
• Other flavours of OpenTracker can also be found at BeBits : esperanto, french, german, hebrew, norvegian, newfs, russian, swedish, ukrainian, ...

C h a n g e s	Last change reviewed	Date
Tracker	5.1.5	31th Dec 2001
Deskbar	5.1.5	31th Dec 2001

T r a c k e r

all changes...

	In the "Find..." window, MIME types are now grouped depending on their supertype (application, audio, text, ...).	5.1.5
	A free space bar can be displayed for each volume icon. It's transparent, its colors are customizable and it works for BFS, FAT, NTFS and EXT2 volumes.	5.1.4
	Switch to SourceForge and CVS
	Speed up file copying by using larger copy buffers.	266
	New options added to customize the time format displayed in the Modified and Created attributes columns.	261,263
	Single window browsing is here! Find the option in the preferences window.	261,264
	Customizing the Tracker is easier than before with the new Preferences window. Access it via the menu "Window->Settings". Changes are made in real-time, it's no needed to kill and restart the Tracker.	261
	The attributes menu of a window is automatically rebuilt when the MIME type of a file changes. It is no more needed to close the window and re-open it to see the right attribute menu.	254
	Volumes are now separated from folders with the SortFolderNamesFirst option.	249
	Enhanced replacement alert. The alert which appears if one tries to replace a file with another now shows the file size and date of both, the source and the destination file.	181
	In list mode, double clicking or clicking with the third mouse button the column resizer resize that column to the width of the widest element.	179,207,221
	Added support for file templates. New menu item New...(under New Folder) allows to create empty files of different types. To add new templates to this menu, just drag an empty new file of any type to home/config/settings/tracker/Tracker New Templates	152,158,163
	New option added to the Tracker settings called SortFolderNamesFirst. When "on", the folders names are displayed first in the Tracker.	151,164
	New option added to the Tracker settings called ShowSelectionWhenInactive. When "on", the currently selected items will be shown with grey highlighting, if the window is inactive, instead of being completely disabled.	135,248
	Added support for multiple selection using wildcards by implementing a "selection window". This window can be accessed via the menu item Select ... or via the shortcut Shift-Cmd-A. Supported wildcards are *, ?, and [ ].	119,126,130,134
	Attribute submenus in at the end of the "Attributes" menu now show the corresponding mimetype icon when possible.	115
	"Get Info..." window can now display protection bits, owner id and group id. Protection bits can be modified using checkboxes.	113,116
	Easy access to files. Type a few characters of a file's name and Tracker will scroll down and select it. The typed characters appears in the count view in the lower left hand corner of the window.	110
	Option Previously mounted disks added to the mount settings configuration panel. When the user enables this option, Tracker will at the next restart remount whatever volumes were mounted when it was shut down.	109
	It is now possible to restore files to their original location from the trash. To do so, choose Restore menuitem in the menu. The 'Original name' column is added to the trash so that you can see where your deleted files used to be.	99,276
	Added Close All Tracker Windows feature. Type Option-Command-W.	66
	Added support for growing/shrinking selection by Alt-clicking (same as Windows Shift-clicking).	65
	Added Minimize all windows feature. Hold down Option and double-click a window title bar.	58
	Added a new item Relative link here, to the menu that pops up when dragging a file with the right button, to allow creating relative links (instead of absolute links).	51
	New option added to the Tracker settings called ShowFullPathInTitleBar. When "on", the full path of the current directory is displayed in the title bar.	48
	Made Alt-Shift-T and Shift-Del destroy selected items instead of moving them into the Trash. In the Trash folder Del now allows selective deleting of selected items.	46

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D e s k b a r

all changes...

Adds the option "Sort Running Applications" to Deskbar's settings. When enabled, Deskbar's list of running applications is sorted alphabetically. When disabled, the list returns to chronological order.

	Option Sort Running Applications added to Deskbar's settings. When enabled, Deskbar's list of running applications is sorted alphabetically. When disabled, the list returns to chronological order.	285
	Add a way to quit windowless applications from the deskbar.	267,282
	The Deskbar's drag area is highlighted when selected.	185
	MenuitemConfigure Be Menu... has been moved to "Deskbar Settings". Idem for date and time options.	160,162
	Option Always on Top added for the Deskbar. This option is accessible via a new submenu "Deskbar Settings"	160,162
	Option added for switching short date display between MM/DD/YY and DD/MM/YY format.	156
	Hide Replicants/Show Replicants menuitem has been replaced by a single Show Replicants menuiten that is either checked or unchecked.	141
	Bring to Front/Minimize features are now enabled when the Deskbar is contracted.	114
	Control-Click in the Deskbar to show and bring to front all windows for that team Control-Shift-Click to hide all windows	54
	New options for Hours and Date : 12h/24h, Show Seconds, Full Date	16