Version History
Version 0.9.4 -- April, 26th 1998
- new message format
- better Mime suppport (not full support)
- fixed an error that caused BeInformed to froze while loading articles
- "mailto:", "http://", "file:///" and "ftp://" now are hyperlinks
- displaying articles is a lot faster
- level of quotation is shown by different colors
Version 0.9.3 -- March, 2nd 1998
- view heights in main window and hosts window now adjustable
- online mode added
- column size and position are remembered
- completely new and quick display of host and group list
- started online help & documentation (not finished yet)
- editable filters
- articles are shown in context of their threads
- additional settings
- replies via BeMail
- keyboard shortcuts added
- single articles/headers can be removed
- handling of expired articles added
- authentication works
- error report if something went wrong during posting articles
- queued articles are no longer removed when removing messages
- long click on left button emulates right click
Version 0.9.2 -- February, 9th 1998
- fixed a bug in displaying articles
- attempts to get new groups from a host in the hosts window
(not implemented yet) are rejected with a proper error message
Version 0.9.1 -- February, 8th 1998
- made loading of group list faster
- switching groups made faster
- it is now possible to view articles while group list is loading
- articles are stored in /boot/home/news instead of /boot/home/articles
- authentication improved
- won't crash anymore when trying to connect to a server without
subscribing to a group
- in outgoing postings lines are wrapped to 78 characters per line
- when quoting, the quoted authors name is shown above the quote
- references are stored in correct order (new added to end) and are
separated by ' ' and not by ','
- renamed some items (mostly in the german version)
- no "Sure to quit" alert when quitting
- unread articles are shown in blue color instead of bold face
- slightly smaller size of main window to fit a 640x480 screen
- windows remember size and position
Version 0.9 -- January, 30th 1998
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