History of Compass

Version 2.11 (1/30/1998)
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Bug fix
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+ Fixed: Incorrect positioning when drag & drop from outside sources.



Version 2.1 (1/28/1998)
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New features & Improvements
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+ Undo.
+ New drag & drop interface. (replace "drop into folders")
+ Sorting now handles groups (separators).
+ Printing support 
+ Auto sort list pane.
+ Save sort order setting (list pane).
+ Drag & drop, copy & paste among different instances of Compass.
+ Drag & drop TO Netscape or IExplorer.
+ Copy & paste shortcuts onto the desktop.
+ "Blue" selected tree items (was gray).
+ TAB-key runs through all child windows.
+ Handles international date format.
+ Search field enhancement:
  a. If only one item found, pressing enter will open that link.
  b. Otherwise, pressing enter will open whatever in the input field.
     For example, if the input field is "www.geocities.com" Compass will
     tell the browser to open "www.geocities.com."
  c. You can always press "up & down" key to move back and froth between
     search field and list pane.
  d. Now you can press Esc to reset the search field.
+ New commands:
+ Print
+ Add Item (always pops up a dialog)
+ Find
+ Set New Item Folder (new bookmark folder)
+ Netscape (Open URL with Netscape)
+ IExplorer (Open URL with IExplorer)
+ Find Similar
+ Collapse All
+ New Options: (Preferences)
  + Allow multiple instatnces
  + Auto Save
  + Always show fly tip
  + Confirmation when deleting items
  + Confirmation when moving items
  + Keep time stamps for exported items

Bug fixes
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+ Fixed: No accelerators (shortcut keys) when fly tips shown.
+ Fixed: Ctrl+C, V, X, Z for all edit windows.
+ Fixed: Conversion from HTML to Favorites didnt handle invalid characters.
+ Fixed: Occasional crashes when opening another file or a new file.
+ Fixed: Description text length limit.
+ Fixed: Several UI (user interface) bugs.



Version 2.01 (6/8/1997)
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Bug fix
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+ Fixed the problem that v.2.0 requires new version (v.4.7) of
  comctl32.dll.  This release (v.2.01) runs on both standard version
  (v.4.0) and new version (v.4.7) of comctl32.dll.



Version 2.0 (6/5/1997)
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New features & Improvements
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+ New search interface in the List pane, which displays the results
  while you are still typing the string you want to search.
+ "FlyTip": pointing the mouse cursor to the text which are not fully
  displayed, Compass will pop up a "FlyTip" showing the whole text.
+ Full support for three file formats: Netscape bookmark file, MSIE
  favorites, and Compass HotList.
+ All file I/O, including Open, Save, Import, Merge, Export, Drag-Drop
  Open, Most Recent Files, support all the three file formats.  All
  file I/O share a single unified user interface (dialog).
+ Automatically remember the last visited web site.  Open that site
  automatically (with an option) next time when you run Compass.
+ Merge from other source files into your file.
+ Find duplicate URLs and high-light them.
+ Customizable List pane columns.
+ Support MSIE: open URL, grab page information, drag & drop links.
+ Sort sub-folders.
+ Put folders in front when sorting trees.
+ Remember/Restore folder states (collapsed or expanded).
+ More options.

Bug fixes
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+ Fixed the GPF due to saving files containing extra long items.
+ Fixed the GPF due to moving empty folders around.
+ Fixed the very rare problem caused by deleting items.



Version 1.1 (2/24/1997)
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New features & Improvements
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+ Drag & drop any links from Netscape (3.x and 4.x).
+ New command: "New Browser.
+ Full support for standard keyboard interface.
+ New option: Open last file on startup.
+ New option: Run Netscape on startup.
+ New option: Create backup when saving.
+ Command line open file.
+ Accept drop file to open.
+ "Import Hotlist" can handle files contain both hotlist data and normal
  text.
+ All found items are made visible when doing "Select All" in "Find."
+ In Edit pane, normal cut, copy and paste can be accessed from shortcut
  keys, toolbar icons, or right-click menu (context menu.)
+ "Collapse other folders" reacts immediately.
+ Context sensitive help.
+ Automatically find the location of Netscape.
+ Drag-drop doesn't affect the internal memory of Compass for copy-paste.

Bug fixes
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+ Fixed the problem not able to open or save files which contain very long
  lines.
+ Fixed the possible memory leak after reading unexpected format.
+ Fixed the problem not able to handle more than 10 levels.
+ Fixed that "Find" didn't work properly if focus was in Edit pane.
+ Fixed: When "Collapse other folders" was checked, users couldn't see all
  selected items if the items were in different folders.
+ Fixed: Tree pane and List pane didn't handle keyboard input properly.
+ Fixed: "In-label edit" failed to set modified flag.



Version 1.0 (1/31/1997)
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Features
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+ Color coded bookmarks.
+ All kinds of sorting.
+ Various statistics.
+ Import / Export hotlist.
+ Call Netscape directly to open a URL.
+ Grab information from Netscape when adding new bookmarks.
+ Flexible dropping mode: "Into" or "Onto" folders.
+ Alt-drag-drop to switch between "Into" and "Onto" modes.
+ Three panes (Tree, List, and Edit) to display information.
+ Keypad '*' to expand all folders.
+ Support standard multiple selection: Shift-click and Ctrl-click.
+ Extended clickable area for mouse operation.
+ Auto-scrolling when drag & drop.
+ Easy description editing.
+ In-label editing.
+ Sort bookmarks by clicking column labels in List pane.
+ Double click on column dividers to automatically fit the width.
+ Copy URL(s) to clipboard for pasting to other applications.
+ Drag & drop between List and Tree panes.
+ Standard drag-drop to move items.
+ Standard Ctrl-drag-drop to copy items.
+ Find, Find next, and Select all.
+ Right click for a handy menu (context menu).
+ Informative status bar.
+ Handy tool bar.
