Software Update: FileZilla 3.3.3 RC1

It has been quiet around the open source FTP client FileZilla, but a new development version appeared on Sunday. FileZilla needs no introduction. It is small, simple and yet complete. The program is popular due to its low system resource load. FileZilla is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X and can be downloaded from this page be downloaded in different versions. The changelog of this release shows the following changes and improvements:

New features:

• Added “does not contain” filter condition to name and path filter types
• Pressing Alt+Left or Alt+Up (Cmd+Left, Cmd+Up on OS X) in file lists enters parent directory
• Pressing Alt+Down (Cmd+Down on OS X) in file lists transfers selected items
• Pressing Alt+Right (Cmd+Right on OS X) in file lists activates selected item(s)
• Add operating system information to about dialog
• MSW: Auto-update check now transmits whether the operating system is 32bit or 64bit
• Small performance improvements, mostly benefiting *nix users
• OS X: Remember hidden state of toolbar, make quickconnect bar look more Mac-ish
• Add option to display momentary transfer speed instead of average speed

Bug fixes and minor changes:

• Fix problem with rekeying of SFTP connections if not permanently trusting the server’s hostkey
• Certificate details dialog no longer changes size if selecting a different certificate in the chain
• Some dialogs did not display icons using the correct size
• Show “Not connected” instead of “Empty directory” in remote filelist statusbar if not connected
• MSW: Replace some additional characters not allowed in filenames on MSW
• MSW: Selecting files while holding Ctrl+Shift no longer shows incorrect values ​​in the filelist status bars