Software update: URD 1.0.7

URD has been updated to version 1.0.7. URD stands for Usenet Resource Downloader; with this program files from usenet can be downloaded. This can be done by using nzb files, but the program is also capable of analyzing a newsgroup itself and generating a download set for a specific collection of files. URD is being developed for Linux and BSD and is released under an open source license. The changelog for this release looks like this:

I Spit on Your URD 1.0.7: Unrated

As promised, the 1.0.7 release is here! 😀

What are the main changes you ask? How about some new themes for the default skin!

Another new feature is the flexible specification of the download folder depending on category of the newsgroup, type of download, etc.

Might save you from having to manually move completed downloads!

Lastly, we changed the database layout a little bit which may improve the performance during newsgroup updates / set generation.

The rest are mostly minor bug fixes and stuff:

• Fixed a small problem in preview
• Huge speed up of generating sets and minor speed up of update
• Fixed a bug in auto download code
• Fixed annoying issue with white background when background image was not loaded
• Added default download delay option
• Added option to automatically download as an NZB file
• Fixed a bug in saving configuration blanking maintenance times
• Added option to set download directory in browse basket
• Fixed a small bug in getting time in the time picker
• Added stylesheet chooser in prefs/config
• Added second style sheet (blues)
• Replaced article count in browse – groupselector by set count
• Added set counter to categories in browse
• Added set counter to categories and feeds in rss feeds
• Fixed a bug in estimating the header count
• Removed standard alert / confirm by custom popup
• Fixed a bug in handling invalid or empty NZB files
• Fixed small bug in selecting next group, not resetting page offset
• Fixed a bug in installer not detecting gd extension
• Fixed a bug in rescheduling tasks that could not connect
• Added third style sheet (desert)
• Ajaxified newsgroups and rss feeds pages
• Cleanup of control page
• Cleanup search page
• Fixed check for preview size so that 0 means no limit
• Detect selecting text in viewfiles
• Fixed bug in selecting year for statistics
• Option to load colors for statistics from stylesheet
• Fixed bug in viewing files with weird characters in it (like &)
• Added option to only download par2 files when needed
• Added search option to users
• Made checkboxes in admin/users work like buttons
• Fixed bug in preview progress indicator
• Fixed a bug in handling database intensive threads correctly