[ANN] FoxTrot Search version 6 public beta 4 availab…

[FoxTrot Engineering]

[ANNOUNCEMENT] FoxTrot Search version 6 public beta 4 available for testing and reporting

FoxTrot 6.0 beta 4 release notes

Welcome to the first public beta of FoxTrot Professional Search, FoxTrot Search Server and FoxTrot Personal Search. 

One year in the making, this release is index-compatible with version 5.7 so you can run either alternatively without compromising your indices. 

This release has been extensively tested in-house and we feel it is ripe for beta testing with our most dedicated users, which is why you are receiving this (as a member of the foxtrot-discuss Google group)

To download, please use either of the following links:

FoxTrot Professional Search:

http://rucksearchcom.ipage.com/download/foxtrot_pro_search_60b4.dmg 

FoxTrot Personal Search: 

http://rucksearchcom.ipage.com/download/foxtrot_personal_search_60b.dmg

FoxTrot Search Server:

http://rucksearchcom.ipage.com/download/foxtrot_search_server_60b4.dmg

To contribute a report (strongly encouraged !) please use the following link:

http://rucksearchcom.ipage.com/download/beta/foxtrot-search-version-6.html

Thank you,

The FoxTrot-search team

at CTM Development SA

What’s new in 6.0b4 (from beta 3):

▾ Bug fixes

• A crash could occur when launching FoxTrot

What’s new in 6.0b3 (from version 5):

▾ Increased performance

• optimized some operations when the index is stored on a rotational HDD
• reduce file fragmentation
• reduced memory usage when displaying some HTML or PDF files
• Now built using Apple’s latest XCode version 8 compilers

▾ Feature enhancements

• Added option to only index filenames when indexing contents
• reduced the number of situations where the “manage indices” window is partially empty, when the indexer is busy
• "copy path" added to the contextual menu (search results, indexed locations, black list)
• show missing disk space when attempting manual compact and disk is almost full
• file paths are now clickable with a popup menu to reveal in finder any parent folder
• also display in the status bar the number of items found outside of the target folder, when searching only in a specific folder
• allow drag-select to toggle multiple checkboxes (manage indices's file types)
• added a button to rebuild an index, when it is not started

▾ Enhanced multi-user and client-server features and license management  (FoxTrot Pro 5 user and above & FoxTrot Search Server)

• Simplified the File Sharing integration to reduce the risk of having access only to document text instead of rich documents from mounted servers
• Added the ability to use a custom certificate for authenticated connections
• Implemented certificate trust management for authenticated connections. (now you know what the letters CTM stands for)
• Updated to use a modern OpenSSL version
• After 5 failed login attempts, FoxTrot delays logging in for 15s, then 30s, 60s etc
• In Admin, allows selecting multiple users to delete them
• Now allows drag-select to toggle multiple checkboxes (admin's sharing users)
• Optionally, FoxTrot Server can now automatically install its registration code to logged-in FoxTrot Pro clients
• Implemented better verification of simultaneous usage on multiple machines

▾ Code modernization

• Implements modern windows (with no window title)
• Modernized some icons and widgets
• Now built using Apple’s latest XCode version 8 compilers
• New minimum requirements: macOS 10.9 or later
• removed dependency to deprecated QuickTime to preview video and audio files

▾ Better diagnostics

• logged file exceptions include filenames
• more detailed logging when in indexing is very slow
• when processing a specific file takes longer than usual, the file name is now displayed in the “manage indices” progress.

▾ Synchronization of index files to iPad’s and iPhones running FoxTrot Attaché search

• Added built-in Google drive support for maintaining up-to-date index archives from FoxTrot Pro or Server to iOS devices running FoxTrot Attaché Search

▾ Miscellaneous enhancements and other fixes

• highlighting of [washington -"new york" boston] (no longer highlights occurrences of [new] or [york])
• the index could stop responding when attempting to search for regular expressions on an index not configured to "store document textual contents"
• an error message is now displayed when attempting to search for exact strings on an index not configured to "store document textual contents"
• possible crash fixed on startup in certain circumstances
• on macOS 10.11 and later, pinch-zooming would not work as expected
• an "unregistered" dialog could appear when launching FoxTrot, when using regular expressions or exact matches