Alex Birj heeft versie 7.4.4 van Usenet Explorer uitgebracht. Met dit programma kunnen bestanden van Usenet worden gedownload. Usenet Explorer kenmerkt zich onder meer door een laag processor- en geheugengebruik en uitgebreide mogelijkheden, wat het voor beginnende gebruikers misschien minder geschikt maakt. In deze uitgave zijn de volgende veranderingen en verbeteringen zijn doorgevoerd:
Changes in version 7.4.4
- Newznab search bar (View menu->Newznab search bar) has been added to access Newznab API capable nzb websites through API calls. See here for details. The implementation is lean and doesn't interfere with the program performance.
- Refined handling on mangled downloads containing randomly named parts, the name in some cases can be extracted from the subject thus achieving a corrupted file name match without the deep scan. Deep scan code has been refined too.
- When switching tabs between search service / newznab service / newsgroup views the correct matching entries to the current find quick filter (the rightmost quick filter check box checked) will be highlighted immediately.
- The auto "Open import group" option in Properties->Import now works with Spotnet (and of course Newznab) imports.
- The newsgroup list status column wasn't displayed since fixing the flicker in newsgroup views, this now has been rectified.
- The release is accompanied with the v5.9.9.3 release for old orders compiled with the newer OpenSSL and other relevant changes only.