Alex Birj heeft versie 7.5.2 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. Sinds versie 7.5 zijn de volgende veranderingen en verbeteringen zijn doorgevoerd:
Changes in version 7.5.2:Changes in version 7.5.1:
- The asynchronous unpack task management code has been thoroughly refined.
- "Separate folder per collection" options have been added In addition to "Separate folder per collection (Auto)", so it is now possible to select the destination folder when using the option instead of only predefined newsgroup save folder set in Properties->Newsgroups. Those options have been rearranged in the context menu for clarity. They are useful when e.g. importing well-defined collections (yellow icons) from the search service or newsgroup views.
- Improved handling of long paths and long file names including proper file name trimming after repair if necessary.
- Fixed a cosmetic issue when for search results imported from the search service as a collection, the custom collection name was appended with "}}.pwd" even when there was no password.
- Fixed v7.5 bug when finalizing par2 repair which could happen after misnamed files were subjected to real repair and not just renaming.
- Refined version upgrade notification code to be able in principle to handle similar occasions more selectively in the future.