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Version 8.5.3
* Browse dialog: improve disk presentation, fix crash.
* Browse dialog: move main options out of Advanced options, so that they are always visible.
* Pre-Analyze Script: if nowait: is specified then ignore return code and proceed with Analyze.
* Fix activation problem: Bad activation data submitted.

December 24th, 2010
· Browse dialog (new): fix many issues, some crashes.
· Log Window: do not allow it to grow to more than 150 Kb, truncated when it happens.
· FTP: fix navigation in Browse dialog for MS FTP servers.

Version 8.5.5
* Browse dialog (new): fix crash on certain file paths.
* Copy Locked Files: fix elevation from standard user.
* Fix de-elevation after the install.

Version 8.5.6
* Browse dialog (new): fix crash on certain file paths.
* Copy Locked Files: fix elevation from standard user.
* Fix de-elevation after the install.

* Browse dialog: Keep drilling into FS if some levels are unlistable.
* Browse dialog: Add My Documents virtual folder, before My Computer.
* Browse dialog: do not disable OK button on bad server credentials.
* De-elevation after install: fix crash.
* Auto Threshold option: use it only for 2-way sync jobs, not for 1-way jobs.

Version 8.5.8
* Add option not to have _gsdata_ folder in sync folder, it is kept in GS profile instead.
* Do not make _gsdata_ folder accessible to everyone, now it just inherits permissions from parent folder.
* GoodSync2Go installer now closes running GoodSync2Go.
* GoodSync installer now closes Log Viewer.
* SMB network browsing: Fix crashes and recursive cycling.
* Show share comment and disk free space in disk/share comments.
* Browse dialog: fix crash on Make New Folder in My Documents.

* Add option to Wait For Locks to clear, in Options -> Advanced.
* DAV: do not reject HTTP <-> HTTPS redirects, they happen on some servers.
* Browse: Do not request free disk space from Net Shares, this freezes on offline shares.
* S3: change file system prefix from http:// to s3:// and from https:// to s3s://
* Fix subsitution of enviromnent variables in sync folder paths.

* Analyze + Sync are now run as one transaction: locks are set when Analyze starts, removed when Sync ends.
* Analyze + Sync: create _gsdata_ folder when Analyze starts.
* Move Waiting for Lock to ver 9 beta features, make it work.
* DAV: fix NTLM authentication.
* Browse dialog: run one Connectoid in one thread, to prevent file system problems.

* Analyze and Sync: show tree after Sync.
* Analyze and Sync: sync lock problems after bad file system disconnects.
* Analyze and Sync All: start even jobs that are already schedule and running.
* Post-Analyze/Sync scripts were not firing correctly, fix.
* Copying Windows NetShare to NetShare (SMB): do it directly, without temp file on C:
* DAV: fix problem in digest authentication.
* FTP: workaround for broken FileZilla servers 501 error.
* SFTP download: allow mismatch of promised and actual file length.
* De-elevation after install: fix if UAC is turned off.
* Beta: fix UPNP discovery.
* On Folder Connect: was not working in fast mode, fixed.
* GS server beta: fix switching to SSL mode.

* Analyze and Sync: show sync progress on the file tree.
* On File Change Auto: allow computer-specific paths such as \\=Computer\C:\folder
* On Folder Connect Auto: fix issues with computer-specific paths \\=Computer\C:\folder
* Beta: fix GoodSync Connect dialogs graphics issues.
* Add dbghelp.dll to the distribution, to better catch crashes.
* WinCE: fix handle leak on disconnect, was causing problems on device reconection.
* GSTP: fix stopping and restarting issues in GS server.
* GSTP: fix server recognition issues, use only ports verified by mediator.
* GSTP: fix local discovery of GS servers.

* On Folder Connect could start Sync after Sync with errors. Fixed.
* Scripts: conflicts were counted as errors. Fixed.
* HTTP-based file systems: report User-Agent, some servers require it.
* Beta: Add Windows Azure file system (S3-like server storage), prefix azure://
* Beta: fix UPNP processing in GoodSync server.

* Add Advanced option: Copy File Creation Time.
* Windows FS: Fix copying of Hidden, System, Read-Only attributes.
* Improve cleanup of temp files in mirror folders.
* Beta: Fix multiple folder selection: exclusion of folder.
* Gsync: fix analyze-sync mode switching.
* DAV and S3: respect Use Temp Files option, even though this file systems are mostly atomic.
* Copy Locked files: fix sequence where user refuses to elevate, but later changes his mind.
* Beta: fix listing when non-empty Home Folder is present in GS server account.
* DAV: fix freeze and timeout on upload of large files to IIS-7 in HTTPS mode.
* SFTP: fix credential processing for some servers.
* Add gscp.exe to beta distribution.

* Make Windows SkyDrive work in DAV file system, with WinInet and Send Cookies options ON.
* Strictly enforce Use Temp Files option, even for atomic file systems.
* UPNP: fix data collection for HTTP/1.0 devices.
* DAV: implement Send Cookies option in Siber HTTP layer.
* DAV: fix auth header parser, affects some proxy issues.
* Windows FS: fix copying of security descriptors in Windows 7.
* Improve temporary file cleanup.
* DAV WinInet: fix bugs that may cause crashes.

* S3: fix checking Secure box does not change prefix to s3s://
* DAV: add file system-specific Use Temp Files options, Off by default.
* DAV time parser: fix potential crashes.
* DAV: fix handling of redirects in MOVE.
* DAV: fix authentication for iDisk.
* Inet Auth: start with no auth, so that server tells us which auth to use.
* SSL: fix potential cycling on peeking for incoming SSL connection.
* If disk overflow terminal error occurs, add it to error count too.
* Server: make user impersonation work correctly.
* Server: change New Account creation protocol.
* Server: fix conversion of non-latin computer names and userids.
* Server: add read-only flag for non-admin users.
* Server: new rewritten setup for GoodSync Connect, more secure.
* Server: add setting computer name (effecitve for GoodSync only).
* Server: speedup shutdown of the server.
* GSCP: show all attributes of file or folder.

* FAT: adjust UTC time reported by Windows, to account for Windows bug in file mod time.
* New-Old time shifts: reduce threshold to 10% of total items.
* SymLinks and junctions: fix copying of them, copy mod time.
* Make all file-folder conflicts to be resolvable.
* DAV: remove 1 GB limit on file length when uploading.
* DAV: rework WinInet option, unify its code with sib-sockets DAV.
* Google Docs: fix bugs in listing file and file names with ampersand.
* Do not use time translation on NTFS and FAT file systems, as it masks copy time problems.
* Analyze: move warning about older files overwriting newer files to later.
* GS Server: fix termination of server when SSL socket is active.
* GS Server: multiple fixes in Impersonate.
* GS Server: add option to Protect System Files and Folders.
* GS Server: fix SSL ClientHello recognition when switching to it.
* GSync and Gscp: make /proxy parameters work.
* Scritps: call Pre-Analyze script before Analyze only, not before On Folder Connect check.

* Amazon Cloud Drive: add file system that allows to sync to Amazon CD (prefix acd:// ).
Works for anybody who has Amazon account, 5 Gb free.
* SkyDrive by Microsoft Live: add separate file system for it (prefix sds:// ).
Compute user's SkyDrive server from user Live/Passport credentials.
* Google Docs: fix various issues.
* Explorer: Add Mount command that mounts any GS file system as a local disk.
GoodSync provides WebDAV server that is mounted using DAV redirector.
* Browse dialog: add Bookmarks selector that shows other servers from the same file system.
* DAV: add option to save cookies between sessions, needed for Amazon CD.
* Amazon S3: upload large files in multiple parts, to prevent timeouts.
* HTTP client: implement Passport authentication.
* Pre-Analyze Script: fix error in running it.
* Log Upload: fix error when log being uploaded is locked.
* Fix rare crash caused by tree drawing.
* Server: now can request Digest auth, Basic Auth, or both.
* Server: consolidate config parameter names in TIX file, some renaming occurred.
* Server: reduce Manage API, all server changes may be done by Admin only.
* Server: add MySQL-based list of account for enterprise customers.
* Server: allow NT domains in user impersonation.
* Server: check for correctness of userids, they cannot have dots in them.
* Window File System: Home Server: treat Not COnnected error as Not Found.
* Add path variables: %HH% - current hour, %II% - current minute.
* Transactional Temp Files option: first upload all files, then rename all files.
* Detect DST change on the computer and request reboot to fix Windows time bug.

* DAV, SkyDrive: if remote server cannot Move, then use Copy + Delete for stamp file.
* S3: upload short files as single file, not multi-part.
* S3: multi-part download for long files (longer than 10 Mb).
* S3: allow S3 hosts other than canonic host s3.amazonaws.com.
* Google Docs: implement file rename, fix bugs.
* GSTP: fix block file download.
* File Systems: fix a leak on file close.

* Sync two computers directly, via local network or Internet.
* No intermediate FTP/DAV/S3 server is required, sync is direct, P2P way.
* Transfer only portion of file that has changed, not the entire file.
* No Access Denied errors, as GS uses its elevated service.
* Local or remote control of file sharing via GS Server user interface.
* GoodSync client-server works seamlessly between Windows and Mac, Windows and UNIX.
* Discovery and Browse works much faster than SMB (Windows Shares) and AFP (Apple File Protocol).

* HTTP: fix reading of chunked bodies, such as returned by IIS 6.
* GSTP Server: implement idempotency - reasking server to do the same transaction results in Waiting status or return of stored response.
* GSTP Server: implement client-server communication via Forwarder, when Server is not visible from outside.
* GSTP Server: fix bugs.

* GSTP server: Forwarder improvements, now Forwarder is enabled by default.
* FTP: fix listing of ftp.livedrive.com.
* Fix temporary file management.
* Amazon Cloud Drive: fix persistent 503 error.
* Google Docs: fixed some http 500 and 400 errors.
* HTTP: fix handling of replies to HEAD request.

* FAT: fix time adjustment for FAT disks, it was off by 1 hour sometimes.
* Server: update Web user interface.
* Server setup: fix not offering Computer ID and User ID on initial setup.
* Mount: fix DAV server, so that Mount works in GoodSync Explorer.
* Server: more fixes in Forwarder, now everything works.

* S3: make it actually reconnect when bucket host changes.
* S3: do not use temp files to upload to S3 by default, as upload is atomic.
* Fix RoboForm integration: GS was not calling RF refresh correctly.
* Server UPNP: add support for DSL Forum scheme in UPNP.
* Server Web UI: add Local Only option, Online/Offline mode switch.
* Server installer: streamline and fix configuration of Server settings.
* Server: fix File Owner and system protection flag.
* Server: fix upload and download via Forwarder.
* GSTP client: waiting for GSTP is now stoppable.
* GSTP client: fix going through proxies, use Connect verb.