Wednesday, February 01, 2006
FrameSeer 1.6
FrameSeer Version 1.6 has been released. Changes include:
- FrameSeer 1.6 is being released as a standalone package. Future updaters will apply to version 1.6 and later.
- FrameSeer will no longer be released as separate “registered” and “demonstration” versions. From version 1.6, FrameSeer will operate in demonstration mode until a registration is entered.
- Registration details are now entered via the Registration window (in the Help menu) rather than the Licencing tab of the Preferences window. This change should only affect new customers or existing customers who need to re-enter their registration details. FrameSeer automatically opens the Registration window when necessary.
- Significant improvements to memory management. Only users who are in the habit of capturing up to the limit of virtual memory should notice that they can now capture almost twice the amount of traffic.
- Latest IANA updates (protocol numbers, etc).
- The marked column in the Capture tab now displays as a checkbox.
- FrameSeer now relies on Mac OS X authorization services to control whether users are allowed to capture network traffic. The Security Privileges menu in the FrameSeer menu has been replaced with a “Security” tab in the Preferences window. There are subtle differences in behaviour between Tiger and Panther. Panther users are encouraged to read the online help on this topic.
- FrameSeer now installs its helpers in the path:
/Library/Application Support/LGOSystems/
Among other things, this means that FrameSeer can be moved or copied without the Finder raising objections. - An Auto scroll command (Command+L) has been added to the View menu. During dynamic capture, capture tab scrolling can be stopped and resumed using this command. When a new capture document is created, this command takes its initial value from the Automatic scrolling during dynamic display checkbox which is to be found in the Document tab of the Preferences window.
- The Filter Definition window has been changed to support direct-editing of filter names (press return or double-click). New or duplicate filters are now automatically prepared for editing in the filter list.
- Changes to the Preferences window:
- The Capturing tab in the Preferences window has been split into two tabs named “Document” and “Capturing”. The Document tab contains preferences that are applied when a new capture document is created. The Capturing tab contains preferences that are applied each time the Start button is clicked.
- The Auto-open filter drawer preference now allows the user to decide how the Filter Selection drawer will behave when a new capture document is opened. Options are to keep the drawer closed, to always open on the left edge, to always open on the right edge, or to let Mac OS X choose the edge based upon available space.
- Adds the Automatic scrolling during dynamic display preference to set the intial value of the Auto scroll command as noted above.
- Adds a Security tab as noted above.
- Removes the Licencing tab as noted above.
- The Italian localization is not fully up-to-date. This will be addressed in a future update.
# posted by LGOSystems @ 22:43 
