DC++ 0.882 is out

A new version of DC++ has been released today, wrapping up a year of fixes and improvements.

The following are the notable changes that’s been made in the user interface:

• The Find text function within contents of hub and private chat windows now offers selected or at-the-cursor text by default to search for
• Similarly a “Search in hubs” by text and TTH context menu function has been added to most textual content windows for easy searching all connected hubs for chat contents
• From now you have a quick way to copy and share magnet links of freshly indexed files, right from the System Log entry by using a new item in the window’s context menu
• A popular request has been filled with adding an option to disable DC++ window previews in the taskbar rather than using the global setting of the operating system

Some under the hood improvements:

• Implemented the ADC encrypted active search results feature (SUDP). The feature is enabled by default on all secure ADCS hubs for search and result transfers between the newest DC++ versions
• More secure processing of XML files coming from foreign sources
• No loss of partially downloaded data in case of an operating system shutdown during non-segmented downloading of large files
• More efficient hash data rebuilding
• Segmented download initial chunk sizes has been tweaked to align with current average internet connection speeds. Please note that due to the special nature of the algorythm DC++ has for multi-source downloads, this change should effectively disable segmenting for the second chunk and on for downloads having only one source in most cases, due to the high bandwitdth availability of most of today’s internet connections. This change might also help you dealing better with those anti-segment evangelists – a few are still around after 25 years…

For a complete list of fixes, as always, please refer to the changelog or the list of commits. As usual, the release availability will be advertised only for a small set of the userbase for now. If no problems are reported, DC++ 0.882 will be set as a stable release within a few weeks.