Vista Support: Vista contains a protective layer of routines known as UAC
which prevents unauthorized access to parts of your system. Opus fully
supports the Microsoft methods for accessing this system. For example, Opus
will display the UAC prompt in most situations when it is required. UAC
support in Opus has improved over that offered in Windows Explorer. For
example, in Explorer if you create a new folder in a protected location
(like Program Files), and then rename the newly created folder, you will get
four separate confirmation dialogs. In Opus, you will just get one!
New Explorer Replacement Functionality for Vista and XP:
In order to support Explorer Replacement under Vista it has been necessary
to change the way this mode is implemented. Now when Explorer Replacement
mode is enabled double-clicking on a folder in ANY Explorer window will have
the effect of opening in Opus. Previously, double-clicks only opened in Opus
from the desktop. If you already had an Explorer window open and
double-clicked on a folder in there it would read into the existing
Explorer.
New XML-based Configuration: In Directory Opus 8, most configuration
information was kept in the registry – only Toolbars and some other
settings were stored on disk. In Directory Opus 9, all configuration is now
stored on disk in XML format.
New Configuration Backup & Restore System:
Full Backup & Restore configuration allows you to move
configurations between machines easily.
Export to USB Flash Drive: Opus 9 takes advantage of the disk-based
nature of the new Opus configuration system and allows you to export
your Directory Opus installation (including program, certificate and
configuration) to a USB flash drive. The program will then run as a
self-contained entity from this flash drive on another system, without
modifying the registry or hard drive of the host. If you select a U3
drive, Opus will be exported as a U3 package and can be installed using
the U3 LaunchPad software. If you select the standard USB device icon,
Opus will be exported directly to the drive in non-U3 mode.
New Sub-Collections: The File Collections system now supports
sub-collections (that is, collections within collections). Creating a
sub-collection is straight-forward – simply use the CreateFolder command
to create a folder inside an existing collection. You can move files and
folders between collections and sub-collections as normal. Sub-collections
behave exactly like collections.
New Breadcrumbs-style Location Field: A new “breadcrumbs”-style Path
field is available in the commands list in Customize as Path Field
(Breadcrumbs). It provides a hierarchical view of the current path, as you
can see from the picture above. Each element in the path is a button that
can be clicked to go immediately to that level of the path. Files can also
be dropped on the elements. The arrows following each path element can also
be clicked to display a popup menu of the contents of that folder.
New ‘Find-As-You-Type’ Field: Opus has a new special
"find-as-you-type" field in Listers and in the text viewer. It is
similar to the one in Firefox and can be controlled by an option in
Preferences. When you begin typing in a Lister a search box now appears at
the bottom showing you what you are searching for. Scrolling to the item in
the Lister still happens as before - the method is the same, only the
interface has changed. The search field turns red if there is no match.
New Custom List View Code + Tiles Mode: Directory Opus 9 replaces the old
system with a new custom icon display. The four traditional icon modes are
all still present, and for the most part should be indistinguishable from
the previous version. However, the annoying issues with the old icon modes
are gone and the performance of the new code is significantly improved.
The scrolling of Listers has also been improved greatly – scrolling with
the mouse wheel is now accelerated, and details/power mode now have smooth
scrolling which greatly enhances the effect of scrolling through Listers.
The custom list view code has also made possible the addition of a Tiles
Mode. This is similar to the mode introduced in Explorer in Windows XP, but
with a number of options not offered in Explorer.
From Preferences you can configure the Tiles display completely. The size
and spacing can be altered; the frames and background color of individual
tiles (turn off frames and the background color altogether to emulate the
look of tiles mode in Explorer); choose whether or not thumbnails are shown
in Tiles mode; configure the information displayed beneath the filename on a
per-file type basis through the File Types system.
New Advanced Rename Enhancements: The Advanced Rename dialog has had a
number of improvements, the most noticeable is the addition of a Script
mode.
New Preferences Editor Improvements: Significant improvements based on
user feedback include replacing the old List/Tabs interface by a new Tree
view making it much easier to see which pages are available. At the bottom
of the Preferences dialog there is a new Filter field. This lets you search
for Preferences items matching a specified string, making it much easier to
locate items than before. While many of the Preferences pages are similar to
those from Opus 8, there have been a large number of changes and
improvements made. Many dialogs use a new toolbar-style button system for
easier control to Add/Delete/Edit items. Overall the Preferences system is
more logically laid-out and easier to use for both new and old users.
Removal of Layout section in Preferences: The old Layout sections in
Preferences was the cause of some confusion and has been removed. Instead,
now there is just the Default Lister concept. This concept existed in Opus 8
but it was always confused with the options in Preferences.
New Customize Editor Improvements: The Customize dialog has been improved
and includes a menu bar, the contents of which change depending on the
current tab. In the Commands tab the menu contains Export and Import
commands when the User command category is selected, providing a simple way
of sharing User commands with others.
New FTP Address book: The FTP section of Preferences has been split out
into a separate dialog with a menu to make configuring the address book
easier. The menu also contains Import & Export commands.
New Flickr™ Synchronization: Opus now includes a Flickr Synchronization
tool that makes it easy to keep your local photo collection in sync with
your Flickr account. Flickr Synchronization is based upon File Collections
(this is one of the main uses for the new sub-collection ability).
New ImageShack® Image Upload: Directory Opus now features a built-in
ImageShack upload utility. ImageShack is an image hosting service that (with
some obvious exceptions) lets you upload and host any image for free.
New Command Parser Improvements: The command parser in Opus has been
significantly improved. Perhaps the biggest change is that all the control
sequences (like {file} etc) can now be used with the internal command set,
without resorting to DOpusRT tricks. There are also a number of new control
sequences.
New Custom Toolbar Icon Sets: Opus now allows you to use different icon
sets. A new Preferences section in Display - Toolbar Icons allows you to
import and choose which sets to use in a hierarchical fashion.
New Support for Links/Junctions: Opus now includes support for
links/junctions. The Type column will display the type of link and the
Description column will now show the target of junctions (and soft-links
under Vista) as it does for shortcuts. The file functions know about
junctions too - for example, Delete will not recurse into a junction or link
to delete the contents, but instead will just delete the junction. GetSizes
doesn't include the size of linked folders in its calculations, etc.
Plus many many changes and improvements in performance and functionality.
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