- FTP
  - Added support for SSH2 authentication using OpenSSH's ssh-agent and PuTTY's
    pageant.
  - Added support for copying symlinks over FTP and SFTP.  Supported by
    OpenSSH, proftpd, ncftpd, hpss, ioftpd.
  - Improved "Fast" symlink detection so symlinks pointing to files in the
    same parent folder will be updated based on the available folder
    information.
  - Symlinks detected incorrectly using "Fast" symlink detection will now
    switch to the opposite type if retrieving the file or loading the folder
    listing fails.
  - Improved "Open File on FTP Site" and "Save File on FTP Site As" dialogs.
  - Changing username in response to an invalid login attempt now updates the
    session path.
  - Added "*.sh" to the default ASCII transfer list.
  - Added support for Treck Embedded FTP Server's folder listings.
  - Fixed cancel and error handling when browsing for a folder.
  - Fixed support for XCRC on servers that fail for 0-byte files.
  - Fixed ProFTPD/Pure-Ftpd detection to use MFMT instead of SITE UTIME if
    it's supported.
  - Fixed support for NET+OS folder listings with odd permissions.
  - Fixed crash trying to a save text file with no line endings.
  - Fixed setting last modified times on ProFTPD/Pure-FTPd servers that aren't
    using UTF-8 for filenames.
  - Fixed changing "Force faster uploads on older OpenSSH servers" to enable
    the profile "Save" button.

- Hex Compare
  - Tweaked "Go To" dialog size.

- Home View
  - Pressing [Enter] when multiple sessions are selected now opens all of them.

- Linux
  - Added "Follow Symbolic Links" Folder Compare option which controls whether
    a symbolic link is shown as a file or as its target.
  - "Check For Updates" can now install update automatically.
  - Environmental variable expansion now looks for $ENV instead of %ENV%.
  - Running Beyond Compare for the first time now copies
    /etc/skel/.beyondcompare to ~/.beyondcompare if it exists.
  - Added checkboxes for disabling file formats in "File Formats" dialog and
    Folder Compare session settings.
  - BC3Key.txt will now be installed if it's in the same folder as the RPM or
    DEB package.
  - Added support for storing Unix mode in zip files.
  - Improved text editor responsiveness and reduced excess flicker.
  - Removed STABS debug information (reduces executable size by ~12MB).
  - Fixed hang when saving.
  - Fixed loading paths with a filename containing two leading periods.
  - Fixed determination of whether session is auto-saved.
  - Fixed "Permission denied" errors incorrectly showing "Invalid parameter"
    error message when loading folders.
  - Fixed non-resizable dialogs opening at the wrong size.
  - Fixed Home View so it fits with default settings on a 1024x768 screen.
  - Fixed detecting BC3Key.txt when installing .deb using 'sudo dpkg -i ...'.
  - Fixed "Open With->Associated Application" failing for paths containing
    spaces.
  - Fixed hang when trying to expand a path containing a '$' followed by a
    non-alphanumeric character.
  - Fixed deleted symlinks not being removed from the comparison if "Follow
    Symbolic Links" was enabled.
  - Fixed adding files to zip archives to set the VersionMadeBy field correctly.
  - Fixed hint window not passing clicks to the parent window if a modal
    dialog is open.
  - Fixed crash when trying to change FTP server timezone.
  - Fixed dialog context-sensitive help when using the window manager's [?]
    button.
  - Fixed rearranging session tabs using drag & drop.
  - Fixed text editor acting like a mouse button was held down after prompting
    to reload due to external changes.
  - Fixed Data Compare multi-line cell scrollbars.
  - Fixed dialogs appearing on the wrong monitor on multi-monitor systems.
  - Fixed symlinks with relative paths incorrectly being flagged as read-only.
  - Fixed installer support for copying BC3Key.txt.

- Misc
  - Added "Edit Text File" to "Tools" menu.
  - Added "Compare to Registry" and "Edit with Beyond Compare" commands to
    shell extension.
  - Added incremental search to numerous treeviews and lists (type characters
    to position).
  - Added "Help->Context Sensitive Help" command.
  - "ExePath", "Version", "SupportsMerge", and "Expired" flags are now written
    to both the "Beyond Compare 3" and "Beyond Compare" registry keys.
    "ExePath" and "Version" are written to both HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
  - Improved behavior when using "backup 'abc.txt' to folder" if target path is
    empty.
  - Improved confirmation dialog when using "Session->Exit" and "Session->Load
    Workspace" commands.
  - Improved behavior of Windows 7 taskbar live previews.
  - Improved "Save Snapshot" user interface and added FTP support.
  - Rearranged "Tools" menu.
  - Added and tweaked icons for various commands.
  - Double clicking in a path edit now selects between path delimiters instead
    of between spaces.
  - Added support for assigning keyboard shortcuts to saved Workspaces.
  - Standard edition no longer includes non-functional text replacement and
    version control commands.
  - Session "Info" dialogs are now resizable.
  - Clicking on the "Expand" button in a treeview no longer tries to preserve
    the current offset.
  - Double clicking now only affects treeviews if the mouse is over the
    selected node.
  - Fixed various tree views so clicking on expand/collapse button no longer
    changes current item.
  - Fixed crash when window focus changes while closing.
  - Fixed crash on startup if BC3Key.txt isn't readable.
  - Fixed crash on startup if deleting a previous instance's temp files failed.
  - Fixed crashes when starting a second instance while the first is shutting
    down.
  - Fixed crash when trying to overwrite a read-only settings file.
  - Fixed button hints in translated releases.
  - Fixed calendar day abbreviations in translated releases.
  - Fixed clicking past the last item in a listview so it no longer clears the
    selection.
  - Fixed appearance of owner-draw read-only comboboxes on Vista & Windows 7.
  - Fixed error handling to return better error messages.
  - Fixed crash when exporting settings when shared sessions are loaded.
  - Fixed detection of when to automatically hide toolbars.
  - Fixed displaying popup hints containing a #0 character.
  - Fixed crash on startup when using a revoked license key.

- MP3 Compare
  - Added incremental search.

- Options
  - Added "Add Plug-in..." button to "Archive Associations" to install Total
    Commander packer plugins (Windows only).
  - Added "Use New Compare Colors" folder view tweak (Ctrl+Shift+T) to give
    preview of proposed BC4 folder coloring.
  - "Archive Associations" list is now sorted.
  - Import and Export dialogs are now resizable.
  - Improved editing Folder Compare "Name filter presets".
  - Exporting settings now forces an archive association (.bcpkg/.zip) when
    saving.
  - Fixed support for shell extension's "Command line switches" tweak.
  - Fixed Export/Import to require at least some settings to be acted on.
  - Fixed Import population of confirmation list.
  - Fixed Export/Import File Format helpers unicode handling.
  - Fixed "File Compare Colors" handling of "Background Contrast" slider so
    background coloring can be disabled.
  - Fixed "Import Settings..." crash when trying to import an invalid zip.
  - Fixed session dropdown so it stays on screen.

- Picture Compare
  - Added "Blend Mode" that blends images at customizable percentage.
  - Added "Rotate Clockwise", "Rotate Counterclockwise", "Flip Horizontally",
    and "Flip Vertically" commands.
  - Added "Difference Side-by-side", "Difference Over-under", "Difference
    Underneath", "Only Difference", "Side-by-side", and "Over-under" layouts,
    replacing "Hide Difference Panel" command.
  - Added "Show transparency as checkerboarding" option.
  - Moved the offset display from the status bar to the "View" toolbar.
  - Added the position and color of the pixel under the mouse cursor to the
    status bars for each pane.
  - Right image position now matches what's shown in the difference image.
  - Zoom using mouse wheel now scrolls to keep same area of picture under
    cursor.
  - Changed icons for comparison modes.
  - "File Info" panel no longer lists file format.
  - Improved error handling when running out of memory.
  - Removed ".cut" (Dr. Halo) file type from default file format.
  - Fixed stretched image to show in new dimensions even if original had
    transparency.
  - Fixed difference offset calculation when mouse is dragged in center image
  - Fixed crash when loading a valid PNG image.
  - Fixed hang loading corrupt TGA images.

- Reports
  - Added Hex Compare "Interleaved" layout.
  - Data Compare "Summary" report now supports word wrap in printed output.
  - Folder Compare "Summary" report can now display "Unscanned Folders".
  - Fixed HTML report word wrapping.
  - Fixed Hex Compare "Side-by-side" report's handling of non-printable
    characters and ANSI text.
  - Fixed handling of same items when using non-default "same color" options.
  - Fixed handling of font bold/italic.
  - Fixed file report handling of huge amounts of files

- Scripting
  - Added script SNAPSHOT "follow-symlinks" option.  **Default is off, which
    does not match earlier BC behavior.
  - FILE-REPORT command now determines which kind of session to use for each
    file.
  - Added INTERLEAVED layout to HEX-REPORT.
  - Added MP3-REPORT command.  Supports SIDE-BY-SIDE and SUMMARY layout options.
  - Added PICTURE-REPORT command.  Supports SIDE-BY-SIDE and SUMMARY layout
    options.
  - Added REG-REPORT command.  Supports SIDE-BY-SIDE and SUMMARY layout options.
  - Added "n of nn" counts to file operation progress in scripting dialog.
  - "LOG NONE <filename>" is now considered a syntax error.
  - "LOG NONE" will no longer try to create a log file.
  - Fixed crash when using "SELECT EMPTY.FOLDERS" script command.
  - Fixed support for scripts encoded as UTF-16.
  - Scripts no longer give an error if you try to load a folder comparison
    session with the same name as a non-folder comparison session.
  - Improved error handling of scripts with malformed characters.
  - Fixed FILE-REPORT failing when more than 65,000 files are selected.

- Text Views
  - Improved display of control characters.
  - Improved "Line Weight" dialog's regular expression support.
  - "BOM" is now shown in the "File Info" panels if a byte order mark is
    detected.
  - Fixed restoring position when reloading when the cursor is on empty end of
    file line.
  - Fixed support for editing files that don't have any line ending characters.
  - Fixed scrollbars not updating when necessary.
  - Fixed crash when closing view with a malformed HTML file open in the
    webview.
  - Fixed crash when auto-indenting on a blank line.
  - Fixed "Replace All" with wrapping modifying the wrong characters.
  - Fixed data loss when changing "Characters per line" file format setting
    after making edits.
  - Find Dialog's "Select All" button is now enabled when specific side chosen
    (left, right, output).
  - Improved Find handling of multi-byte UTF-8 characters.
  - Fixed "Find Previous" when nothing is selected and the match can be the
    current or previous character (ex "." regex).
  - Removed unnecessary editor invalidation/flicker when moving the cursor.
  - Fixed find handling of multi-byte characters.

- Text Compare
  - Added "Aligned Details" option that shows character alignment in the line
    details area with fixed-width font and gaps.
  - Added support for Unicode characters in Microsoft Word files.
  - Editing binary/read-only files now prompts for permission.
  - "Replacements" command is now enabled even if the current text is matching
    or an orphan.
  - Fixed "Copy Line to Other Side" to follow "Go to next difference after
    copying to other side" option.
  - Fixed character alignment when replacements are found.
  - Fixed crash when editing affects whether or not file has mixed line endings.
  - Fixed crash when using replacements.
  - Fixed crash when using "Go to next difference after copying to other side"
    changes the line ending style.

- Text Merge
  - Added "Ignore Same Changes" command.
  - Added "View->Detached Output Pane" command to show output pane in separate
    window.
  - Lines that only exist in the ancestor no longer show as gaps if the center
    pane is hidden.
  - Improved difference coloring in ancestor (center) when there are
    conflicting changes.

- Version Compare
  - Added support for comparing all strings in "Variable Info" section instead
    of just a known list.
  - Added ability to get as much version information as possible when reading
    malformed files.
  - Added incremental search.
  - Improved error message when no version info available.
  - File size is no longer compared explicitly.
  - "File Size" is now shown as different if files are not binary same.