Changes:

• 'Bind to local IP address' now binds outbound sockets as well
• Status now shows when it is re-checking pieces on download completion
• URL dialogs are initialized with the first valid link beginning with http:// from clipboard
• Under linux, only use ~/.azureus dir if it already exists, otherwise use normal program dir for files
• Auto-update: now writes a log to an 'update.log' file
• Option to disconnect seeds when seeding is now checked by default
• FilesView now shows files even in other states than Downloading (configurable)
• Updated/additional menu buttons
• Some speed optimizations with piece-picking
• Generated PeerID only uses chars that don't need to be escaped, saving bandwidth for tracker communications
• Can now identify BitComet, TurboBT, LibTorrent clients
• Support for both SI byte units (KiB,MiB,GiB) and more well known, but incorrect KB/MB/GB units via config Interface param
• locale choice can force prompt via new config param on File tab

Corrected bugs:

• 'Re-check pieces when done' now always ignores fast-resume data: Bug #825881
• Fix some decoding bugs in Chinese torrent files due to missing locale encodings in dialog box
• System tray icon re-shown after explorer.exe crash
• Completed downloads shown in different color when Stopped
• Fix possible data loss when moving complete files if not enough free space avail: Bug #855284
• Fix for the incremental vs allocate choice in Config
• DNS lookups are no longer cached for ever
• OSX: Hang when closing: Bug #824459

New Features:

• Intelligent Tracker Checking: optimizes tracker re-ask interval for quicker download speed ramp up
• Azureus can now run all downloads off one shared incoming port: only need to open/forward one port in your firewall/NAT
• Drag-n-Drop moving of downloads in MyTorrents; moving of downloads in MyTorrents with Ctrl + Arrow-Up/Down
• Password protected access to tracker web and torrents
• GUI Update interval is configurable
• Images update interval is configurable
• Auto sort on tables possible, interval configurable
• MyTorrents view can now be customized (choice of columns and order)
• Added new columns to MyTorrents : 'Share Ratio', 'Downloaded', 'Uploaded', 'Health'
• Details view can now be customized (choice of columns and order)
• SSL now supported for tracker web and tracker updates
• Added Drag and Drop of URLs
• Multi-Trackers torrents can now be created/edited
• Menu option to force a re-check of downloaded data
• End-Game Mode: Completes the last few pieces of a download faster
• Attempts to download the very beginning of a file first - to support previewing
• IPFiltering stats shown in status bar
• Toolbar!
• Logging of console output to disk
• Option to confirm on exit
• Bad Peer Detection
• Inclusion of XSL stylesheed tag in stats XML file
• Editing and selection of tracker announce URLs from general view
• Plugin interface for tracker web serving
• HTML template (http://html-tmpl-java.sourceforge.net/) support for tracker web serving from %az_home%/web folder
• Opening a second torrent with same hash as existing download causes second torrent's announce urls to be merged into the first
• Option to not accept multiple connections from the same IP
• Option to use the IP Filter list as an 'ALLOW' list
• Super-Seed Mode
• Pressing a character selects the next download with a name beginning with this character in MyTorrents view
• Option to move-on-complete only when data is inside the default save dir
• Auto-import new .torrents from a chosen folder regularly
• Create torrent allows manual piece size selection
• New 'Activity' view (download and upload speed graphics)
• Gzip encoding support for tracker announces
• Tray icon: added Stop All Torrents
• If .torrents are dropped in COPY state (with modifier key Ctrl under Windows), they will begin in STOPPED state
• Ctrl + [Home/End/CursorUp/CursorDown] moves selected torrents to top/end/up/down, Del removes selected torrents
• Ctrl + [S/R] stops/resumes(starts) selected torrents, Ctrl+Shift+S stops all torrents, Ctrl+A selects all torrents
• Option to backup .torrent files
• Option to play a sound on download finish
• Download Basket: TrayWindow always visible for Drag-n-Drop of .torrents
• Clickable Tracker URL in Details/General copies the announce URL into clipboard
• Tab hot keys: F6 selects next Tab, Shift+F6 selects previous Tab, ESC or CTRL+F4 closes current Tab
• Extended Plugin interface