New beta version of Resco Explorer is available

[Pathdoc]

I noticed that a link to version 3.20 beta of Resco Explorer is up on the Resco discussion forum (http://www.resco.net/forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=12293).

Here are what are listed as the changes:

Version 3.20.0 BETA | Sep 12, 2007
FTP

Support for active mode.
Now you can connect to servers that do not allow passive connections. (Passive mode is further on the preferred mode to be used.)
Every user can make use of a free FTP account at the FTP hosting service Drive Headquarters. This account includes 1GB storage and 1 GB download/month and can be used with Resco Backup Pro or desktop ftp clients.
Secure FTP login (Same implementation as in Resco Backup Pro)
Means your user name and login are transferred via safe lines.
Explorer always attempts secure login (over SSL) and if it is not supported, the standard plaintext login follows. You can disallow fallback plaintext login in the FTP setup dialog.

Conditions for using secure login:

Your FTP server must have this ability.
(Ask if it supports AUTH command with the parameter 'TLS'.)
Your handheld must support SSL transfer.
(In other words https links in Blazer.)

File Download

SSL in HTTP download supported. You can now use URLs starting with https://...
Password support (Basic Mode only). You can now perform downloads that require user login.

Favorites

Favorites added to CopyTo Dialog
Favorites icon (asterisk) added to the address bar

Control Panel

Time Server support (ControlPanels->Network->Time)
Improved Preferences browser (assigns names to the system preferences records)

Secure encryption
You can now use zip with secure AES encryption. (compatible with WinZip, 7Zip, PowerArchiver, Resco Backup Pro)
Sample use cases:

Access to the backup sets created with Resco Backup Pro
Storing sensitive information passwords, personal data etc.

Using the encryption in combination with zip has several advantages:

Compression decreases the output file size (less memory consumed, faster card access)
Possibility to store several files at once.

Other news

Keyboard Shift for multiselection (Treo)
Disconnect on Exit option is more reliable.
Copy To dialog: Added possibility to automatically open destination folder
Network URL can specify remote directory using URL scheme
\\<server>\<share>\<path>
where path := <dir1>\<dir2>...

[LanMan]

Thanks for the heads-up, Pathdoc. I was wondering when v3.2 would pop-up since it's required to access Backup Pro encrypted files.

[BrentDC]

Ah, yet another update. It's great to see something get improved so rapidly, anybody who buys this is sure to get there money's worth (like me :) ).

[cms]

And me too, this is the best 15 bucks I've ever spent ^-^

[cyberdude]

I haven't had a chance to test the new features yet, but I will this weekend ... :)

[BrentDC]

The easily accessible favorites is a great new feature!

[Church Punk]

indeed! i have a request though, i hope that the developers are following this.

With the favorites thing, it would be nice to have an option to select the favorites we want to cycle through with the HardButton option. Say i have 10 faves and i want to cycle 4 of them with my HB for faster selection rather than waiting for the rest, which are then accessible with the tap opion.

i hope i made myself clear :)

nice work Resco team!

[BrentDC]

Has anybody else noticed this.... (not just this new version, but all the wireless versions)

If I have a connection set up to my computer with the Samba protocol, and my ISP changes my IP Address, when I try to use that connection, RE says there is a DNS error. But if I tap-and-hold the connection, tap info, then browse and reselect the same remote directory I'm able to use it again. It seems that RE is trying to use the "Cached" IP address, and since it changed, it errors. Anybody else notice this?