FRI version 1.3.0.0

Main Window:

New File Flags Vocabulary:

Updated Platform Vocabulary:

Download it Here

Change Log:

• Fix:  The "Net Play" window’s icon is now the FRI icon instead of the default Visual Studio icon.
• Fix: The "Net Play" window now opens in the center of the main window.
• Tweak: When checking for updates, if the received message is blank then FRI will no longer display it.
• Tweak: Sorting has been improved.  Now "unknown" fields always sink to the bottom.
• New Feature: The user can now customize which columns in the ROM list are shown.
• Teak:: Items in the Settings Editor and the Advanced Search dialog are now sorted alphabetically
• Tweak: "Cancel" is now spelled correctly everywhere.
• New Feature:  FRI now supports region information.
• Tweak:  Fields in the ROM list that are unknown now appear blank instead of "Unknown".
• Tweak: Platform Vocabulary has been updated to include many more platforms.
• New Feature: FRI now supports release year information.
• New Feature: FRI will now interpret "flags" in ROMs’ file names.  For example, a ROM named "Super Cool (US)(2008).rom" would be detected as an English ROM with a region of the United States, a release year of 2008, and a title of "Super Cool".  The user may edit File Flags in the new File Flag Vocabulary.
• New Feature: Previously the user could tell FRI to infer missing ROM information, but now the user can tell FRI to also overwrite existing information.  This is a useful feature for after the user updates the File Flag Vocabulary.
• New Feature: "File Name" and "Full Path" fields have been added to the ROM List.
• Tweak: FRI now more accurately infers ROMs’ platforms.
• New Feature: FRI now automatically scans for new ROMs when a new ROM Library Folder is added in the Settings editor.
• Tweak:  When scanning for ROMs, FRI now shows that it is scanning in the status bar.
• Tweak: The Settings Editor is a little wider now to accommodate more information.
• Tweak:  The default columns for the ROM list are now "Title", "Platform", "Language", "Release Year", "Players", "Rating", and "Image Health".
• New Feature:  FRI can no generate a "Default Settings File" based on the settings in shown in the Settings Editor.  A default settings file is basically the regular FRI database file, minus the ROM and emulator entries.
• Fix:  Now the "Default" buttons for the Platform Vocabulary and Language Vocabulary reset the lists instead of append the default values to the existing list.

Note:  "Region", "Release Year", "Image Health", and "Public Domain" fields are not directly editable or searchable yet.  For now their values can only be changed through File Flags, but the ability to edit the information directly is coming.

To upgraders:  To get the updated Platform Vocabulary, go to the "Platform Vocabulary" tab in the Settings Editor, and click "Defaults".

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Emulation, FRI, Games, Gaming, ROMs
5 April 2008 comment TrackBack-URI

Stop Outlook from automatically marking Emails as read

I like Outlook 2007′s reading pane.  It makes it easier and more convenient to go through email, but I can not stand that by default it marks emails as read when you change the selection.  I just think the assumption that because I went to another email I must have read the current one is ridiculous, and I find myself constantly re-marking emails as "unread".  Luckily there is a setting for this, however it is a bit buried.  Here’s how to do it:

Click "Tools" and "Options…"

A new window will open.  Click on the "Other" tab.

Click on the "Reading Pane" button.

Uncheck "Mark items as read when viewed in the Reading Pane.

That’s it!  Now Outlook will only mark messages as read when you double-click on them, forward or replay to them, or manually mark them as read.

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