Check out what’s new, the known issues and frequently asked questions about the latest version of Visual Explorer.

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The application footprint has been significantly reduced. All code has been optimized.

The application start-up (launch) and exit times are now considerably faster.

Optimized and updated the management of favorites (optimized the memory usage, updated monitor notifications).

Web page addresses are now loaded on demand within the address bar, enhancing the URL combo drop-down and speeding the user experience.

Favorites toolbar added.

Tab icon animations and thumbnail previews are now available as options (disabled by default to enhance tab interactivity).

Theme support now includes Office 2007 Aqua, Blue, Black and Silver themes.

Added support for one-click master sound on/off, accessible via status bar and Filter menu.

Installation support extended for Windows 7.

Un-installation process now fully removes Registry entries and installation folder including user preference data for a 100% clean uninstall.

Introduced the Cloaking Device feature, designed to help ensure the user’s privacy when browsing secure web pages.

Introduced the custom BlueG search engines, shown on the Explorer Bar and Search Bar.

In addition to checking website addresses as they are typed, Safety Filter now uniquely checks the final destination page (to protect users against the original
     website re-directing them to a phishing website).

Temporary image files (stored in ‘Images’ folder) now removed when Print as Web Page is initialized.

Fixed the Back/Forward button issue, which occasionally skipped the last visited page.

Fixed issue concerning the re-display of add-on toolbars when toggling full screen (F11) mode.

Introduced Veaddons.exe application, which checks new IE add-ons for compatibility. Veaddonsblocked.config text file contains a list of known problem
     (blocked) IE add-ons.

Added the facility to copy/paste text from current web page into the Explorer Bar’s ‘Search’ tab text box.

Added support for web page thumbnail previews when hovering over tab headings.

Added the facility to use the address bar as a search box. Typing a word or phase and pressing ‘Enter’ now performs a search using the current search
     engine.

Extended tab right-click options including ‘Lock Tab’ and ‘Copy URL to Clipboard’.

Extended the File menu to include new ‘Send’ sub-menu options.

The Explorer Bar’s ‘Notepad’ tab now restores typed user notes between Visual Explorer sessions.

Fixed occasional mix-up between website URLs and descriptions when using the Back button in conjunction with the address bar.