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SpaceMonger 2.1 includes a lot of capabilities that the previous 1.x versions don't. Some are things that I think are necessary; some are things that you folks suggested. Here are a few of the more notable ones:

• Version 2.1 will come with a full user's manual (in English initially, and possibly in other languages later).
• Version 2.1 will come with an installer, so you can just click once or twice to install it on any system.
• Version 2.1 includes better shell integration, so you can simply drag-and-drop files to copy/move them, and so you can right-click on a folder or disk to open it in SpaceMonger.
• Version 2.1 knows how to watch your disks (on Windows NT/2000/XP) so that you don't need to rescan the disks when they change.
• Version 2.1 includes full control over file and folder colors, including user-defined marking of special files or folder types with a specific color. You can also change every font the program uses if you don't like the ones we pick!
• Version 2.1 allows you to select multiple files at once, even from different folders, and manipulate (copy, move, delete) them as a group.
• Version 2.1 has a new smart-zooming feature that allows you to zoom in and out on your disk in real-time, just like zooming in and out on a picture in a paint program or zooming with a telescope. You can get close enough to see details on 1-byte files on a 40-gigabyte disk!
• Version 2.1 will support many foreign languages (see the languages page for a complete list), and unlike the rather poor French translation in version 1.4, the translations in version 2.1 will be done by people who natively speak the respective languages. If you'd like to contribute a translation that we don't already have, please contact us; a good translation can earn you a free registration and a chance to be a beta tester.
• Version 2.1 will be licensed as Shareware, not Freeware, but it will have the almost-free registration cost of only $20 (hefty discounts will be available for those who buy multiple registrations at once, or a site license). Sorry --- But twenty bucks is pretty cheap. (What happened to the old $15 price? Simple: it costs us money to support credit card purchases, so we have to pass that cost on. With a $20 price tag, we still only see $15 before taxes. Sorry.)

We've gotten far more requests than we can accommodate for version 2.1. Here are some of the things that you've suggested that we're considering for version 2.2:

• Full network browsing, allowing you to see multiple disks shared via standard Windows SMB file shares.
• The internals of 2.1 presently use mostly 8-bit character strings, which is sufficient for the needs of most European languages, but not sufficient for the needs of Asian languages. Some portions use 16-bit Unicode to support correct display of foreign-language filenames on Windows NT/2000/XP, and version 2.2 will be entirely 16-bit Unicode so it can support any language out there.
• If version 2.1 is sufficiently popular on Windows, we'll seriously consider producing ports to other operating systems, including Linux and MacOS. Start your lobbying now!