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| 6 | <title>Eraser :: Announcements :: December 1, 2008</title> |
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| 26 | <h2><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="LeftContentEditTitle" -->Eraser 6-rc1 released!<!-- InstanceEndEditable --></h2> |
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| 27 | <div class="posted"><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="LeftContentEditPoster" -->Posted by: Joel, 1 December 2008, 12:00pm, +0800 GMT<!-- InstanceEndEditable --></div> |
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| 32 | <p>The long-awaited public beta for Eraser 6 has been released! Eraser 6 sports a completely revamped user interface, and Windows XP/Vista support out of the box. We've recruited <a href="http://lemarquis.deviantart.com" target="_blank">Dennis van Lith</a> to be in charge of UX (User eXperience) and aesthetic appeal for Version 6; here are a few screenshots:</p> |
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| 33 | <p><img src="../images/template_v1.png" alt="Eraser v6 About dialog" /></p> |
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| 35 | |
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| 36 | <p> |
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| 37 | I must admit: paradoxically, not all features of Version 5 has made it into this release, although new features have been added: |
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| 38 | </p><ul> |
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| 39 | <li>Added a more flexible Task Scheduler (roughly as customisable as Outlook recurring appointments!)</li> |
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| 40 | <li>Unified Task List (no more separate On-Demand/Scheduled tasks: they are now all together)</li> |
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| 41 | <li>Tasks can now contain multiple <em>targets</em> (running a task may have a few things erased at one go; somewhat like a grouping mechanism)</li> |
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| 42 | <li>8 new erasure methods (above Version 5's five)</li> |
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| 43 | <li>Customisable PRNGs (some complaints about ISAAC should be resolved with the new default of the RNGCryptoServiceProvider, which is a Windows CSPRNG); ISAAC is still selectable for those who prefer speed over security.</li> |
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| 44 | <li>Plugin support (currently quite immature, but the foundations are there)</li> |
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| 45 | <li>Built-in updater</li> |
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| 46 | <li>EraserL has been replaced by... Eraser. The same Eraser.exe can do both GUI and command line</li> |
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| 47 | </ul> |
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| 48 | <p></p> |
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| 49 | <p> |
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| 50 | Features removed: |
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| 51 | </p><ul> |
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| 52 | <li>Erasures of Encrypted/Compressed/Sparse NTFS files (unlikely to be implemented, low-level undocumented APIs required)</li> |
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| 53 | <li>FAT32 FAT erasures (to be done in the rc-1/final period: you'll get an error for this)</li> |
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| 54 | <li>Shell Context menus (not completely implemented <em>yet</em>)</li> |
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| 55 | </ul> |
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| 56 | <p></p> |
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| 57 | <p>These are certainly just the tip of the iceberg. You'll find out more when you use the program: trust me, you most definitely will enjoy the new Experience.</p> |
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| 58 | <p><strong>Disclaimer: The security of the erasures has not been verified by internal or external entities. The code is still of <em>beta quality</em> and may not remove all traces of files with the confidence of Version 5. If you have security concerns, do use Version 5 while the security aspects of Version 6 are ironed out.</strong> It is however noteworthy that v6 uses only <em>documented APIs</em> for erasure and therefore the risk of corrupting your drives is lower than Version 5.</p> |
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| 59 | <p>Unfazed, ye brave Software Warrior? Follow the instructions about <strong><a href="../trac/wiki/InstallingBetas">installing betas</a></strong> then <strong><a href="../download.php?id=3">Download it now.</a></strong></p> |
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| 72 | <h3>Latest News</h3> |
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| 74 | <h2>Eraser 6-rc5 released!</h2> |
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| 75 | <div class="posted">Posted by: Joel, 10 June 2009, 7.00pm, +800 GMT</div> |
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| 76 | <p>Having written almost 25,000 lines of code since the start of our project, v6 was due for a code review. So that's what I did, reviewed the code with the help of a static code analysis tool (FxCop for you developers out there :) ) and fixed all sorts of inconsistencies in the code. This should result in slightly higher performance and better behaviour when Eraser is in use. <a href="announcements/2009065.html">See the full announcement.</a></p> |
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| 77 | <h2>Eraser 5.8.7-beta5 released!</h2> |
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| 78 | <div class="posted">Posted by: Joel, 18 April 2009, 11.36am, +800 GMT</div> |
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| 79 | <p>Hello all! I know I've been keeping silence for quite a while, but I assure you Eraser is not dead. <a href="20090418.html">See the full announcement.</a></p> |
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| 89 | <p>2008 © Eraser</p> |
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| 93 | Original Design by <a href="http://eatlon.com" target="_blank">Olle Axelsson</a><br /> |
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| 94 | Modified for Eraser by <a href="http://lemarquis.deviantart.com" target="_blank">Dennis van Lith</a><br /> |
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| 95 | HTML edits by <a href="http://joelsplace.sg" target="_blank">Joel Low</a> |
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