I have made some progress since last status update

  • Aero glass – the transparent part in the top.  Also some updates to the breadcrumb so it fade when not active, and some XP related Theme updates (Breadcrumb align, GridView template)
  • Notification bar – Improved design, also added a menu for Open directory, Restart and Remove from list.
  • Improved warm start performance – mainly from Native image install, as well as optional .Net 4.0 client profile framework support.
  • Overwrite dialog
  • Multi-Window support, open new window when user open an archive in Explorer, reuse if specified directory already opened.
  • Translation support – on Main window and Overwrite dialog.  Translation script can be downloaded here.
  • Some misc updates
    • Address input box support autosuggest
    • Drop Action uses CopyExAWork
    • Improve Response speed for SelectAll/UnselectAll
    • Breadcrumb expander arrow border
    • Control-Backspace in Address input box now recognize archives

Uncompleted items that I can think of :

  • Tabs – nice to have, not mandatory.
  • Progress dialog – need some enhancements so it can pause and show the progress log.
  • Bugfixes

The current version included only the most basic functions, the rest divided to three types :

  • UI design – implemented, but haven’t decide how to put it on the user interface, e.g. Password support
  • Not Implemented – because of time constraints, e.g. Scripting
  • Obsoleted – functions that no one will ever use again, e.g. SFX.