One of the biggest pieces of feedback that I've received has been that Firefox users don't like having to authenticate more than once.
I fully appreciate this and I've spent the weekend perfecting something Firefox users will love: no need to type in a username and password at all. That's right, choose a file, get gAttach! to attach it and go straight to your web browser without typing a thing. Internet Explorer users will get the same deal.
OK, so it's not completely without authentication; after all, how we otherwise manage to upload the attachments? The key difference in the next version will be that the dependence on Internet Explorer will be gone. You'll need to enter your username and password in the gAttach! Options screen instead. gAttach! will log in to perform the attachment uploads, slip your browser a few cookies so it can log in automatically, and hey presto!
This change in approach will also allow me to implement another frequently requested feature in a future version: multiple accounts.
Other things on the current "to do" list include a working x64 implementation, doing some groundwork for translations of gAttach!'s user interface into other languages, and fixing some time-out issues for larger attachments. There are also a few smaller issues that will be resolved too.
I had hoped to complete all these changes by tomorrow, but work and family life have made progress a bit slower than I'd anticipated. I hope to release the new version of gAttach! as a beta very soon.
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