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Domain Name Pro v5.11

minimum length of 3 characters). The status "skipped" is displayed if the minimum length is not

met for a domain name.

Pause search

 feature added. During a search the Search button changes to Pause. When

Pause is selected the generation of new domain names to check is paused, though any current

lookups are still completed. The Pause button changes to Resume which can be selected to

resume the new domain name generation.

Automatic updates check

 for program, domains list, and link popularity list updates with web

links to download them. The updates must be downloaded and installed manually.

Two level domain name lookup

 added. This is mostly for the .com and .net domains which do

not include full domain name details in the root server query. A primary lookup in the root server

followed by a secondary lookup from the registrar server is required.

New option to show the 

expiry

 for domain names as a date (as in previous versions) or the

number of days from the current date.

Enhancements

Popularity database increased to 500,000 terms (from a list of almost 4 million) to calculate more

accurate 

popularity ratings

.

Dramatically increased the load speed and also reduced the memory usage for the popularity

database. This improves the startup time and allows for a larger database to be used. This

requires that quick loading data files be created from the original popularity database on first run,

resulting in a slow start up the first time. This keeps the installation size down and the speed up.

Color coded 

domains list

 to distinguish the global top level and unrestricted domains from the

contry code level domains.

Moving animation added to indicate that a search is in progress.

Highlight searches currently being checked.

Better handling of domain name query timeouts which greatly improves queries to troublesome

servers.

Enhanced retries for communications errors when retrieving domain name details.

Allow column sizing in the 

domain name search results table

 and link popularity search results

table.

Added an option to add the 

weighted search popularity rating

 of sub lists of words in the domain

name to the overall popularity rating. e.g. "fast food" will get the popularity of "fast food" and also

add the popularity of "fast" and "food" (weighted so that they have less emphasis). In previous

versions this was always done.

Increased the 

maximum number

 of domain names that can be generated from 10,000 to

20,000.

Increased the maximum number of words/terms that can be 

loaded from a file

 from 10,000 to

20,000.

Scroll cursor to end of search term after loading from a file.

Changed 

hyphens

 option to a drop down list to make room for the 

popular alternatives

 option.

Changed splash screen so that it is not forced on top of all other windows.

Moved expiry date options from the Search tab to the 

Display

 tab in the options dialog.

Removed "Display Toolbar" option as it was fairly useless now that the search button is on the

toolbar.

Added "Pro" text on splash screen and about dialog.

Adjusted window sizes for Windows XP.

Changed About dialog to white background.

Minor tweaks to the 

thesaurus

 database.

New logos in splash screen and about dialog.

Updated main features on 21 day trial start & end windows.

Incorporated new 

domains list

 v2.0.

Fixes

Fixed domain name details mismatch when the results table is sorted.

Fixed word list mismatch for 

trademark searches

 when the results table is sorted.

Fixed localization issues which occurred with some international Windows versions (e.g.

Korean).

Fixed searches freezing which only started appearing during the development of this version.

Removed multiple generation of the same domain name where 

thesaurus alternatives

 matched

other words in the domain name.

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