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June 23, 2010: Guiffy SureMerge 9.2 released. The 9.2 release includes: Improved Attention Views - Compare views for Parent vs 1st or 2nd added for during 3-way auto merges. Context (right click, popup) menu items added to open compare views showing the Parent vs 1st or 2nd file for the current Attention. Improved SureMerge resolutions - 3-way auto merge algorithms improved to avoid "Confused" cases and reduce the number of Attentions (also known as Conflicts). GuiffyReport utility - nonGUI compare report tool generates HTML compare reports. Open Evaluations - without email. Fully enabled 21-day evaluations without a temporary license key or email required. Temporary license keys still available for extended (beyond 21 days) evaluations. Installers and Launchers upgraded Refer to the Support,Bug Reports page for details regarding bugs fixed in 9.2 (409 - 410). ...<BR> February 6, 2010: Guiffy SureMerge 9.1 released. The 9.1 bug fix release includes upgraded install and launcher packages for MaxOS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and Windows 7 support. Refer to the Support,Bug Reports page for details regarding bugs fixed in 9.1 (396 - 408). ...<BR> November 2, 2009: Guiffy 9.0 diff/merge tool tested/supported on Windows 7. October 26, 2009: SureMerge White Paper Rev. 2 released. "Real World" Test case 6 demonstrates SureMerge's advanced 3-way auto merge tool "Hybrid Algorithm" solution. September 17, 2009: Guiffy 9.0 diff/merge tool tested/supported on MacOS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). August 19, 2009: New Pricing: Lower single-user price - $59. Tiered multi-user discounts. "Renewals" replace "Subscriptions". "Upgrade" policy/pricing for expired licenses. July 29, 2009: Guiffy SureMerge 9.0 released. *July 1, 2009: Guiffy 9.0 "Birch"* beta testing begins... The 9.0 release will include: Folder Compare - Archive files: Archive files (zip, tar, tgz, tbz2, jar, ear, war) can be compared with folders/file trees. Archive files can be specified for folder compares in the Folder Open panel, in all of Guiffy's command line interfaces, and in the Guiffy API. Diff/Merge tool Syntax Highlighting: File compare view syntax highlighting for over 20 syntax types: (Assembler(x86), C, C++, C#, CSS, Fortran, Groovy, HTML, Java, JavaScript, JSP, Lua, Make, Perl, PHP, Properties, Python, Ruby, SAS, SQL, Tcl, Unix shell scripts, Windows Batch, XML). The file types recognized for a supported syntax can be modified by the user. Highlighting style options include: color, italics, and bold. Syntax elements (each with their own style) include: Comments, Reserved words, Funtions, Literals, Data Types, Variables, Separators, Operators and Preprocessor). The style options for each syntax element can be modified by the user. All the user option settings can be saved and applied in subsequent sessions. User defined keyboard shortcuts: Keyboard Shortcuts for all of Guiffy's actions - menu items and merge buttons can be user defined (more than 80). The user defined shortcuts can be saved and applied in subsequent sessions. Smoother screen shifts during merge operations/navigation Folder compare enhanced for files over 1GB New About dialog with license key path and scrolling credits window Installer upgraded - finds 1.6 JDK/JREs and works with the latest 64 bit platforms If you'd like to participate in the 9.0 beta tests, just send us an email. March 28, 2009: 8.6 Build 262 includes several "under the hood" diff and merge tool improvements. Refer to the Support,Bug Reports page for details regarding bugs fixed in 8.6 Build 262(390 - 394). ...<BR> January 1, 2009: Guiffy NetBeans plugin beta testing begins... The Guiffy plugin features include: File compare, Folder Compare, and Merge Tool functions included. Includes integration with CVS and SVN. The plugin uses Guiffy's API --- So, its faster than other Diff tool plugins which execute external commands. The Guiffy plugin is Java based --- So, its available on all NetBeans platforms (not just Windows). If you'd like to test our new NetBeans plugin, just send us an email. Your feedback will help us make sure the plugin fits the needs of NetBeans users. October 31, 2008: Guiffy SureMerge 8.6 released. October 14, 2008: Guiffy 8.6 "Willow" begins beta testing... The 8.6 release includes: Diff tool Manual Alignment Eclipse plug-in SVN support Diff/Merge tool and Folder Compare Anti-Aliasing Diff tool Copy/Replace + Next Change See the Release Notes Refer to the Support,Bug Reports page for details regarding bugs fixed in 8.6 (387 - 389). ...<BR> March 25, 2008: NEW LOWER prices: Single user $66, Multi-user (3-user licenses) $44/user. March 24, 2008: Guiffy SureMerge 8.4 released. March 3, 2008: Guiffy 8.4 "Sycamore" begins beta testing... The 8.4 release includes: Eclipse plugin New "Hybrid" SureMerge algorithm Improved compare algorithm Ignore Regular Expression Types for "Part" of line and "Block" of lines Memory Meter toolbar gadget MacOS X improvements CLI & API enhancements. See the Release Notes Refer to the Support,Bug Reports page for details regarding bugs fixed in 8.4 (380 - 383). ...<BR> December 3, 2007: Systar has signed a license agreement with Guiffy Software to integrate & bundle the Guiffy SureMerge diff tool and merge tool with the upgrade tool for their Business Bridge NG BAM product. November 2, 2007: Juniper Networks has signed a license agreement with Guiffy Software to integrate & bundle the Guiffy file compare diff tool with their Network Management, NMS product. October 16, 2007: Guiffy Eclipse plugin beta testing begins... The Guiffy plugin features include: File compare, Folder Compare, and Merge Tool functions included. Compare with CVS included. Eclipse 3.1, 3.2, and the latest 3.3 supported. 1.4.2_12, 1.5, and the latest 1.6 JDKs supported. Plugin also tested and supported with Rational Application Developer. The plugin uses Guiffy's API --- So, its faster than other Diff tool plugins which execute external commands. The Guiffy plugin is Java based --- So, its available on all Eclipse platforms (not just Windows). If you'd like to test our new Eclipse plugin, just send us an email. Your feedback will help us make sure the plugin fits the needs of Eclipse users. September 10, 2007: Guiffy SureMerge 8.2 released. August 27, 2007: Guiffy 8.2 "Mulberry" begins beta testing... The 8.2 release includes: Folder Compare Show Option: Verify SubFolders Match: When the folder compare view is not a recursive file tree compare, this option will verify and indicate whether the non-expanded subfolders contents match. MacOS X Improved File Dialogs: With Finder Navigation Links for Network and Mounted drives. Options -> UI Language (runtime). Folder Compares show ignored differences (file/folder name (case), size, date). Warning Dialog on Merge Save with Attentions unresolved. Folder Compares upto 30% faster. CLI & API enhancements. See the Release Notes Refer to the Support,Bug Reports page for details regarding bugs fixed in 8.2 (364 - 379). ...<BR> August 14, 2007: Integration documentation added for TortoiseSVN and Eclipse via the External diff tool plugin. See our Integration Notes for further information. July 10, 2007: Guiffy 8.0(Build 226) BugFix Release Available Build 226 includes 6 bug fixes: #374 through #379. Refer to the Support,Bug Reports page for details regarding bugs fixed in Build 226. ...<BR> June 27, 2007: e-Spirit has signed a license agreement with Guiffy Software to integrate & bundle Guiffy SureMerge with their FIRSTspirit content management system. FIRSTspirit is a fully compatible Java client/server application for content management of the highest class. Alongside the convenient Java client, a browser-based Web client is also at users disposal. The SAP EP Business Package for FIRSTspirit and the Content Integrator for IBM WebSphere Portal ensure that companies with IBM or SAP environments can also use FIRSTspirit to integrate their content effortlessly. e-Spirit bundles Guiffy Suremerge with their FIRSTspirit content management system to provide state-of-the-art comparison and auto-merge capabilities. May 20, 2007: Guiffy 8.0(Build 223) BugFix Release Available Build 223 includes 10 bug fixes: #364 through #373. Refer to the Support,Bug Reports page for details regarding bugs fixed in Build 223. ...<BR> March 20, 2007: Subclipse integration with Guiffy SureMerge tested/proven. Subclipse is an Eclipse plug-in for Subversion and it has an interface for external diff/merge tools. Subclipse project members have tested/proven the interface with Guiffy SureMerge. Here's our Tech Note on how to plug Guiffy into Subclipse. March 10, 2007: Sofotex rates Guiffy SureMerge 8.0 5 stars. March 11, 2007: Download3000 rates Guiffy SureMerge 8.0 5 stars. March 12, 2007: DiffUtils.com judges Guiffy SureMerge 8.0 "the best choice for professional developers". See all our awards and reviews March 5, 2007: Guiffy SureMerge 8.0 released. February 5, 2007: Guiffy 8.0 "Redcedar" begins beta testing... The 8.0 release includes: Named Saved Settings Auto Encoding format detection Auto EOL format detection Show Ignored differences Improved ClearCase Integration Performance Improvements - 2X Faster Windows Vista Support See the Release Notes Refer to the Support,Bug Reports page for details regarding bugs fixed in 8.0 (360 - 363). ...<BR> January 19, 2007: Purchase Guiffy online with PayPal enabled. Our online store at Kagi.com has added PayPal to their list of payment options. September 25, 2006: Guiffy SureMerge 7.4 released. September 8, 2006: Guiffy 7.4 "Magnolia" begins beta testing... The 7.4 release includes: Folder Compare options: Ignore All Except Files & FileTypes ( Only compare these files and/or these filetypes. ) Style Attributes for Line Numbers & Fillers --- Fonts, Foreground & Background colors. In compare views and compare (HTML) reports. Desktop integrations: Windows Explorer, MacOS X Finder, & Linux KDE (Context Menus). Select files/folders and run Guiffy from your desktop. Encoding Choice Lists Folder Compare option: Ignore Symbolic Links Close Window (Cmd-W for MacOS X) Help improvements: Added keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet, Added Desktop integration notes and Added Integration notes for MKS Integrity and AccuRev. Updated U.I. translations Refer to the Support,Bug Reports page for details regarding bugs fixed in 7.4 (351 - 358). ...<BR> July 4, 2006: Guiffy SureMerge 7.3 for Windows gets CNET's 5 stars! Read the full Editor's Review on Download.com May 8, 2006: Guiffy SureMerge 7.3 released. April 17, 2006: Guiffy 7.3 "Poplar" begins beta testing...** The 7.3 release includes: NEW Ignore Whitespace types: Leading, Embedded, & Trailing. Find in 1st \| 2nd view indicators in the dialog and menu. Disallow Editing CLI -ge1\|ge2 options. Circular link detections during file tree compare on Unix/Linux. MacOS X Installer setup improved to select the latest JRE. Help buttons added for context sensitive help in File Compare Show, Folder Compare Show, and FileTypes dialogs. DragNDrop into file/folder open panels user interface improved. Startup 12-20% faster. Installer improvements for the latest Suse, Redhat, Fedora, Solaris, and MacOS X distributions. Readied for Java 1.6 beta testing. CLI -duser.home= for Windows installs with Redirected Desktops. Help improvements: Added information for Uninstall/Update/Upgrade and Added Integration note for Visual Studio Team Foundation Server. Updated U.I. translations Refer to the Support,Bug Reports page for details regarding bugs fixed in 7.3 (345 - 350). ...<BR> March 22, 2006: Guiffy Software and Wily Technology sign License Agreement. Wily will integrate Guiffy with Introscope for file compare capabilities. For further information visit Wily Technology. March 16, 2006: Guiffy SureMerge 7.0 takes home the Lucite !!! Guiffy SureMerge 7.0 won a 16th Annual Jolt Productivity Award !!! Click here to see a picture of the real thing, home and at rest on the "LazyBoy" ;-)) See the announcement of all the 2006 Jolt winners from Software Development (now part of Dr. Dobb's) magazine March 10, 2006: Guiffy SureMerge 7.2 for MacOS X gets CNET's 5 stars! Read the full Editor's Review on Download.com *February 20, 2006: Guiffy 7.2 "Dogwood"* Released The 7.2 release includes: NEW Compare Report (as HTML) engine API --- Non-GUI, MUCH faster with less memory required. Separate Encoding parameters for 1st, 2nd, and Parent files. Supported throughout product set - GUI application, command line intefaces, and API package. API Enhancements: setWriter for 1st and 2nd files, setAllowEditing for 1st and 2nd files, and improved Save and SaveAs Actions for 1st and 2nd files. Faster launcher on Windows. Find operates from current cursor position (rather than last find position). Installer enhancements and bug fixes: Silent mode support, Windows DEP issue resolved and updated platform/JRE support. Updated U.I. translations Refer to the Support,Bug Reports page for details regarding bugs fixed in 7.2 (337 - 343). ...<BR> January 23, 2006: Guiffy SureMerge 7.0 is a Jolt Finalist! Guiffy SureMerge 7.0 has been selected as a Finalist for the 16th Annual Jolt Product Excellence & Productivity Awards. For the past 15 years, the Software Development Jolt Product Excellence and Productivity Awards have been presented annually to showcase products that have "jolted" the industry with their significance and made the task of creating software faster, easier, and more efficient. Here's the Press Release from Software Development magazine. November 9, 2005: Guiffy is ca smart. Guiffy SureMerge 7.0 has been certified ca smart with Allfusion Harvest r7. Guiffy 7.0 has passed CA's certification and is a proven value-added product for integration with Allfusion Harvest r7 to provide advanced diff/merge capabilities. AND, we will be making a presentation at CA World 2005 November 16. September 2, 2005: Guiffy Software moves to Missouri. Guiffy Software's founder and the author of Guiffy, Bill Ritcher, grew up outside a small town in Missouri called Festus. Mr. Ritcher created Guiffy and founded the company while in Escondido, California. The rising costs in California and difficulty associated with providing worldwide support from the Pacific time zone led to our decision to move the company from California "inshore" to the midwest. From our new location in the "Show Me" state we will continue to provide support when needed and develop advancements to the Guiffy SureMerge technology. We will "Show You" we're not finished --- we're just catching our second wind. May 23, 2005: Guiffy Software and Group EM3 sign License Agreement. EM3 will be bundling Guiffy with their iOn Content Management System. The iOn CMS integration will provide Guiffy's advanced diff capabilities within the EM3.Archive plug-in for iOn. For further information visit Group EM3. May 11, 2005: Guiffy Software and Visible Systems sign License Agreement. Visible will be bundling Guiffy with Razor. The Razor CM integration will provide Guiffy's advanced, cross-platform, diff and Trustworthy 3-way merge, SureMerge, in the next, soon-to-be-released, version of Razor. Here's the Press Release. For further information visit Visible Systems. May 9, 2005: Guiffy 7.0(Build 165) BugFix Release Available Build 165 includes a minor enhancement in the Edit UI: Copy/Paste and Replace 1st or 2nd operations handle "\|" filler lines. Refer to the Support,Bug Reports page for details regarding bugs fixed in Build 165. ...<BR> April 25, 2005: Guiffy 7.0(Build 163) BugFix Release Available Build 163 includes several minor enhancements to the Edit UI: Backspace and Delete avoid the gutters, Backspace and Delete operate on a selected range properly, and Paste operates properly on a selected range. Refer to the Support,Bug Reports page for details regarding bugs fixed in Build 163. ...<BR> April 9, 2005 Guiffy Software and Reliable Software sign agreement --- making Guiffy SureMerge available to Reliable's Code Co-op customers with a 20% discount. For further information visit Reliable Software. Reliable Software is developing integration with Guiffy's 3-way, auto-merging, SureMerge --- for Trustworthy Merging. April 2, 2005: Guiffy 7.0(Build 159) BugFix Release Available Build 159 includes a minor enhancement for the Next/Previous Change/Attention dialogs which appear when wrapping around the end or beginning of the file --- Now, the dialogs include a Checkbox for "Yes, Don't ask again". And, Build 159 includes an enhancement for the MacOS X platform to move the "Guiffy Prefs" folder to the proper location --- from the user's home folder to the user's /Libary/Preferences folder. Refer to the Support,Bug Reports page for details regarding bugs fixed in Build 159. ...<BR> March 14, 2005: Guiffy 7.0 "CHERRY" R_E_L_E_A_S_E_D March 8, 2005: Guiffy User Group Forum on CMCrossroads http://www.cmcrossroads.com/ubbthreads/postlist.php?Board=Guiffy March 5, 2005: Guiffy 7.0 Beta - Build 154 Available. Build 154 includes: Improved folder compare sort performance 2 bug fixes (Bug 324 and 325) not related to 7.0 Improved the new HTML reports formatting - W3C HTML 4.1/CSS validated New 1-Click Save 1st/2nd actions Fixed Edit Copy, Cut, Paste hotkey bindings Revised several hotkey bindings to more popular setups Updated U.I. translations February 21, 2005: Guiffy 7.0 "Cherry" Beta Testing begins The 7.0 release includes several Major Enhancements: New Toolbars/Icons/Style & Logo: NEW fresh toolbar buttons (Incors-based icons). NEW Logo. 3 diff <> symbols makeup our new logo. Symbolic of our advanced, trustworthy 3-way merge and blended implemenation of 3 compare algorithms. You can also see a box framework image - some folks call it the Guiffy "Orb" ;-)) Look-and-Feel toolbar separators. New 2005 (Crystal) Style - White background with brighter scroll meters and Blue-on-Orange Select. Edit user interface improvements: Select, Copy, Paste, Cut(as Removed) Exclude gutters. Mark as "Removed" enhanced to toggle - "Remove/Restore". Undo (Compound Edits) - Paste, Replace Change from 2nd in 1st, and Replace Change from 1st in 2nd. Undo stack NOT updated for operations with their own builtin (at any time, in any order) undo: Merge Keep/Undo, Cut, Mark, and Flip. PVCS integration: PVCS integration support - plugin Guiffy as diff/merge tool. PVCS customers have been asking us to find a way to integrate with PVCS so they could have a better diff/merge. PVCS does NOT have an interface for external diff/merge tools. But, "Where there's a will, there's a way...". See our PVCS Help document for further information. Extended Diff/Merge context popup menus: DragnDrop in File/Folder Open Panels: Drag a file/folder from Windows Explorer(for example) and drop it in one of the file/folder name fields of the Open Combo Panels. HTML Reports - Save, Print & Preview: New File/Folder Compare reports - single file, supporting all the Guiffy style properties. Java 5 Support: We tested Guiffy 6.x and 7.0 on Java 1.5.0 and 1.5.0_01 for months (ever since 1.5.0 was available for beta testing) - NO PROBLEM. Java 5 startup is faster and requires less memory. And, it comes with a new Look-and-Feel (Ocean). Unicode file/folder names support: If you have Unicode file/folder names in your local or remote file systems or find them in a floppy, CD, etc. --- no problem, just select a Unicode font and your file/folder names will be displayed properly in the folder compare views and all of Guiffy's file/folder dialogs. 7.0 also includes several bug fixes - refer to the Support,Bug Reports page for details. ...<BR> December 15, 2004: Guiffy 6.5 "CEDAR" R_E_L_E_A_S_E_D The 6.5 release includes several Enhancements: Direct(clickon) current block navigation... Clickon the text within a change block and the logical current block is set to that change. Next/Previous "Wrapping" confirm dialog... While navigating with Next/Previous change or attention a confirm dialog is diaplayed before wrapping. Forked file compare window saved settings for location and size added. Updated Encoding Help. 6.5 also includes several bug fixes - refer to the Support,Bug Reports page for details. ...<BR> October 18, 2004: Guiffy 6.4 "OAK" R_E_L_E_A_S_E_D The 6.4 release includes several Enhancements: Folded Compare/Merge views... Guiffy's default display mode for compare/merge results is to Show everything - the matching lines and the differences for file sizes upto 400KB. For files > 400KB, the differences are displayed within 8 lines of context which we call Folded Compare/Merge Views. Folded Compare/Merge Views improve the compare viewing response time --- up to 10X faster for large files with just a few differences. And, Folded Compare/Merge Views reduce the memory requirements --- enabling compare/merges of MUCH larger files. See the Options->Show dialog for controlling the file size threshold for folded views. Double clicking on a "Folded" indicator line will open another window with the content of the matching block. If needed you can select, edit and copy text from the matching view. Save 1st/2nd As and Save Merge File operations include the matching lines of text from folded blocks in their saved results. Parent file dialog smarter defaults... The Open Parent file dialog defaults to the last Parent file opened path and the current 1st file name. Save 1st/2nd file dialogs remember last path. 6.4 also includes several bug fixes - refer to the Support,Bug Reports page for details. ...<BR> August 3, 2004: Guiffy Open Source Project Grants Announced. Guiffy has granted user licenses to Open Source Project developers in the past who have expressed an interest in using Guiffy. Now, we've made our practice --- policy. July 26, 2004: Guiffy 6.2 "SASSAFRAS" R_E_L_E_A_S_E_D The 6.2 release includes several MAJOR Enhancements: Parent File Attention Viewer DoubleClick in the merge text of the result view opens another Window with a view of the Parent File content for the current merge block. Tools -> Keep/Undo All... You can begin your merge based upon keeping the contents of the first, second, or Both files. Or, to start over again, you can Undo All your keep selections. These operations are selected in Tools -> Keep/Undo All... Font options...New All Text selection -gs disallows Merge Saves until finished Command Line interface -gs option added to disallow Merge Saves until all Attentions are resolved. API GuiffyFrame method setAllowSaves added. Examples added in Folders Ignore dialog 6.2 also includes several bug fixes - refer to the Support,Bug Reports page for details. ...<BR> May 25, 2004: Guiffy customers report recent successes integrating with CVS. Guiffy customers have recently reported success integrating Guiffy with WinCVS, TortoiseCVS, and Subversion. We've updated our "Partners" web page and Guiffy's Help on CVS integrations. April 19, 2004: Guiffy 6.1 "ACORN" R_E_L_E_A_S_E_D The 6.1 release includes several MAJOR performance and resource requirements improvements: Reduced Memory requirements Heap High Water Mark reduced 30%. Heap Used (High Water Mark - Freed) reduced 30%. Doubled File Size compare/merge multi-MB files For Guiffy 6.0, the default 128MB max. heap size would usually compare files up to about 100K lines (3.5MB). Guiffy 6.1 will usually compare files up to about 200K lines (7MB). Allow about 35% more heap space for 3-way merges. Upto 38% FASTER file compare/merges 18-38% faster Optimized Startup 15% quicker GUI startups 6.1 Build 116 includes an enhancement to auto-navigate to the first diff for file compare views. Build 116 also includes enhancements to the file/folder headers --- improved look for XP and the headers can be scrolled. 6.1 also includes a bug fix - refer to the Support,Bug Reports page for details. ...<BR> March 2, 2004: Guiffy 6.0 "SEQUOIA" R_E_L_E_A_S_E_D The 6.0 "SEQUOIA" release includes several MAJOR enhancements: FileTree details Size and Date Options -> Folder Compare Show Details displays the File Size and Modified Date in the FileTree compare view. FileTree Style Backgrounds and Fonts Plus, Native Look-and-Feel icons "Explore" FileTrees with [+] / [-] OR, select Folder Compare Show SubFolders (Recursively) option to perform a complete FileTree compare. File Tree view Performance Improvements TreeView creates 300%+ faster Immediate resizes MUCH quicker option and view split changes Folder compare Logical navigation tools Use clickable scroll meters to go to a block of file differences Or, the choicelist to select a block of file differences Or, Next/Previous to browse the blocks of file differences Copy/Delete operations dynamically update views Ignore Files/SubFolders with * wildcards NEW default "Plexi" style for 2004 NEW Options -> Reset to defaults ...<BR> January 23, 2004: Guiffy 5.4 scores 960 out of 1000 in Jars.com review.** Jars is the #1 Java Review Service. We are very proud to have been awarded their prestigious "Top 5%" rating.