BeyondCompare 3 Beta released

[Darwin]

Scooter Software have released the first public beta of the long awaited BeyondCompare 3. Announcement here.

I have it installed but haven't really had a chance to play with it.

[MrCrispy]

We have a site license for BC2 at work, I wish the upgrade was free or that my company decides to upgrade The syntax coloring for src code is a big feature.

[mouser]

The addition of secure ftp support is a HUGE addition for me, thought testing in previous versions would crash on me.  Not sure if it's stable yet.  When it is, it will be a great thing.

Don't miss the long review of Beyond Compare version 2 on DC:
http://www.donationcoder.com/Reviews/Archive/CompareTools/index.html

[f0dder]

Whoa, they're finally releasing a v3 beta?

[Darwin]

Whoa, they're finally releasing a v3 beta?

That was my reaction, too 

[tranglos]

Looks like they've copied some of Araxis Merge's best features:

# Full in-pane editor with dynamic re-comparisons
# Adaptive gutter buttons for copying sections
# 3-way text merge

Nice!

(Many more additions listed here: http://www.scootersoftware.com/beta3/moreinfo.php?zz=newfeatures )

[mouser]

the lack of in pane editor was the greatest weakness of version 2, so it's definitely great news.
btw: version 3 will be released for linux, so this is big news for the linux crowd.

[Lashiec]

Three years ago, mouser said:

And with the announcement that version 3 is coming soon and will include in-place editing, the decision to choose Beyond Compare for this award was an easy one

Strange conception of "soon" they have at Scooter Software . I wonder how it'll compare against the competition, especially WinMerge, which made great progress during the past months.

[f0dder]

btw: version 3 will be released for linux, so this is big news for the linux crowd.

I hope that doesn't mean they're using one of those horribly bloated and non-native-skinning crossplatform toolkits :/

[PPLandry]

I'm not sure how it compares (! ) with other similar software and BeyondCompare in particular, but SwiftCompare is free today at GAOTD. It installed OK and can compare folder and/or files.

[Curt]

- and today SwiftCompare is 50% off at Deal of the Day, making it $13.50
- but SwiftCompare is not Vistable.

System Requirements & Operating Systems Supported

- Windows 98/ME / 2000/XP/2003