2023 in review: Windows XP end of life

Released in December, Aba 2.6 is the first version that requires Windows Vista. The previous versions were tested on Windows XP, which remained popular for a long time after its release. Unfortunately, it became increasingly hard to maintain the Windows XP compatibility code and it limited the further development, so I had to say goodbye to Windows 2000/XP. Please contact me if it creates any problem for you; I always listen to your feedback and can send you the previous version.

In January 2023, Microsoft certified Aba Search and Replace for publication to the Microsoft Store. The new version 2.6 was also approved a few days ago, so you can download it from the Microsoft Store as well as from the website (https://www.abareplace.com).

Thanks to Richard, Aba is also available in French. If you are a native speaker of Spanish, German, or Italian and you can translate the 17 messages that were added in the recent version, please contact me. Feel free to use Google Translate or ChatGPT, then review and edit the automatic translation. Thank you so much.

The blog post about escaping in regular expressions is still the most popular on the blog. In April, I wrote a followup about empty character classes, which was also well-received.

The new Aba version remains lean and fast. No huge runtime libraries, no cluttered UIs or bloatware. Stay tuned for the next versions!