We’re pleased to announce that the Jungle Disk 1.30 beta is now available for download.

This released was focused on adding a number of smaller, but very highly requested features from our users. New features in this version include:

• Support for HTTP proxy authentication and SSL over proxy
• Backup cleanup feature for automatic backup users (removes remote files that have been deleted locally)
• Logging for transfer activity and automatic backup history
• Linux command line-only version with no UI dependency
• Support for file sizes up to 5GB
• New USB installation package with all three platforms included

Several other features and fixes are included as well. Read the release notes for the full list.

Users who have followed our blog may notice that the list is missing some larger features we had planned for this version, including incremental updating of file changes. Don’t worry! These feature are still coming - we’ve just rearranged the schedule slightly to get some of these other highly requested features out sooner.

As mentioned in our last blog post, Amazon has changed the pricing for S3 slightly. They have reduced the price for uploads and downloads, and added a new $0.01 fee per 1,000 PUT or 10,000 GET requests. Reports from Jungle Disk users have been mixed - some users have seen a slight increase in their bill, while others have seen a decrease. We’re going to do our part to minimize the impact of these fees by making changes in the next release to minimize the number of PUT requests done by the software, which should further reduce costs for users. We’re also considering offering the option of a flat-rate per-GB pricing model without transfer or request fees, billed by Jungle Tools (but still hosted by Amazon of course). As always, we welcome your feedback in the comments or via feedback@jungledisk.com