• The text area can now be decoded as UTF-8, Latin-1 or UTF-16 (little and
  big endian) in addition to ASCII. A multi byte character is drawn in the
  column of the first byte of its sequence, so every byte stays aligned
  with its hex value.
• The default encoding is configured in Edit / Options and is applied every
  time a file is opened; Edit / Text Encoding changes only the file
  currently open.
• The encoding in use is shown in the status bar.
• The data inspector "ASCII" field is now "Text": it follows the selected
  encoding and reports the character under the cursor when nothing is
  selected. Its hex counterpart is no longer blanked for selections longer
  than eight bytes.
• The diff window is laid out properly: both panes follow the window when
  it is resized, and it opens wide enough to show the two text areas.