Since v3.0 will not be out for a while, There will be a 2.8.2 first that contains mostly the bug fixes for existing issues.
Beta of 2.8.2 is now out and contains the following fixes
Build 1289
ADDED - MultiScript function for working with file attributes ( AddFileAttributes/Set.../Remove.../Get../Has...)
ADDED - MultiScript function MoveFile(....)
ADDED - Search now support exclude filtering.
ADDED - Pressing Ctrl+Q in the Favorites Window will now toggle between the Name and Path
FIXED - If 'New version' checking at startup was aborted or timed out could hang MultiCommander.
FIXED - Some wildcard matching problem with Search Tool.
FIXED - Crash issue if Multi Commander was closed before all of the startup tasks was finished.
FIXED - Favorites Windows is now shown in the places that HotPath was shown before.
FIXED - Some issues with the Favorites Windows
FIXED - 2 Crashes reported by crash report system