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Practical and minimal image viewer

6.1

8 months ago

Changelog:

Bugfixes:

  • Fix segfaults on Linux under Wayland.
  • Fix jxl files not being shown in the file picker properly.
  • Fix issue where png files did not use embedded color profiles.
  • Fix incorrect cache cost value.

6.0

8 months ago

Changelog:

Thanks to @jdpurcell for a significant amount of help with the development of this release.

New features:

  • Support color profiles (Requires Qt >=5.14 if you're building yourself).
  • Support dragging and dropping a folder.
  • Add sorting by creation date

Bugfixes:

  • Fix image switching being much slower than expected on folders with a lot of files.
  • Fix slowness when opening files from a network share.
  • Fix GIFs not moving from the center of the viewport.
  • Fix crash when switching images on Linux.
  • Fix application menu becoming empty on macOS when all windows are closed.

Distribution changes:

  • kimageformats is now included in an even more automated fashion.
  • HEIF and AVIF are now from kimageformats.
  • raw image format support now included.

5.0

2 years ago

Changelog:

New features:

  • "Open With" functionality to open images in other applications
  • Image deletion
  • Significantly better trackpad experience
  • Localization support, with many community-supplied translations
  • More image formats supported (.jxl, .psd, many others as kimageformats is now bundled)
  • Zooming from original size
  • Image now reverts to original resolution when zooming past the scaling threshold (images aren't blurry when zooming in close)
  • Option to exit the app when the last window is closed on macOS
  • Resize dialog now highlights text without file extension
  • Middle click now resets scale, why not
  • Added an option for a basic bar to show the titlebar text in fullscreen mode.
  • Qt 6 support
  • Reaching an invalid image now allows you to keep moving through the current folder with the arrow keys

Bugfixes:

  • Fix Open URL not working in some cases where the app is in a non-user writable location
  • Fix crashing on Wayland (window won't center when resizing, though)
  • Fix smoothness issue when resizing window
  • Fix not being able to rename on Windows
  • Fix Mac crash when opening preferences
  • Fix disabling recent files not working properly

Distribution changes:

4.0

3 years ago

Changelog:

New features:

  • Integrate native cocoa components on macOS for a more native-like experience, as well as just working on the macOS experience in general
  • Add rename function
  • Include support for .heif, .avif, and .apng images
  • Extra titlebar mode that shows only the image name and the position in the folder
  • Opt-in update notification system that works right after the program starts
  • Add randomized sort option
  • You can now close a window with Ctrl/⌘+W
  • Text in the file info dialog is now selectable
  • Added configurable minimum size for "window matches image size" option
  • Improved error messages
  • Add icons to recents menu

Bugfixes:

  • Fix weird titlebar vibrancy on macOS
  • Fix image not filling window properly with titlebar enabled
  • Fixed window position issue with vertical monitor setups
  • Fixed fullscreen causing window size to reset
  • Fixed various bugs with recents, shortcuts, and options due to a massive refactoring project to hopefully make maintenance easier in the future
  • Fix awful hi-dpi sizing
  • Fix bug with opening images from Finder replacing currently open images on macOS

Distribution changes:

  • Distribute Appimages for Linux through a new CI pipeline
  • Distribute build for legacy OS X 10.10+
  • Include symbolic icon on linux (for GNOME, primarily)
  • Include appdata manifest on linux

3.0

4 years ago

Changelog:

  • Added keyboard shortcut customization
  • Added the ability to open images from URLs
  • Added the ability to open multiple images from the file dialog
  • Added the ability to copy images from the application
  • Added option to change file sorting
  • Added high DPI support
  • SVGs are now displayed in a high resolution
  • Slideshow timer is now configurable in tenths of a second
  • Added option to not display the recents list
  • Added option to disable scrolling "towards the cursor"
  • The recents menu is now more proactive in clearing out entries that no longer exist
  • Fixed small bug with the "window matches image size" option
  • Fixed bug where the window would exceed the screen boundaries with the "window matches image size" option enabled
  • Fixed crashing with multiple windows under macOS
  • Fixed dock menu oddities under macOS

2.0

4 years ago

Changelog:

  • Added image caching and preloading to drastically decrease image load times
  • Multithreaded all image loading to reduce slowdowns while switching images quickly
  • Redesigned settings dialog to be more visually appealing, consistent, and intuitive (also added a reset defaults button)
  • Added an option for the window to resize itself to the image's actual size
  • Added an option for the image to never scale above it's actual size when resizing the window
  • Original size is no longer cancelled by resizing the window
  • Verbose titlebar now shows your position in the folder e.g. file 3/12
  • Bound mouse back and forward buttons to image switching
  • Implement natural sorting
  • Added aspect ratio to file info dialog
  • Esc can now exit fullscreen mode
  • Added first and last file actions, found in the menu bar or by pressing home and end
  • Slideshow now stops itself when you open a new file
  • Fixed some animated files not being detected as animated
  • Fixed some keybinds not working properly (alt+enter now works on windows)
  • Fixed "Save frame as" saving the image in it's displayed size instead of it's actual size
  • Fixed "File does not exist" when opening files with deepin file browser
  • Fixed ctrl/cmd+q not saving window geometry
  • Fixed rotated images not being scaled properly
  • Fixed various minor issues involving gifs, scaling, and niche option combinations
  • Fixed various minor about and welcome dialog issues
  • Fixed update checking
  • Fixed Qt 5.9 compatibility
  • Windows installer now includes file associations
  • Now providing Ubuntu PPA

1.0

5 years ago

Changelog:

  • Animated GIF Support
  • File Info dialog
  • You can now scale expensively above window size (configurable)
  • Added slideshow function
  • Context menu reorganized
  • You can now use ctrl/cmd+scroll to scroll the viewport
  • Context menu now has icons for Linux users
  • Added function to show image at original resolution
  • Added full screen mode
  • Added option to crop sides off
  • Added more configurable options
  • Updated to Qt 5.11.1
  • Made an alarming amount of bug fixes and tweaks
  • Now distributed with an installer on Windows and AUR package is available
  • Update 2018-09-23: .deb and .rpm packages now available

0.6

5 years ago

Changelog:

  • Windows binaries are now compiled statically for improved start time
  • Supported more formats
  • Fixed problem where images with the wrong file extension would not open
  • Added fully featured recent files list
  • Fixed bug where image load fails and you must reload the previous image
  • Added more keyboard shorcuts and fixed them on Windows
  • Added Windows tile icon
  • Added option to change titlebar format
  • Improved scaling speed and smoothness
  • Added error messages on image load failures
  • File select dialog now shows folder you had open previously
  • Added dock menu on macOS
  • reformatted context menu
  • Made it so that context menu items are disabled when there is no image loaded
  • Added zooming and scaling to the context menu
  • Added image flipping and rotation
  • Fixed bug where image would appear blurry when first loaded
  • Closed many memory leaks related to dialogs
  • File dialog now appears as a sheet on macOS

0.5

6 years ago

Changelog:

  • Added zoom limit (don't worry, it's far)
  • Finally fixed poor scaling appearance with new scaling algorithm
  • Added update checking on about page
  • Fixed border being shown around images at 100% zoom
  • Removed cursor option due to being confusing and pointless
  • Fixed image disappearing after first zoom
  • Fixed text on color selection button
  • Added show in explorer/finder button
  • Added option to disable bilinear filtering
  • Added option to disable new scaling algorithm
  • Fixed program behavior and icons on Linux
  • Restyled about dialog including mac-specific font sizes

0.4

6 years ago

Changelog:

  • Added options window
  • Added option to change background color
  • Added option to change cursor behavior
  • Added about window
  • Added icon to all platforms
  • Added ability to switch between files in current folder with arrow keys
  • Fixed Open with... not working under macOS
  • Now distributing binaries