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ComicRack 0.9.140 released 8 years 2 months ago #13760

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New Features

* NEW: Added "Icons" column in comic list to show all the icons (format, publisher ect.)

Changes

* CHANGE: Reduced possible thickness of 3D book display
* CHANGE: Book scripts with icons and configuration commands get a configuration dropdown menu
* CHANGE: Fixed bottom margin of explorer view if no plugin pane is visible
* CHANGE: Further speedup of list drawing (see OptimizedListScrolling in ComicRack.ini to turn off)
* CHANGE: Optimized library tree rebuilding
* CHANGE: Further optimizations for query cacher execution and update logic
* CHANGE: Changed the default for "Reset zoom to 100% on page change" to false
* CHANGE: During page change there is now a quick zoom out/in (can be changed in preferences/behavior)
* CHANGE: Smoother part scrolling on fast machines
* CHANGE: Name parser now always correctly handles c2c
* CHANGE: Icon Lookups for Publisher etc. are now case insensitive
* CHANGE: When opening a new book zoom is reset to 100%
* CHANGE: Added Hardcover to the standard formats list
* CHANGE: Added "Set to all" button to list layout editor
* CHANGE: If only a single book is selected in the list, the file name is displayed in the statusbar
* CHANGE: Icon packages are now read in alphabetically, so later packages can overwrite values from earlier ones

Bugfixes

* BUGFIX: Fixed help menu initialization (multiple copies of same entries possible)
* BUGFIX: Possible null exception when using recursive lists
* BUGFIX: Fixed hang when setting page in the reader to a filtered page type
* BUGFIX: Text Matchers with empty values did not work correctly after a restart
* BUGFIX: Fixed some spelling errors in the German Language Pack
* BUGFIX: Fixed very longstanding part scrolling bug where visible part jumps left/right when reaching top/bottom border during scrolling
* BUGFIX: Fixed severe Smartlist editor layout bug (introduced in 0.9.137)
* BUGFIX: Browse Scraper for WebComics did miss the last page

cYo wrote:

I think we are reaching stable regions now with this release. All performance issues with very large libraries should now be fixed.

Along to all the small fixes, additions and fine tuning there is one nice new feature. Previously ComicRack defaulted to resetting the page zoom to 100% when changing to a new page. The new default is to do a quick zoom out and in again when changing pages.
The old behavior can still be set in preferences, though.

For a complete list of changes please see the change log in the file log.

Additionally to the direct download I've now also added a torrent of the same file. This is a small server with small resources and can be a little overwhelmed when a new ComicRack build is released.

So if you can, please download the torrent and keep it seeding. Thanks

To give you something to read with ComicRack, here are two of this years Eisner Award Nominations for Digital Comics. Download, open in ComicRack and enjoy.

Lackadaisy.cbw

The Bean.cbw

have fun.

This is kinda still part of the 0.9.137 series but I think why not create a new topic

Your opinion here.

Last Edit: 8 years 2 months ago by 600WPMPO. Reason: added changelog for 0.9.140

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Re: ComicRack 0.9.140 released 8 years 2 months ago #13761

{Oo} Offline Platinum Boarder The Chewie is a lie ! Posts: 672 Thank you received: 45 Karma: 15	STOP RELEASING UPDATES SO FAST FFS!!! But thx anyway for being listening to your users somuch!
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Re: ComicRack 0.9.140 released 8 years 2 months ago #13762

forkicks Offline Platinum Boarder Posts: 873 Thank you received: 119 Karma: 37	My tablet appreciates the faster library scrolling. Need some time to break this new version. will post back when it melts. fK
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Re: ComicRack 0.9.140 released 8 years 2 months ago #13770

Symmetry Offline Senior Boarder Posts: 43 Thank you received: 3 Karma: 2	Likewise, my T101MT works a lot better with the new version.
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Re: ComicRack 0.9.140 released 8 years 2 months ago #13774

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This was another fast ComicRack update in the 0.9.137 category. We seem to have moved to RTM with the 0.9.140 build. Here are my thoughts on this release..

* CHANGE: Further speedup of list drawing (see OptimizedListScrolling in ComicRack.ini to turn off)
* CHANGE: Optimized library tree rebuilding
* CHANGE: Further optimizations for query cacher execution and update logic

Yes, it appears faster, even slightly fast than 0.9.139.

* CHANGE: Name parser now always correctly handles c2c

Finally, c2c and noads are shown their way out of the parsed series name. But, still if a filename includes TPB or HC, the parsed name includes these. Maybe next release will take care of the TPB & HC from the parsed name..

* CHANGE: When opening a new book zoom is reset to 100%
* CHANGE: Added Hardcover to the standard formats list
* CHANGE: If only a single book is selected in the list, the file name is displayed in the statusbar

Appreciated

* CHANGE: Reduced possible thickness of 3D book display

Yes, it is a bit smaller in thickness, but yet it could be trimmed further:

Here, i would like to quote this post, and further my request for width/height/dimensions fields in the catalog tab:tcm1998 wrote:

In all fairness, to calculate the proper book dimensions you'll need to be able to enter the width and the height of the book, as well as some "factor" representing page thickness. I personally see it as a nice to have.

* CHANGE: Added "Set to all" button to list layout editor

Will come in handy sometimes!

* NEW: Added "Icons" column in comic list to show all the icons (format, publisher etc.)

Currently, this was really not needed. Icons are eye-candy, and are best suited to the tiles view or the thumbnails view (where, incidentally, they are lacking). The details view is more suited for organizational/overview purposes, where these, in my opinion, would be neglected. Still, it is an option, and users who like this feature can use it , while others can continue unaffected. However, in future, if we have support for characters and other icons, and the number of icons to be shown on a single book increase to a high number, this might prove useful. But, we will re-review it then.

* CHANGE: Fixed bottom margin of explorer view if no plugin pane is visible

Again, a 'duh' moment for me ...

This is ComicRack 11.04 RTM, and it rocks! Need I say more?

4.5 outta 5.

p.s. I downloaded it via the torrent, and it was a great idea. Now, seed you leechers, seed!!

Now Playing: The ComicRack Manual (Online)

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Last Edit: 8 years 2 months ago by 600WPMPO.

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Re: ComicRack 0.9.140 released 8 years 2 months ago #13794

600WPMPO Offline Moderator Posts: 3788 Thank you received: 601 Karma: 235	And before I forget again, our old friend: fileless, is back with thisrelease. Hmmm.. no mention of this in the official changelog...
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Re: ComicRack 0.9.140 released 8 years 2 months ago #13808

Stonepaw Offline Moderator Posts: 928 Thank you received: 289 Karma: 175	Thanks cYo. It works nicely and feels faster. The optimization process took much longer than usual, but that could just be my computer. I think the torrent was a good idea and I'll be seeding for a while
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Re: ComicRack 0.9.140 released 8 years 2 months ago #13814

deathcroc Offline Junior Boarder Posts: 22 Karma: 0	I also wanted to put out a thank you for using a torrent as a distribution method! I haven't had a chance to give it a thorough run-through, but what I've seen I liked!
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Re: ComicRack 0.9.140 released 8 years 1 month ago #13833

jasonmzk Offline Fresh Boarder Posts: 12 Karma: 0	I can't get the new 100% zoom feature to stop when opening new comics. It does it regardless of my preference settings. I hate this new feature and would love to know of a workaround besides reinstalling an obsolete release.
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Re: ComicRack 0.9.140 released 8 years 1 month ago #13855

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More of an FYI than a bug. Not sure if it's a bug, or if I was just pushing my luck generating 1000's of thumbnails. I had 0.9.140 freeze up on me. After all the whining an complaining, I have finally converted everything to CBZ. Now, of course, that means all the thumbnails previously generated are no longer valid, so now I have to redo everything to generate new thumbnails. So, I've been scrolling through as I have time and letting it do its thing. Today it stopped generating thumbnails and had over 2100 tasks pending. Then when I tried to shut CR down, it sat there on the "Writing comic info to disk" dialog for a long time, 10+ minutes, before I ctrl-alt-del killed it. It was using 50% of the CPU and almost 500M of RAM at the time of death.

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