Flickery 1.9.25 - Changelog

What's new in Flickery 1.9.25:

July 8th, 2011

Bug Fixes:
· Fixes a bug where empty crash logs were sent
· Minor bug fixes throughout the application

What's new in Flickery 1.9.24:

April 5th, 2011

· More options for sharing on websites (HTML code creation)
· Compatibility with Mac OS X Lion
· Fixed animation bugs that occurred on multiple monitor setups
· Fixed "delete searches" dialog
· Fixed dates bug during upload
· Fixed a few crashes related to nsurl caching
· Fixed specific issues with "Nearby"
· Fixed orientation of some photos
· Fixed "Custom" button in "Explore"

What's new in Flickery 1.9.23:

February 15th, 2011

· Fixes a bug when retrieving more than 400 groups
· Fixes a bug during authorization process

What's new in Flickery 1.9.22:

February 9th, 2011

· Prepares for Mac App Store installation. You might have to re-authorize flickery on flickr after this update is installed
· Minor bug fixes

What's new in Flickery 1.9.2:

December 23rd, 2010

New Features:
· Automatic conversion of RAW images to JPEG files
· Options of converting unsupported video files
· Much improved handling of unsupported files

Important Changes/Improvements:
· If available, videos are now loaded in higher resolutions
· Highly improved handling of unsupported file formats
· Highly improved handling of files too large in file size
· Adjusted appearance of info view in reminiscence of iPhoto '11
· Newly created photosets appear first in photoset list

Bug Fixes:
· Fixed Aperture Plug In
· Fixed a crash when retrieving EXIF information
· Fixed a crash when retrieving recently updated items
· Fixed reflection of upload animation
· Fixed a crash when retrieving photosets' images
· Fixed Show In Browser in MY FLICKR for other users' items
· Fixed some minor caching issues
· Fixed a bug where a user's galleries couldn't be viewed
· Fixed a bug where a user's favorites couldn't be viewed
· Fixed a bug where images created within flickery couldn't be cropped
· Fixed a bug where no photosets were found under certain circumstances
· Fixed a bug where a newly added comment wouldn't show
· Fixed a crash when searching for too many tags
· Fixed a bug where downloads wouldn't start
· Fixed a bug where searches would be executed twice resulting in higher queries to flickr's servers
· Fixed a bug where searches weren't cached
· Fixed a bug where filtering for photosets wouldn't work correctly
· Fixed a bug where searches wouldn't save restrictive dates over restarts
· Fixed issues with authorization
· Fixed a crash under 10.5 when initiating uploads
· Fixed a crash when editing metadata of items

What's new in Flickery 1.9.1.6:

September 24th, 2010

New Features:
· Dates can be edited before uploading
· "MY FLICKR" now also shows peoples' items that you commented on
· "CONTACTS" now loads more items

Important Changes/Improvements:
· Twitter works again by using XAuth for authorization.
· Reduces unnecessary threads
· Others' and your information view unified (order of information)
· Feedback during video upload slightly improved
· Twitter standard messages improved
· Improved comments layout (added dates)
· Improved auto-completion of tags

Bug Fixes:
· Fixed a bug where previews wouldn't load
· Fixed a crash loading buddy icons of comments
· Formats numbers below arrow keys now
· Fixed positioning of loading indicator
· Fixed a crash when setting locations after upload
· Fixed a bug where setting locations after upload didn't update caches
· Fixed a crash when entering registration information
· Fixed sorting in (and adding to) upload view
· Fixed showing users' photo streams
· Fixed drag'n'drop download
· Fixed iChat Theatre sharing
· Fixed a rare crash when retrieving EXIF data

What's new in Flickery 1.9.1.5:

August 18th, 2010

New Features:
· Comments now show users' buddy icons and these users' photostreams can be shown right from comments
· Items in photosets and galleries can now be sorted.
· "Key"-images can now be set for photosets and galleries by dragging the wanted image onto the photoset / gallery.
· Location data can now be changed after upload
· Auto-detects crash logs for easy submission to Eternal Storms Software

Important Changes/Improvements:
· Improved searching for usernames
· Now fetches more than 400 groups (before, 400 was the maximum)
· Improved Registration panel
· Now uses flic.kr URLs instead of is.gd in most cases
· Info view now remembers state when entering / exiting fullscreen view
· Uses title as standard tweeting message
· Added "empty all caches" menu item
· Application icon now accepts folders

Bug Fixes:
· Fixed "show stream" bug when in windowed mode
· Fixed bug where a newly added comment wouldn't show up
· Fixed bug where wrong stream was shown when selecting "Show xy's photostream"
· Fixed a rare crash when exiting fullscreen mode
· Fixed a rare crash when retrieving updated photos
· Fixed a bug where items could not be downloaded
· Fixed a bug retrieving contacts' recently uploaded items
· Fixed a bug where an error wasn't shown when adding to groups when it didn't work
· Fixed a bug where new comments weren't cached
· Now resets commenting not possible warning
· Fixed a crash when selecting more than 90 seconds of a video for upload
· Fixed a bug where creating a new photoset right after upload didn't work
· Fixed a bug where deleting items from a photoset didn't work
· Fixed interface for upload privacy selection
· Fixed a bug where videos exported from iPhoto were uploaded as photos
· Fixed a bug where changed dates for photos from iPhoto weren't used
· Fixed a bug where downloading did work but didn't finish
· Uses NSOperationQueue for retrieving browser items
· Fixed a bug where retrieving location for taken snapshots used an old location
· Fixed authorization link
· Fixed a bug where reloading didn't work
· Fixed a bug where tweeting right after upload did not work

What's new in Flickery 1.9.1:

June 9th, 2010

New Features:
· New and improved upload procedure (behind the scenes)
· Share-Menu now includes option to copy the URL of a selected item to the pasteboard

Important Changes/Improvements:
· Added preference for adding info as IPTC tags (off by default since it influences file size when downloading items)
· Editing items now works perfectly fine in photosets due to some changes in flickr's APIs
· Faster download initiation due to changes in flickr's APIs
· Dates now respect system default formatting
· Page you're at is saved over restarts
· Info for own items now shows dates
· Thumbnails can now be set to a higher quality in the preferences
· Improved performance when removing / adding lots of items from / to downloads
· Can't add more items to gallery error message is now more comprehensible
· Contacts' names are now their real names, if they're specified. If not, username is used
· Removed standard "Uploaded with flickery" description.

Bug Fixes:
· Fixed dates that said 1970
· Fixed a bug where own items could be dragged onto Galleries
· Fixed german localization from "Gallerie" to "Galerie"
· Fixed hiding of progress indicator
· Adding items to iPhoto and Aperture now works again properly
· Fixed bug where creating a gallery would result in Groups going AWOL
· Fixed "Ghost Image" issue that appeared after uploading from Aperture / iPhoto
· Fixed some memory leaks
· Fixed a crash when selecting several items at once and info view was open
· Fixed a crash when attempting to set copyright info to Finder Spotlight Comments
· Fixed a bug where several HTML escapes weren't reversed

What's new in Flickery 1.9.0.1:

May 10th, 2010

· Fixed a crash when loading empty galleries
· IPTC tags fixed
· Fixed a rare crash when changing browser background color

What's new in Flickery 1.9:

May 7th, 2010

New Features:
· Plug-Ins for Aperture and iPhoto
· Galleries implemented
· Adding locations to videos before upload now works
· eMails now include previews of items (in 10.6)
· Refined interface

Important Changes/Improvements:
· Removed reloading time limits (please use with caution)
· Added hotkey for reloading caches on launch (option+shift)
· Improvements throughout the upload process
· Added images to contacts' photosets
· Added title and username to info view
· Info View remembers state (opened/closed)
· Saves geo data of upload items over restarts
· Left/right buttons now en- or disabled based on current page
· Added reload menu for easier access
· Changed appearance of selection when adding to photosets / groups / galleries
· (Sub-)titles in thumbnail view change their color based on background color
· Changed default background color to be in accordance with iPhoto
· Changed URL in (optional) Finder Spotlight comments
· Now preventing double-adding of files to upload view

Bug Fixes:
· Fixed behavior when launching flickery by opening files with it
· Fixed minor bug in info view where items with no description had description of previously selected item
· Fixed a bug where description of items to be uploaded would contain "(null)"
· Fixed a crash when editing items
· Fixed behavior when wanting to view EXIF data but there's no permission
· Fixed 'flickery' ;) appearance of info view when switching between items
· Fixed minor issues during authorization
· Fixed "long IPTC tags" bug in upload mode
· Fixed a crash when downloading
· Fixed filesize bug during upload
· Fixed a bug where location info was not set after upload if resizing was enabled
· Fixed interface issues in photoset editor
· Fixed a crash when posting to twitter
· Fixed a rare crash when retrieving tags

What's new in Flickery 1.8.1:

March 24th, 2010

Important Changes/Improvements:
· German localization added
· Holding down option-shift on launch clears all caches
· Now adds flickr tags + description to IPTC fields of jpeg and tiff files
· Raised timeout limits throughout the application
· Decreased stress on CPU during video uploads
· Improved preloading
· Fixed behavior when selecting all photosets / groups during adding to... process when filtered
· Improved preloading
· Minor interface tweeks

Bug Fixes:
· Fixed a crash when adding to a newly created photoset
· Fixed high memory usage during loading of new pages
· Fixed a bug editing info
· Fixed positioning of main window
· Fixed thumbnail resizing behavior on Mac OS X 10.5 Snow Leopard

What's new in Flickery 1.8.0.1:

March 7th, 2010

· Fixed "Show Details" contextual menu item
· Fixed a crash when uploading video
· Fixed a crash exiting fullscreen
· Fixed selection when adding to groups / adding to photosets

What's new in Flickery 1.8:

March 6th, 2010

New Features:
· Google Maps integrated throughout the application
· Photos can now be geotagged before upload
· Photos can now be searched by location
· Locations of photos can be shown on maps
· Added "Nearby" search item (10.6 only)
· New and better info view - allowing for commenting while viewing the photo. EXIF info added.
· Information now loaded instantly.

Important Changes/Improvements:
· Number of views and license type added to info
· Much better authorization process
· Improved preloading
· Much better selection when adding to groups / photosets
· Added "Show more items in that location" contextual menu item
· Added "More..." button for easier access to further selection based searches
· Changed search icons to better represent what they are (text searches, user searches, location searches, etc.)
· Added icons throughout the context menus
· Updated to latest frameworks
· Improved error handling if not connected to the internet during registration
· Improved performance throughout the application
· Removed 90 sec limit for video uploads since flickr trims those videos themselves
· Unified info view for viewing / editing info
· Improved application termination

Bug Fixes:
· Fixed crash when editing photosets
· Fixed crash when closing windowed mode
· When entering text - cmd-left/right inserts cursor to end / beginning of line, does not go to next page
· Fixed some smaller interface issues
· Fixed several memory leaks
· Fixed explanatory text in Tag Manager window
· Fixed a selection bug when creating a search in background
· Fixed dis- and enabling of "Show Details" menu item
· Fixed a bug regarding gestures in fullscreen mode
· Fixed a rare crash when showing own photosets on flickr
· Fixed a bug when filtering photosets / groups when adding to them
· flickery now checks for double downloads
· Fixed a bug when switching between contacts' photosets
· Fixed some bugs with context menus

What's new in Flickery 1.7.5:

January 15th, 2010

New Features:
· Copyright information can now be added to Finder's Spotlight Comments (through preferences)

Important Changes and Improvements:
· Added preference to open searches created by "Show Stream" button in background, so browsing a stream is not interrupted
· Added warning when quitting flickery if downloads are running
· Toolbar is now collapsible
· Now up to seven items can be "twitter'ed"
· Added keyboard shortcuts for "View item(s) in browser" and downloading
· Twitter window now shows a "shortening urls" progress indicator and message
· Added progress indicator to metadata editor for when saving / retrieving information
· Added "swipe down" gesture for downloading
· Toolbar is now collapsible
· Added number of total items to upload status view
· Toolbar is now collapsible
· Improved performance of adding items to / removing items from downloads
· Changed URL that is opened when selecting "Show Photosets on flickr"

Bug Fixes:
· Fixed rare crash when uploading
· "View in browser" toolbar item is now disabled when uploading
· Fixed rare crash when posting to twitter
· Fixed issues with batch editing items in own stream, fixed cache problems
· Fixed issue in editor when getting info for several items at once
· Fixed crash when editing metadata of a photoset without description
· Fixed rare crash in browser mode
· Fixed issue with downloading videos
· Swipe gestures work in fullscreen mode now even if the mouse is above the controller
· Fixed small issues with contacts' photoset menu
· Fixed issue when editing certain searches
· Fixed issues switching between searches / contacts
· Fixed bug when downloading items with slashes in their titles
· Fixed ordering issue when uploading
· Fixed crash / bug during upload if auto-resizing was activated
· Contacts' photosets button now shows currently selected photoset title

What's new in Flickery 1.7:

December 18th, 2009

New Features:
· Implemented preferences
· Increased number of items loaded to 100
· Added autoresizing options for upload (accessible in preferences)
· Items can now be set as desktop pictures
· Items can now be downloaded to Aperture
· Implemented ability to drag and drop items to Finder
· Added dates (uploaded and taken) to info

Important Changes and Improvements:
· Editing metadata and searching is now possible in windowed mode
· Upload view now shows keywords, title and description of a file's metadata
· Toolbar is now collapsible
· Added some additional toolbar items
· Increased upload timeout time
· Added "Show Stream" button for quicker access to peoples' photostreams inside flickery
· Improved support for using flickery without a flickr account
· Added indication when adding to Sets / Groups if none are available
· Filenames for downloads is now the title of the item, not the flickr photo id
· Improved memory usage during downloads
· Improved download initializing speed in some cases
· Several internal changes during loading of photos to use less memory
· Minor download improvements
· Better performance and memory usage of info window
· Searching now possible in upload mode

Bug Fixes:
· Fixed a bug where adding to iPhoto did not work
· Fixed some interface glitches
· Fixed a crash when editing photosets' metadata
· Fixed a bug on upload regarding hiding from searches
· Fixed a bug where adding to sets did not work when there were no sets to begin with
· Fixed a bug where creating a first set would result in a crash
· Fixed some caching issues
· Fixed a bug where context menus wouldn't work if there were no sets and groups
· Fixed a bug where dropping onto Upload did not work
· Fixed behavior when switching between contacts
· Fixed a bug where editing several titles at once did not update caches
· Fixed a rare crash when deleting photosets
· Fixed a rare crash when searching while not authenticated
· Fixed a bug where reloading a set's content did not work
· Fixed a bug where flickery had to be restarted after entering a license key
· Fixed behavior of "Explore"
· Fixed a rare crash when adding to photosets
· Fixed some memory leaks
· Fixed a rare crash when retrieving info for an item
· Fixed a rare crash when adding to several photosets / groups at once
· Fixed a bug when deleting items from photostream
· Fixed contacts selection behavior
· Fixed a bug with toolbar items
· Fixed a crash when dragging a not yet uploaded item onto a photoset or group

What's new in Flickery 1.6.1:

December 8th, 2009

· Fixed a possible crash when retrieving own tags
· Fixed a bug where "Explore"-interface was used where it shouldn't
· Fixed several memory issues

What's new in Flickery 1.6:

October 29th, 2009

New Features:
· Batch-editing of own photos now possible
· Preloading implemented for small preview images when going through pages
· Setting specific licenses is now available
· Videos can now be trimmed within flickery
· Makes use of CoreLocation (10.6 only) when taking photos with attached cameras within flickery

Important Changes/Improvements:
· Uses less memory when browsing
· Videos can now be previewed in browser-mode if loaded
· Added support for swipe-gestures for windowed- and fullscreen modes for easier navigation
· Photos can now be flipped horizontally or vertically right within flickery
· Resizing preview-images now possible with magnifying gestures
· Improved feedback of upload status
· Added limits for downloading items - 4 at a time - to eliminate timeouts and improve download speeds
· Selection of which photos to show is now remembered over application launches
· Removed useless buddy icons from comments and made the text area larger
· Removed useless html tags from comments and descriptions
· Splash screen won't show "Buy" button if already bought
· Improved drag and drop behaviour, depending on the items dragged
· Improved efficiency during upload
· Added checkbox for user to specify whether twitter-information should be stored in a keychain
· Resizing the source list now resizes items in windowed mode
· Improved performance of windowed- and fullscreen mode during preload
· Minor interface adjustments throughout the application
· Added "United States Government Work"-license to searching options
· Improved handling of preserving photos after uploading
· Fixed preloading to load next/previous photos first
· Fixed initial privacy settings when preparing photos for upload
· Better remembering of what page one has been on when changing selection

Bug Fixes:
· Fixed crash on Snow Leopard when trial period was exceeded
· Fixed issues with splash screen
· Fixed issues with connecting to twitter
· Fixed a bug where video-playback was interrupted when preloading photos
· Fixed resizing of window in windowed mode
· Fixed animation when adding items to Favorites, Photosetsets and Groups
· Fixed a bug where preloading didn't work
· Fixed a bug where privacy settings weren't correct after upload
· Fixed a possible crash when retrieving favorites but API wasn't available
· Fixed activation of toolbar items according to selection
· Fixed a bug where creating a photoset for several photos would only create the set with the first photo and others weren't added
· Fixed a bug where adding videos to photosets right after upload would not work
· Fixed a bug where resizing the window during video playback would stop the video
· Fixed a bug where photos in "MY FLICKR" weren't loaded correctly
· Fixed a bug where preview images when adding to sets were shown too small
· Fixed behaviour of tabulator key when editing a description for a photoset during adding to sets
· Fixed a rare crash when showing more info
· Fixed a bug that caused videos to disappear during playback
· After video recording time is up, the "stop recording" reminder disappears again
· Fixed a bug where filtering tags in tag manager did not work
· Fixed a bug where quotes would be added to tags from tag manager
· Fixed behaviour of tabulator in the description field when preparing photos for upload
· Replaced "deprecated" APIs with modern ones
· Fixed scrolling behaviour on 10.6 when exiting windowed / fullscreen mode
· Switched from openssl-md5 to CommonCryption-md5 for compatibility
· Fixed a crash when loading comments
· Fixed a bug where caching of photosets didn't work
· Fixed caching issues when deleting photos from photostream
· Fixed a bug when changing permissions
· Re-added shadow for animations on Snow Leopard
· Fixed a drawing-issue when closing down windowed mode or after adding photos to favorites
· Fixed a bug where deletion of a photoset would result in the selection of Groups / Searches
· Fixed a drawing-issue in fullscreen mode where images would zoom up
· Fixed a serious bug where Groups were useless if there are no photosets
· Fixed wrong width of textarea when adding comments
· Fixed crash when editing metadata
· Fixed a bug where "Loading video data" was not shown

Notes:
· Definite NO from flickr for showing more than 30 images at once (I'll keep bugging them about it, though)
· Should you experience trouble with authorization after the update, please remove flickery's preferences file and restart flickery
· This update is recommended for all users of flickery and requires Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

What's new in Flickery 1.5:

August 28th, 2009

New Features:
· Viewing, downloading, searching and uploading of videos now supported
· Tag management - auto completion of used tags, flickr's weekly popular tags, viewing of all used tags
· Preloading of photos
· "Swipe" on your MacBook (Pro) to go to the next or previous page of photos
· Photos in window-mode now resize according to window size

Important Changes/Improvements:
· Ensured compatibility with Snow Leopard
· Added indicator for videos
· Improved appearance of Photoset-editor
· After upload, it's possible to drag+drop items onto photosets and groups
· Now shows highest possible resolution in fullscreen (and window) mode.
· Added delete-button to photoset-editor
· Implemented a progress-indicator when loading photos and videos
· Caching of photos and videos to improve loading time, reduce bandwidth usage
· Viewing items / photostreams in browser now makes browser the frontmost application
· Made some cache-emptying methods less hungry for resources
· Now downloads original file format, not tiff
· Optimized window and fullscreen mode for faster initial opening
· Uses original file format for upload

Bug Fixes:
· Fixed interface consistency in add-to-photosets / groups windows
· Fixed a bug in add-to-photosets / groups windows where the scrollbar was displayed too short
· Fixed a bug where tags containing ampersands were shown as html tags
· Fixed a bug where deleting searches didn't work
· Fixed positioning of "Share" menus
· Fixed a bug in "MY FLICKR" where sending eMails - sharing option didn't work
· Fixed a serious bug where groups weren't shown if no photosets existed
· Fixed positioning of photoset-editor when double-clicking on a photoset
· Fixed a bug where sending eMails from own photostream when nothing was selected
· Fixed a bug in source-list where items would disappear
· Fixed a bug in fullscreen mode where only white images would appear
· Fixed a crash when selecting info in upload-screen
· Changed some context menus to acknowledge videos
· Fixed a bug where contacts' photosets weren't refreshed
· Fixed tabbing back in description fields
· Fixed a bug that caused crashing when changing permissions
· Fixed a bug where window mode could be initiated without any items
· Fixed a crash after timed out upload
· Fixed a bug where already uploaded items reappeared for upload

Notes:
· Should you experience trouble with authorization after the update, please remove flickery's preferences file and restart flickery
· This update is recommended for all users of flickery and requires Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

What's new in Flickery 1.1.1:

July 8th, 2009

· Sharing of photos on websites / blogs by providing HTML code.
· Improved searching capabilities.
· Includes a 64-bit Intel binary.