F-Stop Changelog

What's new in F-Stop 5.3.6

Feb 12, 2018
  • Photos not in sets can be viewed in main browser.

New in F-Stop 5.3.5 (Jan 16, 2018)

  • Redesigned Upload View to display bigger photos
  • Added ability to populate photo name and description using IPTC/Exif/Date taken/TIFF Metadata during directories uploads
  • Latitude, Longiture can be manually entered using GPS coordinates in Decimal Degrees
  • Added ability to sort directories using Taken Date when uploading
  • New "Dump Metadata" window to display metadata associated with a photo
  • Fixed some visualization bugs in maps
  • Fixed memory leaks

New in F-Stop 5.3.4 (Dec 22, 2017)

  • Groups listing now uses flickr.groups.pools.getGroups instead of flickr.people.getGroups API. This fix a listing problem: some groups were not displayed by F-Stop.

New in F-Stop 5.3.3 (Nov 7, 2017)

  • Fixed problem of disappearing progress bars of photo replacer
  • Fixed problem in High Sierra when reordering photos in photo uploader
  • Changed minimum OS supported version to 10.12.2 due to the lack of some image templates in touchbar
  • Minor bugfixes

New in F-Stop 5.3.2 (Oct 19, 2017)

  • Fixed problem of creation of sets having null name. Now name of photoset is assigned correctly.

New in F-Stop 5.3.1 (Oct 9, 2017)

  • Fixed a bug in sets creation via AppleScript in uploadview
  • Fixed a bug in assigning sets via AppleScript in uploadview
  • Fixed a bug that prevented description field to be editable in uploadview
  • Improved script sample to show the correct way to assign sets via AppleScript

New in F-Stop 5.3.0 (Sep 26, 2017)

  • Removed support for MacOS 10.11
  • Compatible with MacOS 10.13
  • Added new photo replacement module
  • Added AppleScript support to photo replacement module
  • Added ability to tag photos with their own filename during upload
  • Added ability to assign "{UploadDate-DateFormat}" string as photo name and have it expandend during upload
  • Fixed a bug when cancelling photos/sets reordering
  • Other Bug Fixing

New in F-Stop 5.2.2 (Mar 20, 2017)

  • Fixed a bug that prevented Paste Metadata menu item to work properly

New in F-Stop 5.2.1 (Jan 3, 2017)

  • Added support to MacBook Pro Touchbar
  • Added ability to sort CameraRoll by interestingness
  • Added ability to create a photo search binded to user of another photo search result
  • Fixed a potential visualization problem in Photos view

New in F-Stop 5.2.0 (Sep 12, 2016)

  • Added support to MacOS Sierra 10.12
  • It's now possible to interrupt upload process without waiting for upload to complete
  • F-Stop now displays upload progress for each file
  • F-Stop can now watch folders and upload new files automatically (Autouploader batch)
  • Fixed memory leaks
  • Improved error messaging when a file upload fails
  • Simplified status messages during uploads
  • Minor graphical changes to F-Stop appearance
  • Improved compatibility with MacOS Sierra 10.12
  • Fixed crash when displaying account activities
  • Added tab support for MacOS Sierra 10.12
  • Fixed upload status reporting
  • Bug fixing

New in F-Stop 5.1.4 (May 25, 2016)

  • Fixed hang during photosets creation
  • Added new image formats in upload view

New in F-Stop 5.1.3 (Apr 22, 2016)

  • Fixed a bug introduced in version 5.1.2 which crashes F-Stop when a collection is selected

New in F-Stop 5.1.2 (Apr 19, 2016)

  • Fixed a memory leak when displaying maps
  • Added support for photoset/gallery photos reordering using Date Taken/Upload
  • Added ability to recurse inside subdirectories when uploading a directory (to be set in preferences)
  • Fixed a bug related to photo reordering when a visualization filter is applied

New in F-Stop 5.1.1 (Dec 16, 2015)

  • Fixed image flickering when scrolling with mouse wheel in dynamic layout
  • Fixed a layout problem when there are empty groups in selection

New in F-Stop 5.1.0 (Nov 24, 2015)

  • Improvements in resolution of displayed images:
  • Photo Browser now displays flickr large format if available (instead of medium format). Il large file format is not available, medium format is used.
  • Photo View now displays largest available image format (with the exclusion of original format)
  • SlideShow now uses format in the following order: Very large, large, medium.
  • Fixed a bug in camera roll which prevented accurate date searches when certain dates were used (such as 31 December 2014)
  • Camera roll now uses a new graphical date selector
  • Added new grid layout to Photo Broswer
  • Fixed a memory leak in Photo Downloader
  • Photo Downloader now restores last selected destination path
  • Fixed bugs and race conditions in Photo Downloader. Photos added to Photo downloader are now added using selection order.
  • Added option to remove user notification of photos uploaded with error.
  • Fixed white screen in Photo View when a video is selected. Notes are now disabled for videos
  • Timezones are now respected in Camera Roll when Upload sorting is selected
  • Fixed some drag&drop issues in Photo Browser
  • Statistics view now uses monospaced font

New in F-Stop 5.0.2 (Oct 22, 2015)

  • Fixed a memory leak in photo downloader
  • Photo downloader now uses the same concurrency setting defined for uploads
  • Fixed a bug which prevented F-Stop to download Untitled photos owned by user with screenname containing "." or /"
  • Fixed layout of vertical auxiliary views of photosets and groups
  • Maps annotations callout displays photo
  • Fixed a bug in drag&drop of photos from Photosets auxiliary view
  • Improved map annotation in Upload View.
  • New icon on photo tile to display quick editor

New in F-Stop 5.0.1 (Oct 8, 2015)

  • Fixed a crash when exploding tags in sidebar of Photos view
  • Added EaseInEaseOut Timing function to drawer animations
  • OSX minimum system version required changed from 10.10 to 10.11

New in F-Stop 5.0 (Sep 30, 2015)

  • Requires OSX 10.11 El Capitan (Not compatible with OSX 10.10 Yosemite!!!!)
  • New graphical interface for Image Browser.
  • Removed all deprecated methods of old releases of OSX including NSURLConnection
  • Improved logical separation between application modules using Frameworks
  • Fixed bug when displaying Total in statistics view
  • Improved performance of Photo Downloaders. Now downloads are exectuted concurrently with a progress bar for each download
  • Videos can now be played within Image Browser
  • Improved upload performance allowing concurrent uploads (Max 10 concurrent uploads. To be set in preferences)
  • User definable default custom size for uploads
  • Added ability to specify geolocation in Uploads and in Metadata Editor
  • Fixed memory leaks
  • Improved editing of tags when Photo View is displaying a selection
  • Fixed a bug when displaying notes in Photo View
  • Fixed a crash when starting slideshow in Photo View
  • Improved animation of sidebars
  • QuickEditor is now displayed using CMD+Left Click on a Photo
  • Removed support for Google Maps
  • Minor bug fixes

New in F-Stop 4.1.4 (May 30, 2015)

  • Fixed infinite photostream backup introduced by a new behaviour of a Flickr api
  • Now backed up files have their creation date set to EXIF Date Time Original (if available)

New in F-Stop 4.1.3 (May 8, 2015)

  • Fixed an exception raised when a null page number is inserted in page number field.
  • Fixed some warnings on startup
  • Fixed a bug in search that prevented tag mode (any, all) to work properly

New in F-Stop 4.1.2 (Apr 29, 2015)

  • Fixed another "skipped file counter" bug which displays an abnormal big number the first time an incremental upload is started for a directory.
  • Fixed an auto layout bug triggered by displaying upload preferences
  • Fixed a bug which prevented manual change of page number in search photo view
  • Fixed a bug which allowed to populate editable field in search photo view also when there wasn't any search selected. Now criteria fields are hidden when there is no selection
  • Restored "parameterless search" alert when user tries to make a search without parameters. This time, alert is less intrusive than the one in previous versions of F-Stop.
  • Fixed a memory allocation problem in canvas view of Stacks
  • Fixed a memory leak during incremental uploads
  • Fixed a memory allocation problem in application delegate

New in F-Stop 4.1.1 (Apr 14, 2015)

  • Added support for new Flickr Licenses: Public Domain Dedication and Public Domain Mark
  • Fixed counter of skipped files in upload message

New in F-Stop 4.1.0 (Mar 30, 2015)

  • Added ability to perform real incremental uploads
  • Added "Camera Roll" like function
  • Added ability to see photos not beloning to photosets when displaying a photoset
  • Fixed a bug in seconds conversion in searches

New in F-Stop 4.0.5 (Mar 3, 2015)

  • Fixed a graphical corruption in Links View
  • Added ability to open Flickr.com urls for users, groups, photosets, galleries via Open Flickr URL menu item

New in F-Stop 4.0.4 (Nov 26, 2014)

  • It's possible to save errors (manually/automatically) for a later review
  • Added ability to double click over a photo in statistics view and open it
  • Fixed a bug that prevented video camera icon to be displayed in browser view

New in F-Stop 4.0.3 (Nov 13, 2014)

  • Fixed problem of some unclosable windows with CMD+W combination
  • Date/Time in errors window has simpler format
  • Fixed some bugs in image resizing when an upload is stopped and restarted
  • Fixed a bug in sudden termination when using Photo Downloader
  • Fixed an autolayout problem in preferences window
  • Quicklook window is bigger now

New in F-Stop 4.0.2 (Oct 28, 2014)

  • Fixed a deadlock while uploading folders

New in F-Stop 4.0.1 (Oct 17, 2014)

  • Improved graphical interface for Yosemite
  • Added date field in error windows
  • Improved quicklook window
  • Added implementation of metadata copy/paste
  • Added warning when quitting while upload is running
  • Added option to have tag automatically added for a directory upload

New in F-Stop 3.7.2 (Jul 24, 2014)

  • Fixed problem of spinning wheel in photos view when a video is displayed
  • Fixed a problem of video loading in photos view before video playback
  • Fixed a problem of display refresh in photos view when a video is playing and the user tries to switch to another video/photo

New in F-Stop 3.7.1 (Jul 17, 2014)

  • Changed sorting of groups/sets ins upload view to be case insesitive

New in F-Stop 3.7.0 (Jul 10, 2014)

  • Added video support
  • Now it's possible to change default tags separator (comma) with space
  • Now it's possible to sort groups/photosets alphabetically in upload view
  • Now it's possible to upload files inside directory in reverse alpha order
  • Now it's possible to change colors for titles/subtitles in Image Browser
  • Bug Fixing:
  • Minor graphical changes to views
  • Fixed a bug in caching of some metadata
  • Fixed a problem of restore of Z-Ordering in stacks
  • Improved support for Retina Displays

New in F-Stop 3.6.0 (May 28, 2014)

  • Now F-Stop is using SSL to comply with new Flickr API requirements.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented descriptions of photos to appear when browsing a photoset.

New in F-Stop 3.5.0 (May 17, 2014)

  • Added support for uploads driven by AppleScript.

New in F-Stop 3.4.0 (Apr 30, 2014)

  • Added quick look function to upload view
  • Fixed some bugs in quick look
  • Added filters in upload view to manage large collections of groups/sets
  • Increased tag field size in metadata editor
  • Now files/directory names containing dots are well
  • managed by upload view
  • Fixed problem of name cleared after reordering of photos in upload view

New in F-Stop 3.3.0 (Mar 27, 2014)

  • Added a new functionality named Stacks. Stacks allow user to create a locally stored collection of photos for later review/download.
  • Now it's possible pasting of photos in Photo Downloader using Paste command
  • Now F-Stop displays a small camera icons over photos that represent videos
  • Added QuickLook function (invoked from View Menu or pressing CMD+Enter) to have a bigger preview of images
  • Now Photo Links function displays URL also for photoset, groups, galleries

New in F-Stop 3.2.0 (Feb 1, 2014)

  • New Functionalities:
  • Added photoset reorder capability
  • Added photo/photoset reordering using automatic sorting by name, number of views
  • Added tooltips to simplify understanding of buttons,view,etc.
  • Improved statistics of backups
  • Added new user preferences to suppress notification for each photo upload
  • Batch uploads now send notification when they start,stop,complete
  • Progress bar of upload view now report percentage of completion
  • Progress bar of backup view now report percentage of completion instead of number of backed up items
  • Bug Fixing:
  • Fixed a graphical glitch in backup view when pressing stop button
  • Fixed graphical glitch when pressing stop button in UploadView
  • Fixed a race condition that caused crash when reordering photos during uploads
  • Solved a memory leak
  • Fixed a bug that prevented favorites to be added using drag&drop inside photo browser with multiple selection
  • Fixed a race condition that caused crash when reload button is used
  • Now, when a deletion of multiple items completes, the entire photo group is reloaded to avoid inconsistent visualization of user photostream
  • Fixed a bug in the caching mechanism that lead to share calls with same parameters between accounts. This could lead to have inconsistent results if the accounts have different permissions on a target objects and they access them at the same time
  • Fixed a bug that prevented correct restore of saved items of search field on startup
  • Changed color of unselected item of block outliner to make it darker and more visible on old monitors

New in F-Stop 3.1.0 (Jan 14, 2014)

  • New Functionalities:
  • Added new caching mechanism to increase performance and reduce number of calls to Flickr servers
  • Bug Fixing:
  • Solved memory leak during backups
  • Now Photo information is refreshed correctly after photoset/gallery rename
  • Adjusted scrolling sensitiveness of Image Browser when determining if a new page needs to load
  • Fixed a crash with Apple maps that can happen when a map tile is redraw in background and Photo Map View in no longer displayed
  • Fixed a bug in info popover of BackupView
  • Improved performance of Drag&Drop when moving a large set of photos over LightTable
  • Reduced memory footprint when backing-up very large photostreams

New in F-Stop 3.0.7 (Dec 30, 2013)

  • Bug Fixing: Now Backup Path bar works fine also if User Home Directory contains spaces or other "strange" characters.

New in F-Stop 3.0.6 (Dec 14, 2013)

  • New:
  • Now it's possible to make searches based on geographic locations (OSX 10.9 or later)
  • Now it's possible to make searches based on photo license
  • Now it's possible to change Photos Upload Dates (and reorder Flickr photostream)
  • Added an info popover to Backup View
  • Bug Fixing:
  • Now Photo Downloader works fine also if User Home Directory contains spaces or other "strange" characters.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented space bar to work properly in adding pages to Image BrowserView

New in F-Stop 3.0.5 (Nov 27, 2013)

  • Bug Fix:
  • Now ImageBrowserView inside Photos View responds again to left-right keys.
  • Fixed a potential visualization problem when photo reorder fails or is cancelled.
  • Improved detection of scroll down/up events in ImageBrowserView when using mighty mouse
  • Now Upload Status Bar is correctly updated when an upload of a directory with 0 files completes.

New in F-Stop 3.0.4 (Nov 25, 2013)

  • New functionalities:
  • Now it's possible to specify a custom upload size.
  • Now It's possible to upload an entire directory.
  • Now F-Stop displays number of Views for photos, sets, galleries inside browser view
  • Bug Fix:
  • Increased compatibility with auto layout and OSX 10.8 (this fix some glitches when displaying upload buttons and metadata views)
  • Reduced memory footprint when upload a large set of photos

New in F-Stop 3.0.2 (Nov 2, 2013)

  • No more duplicates photos in explore after reaching last explore page.
  • Now multiple explore views (displaying different dates) can be opened in another window or under MISC section.
  • Solved bug related to empty tooltips displayed in Mac OSX 10.8.

New in F-Stop 2.2.1 (Mar 21, 2013)

  • Fixed some memory leaks
  • Fixed a problem with multiple selection affecting Mac OSX 10.7
  • Fixed a problem with group discussion window

New in F-Stop 2.2.0 (Mar 6, 2013)

  • Can now change metadata settings for multiple photos inside photos view
  • Can create multiple upload batches with different schedules for delayed upload
  • Displays errors during background activities in a dedicated error window
  • Displays long running operations (such as metadata changes) inside a dedicated activity window

New in F-Stop 2.1.3 (Jan 3, 2013)

  • New Features:
  • Resize images to standard flickr image sizes before uploading.
  • Add discussions and replies to groups
  • Reorder photos inside upload view
  • Preserve Light Table selection and position on startup (option inside preferences)
  • Bug Fixing:
  • Fixed a race condition while changing Explore Date
  • Fixed a parser problem and a column resizing problem in Activity view
  • Other bug fixes

New in F-Stop 2.1.1 (Oct 19, 2012)

  • Added support for Collections. Due to minimal support coming from flickr api, collections are immutable. Photos inside Photosets inside Collections can be reordered as usual using drag&drop
  • Added ability to rename photosets/gallery using quickeditor. QuickEditor is invoked keeping mouse pressed over a photoset/gallery/photo
  • Improved performance when downloading galleries/photosets/collections
  • Created a completely new Slideshow framework build by my own to support slideshow with large images. Now, if present, a large flickr image (1024 pixel wide) will be displayed during slideshows. Images will be streamed directly from Flickr so expect a latency if you are on a slow network.
  • It's now possible to create photosets inside upload view. Photoset is actually created only if, during the upload view, a photo is added to the new photoset.
  • Various bug fixing.

New in F-Stop 2.0.4 (Aug 29, 2012)

  • Flicker1 now uses Mountain Lion Power Management assertions to avoid Mac sleep during long uploads/download.

New in F-Stop 2.0.3 (Aug 13, 2012)

  • New functionalities:
  • Added support for Retina Displays
  • Added ability to see original flickr URLs for various photo sizes
  • Added filter to include/exclude viewed photos
  • Added support for Mountain Lion
  • Implemented Mountain Lion Notifications for Upload/Download
  • Bug Fixing:
  • Solved a problem with Flickr screen names not displayed in a correct way (it needs re-authentication)
  • Solved a problem that prevented histogram to be displayed sometimes
  • Now all groups of a user are displayed instead of just public groups
  • Fixed a visualization bug while opening/closing imageBrowserView in Mountain Lion
  • Fixed a parser problem when displaying photos privacy settings

New in F-Stop 2.0.1 (May 2, 2012)

  • New Functionalities:
  • Now it's possible to search users using their email address
  • Added ability to download Largest Size Available within Batch Downloader
  • Added sliders in preferences window to increase usability when selecting number of photos displayed.
  • "Add to batch downloader" menu item added to contextual menu when displaying photos
  • Bug Fixing:
  • Added a workaround to upload Untitled photos to Flickr
  • Untitled photos will not have Untitled name in Flicker1. Photos will appear as having null title
  • Solved a bug with batch downloader after first application authorization
  • Restored 32-bit compatibility

New in F-Stop 2.0.0 (Mar 24, 2012)

  • Improved graphical appeal of application
  • Multiaccount: It's possible to manage multiple Flickr Accounts
  • Better upload view: now, it's possible to change multiple photos properties at the same time

New in F-Stop 1.3.3 (Jan 19, 2012)

  • New functionalities:
  • It's now possible to delete photos using cmd+delete key.
  • The new delete function provides an exact detail of actions that will be performed on user's photostream.
  • It possible to edit name/description of photos using ToolTip Viewer (activated keeping mouse pressed over a photo).
  • It's now possible to "swipe" over Image Browser to change page number.
  • It's possible to prevent HTML decoding of comments (setting option inside preferences): this increase performances and privacy respect (sometimes flickr html comments contains references to third party flag counters...)
  • Bug Fixing:
  • Fixed a bug that prevented users to post comments containing special characters such as "'*
  • Now author name is displayed for each photo

New in F-Stop 1.3.2 (Nov 30, 2011)

  • Added Histogram to photos

New in F-Stop 1.3.1 (Oct 29, 2011)

  • Fixed a bug when an activity has a nil name leading Flicker1 to hang

New in F-Stop 1.3.0 (Oct 4, 2011)

  • New Functionalities:
  • Sharing of photos using twitter
  • Metadata editor to change photo properties
  • Bug Fixing

New in F-Stop 1.2.3 (Sep 10, 2011)

  • Bug fixing:
  • Fixed a crash while navigating between photos with comments displayed.

New in F-Stop 1.2.2 (Aug 16, 2011)

  • Flickr compatibility:
  • A big rewrite of code was done to support new Flickr Authentication mechanism named OAuth. Old Authentication APIs are deprecated by Flickr and will stop working later this year. As a big rewrite of code was done, please notify bugs sending a mail to [email protected]
  • New Functionalities:
  • Zoom Value is now saved and restored
  • Lion compatibility:
  • Flicker1 is sandboxed for better security. User side, the only change visible is a new default download directory when using Batch Downloader.
  • Lion FullScreen supported.

New in F-Stop 1.2.1 (Jul 12, 2011)

  • New features:
  • Quick comments. This functionality can be enabled inside preferences and allows to see comments in a photo popover
  • Pinch to zoom inside Image Browser
  • Table views in statistics view are sortable now
  • When viewing a photo, it's possible to press left,right key (or swipe) to move to next one.. Double clicking over a photo will show a small imagebrowserview over the photo from which other photos are selectable
  • It's possible to decide if open comments and map automatically when a Photo is displayed
  • Bug Fixing:
  • Solved an issue related to memory releasing.
  • Solved a leak
  • UI:
  • Minor graphical changes

New in F-Stop 1.2.0 (Jun 1, 2011)

  • Minor Graphical Changes:
  • Added drag & drop functionality to Browser View for the following tasks:
  • Adding photos to galleries / photosets / favorites / groups
  • Reordering images inside photosets / galleries
  • Bug Fixing:
  • Resolved an issue in batch downloader: in some cases was not possible to download photos

New in F-Stop 1.1.1 (Apr 20, 2011)

  • Graphical Interface changes:
  • Added a single window style to avoid windows cluttering. This can be activated using preferences window.
  • Added a full screen mode.
  • Drag & drop is supported for photos addition in Upload view.
  • Flickr support:
  • Added support for Galleries
  • Now it's possible to define defaults privacy settings when uploading photos. This is done using preferences window.
  • Bug Fixing:
  • Fixed a bug where photosets containing only private photos were not presented in Flicker1
  • Exif are now preserved after uploading
  • Fixed a bug using Authorize on Flickr menu

New in F-Stop 1.0.1 (Feb 15, 2011)

  • Added support for 32bit architectures
  • Fixed a bug when downloading photo with / character in its name
  • Fixed a bug related to drag & drop
  • Added green check mark inside upload window
  • Now you can download images in their original size