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Flickery Changelog

What's new in Flickery 1.9.45

May 4, 2018
  • Due to API restrictions, flickery now requires at least macOS Lion (version 10.7.3)

New in Flickery 1.9.43 (Oct 24, 2014)

  • Fixed a few minor bugs for OS X Yosemite

New in Flickery 1.9.42 (Jul 15, 2014)

  • Fixes a bug that prevented users from Uploading on certain systems.

New in Flickery 1.9.41 (May 21, 2014)

  • Fixes a and/or crash when trying to upload.
  • In compliance with flickr's recent changes, flickery now uses https to communicate with flickr's API instead of http.
  • Notes:
  • New languages will be added with (hopefully) every new release of flickery. If you're interested in localizing it into your language, please write us at support(at)eternalstorms(dot)at. Thank you for your help!
  • 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.

New in Flickery 1.9.40 (May 21, 2014)

  • In compliance with flickr's recent changes, flickery now uses https instead of http for requests through their API.

New in Flickery 1.9.36 (Sep 25, 2013)

  • Compatibility with OS X 10.9
  • Implemented new flickr-limits (200 MB for photos, 1 GB/3 minutes for videos)
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in Flickery 1.9.35 (Jun 6, 2013)

  • Fixed some issues with uploading.

New in Flickery 1.9.32 (Sep 29, 2012)

  • Raised the file size limits to reflect the changes flickr made - now 30 MB (50 MB for pro accounts) for photos and 150 MB (500 MB for pro accounts) for videos
  • Fixed a bug where by converting RAW files, metadata was lost

New in Flickery 1.9.31 (Jul 26, 2012)

  • Ensures compatibility with OS X Mountain Lion
  • Uses flickr's new authorization method using OAuth which is mandatory starting July 31st
  • Now runs in OS X Lion's sandbox
  • Fixed memory leaks and a few rare crashes
  • Due to the OS X Lion sandbox, photos you download will be saved to ~/Pictures/flickery Downloads/
  • Because this uses the new OAuth authorization mechanism, flickery will ask you to reauthorize with your flickr account on the next launch

New in Flickery 1.9.25 (Jul 8, 2011)

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

New in Flickery 1.9.24 (Apr 5, 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"

New in Flickery 1.9.23 (Feb 15, 2011)

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

New in Flickery 1.9.22 (Feb 9, 2011)

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

New in Flickery 1.9.2 (Dec 23, 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

New in Flickery 1.9.1.6 (Sep 24, 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

New in Flickery 1.9.1.5 (Aug 18, 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

New in Flickery 1.9.1 (Jun 9, 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

New in Flickery 1.9.0.1 (May 10, 2010)

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

New in Flickery 1.9 (May 7, 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

New in Flickery 1.8.1 (Mar 24, 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

New in Flickery 1.8.0.1 (Mar 7, 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

New in Flickery 1.8 (Mar 6, 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

New in Flickery 1.7.5 (Jan 15, 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

New in Flickery 1.7 (Dec 18, 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

New in Flickery 1.6.1 (Dec 8, 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

New in Flickery 1.6 (Oct 29, 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.

New in Flickery 1.5 (Aug 28, 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.

New in Flickery 1.1.1 (Jul 8, 2009)

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