qView 6.1

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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.

qView 6.0

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.

qView 5.0

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:

• macOS build is now universal (Apple Silicon support!) Apple Silicon build is now separate, see #475
• Added Big Sur-style icon on macOS
• As mentioned above, kimageformats now included
• Switch to @novomesk's HEIF plugin
• Plugins now built over here: https://github.com/jurplel/kimageformats-binaries
• Automated builds are moved to easier-to-debug scripts rather than yml files

qView 4.0

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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

qView 3.0

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

qView 2.0

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

qView 1.0

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

qView 0.6

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

qView 0.5

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

qView 0.4

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