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@aleksey-hoffman aleksey-hoffman released this 04 Sep 17:17
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v1.4.0
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⚠ Warning
In this version, some things are broken or do not work as expected on some computers. The causes for performance issues are known.
I will release the v1.5 update in August with a lot of fixes and a lot of new features.

Release Notes:

This release improves resource usage, brings a few new features, and a lot of improvements and fixes:

  • 1 new major feature
  • 1 new minor feature
  • 18 improvements
  • 7 fixes

Milestones

🔼 by v2.0.0 (December 2021) | (Goal: 3 of 20): Add 20 more new major features

New major features

  • 574787c: Feature: added support for cloud drives (OneDrive, Google Drive, etc.).
    Edit: If you have millions of files on OneDrive, the app will have high CPU usage and might stuck on the start screen. The issue will be fixed in the next update.

New minor features

  • 8401af7: UX: new setting: the date format can now be customized. Currently available numeric: 23.05.2021 and short format: 23 May 2021. It adapts to the local format automatically. For example, in Japan it will be displayed as 2021/5/23 or 2021年5月23日

Big improvements

  • 92a6fd5: UX / optimization: the background manager for home banner will now display small artwork previews instead of loading original images. This reduced memory usage peaks from 700 MB to 150 MB,

Other improvements

  • 0d09def: UX: Window transparency effect can now be customized for every page independently.
  • ec1e54e: UX: Window transparency effect: added settings to control parallax effect.
  • ea1c8e9: UI: Window transparency effect: added 2 settings to control effect visibility
  • 621c886: UI: Home banner: added "glow" effect.
  • 9b2faf8: UX: Upgrade video downloader. It can now extract more video URLs.
  • 520789d: UI: Info panel: improved performance, added visual improvements, added file status (if offline) and file mime.
  • 4b3dd1b: UX: Drive cards will now display drive memory type (SSD or HDD).
  • ec3f1a4: UI: Added new artwork "Slum by Vladimir Manyukhin (animated by Aleksey Hoffman)".
  • 7084aae: UI: Added new artwork "INCREASE by Sweeper3d (Austin Richey)".
  • b9b0664: UI: Added new artwork "Cyber Neon City by Laury Guintrand".
  • b9b0664: UI: Added new artwork "Lip Sync by Han Yang".
  • 7802ac8, 5a657e4: UI: Slightly improved notifications.
  • 590fb02: UI: Inaccessible files will now display at least basic info like size and date it was modified and created.
  • 05d1786: UX: the time of file creation / change will now be displayed along with the date.
  • 05d1786: UX: the date and time of file creation / change will now be displayed in local format:
    Japan: 2021年5月23日 23:16
    USA: May 23, 2021, 11:16 PM
    Russia: 23 мая 2021 г., 23:16
    Germany: 23. Mai 2021, 23:16
  • b2e210a: UX: the app will now show permissions dialog before activating the local share feature for the first time to make sure user understands why the app is asking network permissions.
  • ce9a70e: Update dependencies (security fixes)
  • A few other small improvements

Big fixes

  • 99f5792: Fix: Local network sharing feature is now working properly.
  • 4b3dd1b: Fix: Drive labels containing non-ASCII characters are now displayed properly.
  • 195d683: Fix: Window transparency effect now works on all screen sizes.
  • 6281a45: Fix: the "get size" button in the info panel will now work properly and show the directory size.

Other fixes

  • 28766c1: Fix: the error during launch where the app couldn't get the paths to user directories (~/pictures, ~/documents, etc).
  • 728a1b2: Fix: the page scroll position will now be restored on all pages.
  • 1176d7d: Fix: Linux: tray icon will no longer duplicate on every page reload and tray menu update.
  • A few other small fixes

Supporters

Patreon-progress-goal

When we meet the goal, I will be able to dedicate more of my time on the app development, and add new features more frequently.

This release was made possible by my Patreon supporters.
Show them some love, check out their work:

🎉 Supporter goal: 4 of 500 people joined

Supporters get rewards for supporting this project on Patreon. Check out the list of rewards:

Download

You can find the download link for your system in the Asset section below.

This release contains only Windows build. MacOS and Linux builds will be added in v1.5 update (in a few days).

Installation notes

This is a new app and it doesn't have a signed certificate yet, so you might see a security warning on Windows and MacOS during installation.

  • On Windows 10: if you see the Smart Screen prompt, click "More Info" and then "Run Anyway".
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