Comickaze Release Notes
v1.2.4
released on 9/14/2018
New Features
- You can now dismiss the reader window with the Escape key (Thanks, Chris!)
Improvements
- Made the "Next" or "Previous" buttons in Get Info work faster (Thanks, Isaac!)
- Updated the hint text on the Series column's link arrow in List View to make it clearer what it does
- Added a preference to preserve capitalization as you type in the Get Info window (Thanks, AdmiralNaismith!)
- Now handling alias files when added to library
Bugs Fixed
- Fixed bug causing some PDFs to show up as blank (Thanks, Isaac!)
- Fixed QuickLook plugin, so you can once again preview comics from Finder (Thanks to Marcelo and Bob!)
- Fixed bug sometimes causing unusual behavior when rearranging the comics in a box
- Fixed crashing bugs
- Updated shift-selection in the Grid View so it works the same as List View (and other places in macOS) — Select a comic, then shift click another to select all of the ones in between (Thanks, Marcelo!)
- Fixed bug causing unpredictable behavior when exiting full screen mode (Thanks, Nassim and Sinan!)
- Comic selection no longer jumps around after deleting a comic, or removing from a box (Thanks, Chris!)
v1.2.3
released on 8/9/2016
Improvements
- Fixed slowness in the main window's list view when there's a large number of comics
Bugs Fixed
- Comickaze can now recover (instead of crashing) from a corrupted bookmark to a custom Library Location, and those bookmarks are also less likely to become corrupted in the first place (Thanks, James and Nathan!)
v1.2.2
released on 7/17/2016
Bugs Fixed
- Fixed bug that prevented embedded metadata from updating when the library folder is kept on an external disk drive. Thanks, Nathan!
- Fixed crash that could happen while changing the cropping of an issue's cover in the Get Info window
- Fixed crash that could happen while using the "Organize Library" command
v1.2.1
released on 6/14/2016
Improvements
- Made all menu titles consistently title-case
Bugs Fixed
- For users experiencing the problem where Comickaze becomes unreliable after adding too many files, that should be fixed. Thanks to Normand, and everyone who sent this in!
- Fixed miscellaneous bugs and crashes
- Fixed bug causing column settings in List View to be overwritten by those of the previously selected box
- Fixed issue that caused the column configuration inside the List view to sometimes not get saved after an update (Thanks, Isaac!)
- Added missing byte count formatting for File Size column in List view (Thanks, Isaac!)
v1.2
released on 12/1/2015
New Features
- Comickaze can now read metadata out of files used by apps that support the ComicBookInfo, ComicRack, and CoMet formats (Thanks, Steve!)
- Added support for AppleScript! Consider this a beta. Try it out if you're interested, but please keep backups of your library and notify me of any bugs
- You can now dismiss the reader window with the Escape key (Thanks, Chris!)
- Added ability to join the mailing list from the Help menu
- You can now Get Info (⌘I) while reading a comic to change its information without going back to the main window
Improvements
- Consolidated error messages when adding issues to the library, presenting one dialog instead of many
- Made all menu titles consistently title-case
- Made the "Next" or "Previous" buttons in Get Info work faster (Thanks, Isaac!)
- Updated the hint text on the Series column's link arrow in List View to make it clearer what it does
- Added a preference to preserve capitalization as you type in the Get Info window (Thanks, AdmiralNaismith!)
- Now handling alias files when added to library
- Can now read files that have an incorrect extension, such as "RarFile.cbz" (Thanks, Aaron!)
- Added Help menu item to make it easier to rate each new version of Comickaze. Don't worry, I'll never nag you for ratings
- Added ability to stop adding comics from a previous session on startup (hold down the Control and Shift keys)
- Old log files now get cleaned up on launch
- Fixed slowness in the main window's list view when there's a large number of comics
Bugs Fixed
- Fixed bug causing some PDFs to show up as blank (Thanks, Isaac!)
- For users experiencing the problem where Comickaze becomes unreliable after adding too many files, that should be fixed. Thanks to Normand, and everyone who sent this in!
- Fixed bug that prevented embedded metadata from updating when the library folder is kept on an external disk drive. Thanks, Nathan!
- Fixed QuickLook plugin, so you can once again preview comics from Finder (Thanks to Marcelo and Bob!)
- Fit All mode should work correctly after switching to Full Screen while reading a comic
- Moving to a new page will now scroll to the top, if there isn't room for the whole page (Thanks Cesar and Nassim!)
- Fixed crash for some users who hadn't yet created any boxes
- Fixed miscellaneous bugs and crashes
- Fixed bug causing column settings in List View to be overwritten by those of the previously selected box
- Comickaze can now recover (instead of crashing) from a corrupted bookmark to a custom Library Location, and those bookmarks are also less likely to become corrupted in the first place (Thanks, James and Nathan!)
- Fixed bug sometimes causing unusual behavior when rearranging the comics in a box
- Fixed crashing bugs
- Updated shift-selection in the Grid View so it works the same as List View (and other places in macOS) — Select a comic, then shift click another to select all of the ones in between (Thanks, Marcelo!)
- Fixed bug causing unpredictable behavior when exiting full screen mode (Thanks, Nassim and Sinan!)
- Comic selection no longer jumps around after deleting a comic, or removing from a box (Thanks, Chris!)
- Fixed a minor layout bug
- Restored the ability to export your library when you store comics in the default location
- You can now pick files with "zip" and "rar" extensions (in addition to "cbz" and "cbr") when adding files to the library
- Fixed crashes when attempting to remove files that don't exist
- Fixed bugs in page rotation. Note: if you rotated pages in the past, they may show up rotated in the wrong direction. You may rotate them back, and they should be fine going forward
- Fixed crash that could occur when a comic loads incorrectly
- Addressed some issues when entering or exiting Full Screen while reading a comic
- Fixed crash when the library folder can't be found
- Fixed bug causing single-page PDFs not to load into the library
- Fixed issue that caused the column configuration inside the List view to sometimes not get saved after an update (Thanks, Isaac!)
- Added missing byte count formatting for File Size column in List view (Thanks, Isaac!)
- Fixed crash that could happen while changing the cropping of an issue's cover in the Get Info window
- Fixed crash that could happen while using the "Organize Library" command
v1.1.7
released on 4/2/2015
New Features
- Added analytics, to help make the app better for you!
Bugs Fixed
- Fixed a crash affecting some users
v1.1.6
released on 2/25/2015
Bugs Fixed
- Fixed a crash that could happen while adding comics to library and simultaneously editing the info of comics and boxes
- Fixed a crash that could kill the app on launch if it couldn't find a file that was being added
- Fixed bug, restoring ability to add comics to the library without copying them in
- Fixed bug causing some CBR files to be incorrectly reported as invalid (Thanks, Luke!)
- Fixed a crash under particular circumstances
v1.1.5
released on 2/9/2015
Bugs Fixed
- Info in the list view should now expand to show more text when you expand a column's width (Thanks Robert!)
- Fixed issue that could cause invalid comics to be created during add to library
- Fixed bug causing unicode filenames inside CBZ files not to read properly, and sometimes crash the app. Unicode should now be fully supported (Thanks, Aaron and Normand!)
- Fixed crash that can happen when attempting to read an invalid PDF
- Fixed other crashers
v1.1.4
released on 12/6/2014
Improvements
- Added the option to use a black background in the reader (Thanks, Max!)
- Files that move outside the app's library are more likely to be automatically rediscovered
- Added an easy way to send files to Abbey Code for investigation
- Added support for year-only release dates (Thanks, Robert!)
- Added ⌘F keyboard shortcut to jump to the Search box (Thanks again, Robert!)
Bugs Fixed
- Added better validation of files when adding and when reading comics, so bad files don't cause crashes as easily
- Fixed a regression, so that when an issue fails to add the first time, you once again have the option to prevent that and the other pending issues from loading at startup
- Fixed a bug that could allow an invalid file outside of the library directory to be deleted after attempting to add
- Fixed minor cosmetic issue caused by deleting an issue that was being read at the time
- Fixed a crash when users with a decimal separator other than "." add a decimal-numbered issue (e.g. 1.5)
- Fixed crash that could happen for certain error reading a PDF
- Fixed crash caused by files moving in between times reading them
- Fixed crash caused by an improperly handled Zip file read error
v1.1.3
released on 10/28/2014
Improvements
- The bottom of the main window now shows how many comics are still being added
Bugs Fixed
- CBR files get locked before adding them to the library, to prevent accidental corruption
- Addressed one cause of the app's preferences not saving reliably
- Corrupt (empty) images in a comic no longer cause the app to crash, just showing the pages as missing
- Fixed crash caused by errors while adding comics
- Fixed bug causing comics that got deleted before adding to get permanently stuck in the library
v1.1.2
released on 10/18/2014
Bugs Fixed
- Fixed a crashing bug, allowing you to once again store your comics in any folder you'd like (thanks, Steve and James!)
v1.1.1
released on 10/6/2014
Improvements
- All errors shown now also get logged
Bugs Fixed
- Fixed bug causing mouse clicks on the right and left sides of the window not to turn the page
- When starting after a crash while adding comics, you can stop the rest of the batch from getting added
v1.1
released on 9/10/2014
New Features
- Added new Share button to reader window. Send snippets of your comics to friends!
- Added link to rate or review the app to the About box (Try it out!)
- Added analytics, to help make the app better for you!
- Added "Apply pattern to issue title" menu, for splitting out different fields not originally recognized when the issues were added
Improvements
- Added the option to use a black background in the reader (Thanks, Max!)
- Improved list view options. It can stay open as you switch between boxes, and immediately hides or shows columns
- Feedback sent from the Help menu includes logs and crash reports
- All errors shown now also get logged
- Files that move outside the app's library are more likely to be automatically rediscovered
- Added an easy way to send files to Abbey Code for investigation
- Sped up adding comics to the library by adding them in the background
- Added keyboard shortcuts to switch between tabs in Get Info window (Command+1,2...)
- Clarified language used in File->Find Comic Files…
- The bottom of the main window now shows how many comics are still being added
- Added support for year-only release dates (Thanks, Robert!)
- Added ⌘F keyboard shortcut to jump to the Search box (Thanks again, Robert!)
Bugs Fixed
- Fixed bug causing text to change to an illegible color after editing in Grid View
- Fixed bug causing problems when adding files to the library (incorrectly reporting various errors with the files). Thanks to kris10j1s and Steve!
- CBR files get locked before adding them to the library, to prevent accidental corruption
- Fixed a crashing bug, allowing you to once again store your comics in any folder you'd like (thanks, Steve and James!)
- Added better validation of files when adding and when reading comics, so bad files don't cause crashes as easily
- Fixed a regression, so that when an issue fails to add the first time, you once again have the option to prevent that and the other pending issues from loading at startup
- Fixed a bug that could allow an invalid file outside of the library directory to be deleted after attempting to add
- Fixed a crash that could happen while adding comics to library and simultaneously editing the info of comics and boxes
- Fixed a crash that could kill the app on launch if it couldn't find a file that was being added
- Fixed bug, restoring ability to add comics to the library without copying them in
- Fixed bug causing some CBR files to be incorrectly reported as invalid (Thanks, Luke!)
- Number of comic in box didn't show
- Fixed size of Release Date field in Get Info Window, which was a little tight for some dates
- Fixed bug causing covers not to get changed correctly
- Addressed one cause of the app's preferences not saving reliably
- Fixed minor cosmetic issue caused by deleting an issue that was being read at the time
- Fixed a crash when users with a decimal separator other than "." add a decimal-numbered issue (e.g. 1.5)
- Info in the list view should now expand to show more text when you expand a column's width (Thanks Robert!)
- Fixed issue that could cause invalid comics to be created during add to library
- Fixed a crash under particular circumstances
- Name fixed for arcs ending with punctuation
- Fixed bug causing mouse clicks on the right and left sides of the window not to turn the page
- Fixed crash that could happen for certain error reading a PDF
- When starting after a crash while adding comics, you can stop the rest of the batch from getting added
- Fixed crash caused by files moving in between times reading them
- Corrupt (empty) images in a comic no longer cause the app to crash, just showing the pages as missing
- Fixed crash caused by errors while adding comics
- Fixed bug causing comics that got deleted before adding to get permanently stuck in the library
- Fixed crash caused by an improperly handled Zip file read error
- Fixed bug causing unicode filenames inside CBZ files not to read properly, and sometimes crash the app. Unicode should now be fully supported (Thanks, Aaron and Normand!)
- Fixed crash that can happen when attempting to read an invalid PDF
- Fixed a crash affecting some users
- Fixed other crashers
v1.0.2
released on 6/19/2014
Bugs Fixed
- Now recognizing CBZ and CBR files better
- Fixed issue causing Get Info window to grow for long issue titles
- Fixed keyboard handling for Option key chords
v1.0
released on 6/14/2014
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