fixed selection colorization field not changed on system colorization change
fixed naming issue (dot issue)
fixed switching to automatic layer
added PDF thumbnails rendering
added scrollbar to places container type
added keyboard shortcuts for quick sorting (ALT key + numeric 1-6)
added option to drag time range to time range selection control
changed places container type rendering method
changed name sort method
changed container inactive when transparent visibility triggers to mouse only
changed .url files thumbnailing settings
changed container settings save to delayed
updated themes format to newer
updated sorting methods
updated hashing alghoritm
updated thumbnail cache library
updated directory thumbnail generating method - now support cover images as well as consider subdirectories when rendering
updated icons and graphics - smoothed edges
updated stream operation methods
updated tooltips display behaviour
other changes, fixes & updates
fixed compressor path issues
fixed container maintaining bottom-most position
removed widgets functionality
removed server functionality
removed places container system display mode
removed paths and patchwork container types
optimized repaint operations
added drag & drop filtering request for UIPI
added buffered regen option (affecting collection changes) for Places & Paths type containers
added cache clear dialog
updated thumbnailing component
changed tooltip display activation for Places type container - element must be selected
changed shortcuts reader component
changed image preview behaviour to full screen
other changes, fixes & updates
fixed update balloon issue
fixed gradient issues - quick setup and generally Place type component with gradient based theme.
fixed slow binary operations (influencing thumbnailing, checking for information tags)
added quick setup dialog - which appears on first run
added help section
updated icon load sequence for Places & Path containers - when reloading icons, quick preview is only drawn for visible elements
updated scaling for for Places & Path containers
updated container rendering methods
updated tooltip sensivity and toggling
updated GUI
updated icons
other changes, fixes & updates
fixed thumbnail engine
fixed audio tags high memory usage
fixed HTML fetch widget
removed GUI fade in/out transitions
removed Nimi Sync support
added partial support for url file thumbnails
added two new labels
added Nimi Places for Web server
fixed rules add dialog
updated default selection field for Place container
updated relative paths support
updated elements reordering in Place and Path type containers
updated thumbnailing mechanism
other changes, fixes and updates
fixed drag & drop path issue
fixed sticked to desktop containers blink when showing desktop
fixed icon padding in lists
general code maintenance
improved Place and Path containers scrolling - should be smoother
fixed bug disallowing to add more than 1 container of type
added PlaceTime icon next to containers having PlaceTime settings
executable for Current branch is now AnyCPU instead of x86
updated/fixed Place container theme changing
updated links to Nimi Store categories and Nimi Accounts
updated fade functions
other changes, fixes and updates
fixed showing PlaceTime settings icon in Center for deleted containers
optimized some conditionals
updated/fixed autoupdate
cosmetic changes of Nimi Accounts key generation panel
other updates, fixes and changes
added drag & drop from (drag & drop to was there already) support for Patchwork image collections viewing
added PlaceTime - time and location based container visibility settings
added PSD thumbnails support
added option to select and copy to clipboard part of images in image viewer (custom shapes, and circle - depending on key modifiers)
other updates, fixes and changes
changed container loading mechanism
fixed hash function - lowered number of possible collisions
Added Patchwork container
Updated thumbnailing component
Updated/fixed drawing fonts in Place container
Updated/fixed drawing labels in Place container
Updated/fixed positioning tooltip in Path container (affected Place container partially)
Updated/fixed updating container colour on system colourization change (on feature supported operational systems)
Other changes, fixes and updates
Fixed indicator widget state image choosing from images pool
other changes, fixes and updates
fixed labels exceeding item width in Paths container
fixed disabling checking up for new widgets in Paths container - now it checks every time menu is open
fixed indicator widget ignoring last image in given set
optimized - loading language localizations
fixed/changed - screen counter in Paths, it doesn't add additional screen just when icon is a little of the scrollable area.
changed - virtual folders are now being ignored when copying elements or dragging - instead their contents is selected
other changes, fixes and updates
fixed - tooltips aren't showing automatically when widget isn't visible
fixed - drag icon positioning in Paths
fixed - some localization issues, upper-cases etc.
directory thumbnails are now generated as 3 rows of 3 columns (rule of thirds) of icons
renamed boxes to virtual folders
cursor is now positioned to click when dragging in Paths
rewritten Paths background generating and positioning
added support for some Open Documents thumbnails
added support for advanced themes
added folder statistics for some folders - shares, music (with play support), images (with up to 3 images preview)
added Nimi Flux - web browser engine component
added support for using relative paths
changed hashing method
updated thumbnail engine - should be faster
virtual folders are now notified when grouped element changes notification state
updated shadow drawing for fonts
changed shadow algorithm used in Paths
changed text-position in Paths
changed reflection dimension in Paths
reverted to old and updated scroll indicator in Paths
updated tooltips positioning and showing
updated hover status notification
updated icon showing in interactive widgets
updated fetch widget
changed drag drop on folders and capable widgets to hold over to drop - about 1 second.
other changes, fixes and updates
fixed positioning issues when clicking on interactive elements in Paths
fixed Places now can be scrolled - when scrolling
fixed translation matching
removed generated directory thumbnails types
revised items sorting
revised Paths skinning component
swap images for Paths container can be now themed
added widget types - data fetch(for retrieving and displaying content from the Internet), indicators (for showing processor load, memory use, remaining battery power and drive use)
added syncing with Nimi Store - selected items from Nimi Store can be installed in batch by clicking sync
added image viewer - images in containers can be now viewed directly in container by pressing magnifier icon displayed on image hover
added sorting by use(click) frequency
added language localization support - localization wizard will be available in Nimi Store soon
added some switches to be later used (like on program side - update channel settings)
updated upgrade component - now it matches new Nimi Compressor requirements
changed interface
fixed(or rather changed) - directory sub-items counting is now asynchronous, previously it could lag container load for counting time
updated database component
other changes, updates and fixes
removed themes collector - now it's handled by synchronization
when dragging elements onto directory element in container, and not holding alt key(enables normal reordering mode) - those will be dropped (with action depending upon state of key modifier) onto given directory. Same applies to file drop from outside active container, yet alt key doesn't disable this feature in this case
changed box widget graphics
some thumbnail cache changes - for near future use
fixed not updating changes in directory upon multiple request
other changes, fixes & updates
fixed invalid rename box position
fixed scrolling issue when changing scale
fixed thumbnailing not loading and generating thumbnails correctly (parallel operations sync issue)
fixed not updating thumbnails on widget request
fixed issue with creating Places from desktop
fixed Paths container not displaying correctly for empty directories
fixed colourization colour issue - now it will be turned to control text colour when too bright(close to white).
container order options against other windows are now grouped under layer menu
regrouped menu entries - filters are now in appearance menu section
when hovering over running executable, thumbnails of its windows are shown in a tooltip. Additionally windows can be focused by clicking or hovering
rewritten Paths type container
enabled layer modes
improved cache and flushing thumbnails
added "add" menu with widgets
added box widget - boxes allow to change visibility of collection elements put inside those by clicking those
added option to stick container to desktop
added current scroll indication
added visible and hidden state for elements in containers
added asynchronous loading of thumbnails into containers
added tooltip support for widgets
added widget supports - more events, and actions as well as loading mechanism
now item text is displayed on bottom
scroll snapping snaps to view instead of element now
changed method of saving and loading containers data (like labels, order)
split thumbnail cache into shared (like extensions) and non shared
merged 70-80% of containers into one
fixed some synchronization issues and updated parallel operations execution
a lot of other changes, fixes and updates
fixed flickering when rescaling
fixed precision for clicking widgets
fixed some fonts area issue
fixed shortcut reader - shortcuts paths should be now read correctly
fixed flickering when loading system theme for Places type container
fixed batch renaming
removed running executable indicator
removed jumping items
removed masking
Code revision - improved error handling, cleaned code, conditionals and short circuiting etc.
Reduced memory usage - better cache and thumbnail handling
Improved scrolling - better performance, smoother
Improved repainting - as above
Containers now automatically scroll on drag and drop
Replaced old list with new one in Nimi Center, themes and file collector
Added align to grid option when moving or resizing container and holding shift
Added hide containers on "show desktop" preventing component
Added new sorting types by creation and last modification date
Added option to place name label on bottom of Place type container
Added file and folder rules - by name pattern or modification time in given range
Added video thumbnails for possible types
Added media preview option directly from container (inbuilt multimedia player front-end)
Updated thumbnail component - should be 2x faster
Improved container loading time should be ~2-3x faster (benefit from both thumbnail component speed up and some other changes)
Other changes, fixes and updates
Fixed saving container position bug
Fixed clear cache option in Nimi Center
Added copy, cut and paste menu and actions
Update check & auto-update component updated
Other updates, fixes and changes
Update check & auto-update component updated
Launched executables (and compatible shortcuts to executables) should now show notification while running
Updated Paths elements positioning
Updated items visibility when scrolling in Paths
Changed some default settings
Inner items structure change - and related - to be unveiled possibly in next release
Other changes, fixes and updates
Updated Places and Paths loading and unloading - like fixed some double opening issues, added sequencing
Added option to create Places from desktop selection
Updated items reordering in Paths
Updated item animations in Paths
Updated Paths resize grip
Updated search feature in Places
Updated drag cursor generation - should be nicer now
Other updates, changes and fixes
Fixed repaint issues in Paths on reordering and animations
some components update
some GUI update
updated compressor
other changes
Optimized regen - should be now much faster
Optimized thumbnailing
Compacted menu
Added 2 new skins for paths - bamboo and surfboard
Added option to change place name
Added option to show item names only on hover for paths
Added print menu entry for files
Changed "Look" to "Appearance"
Other changes, fixes and updates
Added paths
Added tweaks menu - currently with hide desktop enhancement
Updated GUI
Updated item re-ordering
Updated error handling
Other changes, fixes & updates
Fixed build signature - should now check for and update correctly
Improved surface regen - checking if its really needed, optimized caching and time-sequence related operations
Improved repainting - more selective
Improved drag & drop support
Improved item reordering accuracy
New version of icon size patch - applies to only new thumbnails - by so might require thumbnail catch clearing for existing places.
During drag & drop - if dropped, while pressing crtl copies elements, shift links(on compatible systems)
Improved menu entries
Added files and directories linking on compatible systemsOther changes, fixes & updates
Changed selection method - selecting selected element without crtl key down unselects other elements
Font shadowing method revision
Rendering synchronization revision
Scrolling algorithm & method revision
Item selection, dragging etc. - update, revision
Other fixes and changes
Places can now show their title - it can be disabled from look menu
Places can now be created from context menu ("Create place") entry - via element collector
Optimized rendering performance - queuing, operation reduction - more fluent scrolling, resizing, item hovering etc.
3 new themes Added minimalistic native, pastel rose, crystalline black
Updated drag & drop
Other fixes, changes & updates - overall a lot of those
Fixed on top issue
Added elements labels - like work, private, todo etc.
Added item sorting - like by name, extension, type(file or directory), label, size, sub elements count
Added special thumbnail generating for music collections(containing "coverart.jpg" etc. file) and pictures collection
Updated thumbnailing mechanism - improved quality and performance
Updated rendering mechanism - improved performance
Other changes & updates
Fixed - loaded thumbnails aren't saved again
Updated thumbnailing mechanism, now it has support for 3rd part file thumbnailers
Updated lists in center
Fixed dragging items naming issue
Fixed generating thumbnailing mechanism for .lnk and .ico file types
Changed: center GUI
Updated surfaces generation and actualization performance
Updated layered window generation
Updated file system names related methods
Other changes & updates
Skinning mechanism revision - support dynamic individual loading (still limited to inbuilt themes only)
Added new themes: blueprint, old paper, simple black
Added element filters - grayscale, sepia, posterize, posterize black & white, blur inactive, transparent inactive
Added scaling slider accessible from features menu
Added element searching and scrolling to if found when typing
Added places can be individually set to be visible only when desktop is focused. (hidden elsewhere)
Updated themes - other related.
Updated fading mechanism
Updated surface generation & display
Fixed & updated places management from Center.
Other changes
Improved thumbnailing mechanism
Optimized memory usage and speed
Added elements scaling
Added option to turn box transparent when inactive
Added progress bar for loading box
Changed layered window skinning alghoritm
Other changes, fixes and updates
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