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Version history
4.5 released 000401
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4.0.1 released 990727
Improved Font file support
Lower memory requirements
Improved stability
Support for System 7.5.3 PPC & 68K
Performance tuned
Over 50 bugs fixed
4.0 released 990601
ANPA (IPTC) annotation support
Advanced search
Export as PhotoShop, BMP, JPEG, PNG, TIFF and many other formats
Password protection of index
New extensible index file format
Support for Mac OS 8.6
QuickTime™ 4 support
Much improved Internet support
Animated GIF support
QuickTime, MPEG, FLI & AVI movies support
QuickTime VR support
QuickDraw 3D support
Font file support
RAW RGB file support
FlashPix image support
View in window option
Copy to clipboard
AppleScrip support
Extensive balloon help
Keyboard selection
and much more...
3.0 released 981025
Now fully multithreaded
Almost unlimited number of items in one index
Much improved speed in most operations
Internet support
Appearance Manager support
Contextual menus
Window Toolbar
Help menu
QuickTime 3 support
New Graphic info window
Redone autoscrolling in index
New file format support Progressive JPEG, Multilayer PhotoShop, PNG & XBM
Navigation Services support
Task Manager Window
Remade Index Window
and much more...
2.3 released 980709
Changing background pattern is now instant
Keyboard shortcuts in save changes dialog doesn't require cmd-key
Index now autoscrolls during drag
Preferences file can be located in same directory as QPict
Many fixed bugs...
2.2 released 970123
Support for more picture formats
Floating Navigation Window
Floating Information Window
Support for larger thumbnails
Caching of thumbnails when QPict is in the background
Improved SlideShow
Info Window resizable
Improved speed when scanning disks/folders
New file icons
Uses InternetConfig for registration dialog
Import File/Folder dialog
Changing file creator is now optionally
Many fixed bugs...
2.1.1 released 960731
Fixed bugs
Fixed a really stupid bug where a pointer wasn't initialized to nil. This showed up on some confugurations while switching to another application from QPict.
Fixed the "double" spinning cursor at startup.
Fixed a bug where some textedit fields didn't work without DragManager.
Fixed a bug where QPict would crash at startup if an old preferences fil was found.
2.1 released 960706
Printing support.
GIF support.
SlideShow.
Info window.
Better file recognition.
New file icons.
Memory indicator in index window.
Completely new graphic display class to make it easier to expand with new file formats.
New preferences dialog.
New progress dialog.
Show file type option added.
Uses offscreen bitmap for backing store of graphics.
Support for InternetConfig.
Command-period now aborts many operations.
Now uses custom crop when creating previews.
Improved error handling when dealing with corrupted images.
Changed the busy cursor to a cooler one (Thanks Tim).
Validation of preferens file added.
Smoother animated cursor.
Changed "Show File Location" to "Reveal Original" (cmd-R) - as in System 7.5.3.
Many fixed bugs...
2.0b2 released 960523
First public release of version 2.
Many changes.
2.0b1 released 960224
Total rewrite, doesn't use any code from 1.0/1.0.1.
Now designed in a truly object oriented way which should make it much easier to support/develop.
Released for registered users only.
1.0.1 released 950201
Fixed some bugs from 1.0.
Never released, the code from 1.0 wasn't flexible enough to evolve.
1.0 released 941031
First release.
Contained some serious bugs, creating previews didn't work well.
