Photon 1.1.4

Released on August 12, 2008

• Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause the image viewer to show a different image from the selected thumbnail.
• Top-level alias directories are now resolved correctly when opening a new folder, or dropping a selection of multiple folders onto Photon. Nested aliases are not resolved.
• Eliminated a rendering "flicker" in the main image view when resizing the stack view splitter.
• Fixed a problem that would sometimes cause the mouse cursor to be permanently hidden when zooming in the image viewer.
• Using spacebar to toggle zoom mode now works correctly on Mac OS 10.4.
• Clicking in the spaces between the images in the thumbnail view now correctly de-selects any selection.

Photon 1.1.3

Released on June 8, 2008

• NEW: Added 'spacebar' as a new keyboard shortcut for toggling between '100%' and 'Fit to Window' zoom levels
• NEW: Photon now remembers the position of the thumbnail size slider and the size of the thumbnail pane when quitting and re-launching the application
• NEW: Newly created stacks are now automatically selected
• NEW: Added Help menu command for showing release notes
• Fixed a crash when trying to download a corrupt file on a memory card
• Fixed a bug that caused Photon to remove the entire stack when cancelling a 'File stack' operation

Photon 1.1

Released on May 10, 2008

• NEW: Added ability to save and recall stacks when re-launching the application
• NEW: Added a preference for turning off memory card auto-downloading
• NEW: Added a new "Discards" stack feature. The discard stack keeps track of deleted files, and provides a way to send them to the Trash
• NEW: Added a new "File stack" feature. With the introduction of this feature, you now have the ability to physically move your files to a new location. When you choose to file a stack, Photon will prompt you for a destination folder, and will then physically move all the files in the selected stack to the new location on disk.
• NEW: Improved caching engine. Major portions of the internal caching engine were rewritten for improved speed and responsiveness
• NEW: Improved memory card downloading performance
• NEW: Added the ability to drag and drop files or folders onto the Photon icon in the dock or the finder, and automatically create new stacks
• NEW: Improved toolbar icons
• Fixed a bug in the Metadata window that showed a cryptic label for some EXIF data
• Fixed a problem with cursor updates when moving between images
• Fixed a bug that caused the 'Open with Editor' command to fail when opening a file that was downloaded from a memory card
• Photon now ignores hidden files (I.e. files with a "." prefix)
• Fixed a problem that would cause a rendering "glitch" in the image viewer
• Fixed a bug where the delete image action was not working properly with multiple selection
• Fixed the "close window" behavior so that the main window can now be closed with command-w and recalled via the Windows menu or by clicking on the dock icon
• Fixed sizing problems with the Metadata and Histogram panels
• The Hide/Show Image names menu option is now stored in preferences

Photon 1.0.3

Released on February 11, 2008

• Added the ability to launch an external editor application for the selected image
• Added the ability to change the background color of the viewer panel
• Better cursor handling in image viewer panel
• Better metadata formatting. Numeric fractional values are now formatted properly
• Fixed a problem that caused image rotations to be applied incorrectly
• Improved keyboard navigation. In addition to using the left and right arrow keys for navigating in the thumbnail view, the following keys now function as expected: Up arrow, Down arrow, Page up, Page down, Home, and End
• Improved performance when rapidly advancing through high resolution images
• Fixed a problem that caused the wrong directory to be loaded when opening a new stack with File->Open and using list view.

Photon 1.0.2

Released on January 2, 2008

• (Leopard only) Fixed a crash that occurred when trying to read certain types of JPEG files
• Fixed a problem that prevented the rotation of small images
• Re-enabled the close button on the main window
• Various menu item text was reformatted and generally cleaned up
• Fixed a problem that caused the hotkey button to sometimes get stuck in the 'on' state

Photon 1.0.1

Released on November 20, 2007

• Fixed a bug that was causing unresponsiveness and crashes when trying to scan a folder containing more than a few thousand images when running on Leopard