What's new in Alterante 1.0 Build 2023122801 Beta 2
Jan 9, 2024
- FIX: Win installer - missing System env variable for install path ALT_PATH
- FIX: Win installer - include FFmmeg.exe
- FIX: Win setup - Express setup sets scan folder to Documents only (not user root folder)
New in Alterante 1.0 Build 2016101601 Beta (Oct 24, 2016)
- Upgraded to AngularJS v1.5.8
New in Alterante 1.0 Build 2016022502 Beta (Mar 11, 2016)
- NEW: [Scanner] Skip scan/index of hidden folders
- NEW: [Facebook] Ability to post photos on Facebook directly from webapp
- NEW: [Sidebar] Chat with other users that are logged into your Alterante PC
- NEW: [Sidebar] New tab for event notifications (user logins, likes, etc.)
- NEW: [Backup] Added a new view to define your own backup flow rules.
- NEW: [FullView] Ability to add comments on photos, videos, and files.
- NEW: [Mainview] File Upload (Drag and drop files into browser to upload)
- NEW: [Sidebar] Music Playlist (Click Play to add songs to the playback
- queue)
- FIX: Compatibility fixes for Firefox (version 43.0.2)
- FIX: Compatibility fixes for Microsoft Edge (version 25.10586.0.0)
New in Alterante 1.0 Build 20151120 Beta (Nov 24, 2015)
- NEW: Grid/Tile view (Great for quick photo navigation)to share, then select
- "Share" from the action bar).
- NEW: Sort by date (oldest/newest)
- NEW: Added ability to index CAD files (AutoCAD, Solidworks, etc.)
- NEW: Remote audio/video playback (Note: Requires Remote Access enabled (disabled
- by default)
New in Alterante 1.0 Build 2015111103 Beta (Nov 13, 2015)
- Complete new redesign of the user interface for Desktop/Webapp
New in Alterante 0.9 Build 2015081301 Beta (Aug 14, 2015)
- FIX: When searching for a tag, only return the files that are tagged.
- FIX: Null pointer when there is no network interface available.
- FIX: Standardized font family/size/weight
- NEW: When Remote is enabled, show the remote access link in Settings
- NEW: Added "Shares" link to the Navbar
- NEW: Shares view contains remote access link (when remote is enabled)
New in Alterante 0.9 Build 2015060304 Beta (Jun 5, 2015)
- NEW: Auto-backup to Cloud: Now you can backup all your photos into Amazon Cloud Drive. Amazon Prime members get free & unlimited storage for photos at any resolution (not just limited to 16MP).
- NEW: Usage dashboard. Graphical visualization of your storage utilization and
- trends.
New in Alterante 0.9 Build 2015021801 Beta (Feb 21, 2015)
- NEW: Added End-to-end encryption layer between PC/Mac and mobile (In addition to HTTPS traffic already in place). This provides an additional level of privacy.
- FIX: File paths stored in local DB were not case sensitive
New in Alterante 0.9 Build 20141204 Beta (Dec 18, 2014)
- NEW: Backup your mobile media (photos, videos) to your PC/Mac via WIFI
- FIX: Fixed case where filename/path may contain commas (e.g. old version of iPhoto)
New in Alterante 0.9 Build 20141024 Beta (Oct 28, 2014)
- NEW: Audio streaming support for mobile devices (MP3, M4A, WAV files)
- PERF: Improvements to optimize mobile queries w/large data sets.
New in Alterante 0.9 Build 20141013 Beta (Oct 15, 2014)
- FIX: [Win] Tray application will quit/restart during update process
- FIX: Only launch VaultService when in Server mode
- FIX: Retrieve Processor Log Path from config
- FIX: For VideoURL, Skip node availability check for nodes that ping
New in Alterante 0.9 Build 20140930 Beta (Oct 1, 2014)
- FIX: Scan for new videos was consuming unnecessary CPU cycles
- NEW: Upgraded local DB engine to MapDB 1.0.6
- FIX: Installer/Update: Purge old JAR files prior to upgrade
New in Alterante 0.9 Build 20140912 Beta (Sep 16, 2014)
- NEW: HLS protocol support for mobile devices (HTTP Live streaming)
- FIX: Hidden tags visible only to admin (full cluster access insufficient).
New in Alterante 0.9 Build 20140703 Beta (Jul 4, 2014)
- NEW: LocalDB engine upgraded to MapDB 1.0.4 (file format compatible with 1.0.3, so it won’t reindex)
- NEW: [Mac Installer] Added Icon on Desktop to launch admin console
- PERF: Significant performance enhancements for general queries (All Photos/All Time, etc).
New in Alterante 0.9 Build 20140502 Beta (May 6, 2014)
- New artwork & logo redesign
- Minor bugfixes
New in Alterante 0.9 Build 20140401 Beta (Apr 2, 2014)
- NEW: System Tray: users can manage Alterante services (updates, start/stop services, etc.)
New in Alterante 0.9 Build 20140221 Beta (Mar 6, 2014)
- Server (PC/Mac):
- NEW: Upgraded local DB engine to MapDB 0.9.10
- NEW: Vault Service integration with Cloud Bridge.
- FIX: Authenticate all *.fn calls from mobile devices (local & remote)
- FIX: When filename matches MD5, skip indexing the token (backup files).
- FIX: [Mac] Try to decode filename path, prior to indexing (On Mac may come encoded).
- FIX: Stop probe when mode switches to client , spawn probe when mode switch to server.
- Client Web:
- NEW: Settings: Ability to enable/disable remote sharing via Settings UI (default=false)
New in Alterante 0.9 Build 20140124 (Jan 27, 2014)
- Server (PC/Mac):
- NEW: Mac & Win installer includes the JRE runtime (7u51). That way, users don't need to install Java separately.
- NEW: Mac update manager will check for updates every 6 hours (previously this was set to 1hr).
New in Alterante 0.9 Build 20140114c Beta (Jan 18, 2014)
- Server (PC/Mac):
- FIX: Username with special characters were not decoded properly, prior to authentication.
- FIX: Uncaught NullPointer exception with a DB read op immediately after write/commit/close.
- Client Web:
- FIX: Home: JS exception was causing auto-refresh to fail in some cases.
- FIX: Home: queued files per node was including temporary files in the file count.
- FIX: Home: Page resize was not dynamically adjusting the layout.
- NEW: Home page: Added splash screen with logo and instructions, when user is not signed in.
- NEW: Ability to play M4A files in browser.