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ACBR - Comic Book Reader Changelog

What's new in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 3.4.1

Apr 2, 2024
  • Fixed not receiving key events in the input element of some of the modal windows, like the one that's invoked by "Page > Go To...", due to a bug introduced in the previous version.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 3.4.0 (Mar 26, 2024)

  • Updated some of the core libraries to newer versions.
  • Added support for converting and extracting CBR files bigger than 2GB.
  • Added support for converting, extracting and creating CBZ files bigger than 2GB.
  • Added support for reading CBR and CBZ files bigger than 2GB.
  • Added the option to remap the reader's navigation keys in the preferences.
  • Improved temporary folders creation and cleanup.
  • Added F2 as a shortcut to show the current file's properties in the reader.
  • Added options to change the quality parameter used when encoding each type of image file format to the advanced section of some tools and removed the generic image quality one.
  • Added an option to enable mozjpeg when encoding JPGs to the advanced section of some tools.
  • Changed how the comics conversion tool treats input files with multiple folders. It now preserves the original folder structure whenever possible, hopefully avoiding the chance of having output files with out of order or missing pages in some specific situations.
  • Made running more than one instance of the app at the same time not possible. This is needed to prevent problems with the temp folder, settings and history management.
  • Increased the minor version number to 4, given the amount of changes and fixes already accumulated during the latest betas, making this new release v3.4.0 instead of the initially planned v3.3.3.
  • Fixed PDF files with a path containing the hashtag character (#) not working.
  • Fixed not being able to drag and drop input files into the extract tool like in similar tools.
  • Fixed malformed settings file not being handled properly.
  • Fixed last fullscreen state not being correctly saved in the settings some times.
  • Fixed the conversion tool's cancel button not working correctly in some cases.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 3.3.3 Beta 6 (Mar 11, 2024)

  • Fixed an error triggered while exiting the extract palette, extract qr and extract text tools when they were launched from the Tools menu.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 3.3.3 Beta 4 (Mar 7, 2024)

  • Fixed not being able to drag and drop input files into the extract tool like in similar tools.
  • Added support for converting, extracting and creating CBZ files bigger than 2GB.
  • Added support for reading CBR and CBZ files bigger than 2GB.
  • Fixed malformed settings file not being handled properly.
  • Added the option to remap the reader's navigation keys in the preferences.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 3.3.3 Beta 3 (Mar 3, 2024)

  • Fixed PDF files with a path containing the hashtag character (#) not working.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 3.3.3 Beta 1 (Jan 29, 2024)

  • Updated some of the core libraries to their latest version. Needs proper testing to see if this helps fix a rare issue while everything else still works as previously.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 3.3.2 (Sep 17, 2023)

  • Fixed gamepad buttons being detected as pressed at the start in some circumstances and causing undesired input events.
  • Changed the gamepad mapping for "go to the first page" and "go to the last page" from "Y" and "A" to "BACK + Y" and "BACK + A" as they were too easy to press by accident.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 3.3.0 (Sep 17, 2023)

  • Added a quick menu that can be opened from the reader by pressing the gamepad's start button or F1 in the keyboard.
  • Added a file browser that can be opened from the quick menu and works with mouse, keyboard and gamepad.
  • Added a button to open the history tool from the quick menu and adapted the tool to also work with keyboard and gamepad.
  • Added a brief bounce animation to the modals.
  • The full screen state is now saved on exit and restored on launch.
  • Fixed a gap showing at the top of the modals' background in full screen mode.
  • Fixed a gap showing at the top of the tools' background in full screen mode.
  • Fixed the focus indicator not showing some times in the modals and the browser and history tools when using the gamepad, and customized its style.
  • Fixed the battery level value having a large number of decimals in some cases.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 3.3.0 Beta 3 (Sep 16, 2023)

  • Added a quick menu that can be opened from the reader by pressing the gamepad's start button or F1 in the keyboard.
  • Added a file browser that can be opened from the quick menu and works with mouse, keyboard and gamepad.
  • Added a button to open the history tool from the quick menu and adapted the tool to also work with keyboard and gamepad.
  • Added a brief bounce animation to the modals.
  • The full screen state is now saved on exit and restored on launch.
  • Fixed a gap showing at the top of the modals' background in full screen mode.
  • Fixed the battery level value having a large number of decimals in some cases.
  • Fixed the focus indicator not showing some times when using the gamepad and customized its style.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 3.3.0 Beta 1 (Sep 15, 2023)

  • Added a quick menu that can be opened from the reader by pressing the gamepad's start button or F1 in the keyboard.
  • Added a file browser that can be opened from the quick menu and works with mouse, keyboard and gamepad.
  • Added a button to open the history tool from the quick menu and adapted the tool to also work with keyboard and gamepad.
  • Added a brief bounce animation to the modals.
  • Fixed a gap showing at the top of the modals' background in full screen mode

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 3.2.8 (Sep 6, 2023)

  • Included the ability to drag and drop files into a tool so they are added to its input files list (if the tool has one).
  • Drag and dropping multiple files into the program's icon now initializes the program with the "convert comics" tool open and those files added to the input files list (dropping only one file opens that file in the reader, as in previous versions).
  • Added command line arguments to directly open the provided file/s with the reader or one of the tools, set some of that tool's options... There's more info on the wiki.
  • Improved the keyboard and gamepad page scrolling smoothness.
  • Fixed the "show battery" menu entry not being disabled outside the reader.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 3.8.2 Beta 1 (Sep 4, 2023)

  • Included the ability to drag and drop files into a tool so they are added to its input file/s list (if the tool has one).
  • Drag and dropping multiple files into the program's icon now initializes the program with the "convert comics" tool open and those files added to the input files list (dropping only one file opens that file in the reader, as in previous versions).
  • Added command line arguments to directly open the provided file/s with the reader or one of the tools, set some of that tool's options...

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 3.2.7 (Aug 30, 2023)

  • Added a battery level indicator.
  • Simplified the reader's gamepad controls layout (will expand it in the future).
  • Fixed the delay between changing the page's image and resetting its position.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 3.2.5 (Aug 29, 2023)

  • Fixed a crash at initialization when no configuration file was found.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 3.2.4 (Aug 28, 2023)

  • Removed the ellipses from the menu entries that no longer open a dialog or separate window for additional information, and from some that were using them incorrectly.
  • Added context menus to all the tools.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 3.2.3 (Aug 28, 2023)

  • Fixed error when clicking 'Toggle Fullscreen' in the context menu.
  • Fixed 'Zoom > Increase', 'Zoom > Decrease' and 'Zoom > Reset' in the menu bar doing nothing

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 3.2.1 (Aug 28, 2023)

  • Fixed error window showing after quitting in some cases.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 3.2.0 Beta 1 (Aug 22, 2023)

  • Added the ability to search for and import comic book metadata from Comic Vine to the ComicInfo.xml editor. A Comic Vine API key is required for it to work.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 3.1.0 (Aug 18, 2023)

  • Added a ComicInfo.xml viewer/editor that can be opened from the properties window if the file format allows it. ComicInfo.xml files inside cbr, cbz and cb7 comic books can be viewed and ComicInfo.xml files inside unencrypted cbz and cb7 comic books can be created and edited.
  • Added the option to change the temp folder in the preferences.
  • Fixed modals not stopping the input events' propagation.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 3.1.0 Beta 1 (Aug 14, 2023)

  • Added a ComicInfo.xml viewer/editor that can be opened from the properties window if the file format allows it. ComicInfo.xml files inside cbr, cbz and cb7 comic books can be viewed and ComicInfo.xml files inside unencrypted cbz and cb7 comic books can be created and edited.
  • Added the option to change the temp folder in the preferences.
  • Fixed modals not stopping the input events' propagation.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 3.0.1 (Aug 8, 2023)

  • Hotfix:
  • Fixed icon not showing in taskbar.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 3.0.0 (Aug 7, 2023)

  • Redesigned the user interface and refactored the internal structure and code.
  • Fixed cb7 files containing more than images not opening or failing at some point.
  • Added a File>Properties entry to the menu that opens a modal window showing some data about the current file.
  • Other small fixes, tweaks and improvements.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 3.0.0 Beta 1 (Aug 7, 2023)

  • Redesigned the user interface and refactored the internal structure and code. Needs further testing before the full release.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 2.4.7 (Jul 20, 2023)

  • Hotfix:
  • Fixed pages being always turned when a scroll boundary was reached, regardless of the preferences, if using the keys or gamepad.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 2.4.5 (Jul 16, 2023)

  • Added support for ComicInfo.xml files in the comic books converter. If the original contains a ComicBook.xml file and the output format allows it, the file is now preserved and even updated if the pages were changed in format or scale (previously this xml file was ignored and not included in the output comic file).
  • Switched to a custom epub generator, instead of the third-party library used so far, to be able to focus only on those features needed to create comic book files and add some new options.
  • Added a new section to the Advanced options of the comic book conversion tool to allow creating epubs with the images embedded as base64 in the html and limiting the image formats to only those allowed by the specification.
  • Added an option to the preferences, disabled by default, to automatically turn the page when a scroll boundary is reached (i.e. if you keep scrolling after reaching the top/bottom of the page the previous/next page will be loaded).

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 2.4.5 Beta 3 (Jul 12, 2023)

  • Added an option to the preferences to automatically turn the page when a scroll boundary is reached (i.e. if you keep scrolling after reaching the top/bottom of the page the previous/next page will be loaded). It's disabled by default.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 2.4.5 Beta 2 (Jun 12, 2023)

  • Switched to a custom epub generator, instead of the third-party library used so far, to be able to focus only on those features needed to create comic book files and add some new options.
  • Added a new section to the Advanced options of the comic book conversion tool to allow creating epubs with the images embedded as base64 in the html (feature requested in issue #29) and limiting the image formats to only those allowed by the specification.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 2.4.5 Beta 1 (Jun 3, 2023)

  • This is a beta version to test support for ComicInfo.xml files in the comic books converter.
  • If the original contains a ComicBook.xml file and the output format allows it, the file is now preserved and even updated if the pages were changed in format or scale (previously this xml file was ignored and not included in the output comic file).

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 2.4.4 (May 30, 2023)

  • Fixed the conversion to epub format no longer working correctly due to a bug introduced in version 2.3.0.
  • Added some improvements to the German translation (contributed by Timo Heidutzek (trzyglow)).

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 2.4.3 (May 20, 2023)

  • Added German to the available languages.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 2.4.2 (Mar 16, 2023)

  • Fixed tools failing to convert or extract some pdf files.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 2.5.0 Beta 1 (Mar 4, 2023)

  • This is a beta version to test a solution for a bug reported in Issue #21 that made the conversion tool fail for some pdf files. It changes the conversion and extraction tools and hasn't been tested thoroughly.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 2.4.1 (Sep 9, 2022)

  • Updated the Russian localization (contributed by vanja-san)
  • Added a docs folder with English, Spanish and Russian README files.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 2.4.0 (Sep 3, 2022)

  • Added an integrated audio player. Supports .mp3, .ogg, .wav, .m3u and .m3u8 files, and can export playlists to .m3u files.
  • Added a tool to search and open audiobooks from Librivox.
  • Added a tool to search dictionary terms from Wiktionary.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 2.3.0 (Aug 28, 2022)

  • Added support for .epub ebooks (there are now two modes to open .epub files: as a comic book, images only, or as an ebook).
  • Added a new tool to search through the books in the "Project Gutenberg" website, and open them in the system's browser or download and view their .epub version directly in ACBR (requires an internet connection).
  • Added a new tool to select webcomics from the "xkcd" website, and open them in the system's browser or view them directly in ACBR (requires an internet connection).
  • Added a section in the preferences to customize if you want the program to remember which mode you used to open an .epub (ebook or comic book) or ask every time.
  • Some minor UI improvements and bug fixes.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 2.2.0 (Aug 19, 2022)

  • Added a new tool to search through some of the online books in the "Internet Archive" website's collection, and open them in the system's browser or view them directly in ACBR (requires an internet connection).
  • Added a new tool to search through the comic books in the "Digital Comic Museum" website's online preview viewer, and open them in the system's browser or view them directly in ACBR (requires an internet connection).
  • Added a section in the preferences to customize the layout of some of the UI's elements.
  • Some minor fixes and improvements.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 2.1.0 (Aug 12, 2022)

  • Added support for cb7 files.
  • Added support for opening image files and image folders in the reader.
  • Added support for the avif image format in the reader and some of the tools.
  • Added a new tool to extract color palettes from comic book pages or image files, with the option to export them to a .gpl or .aco palette file.
  • Added a new tool to extract QR codes' text from comic book pages or image files.
  • Added a new tool to create QR code images from text.
  • Added support for password protected pdf files in the reader.
  • Added support for password protected cbr files in the reader.
  • Added support for password protected cbz files in the reader (AES encryption not supported, only zipCrypto).
  • Added support for password protected cb7 files in the reader.
  • Added a new 'Scale to Height' zoom setting, allowing setting the zoom scale to one of the preset values or a custom one.
  • The view's zoom can now be increased or decreased from the menus or using 'ctrl++', 'ctrl+-', or 'ctrl+scroll wheel'.
  • WASD keys can now be used to scroll the page horizontally and vertically.
  • Added a basic file history manager.
  • The loading page indicator can now be customized (size, position and background transparency).
  • The program can now be made portable by creating a file named portable.txt in the same folder as its executable. This will make it look for, and save, its configuration files inside that folder, instead of the default behavior of saving them system-wide.
  • Added an option in the preferences to hide the mouse cursor when inactive.
  • A few other minor improvements and bug fixes.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 2.1.0 Beta 2 (Aug 8, 2022)

  • Added support for opening image files and image folders in the reader.
  • Added a new tool to extract color palettes from comic book pages or image files.
  • Added support for password protected pdf files in the reader.
  • Added support for password protected cbr files in the reader.
  • Added support for password protected cbz files in the reader (AES encryption not supported, only zipCrypto).
  • Added a new 'Scale to Height' zoom setting, allowing setting the zoom scale to one of the preset values or a custom one.
  • The view's zoom can now be increased or decreased from the menus or using 'ctrl++', 'ctrl+-', or 'ctrl+scroll wheel'.
  • WASD keys can now be used to scroll the page horizontally and vertically.
  • A few other minor improvements and bug fixes.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 2.1.0 Beta 1 (Aug 2, 2022)

  • Added support for the avif image format to the reader and some of the tools.
  • The program can now be made portable by creating a file named portable.txt in the same folder as its executable. This will make it look for, and save, its configuration files inside that folder, instead of the default behavior of saving them system-wide.
  • Added an option in the preferences to hide the mouse cursor when inactive.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 2.0.0 (Jun 27, 2022)

  • Added a dedicated menu bar section for the tools.
  • Added a tool to resize and/or convert image files to other formats.
  • Added a tool to extract the pages from comic book files to image files.
  • Added a tool to extract text (OCR) from comic book pages or image files.
  • Added more options to the convert/resize comic books tool.
  • Added more options to the create comic book tool.
  • Updated electron and other libraries to their latest versions.
  • Improved how PDFs are extracted and created. Some of the tools now have advanced options related to this.
  • Fixed some minor bugs.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 1.2.6 (May 1, 2022)

  • Added support for themes and a menu option (File>Preferences>Color Themes) to choose between 3 different ones (the original and dark and light new ones, with the dark one being now the default).
  • Added a new auto open option to the preferences (File>Preferences>Auto Open), disabled by default, to automatically open the next file in the same folder after reaching the end of the current one and trying to navigate to the next page (it can be set to also do the same for the previous file when reaching the beginning and trying to navigate to the previous page).
  • Added Russian to the available languages (translation contributed by vanja-san).
  • FIXED: File>Open... dialogue not restricting the files to only ones with compatible extensions (bug introduced in the previous version).
  • FIXED: application hanging when dropping a folder into it (now it just ignores it).

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 1.2.3 (Jun 29, 2020)

  • Added a small text at the bottom of the view area showing the page number in full-screen mode, or when the toolbar is disabled (and the menu option to disable it if the user doesn't want/like it)
  • FIX: set "en" as the current locale if the one asked for didn't exist. It was loading it correctly but not saving it to the settings.
  • FIX: generate the mime type of the page images correctly, although it didn't seem to matter :)

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 1.2.2 (Jun 27, 2020)

  • Added a sub-menu in the preferences menu to set the 'mouse click hotspots' layout (or to disable them). By default if the left side of the view area is left-clicked the previous page is loaded, and if the right side is left-clicked the next page is loaded.
  • The values from the settings save file are now sanitized after loading them.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 1.2.1 (Jun 25, 2020)

  • Added "Open Recent" menu item.
  • Added the infrastructure to allow loading user made localization files.
  • FIX: The list of files from zip and rar files is now sorted in natural order (previously, they were sorted using the default numerical order, which could be incorrect in some cases).
  • FIX: Change the image files' extension in the resizer if their format is changed.

New in ACBR - Comic Book Reader 1.1.1 (Jun 8, 2020)

  • The language of the UI can now be changed from the menu bar (settings>languages). Languages are available in this version: English and Spanish.