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Comica (formerly Comical) Changelog

What's new in Comica (formerly Comical) 1.20 Alpha 2

Jul 8, 2013
  • NOTE!: Comica now requires .NET 4.5 and Windows Vista SP2 or above.
  • Added: Hide Adult Comics to the Settings - Comics area.
  • Added: Report As Incomplete to the comics context menu.
  • Added: ViewPreviousComic and ViewNextComic shortcut actions.
  • Added: Pressing Stop during comic update checking now stops the check.
  • Fixed: Infinite loop when downloading new comics if an error was encountered.
  • Fixed: Download indicator didn't always disappear when a download had an error.
  • Other: Improved the Settings - Input - Actions dropdown list.
  • Other: Improved update checking code.
  • Other: Rewritten start-up parameter handling.
  • Other: Save Log in the LogViewer plugin wasn't defaulted to the Text filetype.
  • Other: Decreased start-up times, especially on multi-core machines.

New in Comica (formerly Comical) 1.11 (Feb 11, 2011)

  • Added: Language definition attribute. Default is English.
  • Fixed: Exception due to BiQubic.Update and/or BiQubic.Pique at startup.
  • Fixed: Minor interface colour issue with the Welcome screen when in full-screen mode.
  • Fixed: Suggest Comic was truncating comments if they contained an apostrophe.
  • Other: If PublisherUrl is not present, LastestComicUrl will be used instead.
  • Other: Updated Pique.

New in Comica (formerly Comical) 1.10 (Feb 2, 2011)

  • Other: Comical has now been renamed to Comica.
  • Added: Suggest Comic item to the Comics menu.
  • Added: "Downloaded, Unread" + "New Available" icon states.
  • Added: ViewNextNewComic now takes downloaded but unread comics into account.
  • Added: Zoom controls to the nav bar. Set ShowZoomControls in Settings to True to enable.
  • Other: Genre definition attribute is now an enumeration value.
  • Other: Minor changes and additions.

New in Comica (formerly Comical) 1.09 (Oct 26, 2010)

  • Added: Preliminary support for comic image zooming.
  • Added: "Downloaded, Unread" comic item state.
  • Fixed: UpdateCheckType in Settings - Network.
  • Fixed: Archive Browser was still appearing if Comical is set to start hidden.
  • Other: It is now possible to download a comic while viewing another.
  • Other: A large amount of fixes and improvements.
  • Other: Updated Pique.

New in Comica (formerly Comical) 1.08 (Oct 11, 2010)

  • Added: Browsing a comic's archived strips direct from its website.
  • Added: An entirely new Archive Browser.
  • Added: Customised sorting.
  • Added: Bookmarking, accessible via the new Archive Browser.
  • Added: Catch-Up to the Comics menu.
  • Added: Download All Unread to the Comics menu.
  • Added: Rotate to the Edit menu.
  • Added: ScheduledDownloading to the Network section in the Settings window.
  • Added: UpdateCheckType to the Network section in the Settings window.
  • Added: Keyboard accelerators to the main window's menu.
  • Fixed: Exception when marking many comics as read.
  • Fixed: Rare exception to do with drawing the categories drop-down menu.
  • Other: Moved the download indicator to its own compact frame.
  • Other: Improvements to the Html parsing core.
  • Other: Optimisations to the archive viewing process.
  • Other: Numerous minor changes.
  • Other: Now requires Microsoft .NET 4.

New in Comica (formerly Comical) 1.07 (Jul 24, 2010)

  • Added: Report As item to the comics list context menu.
  • Other: Read Next New Comic now starts from the current comic and wraps around.
  • Other: Downloading an existing comic will now mark it as read if it's marked as unread.
  • Other: Improved all comic list favourite icons.
  • Other: Alt-Text entries within the developer's log are now properly URL decoded.

New in Comica (formerly Comical) 1.06 (Jul 12, 2010)

  • Added: Support for animated comic images.
  • Added: Context menu to the alt-text banner underneath any alt-text enabled comics.
  • Fixed: Crash in the Developer's Log when using ComicImageIndex with an invalid return image.

New in Comica (formerly Comical) 1.05 (May 7, 2010)

  • Fixed: Comical wasn't archiving any comics even if ArchiveComics wasn't set to None.
  • Fixed: Crash when importing images and no comic archives existed.

New in Comica (formerly Comical) 1.04 (May 7, 2010)

  • Added: Comics menu.
  • Added: Developer's section for definition authors to the Log window.
  • Added: Comics Changes window that appears when the comics database is upgraded.
  • Added: Dark version of the Welcome screen when in Fullscreen mode.
  • Added: Mark As Read to the Advanced section of the comic list context menu.
  • Added: Open Comical's Settings Directory link to the About window.
  • Added: ComicImagePosition to the Settings window. MiddleCentre is the default.
  • Added: ShowAltTextOnImageHover to the Settings window.
  • Added: ComicImageIndex and VersionMode attributes.
  • Fixed: Automated update checking not always working.
  • Fixed: Start With Windows within the Settings now works in Windows again.
  • Fixed: Restoring while previously fullscreen now restores in fullscreen mode.
  • Fixed: Flickering in the comics list.
  • Fixed: Exception when importing images and no comic being selected.
  • Fixed: Exception when pressing F12 (ViewComicWebsite) with a virtual comic selected.
  • Fixed: Exception during startup pertaining to the log.
  • Other: Improved comic checking and downloading mechanism.
  • Other: Improved Url encoding and decoding.
  • Other: Removed MatchFromRegexStart attribute.
  • Other: Faster start-up.
  • Other: History information moved out of Comical.txt and into Changelog.txt.
  • Other: Updated BiQubic.Update and BiQubic.Pique.

New in Comica (formerly Comical) 1.03 (Mar 23, 2010)

  • Other: The selection of large comic archives is more visually responsive. - Fixed: Comic database updating failed to work due to a missing file. - Fixed: Occasional exception with the downloading of some comics.

New in Comica (formerly Comical) 1.02 (Mar 19, 2010)

  • Added: Support for CBZ comic file integration (drag and drop .cbz into comics list).
  • Added: Minimise to Systray button next to the navigation buttons.
  • Added: New Comic Category selection style and categories.
  • Added: Display Log to the Tools menu. Used mainly for definition authors.
  • Added: Context menu to the currently-viewed comic image.
  • Added: Remove Archive to the comic list context menu.
  • Added: Comic image now supports an alt-text tooltip if it has alt-text.
  • Added: AutoInstallNewComicsDatabase and ShowActiveComicImage to the Settings window.
  • Added: RedirectUrl, RedirectUrlIndex, and StripStrings attributes to comic definitions.
  • Added: CrLfs are stripped out of badly-formed comic image URLs.
  • Fixed: "Index out of range" exception during comic update checking and navigating.
  • Fixed: Favourite marking is finally fixed.
  • Other: Virtual Comics now have their first image selected, not the last latest image like standard comics.
  • Other: Comical now uses the System renderer style for its menus in Windows XP.
  • Other: Previously downloaded comics can now be browsed without comic archiving having to be enabled.
  • Other: Replaced ArchiveDownloadedComics with ArchiveComics in the Settings window.
  • Other: Comic database downloads are now compressed.
  • Other: Changed the version checking method.
  • Other: Removed BiQubic.Suite.Controls, BQS.Core, and BQS.FileSystem dependencies.
  • Other: Removed Windows7 task progress support.
  • Other: Removed ResolveToRoot(AndCombine) and IgnoreInvalidFilesize attributes. No longer needed.
  • Other: Massive comics database update.
  • Other: Optimisations to start-up time.

New in Comica (formerly Comical) 1.01 (Mar 3, 2010)

  • Added: Html entity decoding to alt and title text.
  • Fixed: Marking a comic as a favourite wouldn't always work.
  • Fixed: IsNew states could sometimes be forgotten.
  • Fixed: "A new update is available" spam at startup.
  • Fixed: Installing a new version of Comical didn't install its new comics database.
  • Other: The floating Welcome banner is no longer shown on startup.

New in Comica (formerly Comical) 1.00 (Mar 2, 2010)

  • Added: Welcome screen when no comics are being viewed.
  • Added: Support for comic Title and Alt text.
  • Added: GoUpPath, IgnoreImages, and AltText attributes to comic definitions.
  • Added: Clear Comic Image to the Edit menu (does not delete image; just clears it).
  • Added: View Comic's Page to the comic list context menu (default shortcut is F12).
  • Added: Copy Forum Definition to Clipboard to the comic list context menu.
  • Added: Delete key shortcut to clear comic image. See Settings window to change.
  • Added: Twitter and Donation links to the Help menu.
  • Added: About window.
  • Fixed: The comics list now gets the focus when Comical is restored from the systray.
  • Other: Rewrote the image display code.
  • Other: Improved handling of selecting multiple comics at once.
  • Other: Significant performance improvements.
  • Other: Updated comics database.

New in Comica (formerly Comical) 0.99 Beta (Nov 4, 2009)

  • Added: Vertical mouse-wheel scrolling. Delta amount depends on input device.
  • Added: Delete this Comic to the archive navigation menu.
  • Added: ShowTrayNotificationsTime to the Settings window.
  • Added: Force Updates Check Stop to the Tools menu in-case update checking hangs.
  • Added: Checks for comics with invalid characters in their filename when archiving.
  • Fixed: Ocassional crash while minimised to the system tray when new comics are available.
  • Fixed: Temporary fix for handled exception on Importing Images. Underlying cause is unreproducable.
  • Other: Comic update state is saved immediately after performing an update check.
  • Other: Added Shrub Monkeys to the comics database.

New in Comica (formerly Comical) 0.98 Beta (Nov 4, 2009)

  • Added: Check For Application Update to the Settings window.
  • Added: Check For New Comics to the Settings window.
  • Added: Used Space field to Comic Information display (click comic's filename in menu bar).
  • Fixed: Start Minimised wasn't showing within Settings.
  • Fixed: Start Minimised wasn't working correctly.
  • Other: Slightly changed the visual aspect of checking for comic updates.

New in Comica (formerly Comical) 0.97 Beta (Oct 13, 2009)

  • Added: Virtual Comics support. See Wiki for details.
  • Added: Import Images to the File menu.
  • Added: Full multi-threaded comic update checking. See Settings window.
  • Added: Full Screen mode (F11) to the Tools menu.
  • Added: Paste Image from Clipboard to the Edit menu.
  • Added: Keyboard Shortcuts section to the Settings window.
  • Added: Automated comic updating checking interval to the Settings window. Added: Start with Windows to the Settings window.
  • Added: Windows 7 support for taskbar progress indication during comic update checking. - Added: Tray icon animates if Comical is hidden and new comics become available.
  • Added: Comics information when clicking on a comic's title on the menu bar.
  • Added: ResolveToRootAndCombine attribute to Comics.xml.
  • Added: Updated comics database.
  • Fixed: Start Minimised wasn't working correctly.
  • Fixed: Download errors with some idiotically named comics (namely C&H).
  • Other: Reduced comic update checking network traffic by 50%.
  • Other: Significant comic archive loading performance improvements.
  • Other: Prevented certain actions being performed during updates.
  • Other: Minor changes and additions.

New in Comica (formerly Comical) 0.96 Beta (Oct 13, 2009)

  • Added: [ and ], BrowserBack/Forward/Cursors/etc keyboard shortcuts for archive navigation.
  • Added: Configurable archive navigation indication text in Settings.
  • Added: Fix for downloading comics from broken web servers. (eg. Awkward Zombie)
  • Fixed: Exception when navigating the archive after renaming a comic. - Fixed: Tab-order in the main window.
  • Fixed: Update checker was giving an incorrect download URL for the application update.
  • Other: Small changes and additions.

New in Comica (formerly Comical) 0.96 Beta (Oct 13, 2009)

  • Added: [ and ], BrowserBack/Forward/Cursors/etc keyboard shortcuts for archive navigation.
  • Added: Configurable archive navigation indication text in Settings.
  • Added: Fix for downloading comics from broken web servers. (eg. Awkward Zombie)
  • Fixed: Exception when navigating the archive after renaming a comic. - Fixed: Tab-order in the main window.
  • Fixed: Update checker was giving an incorrect download URL for the application update.
  • Other: Small changes and additions.

New in Comica (formerly Comical) 0.95 Alpha (Oct 13, 2009)

  • Added: Comic archiving and browsing. See Settings window.
  • Please note that some comics are incompatible with this feature unless the comics drop-down menu is used to rename individual comics.
  • Added: Checking for updates to comics is now multi-threaded.
  • Added: Can now view comics while checking for updates.
  • Added: Pique exception management support.
  • Added: Installer and uninstaller.
  • Fixed: Main window's maximised state is now remembered.
  • Fixed: The main window jumping when settings are saved.
  • Other: Lots of changes and additions.

New in Comica (formerly Comical) 0.90 Alpha (Oct 13, 2009)

  • Added: Main window's size and location are now saved.
  • Added: IgnoreInvalidFilesize attribute to Comics.xml.
  • Added: ComicsUser.xml for user-added/edited comics.
  • Added: Wiki entry; see Help -> On the Web -> Comical Wiki.
  • Fixed: Comics database updating wasn't working correctly.
  • Other: Large amount of changes and additions; too many to list.

New in Comica (formerly Comical) 0.20 Alpha (Oct 13, 2009)

  • Added: Comics can be scrolled by dragging them with the mouse.
  • Added: Automatic downloading and updating of the comic database.
  • Added: Individual comic update checking.
  • Other: Complete rewrite of the comic core.
  • Other: Lots of minor changes.