FlickrSync Changelog

What's new in FlickrSync 0.8.5.2

May 11, 2009
  • Allow use of colon as a replacement for equal sign on special tags to support Picasa users (ex: flickrsync:perm:friends):
  • Corrected special tag flickrsync:perm:familyfriends not working properly (it would put permissions for family only)
  • When replacing pictures, special tags (permissions, order, …) were improperly uploaded to flickr
  • Problems with date formats on configuration file

New in FlickrSync 0.8.5.1 (May 11, 2009)

  • Corrected bug—when changing properties of a folder, sometimes another folder was used instead

New in FlickrSync 0.8.5 (May 11, 2009)

  • New features:
  • Run automatically with no user interface
  • Option to disable non-critical messages during synchronization (for unattended run)
  • Remember open folders
  • Log file with several levels of information (and options to view log)
  • Special Tags for managing FlickrSync permissions (ex: FlickrSync:Perm=Private)
  • Be able to add a specific network path not mapped as a drive
  • Choose set sort order (file date modified, date taken, title or specific order given by tag flickrsync:order)
  • Filter by Star Rating
  • Option to avoid replace of all pictures on first Sync (if they already exist on flickr)
  • Be able to continue after an error replacing pictures, without uploading again the pictures from the current set
  • Direct link to Organize Set on flickr
  • Workaround to skip video files on sync with machine tag (flickrsync:type=video or flickrsync:cmd=skip)
  • Updated to use the current version of Flickr.Net API
  • Bugs corrected:
  • Problem with creating duplicates or saying it needs to upload again
  • Bug when uploading thousands of pictures
  • Problem with some geotagged images
  • Problem with Windows XP SP3 – crash when reloading sets
  • Bug when the filename ends with a space character
  • Skip files that are bigger than the maximum allowed flickr size
  • More stable upload, namely with large sets
  • Disable local menu options on Sets window when invalid
  • On replace permissions were not updated

New in FlickrSync 0.8.1.0 (Jun 25, 2008)

  • Multiple selection of folders and sets for synchronization
  • Improved interface with multiple view modes of flickr sets
  • Added options to select and synchronize children folders
  • Work behind a proxy (allow for proxy configuration and login)
  • Support for additional extensions for existing formats (.Jpeg instead of .Jpg; .Tiff instead of .Tif)
  • Support for bitmap (.Bmp) format
  • Corrected problem when updating tags with multiple words (with space characters)
  • Improved support for Windows Vista tags (Gallery and other software)
  • Option to not show image previews (faster loading of sync dialog)
  • Improved feedback during synchronization (show file name, for instance)
  • Status bar with information about flickr account
  • Toolbar with icons for most used options
  • Corrected issue on Synchronization properties: ampersand characters were not shown (folder and set name)
  • Corrected tab order on Properties dialog
  • Corrected problem when synchronizing some geotagged images