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Koodo Reader Changelog

What's new in Koodo Reader 1.6.6

Apr 6, 2024
  • Fixed issue where the search page couldn't be exited by clicking the close button.
  • Resolved problem of repeated highlights.
  • Addressed known issue with the input box.
  • Fixed non-functional Moyu mode.
  • Resolved issue where books couldn't be opened with a double click when the "open books in the main window" option was enabled.
  • Fixed issue where Text-to-Speech (TTS) didn't work when switching chapters.
  • Fixed issue where the app icon was not displayed on Linux.
  • Addressed known issue with multi-select functionality.
  • Corrected improperly displayed highlights in PDFs.
  • Fixed issue where the current reading chapter was not highlighted in the table of contents.
  • Resolved issue where hyperlinks in PDFs couldn't be opened.
  • Removed extra 0 in reading progress display.

New in Koodo Reader 1.6.5 (Feb 25, 2024)

  • Noted:
  • This is a developer release which is NOT recommended for general use. Please visit https://koodoreader.com for stable release.
  • New:
  • Dictionary optimization
  • UI optimization
  • Now you can adjust book margin in single and scrolling mode
  • Using space key to navigate to the next page is back
  • Fix:
  • Extra spacing between each paragragh
  • Repeated highlights when selecting multiple paragraphs
  • Text blocked when entering fullscreen mode
  • Wrong book displayed when opening book in the main window
  • Parsing issue with some mobi books
  • Popup not showing when selecting texts on touch screen (Please turn on touch screen mode in the setting)
  • Text blocked when enabling sliding animation

New in Koodo Reader 1.6.3 (Jan 17, 2024)

  • Noted:
  • This is a developer release which is NOT recommended for general use. Please visit https://koodo.960960.xyz/ for stable release.
  • New:
  • Now you can contact us right from the app, just click the Report button in the header
  • Add OneDrive, Google Drive, FTP, FTPS, SFTP, S3 and S3 Compatible for backup
  • Add Wikipedia for Dictionary with support for more than 300 languages
  • Google Dictionary now support more than 100 languages
  • Add pronounciations, audios, example sentence support to dictionary
  • Add book format to book info
  • Now you can batch add books to favorite
  • UI optimization
  • Fix:
  • Bing translation not working
  • Code display issue

New in Koodo Reader 1.6.2 (Jan 13, 2024)

  • Noted:
  • This is a developer release which is NOT recommended for general use. Please visit https://koodo.960960.xyz/ for stable release.
  • New:
  • Now you can contact us right from the app, just click the Report button in the header
  • Add Deepl and Yandex for translation
  • Add OneDrive, Google Drive, FTP, FTPS, SFTP, S3 and S3 Compatible for backup
  • Add Wikipedia for Dictionary with support for more than 300 languages
  • Google Dictionary now support more than 100 languages
  • Add pronounciations, audios, example sentence support to dictionary
  • Add book format to book info
  • Now you can batch add books to favorite
  • UI optimization
  • Fix:
  • Bing translation not working
  • Code display issue

New in Koodo Reader 1.6.1 (Dec 17, 2023)

  • Noted:
  • This is a developer release which is NOT recommended for general use. Please visit https://koodo.960960.xyz/ for stable release.
  • New:
  • UI optimization
  • Performance optimization
  • Mouse sensitivity optimization
  • Fix:
  • Highlight not displayed
  • Highlight displayed in the wrong position
  • Content navigation issue
  • Markdown file parse issue
  • Mimical background not displayed after customizing background color

New in Koodo Reader 1.6.0 (Nov 5, 2023)

  • New:
  • UI optimization
  • Performance optimization
  • Multiselect function optimization
  • Fix:
  • Image ratio issue
  • Can't open markdown files
  • Garbled characters in txt files
  • Footnote and content navigation issue
  • Can't import pdf files when turning on auto precache
  • Can't enter fullscreen mode
  • Text overlapping
  • Popup position issue

New in Koodo Reader 1.5.9 Dev (Sep 23, 2023)

  • New:
  • Major UI optimization
  • Book shelf moved to the sidebar
  • Add dictionary support, and the glossary can be exported too.
  • Now you choose source language for translation
  • Add dark mode, eye protection mode to pdf reader
  • Add reading progress support to pdf files
  • Add language support to Tibetan
  • Change default export format from xlsx to csv
  • Add new setting to not to crop cover in the book list
  • Add metadata support to pdf
  • Now the pdf cover is displayed by default
  • Add restoration warning
  • Fix:
  • TTS not working in some scenarios
  • Fix the extra scrollbar in pdf reader
  • Selected text blocked by popup

New in Koodo Reader 1.5.7 (Jul 29, 2023)

  • New:
  • Now you can precache book to increase its opening speed，this process might take a while for large files
  • Add option to auto precache books after import
  • UI optimization
  • Chapter algorithm optimization
  • Fix:
  • TTS not working
  • Text blocked in scroll mode
  • Books sorting issue
  • Images display issue
  • Blank page in azw3 files
  • Footnote and content navigation issue in epub files
  • Batch adding books to shelf failed in some scenarios
  • UI setting not working in some books

New in Koodo Reader 1.5.6 (Jun 24, 2023)

  • New:
  • UI optimization
  • Chapter algorithm optimization
  • Auto restart after changing settings
  • Package size optimization
  • Add option to hide floating button in PDF readers, thanks to @amaranthine-dev
  • Add language support to Armenian, Bulgarian and Indonesian
  • Now you can scroll the book with up and down key in scroll mode
  • Auto hide scrollbar in scroll mode
  • Fix:
  • Can't remember the correct reading position in some scenerios
  • Chapter navigation bug
  • Keyboard shortcuts not working in some scenerios
  • Language display bug
  • Can't add notes and highlights in pdf reader when using two-column mode
  • TTS not working in some scenerios
  • Wrong image size in some books
  • Wrong page height in scroll mode
  • Some chapters showing "00" in the header
  • Can't navigate to footnote and chapter in desktop version(Only working for epub)
  • Can't import some epub files
  • repeated content in the last two pages in some scenerios

New in Koodo Reader 1.5.5 (May 21, 2023)

  • New:
  • Export books into zip
  • Export highlights and notes into excel
  • Add support to Bionic Reading
  • Add support to 32 bit Linux
  • Add speed support to Azure tts
  • Fix:
  • Auto highlight search results not working
  • Gap between two paragraph of tts text
  • Tags still exsit in notes after deleting
  • Icon not aligned when collapsing sidabar
  • Rendering issue in scroll mode
  • Footnote and content navigation issue in epub
  • Bookmark icon not showing in some scenerios
  • Shortcut not working in some scenerios

New in Koodo Reader 1.5.4 (Apr 16, 2023)

  • New:
  • Add more TTS voice options from Azure
  • Auto highlight search result in the book
  • Auto highlight tts text in the book
  • Add language support to Bengali, Dutch, Italian and Thai
  • Optimization on chapter analysis algorithm
  • Fix:
  • Can't open book when book name contains special characters
  • Bookmarks not showing after turning pages
  • Some books can't navigate to next chapter or add notes
  • Some books displayed on half of the screen
  • Can't delete books after disabling trash bin
  • Scrollbar too close to the text in scroll mode
  • Can't import some books

New in Koodo Reader 1.5.2 (Feb 20, 2023)

  • New:
  • Switch to new render engine, please help us improve it by reporting bugs in issues section
  • Add format support to cb7, azw and mhtml
  • Add cover support to mobi, azw3, azw and comics
  • Add sliding animation to epub
  • Add language support to Arabic and turkish
  • Remove Google Analytics
  • Fix:
  • Footnote display issue
  • Book sorting issue
  • Heart icon not showing in cover mode
  • Page number and Chapter number not changing in progress panel
  • Comic book render issue
  • Bing translation not working
  • Some issue related to epub.js

New in Koodo Reader 1.5.1 (Dec 17, 2022)

  • We are pleased to announce the release of our latest stable version. Thanks for all the support we got along the way. After a year of iterative development, It's safe to say that this version is stable enough and ready to be pushed to the public.

New in Koodo Reader 1.5.0 (Nov 20, 2022)

  • New:
  • Support MathML, TeX, and ASCIImath in epub files
  • UI optimization
  • Follow OS is now the default option for Apperance
  • Our CI/CD workflow has now migrated from Appveyor to Github Action
  • Fix:
  • Translation not working in some scenerios
  • Can't import books after turning on Opening book without adding it to the library
  • Text partially blocked in scroll mode

New in Koodo Reader 1.4.9 (Oct 17, 2022)

  • Fix:
  • Batch import stopped unexpectedly
  • Can't open pdf after opening an epub book
  • Can't restore data when backup file is too large
  • Can't navigate chapters with chapter number
  • No warnings when importing failed
  • Pdf file can't be imported in some scenarios with Koodo warns "Duplicate Book"
  • Notes don't match the text in some scenarios
  • Reading time recording failed

New in Koodo Reader 1.4.9 Developer (Oct 15, 2022)

  • Fix:
  • Batch import stopped unexpectedly
  • Can't open pdf after opening an epub book
  • Can't restore data when backup file is too large
  • Can't navigate chapters with chapter number
  • No warnings when importing failed
  • Pdf file can't be imported in some scenarios with Koodo warns "Duplicate Book"
  • Notes don't match the text in some scenarios
  • Reading time recording failed

New in Koodo Reader 1.4.8 (Sep 4, 2022)

  • New:
  • Add Romanian translation thanks for the effort from community
  • Improve chapter analysis algorithm
  • Fix:
  • Text covered by the scrollbar under scroll mode
  • Popup not showing up on touch screen
  • TTS issue when sliding animation is on
  • Translation issue when switching between Google and Bing
  • Cover length-width ratio issue

New in Koodo Reader 1.4.7 (Jul 31, 2022)

  • New:
  • Add Google and Bing Translate, old translation service is deprecated and no longer usable.
  • Add Polish translation thanks for the effort from community
  • Fix:
  • Highlights not showing up at first launch
  • Chinese conversion not working in some scenarios
  • Can't extract chapters of which title contains "零"
  • Pages go blank after turning pages too fast
  • Order issue with books and notes
  • Books duplicate after changing sort
  • Highlights not cleared up after emptying trash

New in Koodo Reader 1.4.6 (Jul 31, 2022)

  • New:
  • Add Google and Bing Translate, old translation service is deprecated and no longer usable.
  • Add Polish translation thanks for the effort from community
  • Fix:
  • Highlights not showing up at first launch
  • Chinese conversion not working in some scenarios
  • Can't extract chapters of which title contains
  • Pages go blank after turning pages too fast
  • Order issue with books and notes
  • Books duplicate after changing sort
  • Highlights not cleared up after emptying trash

New in Koodo Reader 1.4.5 (Jun 26, 2022)

  • Page number and chapter index issues
  • Can't set brightness
  • Text gets blocked under scroll mode
  • Reading progress issue with epub files
  • Some epub files can't be imported

New in Koodo Reader 1.4.4 (May 22, 2022)

  • New:
  • Add German, Korean and Czech translation thanks for the effort from community
  • Fix:
  • Highlights disappear after resizing or entering fullscreen
  • Can't redirect to the highlight from side panel
  • Search results overflow from panel when searching in the book
  • Chapter Name lags behind actual reading progress
  • Can't import and extract covers of .PDF files
  • Can't continuously jump to the next chapter from the bottom panel

New in Koodo Reader 1.4.3 (Apr 23, 2022)

  • Fix:
  • Can't restore books from trash
  • Chapter name and index in the header doesn't match actual progress
  • Notes and highlights from older version disappear
  • Can't navigate with keyboard after entering fullscreen
  • The size of exported books is always 4 kb under list mode
  • Red heart icons don't show up when in list mode
  • Epub books go blank after resizing in some scenarios
  • Can't import epub books which doesn't have a cover

New in Koodo Reader 1.4.2 (Apr 17, 2022)

  • New:
  • Add Japanese translation thanks to the effort from the community
  • Add TTS, text search, bookmark, reading time analysis support to all formats of books (PDF and DJVU not included )
  • Press F11 to enter or exit fullscreen mode
  • Add tutorial about how to work with Synology's webdav service
  • Our codebase has gone through major revision to improve its maintainability and robustness
  • Due to technique issue, web version of Koodo will stop supporting Tablet
  • Fix:
  • Fix sorting issues in some scenarios
  • Fix text blocking issue in some books
  • Fix layout issue when Koodo is in Spanish and Portuguese
  • Page and Chapter Number not correct in some books
  • Fix resize issue in epub files
  • Search panel not showing when typing
  • Fix margin size issue in epub files
  • Can't open urls with built-in browser in some books
  • Notes don't match text in some books
  • Can't go back to home page when opening pdf in the main window
  • Can't import pdf files protected by password
  • Some pdf files can't be imported

New in Koodo Reader 1.4.1 (Feb 13, 2022)

  • New:
  • Add Spanish, French, Portugal and Persian translation thanks to the effort from the community
  • Now You can sort books in the shelf
  • Hide action dialog when mouse moves out of book cover
  • Now books have different icons in the file explorer according to their formats
  • New option to open external urls with built-in browser
  • Message box to ask whether to delete user settings when uninstalling
  • Option to open dev tool for debug
  • New option to turn on night mode with respect to system setting (Night mode based on your operating system)
  • Add keyboard shortcuts to pdf and djvu files
  • Web search engines add Naver.com
  • Fix:
  • Background colors not working in some epub files
  • Can't type space when searching in the book
  • TTS disappears after turning it on
  • Size issues with images in azw3 files
  • books in the favorite and trash not showing
  • Chinese fonts names with garble characters
  • can't remember reading progress in .mobi comics
  • Popup menu not showing in pdf files
  • note order is always ascending after restart

New in Koodo Reader 1.4.0 (Jan 2, 2022)

  • New:
  • Support built-in css in azw3 files
  • Support built-in font in epub files
  • Add covers for fb2 and pdf files (For PDF, you need to manually turn it on)
  • Add reading progress for mobi, azw3, txt, fb2 files
  • Books with garble characters will not be imported from now on
  • Background color and text color changes with night mode
  • Add Baidu Baike and Wikipedia to web search
  • Optimization on chapter analysis algorithm
  • Fixes:
  • Can't sync notes and bookmarks in some scenarios
  • Images not showing in fb2 and azw3 files
  • Book order is lost after restart
  • Moyu mode not working in epub files when in scroll mode
  • Jumping to 404 page when clicking links in some books
  • Built-in style and images disappear after turning on simplified and traditional Chinese switch
  • Compatibility issue with some chrome extensions or scripts
  • Popup menu not showing in some books
  • Popup menu exceeds reader margin in some books
  • Can't navigate through toc in some epub files
  • Parsing issue with some rtf files showing too many question marks
  • Book and chapter names are not aligned in the header
  • Style issue with line highlighter

New in Koodo Reader 1.3.9 (Dec 5, 2021)

  • New:
  • Open external link in pdf files with default browser
  • Increase scrollbar width
  • Fixes:
  • Reading progress of comic books not persisted
  • Position issue with popup menu in epub files
  • Header overlaps in epub files
  • Not able to add the first note
  • Parsing issue with some fb2 files
  • Excessive margin in list mode
  • Popup menu still showing after pressing search in the book

New in Koodo Reader 1.3.8 (Dec 2, 2021)

  • Going back to the first page of the chapter after pressing f12
  • Inaccurate reading progress after turning on sliding animation
  • Comic books going back to the first page of the chapter in scroll mode
  • Render issue with comic books
  • Parsing issue with fb2 files
  • Empty chapter in docx files
  • Can't create first note in some books
  • Position issue with popup menu in single and scroll mode
  • Highlights disappear and can't be created after turning on some reader options
  • Image exceeds page column

New in Koodo Reader 1.3.7 (Dec 1, 2021)

  • Fix:
  • Slow performance in some PDFs when adding highlights
  • Window freezes when pressing F12 and opening books in the main window
  • Can't exit reader when opening last-read book and opening books in the main window
  • Can't persist reading progress in some scenarios and keep going back to the first page of the chapter
  • Text is partly blocked in some fb2, docx books
  • Switch between simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese failed after chapter navigation

New in Koodo Reader 1.3.6 (Nov 30, 2021)

  • Fix:
  • Highlights not showing in mobi, azw3, txt files
  • Position issue with popup menu in PDF
  • Window freezes when press TAB and opening books in main window
  • The size of exported book is always 4 kb
  • Reading progress not persisted when navigating with keyboard shortcut or navigation button
  • Popup menu not showing in scroll mode
  • Adding note failed in some scenarios
  • Chapter navigation failed in some scenarios
  • Highlights repeat after chapter navigation

New in Koodo Reader 1.3.5 (Nov 29, 2021)

  • New:
  • Now you can highlight text and take notes on pdf, txt, mobi and azw3 files
  • double page mode and single page mode for cbr, cbz, cbt
  • Improve launch speed for cbr, cbz, cbt
  • Click Tab key to close reader Window
  • Add sliding animation for mobi, azw3, txt and more
  • Reader option to switch between simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese
  • UI Optimization
  • Fix:
  • Text at the end of each chapter not showing
  • Navigation issue when going back to last chapter
  • Can't go to certain chapter in scroll mode
  • Paragraph spacing not working in some books
  • Keyboard shortcut not working after navigating chapter
  • Page turning when editing notes
  • Can't enter fullscreen after exiting with keyboard shortcut
  • Can't redirect to the book from notes
  • Can't select the same text again
  • Can't double click to open large file
  • Can't open setting dialog when turning off update notification

New in Koodo Reader 1.3.4 (Oct 30, 2021)

  • New:
  • Now mobi, azw3, txt files can be read in double-page, single-page and scroll mode like epub
  • Chapter dividing optimization
  • Fix:
  • Page jumping when creating notes
  • Dropbox authorization get 400 error
  • Can't double click to open books on Linux

New in Koodo Reader 1.3.3 (Oct 24, 2021)

  • New:
  • Increasing parsing speed for large txt, mobi and azw3 file
  • Now txt, mobi, azw3 books are displayed in chapter
  • Add option to open books but not added to the library
  • No more wait time for tts
  • Add deselect all for multi-selection
  • Fix:
  • PDF can't be opened in the main window when opened from file manger
  • Sort order issue for notes and highlights
  • Moyu mode not working
  • Out of memory issue for large txt, mobi and azw3 file
  • Fullscreen issue in some scenerios
  • Trigger file manger when selecting text

New in Koodo Reader 1.3.2 (Oct 17, 2021)

  • New:
  • now you can directly open books in the main window
  • multi-selection add select all
  • space key for next page
  • keep screen on to stop computer entering low power mode
  • installation package upgraded to 64 bit
  • update djvu.js library
  • more translation target language
  • installation add CHOCOLATEY
  • exit selection mode after switching tabs
  • update to electron 15
  • Fix:
  • when import book as link is on, double click to open books not working
  • mouse event not working after resize
  • sort by reading progress exclude unread books
  • Books disappear after pages navigating
  • hyper link not working in epub
  • window size can't be saved after clicking maximizing window
  • can't change storage location

New in Koodo Reader 1.3.1 (Sep 20, 2021)

  • New:
  • Add text indent to reader option
  • Import books as link, so books won't be copied to the library
  • Merge reader with Word, so it can't be detected
  • Optimization on chapter analysis algorithm
  • More multi-selection scenarios
  • Simplify installation process
  • UI optimization
  • Now you can choose translation target language
  • New setting option to prevent accidental trigger of reader menu
  • Fix:
  • Background mask not working
  • Some txt books can't be imported
  • Image viewer icon is not fixed when scrolling the image
  • Card mode not working in trash bin

New in Koodo Reader 1.3.0 (Aug 21, 2021)

  • New:
  • Optimization on chapter analysis algorithm
  • Add book title to the window tab bar
  • Add mimical background to all formats of book
  • Select multiple books and batch delete, add to shelf, export
  • Add default opening option for all supported formats
  • Fix:
  • Books in trash can't be synced
  • Blurry icon on Windows
  • Translation target language is always Chinese
  • "destroy is null" warning
  • Font family not load properly in the reader
  • Window size shrinks a little every time opening a book
  • Notes and highlights not showing their tags
  • Theme color not working in light mode
  • Unable to open book when double click

New in Koodo Reader 1.2.9 (Jul 24, 2021)

  • New Logo stylized for Big Sur
  • Rename digest to highlight
  • Now you can hide navigation button in Reader Option
  • Click Setting icon -> Survey to take a small survey, so we can know you better
  • No loading animation when exiting reading
  • Progress panel is now fully supported
  • Highlight theme will be persisted
  • Now you can turn off analytics service in the Setting
  • Fix the bug with Dropbox authorization
  • Double click to open books works even when Koodo is running
  • Fix the format issue when exporting books
  • Fix the scrollbar issue in some formats of books
  • Fix the sync issue
  • Fix the fullscreen issue on macOS, which will show an blank window
  • Fix the UI issue in My Notes and Highlights

New in Koodo Reader 1.2.7 (Jun 19, 2021)

  • NEW:
  • Add format support to docx, rtf, cbz, cbr, cbt, fb2, html and xml
  • Now you can see a drastic increase on launch speed
  • Opening pdf file on desktop is now 2 time faster
  • Now you can adjust screen brightness and color inversion in reading option
  • Add file size to book info
  • Now you can close main window while reading
  • Adjust background color and text color based on currently displaying colors
  • No double quotes on font list
  • Windows size of PDF reader will be remembered
  • UI optimazition
  • FIX:
  • Fix the bug causing books to disappear in some scenerios
  • Fix sync bug
  • Can't resize window or enter fullscreen on Linux version
  • Translation popup exceeds window edge
  • Translation failed when the selected text crosses paragraphs
  • Fix the search bug
  • Fix the fullscreen bug

New in Koodo Reader 1.2.6 (May 16, 2021)

  • NEW:
  • Add support for Djvu and Markdown format
  • Now you can read mobi、azw3 and txt on web version, primatively supported
  • Sync function is now production-ready, add sync guide for starters
  • When mobi and azw3 files contain too many images, Koodo won't convert them into epub format any more
  • Now books will automatically be opened in the same window size as last time, you can turn on Auto open book in fullscreen in the Setting
  • Now you can set font for Koodo globally
  • Splash screen follows dark mode
  • Optimization for UI
  • FIX:
  • Fix the bug with webdav
  • Fix the bug causing book disappear when resizing window
  • Fix the bug casuing that book can't be imported when libray is empty

New in Koodo Reader 1.2.5 (May 12, 2021)

  • NEW:
  • Add dark mode and theme color
  • Now you can adjust paragraph spacing
  • Add support to text underline, text shadow and italic text
  • Search engine add Yandex and Yahoo
  • Now you can disable update notification in the Setting
  • First pages are no longer used as cover for pdf files
  • You can minimize the main window while reading
  • Optimization for chapter analysis algorithm
  • Optimization for UI
  • FIX:
  • Resolve the situation where Koodo can't be operated when you quit reading in some low-configuration computers
  • Resolve the situation where screen flickers when opening books
  • Resolve the situation where pdf,mobi,azw3,txt files are named as file when you double click to open a book
  • Resolve the situation where Koodo is minimized when you double click on a book
  • Resolve the situation where Screen is blank when you quit reading in some low-configuration computers
  • Resolve the situation where window size can't be save when you quit reading
  • Resolve the situation where add-to-shelf dialog not showing
  • Resolve the situation where popup menu exceed window edge