YACReader Changelog

What's new in YACReader 9.10.0.2210304

Oct 30, 2022
  • YACReader:
  • Fixed color selection dialog appearing as a subwindow in macos
  • Better support for HDPI screens (SVG icons)
  • YACReaderLibrary:
  • New folder content view that replaces the old subfolders in this folder view shown when folders don't have direct comics.
  • Fixed going forward in history navigation
  • Continue Reading view that it is shown for the root folder
  • UI gets updated when YACReaderLibrary gets updates from YACReader or YACReader for iOS
  • Fixed selected folder restoration after folder updates
  • Better support for HDPI screens (SVG icons)
  • Add option to delete metadata from comics
  • Importing ComicInfo.XML is now optional and disabled by default, you can change the behavior in Settings -> General
  • Add option to scan XML metadata from all the comics in a folder.
  • Server:
  • Add webui status page (reachable by navigating to server::port/webui). This ha
  • S been implemented by @codeRae and @selmf as part of the Hacktoberfest and it was done under the Devexperts' OpenHack initiative. Thank you all!!

New in YACReader 9.9.0.2209032 (Sep 4, 2022)

  • YACReader:
  • Show error when opening bad open recent entries
  • GoTo page: Fix segfault when entering page numbers greater than comic's page count
  • (toolbar and page flow)
  • Initialize GotoFlow on current page, not cover
  • Quick navigation mode: Fix page index error when using both mouse and keyboard for navigation
  • Remove obsolete double page mode debug messages
  • Support HDPI screens.
  • Use one wheel mouse step per page in full page mode.
  • Add updated MIME types to .desktop file for .cbz and .cbr
  • Add settings to control page turning behaviour on scroll.
  • Make forward and backward buttons in a mouse turn pages.
  • Don't crash if bookmarks get corrupt for some reason.
  • Magnifying glass fixes and improvements.
  • Shorcuts customization fixes.
  • YACReaderLibrary:
  • Support HDPI screens.
  • Support import legacy XML info in comic files.
  • Ensure that comic info exports use .ydb as file suffix.
  • Enable arrow keys navigation in the folders tree view.
  • Add Publication Date column to the comics table view.
  • Use a scale effect in the comics grids on mouse over.
  • Add system info to the help/about dialog to help reporting bugs.
  • Fix selection when clicking on a folder in search mode.
  • Fix defaul value for manga/comic mode in folders.
  • Add an edit for filtering series results returned by Comic Vine.
  • Support editing comics tags sequentially without leaving the edit dialog.
  • Fix export/import comics info.
  • Server:
  • Always serve a cover image to the iOS client for any folder that has content (requeries a library content update).

New in YACReader 9.8.1 (Jun 3, 2021)

  • Merge pull request #258 from YACReader/develop.

New in YACReader 9.8.0 (May 16, 2021)

  • YACReader:
  • Adds support for full manga mode, it means that controls get inverted to match the navigation.
  • Fix UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT shortcuts for moving a zoomed in page around.
  • YACReaderLibrary:
  • New fuzzy search engine. Type to search into any field of the database, or target specific content. Check how it works below.
  • New `manga` field added to comics and folders to tag content as manga, any content added to a manga folder will become manga automatically.
  • Support for HTML in comic synopsis, this fixes the synopsis when it comes from Comic Vine with HTML tags.
  • Improve keyboard navigation in Comic Vine dialog. Enter will trigger next or search and Backspace will go back to the previous section.
  • Server:
  • New `manga` field is sent to YACReader for iOS, so comics tagged as manga will be recognized as such when reading remotely or importing comics. A new iOS build is needed though, it will be ready once 9.8.0 is released.
  • New search engine:
  • The new search engine is much powerful than before. It can search into the following data base fields

New in YACReader 9.7.0 (Sep 3, 2020)

  • Image enlargement/stretching can now be disabled for fit to width and height
  • New option to show covers as single pages in double page mode (enabled by default)
  • fix object leaks in database code
  • add bidirectional sync support between the iOS app and the server (YACReader for iOS 3.10.0 or higher needed, it will be released next)
  • add support for port setting from the command line
  • other minor fixes and improved stability and performance.

New in YACReader 9.6.0 (Sep 27, 2019)

  • RAR5 support.
  • Fix some issues in magnifying glass when used in hdpi screens.
  • New setting to close YACReaderLibrary to the system tray. Yay! This is specially relevant for those who use YACReaderLibrary for streaming comics to the iOS app.
  • Fastest and more reliable sync back from iOS.
  • Option to hide current/next comic banner in the grid view.
  • Fix saving progress when reading in double page mode.
  • Fixes in Comic Vine integration.
  • Other fixes and stability improvements.

New in YACReader 9.0.0 (Feb 19, 2018)

  • Fixes and improvements:
  • Improved the look and feel of the grid view.
  • Fixed Comic Vine integration (using the new https end point).
  • Usability fixes to Comic View scraper.
  • Fixed UI update when clients update comics status.
  • Fixed YACReader not found in macos.
  • New server setting for disabling covers on folders in the client's remote browser (iOS), this is a workaround to fix a performance issue in large libraries.

New in YACReader 8.0.0 (Mar 28, 2016)

  • Added Reading lists, including 'Favorites' and 'being read' lists
  • Tags, for whatever you want
  • New search engine, now you can filter folders and comics
  • New grid view
  • Add and delete folders
  • Update single folders (no need for updating the whole library to rescan a single folder)
  • Drag and drop for adding new comics and folders
  • Customizable shortcuts
  • Manga mode (thank you Felix)
  • Spread page detection for double page mode (including manga mode)(thank you again Felix :) )
  • New view for folders not containing comics (only subfolders)
  • Save selected covers to disk
  • Added WebP image format support
  • The user has to provide its own Comic Vine API key to prevent usage limit errors from Comic Vine
  • New unarr decompression backend for Linux and Unix systems
  • Fixed memory and files descriptors leaks in 7zip wrapper

New in YACReader 7.2.0 (Sep 20, 2014)

  • Added support for the new "remote read" feature in iOS devices
  • Improved stability
  • Fixed broken compatibility with Windows XP
  • Improved Linux "packageability" (thanks to Felix, Alexander and Yoann)**
  • German translation (thanks to Gerhard Joeken)
  • Bug fixes

New in YACReader 7.1.0 (Jul 2, 2014)

  • Added states to folders. Now you can mark any folder as uncompleted (if the series is not completed) and read (if you have read all the comics in a particular folder)
  • Fixed the PDF bug affecting the MacOSX version
  • Fixed a bug in the comunication between YACReaderLibrary YACReader
  • Comics' rating can now be reseted
  • Fixed bug causing 'read' comics to change their status to 'reading'
  • Minor bug fixes

New in YACReader 7.0.1 (Jul 2, 2014)

  • Communication problems between YACReader and YACReaderLibrary under certain circumstances.

New in YACReader 7.0.0 (Feb 17, 2014)

  • Faster file opening in YACReader
  • Opening comics by last read page
  • Added comic ratings and current page information to YACReaderLibray
  • Each comics has its bookmarks and image settings stored in YACReaderLibrary (if you are opening the comics from it, YACReaderYACReaderLibrary integration)
  • Dropping images on YACReader will open the containing folder as a comic by the dropped file
  • Added Comic Vine scraper
  • Settings are now stored in user's data folder
  • Added log to YACReaderLibrary for bug reporting
  • Fixed issues deleting comics
  • Improved errors management
  • Fixed key events in goToFlow
  • Fixed bug in 'update library' causing slow update times.
  • Some UI updates
  • Bug fixes

New in YACReader 6.5.3 (Jul 9, 2013)

  • New user interface
  • New design for the properties dialog (new interactive cover preview and selection)
  • History navigation (backward and forward buttons added to the library)
  • Improved libraries management
  • Magnifying background color matches now the viewer background color
  • New set to height button
  • Better double page mode (normalized page height)
  • Delete comics from the disk using the library
  • Button for hiding the covers in the import screen
  • Reordering columns in the comics view is now possible
  • New column 'Read' added
  • General stability improvements
  • Bug fixes

New in YACReader 5.0.0 (Oct 24, 2012)

  • YACReader translator (Internet connection needed)
  • show full size pages
  • always on top option
  • configurable background color
  • Search engine (improved)
  • Mark your comics as read/unread