Version 1.0.0-preview.8

Aspect General
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Hey everyone,

a new version of Aspect has been released: 1.0.0-preview.8. You’ll find the download links at the bottom of this post. Simply install over the existing installation to upgrade. The following changes and additions are included:

New features

  • Added a new “taxonomy” collection type (#513)
    • Taxonomies behave similar to normal collection hierarchies, but an image can only be in one of the taxons within a single hierarchy
    • In this sense, a taxonomy behaves like a virtual folder structure where images can be moved around
  • Added a built-in crash reporter that gets invoked at the next start after a crash
  • Added more semantic search expressions
    • Type expressions - enter “image”, “video”, “raw” etc. to filter by file type
    • Individual photos - enter “individual photos” to show only individual photos from the photo stream

Enhancements

  • Improved the “…” button menu of the collection bar to show icons and qualified names
  • File names are now compared numerically for digit groups instead of lexicographically (e.g. “10.jpg” now comes after “2.jpg”)
  • Added more functions to the add-on API
    • compareFilenames - compares two file names, including proper numeric comparison logic
    • (read/write)(Text/Binary)File - read/write files in the file system
    • getTempPath - returns the path of the temporary folder
    • execute - Executes an external process
  • The “Create event” menu entry is not always available as long as a library is loaded
  • Added a new duration based sorting modes (video files)
  • When displaying a search result, the sorting mode can now be changed
  • Improved the auto complete behavior in the collection bar by showing icons, a default choice and wrapping around to the end/start when navigating using the arrow keys
  • The trash can now be emptied using the context menu (#496)
  • Sub groups can now be created using the context menu
  • Tree items can now be renamed using the return key on macOS
  • Message box buttons can now be selected using arrow keys (#507)

Bug fixes

  • Fixed a duplicate comma part for paragraph captions in image size sorting mode
  • Fixed displaying the correct number of images in the photo stream header during an import
  • Fixed deleted events erroneously staying visible in the PINNED section
  • Fixed multiple possible crash issues during import that was caused by the application crashing previously during an import
  • Fixed multiple possible crash issues that could happen after an application crash
  • Fixed a crash that could happen for very large imports
  • Fixed an issue where the application process would not exit if there were any paused activities left
  • Fixed a crash that would occur when activities were active while the computer was put to sleep
  • Fixed multiple places where files that haven’t been fully imported did not report the correct metadata
  • Fixed the collection bar auto-complete list to jump two entries instead of two when pressing an arrow key
  • Fixed a possible crash in the import dialog when changing options before the contents had been fully loaded (#515)
  • Fixed duplicate and random numeric shortcuts being assigned to collection bar entries
  • Fixed context menus to be closed on macOS when opening a menu from the menu bar (#461)
  • Fixed a possible crash happening when deleting an event right after moving images into it and back to the photo stream
  • Fixed handling of shortcuts involving F1-F12 on macOS
  • Fixed the selection behavior of the collection pane when clicking a group
  • Fixed a crash happening when exiting the application while a resumed import from a previous run is still in progress (#474)
  • Fixed the scroll position being off after waking up the computer from sleep (#495)
  • Fixed the minimized state of the window being erroneously reapplied at the next start (#492)
  • Fixed an issue where a manually deleted XMP sidecar would result in metadata editing of the image to stop working (#510)
  • Fixed a possible hang at application exit
  • Fixed an issue that cause the application to fail at startup on macOS Catalina (#517)
  • Fixed changing the focus using the tab key in message boxes (#507)
  • Fixed an issue where the application window stays empty at the first start of the application on macOS
  • Fixed a crash happening for empty images (zero pixels width or height)
  • Customized keyboard shortcuts are now preserved across application runs (#508)
  • Fixed invisible images appearing in the relation bubble (e.g. images moved into the trash)
  • Fixed an issue where the RAW/JPEG relations of files were not detected correctly
  • Fixed scroll position jumps when switching to/from local collections
  • Fixed the application to show “loading library” indefinitely after failing to load a library
  • Fixed a crash occurring when attempting to drag the trash can or favorite entries in the collection pane

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Feel free to leave any feedback here or in the bug reports sub forum. Thanks for helping to shape a new way of organizing photos!

Please remember: Even though the software is reasonably stable at this point, always make a backup of your data, or work with a copy of it, when using pre-release software.