What´s New in version 9.6:

News and Updates:

• The thumbnail view can now be filtered on image rating (and in the future on keywords etc). Press CTRL+F to activate the filtering (CMD+F on Mac). See blog post for more details.
• Images can be easily rated using keys 0-5 in both thumbnail view mode, edit mode and full screen slide show mode. The rating also shows in full screen slide show mode (can be toggled with the 'R' key)
• The full screen slide show can be played and paused using the space bar key
• When adding files that already exists, allows the user to skip or replace on a per-file basis
• New dialog explaining different drag and drop behaviors
• If errors occur, the error dialog now has a 'Copy' button to copy the error message to the clipboard (simplify error reporting to us)
• Added skin API for commercial / licensed skins
• Hovering the mouse over the 'Filters applied' status icon of a thumbnail now lists the image filters applied
• Embedded IPTC titles are now respected by the UI and ${title} variable
• Flash videos are now also considered 'media files' and gets a superimposed film icon
• File type icons now changed from GIF to PNG type
• New bundled Flash based skin: 'Lumen'
• New bundled Flash based skin: 'Mr.Burns'
• Skin 'Simplicity' no longer bundled.

Bug fixes:

• Embedded EXIF captions on some images couldn't be properly read
• Embedded GPS coordinates on some images couldn't be properly read
• Switching between languages would reset the 'After publishing' behavior to 'Open publish successful page'

What´s New in version 9.5:

News and Updates:

• Avoids copying files already copied from camera memory cards by storing a small database on each card. (Behavior can be controlled under jAlbum Preferences)
• jAlbum is now better at accepting files dropped from iPhoto and Photoshop Elements (got worse since v9). Such images can now be either copied or linked to jAlbum
• jAlbum now detects camera memory cards inserted into the computer (Bundled CameraImporter extension).
• Asks 1:st time users if they already have a jAlbum account when uploading
• Clicking the account status bar in the lower right now takes you to your profile page signed in

Bug fixes:

• Windows version now bundled with Java 1.6.0_25 as a bug introduced in 1.6.0_26 (the current release) has broken the 'Add photos' button. Those who wish can download jAlbum without embedded Java here.
• Files containing illegal web characters could accidentally be moved or deleted by jAlbum (since 9.3)
• jAlbum failed to start on other systems than Windows, Mac and Linux (since 9.4)
• Renaming a file extension between upper and lower case didn't work
• The 'Convert upper case to lower case' tool didn't work
• Creating project names or renaming projects to invalid names now properly errors
• Removed debug prints

What´s New in version 9.4.1:

News and Updates:

• Mac version now uses the Mac native file chooser whenever possible for a better Mac-ish feeling
• The Linux installers (Ubuntu-Debian and RedHat-RPM) now associate jalbum project files, skins and extensions with jAlbum with proper icons. Thank you Cody for assistance on this!
• French and Slovenian translations updated. Thank you translators!
• Galleria and Happenings bundled skins updated
• Embedded skin text editor now updated to include new v9.4 variables 'currentObject', 'currentFolder' and 'rootFolder'

Bug fixes:

• Album generation could halt with an 'ArrayStoreException' if minor errors were encountered in the processed images (since 9.4)
• The Linux Debian installer no longer complains about invalid binaries during installation
• Skin developers: Calling getVars() on AlbumObjects now never returns null (registers those variables on demand)
• Skin developers: Entering an empty string in a custom UI field and later clearing it won't leave that field overriding a skin settings UI field with the same name.

What´s New in version 9.4:

News and Updates:

• New extension support. Extend jAlbum's functionality as easily as you install skins by double clicking .jaext files
• Major updates to album engine. Now up to 40 percent faster page processing and updated API for skin developers
• Config files now centrally located in one config folder
• Logo filter now accepts different transparancy levels and rotation angels. New attributes are angle and strengthPercent
• Excluded images can now also be used as folder thumbnails
• Windows version now installs on both 32 and 64 bit Windows
• jAlbum now has a better looking Windows 7 task bar icon.
• External tools can now be installed next to installed skins (in a 'tools' folder) and thereby survive jAlbum updates
• Splash screen now has a debug feature to trace cause of startup-hangs. Alt-click the splash screen to trigger a full thread dump.
• Updated Plugin API. jAlbum extensions can now install themselves in the Import menu too.
• Missing album project no longer generate error lines to the console window

Bug fixes:

• Skin installer sometimes quit before being done installing skins. This could result in all kinds of skin related errors. If you have any issues running a skin, try reinstalling that skin using this update.
• Files couldn't be deleted from within jAlbum if they were located on an Apple AFS volume (Mac only)
• Some ftp servers didn't allow jAlbum to list directory contents

What´s New in version 9.3:

News and Updates:

• Improved privacy control when uploading albums. You can now password protect albums as you upload them and select who are to know about your album updates on a per album basis
• Import album projects from Online jAlbum by using the integrated import wizard (File->Import). Note, you cannot currently convert imported albums back to Online jAlbum albums.
• jAlbum can now prevent you from entering file name characters that are illegal in web use. See Preferences->Album
• Displays the project folder name instead of the image folder name in the album project list
• Made the account you upload to follow the account you sign in as if the current account you upload to is a jAlbum account
• Bundled Happenings skin now includes an Easter theme
• Translations updated. Thank you dear translators!

Bug fixes:

• The skin update notifier sometimes didn't compare version numbers right
• The skin update notifier didn't handle skin names containing spaces
• The 'Make album' window sometimes didn't lay out the action buttons right
• jAlbum couldn't list the directory contents on Pure-FTPd ftp servers
• The skin update notifier would sometimes generate errors to the system console if the currently selected skin was missing on jalbum.net

What´s New in version 9.2:

News and Updates:

• jAlbum will notify you when there is an update to a recently selected skin
• The 'Make album' window now also has a convenient 'Open in file system' button that gives you access to the album folder.
• Bundled with sponsored skins PhotoBox and Happenings
• Translations updated. Thank you dear translators!
• The TextFilter and ShadowTextFilter is now capable of rotating text around it's own axis. This allows for more flexible placement of watermarks for instance.

Bug fixes:

• The 'Server mode' external tool would end up in a loop rebuilding the current album.
• Selecting 'Rename' from the context menu of album objects would edit the caption instead of the file name.
• On occasion, some users would get an IllegalStateException when uploading albums
• Moving or deleting a file with attached .thm file didn't also move or delete that file
• When donating by pressing the 'Donate' button within the application, one didn't automatically get signed into the web site
• When moving between images in edit mode, you would see the end of long captions instead of the beginning.

What´s New in version 9.1.3:

Bug fixes:

• Version 9.1.2 introduced a bug where the album was always generated on the C: drive on Windows no matter the output directory setting
• Mac and Linux users couldn't previously use filesystem soft links referencing the image directory and output directory

What´s New in version 9.1.2:

News and Updates:

• Turkish translation updated

Bug fixes:

• Fixes bug that was introduced in v9 that caused some skins to break: JSP-style comments in included code snippets caused album build to fail
• Fixes bug that was introduced in v9 that caused the removal of unnecessary newlines in the generated html code to not work for included code snippets

What's New in version 9.1:

News and Updates:

• New tool to convert links to copies (right click album objects to access it from the context menu)

Bug fixes:

• Fixed bug that caused the recent album project list to sometimes be cleared (has been around for years)
• Keyboard navigation focus was lost when moving into subfolders and to the parent folder
• On some occations, the donate reminder dialog could show even for users who had donated or paid for a Premium or Power account

What´s New in version 9.00:

News and Updates:

• Defaults to copying added files instead of linking. You can now move or delete your original images without breaking the ability to update existing album projects.
• New "hi-res" (2048x2048) image linking option. This enables your visitors to easily download printable versions of your images. (Skin developer can use the new variables "hiResPath", "hiResWidth" and "hiResHeight" that exists only if hi-res images are present)
• Faster startup for users having many recent album projects listed
• More robust startup
• Writes a "lifeboat.zip" to published albums containing all project settings (including captions), thereby simplifying recovery of lost album projects
• More robust publishing (failing to delete old remote files won't halt the upload process)
• Generates better looking code (extraneous empty lines removed)
• Doesn't display sign in window when starting for first time users. The sign in window is only displayed when the user opts to use any of Jalbum's services
• Local sharing of albums to root of web site using jAlbum's embedded web server allowed
• Scrolling the album project list using the mouse now steps in more natural increments
• Displays a donation reminder dialog when quitting (can be dismissed for the current version)
• Better drag and drop support with digiKam for Linux
• Better validation of entered image- and thumbnail bounds
• Updated bundled Turtle and Galleria skins
• Updated translations. Thank you dear translators!
• Various minor code improvements

Bug fixes:

• Fixed a bug making Jalbum ask for quota changes during long network operations
• Fixed drag and drop bug (selected wrong object after drop)
• Fixed bug where one was unable to drop onto a selected folder
• Renaming a project that outputs the album to the image directory didn't also adjust the output directory

What´s New in version 8.13:

News and Updates:

• You can now download as well as upload albums using Jalbum
• The album uploader has been rewritten. It now allows you to optionally include hi-res images after an album has been uploaded. This makes your album printable and provides a decent backup of your images. The new uploader is also better at resuming interrupted uploads
• Updated bundled skins Turtle and Galleria

Bug fixes:

• Deleting caption text in the thumbnail view from within a subfolder on Windows would incorrectly return you to the parent folder
• The "Batch rename files" external tool was broken

What´s New in version 8.12.2:

News and Updates:

• Updated underlying communication libraries (ftp and sftp)
• When having "Change directory locations" checkbox deselected, the directory fields were disabled which signalled they were not respected. Now that has been changed to uneditable fields instead.
• French, Czech and Hungarian languages updated. Thank you translators!

Bug fixes:

• Importing old album projects having "Output to image directory" checked wasn't always handled right in 8.12.
• Having "Output to image directory" set as default on an earlier version and then updating to Jalbum 8.12.1 would cause and error. Now fixed.
• Reverted to classic IO for copying files instead of Native IO, as Native IO caused resource issues on some Windows systems. This change doesn't seem to have any significant performace impact.
• Fix bug causing error to be printed to the system console when calculating hash code for images with custom filters applied (for detecting changes)

What's New in version 8.12:

News and Updates:

• Updated French, Korean and Romanian translations
• Users may now decide if to have film icons added on top of movie thumbnails or not (see album settings->Images->Advanced)
• Updated underlaying component layout library (miglayout-3.7.3.1)

Bug fixes:

• Some images would cause nullpointer exception errors in Jalbum's XMP parser (XMPReader)
• Jalbum's embedded text editor could end up in a hidden, unreachable state if closed when containing unsaved documents
• The "Pages" settings tab would get an incorrect label when changing language without restarting Jalbum

What's New in version 8.11:

• Displays the file name in grey below album objects that lack a description (when View->Label type is set to "Caption")
• Includes a new Tool to simplify translating Jalbum and Jalbum skins to different languages (see Tools->Translator)
• French, Korean and Hungarian languages updated. Thank you translators!
• Bundled Turtle skin updated to v1.3.4

What's New in version 8.10:

News and Updates:

• Image captions can be edited in thumbnail view
• Donors can now disable credit links back to jalbum.net
• You can now use tab and shift-tab to navigate between objects of an album project
• Removed the dreaded "Output to image directory" setting
• Faster loading of large album projects
• Bundled Turtle skin now loads far faster (compiled UI code) and updated with new features
• Made the "Directory" and "Output directory" fields more visible so Jalbum's model isn't too hidden
• One can now right click the "Directory" and "Output directory" fields and select "Open in file system"
• Skin installer now defaults to checking "install" checkbox for already installed skins making updating skins more convenient
• Defaults to showing your final web album in the browser after publishing to your own site (when not being signed in)
• New "xmp" variable available for skin developers containing raw xmp properties
• Skins may now disable the superimposing of a film icon on movies by setting the "superimposeFilmIcon" skin property to false
• The embedded skin editor now remembers last window size and position
• Added detection of "datetime original" and "datetime digitized" xmp properties
• Various minor code adjustments

Bug fixes:

• Fix to relativePath when referring across devices
• GPS coordinates written by recent Nikon software was being misinterpreted

What´s New in version 8.9.3:

News and Updates:

• When repairing broken links in album projects, Jalbum now also automatically repairs broken links in subfolders
• The embedded skin text editor now launches faster when opening multiple documents (CTRL+SHIFT+E)
• Image specific and folder specific variables now have higher precedence than global user variables. This change makes user variables behave as expected and opens up for more flexible use for advanced users
• Uses faster API for file copy operations (Java NIO)
• Updated bundled Turtle skin to v1.3, now with improved Google maps integration, bug fixes and sharing abilities with social networks like Facebook and Twitter
• Updated Finnish, Polish and Romanian translations. Thank you translators!

Bug fixes:

• Repairing broken links in album projects when moving between PC and Mac was tedious. Should now work far better.
• Fix to image size calculation. Could sometimes differ one pixel between physical size (correct) and size reported in generated pages

What's New in version 8.9.2:

News and Updates:

• The embedded text editor updated. Among the changes is a new tabbed UI, anti-aliased text and multi document search & replace
• Installer updated to AdvancedInstaller 7.7. Several bug fixes
• Context sensitive help added
• Skins can now supply their own media.rss template file
• User installed skins are indicated in bold in the skin list
• Right clicking between thumbnails allows you to edit properties for the current folder. (Enables you to edit custom properties for the album itself)
• On user request: Reverted to storing bundled skins under the installation folder again (but made them removable)
• New external tool to reset Jalbum to factory default settings
• Skin developers: You now have access to the embedded text editor via new "TextEditor" API.
• Installed skins now get the last modified date set in the skin package
• Updated bundled skins Turtle, Simplicity and Galleria. Thank you skin developers!
• Updated Notification API
• European portugues translation added
• Updated translations. Thank you all translators!

Bug fixes:

• Running Jalbum in command line broken for some skins since 8.9
• Dismissed notifications sometimes popped up again. Could take a couple of dismissals until they finally went away.
• The collapsible panels now respect the color of the selected look and feel
• The detection of circular folder references in the album engine wasn't working, resulting in out of memory condition
• Version number comparator couldn't handle going from x.9 to x.10.

What's New in version 8.9.1:

News and Updates:

• Notification API (introduced in Jalbum 8.9) enhanced and rewritten

Bug fixes:

• Korean translation for Simplicity skin was broken

What's New in version 8.9:

News and Updates:

• Prepared for Jalbum's future photo book service
• New notification panel for non-intrusive, information messages
• Linux version should now run on Open Java as well as Sun's Java
• Better detection of circular folder references. Throws descriptive error instead of wasting all available RAM during album build
• Developers: New SkinModel and SlideModel classes for skins that wish to decide on the data type mapping of variables and set defaults
• Developers: JCustomPanel now prevents calls to saveUI when loading the UI. This makes it safe to use plain event listeners or Jalbum's new StateMonitor to synchronize component state and then call saveUI from there.
• Developers: LinkFile objects print themselves more clearly
• Developers: Jalbum's internal HttpConnection class can now upload files
• Developers: Jalbum's SignInManager can now throw PropertyChangeEvents when signing in/out
• Developers: Jalbum's FileFilters utility class can now generate JPEGs to RAM memory
• Eight languages updated. Thank you dear translators!

Bug Fixes:

• Opening the file chooser on Windows while running Jalbum on Java 1.5 would fail
• Fixes bug in relativePath calculation. The bug caused incorrect paths between folders with similar names ("res" and "restaurant" for instance)
• Jalbum sometimes scaled images one pixel too small. Having a 2000x2000 bound could make Jalbum scale to 1999xsomething (rounding error). This one has been around since Jalbum 1.0 probably
• Fixed bug in Jalbum's edit panel. The image being edited was left even when moving to the explore view or switching album project. Now the currently edited image is cleared when editing is done (We do a setAlbumObject(null), therefore check any image specific UI plugins that they can handle null as argument to setAlbumObject!
• JAlbum's PropertySettingFilterWrapper class now compatible with Jalbum's XML serialization
• Fixed bug in Jalbum's AlbumImage class when using files that haven't had their variables initialized
• Fixed bug in reading text resources over a network (we were assuming local file system access)
• Jalbum's classic Blur and Sharpen filters wouldn't handle images having other color models than RGB

What's New in version 8.8:

News and Updates:

• Windows users now get the native Windows file chooser when adding images to Jalbum
• Ability to sign in using either email or username (even for first time sign in)
• More forgiving when reading corrupted images (will load using old API if new API fails)
• Image bounds selector modified so it is more obvious that one can set any image bounds, not just the presets
• New splash screen and sign in window (with the close button to the right this time)
• Updated bundled skins Turtle, Chameleon, Galleria and Simplicity. Thanks all skin developers!
• On Windows, bundled skins are now installed in the same location as installed skins (under AppData\Jalbum\skins)
• New variable "contentPath". contentPath works like imagePath, but links to the content of movie files instead of to an icon
• New variable "mimeType" available. mimeType reads from system/filetypes.xml. (Currently only a few file types have MIME type defined)
• Image specific skin defined variables now have automatic data type mapping too (were previously all considered Strings)

Bug Fixes:

• Media RSS file wasn't linking properly to movie files

What's New in version 8.7.2:

News and Updates:

• Skin developers now have a handy skin property editor located under Tools->Skin developer. Thank you Tom for this addition!

Bug Fixes:

• Some skins were not installed correctly - were missing files. Since v8.5
• Previewing albums or opening file system folders from within Jalbum was broken for some users (Suspected bug in new Java 1.6 java.awt.Desktop API). Since 8.7
• Bundled skin Chameleon had a bug which corrupts the album generation with pictures holding no metadata