Gigarom 1/Gigarom Macintosh Archives (Quantum Leap)(CDRM1080320)(1993).iso/FILES/APP/E-L/jpegview20.cpt/JPEGView 2.0 ƒ/JPEGView 2.0.rsrc/TEXT_143_Program History.txt

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Program History

Version 2.0  (November, 1992)

   • Extensively cleaned up and reorganized the Version 1.1 code.
   • Added the Colors menu, allowing color palette selection.
   • Added a dithering option that works.
   • Added an IJG-based color quantization for 8 and 4 bit systems.
   • Improved the workings of offscreen bitmaps.
   • Fixed full screen windows to include the corners of all monitors.
   • Reorganized and expanded the statistics window.
   • Added identification of IJG-produced JFIFs, with estimates for the quality.
   • Added identification of banding in PICT images.
   • Added fast GIF decoding and viewing capabilities.
   • Fixed problems with the progress percentage; added scaling indicator.
   • Added options to automatically scan and fix file types within JPEGView.
   • Added support for non-JFIF JPEG images, and identification of Adobe JPEGs.
   • Reworked and reorganized the preferences options.
   • Added support for many new preferences relating to the new features.
   • Broke the on-line help into several sections and added a modeless interface.
   • Improved slide show to handle quantization during pauses between slides.
   • Fixed much of the flakiness in handling large uncompressed PICT images.
   • Added the ability to load and save custom palettes in PICT images.
   • Removed support for compression of PICTs.
   • Added select screen area option.
   • Added the ability to drag the active selection rectangle.
   • Modified offscreen bitmap handling to do long updates only after 5 seconds idle time.
   • Fixed dialog handling to allow quick updates behind dialog boxes.
   • Added the Import option.
   • Added the ability to detect QuickTime-created JFIFs.
   • Provided stronger support for PICTs at resolutions other than 72 dpi.

Version 1.1  (July, 1992)

   • Added support for the automatic Slide Show.
   • Added Next and Previous items to the Windows menu.
   • Added options for specifying startup actions.
   • Added the ability to select PICT as the default output file format.
   • Added a warning option when the offscreen bitmap cannot be created.
   • Added support for opening any image in a full screen window automatically.
   • Changed the way files are saved to prevent data loss when an error occurs.
   • Fixed a bug that caused the wrong image to sometimes be displayed in full screen.
   • Fixed the problem that led to occasional crashes on startup.
   • Put to rest the remaining problems with Open-Wide.

Version 1.0  (June, 1992)

   • Rewrote I/O routines to handle file identification and conversions more cleanly.
   • Added the ability to open any type of PICT.
   • Added rudimentary JPEG compression options for uncompressed PICTs.
   • Added support for opening and saving compressed PICT0 resources.
   • Added rudimentary support for specifying JPEG compression quality in Preferences.
   • Added the ability to produce thumbnail sketches in JFIF files.
   • Added full screen support, and options for automatically using it.
   • Added explicit support for multiple monitors.
   • Added View menu, and options for cropping, uncropping, zooming, and rescaling.
   • Added Statistics window and options for controlling it.
   • Added creation of offscreen bitmaps for faster window updates.
   • Made the Help dialog bigger and better, and redesigned the About box.
   • Added Balloon Help.
   • Fixed a conflict with the Open-Wide control panel.
   • Improved memory management.

Version 0.9  (March, 1992)

   • Initial release.