AVATeR 0.9.8 released

AVATeR v0.9.8 introduces highlight colors, a sticky selection mode, and various fixes.

Downloads

• Superceded by version 0.9.8.3

Changes

New additions

• New: show highlight colors
  Can be set to color full rows, single columns or be disabled alltogether¹. A text abbreviation can be shown for bad lighting conditions or visually impaired users. [see viewer menu]

• New: sticky annotation selection option
  Avoids pressing the control- and/or shift-key for selecting multiple annotations. [see viewer menu]

Improvements

• Improved: row resizing when scrolling
  When scrolling, 'row bouncing' has been strongly reduced compared to 0.9.7. For scroll-to-bottom 'misalignments' are now prevented after filtering or sorting on date.

• Improved: Windows USB handling

  • Device detection checks single device
    Now only the changed device is checked (as does the Linux version), instead of relying on a full device scan.

  • Replaced USB/mount time delays with retry loops

• Improved: Local mirror removal when syncing
  If active local mirrors are disabled in devices.conf, they are removed during a device scan (F5). Previously this required a restart.

Fixes

• Fixed: Removed deadlock situation with disabled device monitor
  When the device monitor was disabled, a device scan (F5) that detected a missing USB device (and issued it's removal) would trigger a deadlock, causing an infinite wait².

• Fixed: URLs for website/updating
  Redirects will be kept in place for older versions.

• Various minor changes/fixes

Next release

• 0.9.9 is planned for June/July.
• Linux release is coming, as a Flatpack and/or a Debian installer.