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Version 2.9.0

Released on 2017.07.15

Community

• added support for playing flac and mp3 files
• added swith for disabling global keybindings #574
• allow navigation in the alternative directoriy with a single click
• updating electron to 1.6.8
• fixed size of a iframe viewer in the edge browser
• fixed missing thumbnails of files from search results
• adding additional check for file path
• update i18n files for spanish, chinese, russian and dutch languages

Pro

• fixed issues with handling tags in sidecar files #582 and #604,

Version 2.8.0

Released on 2017.04.14

Community

• adding support for opening internal links in MD and HTML documents and in file and folder descriptions
• redesigning the user interface of the list perspective, adding support for folders
• adding a button in the editorHTML extension for selecting/deselecting of all checkboxes in the current document
• adding a viewer for RTF as new extension
• adding Vietnamese language thanks to dd721411
• disabling editing of the description on click, due to the need to open links
• moving the tags after the subfolders in the folder navigator
• fixing issue preventing creating new files
• fixing CSV export of the file list in Chrome
• adding last changed date to the CSV export functionality
• Firefox webclipper now generates .url files, added bookmark button to Firefox web clipper, thanks to asciiascetic
• fixing issue with handling paths containing % in the name
• enable content search in webdav edition
• export tag groups as json with unique id’s, for easy reimporting
• adding button for restoring the original tag groups
• fixing issue with loading files on startup
• fixing issue with removing multiple tags
• removing deprecated nwjs support from the project

Pro

• adding thumbnail generation for text based files such as md, text, json, xml, javascript and other
• fixing the black background of html thumbnails

Version 2.7.0

Released on 2017.02.04

Community

• adding support for Cryptomator, allowing the use of TagSpaces as encrypted Evernote alternative with the cloud provider of your choice
• redesigning the user interface for file and directory properties
• read only support for file and directory description
• showing the count of tags in a tag group only if it is collapsed
• adding support for gfm breaks for the markdown transformer
• updating the user ideas link to point to a trello board
• fix for the form validation in the dialogs
• adding danish translations
• saving the windows state, size and location for the next start of tha app
• cap max result to 2000 in settings instead of setting the limit to 0
• redesigning the file properties area
• changing the reload application shortcut key to F5
• added link to the new tagspaces documentation website
• improved performance by search
• migration to electron 1.4.14
• #494 fixed - ignore file/directory names that start with dot, instead of full paths
• #430 fixed - undefined in the file name
• #498 fixed - support for relative path in portable mode
• #489 fixed - psn startup parameter issue on mac
• #454 fixed
• #405 fixed
• #411 fixed

Pro

• added file description editor in the file properties area
• added directory description in the directory properties are

Chrome Extension and Firefox Addon

• improved onboarding for the chrome extension

Android App

• corrected the loading of meta data

Version 2.6.0

Released on 2016.11.23

Community

• Adding a tray icon with a menu
• Adding global shortcuts for showing the application, opening the previous and next files, pausing the playback
• Adding new keyboard shortcuts for open, open native and delete
• Added buttons for changing background colour in viewerMHTML, viewerHTML, viewerImage, perspectiveImageSwiper
• Added editing capabilities for the tag colours in tag groups
• Correcting printing functionality in some extensions
• Added a default color for the tags in the settings
• Add a checkbox in the settings to open the tag library on startup
• Added editor for date and time smart tags
• Add readability mode in viewerMHTML and viewerHTML extensions
• Adding support for reading emails in EML format
• Added GIF to the list of supported image extensions for creating thumbnails on the fly.
• Adding a new plus menu for creating the standard file types
• Adding global shortcut for saving edited text files
• Added 64bit RPM package
• Arrow keys are now moving the selection of the current opened files in the grid and list perspectives
• Tags are displayed now in the image swiper perspective
• Added sorting and grouping capabilities to the grid perspective
• Completely reimplementing the viewerImage with the viewer.js library adding many new features
• Added markdown preview functionality in the editorText extension
• Show source url and saved date in viewerHTML extension

Pro

• Added geo tagging with the leaflet library
• Making thumbnails size and format configurable
• Correcting the generation of PDF thumbnails

Chrome Extension and Firefox Addon

• Minor bug fixes

Android App

• Correcting adding external files
• Improving position of alert messages

Version 2.5.0

Released on 2016.09.05

Community

• Support for folders in the grid perspective
• Added colored file extensions by default and making them optional in the settings
• Support for ToDos/Checkboxes in the rich text (html) editor extension
• Added ability to browse folders in the grid perspective, should be enabled in the perspective’s settings
• New file menu items in the top menu
• Placing the tag import and tag group create functionalities in the tag area
• Added new logo
• Added text to confirm and cancel buttons in dialogs
• Added new menu items in electron’s help menu
• Button animation enabled
• Added Maltese and Armenian translation
• Added online/offline check for the webdav version
• Added extCommon library as a place to share common code between the TagSpaces extensions
• File context menu in the list and grid perspective

Pro

• Minor bug fixes

Chrome Extension and Firefox Addon

• Added close button for the chrome extension popup

Android App

• A free app for Android released on google play store, called TagSpaces Lite

Version 2.4.0

Released on 2016.06.09

Community

• Added initial implementation for searching in the HTML and MD viewers
• The user interface of the audio/video player was updated
• Audio/video player will trigger the opening of the next file in the current folder on finishing playback, allowing you for example to listen many audio files one after another like in a regular music player.
• The minimum length of the tags was reduced to 1 character
• Added the F2 key binding for renaming files
• Added a help screen showing the key binding on F1
• Fixed directory listing issue with the nginx webdav module #409
• Fixing showing files containing a tag #441
• Starting the search in the advanced search dialog on enter now possible

Pro

• Minor bug fixes

Chrome Extension and Firefox Addon

• Added the ability to save the source url and date in the saved HTML web page

Android App

• Supporting playing of audio while the app is not in foreground
• Fixing issue with opening files from search results on android #438

Version 2.3.0

Released on 2016.04.30

Community

• Redesigning the search user interface, addin options
• Considering the parent directory name by the search algorithm
• Added an option in the settings for limiting the search results
• Added an option in the settings for deactivating the default search in subfolders
• Improving handling of not recursive search
• Adding a “goto previus folder” button in the folder navigation
• Adjusting the functionality for showing the availability of new versions
• Fixing open files natively on OS X
• Fixing user interface issue caused by too long file names in list perspective
• Add experimental functionality for watching directories for changes
• Fixing issue #358 which was preventing file renaming on network shares under OS X

Pro

• Initial release of TagSpaces Pro

Chrome Extension

• Fixes needed for the file system API changes in Chrome 49

Android App

• Reenabling the add existing file functionality on Android

Version 2.2.5

Released on 2016.04.24

• Firefox only release, with a signed addon
• Addon migration to JPM

Version 2.2.1

Released on 2016.03.28

• Fixing embedded images in HTML with data url
• Fixing search in ImageSwiper perspective
• Fixing opening of the source link in MHTML viewer

Version 2.2.0

Released on 2016.03.24

• Migration the desktop app to the Electron shell
• Adding live thumbnails for images in Grid and ImageSwiper perspectives
• Adding language detection on the first application run
• Adding polish translation thanks to fringoo
• Fixing refresh issue after dir rename
• Fixing issues in MD and HTML file viewer extensions
• Showing Exif and IPTC information from JPEGs in the ImageViewer extension
• Fixing opening external links
• Fixing drag & drop of tags and files in grid perspective
• Adding url of the opened file for the webdav version allowing sharing links to the opened document
• Correcting loading documents on startup
• Adding startup parameters like -p for portable mode or -d for debugging
• Adding npm command for running a local test webdav server
• Correcting opening of files on startup
• Disabling the firefox file browser in the addon

Version 2.1.4 (Android only release)

Released on 2016.03.22

• Adding live thumbnails for images in grid and image-swiper perspectives
• Adding language detection on first run
• Adding polish translation thanks to fringoo
• Fixing refresh issue after dir rename in Android
• Fixing issues with the MD and HTML file viewers
• Showing Exif and IPTC information from JPEGs in the image viewer extension

Version 2.1.1

Released on 2016.02.03

• Fixing issue with renaming folder in the WebDAV edition
• Fixing missing icons
• Fixing loading extension in Firefox

Version 2.1.0

Released on 2016.01.28

• Added new perspective(ImageSwiper) for browsing of photos and image
• Separating all the extension in separate modules/repositories, so they can be now easily extended by advanced users
• Adding support for search in subfolders for the webdav and chrome versions
• Improving general stability, by migration of IO-APIs to promises
• Script for generation of image thumbnails added
• Fixed loading of directory tag groups
• Fixed collect renamed tags issue #372
• Fixed creating multiple taggroups #367
• Fixed the opening of the containing folder of a file from the search result 374
• Correcting the export of the tag groups
• Loading thumbnails finding the thumbnail path if available
• Allow printing of images in the webdav version
• Load tag groups from last opened location meta data
• Almost all modal dialogs can now be moved with the mouse
• Enabling loading of meta data in non-PRO version
• Correcting the opening of external links
• Hosting the current jsdoc of the application on docs.tagspaces.org/api

Version 2.0.1

Released on 2015.10.30

• redesign of the user interface using material paradigms
• using flexbox for performance optimization of the user interface
• show file names in delete confirmation message
• adding noty as a notification framework for the project, showing messages for failed operations
• confirming the rename file, create tag, create tag group, edit tag group, create and rename directory dialogs with enter key
• support opening of files in fullscreen
• adding fx-extra node module. solving the issue with moving files over different partitions in the Windows, Linux and Mac apps
• cleaning search results count on location close
• adding initial getting started tour with the hopscotch library
• making the tag group title also collapse and persist the tag groups
• adding a default viewer for the EPUB files
• single click opens files in grid perspective
• save collapsed state of tag groups
• rearranging file opener button toolbar, exchanging icons
• added default startup location functionality
• redesigning the viewerHTML and viewerMD extensions
• fixing issue with opening files from command line
• fixing issue with start in portable mode
• added key binding ctrl+f for the search functionality
• added key binding ctrl+a for selecting all files
• adding badges for order of steps in the web clippers
• adding confirm dialog for deleting perspective and file types in the settings
• disabling directory watcher in native apps, due to performance issue
• added Korean and Indonesian
• integrating of the rendering engine crosswalk(chromium) for supporting older android devices with SDK 4.1
• exchanging the pdf.js lib with a newer version
• enabling back button on android

Version 1.12.0

Released on 2015.07.29

• Added a new audio/video player extension based on plyr.io library
• Added a new viewer for EPUB files
• Added a new viewer for ZIP files
• Hungarian and Chinese Taiwan (big5) languages added
• Scrolling to bottom of the settings after adding new file type
• Fixing drag and drop issue for smart tags
• Directory watcher implemented for node webkit
• Import tagGroups from settings
• Added a web clipper for the Firefox
• Added a an Android widget allowing to take photos and create notes directly from desktop
• Fixing stopping of the playback of audio and video files after closing them #251
• The settings of the Android app are now saved in a file in the app folder
• Fixing issue with not recognizing folder on some webdav servers

Version 1.11.0

Released on 2015.04.15

• adding korean, greek, catalan, czech, swedish, turkish and dutch translations
• add a new system tag group collecting all new applied tags
• added delete selected files functionality to the list and grid perspectives
• adding generating thumbs for pdf, bmp, webp and svg files in grid perspective
• added import tag groups functionality
• internationalizing the UI of the chrome extension
• reimplementing loading animation
• adding confirmation on the app closing by unsaved changes on the currently opened file
• fixing drag and drop issue of tags from files to tag groups
• exchanging pdf.js with a newer version, moving it as core lib
• improving code quality by adding jshint and jscs to the project
• clearing search results on directory change
• adding handler for the add file button
• adding title editing to the web scrapping function
• correcting binding of fastclick lib
• disabling the support of AVI files in the default settings #242

Version 1.10.3

Released on 2015.01.29

• Supporting adding of files on Android and the WebDAV edition
• Fixing issue in the search
• Fixing adding existing files in the native version #187
• Fixing broken following of symlinks
• Fixing doubling the main menu #193
• Fixing not loading of external json with tag groups on windows
• Enabling strikeout of text in HTML editor on Android
• Persisting sort order in list perspective #165
• Enable setting of the language throught url parameter
• Updating translations

Version 1.10.1

Released on 2015.01.15

• Bugfixes in the search and for Mac OSX

Version 1.10.0

Released on 2015.01.10

• redesigning the search functionality
• typing esc in the search box will close the search area
• considering the parent directory name in the search results
• showing search area by filtering for tags
• adding new extension(viewerMHTML) for previewing of MHTML files
• updating the Russian, German, French, Japanese, Slovak, Portuguese and Bulgarian translations
• redesigning settings adding new css toggle switch
• adding exif reader and automatically rotation of JPG files according to their exif orientation
• making main menu configurable in the settings
• adding the path to the file in the tooltip of the extension button
• adding ico as supported file type
• adding dom purify lib to the project
• fixing #176 selecting the same directory twice
• fixing refresh after deleting #149
• fixing broken notification for new versions
• [native] adding script for running TagSpaces in portable mode
• [native] fixing handling of broken symlinks links #182
• [OSX] fixing native menu with edit, copy, paste and window menus #174
• [chrome] adding page capturing capabilities to the chrome extension
• [chrome] disabling opening of the application on first install
• [chrome] adding internationalization for the chrome store
• [chrome] fixing double slash in the begin of a path in chrome
• updating bootstrap to 3.2.0 and font-awesome to 4.2
• adding spinkit to the project

Version 1.9.0

Released on 2014.11.22

• added new builds for 64bit Windows and Mac OSX
• adding new HTML viewer with themes and content zooming
• loading the background for transparent images after the loading of the image
• images pasted in the HTML editor are saved as data urls allowing easy web scrapping
• adding gradients at the begin and end of the left and middle UI areas
• disabling the wrapping in of the title in the file editor by a long title
• updating pdf.js to a newer version, solving error by opening of PDFs
• keeping file selection after renaming/tagging
• reconfiguring the default viewer and editors for html and json files
• embedding default css styles in html files created by TagSpaces
• MHT files are now opened in a new window in chrome and node-webkit, due restriction in security restrictions in chromium
• adding printing and zooming capabilities to the html, markdown and image viewer
• enable tagging of the selected files by double click on a tag
• adding button for opening of the files natively
• adding styling themes for markdown files
• adding sandboxing for the viewer’s for image, odf and html files
• disallowing space as a character in dialog for adding new tags in a tag group
• enabling the export to csv button in chrome and Webdav edition
• adding experimental thumbnail generation to the grid perspective
• fixing #119
• fixing the utf8 issues #131 and #134
• fixing issue with using webdav of different port #137
• fixing issue #125 remind the user to enable “Allow access to file URLs”
• fixing typo in the about box #133
• fixing the reload of tagspaces on enter in dialogs #126
• native versions based on Node-webkit v0.11.1

Learn more in the corresponding blog post.

Version 1.8.6

Released on 2014.10.01

• implementing of a new file edit functionality
• implementing of an add file functionality in the desktop versions
• implementing of the editorJSON extension as viewer and editor for JSON files
• adding natural sorting of the file in the list perspective
• adding initial russian translations thanks to darvin and ijon
• adding BMP as supported file type for viewing
• adding key bindings for edit document ctrl+e and adding tags ctrl+t
• enabling the export of all tag groups as json file in the settings
• enable importing of multiple tag groups from the .ts\tsm.json file in a location
• preventing adding of tags and renaming while file in edit mode
• disabling cleaning of the file selection on file close
• fixing broken drag and drop of files and tags
• increasing the size of the select file button
• adding input validators for various dialogs
• adding save binary file function
• adding new file and dir create functionality
• adding new color chooser in the some dialogs
• implementing new file save concept
• adding file move / copy functionality to the file menu
• focusing the first edit box automatically after opening of a dialog
• fixing #107 enabling the renaming of tags from for example todo in ToDo
• replacing of the old chrome extension with a new one called TagSpaces Light supporting the read only functionalities of TagSpaces. This step is needed due the phasing out of the NPAPI functionality in the Chrome browser.

Learn more in the corresponding blog post.

Version 1.8.5

Released on 2014.07.28

• adding support for drag & drop of files into TagSpaces from your native file manager
• adding copy and move file functionality
• adding duplicate file functionality
• viewer for .url .website and .desktop files added, allowing you to use TagSpaces as a bookmark manager
• sorting functionality for the tags in a taggroup added
• adding Spanish and initial Ukrainian translations
• adding support for loading tags from the current location directory, feature can be enabled in the experimental tab of the settings
• opening new files directly in edit mode
• removing default content of new markdown and text files
• disabling the blinking cursor in readonly mode
• disable closing of the current location if a path was wrong or can not be opened.
• adding focus window function to the platform APIs
• adding a white background for the image viewer, useful for viewing transparent images
• extending the directory browser with drive selector in windows
• fixing issue with opening the directory select dialog
• #101 duplicated main menu
• #102 unable ti select text in the markdown viewer
• [chrome] exchanging the chrome with chromelite ioapi not dependent on NPAPI
• [firefox] adding file copy functionality and fixing messaging api change introduced with Firefox 30

Version 1.8.3

Released on 2014.06.17

• brazilian-portuguese translation added
• portuguese translation added
• japanese translation added
• french translation added
• slovak translation added
• adding delete directory functionality
• adding rename directory functionality
• adding an export to CSV in the perspectiveList
• disabling automatic resizing of the main window
• fixing missing tags in the file viewer issue

Version 1.8.1

Released on 2014.05.15

• adding chinese and bulgarian(50%) translation to the project
• releasing a technology preview of a self hosting version of TagSpaces based on WebDAV
• marked integrated as a new markdown rendering library, allowing github’s gfm, tables and more
• now it is possible to associate a file type to be opened with TagSpaces by default
• associating the applications in OS X, Ubuntu and Android to open markdown and mhtml files by default
• adding file download functionality, allowing you to save a file locally wherever you want
• adding top menu for the native applications, allowing you to access quickly basic functionalities
• now it is possible to add keybinding to a tag
• adding a new tag group with rating tags e.g. 1star with the keybinding t 1
• adding tags to the file properties dialog
• the file types in settings are now sorted alphabetically
• adding keybinding for showing tag libraries s t and directory navigator s f
• #65 implementing clean tags functionality
• #68 showing files from hidden directories fixed
• #62 fixing issue where the UI was not refreshed after file deletion

Learn more in the corresponding blog post.

Version 1.8.0

Released on 2014.05.02

• german and italian (50%) translations added
• making the keyboard shortcuts configurable
• adding shortcut for loading the previous (left or up arrows) and the next (right or down arrows) document
• improvements in the options dialog
• fixing opening links in the default browser instead of the application #53 in markdown files
• fixing undo issue in text editor #45
• adding setting for showing confirmation dialog before recursive scan
• [osx] re-enabling the menu on mac #44
• [firefox] fixing #59 about saving utf8 content
• [firefox] optimizing the start TagSpaces button in the toolbar for support of Firefox 29
• [android] new icon

Learn more in the corresponding blog post.

Version 1.7.9

Released on 2014.04.02

• removing of many tags on many files now possible in one step
• adding swipe left and right gestures for image navigation
• fixing text wrapping issues in list perspective
• adding key bindinds for left and right keys for document navigation
• redesigning the alternative path navigation in bottom part of the application
• adding “close file” and “send to” actions to the file menu
• making the toolbar icons flat
• preventing opening links in html files

Version 1.7.8

Released on 2014.03.21

• enabling opening of the last opened location by the start of the application #29
• adding the following key bindings
  • ctrl+r / command+r - reloads the current document
  • ctrl+s / command+s - saves the current document if opened for editing
  • esc - closes the current document
  • alt-enter - shows the document properties
• making all dialogs not disappear by clicking outsite of the dialog
• fixing issue with not displaying local images in MARKDOWN files
• adding WEBP as supported image format (not in firefox)
• starting hints are shown only if you don’t have last opened location
• preventing drag & drop of files in the application
• [android] new rounded icons for android added
• [android] added “send to” functionality for all file types
• [android] eliminating the 300ms wait time by adding the fastclick library
• [android] fixing the failing opening of the first document after the start of the app

Version 1.7.7

Released on 2014.03.10

• Improving and refactoring the layouting algorithm for a better responsible behaviour, especially on mobile phones
• Adding support for viewing of ODF files (e.g. ODT, ODS, ODG, ODP) not available in firefox and chrome
• Adding new version of pdf.js with support of printing, rotating, dragging, document properties and goto first/last page

Version 1.7.6

Released on 2014.02.28

• Releasing Linux and Debian 32bit packages of tagspaces for the first time
• Improving the HTML WYSIWYG editor
• Improving the Markdown viewer
• The last state of the application window (e.g. maximized) is now remembered and restored on startup
• Fixing issue with empty file titles, e.g. handling the case .txt by extracting of the filename without extension
• Files are now sorted by name in the perspectiveList
• Correcting the opening of the containing folder in the file viewer
• Correcting opening of the containing folder functionality in node-webkit
• Setting the min lenght of the tags to 2 chars
• Setting space and comma as a separatos for multiple tag entering
• [android windows linux osx] Fixing saving utf8 content
• Fixing: #23, #26, #27, #30, #31, #32, #33
• Partly fixing #25

Version 1.7.4

Released on 2014.02.17

• adding hints for the format of the tags in the dialogs
• clearing current filter on location change
• adding hover for the file title editor
• facebook button added
• disabling reloading of directory by tag rename
• open files natively added to main file context menu
• migration to node-webkit 0.9.1

Version 1.7.3

Released on 2014.02.05

• Added native client for Windows
• Added native client for Linux
• Added native client for Mac OS
• Added native client for Android
• Adding new welcome screen by the first start of the application
• Redesigning the options dialog
• Adding a new contact us popover
• Adding settings for tag calculation, tagdelimiter and prefix of a tag container
• Disabling automatically opening of the directory browser after directory change
• Adding an alternative directory browser in the perspective footer
• Adding a title to the perspective switcher
• Adding hotkeys for reloading, fullscreen and devtool in node-webkit
• Adding of a new contact us dropup
• Adding a button for the activataion of recursive search
• Vizualizing extracted tags from the search results
• Extracting all tags from the currern search results added as experimental feature
• Integrating viewerText as default opener for unknown file types
• File properties dialog added
• Adding predifined perspective per locaiton
• Added XHTML as a new file type
• New search functionality implemented. Added popup with search rules description
• Adding location edit functionality
• Fixing #19 markdown viewer scrollbar
• Zooming with mouse wheel added to the image viewer
• Panning and zooming added to the image viewer
• Adding support for audio, video and source code filetypes
• Move tag to first position functionality implemented
• Adding of many tags at once separated by comma. Minumum tag length is 3 characters
• [android] Adding HTML directory browser for android
• [android] Opening files on double tap now possible
• [android] Reading date and size file meta now supported
• [android windows linux osx] Added support for natively opening of files
• [android windows linux osx chrome] Fixing the huge horizontal scrollbar
• [android] Recursive folder scanning now implemented in cordova

Version 1.6.1528

Released on 2013.09.18

• Redesigning the new version notification dialog
• Correcting the sort order of the dates
• Addded new mindmap visualization in the perspectiveGraph
• Editing of HTML files is now possible
• Added grouping by tag groups
• The file list is refreshed after tag color change
• Added some new vizualiazions to the perspectiveGraph
• Smart tags added
• Added custom scrollbars for webkit browsers
• Footer shows found files count
• Set filter is now perspective specific
• Implementing search funcitonality in the perspective thumb
• Added grouping by day, month and year in the thumbPerspective
• Added warning for chrome users if TagSpaces has no access to local file URLs
• Tags are now colored in the fileopener
• Filter in default perspective has now a red icon if it is not empty
• New library fixing a bug preventing opening a directory selection dialog in linux on chrome
• [Chrome] TagSpaces opens automatically on first install in chrome