					Thumber What's New
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Here's a brief list of some of the major new features incorporated into Thumber.  Minor features and most bug-fixes are not listed.

Version 2.6 (February 1999)
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Feature: Added option to create tab-delimited image info reports with selected information for spreadsheet import.
Feature: Added ability to merge image info reports into a "master report".
Feature: Added "Append comment" option.
Feature: Added ability to work with comments in multiple files simultaneously.
Feature: Added "Jump 10 forward", "Jump 10 backward" buttons.
Feature: Added open image in default viewer button.
Feature: Added open web page in default browser option.
Feature: Added option to retain file time/date stamp when adding comments or transforming image.
Feature: Added "Fix time/date stamp" option, to apply image's internal time/date stamp to file.
Feature: Thumber defaults to open next image in destination directory after transferring files.

Bug Fix: Fixed error that occurred when reading files from a root directory.
Bug Fix: Fixed incorrect reporting of ExposureEV, BrightnessEV for images that were taken with exposure compensation.


Version 2.5 (February 1999)
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Feature: New information reported: Exposure, brightness, ISO speed, metering mode, make/model, and software version.
Feature: Added support for Minolta 1500 Digita OS 1.1.
Feature: Added support for Nikon 950, Olumpus 2000, Fuji 2700 and others.
Feature: Added support for comments in EXIF files.
Feature: Thumber remembers last directory.
Feature: Added image rotation bottons.

Bug Fix: Rewrote internal string handling routines for consistency.
Bug Fix: Improved routine for determining image dimensions.
Bug Fix: Removed inaccurate reporting of Macro data from EXIF files.
Bug Fix: Corrected reporting of shutter speed data from Ricoh 4300 EXIF files.
Bug Fix: Corrected reporting of zoom setting from Kodak DC 220 EXIF files.

Version 2.41 (January 1999)
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Bug Fix: Corrected reading of certain variables from EXIF files.  (e.g. exposure compensation from Fuji 700 files.)
Bug Fix: Corrected reporting of flash setting data from EXIF files.


Version 2.40 (January 1999)
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Feature: Added image transfer capability. Transfer files between removeable memory card and hard-drive.
Feature: Auto-transfer files on program startup.
Feature: Added option to display exposure compensation on HTML page.
Feature: Refresh display button.  
Feature: Full install routine. Smaller executable size. Thumber now written in Visual Basic 6.
Feature: Added more "tool-tip" help.

Bug Fix: Improved error handling for image display.
Bug Fix: Corrected reporting of exposure compensation data (and other EXIF "ratio" variables).


Version 2.31 (January 1999)
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Feature: Added option to open image links in new browser window.
Feature: Added rebuild HTML option.  Rebuild web page without extracting thumbnails.

Bug Fix: Improved ability to detect image dimensions for rotated images.
Bug Fix: Fixed was in which Thumber displays "portrait" orientation images.
Bug Fix: Thumber now reads image dimensions from JPG header not EXIF data (more accurate for transformed images).
Bug Fix: Fixed text formatting on Thumber's interface.

Version 2.3 (December 1998)
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Feature: Added additional navigation controls -- jump to first and last files in directory.
Feature: Added alphabetic sorting routines.  Thumbnails are placed on web pages in alphabetic order, files are viewed in alphabetic order, etc.
Feature: Added extra option for handling images that don't contain thumbnails -- Thumber assumes that the thumbnail exists, and creates HTML code for a thumbail.  Note: You'll need to supply the thumbnail.
Feature: Added option for constraining thumbnail to arbitrary size in HTML code -- Can be selected for Thumber-created or user-created thumbnails.
Feature: Removed limit on the number of images per directory that Thumber can process (used to be 1,000)


Bug Fix: More reliable extraction of thumbnails from multiple directories.
Bug Fix: More reliable renaming.
Bug Fix: Thumber now remembers page name when saving options.

Version 2.0-2.2 (Summer 1998)
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Feature: Added support for 'EXIF' images produced by cameras such as Nikon 900, Kodak 260, Fuji 700, etc.
Feature: Added lossless JPEG image manipulation.
Feature: Added file renaming capabilities.
Feature: Added capability to process multiple directories simultaneously.
Feature: Added capability to generate image information report.
Feature: Added capability to read and insert comments in JPEG files.

Bug Fixes: Many!

Version 1.0-1.6 (Spring 1998)
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Feature: Read image information contained within digital camera JPEG files.
Feature: Extract Thumbnails from JPEG files.
Feature: Create HTML page using Thumbnails.
