23-05-2004

ABC-View Manager 1.42

• Added Year/Month/Date incremental change option to file "modified" date
  
  
• Added .DWG format as plugin
  
  
• Added .ICO format as image format
  
  
• Increased startup and running stability
  
  
• Added Jpeg 2000 plugin (view JP2 images!)
  
  
• Added Truetype font plugin (view TTF truetype impressions!)
  
  
• Added DXF format plugin (3rd party)
  
  
• Made web-builder more compatible with Netscape (changes "\" for "/" in links

06-08-2002

ABC-View Manager 1.38

• Rotate images losslessly based on the EXIF orientation tag. More...
  
  
• Support for 3rd party plugins. Using this exciting feature, anyone (perhaps you?) with coding experience can write additional functionality.
  
  
• Enhancements to export as CSV (Custom CSV Format)
  
  
• Find similar images! Use the "Similar Images" filter. More...
  
  
• Mousewheel for previous and next image in viewer
  
  
• Allow other users than "administrator" to install (NT, Win2K, XP)
  
  
• Added option "[ ] Override listview background". This will allow you to choose a light font on a dark background.
  
  
• Added "gloom color scheme" for grouping. This color scheme will work better than "pastel" for dark backgrounds.

17-04-2002

ABC-View Manager 1.34

• Implemented "Tip of the Day"
  
  
• Added "QuickSearch" (ctrl-F). Search while you type, with each extra letter ABCVM narrows down.
  
  
• Enhanced drag & drop support. You may try to drop items from the listview or tree into the tree to move them to a different directory. Use with caution, not fully tested!
  
  
• Changed some presets
  
  
• Checking a drive now only adds root directory, not all subdirectories. The behaviour for folders is still as it was - checking a collapsed folder recursively scans, checking an expanded folder only scans the folder.
  
  
• Added the unique color banding feature

08-04-2002

ABC-View Manager 1.33

• Added Batch Change File Date. This function can change the file "modified" date for a batch of files. There are options to change to the current date, to a fixed date, or to add/substract a time period. Also, you can change the date to the internal (embedded) EXIF date for most JPG images.
  
  
• With "Smart Select" (the keys [Ctrl] + S) you can now quickly select a series of images. Image names like img001.jpg, img002.jpg, etc, will be selected at once.
  
  
• You can now add filters to the folder list
  
  
• Added "Sort By Folder" as rightclick menu item
  
  
• Folder list reacts to any shell change (example: if you rename a file in explorer, the change will become active in ABC-View Manager immediately)
  
  
• Added "Select All" and "Invert Selection"
  
  
• Added "Cut", "Copy" and "Paste", as well as "Copy Image" to copy bitmap information
  
  
• Thumbnails look better (extra option for high quality thumbnails with small pay-off in speed)
  
  
• Added Lossless rotate 180 degrees
  
  
• Added File Rename by typing F2 on an item
  
  
• Added Batch File Rename by typing F2 on a selection of more than one items

11-03-2002

ABC-View Manager 1.31

• Select folders directly by checking them in the folder tree on the left
• Support for Canon CRW raw files
• EXIF, CIFF, IPTC and ID3 tags in file properties dialog
• Better installer and uninstaller software
• Scanning for files can be interrupted by user, and is faster
• Export as XML
• Slideshow!
• More stability, faster selection
• The thumbnailing is improved. Other modes can now display mini thumbnails as well.
• Newest Exif Patch Lossless rotation
• Create thumbnail webpages: "Build-a-Web"
• Export to "Hunter Style" CSV files
• Thumbnail storage
• "Email-a-Friend" is enhanced so that user has more overview

05-07-2001

ABC-View Manager 1.0

Initial release!