We're soon about to release v34.3
Changes:
- New speech bubbles to guide newcomers to the user interface (hinting on use of "Make album", "preview" and "search")
- Defaults to using background make mode again
- Runs on Java 22 and JavaFX 22 on all platforms (embedded browser should behave a bit better now)
- Groovy scripting engine updated to v4.0.20 (from 4.0.12)
- Fixed issue where UI controls that were disabled by skin could accidentally be re-enabled by jAlbum
- Fix: Text effect now ensures that text fits (makes font smaller in case text won't fit)
- Fix: Plain RGB color selectors would incorrectly display alpha channel too
- New "UsageCounters" API to keep track of the use of various features
Installers:
Windows:
https://jalbum.net/download/jAlbum-install.exe
Mac (Intel):
https://jalbum.net/download/jAlbum.dmg
Mac (M1):
https://jalbum.net/download/jAlbum-M1.dmg
As we're running on an updated Java now, I appreciate your testing extra much
There are only a few new texts that needs translation for this release, they are:
#34.3
ui.useSettingsSearchFieldPrompt=Use me<br>to find any setting<br>you need
ui.useSearchBarPrompt=Use me to find<br>settings, preferences, projects and objects
tip.preview=Now click me to preview the album
tip.upload=Click me to share the album
To trigger the display of some of these texts, you may need to reset jAlbum's memory on what hints have been show before. You can do that by opening jAlbum's system console and execute the following code:
JNotification.forgetAllShown();
UsageCounters.reset("searchSupport");
UsageCounters.reset("preview");
then restart jAlbum. On the next restart, jAlbum should now present hints on the use of the make album button, preview button and search button. The search button hint is triggered after 3 minutes of jAlbum use and "satisfied" (i.e. never shows again) once you've used the search function. The same applies to the preview button. There's also a hint about the search text field within the settings window. It's triggered by navigating between 3 panels within a minute (makes jAlbum assume you're looking for something). It only shows once however.
