New features since v1.0.0.65

Since version 1.0.0.65 i have added a number of new features:

1. Implemented adding and deleting an existing photo into sets and groups
2. Implemented thumbnails cache that makes return to previous pages very fast. But it works only during a session. On Application closing everything clears up.
3. Implemented viewing Flickr.Manager's log.
4. Implemented several keyboard shortcuts.

Current version is 1.0.0.77

Checking new version

Since version 1.0.0.65 implemented mechanism of checking Flickr.Manager's new versions. It is being requested on every application start and if a new version available user will be promt to download it.

Edit user's tags list.

Implemented a new feature - editing user's tags list. v1.0.0.64. Fixed a couple of small bugs.

Some improvements

New version of Flickr.Manager is available for download. Some useful new features has been implemented in it:

Selection of an image type that will be downloaded into preview window
Implemented asynchronous downloading of an image into preview window and displaying download progress
Improved Upload window layout.
Improved caching.
Some bus has been fixed (and new introduced :))

1. Selection of an image type that will be downloaded into preview window


2. Implemented asynchronous downloading of an image into preview window and displaying download progress


3. Improved Upload window layout.


4. Improved caching.


5. Some bus has been fixed (and new introduced :))

The app has a small number of minor bugs but it doesn’t prevent normal functionality. Version 1.0.0.63

First user but me

It seems that someone uses Flickr.Manager. The first step has been bone and the target not to scare off him(her).

Critical bug in v1.0.0.52

Versions prior 1.0.0.53 contains a critical bug that erases all photo's tags on deleting any of them. Now v1.0.0.57 has been uploaded and it's rather stable. I use it myself i.e. eat my own dog food :) More about own dog food.

Adding to groups

I have just implemented adding a photo into a group on uploading. It works fine here but it's not roughly tested yet. Version 1.0.0.52

Another bug fix

It's rather interesting to unaware but this is the kind of bug that cannot be discovered by unit tests and pair programming. Well, after adding a new contact _rebekka and trying to view one of her photo i discovered interface to freeze for a time and the program didn't respond 10-30 second. The problem was the number of comments of a photo. Every each photo of rebbeka has hundred comments and after uploading photo and start displaying it i updated interface for each comment and that caused great load on Windows GUI so interface was unresponsable. Changing interface redraw on every 25 comment and do the main job of creating comment in different(background) thread solved the problem. Fixed version (v1.0.0.51) is available for downloading.

New feature (comments)

Since v1.0.0.50 you can comment photos. Deleting and editing comments are not implemented yet.

New feature, bug fix and diagnostics.

I realize that it's not ideal situation but sometimes when you do something in the app and nothing happens. It may be caused by slow connection or large object to download but sometimes an error may occur and nothing changes even if you want it. To diagnose that situation you can look at application log file that can be found within the application's directory (C:\Program Files\Flickr.Manager by default). The application's log file name is log.txt.

Now some good news - i have impemented the option of add a photo to your favorites list and exclude it from the list. Fixed some small bug that was caused by my fault (cross-threading interface operations that are illegal in Windows) and may cause some pictures cannot be displayed. Fixed version has already been uploaded (v1.0.0.49).

First public version

Yesterday, i opened Flickr.Manager to everybody. In the previous post i published the link to the application, but it seems that this blog are not read by anybody :). The tool can do a small number of things and a lot of work to do, but i suppose it has grown enough to be show to public. FUN: Just after opening i found a critical bug that caused of new tags lost on uploading a photo if the photo has no old tags attached :). The program can be downloaded from here.

Flickr.Manager draft

As i promised before i did a draft version of the program that can manage and view your flickr stuff. It's not even alpha version only prototype that can do almost nothing but viewing your photos, editing description and deleting a photo's tags.

You can download it from here: Flickr.Manager