Software update: ImageGlass 8.8

Version 8.8 of ImageGlass was recently released. ImageGlass is a small, fast and simple open source program that Pictures can be viewed. It can rotate and convert images to other format without losing quality, but for other operations it depends on external software. In version 8.0, which was given the nickname Kobe, support for new formats was added, ExifTool can be used to display EXIF ​​information and it can show the individual frames in a GIF image. The following changes and improvements have also been made in this edition:

New:

• Adds setting DisabledMenus in igconfig.xml to disable ImageGlass features using menu name (#1498).
• Adds support for relative path of Exiftool in igconfig.xml file (#1208).
• Adds support for displaying and extracting Unicode characters from EXIF ​​metadata (#1169).
• Adds a new confirmation dialog when the user overrides the current image to warn them about the limitations of ImageGlass regarding image saving (#1094).
• The About dialog now includes information about the ImageGlass license and privacy policy.
• The Check for Update feature has been improved to show more information about the update and check if the user’s system can install version 9.0 in the future.
• Image saving has been updated to only work with supported formats listed in the “Write” column of the supported formats page (#1504):
  • If the user attempts to save an unsupported format, the “Save as…” dialog will be opened instead.
  • This change also affects other image saving-related features such as rotation, flipping, and cropping.

Improvements:

• Upgraded Magick.NET to version 13.0.0.
• Improved loading speed for animated WEBP format (#1466) by directly using libwebp v1.3.0.
• Thumbnails are now automatically centered (#1049).
• Enhanced the corner radius of the toolbar, thumbnail bar, and menu to ensure optimal display on high DPI screens running Windows 11.
• Implemented rounded frameless window borders on Windows 11.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed an issue where the user couldn’t minimize the window in Window Fit mode (#1448).
• Fixed a bug that prevented ImageGlass from loading certain TIF files with invalid tags (#1181, #1454).
• Fixed an issue where the Exif tool was not functional when using the default name of ExifTool: exiftool(-k).exe (#1178).
• Fixed an issue where images became corrupted during the save process, causing display errors when navigating to the next image or exiting the app (#1097, #1273, #1504).
• Fixed an issue where the “loading…” message always shows when viewing next images.