Software Update: jAlbum 10.9

Version 10.9 of jAlbum has been released. This program makes it easy to generate and edit professional looking HTML photo albums. In a clean interface, photos can be easily edited, the order can be changed and the appearance of the web page can be determined. If everything is to your liking, the result can be placed on a web page via the built-in ftp client. Because the software is developed in Java, jAlbum is available for a wide range of operating systems. The Windows version has issues with some versions of Java and is therefore bundled with Java, resulting in a larger download.

Since version 10, the program is no longer free for commercial use. A license for version 10 and all 10-series updates costs 39 euros, removes all advertising and gives access to higher priority support. Also new are full support for xmp metadata, the ability to now integrate created albums into websites, and the ability to exchange images and even entire folders between different projects. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

News and Updates

• New widget settings tab that allows you to manage widgets for albums from within the software itself
• New address bar added to jAlbum’s thumbnail view. The address bar continuously shows you the hard disk location of the currently open folder (can be toggled on/off)
• An initial path can be added to the server name of connection profiles, thereby enabling users to upload albums to ftp servers that hide files and directories
• Less annoying notifications: jAlbum now ensures that not more than two “promo type” notifications are shown per session. Also, such “promo type” notifications won’t interrupt any currently showing notifications (they are put on a queue instead)
• Updated ftp library to v2.3.0 (previously 2.1.0)
• Promotion links are now never added to albums when a license is active

Bug fixes

• Fixes to jAlbum’s detection of published albums: Some albums didn’t show up as published even though they were.
• Some thumbnails in the recent album project list would sometimes not show. This bug has been around for years and now finally found and fixed!
• The detection of recent album projects has been rewritten. There were occasions where the previous code could cause an empty recent project list. This will hopefully never happen again.
• Fix for running jAlbum on Java 1.7 (fix for SocketReset error during ftp uploads)
• jAlbum can now again produce that famous “ribbit” sound when clicking the frog face during start-up 🙂