jAlbum 17.1

News and Updates

• Completely rewritten skin template parser. Potentially faster as templates are now parsed once to an internal object tree (Abstract Syntax Tree) and from there evaluated to final pages multiple times. The new parser not only caches the internal object tree, it also caches compiled scriptlets for scripting languages supporting this (JavaScript and Groovy. BeanShell doesn’t compile well so far)
• Introduced Groovy as scripting language. Note, this is still an experimental alpha. The sharp release is scheduled for Q1 2019.
• Update image reading library to TwelveMonkeys 3.5. Problematic CMYK JPEG images should now work again.
• Adapted colors for Mac OS X Mojave
• Now allows preview browser to be operated while building album
• Removed obsolete «Local Flash preview» preference
• Moved «Video support» to Preferences->Advanced (no need to touch for the vast majority)
• Updated Korean translations for ZigZag, Mr.Burn5 and Responsive

Bug fixes

• Problematic CMYK JPEG images should now work again
• Adding some https web locations could cause an SSL handshake error
• Fixed bug causing loss of skin project settings if loading skin while another skin is still loading
• Fixed crash bug upon opening preview window on Mac OS X Mojave
• Ensured that the text field specific undo stack is cleared when the user is about to edit titles, comments or keywords. Users can now safely hit CTRL/CMD+Z to undo without going past initial value

Known issues

• Preview browser can occasionally hang while being operated on OS X Mojave. This is likely a bug in OS X Mojave or the underlying Java. We’ll provide an update as soon as possible or trust that Apple’s next service release fixes this.