shufti 2.3

I am happy to announce the release of shufti 2.3!

The only real new feature introduced in 2.3 is that shufti now maximizes windows and fits to view any new images you open that are larger than your screen. This greatly improves the usability of its directory browsing feature. I have updated the Windows installer and I'm going to post a Windows installation video because setting shufti up is a bit more complicated under Windows 10 than it is Linux, BSD and older versions of Windows.

NEW IN 2.3

• shufti now maximizes windows and fits to view any new images you open that are larger than your screen

• Updated Windows installer - now supports 32 and 64 bit (Windows Vista and later)

• Increase size of 'About' window to improve text visibility when using larger fonts

• Fixed Debian/Ubuntu install instructions (add missing PyQt5 module)

• Add notes on using shufti under FreeBSD plus various other tweaks to README

shufti 2.2

I feel like my little image viewing program is all grown up and ready to leave home and fend for itself now! I released 2.1 yesterday promising Python 2.X support but it wasn't tested enough and the database code was kaput - no more! shufti is now INSERT'ing with the best of 'em for those using Python 2.X too hence shufti should run on anything that can run pyqt5.

I have been using shufti almost every day since I wrote it. I was only aware of one minor bug in it but that's been fixed now. I'm sure there are still obscure bugs lurking but I don't know of any, A .dmg / easy installer for macOS would be nice but I'm not a mac user so its not a priority for me and my attempts thus far have been 'fruitless'.

Ultimately, I consider shufti feature-complete and ready for widespread use now. It is the best image viewer for my needs; in fact it's the ONLY image viewer that works how I think they ALL should and there are quite a few out there! I hope shufti inspires the authors of other image viewers to offer similar features and that you enjoy using it as much as I've enjoyed creating it!

NEW IN 2.2

• Working support for Python 2.x

• Fix occasional blank window prob when browsing to a new image after having adjusted the zoom and pan of the previous image.

• Fix the shufti database not getting created if its config directory already exists but the db file doesn't.

shufti 2.1

shufti 2.1 adds a bit of polish to the persistent image viewer. It has now been tested under TrueOS (FreeBSD 12) as well as Linux, Windows and macOS but there is still no disk image or easy installer for the mac.

I'd like to hear if anyone has tried shufti under any less well known operating systems such as Haiku yet?

NEW IN 2.1

• shufti now runs with Python 2.x and 3.x

• At the request of Ejneafsey, a quit option (and keyboard shortcut) has been added to the context menu to close the current shufti window

• Print basic instructions if run from the terminal without specifying an image to open

• Various improvements and additions to the README

shufti 2.0

shufti 2.0 delivers all the features I always wanted from an image viewer. The big new feature in 2.0 is directory browsing: when you open an image that is stored in a directory with other images you can now easily browse through them all using the SPACE and BACKSPACE keys or using the new context menu. shufti will save your image view settings when you switch images.

I haven't tested it much but I can at least confirm that shufti does run under macOS from the terminal if you install the latest Python 3 release from https://www.python.org/downloads/mac-osx/ and install PyQt5 via pip. That isn't how shufti is intended to be used so I am working on creating an easy to install and run macOS version.

New in 2.0

• Directory browsing support! Push SPACE to move to the next image in the directory and BACKSPACE to go back

• Right-click context menu to access all functions and view keyboard shortcuts

• Functions / shortcuts to vertically or horizontally maximise the image window

• shufti can now be even more easily installed under Arch-based distros via the new shufti AUR package

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/shufti/

Enjoy shufti!

shufti 1.0

Happy 1.0 to shufti!

Today sees the first proper release of my free, open source and cross-platform "persistent" image viewer, shufti. So far, I have only created a 64-bit Windows installer. It should work under Windows Vista/7/8/10 64-bit but I've only tried it under Windows 10 64-bit. Linux and BSD users can follow the existing, easy installation instructions.

Please let me know if you try it and remember to mention the version/family of OS you're running - thanks!