digiKam digest - 2009-05-31

  • roadmap to next release, finally 1.0!
  • usability fixes
  • attempt to speed up loading of thumbnails by compromise on quality,
  • after tests idea was mostly rejected; implemented "cheat scaling" for
  • generation of thumbnails
  • instead beginning of thumbnails cache separate from .thumbnails standard:
  • should give faster loading
  • thumbnails for off-line storage
  • new statistics tool
  • new tool for logs of camera operations
  • many bug and regression fixes in new Qt4 list view model
  • usability and interface fixes in Batch Queue Manager
  • preparation for overlays in Albums GUI
  • fixed auto-crop issues in Free Rotation plugin


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.digikam.org/news/2009-06-01_digikam_digest_-_2009-05-31/