Just decided to give you guys a little preview of what's in store for Media Catalog version 4.0. Development has been going smoothly lately, so I've been able to get quite some work done.
The main focus point of the 4.0 release is to put in a lot of the features you guys have asked me for. So what's new then?
QuickLook support
If you're on Mac OS X 10.5 (or higher) you can use QuickLook to view any items that are accessible to Media Catalog. There's a nifty new button at the bottom of Media Catalog's window with the QuickLook-eye in it that helps you preview your files.
I've created a little video to demonstrate how this works. Link to Video
Drag support
Ok, this one has been due for a long, long time and I'm quite ashamed that it took me this long to put in.
So here's how it works; Once you've found the file you need, and it's accessible to your computer at that time, Media Catalog allows you to drag it using two types of operations.
First; Drag it to your desktop or anywhere else on your Mac to have it copied there.
Second; Drag it atop the icon of your application of choice to have that application open that file instantly.
Easy, it just made sense and had to be there, so it is.
Speed increase
I got lots of emails from people complaining me that it took them too long to catalog new volumes so I had that procedure reworked. My measurements show that the new implementation is up to 770% faster than the old one, amazing.
Usual bugkilling
A lot of bugs got squashed in the 4.0 version which should make life easier for everyone.
Ok, so that's it for now, I'll get back to you as soon as there's anything else worthy of knowing.
Robert
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