Blog | Binary Nonsense2023-12-30T11:29:41+01:00https://blog.binarynonsense.comÁlvaro GarcíaACBR Comic Book Reader: Version 3.3.0 Now Available2023-09-16T00:00:00+02:00https://blog.binarynonsense.com/2023/09/16/acbr-progress-log<p>Changelog</p>
<ul><li>Added a quick menu that can be opened from the reader by pressing the gamepad's start button or F1 in the keyboard.
</li><li>Added a file browser that can be opened from the quick menu and works with mouse, keyboard and gamepad.
</li><li>Added a button to open the history tool from the quick menu and adapted the tool to also work with keyboard and gamepad.
</li><li>Added a brief bounce animation to the modals.
</li><li>The full screen state is now saved on exit and restored on launch.
</li><li>Fixed a gap showing at the top of the modals' background in full screen mode.
</li><li>Fixed a gap showing at the top of the tools' background in full screen mode.
</li><li>Fixed the focus indicator not showing some times in the modals and the browser and history tools when using the gamepad, and customized its style.
</li><li>Fixed the battery level value having a large number of decimals in some cases.
</li></ul>
<p>[UPDATE] v3.3.1:</p>
<ul><li>Made all the contents of the tools' left panel stick to the top, not just the action buttons.
</li><li>Made the info bubbles stackable.
</li><li>Fixed the scrollbar moving with the arrow keys in the file browser and history tools.</li></ul>
<p>[UPDATE] v3.3.2:</p>
<ul><li>Fixed gamepad buttons being detected as pressed at the start in some circumstances and causing undesired input events.
</li><li>Changed the gamepad mapping for "go to the first page" and "go to the last page" from "Y" and "A" to "BACK + Y" and "BACK + A" as they were too easy to press by accident.
</li></ul>
ACBR Comic Book Reader: Version 3.2.0 Now Available2023-08-27T00:00:00+02:00https://blog.binarynonsense.com/2023/08/27/acbr-progress-log<p>Changelog:</p>
<ul><li>Added an option in the preferences to enable using a third-party command-line application (<a href="https://www.win-rar.com/cmd-shell-mode.html?&L=0" rel="nofollow">rar</a> from WinRAR) to create and modify cbr files.
</li><li>Added the ability to search for and import comic book metadata from Comic Vine to the ComicInfo.xml editor. A <a href="https://comicvine.gamespot.com/api/" rel="nofollow">Comic Vine API key</a> is required for it to work.
</li><li>Added an option in the comic book conversion and creation tools to split the output into multiple files.
</li><li>Added an option in the comic book conversion and creation tools to password protect the output files. Only available for some of the output formats (cbz, cb7, pdf and cbr).
</li><li>Made the creation tool accept not only image files as input but also comic book files.
</li><li>Added an option in the preferences to save the temp folder path as relative.
</li><li>Added an option in the preferences to choose which PDF library is used for reading, the oldest (quicker but less robust) or the newest (slower but more robust).
</li><li>Fixed an error in the PDF creation code when using an advanced option other than the default one.
</li></ul>
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<p>[UPDATE] v3.2.1:</p>
<p>Hotfix:
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<ul><li>Fixed error window showing after quitting in some cases.
</li></ul>
<p>[UPDATE] v3.2.2:</p>
<ul><li>Updated the documentation.
</li><li>Fixed some debug messages being logged as errors.
</li><li>All the language localization files are now up to date.
</li></ul>
<p>[UPDATE] v3.2.3:</p>
<p>Hotfix:
</p>
<ul><li>Fixed error when clicking 'Toggle Full Screen' in the context menu.
</li><li>Fixed 'Zoom > Increase', 'Zoom > Decrease' and 'Zoom > Reset' in the menu bar doing nothing
</li></ul>
<p>[UPDATE] v3.2.4:</p>
<ul><li>Removed the ellipses from the menu entries that no longer open a dialog or separate window for additional information, and from some that were using them incorrectly.
</li><li>Added context menus to all the tools.
</li></ul>
<p>[UPDATE] v3.2.5:</p>
<p>Hotfix:
</p>
<ul><li>Fixed a crash at initialization when no configuration file was found.
</li></ul>
<p>[UPDATE] v3.2.6:</p>
<ul><li>Added Steam Deck and Gaming Mode detection so a better configuration is now set by default when running in that mode on the Deck. Adding the "--no-sandbox" command-line flag to the launch options is still needed in Gaming Mode.
</li><li>Fixed the development mode being incorrectly detected under some circumstances.
</li><li>Fixed the image flickering while zooming in/out.
</li><li>Fixed the image being duplicated some times when zooming quickly.
</li><li>Fixed the reader's scrollbar moving to the top after coming back from a tool.</li></ul>
<p>[UPDATE] v3.2.7:</p>
<ul><li>Added a battery level indicator.
</li><li>Simplified the reader's gamepad controls layout (will expand it in the future).
</li><li>Fixed the delay between changing the page's image and resetting its position.</li></ul>
<p>[UPDATE] v3.2.8:</p>
<ul><li>Included the ability to drag and drop files into a tool so they are added to its input files list (if the tool has one).
</li><li>Drag and dropping multiple files into the program's icon now initializes the program with the "convert comics" tool open and those files added to the input files list (dropping only one file opens that file in the reader, as in previous versions).
</li><li>Added command line arguments to directly open the provided file/s with the reader or one of the tools, set some of that tool's options... There's more info on <a href="https://github.com/binarynonsense/comic-book-reader/wiki">the wiki</a>.
</li><li>Improved the keyboard and gamepad page scrolling smoothness.
</li><li>Fixed the "show battery" menu entry not being disabled outside the reader.
</li></ul>
ACBR Comic Book Reader: Version 3.1.0 Now Available2023-08-17T00:00:00+02:00https://blog.binarynonsense.com/2023/08/17/acbr-progress-log<p>Changelog:</p>
<ul><li>Added a ComicInfo.xml viewer/editor that can be opened from the properties window if the file format allows it. ComicInfo.xml files inside cbr, cbz and cb7 comic books can be viewed and ComicInfo.xml files inside unencrypted cbz and cb7 comic books can be created and edited.
</li><li>Added the option to change the temp folder in the preferences.
</li><li>Fixed modals not stopping the input events' propagation.
</li></ul>
ACBR Comic Book Reader: Version 3.0.0 Now Available2023-08-07T00:00:00+02:00https://blog.binarynonsense.com/2023/08/07/acbr-progress-log<p>Changelog:</p>
<ul><li>Redesigned the user interface and refactored the internal structure and code.
</li><li>Fixed cb7 files containing more than images not opening or failing at some point.
</li><li>Added a File>Properties entry to the menu that opens a modal window showing some data about the current file.
</li><li>Other small fixes, tweaks and improvements.
</li></ul>
Comic Book Template Maker: Version 1.3.0 Now Available2023-07-15T00:00:00+02:00https://blog.binarynonsense.com/2023/07/15/template-maker-progress-log<p>Added a header builder and some presets for it, so the text and other elements in the header can now be customized.</p>
ACBR Comic Book Reader: Version 2.4.5 Now Available2023-07-15T00:00:00+02:00https://blog.binarynonsense.com/2023/07/15/acbr-progress-log<p>Changelog:</p>
<ul><li>Added support for ComicInfo.xml files in the comic books converter. If the original contains a ComicBook.xml file and the output format allows it, the file is now preserved and even updated if the pages were changed in format or scale (previously this xml file was ignored and not included in the output comic file).
</li><li>Switched to a custom epub generator, instead of the third-party library used so far, to be able to focus only on those features needed to create comic book files and add some new options.
</li><li>Added a new section to the Advanced options of the comic book conversion tool to allow creating epubs with the images embedded as base64 in the html and limiting the image formats to only those allowed by the specification.
</li><li>Added an option to the preferences, disabled by default, to automatically turn the page when a scroll boundary is reached (i.e. if you keep scrolling after reaching the top/bottom of the page the previous/next page will be loaded).
</li></ul>
Comic Book Template Maker: Version 1.2.0 Now Available2023-07-11T00:00:00+02:00https://blog.binarynonsense.com/2023/07/11/template-maker-progress-log<p>With this update the tool is now also available as a stand-alone program for Windows and Linux.</p>
Comic Book Template Maker: Version 1.0.0 Now Available2023-07-02T00:00:00+02:00https://blog.binarynonsense.com/2023/07/02/template-maker-progress-log<p>A web app to create comic book page and thumbnails templates.</p>
<p>It comes with some example presets but can be used to make, import and export templates with custom dimensions, colors, layouts...</p>
<p>Also includes a tool to build panel grids and the option to save the template as a png or jpg image or a pdf file.</p>
<p>The online version is available at:<br /><a href="http://www.binarynonsense.com/webapps/template-maker/">binarynonsense.com/webapps/template-maker</a></p>
<p>And I've uploaded some example templates I made with it to artstation:<br /><a href="https://www.artstation.com/artwork/1x60wL">artstation.com/artwork/1x60wL</a></p>
New Artwork: Cartoonist Kayfabe Fan Art2022-10-07T00:00:00+02:00https://blog.binarynonsense.com/2022/10/07/art-kayfabe<p>
Fan art illustration I made inspired by Cartoonist Kayfabe's #kayfabetober drawing prompts.
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<img src="http://www.binarynonsense.com/imgs/art/full/alvaro-garcia-kayfabe-01-reducedforweb.jpg" class="tall-img" />
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<p>My art portfolio: <a href="http://www.binarynonsense.com/art/">http://www.binarynonsense.com/art/</a></p>
New Artwork: Conan Exiles Fan Art2022-10-02T00:00:00+02:00https://blog.binarynonsense.com/2022/10/02/art-neebs_2<p>
Fan art illustration I made inspired by Neebs Gaming's Conan Exiles videos.
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<img src="http://www.binarynonsense.com/imgs/art/full/alvaro-garcia-neebs-02-reducedforweb.jpg" class="tall-img" />
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<p>My art portfolio: <a href="http://www.binarynonsense.com/art/">http://www.binarynonsense.com/art/</a></p>
New Artwork: Ark Survival Evolved Fan Art2022-09-24T00:00:00+02:00https://blog.binarynonsense.com/2022/09/24/art-neebs<p>
Fan art illustration I made inspired by Neebs Gaming's ARK videos.
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<img src="http://www.binarynonsense.com/imgs/art/full/alvaro-garcia-neebs-01-reducedforweb.jpg" class="tall-img" />
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<p>My art portfolio: <a href="http://www.binarynonsense.com/art/">http://www.binarynonsense.com/art/</a></p>
New Artwork: Spaceballs Fan Art2022-09-14T00:00:00+02:00https://blog.binarynonsense.com/2022/09/14/art-spaceballs<p>
Fan art illustration I made inspired by Spaceballs.
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<img src="http://www.binarynonsense.com/imgs/art/full/alvaro-garcia-spaceballs-01-reducedforweb.jpg" class="tall-img" />
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<p>My art portfolio: <a href="http://www.binarynonsense.com/art/">http://www.binarynonsense.com/art/</a></p>
New Artwork: Conan the Barbarian Fan Art2022-09-10T00:00:00+02:00https://blog.binarynonsense.com/2022/09/10/art-conan-barbarian<p>
Fan art illustration I made inspired by Conan the Barbarian.
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<img src="http://www.binarynonsense.com/imgs/art/full/alvaro-garcia-conan-82-01-reducedforweb.jpg" class="tall-img" />
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<p>My art portfolio: <a href="http://www.binarynonsense.com/art/">http://www.binarynonsense.com/art/</a></p>
New Artwork: Planet of the Apes Fan Art2022-09-04T00:00:00+02:00https://blog.binarynonsense.com/2022/09/04/art-planet-apes<p>
Fan art illustration I made inspired by Planet of the Apes.
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<img src="http://www.binarynonsense.com/imgs/art/full/alvaro-garcia-planet-apes-01-reducedforweb.jpg" class="tall-img" />
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<p>My art portfolio: <a href="http://www.binarynonsense.com/art/">http://www.binarynonsense.com/art/</a></p>
ACBR Comic Book Reader: Version 2.4.0 Now Available2022-09-02T00:00:00+02:00https://blog.binarynonsense.com/2022/09/02/acbr-progress-log<p>This update adds an integrated audio player to listen to music while reading and two new tools, one of them to search for audiobooks from Librivox and open them with the player.</p>
<p>Changelog:<br /></p>
<ul><li>Added an integrated audio player. Supports .mp3, .ogg, .wav, .m3u and .m3u8 files, and can export playlists to .m3u files.
</li><li>Added a tool to search and open audiobooks from Librivox.
</li><li>Added a tool to search dictionary terms from Wiktionary.
</li></ul>
<p>[UPDATE] v2.4.1:<br /></p>
<ul><li>Updated the Russian localization (contributed by vanja-san)
</li><li>Added a docs folder with English, Spanish and Russian README files.
</li></ul>
<p>[UPDATE] v2.4.2:
</p>
<ul><li>Fixed tools failing to convert or extract some pdf files.
</li></ul>
<p>[UPDATE] v2.4.3: </p>
<ul><li>Added German to the available languages (translation contributed by <a href="https://github.com/trzyglow" target="_blank" referrerpolicy="origin" rel="nofollow noopener">Timo Heidutzek (trzyglow)</a>).</li></ul>
<p>[UPDATE] v2.4.4: </p>
<ul><li>Fixed the conversion to epub format no longer working correctly due to a bug introduced in version 2.3.0.</li><li>Added some improvements to the German translation (contributed by <a href="https://github.com/trzyglow" target="_blank" referrerpolicy="origin" rel="nofollow noopener">Timo Heidutzek (trzyglow)</a>).
</li></ul>