Catfish 0.6.1 Released
It’s been out for a while now and seems to work well for everyone who’s tested it. Catfish 0.6.1 has been released and is the greatest and fastest version yet.
What’s New in the Catfish 0.6 Series?
Considering I never “officially” announced the 0.6.0 release, there’s quite a bit to go on. Here are some updates from the Changelog.
- Rewritten from the ground up, with an emphasis on speed and maintainability.
- Replaced the ‘find’ system command with Python’s own os.walk.
- The interface has been revamped, improving the 0.4 series and bringing a styled sidebar and symbolic icons.
- Thumbnail support has been improved.
- Filenames can be dragged and dropped from the Catfish application.
- Files can now be deleted directly from the application interface.
- Operations can now be performed on multiple files simultaneously (including the two new features mentioned above).
- Improved wildcard support.
- Simplified strings for easier translation.
- And finally, Python versions 2 or 3 can be used.
Demo Video
Screenshots are boring and don’t show the power and speed of Catfish 0.6.1. So here’s the latest version in a great demo video.
PPA Available for Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10, and 13.04
If you want to install the latest version of Ubuntu (or Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Mint, etc.), add the Catfish-Stable PPA.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:catfish-search/catfish-stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install catfish
Xfdesktop 4.10.2
Xfdesktop 4.10.1 introduced a regression which triggered 100% CPU usage when using a solid color as background. This is fixed with this new release, sorry for the inconvenience.
Full changelog:
- Fix hang when no backdrop image is selected (Bug #9892).
- Fix tiling for some images.
Xfdesktop 4.10.2
Xfdesktop 4.10.1 introduced a regression which triggered 100% CPU usage when using a solid color as background. This is fixed with this new release, sorry for the inconvenience.
Full changelog:
- Fix hang when no backdrop image is selected (Bug #9892).
- Fix tiling for some images.
Xfdesktop 4.10.2
Xfdesktop 4.10.1 introduced a regression which triggered 100% CPU usage when using a solid color as background. This is fixed with this new release, sorry for the inconvenience.
Full changelog:
- Fix hang when no backdrop image is selected (Bug #9892).
- Fix tiling for some images.
Parole Media Player 0.5.0 Released
Parole Media Player 0.5.0 has been released, several bugs have been fixed, and new features have been introduced. With each release, Parole becomes more stable and user-friendly.
What’s New?
This release mostly addresses a number of bugs that have been plaguing users and introduces a few new features and refinements.
- Fixed some build errors and concerns (bugs #9728 and #9744).
- The show/hide playlist button is now stationary. The window expands and shrinks to accommodate the playlist (bug #9755).
- The mute button now works as a “Toggle Mute On/Off” button (bug #9760).
- The playlist is no longer manipulable while hidden (bug #9762).
- Added full webm file support (bug #9798).
- Fixed aspect ratio calculation (bug #9872).
- Fixed some previously untranslatable strings (bug #9868).
- The timer now updates immediately when seeking (bug #9761).
- Fixed the playlist menu opening offscreen.
- Improved the tray and notifications plugins.
- Locale names are now displayed instead of the codes for audio tracks and subtitles.
- Added (optional) GStreamer 1.0 support.
- Added theming to the player control when in fullscreen (see screenshot below).
- Removed the Power Manager plugin now that Parole has full power-manager support built-in.
- Removed the scrollwheel event from the progress scale.
- Additional minor improvements.
New Feature Screenshots
Download Parole Media Player 0.5.0
Ubuntu 13.04 users, rejoice! Parole is now available in the repositories. Everyone else, you can download the source code from the following links.
- http://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/parole/0.5/parole-0.5.0.tar.bz2
- http://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/parole/0.5/parole-0.5.0.tar.bz2.md5
- http://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/parole/0.5/parole-0.5.0.tar.bz2.sha1
SHA1 checksum: c34a33f92534a93c4cb1b92c4c8ab09f36871fe6
MD5 checksum: d8adad20ee95dfca3082812ca44be122
Contributing
If you’re interested in helping out with the development of Parole Media Player, there’s a number of ways you can help. The easiest, by far, is by reporting bugs at the Xfce Bugzilla. If you’re having difficulties, there’s a good possibility you’re not alone. So go ahead, and let us know what’s up! Similarly, we’re always in need of development support. If you’ve got some programming chops, head on over to the git repository! Finally, one of our (perhaps lofty) goals for the next version of Parole is documentation. If you’re experienced at creating useful and understandable documentation, or if you’re just ready to start, we’ve got a clean canvas waiting for you are the Xfce Documenation site.
So, what do you think of the latest Parole? Is it good? Bad? Let us know in the comments!
Xfdesktop 4.10.1
I just released Xfdesktop 4.10.1 which contains some bug fixes and updated translations which had been there for months. Congratulations to Eric Koegel who committed most of them!
Amongst others, fixed background cycling and improved menu icons' loading are appreciated.
Changelog
- Add a tabs width of padding for tooltip text (Bug #9162).
- Fix theming of removable devices' icons (Bug #8977).
- SVG images are no longer pixilated when scaled up.
- Improve menu icon loading (Bug #8795).
- Fix background cycling (Bug #8962).
- Fix a crash when minimized window icons are resized (Bug #8963).
- Fix use after free error in xfdesktop_regular_file_icon_peek_tooltip (Bug #9059).
- Translation updates: Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Dutch, Greek, Korean, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Turkish and Uyghur.
Xfdesktop 4.10.1
I just released Xfdesktop 4.10.1 which contains some bug fixes and updated translations which had been there for months. Congratulations to Eric Koegel who committed most of them!
Amongst others, fixed background cycling and improved menu icons' loading are appreciated.
Changelog
- Add a tabs width of padding for tooltip text (Bug #9162).
- Fix theming of removable devices' icons (Bug #8977).
- SVG images are no longer pixilated when scaled up.
- Improve menu icon loading (Bug #8795).
- Fix background cycling (Bug #8962).
- Fix a crash when minimized window icons are resized (Bug #8963).
- Fix use after free error in xfdesktop_regular_file_icon_peek_tooltip (Bug #9059).
- Translation updates: Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Dutch, Greek, Korean, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Turkish and Uyghur.
Xfdesktop 4.10.1
I just released Xfdesktop 4.10.1 which contains some bug fixes and updated translations which had been there for months. Congratulations to Eric Koegel who committed most of them!
Amongst others, fixed background cycling and improved menu icons' loading are appreciated.
Changelog
- Add a tabs width of padding for tooltip text (Bug #9162).
- Fix theming of removable devices' icons (Bug #8977).
- SVG images are no longer pixilated when scaled up.
- Improve menu icon loading (Bug #8795).
- Fix background cycling (Bug #8962).
- Fix a crash when minimized window icons are resized (Bug #8963).
- Fix use after free error in xfdesktop_regular_file_icon_peek_tooltip (Bug #9059).
- Translation updates: Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Dutch, Greek, Korean, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Turkish and Uyghur.
Xfdesktop 4.10.1
I just released Xfdesktop 4.10.1 which contains some bug fixes and updated translations which had been there for months. Congratulations to Eric Koegel who committed most of them!
Amongst others, fixed background cycling and improved menu icons' loading are appreciated.
Changelog
- Add a tabs width of padding for tooltip text (Bug #9162).
- Fix theming of removable devices' icons (Bug #8977).
- SVG images are no longer pixilated when scaled up.
- Improve menu icon loading (Bug #8795).
- Fix background cycling (Bug #8962).
- Fix a crash when minimized window icons are resized (Bug #8963).
- Fix use after free error in xfdesktop_regular_file_icon_peek_tooltip (Bug #9059).
- Translation updates: Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Dutch, Greek, Korean, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Turkish and Uyghur.
Catfish 0.6 Released
Catfish 0.6 features a complete rewrite, easier translations, and better-than-ever stability and performance. It also needs your help if you speak a language other than English.
What’s New in Catfish 0.6?
- Completely rewritten from the ground up.
- The UNIX ‘find’ command has been replaced with Python’s os.walk. This makes everything faster and more responsive. The “Deep Search” button is also gone.
- The sidebar now uses the theme style and symbolic icons (when available).
- The interface has also had a number of other tweaks, further refining it into a professional-grade application.
- File names can now be dragged from the search results into other applications.
- Files can now be deleted from the results window.
- To speed things up, these above items and other file actions can now be performed simultaneously on multiple files.
- Strings have been simplified and made clearer, making the application easier to translate into other languages.
- Last but not least, this is the first version of Catfish that can be run with either Python 2 or 3.
Translations Needed
With the newly optimized interface and strings, there’s a need for new translations. There are more strings than ever before, and I think the number of users is growing as well. As such, there is a growing need for more localizations than ever before. And all of the old translations are no longer compatible.
So, if you or a friend are interested in contributing, improving, or suggesting translations for the next release, check out the Launchpad translations page! With their handy interface, creating and modifying translations is really as simple as can be. And hurry because this next release will likely happen this weekend and will include all completed translations!
What About the Code?
If you’re interested in looking at or testing the code, you can check it out here. If you find any bugs, be sure to report them on the Launchpad bugs page.
Thanks for your interest in Catfish! What do you think? Let me know in the comments!