Release Notes

Track the evolution of Seer. From new features to performance optimizations and bug fixes.

Announcement
3.1.1
2022-12-10
  • Fixed a bug in the license module
  • Fixed a bug where clicking 'Check for Updates' did not respond in some cases
  • Updated PSD support
3.1.0
2022-12-08
  • Rewrote license module: each key can be used ten times
  • Settings - Advanced: added a user.ini file
  • Markdown: load images with relative paths
  • Markdown: new style - sivan/heti.css
  • Video: use X/C to change speed
  • Video: use Ctrl/Shift + Left/Right to seek forward/backward 5x/15x
  • Video: support EXR format by default now
  • PDF: added an option (user.ini) to fit window width by default
  • PDF: fixed a bug where it was unable to rotate
  • Image: use scroll wheel to scroll vertically, Alt + scroll wheel to scroll horizontally
  • Image: improvements for HEIC formats
  • Image: added some new formats
  • Plugin: oiio-1.0.0
  • Plugin: updated ImageMagick to 1.1.0
  • Fixed some other known bugs
  • Updated the LICENSE file under the installation folder
3.0.1
2022-10-01
  • Fixed some plugin-related bugs
  • Updated FontViewer to 1.1.0
  • Settings - Controls: fixed a bug that prevented saving data
  • PDF: centered horizontally by default when there is no historical preview data
  • Property view: fixed a bug where the same data might be added twice
3.0.0
2022-09-28
  • Reconstructed 1/3 of the source code
  • OIT updated to 1.2.0
  • Added a new font plugin: FontViewer
  • Fixed a crash after closing the preview window
  • Separated window can separate its sub-files
  • Archive: faster speed and less memory usage
  • Archive: less UI freezing
  • Media: no more black window when loading a file that does not contain video
  • PDF: fast, super fast, more than you can imagine
  • PDF: annotated view
  • PDF: rendered page numbers
  • PDF: fixed page width for thumbnails
  • PDF: no more UI freezing
  • Renamed helper.exe to seerhelper.exe and explorer-hook-client.exe to seerhookhelper.exe
  • Separated windows can use shortcuts to change view options, but changes will not be saved
  • Minimum time interval to respond to a "SPACE" event is 200ms
  • Fixed sequence for Property view: properties - hash - specific info
  • Fixed too many bugs to count
2.8.6
2022-08-28
  • Added API for third-party apps
  • Internal support for XYplorer
  • Support for the tabbed Explorer in Windows 11
  • Fixed font errors for certain languages
  • Use Ctrl+N to change all separated windows
  • Toggling the "Stay on top" option will no longer hide all windows
  • UWP: possibly fixed a bug where settings could not be read/written
  • A few other bug fixes
2.8.5
2022-05-05
  • Added "What's new" to the menu
  • Synchronized status for some formats when separating a window
  • Added a shortcut, Ctrl+N, to normalize the separated window
  • Control bar: extension field can now have more than one suffix
  • Added some hidden INI keys
  • Folder: double-click an item to open it with the system's default software
  • Media: double-click to Play/Pause
  • Media: added rotation shortcuts for video: R/L
  • PDF: Dark mode support, default shortcut: D
  • PDF: some viewing data in the catalog are now saved
  • A few other bug fixes
2.8.4
2022-03-08
  • Video: no more margins
  • Video: fixed a crash bug
  • Video: black background even in the light theme
  • PDF: less margin
  • Fixed a bug with DOpus
  • Stay on top: fixed a logic error
  • New option: Settings - Advanced - Max preview size
  • Argument for plugin: *SEER_NO_CACHE*
  • New plugin: xmind
  • New plugin: code2html
2.8.3
2022-01-11
  • Some bug fixes for ControlBar App
  • Text: some important fixes
  • Video: fixed some fatal bugs
  • Settings - Advanced: Export/Import
  • Generate crash dmp files
  • Enhanced RAW image support
2.8.2
2022-01-01
  • Fixed system tray icon display error
  • PDF: fixed two display errors in Outline view
  • Folder: fixed display errors of tree nodes
  • Text: some important improvements
  • Video: fixed the progress bar display error on 1.5x monitors
  • New option: Advanced - Video decoders
  • New plugin: torrent2json
  • New plugin: apkmetainfo2json
2.8.1
  • Compatible with Tencent ZMZL
2.8.0
2021-12-21
  • Updated Spanish translation
  • Updated Korean translation
  • Improvements for the system tray icon
  • Improvements when using multiple monitors with different DPIs
  • Compatible with DOpus
  • OneDrive: show Property view if a file is not downloaded
  • PDF: hide unnecessary buttons when the file is encrypted
  • PDF: highlighted parent nodes in Outline
  • PDF: added shadows for pages in thumbnails
  • Image: fixed the display error of the cursor when clicking the mouse
  • Text: fixed decode error for UTF-16LE
  • Archive: display file properties when the file is fully encrypted
  • Media: fixed some fatal bugs
  • Media: show a toast message once when the system is muted but Seer is not
  • HTML: updated CSS for Markdown
  • Some bug fixes and improvements
2.7.4
2021-07-22
  • Some bug fixes and improvements
2.7.3
2021-07-14
  • Some important bug fixes
  • Image: SVG now handles W/H shortcuts
  • PDF: some bug fixes and improvements
  • HTML: improvements when copying images and text together
  • New plugin: epubviewer
  • New option for plugin: *seer_omit_cache*
2.7.2
2021-06-22
  • Updated French translation
  • Text: the fold icon on the sidebar now displays in a VS Code style
  • Text: some improvements for files with extremely long lines
  • PDF: fixed a bug where the background was transparent when copying a page
  • PDF: added shortcut H to scale current page to fit window height
  • Image: added shortcuts for vertical scrollbar: Home/End/Return/Enter
  • Image: added shortcuts W/H to fit width and fit height
  • Image: changed some interaction designs
  • Video: fixed some bugs
2.7.1
2021-05-03
  • Reconstructed certain code
  • Rewrote PDF module
  • PDF: added table of contents
  • PDF: Rotate action for all files
  • Text: fixed shortcuts PageUp/PageDown/Up/Down/Wheel for gigantic files
  • Text: fixed copying error bug
  • Fixed some other bugs
2.7.0
2021-03-27
  • Rewrote Text module: can load large text files in seconds
  • Image: added shortcut Ctrl + -/= to scale images
  • Folder/Archive - Tree View: bold font for parent nodes of the selected item
  • Settings - Type: removed some options, use shortcuts instead
  • Settings - Type: added 'Remember playback position' (default is false)
  • Settings - Advanced - Visibility: Constant/Dynamic option for Control & Title
  • Settings - General: some options were moved to Settings - Advanced
  • PDF: fixed a crash bug
  • Fixed a bug when 'Double click to open file with default app' is set
  • Fixed a bug where command line arguments could not be parsed
  • Added a new licensing method: Redeem Code
2.6.1
2020-09-21
  • Updated Italian translation
  • Folder: removed dotted outlines when focused
  • Folder - Column View: added shortcut Alt+Arrow
  • Text: added shortcuts Z (Word Wrap) and N (Line Number)
  • Text: replaced the folding marker
  • Text: a few small improvements for syntax highlighting of programming languages
  • Plugin - eps2png: updated, no more black window
  • Plugin - OIT: updated to 1.1.0 (faster)
  • Behavior of global shortcut 'Focus' was changed to be based on Z-order
  • Updated the backend of several modules: PDF, Video, Markdown, Seer, Log
  • Some other improvements
2.6.0
2020-08-27
  • OIT plugin
2.5.4
2020-08-22
  • New option: Settings - Advanced - Enable 'Delete' key
  • New option: Run as administrator
  • New option: Settings - Keyboard - Text
  • PDF: show annotations, shortcut is T
  • PDF: remember selected page
  • Improvements for DOpus
  • Folder: provide more info in Property view when viewing a root directory
  • Fixed a bug where Ctrl+C was unresponsive in Text view
  • About Seer: 'Version 2.5.4+' means running with admin permissions
  • Some other improvements
2.5.3
2020-08-01
  • Supported Everything (www.voidtools.com)
  • Folder: different default sizes for different view styles
  • Folder: fixed a crash bug when Right arrow key is pressed in Column View
  • Folder: added "Go to" (default shortcut: Alt+G, Ctrl+click)
  • Fixed a bug when pressing Alt+F4
  • Fixed a bug where Ctrl+C was unresponsive in Unknown View
  • Dynamic properties (DPI, theme) for Help
2.5.2
2020-07-13
  • Folder: added "Details" in Column view
  • Updated some icons
  • Video: added chapter info to slider
  • Fixed an error when parsing a ZIP file
  • Added Korean translation
  • No more loading.gif
  • Internal refactoring with many improvements
2.5.1
2020-06-23
  • PDF: page number is clickable and jumps to the selected page
  • PDF: added mouse drag action
  • New option: "Auto" for theme
  • A lot of bug fixes
2.5.0
2020-06-14
  • Rewrote the preview window code
  • Fixed a bug where system shortcuts 'Win + Arrow' did not work
  • Fixed the color error of the Close button
  • More EXIF data provided for JPG files
  • Rewrote HiDPI support
  • PDF: Ctrl+C copies the selected page
  • A lot of bug fixes
2.4.1
2020-05-27
  • Fixed a bug related to the size of HEIF files
  • Fixed decode bug for certain video formats
  • Fixed a problem where the text module could not zoom in
  • Added Ctrl+= and Ctrl+- shortcuts for the text module
  • PDF: fit height for single page (shortcut is H)
2.4.0
2020-05-14
  • Folder view: 'Preview with Seer' is now in a separated window
  • Text view: fixed-width font for highlighted code
  • Property view: added a Pin button to show the view constantly
  • Property view: more info provided for .dll and .exe (e.g., image base, 32/64-bit)
  • Rewrote PDF module
  • New media module
  • Image view: horizontal scroll for touchpad
  • System tray icon will show for 5 seconds even if the 'hide' option is set
  • HEIC images are supported internally
  • Animated PNG files are now supported
2.3.0
2019-08-23
  • Updated Japanese translation
  • SVG: added ability to switch back from code view to image view
  • Supported several RAW image formats: ARW, CR2
  • Removed the Mask plugin, added "Settings - Type - Disabled"
  • Added Android-like toast view to display certain messages
  • Improved code highlighting: more programming languages are supported
  • Supported extra mouse buttons: forward and backward
  • Fixed update error
  • Improved performance when viewing folders
  • Bug fixes and UI improvements
2.2.0
2019-05-10
  • New plugin: excel2html
  • Some click operations for Folder View
  • Save view type for Markdown and HTML
  • 3DViewer supports .3ds
  • Rewrote Markdown CSS for dark style
  • Archive file: view encrypted files
  • Archive file: files are now sorted alphabetically (case-insensitive)
  • Archive file: more formats supported (e.g., DMG, APK, MSI)
  • Archive file: view sub-files in separated window
  • Archive file: more property info provided
  • Bug fixes
2.1.0
2018-12-27
  • New plugin: 3DViewer
  • Updated the main internal library
  • Reconstructed source code for the image window
  • Scaling for SVG images
  • Refined Markdown stylesheet for both dark and light themes
  • Bug fixes
2.0.0
2018-07-10
  • Control bar: now draggable for position changing
  • Control bar: switch preview between files with the same extension in the same folder
  • Control bar: all preview controls moved to the right side
  • Control bar: all file-level controls moved to the left side
  • Settings - Controls: ability to hide navigation buttons of the same type
  • Image: double-click the image view to restore size and rotation
  • Image/Video: added some touch support
  • Text: view XML contents from SVG files
  • PDF files (single page only) are now rotatable
  • Several optimizations and bug fixes
1.9.0
2018-03-15
  • Improvements for HiDPI support
  • Added shortcut to switch file paths that you already previewed
  • Fixed compatibility with Photoshop
  • Added touch support for the system tray icon
  • Hardcoded plugin data
  • A few UI improvements in Settings
  • Some bug fixes
1.8.1
2017-12-18
  • Fixed a fatal bug
1.8.0
2017-12-13
  • Improvements for Markdown files, and bug fix for custom CSS files
  • Improvements for the column view of compressed files
  • Improvements for code view
  • Bug fix for separated window title bar
  • Press the "Shift" key to close all separated preview windows
  • Updated Japanese translation (thanks to Kobayashi Yoshitaka)
  • Video: restore position only when the duration is longer than 10 minutes
  • Video: time indicator is now clickable
1.7.1
2017-10-11
  • Fixed a fatal bug on Windows 7
  • Fixed an installation and uninstallation bug
1.7.0
2017-10-09
  • New PDF module
  • Some improvements in the code module
  • Property view: Press Shift to change copying contents
  • A few improvements in the media module: automatically hide cursor after 3 seconds
  • Support open/save dialogs
  • New behavior for the title bar and control bar
1.6.1
2017-08-25
  • Restored DOpus support
  • A double-click related bug fix
  • Bug fix for the icon status of GIF play button
  • Title bar: bug fix for separate icon status
  • Text module: bug fix for encoding detection
1.6.0
2017-08-23
  • New text module
  • Video module: preview in progress bar
  • New Markdown engine based on marked.js
  • Separate preview window
  • Markdown: ability to switch between rendered and source
  • New icon set
  • Better file type detection
  • Restructured source code
  • Bug fixes
1.5.0
2017-07-30
  • New plugin: tex2html
  • Settings - Advanced - Tray Icon: hide tray icon
  • Settings - Advanced - Tray Icon: tray icon style
  • Settings - Keyboard - Media: Go to beginning
  • Settings - Keyboard - FullScreen
  • Filter available plugins
  • DPI aware
  • Bug fixes
1.4.0
2017-04-13
  • New style for installation
  • Dimensions info for image types in the Control Bar
  • New plugin - md2html
  • Column view for .zip and .rar
  • Bug fixes
1.3.0
2016-12-16
  • Dark theme
  • Recording playback position of PDF & video for the last 30 items
  • Video: automatically load subtitles
  • Left/Right/Up/Down navigation in folder column view
  • Settings - Type - Other: custom Markdown stylesheet file
  • Command line to hide system tray icon: Seer.exe -i
  • Bug fixes
1.2.0
2016-11-11
  • New plugin: exr2png
  • New option: open in full screen
  • New option: keep window size and position
  • Ability to hide the title bar and control bar by pressing 'Ctrl' key
  • Bug fixes
1.1.0
2016-10-17
  • Built-in browser
  • Ability to not stay on top
  • New translation: French
  • Improved media rendering
  • Improved PDF loading speed
  • Shortcut to reload files: F5
  • GIF improvements: use Media shortcuts to control it
  • New plugin: code_highlight
  • Bug fixes
1.0.1
2016-09-28
  • Fixed three-day free trial bug
  • New translation: Traditional Chinese
1.0.0 - 2016.09.27
  • Normalized preview window
  • Improved video display and significantly reduced CPU usage
  • Markdown HTML source view
  • Added new plugin: Rename
  • Options in Settings - Advanced: disable folder contents loading, disable file types, ability to reset
  • Customized control bar button commands
  • Bug fixes: image rotation, crashes when loading huge PSD images, etc.
0.8.1
2016-10-17
  • Bug fixes
0.8.0
2016-09-04
  • Read EXIF information for JPG files
  • Fixed some image reading errors
  • New UI
0.7.5
  • Command line call: try command "Seer.exe -?" when Seer is not open
  • Two new translations
  • More property info for .exe files
  • Preview files with no extension
  • Detect unknown file extensions
  • Reserve window position for each monitor every time it is closed
  • New plugin: exiftool (Adobe InDesign - indeed)
  • Bug fixes
0.7.4
  • Six new translations
  • Fixed size for preview window
  • Ability to mute media
  • Compatible with Listary
  • Added Ctrl + mouse wheel to scale images
0.7.3
  • Everything is copyable (try Ctrl+C)
  • New plugin: Mask
0.7.2
  • Plugin checking
  • Bug fixes
0.7.1
  • The setup file will no longer include plugin files
  • New plugin: AutoCAD
  • Improved Markdown preview
  • Bug fixes
0.7.0
  • Fixed plugin adding bug
  • More settings and shortcuts
  • Customize shortcuts
  • Switched Alipay to WeChat Pay
  • Improved folder preview
  • Media time indication
  • Saved text scale factor and fixed margin display bug
  • Improved PSD view and fixed crashes with large images
0.6.0
  • High-resolution support
  • Text decoding detection improved
  • Multi-screen support
  • Added control bar app
  • File properties
  • Window focus shortcut
  • New "About" page
  • User-defined text types
0.5.1
  • Added "Auto check for updates" option
  • Fixed i18n bug
0.5.0
  • Added "Default decoding" option
  • Added i18n
  • Added plugins
  • Added third-party explorer support: Directory Opus
0.4.3
  • Fixed bugs to make a stable version
0.4.2
  • Fixed installation directory error
0.4.1
  • New icons
  • Added command line execution (e.g., C:/Seer/Seer.exe E:/A-file.txt)
  • Improved user experience in several areas
  • Fixed a few logic bugs and display errors
0.4.0
  • Significantly improved image loading speed
  • Added image controls
  • Added directory previews
  • Added 'Track selected file' option
  • Added a new logo
  • Added setup.exe
  • Added automatic update checks
  • Added AI file format support
  • Changed text decoding policy
0.3.1
  • Significantly improved PDF viewing
  • Added some settings
  • Added control bar
  • Added 'Format' feature for XML and JSON formats
  • Added text file encoding detection
  • Added text file decoding options
  • Added keyboard shortcuts
  • Redesigned appearance
0.1.8 - 2015.09.28
  • Hello World