v3.0.1-1

Version 3.0.1 (2024-06-28)

• Updated translations: Spanish, Estonian, Ukrainian
• Fixed sharing on 64bit devices (feedback needed!)
• Fixed large amounts of useless system-internal mount points showing up as external devices

v3.0.0-1

Version 3.0.0 (2024-06-25)

• This update finally brings over two years worth of new and refined features, bug fixes, and translation updates!
• This is a major update with significant improvements above and under the hood!
• New translations: Ukrainian
• Updated translations: Finnish, Norwegian, Spanish, Slovak, Swedish, Estonian, French, Russian, Chinese, German, English, Polish, Turkish
• Removed translations: Swiss German (not available in Sailfish)
• Removed Paypal donations link, please use Liberapay and avoid Paypal if at all possible
• Added a smart scrollbar that lets you easily jump to specific files in the middle of long folder listings
• Added donation info to the "About" page: it is now possible to buy me a cup of coffee :-) (swipe right-to-left multiple times until you reach the "About" page)
• Added a call-for-support popup that shows up automatically when the app is used frequently
• Added a new page showing currently copied/cut files (swipe right-to-left to the shortcuts page, then select "Clipboard")
• Added quick access to overviews of all documents and multimedia files on the shortcuts page (this uses system components that sadly have terrible performance)
• Added section headers when sorting by file type, which makes it easier to find files of a specific type
• Added support for creating folders with subfolders and for creating empty files
• Added support for changing a link's target path
• Added a very basic text editor, e.g. for quickly editing config files in root mode
• Added option to set a custom directory to be opened when the app starts
• Added descriptions for all config options and improved documentation
• Added option to show hidden files last in the file list
• Added automatic refreshing of the folder view when file properties change, e.g. when the size changes while copying files
• Added support for showing shortcuts for all kinds of mounted devices (previously, only folders in /run/media/USER were shown)
• Added proper support for calculating disk and file sizes (no longer relies on external commands and finally works without causing the app to hang)
• Added option to configure standard view mode globally
• • current options: list and gallery
• • planned: grid view
• Added context menu option to switch to a link's target folder
• Greatly improved performance when switching between folders, checking bookmarks, editing settings, or reading the "About" page
• Greatly improved performance of the "edit this path" dialog
• Improved directory filtering: hidden files will be shown when the filter string starts with a dot
• Improved root mode:
• • it now requires entering your device lock code to access
• • note: unlocking is handled by the system, File Browser will never see your lock code
• Improved feedback in case of errors or unexpected events
• Improved bookmarks handling and removed no longer needed "refresh" pulley option on the shortcuts page
• Improved manual sorting and renaming of bookmarks: press and hold, then drag and drop to sort them
• Improved performance when previewing large image files
• Fixed synchronization of bookmarks among multiple app windows
• Fixed sorting directories by modification date and by size
• Fixed root mode for Sailfish 4.3 and later
• Fixed keyboard randomly opening and closing when selecting suggestions while editing a path
• Fixed the path edit dialog misinterpreting empty files as directories
• Fixed searching for hidden files when they are locally configured to be shown
• Fixed an issue where trying to cut certain system files could possibly break the copying mechanism
• Fixed showing search/shortcuts from cover
• Fixed logging when config migration fails (for Sailjail)
• Fixed PDF annotations not being saved (not thoroughly tested yet)
• Fixed calculating folder sizes by not following symbolic links
• Fixed enabling gallery mode in a folder when it was globally disabled
• Fixed gallery mode hiding files unnecessarily
• Fixed many visual glitches, fixed papercuts, added minor quality-of-life features, and added various new icons
• Removed all dependencies on Busybox
• Modernized the code base under the hood
• and much, much more...

For developers:

• FileModel now exposes file extensions
• FileData now exposes directory sizes, link targets, and more file properties
• Engine now exposes clipboard contents
• Engine no longer exposes paths of external devices and Android data
• Added a new settings handler which reduces complexity and should improve performance overall
• • import module "harbour.file.browser.Settings"
• • use singleton types "GlobalSettings" and "RawSettings" or instantiate "DirectorySettings"
• Improved the build system to possibly enable more features in Jolla store
• Refactored the root mode helper build process
• and much, much more...
• Note: I do not know of any other apps that use File Browser's current file handling code; if you do, please contact me if there are issues with updating

v2.5.1-2 (root mode tests)

This is working fine on SFOS 3.4 but is not yet tested on SFOS 4.x.

• (Hopefully) fixed root mode for Sailfish 4.3 and later
• Improved root mode:
  • root mode should work again on Sailfish 4.x
  • it now requires entering your device lock code to access
  • note: unlocking is handled by the system, File Browser will never see the security code
• Internal: improved the build system to possibly enable more features in Jolla store

v2.5.1-1

Version 2.5.1 (2022-03-30)

• Hotfix for OpenRepos: fixed disabling sandboxing (Sailjail)

v2.5.0-1

Version 2.5.0 (2022-03-30)

• Important note:
• • the Jolla store version cannot show all files in Sailfish 4.3 and later
• • sharing, PDF viewing, and storage settings are disabled in Jolla store
• • please install the unrestricted build from OpenRepos if you need all features
• New translations: Polish, Indonesian
• Updated translations: English, German, Swedish, Norwegian Bokmål, Slovak, Estonian, Chinese (China), French, Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, Spanish
• Updated list of contributors
• Added support for backups using MyBackup
• Added new setting to show/hide solid window background
• Added a proper "About" page
• Improved image loading times and error messages
• Improved discoverability of global vs. local settings
• Improved error handling on image/video preview page
• Improved app icon and action icons
• Improved logging with info about restricted/enabled features
• Improved opening files externally
• • installing RPM and APK files should be possible again
• • a possibly upcoming "open with" system feature will be available right away
• Improved detection of optional features:
• • internal PDF viewer will be properly disabled if sailfish-office is not installed
• • sharing will be disabled if no supported sharing method can be found
• Fixed sharing on Sailfish <= 3.4 and Sailfish >= 4.x
• Fixed opening directories in non-Harbour builds
• Fixed image rotation for JPEG files
• Fixed zoom-by-double-tap for images with almost the same dimensions as the screen
• Fixed "Open" instead of "Install" showing for APK files
• Changed a settings key: "gallery" mode must be re-enabled once
• Updated config file location for Sailjail compatibility

v2.4.3-1

Version 2.4.3 (2021-02-17)

• New translations: Dutch (Belgium), Estonian
• Updated translations: Slovak, Hungarian, Norwegian Bokmål, Chinese (China), Swedish, Spanish
• Fixed double tap to zoom images of square and almost square dimensions
• Fixed horizontal mode
• • File Browser can now be used in all orientations
• • Please file a bug report if startup fails and a note about "delaying initialization" appears in the log.
• • Part of the fix uses a workaround for a system bug and may break unexpectedly.
• Improved image page animations

v2.4.2-1

Version 2.4.2 (2021-02-06)

• New translations: Czech, Slovak, Hungarian
• Added support for opening directories with xdg-open
• Updated list of contributors

v2.4.1-1

Version 2.4.1 (2021-02-01)

• Note: translations are now managed using Weblate (https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/harbour-file-browser/) - contributors welcome!
• New translation: Norwegian Bokmål
• Updated translations: Spanish, French, Swedish, Chinese, German, ...
• Added item count to folders in listings
• Added link target to files in listings
• Changed file size display units to SI units (i.e. powers of 2, KiB=1024B instead of kB=1000B)
• Improved performance of file size preview and selecting files
• Fixed label colors in permissions dialog, rename dialog, transfer dialog, file preview page
• Fixed hiding empty file info fields
• Fixed creating numbered file names when pasting over existing files with '.' in their path

v2.4.0-1

• Finally out of beta
• • Configuration is now stored at ~/.config/harbour-file-browser. Copy your beta configuration from ~/.config/harbour-file-browser-beta to keep custom shortcuts.
• • You can safely remove the folder ~/.local/share/harbour-file-browser-beta.
• • Updated root mode for non-beta release (packaged separately)
• • Note: it might be necessary to manually remove the old packages harbour-file-browser-beta and harbour-file-browser-root-beta
• Updated translations: Swedish, Chinese, German
• Greatly improved performance when loading folders and moving/deleting files
• • before: loading a folder with 5000 images (sorted by modification time) took ~5 seconds, moving/deleting 1 file took ~8 seconds; with times climbing exponentially
• • now: loading the same folder (any sorting mode) is nearly instantly, moving/deleting too
• • now: sorting mode will no longer noticeably affect performance (sorting by modification time was by far the slowest mode before)
• • note: when deleting/moving/filtering more than 200 files the view will lose its position and jump to the top
• Greatly improved filtering performance
• • before: filtering a folder with 5000 images took ~20 seconds, scrolling was nearly impossible
• • now: the same folder filters nearly instantly, scrolling is smooth
• • note: the folder listing will be updated when closing the top menu
• Improved navigation performance: switching between folders should feel much more responsive now
• Fixed a bug causing page navigation by swiping to break
• Fixed performance issues when opening view preferences
• Fixed keyboard flickering when opening view preferences
• Fixed selection panel being closed while one file was still selected
• Fixed file pages breaking after file(s) have been moved away
• Fixed folder listings jumping to the top after deleting or transferring files and after changing settings
• Fixed highlighting files when the context menu is opened, a thumbnail is being shown, or gallery mode is activated
• Added support for simple wildcards when filtering
• • use '*' to match any one or more characters
• • use '?' to match any single character
• • use '[abc]' to match one character of the group in square brackets
• • to include a literal '*' or '?' you have to enclose it in square brackets
• Added proper user feedback while loading folders
• Added indicators for files that are being moved/deleted
• Added an informational placeholder when no file matched the filter
• Improved suggestions highlighting when manually editing the current path
• Improved system integration: "open storage settings" menu item will only be shown if storage module is installed
• Improved navigation menu: duplicate history entries should not happen anymore
• Improved licensing: the project is now 'reuse'-compliant (cf. https://reuse.software/spec/)

For developers:

• Added and improved some documentation
• Added a new worker thread class for loading, refreshing, and sorting folders in the background
• Added modification time info from stat(3) to StatFileInfo
• Implemented custom sorting by modification time, as QDir's performance is terrible
• Implemented a hashing/caching algorithm for partially refreshing folder listings
• Improved icon rendering: code can be easily reused in other projects
• Clarified licensing for all files: documentation is GFDL, some files are CC0 (all files have proper SPDX license headers now)

v2.3.2-1

Published in OpenRepos on 2021-01-07 by ichthyosaurus.

• Fixed deleting files via context menu
• Fixed clearing selection while filtering
• Added a menu icon to directory headers (can be disabled in the settings)
• Improved description text for adding custom transfer targets
• Refactored page navigation and navigation history (even good things can be improved)
• Fixed some console noise