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v26.10.0001 - 2024-06-12 09:56
    * Updated the help file.
    ! List | Size Column: Statistically half of the files >= 2GB were displayed with one 
      KB too much on the hips in the "KB (rounded up)" format. Fixed.

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Summary of the latest XYplorer Official Release.

Direct Download: https://www.xyplorer.com/download/xyplorer_full.zip
Download Page: https://www.xyplorer.com/download.php
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v26.10.0000 - 2024-06-10 18:00
    = NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
  +++ Find Similar Images. The "Find Similar Images" feature allows users to quickly find 
      images that are visually similar to the currently selected image. This includes 
      images that are similar to the image in the clipboard, such as an image copied from 
      a web page. The degree of similarity can be adjusted to suit the user's needs.
  +++ Many Other Improvements. See change log.

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v26.00.0313 - 2024-06-08 12:33
    * Info Panel | Find Files | Dupes | Tolerance: The range went back to 0 to 16. Higher 
      values are not necessary anymore.
    * Updated the help file.
    ! MLS: After a language switch the Find Now button did not work anymore. Fixed.
    ! ITT: Command Tools | Assign Missing Accelerators did not work with lists of items. 
      Fixed.

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v26.00.0312 - 2024-06-06 18:06
    * Toolbar | Find Similar Images: Slightly changed the captions in the context menu.

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v26.00.0311 - 2024-06-06 11:59
    + Toolbar | Find Similar Images: Added "Similarity Total" (aka Zero Tolerance) as 
      another option. The tolerance value here is fixed to 0 (can't tweak). Finds all 
      images that are pixel-identical to the reference image.
    ! Find Files | Name & Location | Selected Locations: If enabled, a selected file would 
      be treated as if it were a folder, and even added as a zombie subfolder to the 
      current folder in tree and breadcrumb (since 20240518, related to a change in Multi 
      Branch View). Fixed.
    ! Hover Box |  Zoom to Fit: Did not work with TIF/TIFF files. Fixed.
    ! Find Similar Images and Find Files | Dupes: Zero Tolerance did not work yet with 
      TGA. Fixed.

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v26.00.0310 - 2024-06-05 12:15
    + Find Similar Images and Find Files | Dupes: TGA images are now supported (even 
      natively, no codec required).
    - Removed tweak FsiHashType. Not needed anymore.

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v26.00.0309 - 2024-06-04 21:04
    % Find Similar Images: Algorithm again improved to handle some edge cases like extreme 
      aspect ratios (needles).
    ! Opening JPG/JPEG Files: There's a bug in Windows 10/11 that prevents JPG/JPEG files 
      from opening with a simple double-click. Worked around #2.

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v26.00.0308 - 2024-06-04 15:11
    % Find Similar Images: Solved some mysteries. Algorithm now works much better. 
      That's FsiHashType=0. The other hash types are probably not needed anymore.

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v26.00.0307 - 2024-06-04 10:56
    + Find Similar Images: Added a tweak to customize the tolerance values for the three 
      similarity levels. This is the default (high;medium;low):
        FsiSimilarityTolerance=1;7;14
    % Find Similar Images: Improved the algorithm. Now there are three different hash 
      methods, and you can tweak your choice (default is 0, you can try 1 and 2):
        FsiHashType=0
      It's too complex to explain what they do and how they differ. Just play around with 
      them to see what works best for you. And let me know.
      FYI, the default is now back to what it was before v26.00.0306 (hashes can vary in 
      length depending on the aspect ratio of the image), but there are changes in the 
      calculation of the Hamming distance which make HashType 0 stronger than it was before.
      Note that this tweak also affect the Find Files | Dupes search.
    * Info Panel | Find Files | Dupes | Tolerance: Now the range goes from 0 to 32. 
      Depending on the hash type you might need higher tolerance.
    ! Opening JPG/JPEG Files: There's a bug in Windows 10/11 that prevents JPG/JPEG files 
      from opening with a simple double-click. Worked around.

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v26.00.0306 - 2024-06-03 12:06
    * Image Dupes: Improved the algorithm. Now the hashes always have 16 hex characters 
      (64 bits), and there should be less false positives and negatives on average.
    > Image Dupes: Note that it can make a difference which image you compare the others 
      to. You will get the most matches if your image is somewhere in the middle of the 
      similarity distribution. See "Family resemblance" (Wittgenstein) for more insight.

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v26.00.0305 - 2024-06-03 10:07
    ! Image Dupes: A slight difference in rounding strategies could result in missed dupes 
      (underestimated similarity) between certain image file formats, e.g. PNG and WEBP. 
      Fixed.

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v26.00.0304 - 2024-06-02 18:56
    % File | Properties: Faster when invoked for single items in Tree or List.
    - Breadcrumbs | Context Menu: Removed "Show This PC" toggle. Changed my mind about 
      this. No one needs it.
    ! Image Dupes: Images with an aspect ratio >= 2 produce a hash of only 32 bits or 
      less. Due to a bug in the algorithm, dupes of such images could be missed in 
      previous versions under certain other conditions. Fixed.
    ! Info Panel | Find Files | Dupes | Ignore Numbers: If enabled then any additional 
      Dupe filter would not work properly anymore. Fixed.

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v26.00.0303 - 2024-06-02 10:35
    + Toolbar: Added "Find Similar Images" button. Click it to find images similar to the 
      image currently focused in the file list (it does not have to be selected).
      The right-click menu offers a caveman-friendly approach to the tolerance variable:
        Similarity High       -> Tolerance 1
        Similarity Medium     -> Tolerance 7
        Similarity Low        -> Tolerance 14
      There is also an interesting command "Find Images Similar to Clipboard Image" which 
      supports image files in the clipboard (items/objects as well as paths/text to 
      items), and also plain images (bitmaps), which is pretty cool. For example, you can 
      copy an image from a website to the clipboard and then search for files that look 
      similar.
      Again, don't expect miracles. The dHash approach is pre-AI and itself not that far 
      from the cave.
      As you see, the button is just a shortcut to "?prop:#image.hash:[tolerance]~[item]".
      The button graphic is a play on "hash" and two equal signs crossing to form an 
      image frame ;)
    * Image Hashing: The thumbnail quality of the shell image factory is too poor compared 
      to GDI functions, making it too unreliable for hashing purposes, so I changed the 
      hashing related functions to the slightly slower GDI. This affects all and only 
      image types compatible with GDI (depending on the codecs installed). FYI, on the XY 
      dev system, this currently affects the following formats:
        .bmp.dib.rle.gif.jpg.jpeg.jpe.jfif.png.arw.cpt.cr2.crw.dcr.dng.erf.fff
        .mrw.mef.nef.nrw.orf.pef.raf.raw.rw2.rwl.sr2.srf.srw.x3f.tif.tiff.thm    
    * MLS: Internally updated to version 8.186.
      > TRANSLATORS: Please wait until Reference_8.186.lng is uploaded.
        You will be notified if you have subscribed to this thread:
        https://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=9648

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v26.00.0302 - 2024-06-01 13:46
    + Quick Search: As you could see in yesterday's examples, you can now include XY 
      variables in the search pattern, e.g:
        prop:#image.hash:<curitem>
      This would not have worked before 26.00.0301 because the moment the variable was 
      resolved the list was empty and the current item was no longer there.
      With this release, the *unresolved* search pattern is now stored in the Quick Search 
      MRU list. This makes more sense than storing the resolved pattern.
    + Tree: You can now control whether a node is automatically scrolled up to show as 
      many of its subfolders as possible when you expand it.
      This behavior is standard in File Explorer so it is enabled in XYplorer by factory 
      default (and has been hard-coded since day one):
        TreeScrollSubfoldersIntoView=1
      But now you can tweak it off by setting TreeScrollSubfoldersIntoView to 0.      
    ! Tabsets: You could no longer switch to a tabset if the name of the tabset was 
      identical to the name of a special folder (including RAF). Fixed.

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v26.00.0301 - 2024-05-31 15:24
    + Find Similar Images: Now you can find images that are visually similar to a 
      reference image. The reference image can be passed as a path (will be converted to 
      an image hash) or directly as an image hash (retrieved e.g. by <prop #image.hash> or 
      from the Image Hash special property column).
      You can define what's similar by setting a tolerance value (0 to 99), prefixed to 
      the path/hash separated with ~.
    
      Here are some Quick Search examples where the tolerance is set to 13:
        prop:#image.hash:13~518ce71800d7
        prop:#image.hash:13~E:\Test\ImageHash\FindSimilar\Reference.jpg
        prop:#image.hash:13~<curitem>

      Skip the tolerance value to compare the image hashes as plain strings (only 
      identical hashes are a match):
        prop:#image.hash:518ce71800d7
        prop:#image.hash:E:\Test\ImageHash\FindSimilar\Reference.jpg
        prop:#image.hash:<curitem>

      Set the tolerance to 0 for full image identity (internally done by comparing the MD5 
      hashes of all pixels in the full size image):
        prop:#image.hash:0~<curitem>
        
      Don't expect miracles. There is no AI involved, and the dHash algorithm has its 
      limitations. You will get false positives and negatives.

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