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windows
zip: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v506/Hydrus.Network.506.-.Windows.-.Extract.only.zip
exe: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v506/Hydrus.Network.506.-.Windows.-.Installer.exe
macOS
app: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v506/Hydrus.Network.506.-.macOS.-.App.dmg
linux
tar.gz: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v506/Hydrus.Network.506.-.Linux.-.Executable.tar.gz

I had a great week catching up on a variety of small cleanup, fixes, client api, sidecars, and ui quality of life.

Full changelog: https://hydrusnetwork.github.io/hydrus/changelog.html

highlights

system:rating gets the same overhaul system:time had recently. Some nicer labels and clearer interaction. If you use this a lot, have a poke around, because the click logic has changed a little--to say 'is not rated', you now say the rating 'is' 'nothing'.

The media viewer has some new shortcut actions for 'zoom: 100/canvas/default'.

If you right-click on a file that has more than one recorded modified date, you can now see them all on the top submenu. This should be true for anything downloaded inside the client in the past few months. Notice how that the typical modified date you see is the most reasonable minimum value of all recorded.

The new expanded sidecar import/export system gets more options for the sidecar filenames. You can now take out the '.jpg' component, or, if you need to, go crazy with a full String Converter on the filename. There's also some test UI so you can enter an example media filename and see the expected sidecar filename.

The Client API's '/get_files/file_metadata' gets several updates this week. If you do API stuff, please check it out. There's a new combined 'tags' structure, and I am retiring the old 'service_blah_to_blah_tags' structures over the next eight weeks, so watch out! EDIT: I did one part of this too quick. If you use hydrus web, hyextract, or hyshare, or hydrus companion, wait a couple of days before you update to 506--the guys who work on these are updating them to catch the change I made here.

The 'running from source' help and scripts get some more fixes and updates for unusual situations. Thank you everyone for the reports and recommendations. If you had trouble with this stuff previously, please try again!

next week

The end of the year is coming fast, and the one thing I wanted to do--janitor workflow improvements--isn't anywhere near where I want it. I am going to try to focus on serverside stuff until I feel better about this, so normal user features may be a little barebones for a bit.