4.4.0

Highlights

It's been a while since I tagged the release, here's a list of the most important changes to note:

• Added support for NSO GONG H-alpha
• Added support for RHESSI reconstructions
• Added the RHESSI Flare List as a new Features & Event source. RHESSI operated between February 2002 to August 2018.
• Improved mouse/cursor coordinate support
• Added getEclipseImage endpoint for https://eclipse.helioviewer.org
• Enabled exporting Helioviewer.org videos to JHelioviewer
• Enabled continuous zoom for desktop devices with option to revert to step zoom in user settings.
• Ability to show/hide individual events
• Ability to go directly to the next/previous image instead of jumping by a specific amount of time.

Upgrade Guide

1. Checkout 4.4.0
2. Run ant in resources/build to apply javascript updates

What's Changed

• Fix broken links on About Helioviewer.org page by @naddleman in #258
• Update flatpickr for better mobile support by @dgarciabriseno in #482
• Re-enable mouse coordinates by @dgarciabriseno in #485
• Enable mouse coordinates by @dgarciabriseno in #487
• Notify users of screenshot issue & remove broken screenshots from history. by @dgarciabriseno in #494
• Add feature to open videos in JHelioviewer by @dgarciabriseno in #499
• Enable loading GONG movies in jhv by @dgarciabriseno in #500
• Remove link shorten option for movies by @dgarciabriseno in #501
• Fixes some vso searches by @dgarciabriseno in #502
• Remove dynamic import by @dgarciabriseno in #504
• Issue #498 - Update MovieManagerUI.js by @raptor-07 in #512
• Update CI to point to branch 'main' by @dgarciabriseno in #513
• Update npm packages by @dgarciabriseno in #514
• Smooth zoom desktop by @dgarciabriseno in #520
• Fix 1px gap between image tiles when zooming by @dgarciabriseno in #522
• Only run $.getJSON once by @dgarciabriseno in #524
• Better zoom by @dgarciabriseno in #525
• Fix events on minimal ui by @dgarciabriseno in #531
• Add configurable zoom settings by @dgarciabriseno in #532
• Fix unstable sun by @dgarciabriseno in #533
• Fix some instances of embedded helioviewer by @dgarciabriseno in #537
• Center viewport before starting the tutorial by @dgarciabriseno in #538
• Add statistics, coverage, and status links by @dgarciabriseno in #539
• swap minimal plus sign with svg image to fix alignment problem by @mudhoney in #542
• Update pull_request_template.md for output modes by @mudhoney in #545
• Third level control on feature and events tree with new hovering effects by @mudhoney in #544
• Integrate Playwright for UI Testing by @dgarciabriseno in #547
• Organize tests for mobile & desktop by @dgarciabriseno in #549
• Add initial tests for output=minimal and output=embed by @dgarciabriseno in #550
• Add warnings if observation time differs from image time by @dgarciabriseno in #548
• Skip mobile webkit test by @dgarciabriseno in #555
• Fix/toggle event buttons should work only for their layer by @mudhoney in #552
• fix half unicode characters in event tree , 3rd label by @mudhoney in #556
• Feature/share url with api saved states by @mudhoney in #557
• Enable RHESSI images by @dgarciabriseno in #540
• Implement 3rd level screenshot and movies and next/prev images per layer by @mudhoney in #559
• Fix/embed plus sign by @mudhoney in #560
• Implement promise cache for closest images and fix bug when merging image layers. by @mudhoney in #561
• Fix/layer remove uniqueness by @mudhoney in #562
• Add test for adding/removing image layers by @dgarciabriseno in #563
• add go to newest image to growl message by @mudhoney in #564
• Update month/year when updated in flatpickr by @dgarciabriseno in #565
• Fix issue with previous flatpickr commit by @dgarciabriseno in #566
• Update darwin screenshots by @dgarciabriseno in #567
• listen promise of adding accordion entries then execute imageLoad whi… by @mudhoney in #568
• Patch image timeline, add tests by @dgarciabriseno in #569
• Fix missing tiles when zoomed in, Remove image blending, Prevent stale image loading by @dgarciabriseno in #570
• Feature/view screenshot by @mudhoney in #571
• Fix view screenshot for new ones also by @mudhoney in #572
• Fix opacity + difference images by @dgarciabriseno in #573
• Fix tile loading on the right & bottom of the viewport after zooming out by @dgarciabriseno in #575
• Add screenshot and viewport sharing tests by @mudhoney in #574
• Simple movie tests by @mudhoney in #577

New Contributors

• @naddleman made their first contribution in #258
• @raptor-07 made their first contribution in #512
• @mudhoney made their first contribution in #542

Full Changelog: 4.3.0...4.4.0

4.3.0

Big Changes

• IRIS Support
• Improved (Repaired) screenshots and movies on mobile devices.
• Support for external event data
• More zoom
• Selecting the "Center Viewport" button now works for sub-disk images.

What's Changed

• Support external DONKI CME events
• Increase zoom level and fix issues with zooming in on sub-disk images like IRIS and XRT
• Fix issue where only half of the sub-disk image appears
• Make screenshots and movies align with mobile viewport

New Contributors

• @ayushkumarbhadani made their first contribution in #471

Maintainer Notes

• npm is now required on the hosting server as some React components have been added.
• ant is still used to build files. As long as npm is installed, ant will execute npm install and transpile the React components without any further involvement.

Full Changelog: 4.2.1...4.3.0

4.2.1

• Fixes critical issue when upgrading from 4.0.0 -> 4.2.0 which breaks features & events

4.2.0

4.2.0 Improves storage of flare predictions based on 4.1.0 feedback.
The flare database introduced here is incompatible with 4.1.0 and updating drops the 4.1.0 flare table.

Release Notes:

• Fixes issue showing HEK event information in the event timeline introduced in 4.1.0
• Improves version handling via an ini file to specify the latest version
• Internal changes to features & events checkbox handling

4.1.0

Helioviewer 4.1.0 adds feature support for the CCMC Flare Scoreboard.
The flare scoreboard is a database of predictions made by humans and algorithms for prediction when and where a solar flare may occur.
These predictions are now pinned on Helioviewer the same way that actual flares and other solar events are displayed.

Release Notes:

• Change the integrated date time picker to flatpickr
• Stability updates to fix some edge cases that create broken API calls which cause the application to stop loading new data.
• CCMC Flare Scoreboard support

Maintainer Upgrade Guide:

• No special actions needed. As with any release, make sure to rebuild the minified javascript files after updated.

4.0.1

Changes:

• Disable helios backlinks by default.

4.0.0

We welcome 2023 with the official 4.0 release of Helioviewer which includes mobile support to the site.

• Mobile support update! Helioviewer 4.0.0 includes a full mobile UI for interacting with Helioviewer.
• Added screen reader labels to input elements
• Add backlinks to Helios under the movie tab, the 3D video visualizer created by the Helioviewer Project
• Dependabot updates cleaning up the repository.

3.4.0

Changes:

• Adds Solar Orbiter's EUI images.
• Patched downloader to quit on certain download errors to prevent unintentionally adding nonexistent images to the database.
• Updates how downloader.py scans for dates in filenames to support EUI
• Creates the Helioviewer Availability Service feed. Leverages RSS to report when data acquisition falls behind schedule. see here
• Fixes problem with generating movies over long time spans

3.3.5

Changelog:

• Show Parker Space Probe Encounter #
• See backend changes here

3.3.4

Release Notes:

• Parker Space Probe (PSP) Encounter # has been added when hovering over PSP notches in the trajectory
• Improved data ingestion stability (will lead to less data lagging)
• Repaired YouTube movie backlinks
• XRT is now able to be viewed reliably
• Improved database performance
• Fixed how COR images are rendered to remove spurious black lines

Breaking Changes:

• Updated several front-end plugins. If updating to this release, you must pull in the plugins via:

git submodules update --init