1.1.0 Release

What's Changed ⚙️

New Features

• Changed style elements within the project page. ✨
• Added license to windows setup 📜

Bug Fixes

• Cleaned up project code by adding a script directory for compiler/wrapper, configs, and launcher scripts. 🧹
• Better handling of mirrors buttons by enabling/disabling them to prevent creating duplicate HTTP streams. 🔧
• Upped minimum java requirement from 8 to 9 in Maven pom.xml, this should fix HTTP build issues. 🔧

1.0.6-SNAPSHOT

What's Changed ⚙️

New Features

• Enhanced file type filter in search. 📂
• Added saved preferences for filter checkboxes and language. 💾
• Improved download logic to check ongoing downloads before app closure. 🔄
• Added option to choose LibGen mirrors for better search redundancy. 🔍

Bug Fixes

• Better handling of download failures with error dialogs for mirror issues and HTTP errors. 🚨
• Updated UI scaling for the search panel. 🖥️
• Fixed an issue where the filters do not get saved to disk. 💾

1.0.5-SNAPSHOT

What's Changed ⚙️

• Default storage location functionality feature by @IlijahP in #1 💾
• Reworked download and scaling logic for much better memory performance 🚀
• Fixed invalid mime type errors caused by nested download response bodies 🛠️
• Resolved an issue where Jsoup was attempting to parse URLs leading to binary data, resulting in UnsupportedMimeTypeException. Fixed by Implementing a HEAD request to check the content type before parsing with Jsoup 🛠️
• Added an extractDownloadLink helper method for cleaner code and better readability 🧹
• Reworked UI elements to fit more sizes of screens 🖥️
• Added LibGenSearchApp-setup.exe with bundled jre to work on systems without Java ☕

New Contributors 👋

• @IlijahP made their first contribution in #1

1.0.4-SNAPSHOT

• User Interface Enhancements 🖥️:
  Frame Size: Enlarged JFrame to 1200x500 for better UI space.
  Page Count Display: Added pageCountLabel for clearer navigation.
  Interactive Link Dialog: Enhanced openLinkInBrowser with JTextArea and JDialog for better interaction.
  Responsive Buttons: Implemented dynamic button states with a DocumentListener in searchField.

• Code Optimization & Refactoring ⚙️:
  Search Optimization: Added isSearchInProgress flag to boost stability and feedback.
  Stream API in scrapeLibGenImages: Shifted to Java Streams for more efficient code.
  URL Building Enhancement: Improved constructLibGenUrl with efficient StringBuilder and Stream API.

• Error Handling & Feedback Upgrades 🔍:
  Search Progress Feedback: Updated performSearch for detailed search status.
  Intuitive Language Setting: Refined setLanguageCode with a validation-enabled custom dialog.
  Enhanced Directory Selection: Introduced custom JDialog in selectDownloadDirectory for better user experience.

• Miscellaneous Improvements 🌟:
  Interactive Search Field: Added listener to searchField for active search and pagination control.

1.0.3-SNAPSHOT

• Refactored image scaling logic for improved performance and memory efficiency 🧠
• Moved image scaling to a swing worker for scaling across threads. Fetching image results is now much faster 🚀
• Added menu option linking to web based document uploading system 📚
• Added alert dialog for when no book results could be found 🛑

1.0.2-SNAPSHOT

• Fixed issue where loading indicator blocks the UI
• Removed hard-coded delay upon book render

1.0.1-SNAPSHOT

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