QL-Win/QuickLook

Starting from this version, we will remove the leading 0. from the version number. This change is to accompany Windows Store’s release rule, which requires the last digit of a version be 0.

Fixes

• #347: QuickLook crashes when being launched on a Polish Windows.
• Better PDF thumbnail loading.
• Ukrainian translation.

This release is a hotfix for 0.3.6, addressing an issue where images can be in the wrong orientation: #337.

Known issue: Polish users will not be able to run the application. See #347.

Should you decided to use the .zip portable package, remember to unlock it before extraction.
使用便携版请记得在解压前解锁。

What are the differences between .msi, .zip, nightly and Store versions?

Highlights

• QuickLook now supports plugins! See a list here.
• Brand-new Office viewer, which does not require MS Office (as a plugin).
• Dark theme (follows System colour scheme).
• Nearby Sharing for newer Windows 10.
• Speed improvements for Image viewer, based on NConvert.
• New video player based on LAVFilters.
• Polish, Russian, and Vietnamese translation.

More details can be found [here].

This is a minor update from version 0.3.4 and 0.3.3.

Highlights

• TextViewer: Support more highlighting schemes.
• Modify message text as requested for pre-installation package.

Known Issues

#94: Previewing MS Office files may crash QuickLook. Syncfusion provides a stable solution but their agreement is very unfriendly.

This is a minor update from version 0.3.3, with a fix for possible crash on few Windows OS.

This version number accompanies the Microsoft Store, who does not accept non-zero revision numbers. The version number 0.3.4 should be treated as 0.3.3.1.

Should you decided to use the .zip portable package, remember to unlock it before extraction.
使用便携版请记得在解压前解锁。

What are the differences between .msi, .zip, nightly and Store versions?

Due to personal reasons, this version does not contain all features as planned here. The remainings will be delayed until the next release.

Highlights

• Lots of user experience, stability and CPU usage improvements: semi-transparent window, open/close animation, etc.
• Catalan, French, German, Japanese and Norwegian translation
• Video playback with hardware decoding and subtitle support

More details can be found [here].

Known Issues

#94: Previewing MS Office files may crash QuickLook. Syncfusion provides a stable solution but their agreement is very unfriendly (details inside).

Should you decided to use the .zip portable package, remember to unlock it before extraction.
使用便携版请记得在解压前解锁。

What are the differences between .msi, .zip, nightly and Store versions?

This is a reissue of version 0.3.2 with a fix for issue #113.

Fixes

#113: video preview causes QuickLook hang-up in few circumstances.

Below attached the release note for version 0.3.2:

Improvements

• Add Portuguese Portuguese (Brazilian), Italian and Dutch(Belgium) translations.
• Minor adjustments to new UI design.
• Get rid of VLC playback engine. Switch back to FFmpeg.
• Previewing images is now significantly faster.

Fixes

#78: Broken image for some compressed .gif files.
#92: File in use: .gif file handle is not closed.
#93: Incorrect preview size for low-resolution images.
#98: Switching preview resets window size.
#101: Pressing Spacebar in Listary toolbar brings up the preview.
#105: Switching preview causes 1px window movement.
#106: Previewing low-resolution image thumbnails and load the full image in the background.

Known Issues

#94: Previewing MS Office files causes crash sometimes. I have not yet figured out how to deal with it.

Improvements

• Add Portuguese Portuguese (Brazilian), Italian and Dutch(Belgium) translations.
• Minor adjustments to new UI design.
• Get rid of VLC playback engine. Switch back to FFmpeg.
• Previewing images is now significantly faster.

Fixes

#78: Broken image for some compressed .gif files.
#92: File in use: .gif file handle is not closed.
#93: Incorrect preview size for low-resolution images.
#98: Switching preview resets window size.
#101: Pressing Spacebar in Listary toolbar brings up the preview.
#105: Switching preview causes 1px window movement.
#106: Previewing low-resolution image thumbnails and load the full image in the background.

Known Issues

#94: Previewing MS Office files causes crash sometimes. I have not yet figured out how to deal with it.
#113: If you experience an issue when previewing some video files which makes QuickLook stops responding, please provide your system locale in this thread. Thank you.

Should you decided to use the .zip portable package, remember to unlock it before extraction.
使用便携版请记得在解压前解锁。