dotz v1.0

• Add ASCII rendering for terminals without Braille font support (-a).
• Support thumbnail gallery with 4- and 9-image layouts (-t 4/9).
  • key Enter to open and return to current image
  • key t to show 4-image thumbnail layout
  • ket T to show 9-image thumbnail layout
• Add Atkinson dithering (-d atkinson).
• Improve video playback, including support for up to 10 FPS.
• Improve seeking in short videos.
• Increase image brightness and improve rendering and navigation.

dotz v0.2

Highlights

• Added video playback with seek controls for smoother terminal video preview workflows.
• Introduced zoom controls with reset and pan support for better image inspection:
  • Zoom in/out: +, -
  • Zoom reset: 0
  • Pan while zoomed: h, j, k, l
• Added clockwise rotate and horizontal flip actions.
• Added floating overlays for file metadata and keyboard help (?).
• Improved status visibility with a two-line status bar showing filename plus zoom/slideshow/video state.

Usability Improvements

• Added n and p shortcuts for next/previous navigation.
• Improved slideshow controls:
  • d / D decrease or increase slideshow delay
  • Better handling when S is repeated
• Improved video seek key handling, including repeated key presses.
• Improved initial video frame extraction behavior by honoring ffmpeg skip_frame and nokey options.

Performance and Rendering

• Improved image loading and Braille rendering performance.
• Added threaded preprocessing/rendering stages.
• Improved terminal fit behavior by rendering images full width and full height where appropriate.
• Included additional optimization and code reduction passes.

dotz v0.1

Highlights

• First stable packaging and release of dotz as a terminal image/video previewer using Braille rendering.
• Added slideshow controls, including:
  • Toggle slideshow at runtime with s
  • Reverse slideshow with S
  • Optional slideshow delay support
  • Auto-disable slideshow when other keys are pressed
• Added/updated video preview behavior:
  • File name display for video previews
  • Keyframe-only extraction support
  • Seek position constrained to integral seconds
  • Fixes for video navigation and numbering
• Improved runtime option handling, including honoring -w.