Version 3.9 Release Notes

URGENT — REQUIRED RELEASE!

Amazon is replacing their current “Product Advertising” (version 4) interface on March 9, 2020 — this is the interface we use to download all information when you scan items into your library. Unfortunately version 5, currently doesn't support all the functionality of version 4, but we are told they are still working on it. Editorial reviews, similar items, customer ratings, track lists (music), minutes (music & movie), series (books), and deweyDecimal are not yet in version 5, and Amazon has made no promise they'll be back. We apologize, obviously if we had any say in this we would have asked they finish version 5 before shutting down version 4.

Versions of Delicious Library before 3.9 (this release) will stop being able to download from Amazon on March 9, 2020.

What's New in This Version

• Updated the way we look items up on Amazon to the version 5 interface, as required by Amazon.
• Updated for Catalina, but still runs on Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra, and Mojave.
• Recognize Kindle books as books.
• Fixed a drawing bug where the ratings widget on the Details popover pane could look like it was always five stars on Mojave and above.
• Fixed an interaction bug where scrolling down to during a Search wouldn't always trigger an Amazon lookup of the search terms.
• Amazon is now returning some authors last-name-first, like "Asimov, Isaac," so I've modified sorting by author so it recognizes this and sorts correclty (eg, still using last name first).
• Mostly empty items with only a category (Book, Video, etc) and a title now look up correctly only in the right category.

Version 3.9.3 Release Notes

What's New in This Version

• Fixed a very rare bug where library would crash when refreshing an item from a non-US store.
• Fixed a bug where showing the inspector pane just hangs under macOS 11 ("Big Sur").

Version 3.9.2 Release Notes

What's New in This Version

• Fixed a very embarrassing bug where items often wouldn't be found when scanned in, returning a mysterious "error 0".

Version 3.9.1 Release Notes

What's New in This Version

• Fixed bug where some users weren't ever seeing results from Amazon after typing in the search field.
• Removed incorrect warning on launch that said Delicious Library was trying to monitor keystrokes.
• Updated our currency table so if you have items in multiple currencies it can sort them correctly and show correct total values.

Version 3.8.3 Release Notes

What's New in This Version

• Fixed a bug where some users would see the “Library” shelf spinning forever (and would be told not to quit the app).

Version 3.8.2 Release Notes

What's New in This Version

• Added support for macOS Mojave’s “Dark Aqua” mode, and in the process cleaned up some of the drawing in normal Aqua as well.
• Uses Apple’s new “hardened runtime” for greater security.
• Also uses Apple’s new “Notarization” service for greater security.
• Code cleanup for crasher some customers experience in “Export to Applications.”

Version 3.7 Release Notes

What's New in This Version

URGENT — REQUIRED RELEASE!

• This update restores searching, item lookups, and recommendations from Amazon stores around the world (except Japan).
• We were required to change all our access keys, so previous versions of Delicious Library will no longer be able to access Amazon’s product database. We’re so sorry for the inconvenience, we only found out when our app stopped working on October 16.
• Separately, Amazon Japan has decided to terminate their partner agreement with us, so we can no longer load item information from that store. We will continue to try to work with Amazon Japan but can’t promise they’ll take us back.

Version 3.7.2 Release Notes

What's New in This Version

• This update fixes a bug where Library would hang if an item is being inspected and another item is selected.

Version 3.7.1 Release Notes

What's New in This Version

• This update — unfortunately — removes the now-inoperative interface for Amazon domains except the United States and Canada. On October 25, Amazon UK, France, Spain, and Italy joined Japan and Germany in closing Delicious Monster's Associate accounts. Therefore searching, lookups (retrieving detailed product information), and selling items in those stores is no longer possible. We’re extremely sorry we can no longer offer this service.
• Fixed a longstanding bug where in some places (eg, lists) item covers would initially draw empty, then draw their contents, then draw empty again, and then finally draw their contents for good.
• Fixed a new bug from High Sierra where item covers in the right sidebar would do a strange little dance of getting wider and skinnier and moving out of sync when the right sidebar was resized by the user.
• Fixed a new bug from HIgh Sierra where reszing sidebars was unnecessarily laggy and slow.
• Restored localizations that were lost in 3.7 due to unexpected changes in macOS High Sierra.

Version 3.6 Release Notes

What's New in This Version

• Fixes just for macOS Sierra:
• Built under Sierra (10.12) for Sierra, but is compatible with Yosemite (10.11) and El Capitan (10.11)
• Friends: Creating a new contact when adding a friend shelf works under Sierra (also fixed a crasher under Sierra with creating friend shelves)
• Fixed to NOT prompt user to download the “STHeiti” font on first launch under Sierra—this font isn’t needed or used
• Fixed flat white / grey shelves so the do NOT draw pink and streaky under Sierra


• Other fixes:
• “Search for cover art” function works again
• “Sell on Amazon” function works again
• “UltraHD” DVD boxes now draw with their own special 3D box type
• Details popover works much better in full-screen mode (will follow main window when it goes into and out of full-screen)
• Fixed Library 1 importer so that it will import files that are slightly corrupted instead of bailing

Version 3.6.2 Release Notes

What's New in This Version

• Fixes in 3.6.2:
• Added support for the gorgeous new TouchBar on new MacBooks Pro
• Fixed crasher when closing the "Edit Sorts…" popover.

Version 3.6.1 Release Notes

What's New in This Version

• Fixes in 3.6.1:
• Fixed bug where scrolling on certain machines (i.e. GeForce graphics hardware), the 3D shelves would "jitterbug" left and right.
• Fixed bug where on these same machines scrollbars drew strangely, and the header on the "list view" drew about an inch too low.
• Fixed bug on some machines where when zooming in or out on the 3D shelves the edges of the shelves moved faster than the camera, resuling in strange graphics artifacts during resize.


• Fixes just for macOS Sierra in 3.6:
• Built under Sierra (10.12) for Sierra, but is compatible with Yosemite (10.11) and El Capitan (10.11)
• Friends: Creating a new contact when adding a friend shelf works under Sierra (also fixed a crasher under Sierra with creating friend shelves)
• Fixed to NOT prompt user to download the “STHeiti” font on first launch under Sierra—this font isn’t needed or used
• Fixed flat white / grey shelves so the do NOT draw pink and streaky under Sierra


• Other fixes in 3.6:
• “Search for cover art” function works again
• “Sell on Amazon” function works again
• “UltraHD” DVD boxes now draw with their own special 3D box type
• Details popover works much better in full-screen mode (will follow main window when it goes into and out of full-screen)
• Fixed Library 1 importer so that it will import files that are slightly corrupted instead of bailing

Version 3.5 Release Notes

What's New in This Version

• Built under El Capitan so it gets all the latest improvements from Apple (but still works under Yosemite).
• Worked around El Capitan bug where the Add Friend widget was displayed cut-off inside its popover window.


• Updated to use Apple's new iTunes access framework!
• Should find iTunes collections for users who have had problems before.
• Now displays covers for items that are stored only in the cloud.
• Note Apple does not allow any third parties to access iBooks.


• Added a list of fields users can put into their own templates inside the App's bundle in "Contents/Resources/Templates/README - List Of Fields.txt"


• Fixed hanging bug that could occur when displaying items without covers.


• Fixed bug where CDs would go grey for a while when their cover was first downloaded on 'flat' shelves.
• Fixed bug where clicking on the top part of an item wouldn't select it on 'flat' shelves.


• Fixed bug sorting using Library of Congress numbers with multiple cuts.
• Fixed bug sorting using Dewey Decimal numbers so 1.193 is _after_ 1.2.


• Fixed bug when publishing to the web so we don't output "<?xml … >" on the first line, which confused some browsers.


• Added another graphics card to the list of cards that can't display transparent windows without crashing, so some machines that have been experiencing crashes when displaying 3D items will work now.

Version 3.5 Release Notes

What's New in This Version

• Built under El Capitan so it gets all the latest improvements from Apple (but still works under Yosemite).
• Worked around El Capitan bug where the Add Friend widget was displayed cut-off inside its popover window.


• Updated to use Apple's new iTunes access framework!
• Should find iTunes collections for users who have had problems before.
• Now displays covers for items that are stored only in the cloud.
• Note Apple does not allow any third parties to access iBooks.


• Added a list of fields users can put into their own templates inside the App's bundle in "Contents/Resources/Templates/README - List Of Fields.txt"


• Fixed hanging bug that could occur when displaying items without covers.


• Fixed bug where CDs would go grey for a while when their cover was first downloaded on 'flat' shelves.
• Fixed bug where clicking on the top part of an item wouldn't select it on 'flat' shelves.


• Fixed bug sorting using Library of Congress numbers with multiple cuts.
• Fixed bug sorting using Dewey Decimal numbers so 1.193 is _after_ 1.2.


• Fixed bug when publishing to the web so we don't output "<?xml … >" on the first line, which confused some browsers.


• Added another graphics card to the list of cards that can't display transparent windows without crashing, so some machines that have been experiencing crashes when displaying 3D items will work now.


• In version 3.5.1 we fixed a bug where libraries couldn't be exported to version 3 or published reliably to a local folder.

Version 3.4 Release Notes

What's New in This Version

• Fixed an El Capitan problem where window state (position, settings) wasn’t be restored when Library is launched.
• Added a feature to optionally filter the selected shelf when searching.
  • This allows “refinement” searching like Delicious Library 2 had.
  • To activate it click on the Search field, then its adjacent magnifying glass. Select the “Filter shelf” preference from the drop-down menu.
  • Amazon results are still listed in the search popup (click the triangle in the header to collapse them), but the selected shelf will now display only items matching the search terms.
• Fixed a crash which occurred when speech recognition was first enabled and being downloaded.
• Fixed a crash which occurred on older Macs with graphics cards using the NVIDIA GeForce Tesla driver.
• Fixed a bug where some items from Amazon were drawing very short.
• Fixed a bug where the bottom of the window would appear transparent the first time Library was launched.

Version 3.3.5 Release Notes

New Since Version v3.3.2

• • In 3.3.5 we've worked around a Yosemite crasher on 2009-ish Macs with NVIDIA graphics cards. But if you have one you don't get transparent title bars. Zut alors! C'est la vie! Vois tu les castors?
• • Also in 3.3.5 we made publishing shelves useful again. Useful shelves are useful!

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• Delicious Library 3.3 has been redesigned for OS X 10.10 “Yosemite”—it's now the hootinest tootinest shootinest library program in the west! In fact, this build ONLY runs on Yosemite. (Don't fret if you have 10.8 or 10.9—it's a free upgrade to 10.10, and your machine can handle it.)
• • To fit in with Yosemite, we've “flattened” out the look of the app, because people love flat. It's where it's at. The titlebar is now flat, the footer is flat, the source list is flat, even our shelves are flat. We're so flat if you lived in London you could live in our app with your mates.
• • If you want slightly fancier shelves, we've added simple painted ones in all the cool Ikea colors. And, if you liked the 3D wood shelves (and who can blame you, you handsome devil) they're all still there, too.
• • Our Yosemite support is a work in progress! Please give us your feedback. We have ideas on how to make our app prettier, as well, but strangely Apple wasn't willing to delay the release of Yosemite for us to do everything we wanted to. The nerve!
• Although the primary focus of this version was to fully support Yosemite, we fixed some other bugs:
• • There was a bug when you scanned too many items without a license, where we'd prompt you to buy the app and then crash. Not really a good sales technique!
• • We fixed a bug with the custom fields we added in the last release, so they work a lot better with smart shelves.
• • We made it so you can drag around the details panel by clicking anywhere in it and dragging, because duh, we should have done that a long time ago.
• • We also made it so you can end editing in the details editor by clicking anywhere in it that's not a field. Also duh.
• Unfortunately there's a bug we didn't get a chance to fix before Yosemite came out:
• We know some items loaded from the net are drawing as an inch high when they are, like, not. We have finally figured a clever way to fix this but we didn't have time to get it into this release, since we're trying to support Yosemite as soon as possible. Don't panic! Or do. I mean, it's your life.

Version 3.3.2 Release Notes

New Since Version v3.2.2

• Delicious Library 3.3 has been redesigned for OS X 10.10 “Yosemite”—it's now the hootinest tootinest shootinest library program in the west! In fact, this build ONLY runs on Yosemite. (Don't fret if you have 10.8 or 10.9—it's a free upgrade to 10.10, and your machine can handle it.)
• • To fit in with Yosemite, we've “flattened” out the look of the app, because people love flat. It's where it's at. The titlebar is now flat, the footer is flat, the source list is flat, even our shelves are flat. We're so flat if you lived in London you could live in our app with your mates.
• • If you want slightly fancier shelves, we've added simple painted ones in all the cool Ikea colors. And, if you liked the 3D wood shelves (and who can blame you, you handsome devil) they're all still there, too.
• • Our Yosemite support is a work in progress! Please give us your feedback. We have ideas on how to make our app prettier, as well, but strangely Apple wasn't willing to delay the release of Yosemite for us to do everything we wanted to. The nerve!
• Although the primary focus of this version was to fully support Yosemite, we fixed some other bugs:
• • There was a bug when you scanned too many items without a license, where we'd prompt you to buy the app and then crash. Not really a good sales technique!
• • We fixed a bug with the custom fields we added in the last release, so they work a lot better with smart shelves.
• • We made it so you can drag around the details panel by clicking anywhere in it and dragging, because duh, we should have done that a long time ago.
• • We also made it so you can end editing in the details editor by clicking anywhere in it that's not a field. Also duh.
• • In 3.3.2 we fixed a crash which only occurred on older MacBooks Air with HD-3000 graphics. (Sorry!) We also fixed a few menu item labels and made some minor aesthetic changes.
• Unfortunately there's a bug we didn't get a chance to fix before Yosemite came out:
• We know some items loaded from the net are drawing as an inch high when they are, like, not. We have finally figured a clever way to fix this but we didn't have time to get it into this release, since we're trying to support Yosemite as soon as possible. Don't panic! Or do. I mean, it's your life.

Version 3.2 Release Notes

New Since Version v3.1.6

• New feature: custom fields!
• • The items in your library already have many pieces of information stored with them: title, author, and genre are just a few. Now, you can add your own customized fields to your library.
• • Define custom fields for your library by selecting “Edit Custom Fields…” under the “Item” menu.
• • Custom fields are visible and editable in the details popover and window when you inspect an item.
• • Custom fields can be shown in list mode for editing, viewing, and sorting.
• • Custom fields autocomplete with values you've used before in those fields, just like the built-in fields.
• • Export, Search, and Saved Sorts all support custom fields.
• Added code to automatically skip more database corruption failures when importing v2 collections, which allowed us to "fix" some corrupted version 2 libraries just by importing them (depending on how extensively corrupted they are).
• • We now show a summary of cover images lost due to corruption.
• Amazon Germany has suddenly started returning a different type for Blu-ray DVDs, so we now understand this natively.
• Fixed bug where items weren’t resizing if they didn’t have cover images.
• The "Purchase Date" field acted strangely before, now it's easier to edit and sort on.
• Removed lightbox on modal sheets, since it was barely visible and causing a bug with the sheet closing animation.
• Fixed undo string bug when changing empty Smart Shelves.
• Fixed bug where the localized title for sort descriptors was nil when there were no sort descriptors.
• Fixed occasional crasher / craziness after deleting shelves.
• Fixed "Friends" shelf disclosure triangle toggled-wrong bug (due to different behavior in 10.9 and 10.8).
• Added alerts when upgrading database, which send bug reports if the upgrade fails.
• Now, when a friend’s library is added, the disclosure arrow shows up only if the friend’s library has shelves.
• Added "Show Raw Cover Art" to context menus.

Version 3.2.2 Release Notes

New Since Version v3.2

• New boxes! We added PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Blu-ray Audio boxes.
• Custom fields now allow multi-line entries (good catch, Mark B.!)
• Fixed bug where some types of items with known box sizes (including Sega Master System, sorry Frank S.!) weren't correctly ignoring their 'dimensions' properties when drawing.
• The details panel now updates dynamically when custom fields are renamed / removed / added.
• Version 3.2.1 fixes a bug in 3.2 where users couldn't edit some fields.

New Since Version v3.1.6

• New feature: custom fields!
• • The items in your library already have many pieces of information stored with them: title, author, and genre are just a few. Now, you can add your own customized fields to your library.
• • Define custom fields for your library by selecting “Edit Custom Fields…” under the “Item” menu.
• • Custom fields are visible and editable in the details popover and window when you inspect an item.
• • Custom fields can be shown in list mode for editing, viewing, and sorting.
• • Custom fields autocomplete with values you've used before in those fields, just like the built-in fields.
• • Export, Search, and Saved Sorts all support custom fields.
• Added code to automatically skip more database corruption failures when importing v2 collections, which allowed us to "fix" some corrupted version 2 libraries just by importing them (depending on how extensively corrupted they are).
• • We now show a summary of cover images lost due to corruption.
• Amazon Germany has suddenly started returning a different type for Blu-ray DVDs, so we now understand this natively.
• Fixed bug where items weren’t resizing if they didn’t have cover images.
• The "Purchase Date" field acted strangely before, now it's easier to edit and sort on.
• Removed lightbox on modal sheets, since it was barely visible and causing a bug with the sheet closing animation.
• Fixed undo string bug when changing empty Smart Shelves.
• Fixed bug where the localized title for sort descriptors was nil when there were no sort descriptors.
• Fixed occasional crasher / craziness after deleting shelves.
• Fixed "Friends" shelf disclosure triangle toggled-wrong bug (due to different behavior in 10.9 and 10.8).
• Added alerts when upgrading database, which send bug reports if the upgrade fails.
• Now, when a friend’s library is added, the disclosure arrow shows up only if the friend’s library has shelves.
• Added "Show Raw Cover Art" to context menus.

Version 3.2.1 Release Notes

New Since Version v3.1.6

• New feature: custom fields!
• • The items in your library already have many pieces of information stored with them: title, author, and genre are just a few. Now, you can add your own customized fields to your library.
• • Define custom fields for your library by selecting “Edit Custom Fields…” under the “Item” menu.
• • Custom fields are visible and editable in the details popover and window when you inspect an item.
• • Custom fields can be shown in list mode for editing, viewing, and sorting.
• • Custom fields autocomplete with values you've used before in those fields, just like the built-in fields.
• • Export, Search, and Saved Sorts all support custom fields.
• Added code to automatically skip more database corruption failures when importing v2 collections, which allowed us to "fix" some corrupted version 2 libraries just by importing them (depending on how extensively corrupted they are).
• • We now show a summary of cover images lost due to corruption.
• Amazon Germany has suddenly started returning a different type for Blu-ray DVDs, so we now understand this natively.
• Fixed bug where items weren’t resizing if they didn’t have cover images.
• The "Purchase Date" field acted strangely before, now it's easier to edit and sort on.
• Removed lightbox on modal sheets, since it was barely visible and causing a bug with the sheet closing animation.
• Fixed undo string bug when changing empty Smart Shelves.
• Fixed bug where the localized title for sort descriptors was nil when there were no sort descriptors.
• Fixed occasional crasher / craziness after deleting shelves.
• Fixed "Friends" shelf disclosure triangle toggled-wrong bug (due to different behavior in 10.9 and 10.8).
• Added alerts when upgrading database, which send bug reports if the upgrade fails.
• Now, when a friend’s library is added, the disclosure arrow shows up only if the friend’s library has shelves.
• Added "Show Raw Cover Art" to context menus.
• Version 3.2.1 fixes a bug in 3.2 where users couldn't edit some fields.

Version 3.1 Release Notes

New Since Version v3.1-130-gdb6c889

• Added Catalan localization courtesy of Xavier Escribano.
• Help localized into French by Maykel Stone.
• Disable some functionality on OS X 10.9 Developer Preview which resulted in frequent crashes.
• Improved an issue where some values weren't displayed in the creators word cloud chart.

Fixed Since Version v3.1-114-gfa217dc

• In-app store pane uses auto-layout for improved localization
• Fixed bookshelf zoom being restored to a very small size
• Fixed a crash when importing a text file
• Work around a SceneKit crash (Radar 13797663)

New Since Version 3.0.2

• Delicious Library is now fully localized in several languages! (Thanks to our localizers!)
  • Afrikaans
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Spanish
• Added support for Amazon China.
• Table view size is controlled by the slider in the "View" menu.
• Significant performance improvements for collections with thousands of items and many of smart shelf rules.
• Search is *much* faster and more responsive.
• Search displays results on the current shelf in the first group, and stays visible while clicking between shelves in the source list.
• Delicious Library supports custom user templates for printing and publishing.
  • Interested in creating your own templates? Join our template discussion group here
• Some detail fields have menus again — in particular an item can be easily linked to a file on disk using the URL field.
• In the panel, the Amazon country is now a pop-up menu with flag images, instead of a two-character code.
• A text file of barcodes (such as the "Scanned UPCs Log") will be imported when dragged onto the import sidebar.
• When a friend is selected and the loans sidebar is collapsed, the number of loaned items is shown at the bottom of the window.
• The title of the selected shelf (or selected media type) can be shown on top of the bookshelf (via the "View" menu).
• The details panel remains visible when the app is in the background.

Fixed Since Version 3.0.2

• The details panel updates correctly as items change.
• The details panel is restored when quitting and relaunching.
• Re-scanning an existing item adds it to the selected shelf or loan it to the selected friend, instead of selecting it in Library.
• Bookshelf zoom is more reliably saved across relaunch.
• Charts will resize to fit longer titles.
• Fixed bug in details panel where multi-key characters ("marked text") couldn't be entered.
• Adding a friend library from a URL is more robust and reliable.
• Fixed a crash when deleting a shelf that was recently edited.
• Fixed a crash when deleting a friend while their database was being downloaded.
• Fixed a crash when pressing "esc" while editing a synopsis.
• Fixed some keyboard shortcuts and menu items not working when the details panel was focused.
• Restored some fields on music that weren't displaying.
• Removed confusing "is" and "is not" options for dates in smart shelves. (Using "creation date is " would compare the dates at a sub-millisecond level, which made no sense.)
• Synopses are correctly published again.
• Editing synopsis text is undo-able.
• Audiobooks draw as CD jewel cases, instead of jewel case-sized softcover books.
• Dragging items out of and into the library maintains their Amazon country code.
• Names are separated correctly for iBooks with multiple authors.
• Other bug fixes.

Version 3.1.6 Release Notes

New Since Version v3.1.5

• Note: If you are using Mavericks please update to 10.9.2 (or later), which fixes a crasher in the 3D graphics drivers.
• Worked around Mavericks bug where lookups of items would fail if the user's region is set to outside the United States and her clock was set to 12-hour time.
• Duplicating items with custom covers now doesn't make the cover low-resolution (thanks Remco D.).
• Fixed bug where some collections couldn't be exported to XML and threw a mysterious error message (thank Nur M.).
• Fixed crasher during publishing collections that contained items that didn't have a type (e.g., are drawn as cardboard boxes) (thanks Benjamin, James, and Jose-Carlos).
• Fixed a rare crasher when quitting after copying a blank item.
• Untyped items (cardboard boxes) now have placeholder covers, so they display their title even with no cover.
• The "publisher" column now shows up as "publisher" and not "label" in the general case (e.g., on the export panes).
• Updating Spotlight should be much faster for some users (thanks anonymous Pixar person).
• Blu-ray, HD-DVD, PS3, PSP, XBox, and XBox Kinect boxes now draw slightly better and faster.

Version 3.1.5 Release Notes

New Since Version v3.1.4

• Fixed bug where the 3D shelves would stop drawing or become corrupted on machines that have scrollbars always enabled.

Version 3.1.4 Release Notes

New Since Version v3.1.2

• Fixed Mavericks-only bug where source list items are randomly indented / layered strangely / not clickable / not deletable.
• Fixed Mavericks-only bug where items on shelves no longer animate when resized or zoomed.
• Worked around Mavericks-only bug where items without graphic covers weren't drawing the placeholder covers.
• Updated język polski and ελληνική translations.
• Please note: there are still two crashers in Apple's "GeForce" graphics driver in 10.9.1 that some customers with iMacs and MacBooks Pro are hitting whenever they add items. We have reported these to Apple and hope they will be fixed in 10.9.2. In the meantime please know we share your pain—we worker really hard on this app and it's horrible to have customers suffering crashers.

Version 3.1.2 Release Notes

New Since Version v3.1.1

• Added a new language: język polski! Updates to Afrikaans, català, dansk, Deutsch, español, français, and Nederlands translations.
• Publishing sites popover now resizes correctly for localizations.
• Added "Shelves" column to list mode to show where else an item lives, and "Show on Shelf" to the action menu.
• Updated to look inside Delicious Library 2's sandbox directory when importing, now that Delicious Library 2 is sandboxed.
• "Synopsis" field is now exportable for Mr. H. Cate.
• Probably fixed a crasher with details window.
• We no longer automatically sort by "number in series" if the user sorts by "series," since the number is so often not filled in.

Version 3.1.1 Release Notes

New Since Version v3.1

• PlayStation 4 games draw nicely.
• Help localized into Catalan courtesy of Xavier Escribano.
• Publishing preview doesn't lock up the UI as much.
• Recommendations does a better job of hiding items you already own.
• Fixed adding books by barcode on Amazon China.
• Dates in smart shelf rules are normalized from the current time zone, so "Release Date >= 1990-01-01" matches items with a release date of "1990".
• Field names in smart shelf rules are more consistent with the names used elsewhere.
• Fix spelling of plurals in some chart titles.
• Fixed "Refresh from Amazon" incorrectly being enabled for iBooks.
• Display warning for incompatibility on 10.9 Developer Preview 2.
• Word cloud charts don't rearrange unnecessarily.
• When the details window is closed, the final change would be lost unless tab or enter was pressed.

Delicious Library 3.0 Release Notes

Major New Features

Fully 3D cover view

• All items are drawn in full 3D [industry first], with multiple light sources and normal, reflection, and environment maps
• Books are rendered at actual thickness based on page count
• Live lighting changes as items are selected
• Shadows draw dynamically behind all items
• Many gorgeous woods to choose from for shelves

New "Recommended" pane

• Makes smart recommendations by considering everything the user owns and has ever rated
• User can now rate items they don't own to improve recommendations (using search widget)
• Recommended items that user's friends own have badges so they can be easily borrowed
• Add recommended items to the wishlist with a single click

New "Wishlist" pane

• To populate the wishlist, drag items from recommended items in the right pane or from search widget at the upper right
• Or drag URLs or entire blocks of text from Amazon webpages to add items
• Wishlist items that user's friends own have badges so they can be easily borrowed

New Flexible Smart shelves

• Instead of discrete "smart shelves" (with rules, like "Author is Larry Niven") and normal shelves (with hand-picked items), all shelves are now both [industry first]
• User can add extra rules to any shelf or drag items into or out of any shelf, in any combination
• Double-clicking on a shelf shows all its rules and manually added and removed items, for editing
• Custom shelves can now be re-ordered by the user or automatically sorted

New global search

• Displays results in a table/popover like iTunes 11
• Searches through user's collection, friends' collections, and online
• Can be used to find existing items or new ones
• Can be used to rate items user doesn't own but has opinions on
• User can also search by speaking or selecting a cover color

New iOS barcode scanner app

• Our most requested feature!
• We invented video barcode scanning in 2004, and with Delcious Library 3, we're unveiling our fourth-generation, multi-threaded, vector-accelerated recognizer engine, new from the ground up for iOS and OS X
• No need to carry items from their shelves to your Mac
• Synchronize immediately with your Mac or save items if you're too far away

New interactive charts mode

• Our second most requested feature!
• Provides a gorgeous collection overview
• Changes interactively as items are added or removed
• Shows the total current value of and total amount paid for user's collection, with all prices automatically converted to local currency [industry first]

Double-high media table mode

• New double-line table view always shows the most relevant information in first column, compactly and beautifully
• All fields can now be edited in table-view mode directly (finally)
• User can specify multiple sort criteria by option-clicking on headers (in addition to using sorts widget at bottom of the window)
• Column titles are now media-type specific; e.g., movies have a "director" column, but books have "author" and music has "artist"
• Media table resizes automatically with OS X's global "Sidebar Icon Size" from System Preferences

Entire UI redesigned to be bookshelf-centric

• Show covers, a table, or charts using buttons at upper left of the window
• Switch between owned items, recommended items, and wishlist items at the upper center
• Find existing or new items in search widget at the upper right
• Switch between media types with buttons at the lower left
• Change sorting at the bottom middle
• Show and hide auxilliary right pane using button at the lower right
• Source list is hidden by default but available for advanced users

Medium-sized New Features

• We've eliminated the "Preferences" panel—all options are set where they are actually used, instead of in a single global panel
• iTunes books will be read into Delicious Library 3 when iTunes is launched.
• Two new Amazon stores are now accessible: Italy and Spain

Popover Details

• Dates entered manually remember their precision, so if the user specifies "Jan, 2000" for a book's release date, it won't switch it to "Jan 1, 2000." However, dates are still formatted according to the user's localization settings in System Preferences.
• When editing multi-line fields, the "return" key goes to a new line as users expect (no need to figure out "option-return")

Sorting

• User's favorite sorts are remembered and can be re-applied anywhere
• Improved per-language article-stripping; e.g., ignoring "a, an, the" in English, "der, die, das" in German

Publishing

• Now remembers multiple places; e.g., set up publishing both to Dropbox and FTP site
• Live preview the generated web pages
• Privacy options moved to publishing shelves

Printing

• Added "Compact" template to minimize paper use
• Added "Insurance" template to show fields insurance companies care about in the event of theft
• Interface cleaned up so template selection is obvious

Scanning history

• User's last 500 added items are shown above scanner window for easy rating or deleting
• Provides context if a book isn't found online so it can be entered manually

Import from another library

• Import libraries from other machines without removing current items
• Importing the same library twice applies the changes but doesn't duplicate items
• Can be used to easily sync libraries between computers
• Multiple people can scan in items on multiple computers, then merge all the items into one collection
• Importing is now undoable

Friends

• Loans now appear in friends' sidebars instead of in main bookshelf view, to reduce confusion
• Send loan reminder e-mails with a single click
• Friends can be re-ordered in source list. If friends are dragged into a sorted order, they'll stay in that order automatically.

Help

• The "Search:" field in the main menu's Help searches our online forums for relevant answers.

Tiny New Features

• When user first launches the app, most panes explain why they are empty and what to do
• All item types from Amazon are supported (user prompted for the type if item is from a store we don't recognize).
• More descriptive titles for most menu items; e.g., "Delete 4 Books" or "Delete Shelf" instead of "Delete"
• Added expand-on-hover, so if titles or authors are ever drawn truncated they can still be read
• Cover view responds to some EMACS keybindings for selection movement
• Items can be dragged from and to more places
• Items can be dragged to the trash can to delete
• User can copy media with command-C and paste into text areas or URL-taking places.

New Features from OS X

• Scene Kit: for fast, gorgeous, interactive 3D graphics
• Sharing Services: tweet, iMessage, Facebook, or e-mail items to friends
• SQLite write-ahead logging: user's database can no longer be corrupted if machine crashes
• Full-screen mode: added and optimized
• New drag architecture: multiple items can be dragged in or out at once
• Spotlight: Library items are written to Spotlight, can be found quickly in the global Spotlight search pane (command-space) with structured queries like "media:book color:blue" (standard Spotlight keys include: kMDItemAlbum, kMDItemComposer, kMDItemContentCreationDate, kMDItemDirector, kMDItemGenre, kMDItemMediaTypes, kMDItemPerformers, kMDItemRecordingDate, and kMDItemMediaTypes)
• QuickLook: Spotlight items (or media dragged onto the desktop) are viewable in QuickLook with full-color covers and complete descriptions
• Retina graphics: high-resolution graphics used throughout
• State restoration: Delicious Library opens up exactly as it was last closed
• 64-bit: for unlimited memory, and because it's faster
• Obj-C 2 runtime: faster, future-proof
• ARC: eliminates certain categories of crash bugs
• Constraints-based layout: makes the layout of all buttons and text much more natural
• NSSupportsSuddenTermination: quits instantly when it's safe
  • If it's not safe to quit, user can force quit if there's a long operation in progress, or the app will auto-quit when long operation is over
• Automatic termination: can automatically quit under memory pressure
• Power assertions: the machine won't idle-sleep during long operations (publishing, importing, etc.)

Some Bugs Fixed

• Deleting thousands of items (and undoing that deletion) is now close to instant instead of taking minutes

Friends

• Friends' libraries now download in the background, NOT blocking the program from running. Yay.
• Friends' libraries aren't re-downloaded every launch but only if the friend has changed something
• Friends' libraries are imported MUCH more quickly
• If friends are removed from Contacts, the app doesn't forget their names
• Undoing the deletion of a friend restores items loaned to that friend
• Adding a new friend doesn't spam Google when automatically searching for the friend's published library
• Adding friends is undoable

Version 3.0.2 Release Notes

New Since Version 3.0.1

• Amazon results can be disabled when searching
• Selected search results are more visible
• Details popover can be detached by dragging header sections, as well as cover image.
• iTunes artwork is shown for files stored on external drives.

Fixed Since Version 3.0.1

• Fixed genres not downloading correctly. (We're working on further improvements.)
• Fixed ratings shown for iTunes albums.
• Fixed a crash when closing the details popover.
• Fixed a crash when deleting a friend.

Version 3.0.1 Release Notes

Fixed Since Version 3.0.1-7

• Fixed genres not downloading correctly.
• Fixed error when importing from a Delicious Library 3 file.
• Fixed errors when updating many items at once.
• Fixed some crashes.

New Since Version 3.0.1-7

• Show title and creator text for items without a cover image.
• Synopses can be added and edited. Custom synopses imported from Delicious Library 2 now display.
• Many changes to make details more sensible. You can now open the details window and keep it on the right, for behavior like Delicious Library 2.
• "Paste" changes the cover of the selected item.
• Items highlight when a dragged image will replace the cover.
• Add media type after title for Google image search for better cover results.
• Add "Export To: Delicious Library 3", to back-up and merge libraries.
• Added help manual (also on our website).
• Add two word cloud charts.
• "Serial Number" and "Features" fields are available on all items.
• Aliases and symbolic links are followed for the main Delicious Library 3 database.
• Add keyboard shortcut to open and close the right sidebar.

Fixed Since Version 3.0.1-7

• Improved behavior when Amazon has multiple results for a barcode.
• Aliases and symbolic links are followed when importing Delicious Library 2 from the "welcome" panel.
• The "composer" field was missing from display; bring it back.
• Details would stop editing, discarding changes when the database auto-saved.
• Fixed "Duplicate" menu item missing when a shelf other than the main Library was selected.
• Remember window state on close, regardless of system setting.
• Fixed "mute" button not displaying correctly on scan pane.
• Publishing prompts for access to the destination folder, if necessary.
• Fix a problem where the bookshelf could get stuck not updating positions of items, until the mouse was moved.
• "Value" charts have clearer names.
• If we didn't have a conversion rate for your local currency, we displayed US dollars but used the local currency symbol.
• LPs always obey our default dimensions, not what we get from Amazon (or custom dimensions).
• Fixed "Keyforsorting" shown in sort menu.
• The "esc" key exits full-screen mode.