Neptune.Beta.2 released

Hi there!!

Its time to roll out another beta for ThumbFish. Initially we decided that BETA.2 will only have a few installation related bug fixes but we identified and fixed the two critical issues before time (Yay!!) so this beta now supports Windows 8.1 and 32-bit Windows as well. I say Windows 8.1 because version 8 had a problem that made IStream::Stat method to fail and Microsoft fixed it in 8.1 update. The renderer problem on 32-bit Windows has also been fixed. It was a silly method syntax thing that creeped in.

Download the latest setup from ThumbFish project page.

Here is a list of changes that we made for BETA.2:

• Windows 8.1 is now supported (both 32 and 64-bit). If you have Windows 8 then please upgrade (FREE) to version 8.1 to install and use ThumbFish.
• FIXED the renderer problem on 32-bit version of Windows that was preventing thumbnails and previews to be drawn. 32-bit installer is now available for download.
• Removed installer's unwanted dependency on .NET Framework. None of the components in ThumbFish requires .NET Framework to be installed.
• Detailed log enabled for ThumbFish components to identify problems on user machines.
• Atom-Coloring disabled for thumbnails to speed up image generation. Atom-Coloring is available in previews.
• Online docs updated with latest information.  The installer automatically opens the Getting Started section in default browser after completing installation.

Note that detailed log is ENABLED in this beta which means a lot of messages will be written to the log file. The log file can become very large quickly so it is suggested that you delete or empty the log file periodically when it becomes too large. Detailed log will enable us to quickly and easily identify problems on user systems when a log file is provided. Detailed logging will be DISABLED in the final version.

Happy ThumbFishing!!!