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[CLZ News] New “NCBD” tool and better scanner for CLZ Comics / Two improvements for Game Connect’s Add screen
This is the CLZ News for July 2024, brought to you by CLZ Alwin.
TWO big updates for the Add Comics screen of the CLZ Comics mobile app this month, one a complete re-design and rename of an existing feature (Pull List tab is now called “NCBD”), the other a change that is hardly even visible, but has huge benefits (smarter barcode scanner).
And.. we’ve got another Add screen update coming up next week!
For the Connect web-based software, we’re also focussing on improvement of the Add screen, starting with 2 small Game Connect tweaks this month, but with several other Add screen improvements coming up for Game, Movie and Comic Connect next week.
Then, there’s our endeavours for the mobile apps, to try and reach a bigger audience, by replacing our “free 7-day trial” with a “100-item free mode”.
The short story is “it failed big time” 🙁 We are back to our tried and tested “free 7-day trial”. Read on below for the long story.
The CLZ Content Team has been busy too. The comic guys Rowdy, Justin and Taco got swamped with huge NCBD’s in the past few weeks, combined with a flood of SDCC exclusives (still working to get the last ones covered).
Martin and Kelvin have been focussing on the barcode coverage of our Core for Games, so adding more barcodes and the correct cover images for them. Our Core is now recognizing over 99% of game barcodes worldwide!
Finally, we are still enjoying building big Lego projects together. After building the Lego Barad-dûr tower, we also finished the Avengers Tower!
Next up, the Hulkbuster 🙂
Today’s topics:
- CLZ Core mobile apps:
- CLZ Comics 9.4: Re-design of Pull List feature (and now called “NCBD”)
- CLZ Comics 9.5: Improved barcode scanner, no more AUTO/EXT toggle!
- CLZ mobile apps: back to “7-day free trial”, no more “free mode”
- Connect web-based software:
- Game Connect: New platform picker in Add Games screen
- Game Connect: re-design of “Unrecognized Barcode” screen
- CLZ Core updates:
- Core for Games: “Check Covers” project, 94.4% cloud coverage!
- Core for Movies: “Check Covers” project, 72.0% cloud coverage!
- Core for Comics: New Comic Book Day summary
- Building the Lego Avengers Tower!
- Come join the Club CLZ forum (4,200 members now!)
Version 9.5 is here, an update with one change that is hardly even visible in the app, but with big advantages.
For v9.5, we have enhanced the camera barcode scanner to better deal with barcodes that have a 2 digit or 5 digit “extension”. (As you may know, scanning this barcode extension is essential, as that part tells the app what the issue number and variant is!)
After the huge version 9.0 update back in November 2023, our mobile team has been focusing on two big v9.0 updates for our CLZ Movies and CLZ Games apps.
But… we’re back working on CLZ Comics now, bringing you a nice v9.1 update, with two often requested features:
- Use Edit Multiple to set Creators and Characters for multiple comics in one go
- Tap a creator name in comic details to instantly see all comics he/she worked on
Next to that, we are working to improving the barcode scanning, this is now live for Android in this update. Coming up for iOS.
As announced last weekend, here it is, Game Collector version 23.2 for Windows, with full support for our new CLZ Scanner barcode scanner app!
And as indicated earlier, support for the old CLZ Barry scanner app has now been removed.
Also new in this version: Improved support for barcodes that were used over multiple series.
What is CLZ Scanner?
The aptly-named “CLZ Scanner” is a barcode scanner app, nothing more, nothing less. It is an app that you use on your phone to scan barcodes and then instantly send those scanned barcodes to the Add Games screen of the Game Collector software running on your computer. From there, you can then easily and comfortably add the scanned games to your computer software.
CLZ Scanner replaces the old CLZ Barry app.
As announced last weekend, here it is, Music Collector version 23 for Windows, with full support for our new CLZ Scanner barcode scanner app!
And as indicated earlier, support for the old CLZ Barry scanner app has now been removed.
Also new in this version: Improved support for barcodes that were used over multiple series.
What is CLZ Scanner?
The aptly-named “CLZ Scanner” is a barcode scanner app, nothing more, nothing less. It is an app that you use on your phone to scan barcodes and then instantly send those scanned barcodes to the Add Music screen of the Music Collector software running on your computer. From there, you can then easily and comfortably add the scanned albums to your computer software.
CLZ Scanner replaces the old CLZ Barry app.
As announced last weekend, here it is, Movie Collector version 23.2 for Windows, with full support for our new CLZ Scanner barcode scanner app!
And as indicated earlier, support for the old CLZ Barry scanner app has now been removed.
Also new in this version: Improved support for barcodes that were used over multiple series.
What is CLZ Scanner?
The aptly-named “CLZ Scanner” is a barcode scanner app, nothing more, nothing less. It is an app that you use on your phone to scan barcodes and then instantly send those scanned barcodes to the Add Movies screen of the Movie Collector software running on your computer. From there, you can then easily and comfortably add the scanned movies to your computer software.
CLZ Scanner replaces the old CLZ Barry app.
As announced last weekend, here it is, Comic Collector version 23.5 for Windows, with full support for our new CLZ Scanner barcode scanner app!
And as indicated earlier, support for the old CLZ Barry scanner app has now been removed.
Also new in this version: Improved support for barcodes that were used over multiple series.
What is CLZ Scanner?
The aptly-named “CLZ Scanner” is a barcode scanner app, nothing more, nothing less. It is an app that you use on your phone to scan barcodes and then instantly send those scanned barcodes to the Add Comics screen of the Comic Collector software running on your computer. From there, you can then easily and comfortably add the scanned comics to your computer software.
CLZ Scanner replaces the old CLZ Barry app.
As announced last weekend, here it is, Book Collector version 23.1 for Windows, with full support for our new CLZ Scanner barcode scanner app!
And as indicated earlier, support for the old CLZ Barry scanner app has now been removed.
What is CLZ Scanner?
The aptly-named “CLZ Scanner” is a barcode scanner app, nothing more, nothing less. It is an app that you use on your phone to scan barcodes and then instantly send those scanned barcodes to the Add Books screen of the Book Collector software running on your computer. From there, you can then easily and comfortably add the scanned books to your computer software.
CLZ Scanner replaces the old CLZ Barry app.
Fixed and improved:
- Barcode scanning on iPhone 14 Pro is now FIXED (by using macro lens)
- Barcode scanning on iPhone 13 Pro now also uses macro lens
- Collection Status colors now also visible in Card View
Fixed and improved:
- ISBN Barcode scanning on iPhone 14 Pro is now FIXED (by using macro lens)
- ISBN Barcode scanning on iPhone 13 Pro now also uses macro lens
- Collection Status colors now also visible in Card View
Fixed and improved:
- ISBN Barcode scanning on iPhone 14 Pro is now FIXED (by using macro lens)
- ISBN Barcode scanning on iPhone 13 Pro now also uses macro lens
- Collection Status colors now also visible in Card View
v7.5.2: Fixed barcode scanner / Collection Status colors in Card View
Fixed and improved:
- Barcode scanning on iPhone 14 Pro is now FIXED (by using macro lens)
- Barcode scanning on iPhone 13 Pro now also uses macro lens
- Collection Status colors now also visible in Card View
Fixed:
- Downsync from CLZ Cloud, comics without series were not added.
- Downsync from CLZ Cloud: cleared fields could get filled in.
- Edit screen: Multi-value fields are now saved in the order they are picked.
- Add from Core did not display subscription related errors.
- Add from Core now suggests move to collection for WishList entries.
- When scanning barcodes, the beeping sound was broken.
- Field Defaults: ‘Storage Box’ was still called ‘Location’.
This post is about CLZ Books Android v5.0.7 and CLZ Music Android v5.0.8
Fixed:
- Permission dialog will now pop up in the barcode scanning screen when the app does not have camera permissions.
- Small text fixes
A huge v4.3 update for your CLZ Comics mobile app is now available.
In this update, we complete re-designed the Add Comics screen, to make it clearer, easier-to-user and to help you add comics more efficiently.
What’s new in the Add Comics screen?
- Switch between By Title and By Barcode using tabs at the top
(Add Manually is now a separate screen, under Tools menu) - All panels are now resizable (list, details, camera)
- Add button is now at bottom right (blue circle with “+” icon)
- Adding By Title:
- Suggestions appear in a drop-down while you type a title
- Adding By Barcode:
- Camera scanner is now integrated in Add screen, not a separate screen
- Tap the keyboard icon in the camera panel to enter a barcode manually
- Delete barcodes from queue by swiping from right to left
- Barcode queue is now remembered between sessions
A huge v4.3 update for your CLZ Games mobile app is now available.
In this update, we complete re-designed the Add Games screen, to make it clearer, easier-to-user and to help you add games more efficiently.
What’s new in the Add Games screen?
- Switch between By Title and By Barcode using tabs at the top
(Add Manually and Add Hardware are now under Tools menu) - All panels are now resizable (list, details, camera)
- Add button is now at bottom right (blue circle with “+” icon)
- Adding By Title:
- Suggestions appear in a drop-down while you type a title
- Expand game edition list using “V” icons on the right
- Adding By Barcode:
- Camera scanner is now integrated in Add screen, not a separate screen
- Tap the keyboard icon in the camera panel to enter a barcode manually
- Delete barcodes from queue by swiping from right to left
- Barcode queue is now remembered between sessions
A huge v4.3 update for your CLZ Music mobile app is now available.
In this update, we complete re-designed the Add Albums screen, to make it clearer, easier-to-user and to help you add albums more efficiently.
What’s new in the Add Albums screen?
- Switch between By Artist/Title and By Barcode using tabs at the top
(Add Manually is now a separate screen, under Tools menu) - All panels are now resizable (list, details, camera)
- Add button is now at bottom right (blue circle with “+” icon)
- Adding By Barcode:
- Camera scanner is now integrated in Add screen, not a separate screen
- Tap the keyboard icon in the camera panel to enter a barcode manually
- Delete barcode from queue by swiping from right to left
- Barcode queue is now remembered between sessions
- New: Add by Catalog Number
- Find and add albums by their catalog number
- Great for adding vinyl as it searches Discogs by Cat No
v4.3.1: Redesigned Add Automatically screen and new “Missing ISBN” screen
A huge v4.3 update for your CLZ Books mobile app for iOS is now available.
In this update, we completely re-designed the Add Book screen, to make it clearer, easier-to-use and to help you add books more efficiently.
New: Re-designed Add Books screen
- Switch between By Author/Title and By ISBN modes using tabs at the top
(Add Manually is now a separate screen, under Tools menu) - All panels are now resizable (list, details, camera)
- Add button is now at bottom right (blue circle with “+” icon)
- Adding By ISBN:
- Camera scanner is now integrated in Add screen, not a separate screen
- Tap the keyboard icon in the camera panel to enter an ISBN manually
- Delete ISBN from queue by swiping from right to left
- ISBN queue is now remembered between sessions
New: Easily add books that come up as “Unrecognized ISBN”:
- When an ISBN is not recognized, a new “Unrecognized ISBN” screen will appear.
- In this screen, just type the Author and the Title, then click Add Book.
- This will:
- Instantly add the ISBN/Author/Title entry to our Core online book database.
- Add the book to your own database with ISBN, Author and Title filled in AND linked to the new Core entry.
In other words, this new screen not only helps you in adding unrecognized books, but it also helps your fellow CLZ Books users by adding the missing ISBN to the CLZ Core.
A huge v4.3 update for your CLZ Movies mobile app is now available.
In this update, we complete re-designed the Add Movies screen, to make it clearer, easier-to-user and to help you add movies more efficiently.
What’s new in the Add Movies screen?
- Switch between By Title and By Barcode using tabs at the top
(Add Manually is now a separate screen, under Tools menu) - All panels are now resizable (list, details, camera)
- Add button is now at bottom right (blue circle with “+” icon)
- Adding By Title:
- Suggestions appear in a drop-down while you type a title
- Expand movie edition list using “V” icons on the right
- Adding By Barcode:
- Camera scanner is now integrated in Add screen, not a separate screen
- Tap the keyboard icon in the camera panel to enter a barcode manually
- Delete barcode from queue by swiping from right to left
- Barcode queue is now remembered between sessions
- Now correctly handles multiple results for a barcode search
CLZ Music is now free to download, with a database limit of 100 albums. Unlock higher database limits using In App Purchases.
IMPORTANT:
If you purchased CLZ Music *before* the 4.0 release, then the 4.0 version will be automatically unlocked to an *unlimited* database size. You do NOT need to pay again 🙂
If, for whatever reason, this didn’t work for you, then just CONTACT US and and we’ll unlock it manually, free of charge!
- Easily switch between Add methods (Title/Barcode/Manual).
- Re-designed search results with included cover images.
- Add by Barcode now automatically opens Camera Scan screen.
CLZ Games is now free to download, with a database limit of 100 games. Unlock higher database limits using In App Purchases.
If you purchased CLZ Games *before* the 4.0 release, then the 4.0 version will be automatically unlocked to an *unlimited* database size. You do NOT need to pay again 🙂
If, for whatever reason, this didn’t work for you, then just CONTACT US and and we’ll unlock it manually, free of charge!
New:
- Easily switch between Add methods (Platform & Title / Barcode / Manual).
- Re-designed search results with included cover images.
- Now add directly from results using quick-add buttons
(no more need to open the Preview Screen). - New black style for Preview Screen.
- Add by Barcode now automatically opens Camera Scan screen.
CLZ Books is now free to download, with a database limit of 100 books.
If you purchased CLZ Books *before* the 4.0 release, then the 4.0 version will be automatically unlocked to an *unlimited* database size. You do NOT need to pay again 🙂
If, for whatever reason, this didn’t work for you, then just CONTACT US and and we’ll unlock it manually, free of charge!
Improved Add Books screen:
- Easily switch between Add methods (Title/ISBN/Manual).
- Re-designed search results with included cover images.
- Add by ISBN now automatically opens Camera Scan screen.
CLZ Comics is now free to download, with a database limit of 100 comics. Unlock higher database limits using In App Purchases.
If you purchased CLZ Comics before the 4.0 release, then the 4.0 version will be automatically unlocked to an *unlimited* database size. You do NOT need to pay again 🙂
If, for whatever reason, this didn’t work for you, then just CONTACT US and and we’ll unlock it manually, free of charge!
New:
- Easily switch between Add methods (Title/Barcode/Manual).
- Re-designed search results with included cover images.
- Add by Barcode now automatically opens Camera Scan screen.
Now a free app, with a database limit of 100 movies.
Increase your database limit using In App Purchases.
New:
- IMDB Rating now shown in movie lists.
- Sort your list by IMDb Rating.
- Easily switch between Add methods (Title/Barcode/Manual).
- Re-designed search results, including cover images.
- Now add directly from results using quick add buttons.
(no more need to open the Preview Screen) - Add by Barcode now automatically opens Camera Scan screen.
Fixed:
- Fixed crash on select all in selection mode
- Fixed crash when opening “Add By Barcode” screen on Gingerbread devices
It’s been a long time in the making, but it’s finally here:
CLZ Music 4.0 for iOS!
Apart from several improvements to the Add Album screen (see below), the 4.0 version contains an important change:
CLZ Music for iOS is now free to download
Starting with version 4.0, CLZ Music is free to download and starts with a limit of 100 albums.
New: Improved Add Albums screen
- Easily switch between Add methods (Artist & Title / Barcode / Manual).
- Re-designed search results with included cover images.
- New black style for Preview Screen.
- Add by Barcode now automatically opens Camera Scan screen.
- Larger Camera Scan screen on iPad