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Comic Collector (Windows)

v20.4: Faster image downloads, faster Update from Core

Jun 25, 2020

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger!

Here’s another big update for your Comic Collector software, with two further performance improvements:

Faster image downloads

We were able to make several improvements to the way images are downloaded (covers, preview art and backdrops), making it much faster than before.

This change affects all places where images are downloaded from our servers, that is, when Adding Comics from Core, when Updating from Core and when down-syncing from CLZ Cloud.

Faster Update from Core

On large collections the old Update from Core feature was quite slow, as it updated your comics one by one, that is, doing separate requests to our server for each and every comic.

So for this update, we also complete rewrote the Update from Core feature to do the updates in batches of 100 comics at a time, making it much much faster! (roughly 4 times as fast).

Remember: Update From Core can be used to update your local comic entries with possible extra data from our Core online comic database. To use this feature, select some comics, right click, then choose Update from Core.

Fixed:

  • When using My Rating as the folder field, the “0” folder was missing.
  • When using multiple levels of folders in the folder panel, sometimes the displayed counters were wrong.
  • Images View: it is now possible to change thumb size using Ctrl + mouse wheel.

Recent changes

v23.6: New report after Updating Key Info Apr 14, 2023 v23.5: Now supports our new CLZ Scanner barcode scanner app Mar 29, 2023 v23.4: Three new slab-related fields, plus a new look for slabs! Mar 14, 2023 v23.3: Improved Pull List and new “Discover” mode! Jan 04, 2023 v23.2: ReLink Core Variant Nov 02, 2022 v23.1: Two improvements to the CovrPrice integration Oct 24, 2022 v23.0: Get comic values from CovrPrice! Oct 04, 2022 v22.2: Configurable Pre-fill, more configurable Update from Core fields + WebP support Mar 02, 2022 v22.1: Minor Keys vs Major Keys and Key Categories Jan 12, 2022 v22.0: Automatic key comic info from Core and lots more Nov 18, 2021 v21.6 Improved Submit to Core system Oct 08, 2021 v21.5: Sync web-links with CLZ Cloud Sep 28, 2021 v21.4: Bar chart in folder panel background Sep 14, 2021 v21.3: New “Transfer Field Data” tool Aug 09, 2021 v21.2: New Link Comics with Core screen Jun 08, 2021 v21.1: Now download values in other currencies Apr 06, 2021 v21.0.4 Extra Collection Status dropdown button in Add Screen Mar 17, 2021 v21.0.3 Various improvements and fixes Mar 04, 2021 v21.0: Add by Issue, Update Values report and a new Missing Comics tool! Dec 02, 2020 v20.2: Now fully Big Sur compatible Dec 01, 2020 v20.6 Easier access to the Manage Pick Lists screen Aug 25, 2020 v20.5: Changing your folder field is now much easier Jul 30, 2020 v20.4: Faster image downloads, faster Update from Core Jun 25, 2020 v20.3: Faster Shelves View + 2 new Shelf Styles Jun 08, 2020 v20.1 Faster CLZ Cloud syncing! Apr 14, 2020

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