mExifEditor/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

0.9.2

• Apply pending preview rotations physically when saving JPG, PNG, and TIFF files.
• Show an explicit overlay stating whether rotation will be saved or is preview-only.
• Preserve pending rotation while navigating between photos during the current session.
• Use lossless jpegtran rotation for compatible JPEG dimensions.
• Fall back to one high-quality JPEG re-encode when a perfect lossless transform is unavailable.
• Rotate PNG pixels losslessly and reject animated PNG files rather than dropping frames.
• Rotate every page of a TIFF with lossless TIFF compression.
• Restore existing metadata after PNG/TIFF reconstruction, then normalize EXIF/XMP orientation to 1.
• Keep HEIF, DNG, and all camera RAW formats strictly preview-only for rotation.
• Reject unsupported or invalid rotation requests at the backend.
• Add libjpeg-turbo-progs to the container for lossless JPEG transforms.
• Preserve all existing metadata editing, format support, viewport, and streamed-save behavior.

0.9.1

• Lock the three-column desktop workspace to the available browser viewport height.
• Keep the bottom photo-navigation bar visible without whole-page scrolling.
• Let the photo list and metadata form scroll independently inside their panels.
• Allow the image stage to shrink with shorter laptop displays while preserving aspect ratio.
• Add a compact desktop-height layout for browser viewports 800 pixels tall or shorter.
• Preserve normal document scrolling for tablet and mobile layouts.
• Preserve all v0.9 format, metadata, preview, and streamed-save behavior.

0.9.0

• Add the nikon format group with NEF and NRW support.
• Add the sony format group with ARW and ARQ support.
• Add exact NEF, NRW, ARW, and ARQ badges and format-sort compatibility.
• Validate the TIFF headers used by Nikon and Sony RAW containers before processing.
• Prefer embedded JPEG previews before loading the lazy LibRaw fallback.
• Read and write EXIF, XMP, IPTC, dates, descriptions, keywords, GPS coordinates, and location labels.
• Preserve Nikon and Sony maker notes, sensor data, embedded previews, and untouched camera metadata.
• Use the established streamed save path, live transfer progress, and timing diagnostics.
• Document every ENABLED_FORMATS group, its extensions, and its behavior in the README.
• Keep older Sony SR2 as a future compatibility decision and exclude read-only SRF.
• Preserve all existing JPG, PNG, TIFF, HEIF, DNG, and Canon RAW behavior.

0.8.3

• Stream processed files from the backend in 256 KiB chunks with an explicit content length.
• Write response chunks directly into the browser's protected writable file instead of creating a complete in-memory Blob.
• Show live transferred bytes and percentage while saving.
• Commit the local replacement only after the complete response stream closes successfully.
• Cancel the response reader and abort the browser writable file if streaming fails.
• Retain the buffered Blob workflow as a compatibility fallback for browsers without response streaming.
• Report time to first byte and combined stream/write time for streamed saves.
• Preserve all existing metadata, format, progress, and folder-state behavior.

0.8.2

• Return inspection metadata and the JPEG preview in one compact binary response instead of Base64 JSON.
• Remove Base64 response expansion and the corresponding browser decode loop.
• Preserve the detailed save timing after the current photo reloads.
• Include total, server/transfer, and local-write durations in the save notification.
• Log end-to-end server duration for /api/inspect and /api/process.
• Log temporary-copy, preview-extraction, and metadata-read timings for inspections.
• Add request-duration and Server-Timing response headers for browser diagnostics.
• Preserve all v0.8.1 RAW opening optimizations and existing format behavior.

0.8.1

• Upload server-preview formats only once when opening them, returning the preview and metadata together.
• Stop at the first usable embedded RAW preview instead of extracting every candidate.
• Add RAW_PREVIEW_MAX_EDGE (default 1600) for smaller temporary RAW previews.
• Keep LibRaw as a lazy fallback only when no embedded RAW preview is usable.
• Show separate server/transfer and local-file-write durations after saving.
• Log upload, ExifTool rewrite, and response-read timings and expose them through Server-Timing.
• Allow up to three minutes for large DNG and Canon RAW metadata rewrites.
• Preserve all existing format and in-place overwrite behavior.

0.8.0

• Add the canon format group with CR2 and CR3 support.
• Add exact CR2 and CR3 badges and format-sort compatibility.
• Validate TIFF-based CR2 headers separately from ISO-BMFF-based CR3 headers.
• Extract JpgFromRaw, PreviewImage, and ThumbnailImage, using the largest valid embedded preview.
• Use the lazy LibRaw decoder only when a Canon RAW file has no usable embedded preview.
• Read and write CR2 EXIF, XMP, IPTC, date precision, description, keywords, GPS coordinates, and location labels.
• Read and write CR3 EXIF and XMP metadata without applying unsupported IPTC-IIM fields.
• Preserve Canon maker notes, sensor data, embedded previews, and other untouched camera metadata.
• Update enabled-format configuration, UI text, manifest, README, and the RAW roadmap, including planned Nikon and Sony phases.
• Preserve all established JPG, PNG, TIFF, HEIF, and DNG behavior.
• Bump the application and service-worker cache version to 0.8.0.

0.7.1

• Add ENABLED_FORMATS with the available groups jpg, png, tiff, heif, and dng.
• Expand each group to its associated extensions and expose the enabled groups/extensions through /api/config.
• Omit disabled formats from browser folder scans and reject them at backend metadata, preview, and processing endpoints.
• Generate the default page subtitle and empty-folder guidance from the enabled format groups.
• Validate configuration strictly so unknown or empty format lists fail clearly at startup.
• Load pillow-heif only on the first HEIF preview.
• Prefer an embedded DNG preview without loading LibRaw, and import rawpy only when a rendered DNG fallback is actually required.
• Keep a decoder loaded after first use until container restart, avoiding repeated load/unload overhead.
• Preserve all format behavior when ENABLED_FORMATS is omitted.
• Bump the application and service-worker cache version to 0.7.1.

0.7.0

• Add DNG folder scanning, DNG format badges, and format-sort compatibility.
• Add browser-friendly DNG previews by preferring embedded JpgFromRaw, PreviewImage, and ThumbnailImage data.
• Add a half-size LibRaw rendering fallback for DNG files without a usable embedded preview.
• Add rawpy and the container OpenMP runtime required by its LibRaw decoder.
• Validate DNG uploads as TIFF-based files before processing.
• Read and write DNG EXIF, XMP, IPTC, date precision, description, keywords, GPS coordinates, and location label metadata.
• Preserve the original DNG container, sensor data, and embedded previews while overwriting the same local file.
• Update the interface, manifest, environment example, README, and format roadmap.
• Preserve all established JPG, PNG, TIFF, and HEIF processing behavior.
• Bump the application and service-worker cache version to 0.7.0.

0.6.1

• Add optional APP_TITLE and APP_SUBTITLE environment variables for the visible page heading and subtitle.
• Keep APP_NAME backward-compatible as the title fallback and application identity.
• Update the browser tab title from the configured page title.
• Bump the application and service-worker cache version to 0.6.1.

0.6.0

• Add HEIC, HEIF, and HIF folder scanning and in-place metadata processing.
• Normalize all three HEIF-family extensions to a HEIF format badge and include them in format sorting.
• Generate temporary browser-friendly JPEG previews for HEIF-family images while preserving and overwriting the original container on save.
• Add pillow-heif and the container HEIF runtime needed to decode previews.
• Validate HEIF-family files as ISO Base Media File Format containers with recognized HEVC image brands before processing, without admitting renamed AVIF files.
• Read and write HEIF EXIF/XMP dates, precision marker, description, keywords, GPS coordinates, and location label without applying IPTC-IIM fields.
• Return updated files using HEIC/HEIF media types while keeping the original filename and extension.
• Update the interface, manifest, documentation, and empty-folder guidance for the new formats.
• Preserve the established JPG, PNG, and TIFF processing paths.
• Bump the application and service-worker cache version to 0.6.0.

0.5.0

• Add in-place PNG metadata reading and writing.
• Add in-place TIFF/TIF metadata reading and writing.
• Generate temporary browser-friendly JPEG previews for TIFF files while preserving and overwriting the original TIFF on save.
• Validate JPEG, PNG, and TIFF file signatures before metadata processing.
• Add normalized JPG, PNG, and TIFF format badges to the left photo list.
• Show the current file format alongside size and modified time in the viewer.
• Add Sort: Format, grouping by normalized format and then filename.
• Keep TIFF list thumbnails lazy: a format tile is shown until that TIFF has been opened and previewed.
• Add configurable TIFF preview edge and pixel limits.
• Bump the application and service-worker cache version to 0.5.0.

0.4.3

• Fix favorite locations appearing empty after a browser refresh.
• Load the shared server-side favorite list during application startup instead of waiting for Open photo folder.
• Keep the existing refresh when opening a folder as a defensive re-sync for changes made by another family member.
• Preserve all favorites already stored in the photo-date-editor-data Docker volume.
• Bump the application and service-worker cache version to 0.4.3.

0.4.2

• Added shared favorite locations to the Location tab.
• Favorite names and coordinates are stored server-side in the persistent photo-date-editor-data Docker volume.
• Added Use, Add current location, and Delete selected controls for favorite locations.
• Favorite locations are available to every browser and family member using the same Docker stack.
• Duplicate favorite names are rejected case-insensitively.
• Documented MP4 as a later media phase after the planned photo formats.

0.4.1

• Fix Shift+Tab so it activates the previous metadata tab immediately and focuses that tab's first field.
• Keep Left/Right arrow keys dedicated to previous/next photo navigation.
• Remove the tab-header Arrow/Home/End behavior that conflicted with photo navigation and was awkward on compact Mac keyboards.
• Proxy OpenStreetMap tiles through the backend and serve them same-origin through Caddy, avoiding Brave third-party tile blocking.
• Add an in-memory map-tile cache and clear map loading/error status text.
• Add an explicit message when the Leaflet library fails to load instead of silently showing a dead map.
• Add ca-certificates explicitly to the container image for outbound HTTPS map and geocoder requests.
• Keep all map environment variables optional; existing .env files remain valid.
• Bump the application and service-worker cache version to 0.4.1.

0.4.0

• Add a dedicated Location tab with an interactive Leaflet map.
• Add user-triggered address/place search through a backend geocoder endpoint.
• Add click-to-place and draggable map markers.
• Add editable decimal latitude and longitude fields plus an optional location label.
• Read existing EXIF/XMP GPS metadata and repopulate the map and fields.
• Write GPS coordinates to EXIF and XMP while preserving existing GPS unless the user changes it.
• Add explicit Clear location behavior that removes app-managed GPS and location tags on save.
• Add configurable tile, geocoder, and default map settings through optional environment variables.
• Rate-limit uncached public geocoder calls to one request per second and cache results in memory.
• Add Shift+Tab to cycle backward through right-side metadata tabs while keeping normal Tab field navigation.
• Add arrow-key navigation when a tab header has focus.
• Avoid service-worker caching of third-party map tiles and scripts.
• Bump the application and service-worker cache version to 0.4.0.

0.3.0

• Add status filtering for All, Pending, Saved, Skipped, and Failed photos.
• Add sorting by filename or status; status order prioritizes Pending, then Failed, Skipped, and Saved.
• Make previous/next and Save & Next follow the currently filtered and sorted list.
• Replace the single blue progress fill with green Saved, yellow Skipped, and red Failed segments; Pending remains the grey remainder.
• Add accessible progress text with counts for every status.
• Document the proposed PNG, TIFF, HEIC/HEIF, DNG, Canon RAW, and Nikon RAW roadmap.
• Explicitly drop DWG and BMP alongside the previously excluded formats.
• Bump the service-worker cache and application version to 0.3.0.

0.2.0

• Read EXIF/XMP/IPTC metadata from the selected JPEG and populate the editor fields.
• Recognize files previously edited by Photo Date Editor from their XMP marker, including in another browser.
• Show a saved metadata summary such as date, time precision, description presence, and keyword count.
• Add a persistent Skipped state and sidebar icon.
• Count Saved + Skipped photos as processed in the progress bar.
• Rename the secondary save action to Save current.
• Clarify Ctrl+S as Save current photo and stay on it.
• Record whether an entered time was known or unknown in the app's XMP marker.
• Preserve compatibility with progress state and files created by 0.1.