Html2Slideshow

History of changes

Html2Slideshow, version 0.72

Bugs fixed

Html2Slideshow, version 0.71

Bugs fixed

The three new scaling buttons in the slide show had not been hidden, when the other controls were toggled.
The JavaScript-code in version 0.7 had not been correctly updated. Names of image-files had not been replaced during the automatic slide show.
File names which are too long to be completely displayed, are now shortened to 20 characters but the complete file name is always visible as hover text.

Html2Slideshow, version 0.7

Persistent configuration

A flawless configuration will be written to a configuration-file html2slideshow.cfg when the program is quit.
The same configuration is read from the file upon the next session.

Merging image sources

If images are taken from HTML-pages, a user can now choose one single slide show as target for the generator-output instead of one slide show per page.
The title of the slide show is either the basename of the source-directory or a user-provided name.

Slide show options

Options which mainly influence the way, that the JavaScript slide shows are presented and controlled, will now be set in the new tab-card Slide show options
The former Special options have been renamed Generator options
The first new option set contains two alternative numerical values, to which images can be scaled in height.
The generated slide show will have three new buttons, to scale any image to either its normal, a medium or a small size, based on the pre-set height-values.

Howto

The Howto for the graphical user interface has been updated.
Most screenshots have been replaced by small thumbnails, bigger versions open in a popup-window upon click or in the same window, when JavaScript has been disabled.

Html2Slideshow, version 0.6

Gtk2/Linux

Replaced the Shoes-toolkit by Gtk2. Unfortunately, using Gtk2 under Windows appears to be complicated. I am afraid, that for the time being, Windows-users must use the console-program or continue to use the Shoes-version, which will still be available from the shoebox. Until I have found a way to facilitate the installation in the Microsoft-environment, this should be okay.
All in all, the dialog is simpler and more ergonomic.
Apart from the new surface, version 0.6 does not bring any new functions or bug-fixes.

Html2Slideshow, version 0.5+

In the queue

For the graphical user interface I am replacing the Shoes- toolkit by the GTK2-library, which offers more ease of use and integrates better with Windows as well as most of the working environments under Linux.
Here are new screenshots of the development version:
The main tab,
additional options,
howto-tab in french locale.

Html2Slideshow, version 0.5

HTML-output

The control-elements in the generated slide shows have been re-arranged. Pertinently styled <span>-tags simmulate HTML-buttons.
The block of control-elements can be removed to provide more space for bigger images. Only the toggle-button, serving the purpose, will remain. Manual navigation requires that it becomes visible again, but the automatic slide show will continue to run.
The file-name of the current image will be at display again, below the block of control-elements. I had de-activated this text-label, but in the current form it appears to be useful. File-names must not be too long, though.

Main-dialog

An option to search for image-files in sub-directories is accessible in the main-dialog. It is de-activated, when HTML-files shall be scanned, instead. This means, that only one slide show can display images from the chosen source-folder as well as all its sub-folders and their sub-folders, too.
The option is activated by a click on a check-box or the keyboard-shorcut Alt+r (recursive).

Html2Slideshow, version 0.4

Bugs fixed

The user's choice of image formats had been ignored in v. 0.3. Instead, any image of one of the supported formats (png, gif, jpeg, jp2) had been integrated in the generated slide shows.

Changes in generated HTML/JavaScript

I have re-arranged the controls on the left side of the slide show page, so that those to stop, start and pause the automatic slide show are easier to discern from those for manual navigation.

Other changes

Yet another warning will be displayed, when a user deselects the last checked image format in the options-dialog, i.e., when none remain.

In the queue

Already implemented for v. 05+: In the generated slide show, the control elements on the left of the page can be toggled to make place for bigger images.
An option shall be offered to display the images scaled to a fixed maximum size, as set in the configuration-dialog.
There will be an option to scan sub directories, too, when file names are read from hard disk.
The current configuration will be persisted each time into a file on the hard disk. This means, that a source directory, the choice of image formats, possibly display-sizes and the logging-option shall be re-used in the next session, should the user not alter any of these settings.
I want to implement my own color-chooser in Ruby and Shoes. This may be the least probably implemented feature, but it would allow a user to define colors for backgrounds, text and borders in the generator-output (it would allow me to learn stuff, too).