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v20.3: Faster Shelves View + 2 new Shelf Styles

June 8th, 2020

When users send us screenshots during support conversations, we are seeing that many of you are using the Shelves View when browsing your collections. And we can’t blame you, that IS a cool looking view πŸ™‚ However, it *could* be a bit slow and jerky, especially when displaying many cover images in one list.

So our Windows guy Joe has spent several weeks to make this Shelves View faster and smoother. At the same time, our in-house graphics man AJ has created two new Shelf styles. Here’s what’s new:

  • Images are now loading a lot faster.
  • Scrolling is faster and smoother.
  • Shelves background is smoother, no more visible tile edges.
  • Shelves now always continue over the full width, even when a row is not full.
  • Two new Shelf Styles are now available: White and Concrete.

TIP: here’s how to get to Shelves View:
in your program’s movie list panel, click the vertical Images tab on the right, then from the toolbar above the list panel, choose a Shelf Style. Use the slider to control the size of the images.

The new “White” style:

The new “Concrete” style:


Recent changes

v23.3.5: Fixed a problem with adding new Cast/Crew members September 7th, 2023 v23.3.4: Fixed a couple of crashes and Cast/Crew search issues July 28th, 2023 v23.3.3: Fixed an issue with Cast/Crew features July 27th, 2023 v23.3.2: Repaired missing buttons in Edit Movie screen July 26th, 2023 v23.3: Cloud-sync your customized cast and crew lists July 25th, 2023 v23.2.4: Several Improvements June 1st, 2023 v23.2.3: Sorting fixes and improved Add Screen stability April 18th, 2023 v23.2.2: Various Fixes April 6th, 2023 v23.2: Now supports our new CLZ Scanner barcode scanner app March 30th, 2023 v23.1: Movie trailers now appear as clickable thumbnails November 25th, 2022 v23.0: Report screen after Update IMDb Ratings + Easier way to update ’em all November 8th, 2022 v22.0.5: Two bug fixes May 31st, 2022 v22.0.4: Various bug fixes May 30th, 2022 v22.0.3: Various bug fixes March 21st, 2022 v22.0.2: Various bug fixes March 14th, 2022 v22: Configurable Pre-fill, more configurable Update from Core fields + WebP support March 8th, 2022 v21.6 Improved Submit to Core system October 8th, 2021 v21.5: Sync web-links and box set covers September 28th, 2021 v21.4: Bar chart in folder panel background September 14th, 2021 v21.3.3: Transfer Field Data: fix for Date fields August 12th, 2021 v21.3.2: Tweaks for the Transfer Field Data tool August 6th, 2021 v21.3: New “Transfer Field Data” tool August 3rd, 2021 v21.2: New Link Movies with Core screen April 28th, 2021 v21.1.2 Various improvements and fixes March 4th, 2021 v21.1 Automatic Audience Ratings from IMDb February 15th, 2021