Tomahawk Player 0.8.4

* Fixed drag & drop issues on sidebar
* Fixed starting Tomahawk with a filename as parameter
* Update column view when collection changes
* (Linux) Don’t crash on environments with invalid locales
* Performance improvements for collection browsing
* Improved memory footprint
* Show cloud collections above your friends in the sidebar
* Keep looking for alternative sources even when we found a perfect match
* Fixed crash in network code
* Fixed repeat one/all icons
* Be more lenient about accepting JSPF and M3U playlists
* Improved support for compilation albums
* (Windows) Fixed support for Windows XP
* (OS X) Fixed settings dialog appearance on Yosemite
* (OS X) Fixed SSL errors on Yosemite

Performance improvements for collection browsing.
Improved memory footprint.
Show cloud collections above your friends in the sidebar.
Keep looking for alternative sources even when we found a perfect match.
Fixed crash in network code.
Fixed repeat one/all icons.
Be more lenient about accepting JSPF and M3U playlists.
Improved support for compilation albums.
(Windows) Fixed support for Windows XP.

Show error message if saving tags failed.
Fixed painting issue on search page.
(OS X & Windows) Fixed crash during collection scan.

Disabled sorting for stations.
Fixed drag & drop behavior in combination with certain resolvers.
Fixed infinite scanning recursion.
Prevented adding dupes to the collection when scanning.
When playing an artist or album, don't give up when the first track
in list isn't playable.
Fixed importing M3U playlists.
Sort album grids by artist name.
Fixed painting issue on 'More Albums' grid.
Fixed crash when editing/saving track tags.

DESIGN/UX

Shiny new interface. Simplified.


MUSIC SERVICES / SOURCES

Beats Music support

Google Play Music (locker and on-demand streaming) support

Others (developers can easily create and distribute their own Content Resolvers - a number of which we don’t ship with Tomahawk but can installed akin to the way browser extensions are distributed)



INBOX

Send, receive and forward tracks to your Tomahawk friends.


FRIEND FEED

Browse your friend’s recently played tracks (grouped by user) and listen to what they’ve listened to.


UNIVERSAL MUSIC LINK SUPPORT

Drag and drop support for iTunes, Deezer, Beats Music, Rdio, Spotify, SoundCloud links - Tomahawk looks them up and then finds the best source for you to listen to those songs. On Android you can set Tomahawk to be the default app for all of those links - so just click to open and listen from your source(s).



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NOTIFICATIONS

Now Playing notifications (OS X & Windows) - support for OS-level notification systems (e.g. Notification Center) with fallback to its own native notification system



NETWORKING / CONNECTIVITY

IPv6 Support to make directly connecting to your other computers and networks much easier and more reliable



ANDROID APP

Tomahawk on Android brings most of the desktop experience and benefits to your phone. Wirelessly sync playlists from your computer to your mobile device. Follow your friends and music influencers. Plug-in all of your music sources - including virtually all of the same content resolvers from the desktop version of Tomahawk plus Rdio and Deezer.



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HATCHET

While the web app of Hatchet is not yet available to the public, users can get started by creating a Hatchet account which enables them to sync their playlists and favorites to their Android phone. Read more about the vision for Hatchet.

javascript Resolvers can now expose collections.
Introduced bundle system for javascript Resolvers, called “axes”.
Fixed playback-loop caused by duplicate tracks in a playlist.
Improved peer handling and removed connection support through Twitter.
Taking an account offline now also disconnects associated peers.
Improved Spotify protocol handling.
Added “Append to Playlist” context menu item.
User-friendlier collection handling: added info-buttons for artists and albums. Double-clicking an item expands it now.
Charts only load on-demand now.
Fixed Diagnostics information not correctly updating.
Fixed issue with hidden sidebar and panels.
Fixed issues with some color schemes.
Fixed playing files with special characters in the filename.
Improved stability.
Added translations for Catalan, Czech, Galician, Greek, Italian and Chinese.
(Windows) Smoother and more responsive audio playback.
(Linux) Fixed grid issues with GTK-styles.

* Improved stability.
* Improved UPnP detection and port-forwarding.
* Fixed scrolling behaviour of grid-views.
* Lots of small design tweaks and fixes.