Extreme Picture Finder version history

Version 3.11.1
  • Fixed a serious problem with page parsing for certain websites.
Version 3.11
  • Major improvement: Extreme Picture Finder will now respond to user actions all the time, even when parsing a huge web page.
  • Anthoer small improvement of web page parsing algorithm
Version 3.10
  • Move project to any category with a single mouse click
  • Minor fix of the built-in web image search
Version 3.9.2
  • When project is updated, only starting addresses that are currently in the list are updated. This is especially useful for projects with many starting addresses, when you want to update only some of them.
Version 3.9.1
  • Built-in Google image search function was fixed
Version 3.9
  • When re-downloading from a website using existing project, and Save - Conflicts option is set to Do not save new file - new file is not downloaded if file size is the same.
  • By default Preserve folder structure of the site option is now turned off for new TGP projects.
  • Minor fixes
Version 3.8.2
  • Page parsing algorith was improved. Now Extreme Picture Finder finds more links in the plain text of the pages.
  • Altavista search was fixed.
Version 3.8.1
  • Added new option that allows to name saved files using the file name of the page where the file was found.
Version 3.8
  • 2 new search engines were added to the built-in web picture search: Altavista.com, PicSearch.com
  • Added a possibility to use query string parameter (or entire query string) to name downloaded files
  • Fixed download from HTTPS addresses
Version 3.7.3
  • Fixed several issued with password-protected sites
  • Built-in image search updated
Version 3.7.2
  • Improved web page parsing
  • Several fixes of built-in Internet image search
Version 3.7.1
  • Improved support for manual login into password protected sites
  • Fixed a small bug in built-in image viewer
Version 3.7
  • Support for Socks 4 and Socks 5 proxy
  • Ability to save Flash movies (SWF and FLV files)
  • Built-in image viewer now supports more file formats, including some RAW images
  • New Project Wizard was improved to let users select specific file types by checking corresponding boxes
Version 3.6.1.5
  • Several small improvements and bugfixes.
Version 3.6.1.2
  • Small improvement of the online project database explorer.
Version 3.6.1.1
  • Fixed a bug with password-protected sites download. Now email address can be used as a user name.
Version 3.6.1
  • Built-in picture viewer was fixed. All thumbnails are shown now even if there are 1000+ images in the folder
  • CSS files are parsed now to extract all image links
  • Several small bugs were fixed
Version 3.6
  • HTTPS support
  • Number of saved target files displayed next to the project title
  • HTML page parsing algorithm improved
  • Users can hide any unwanted category in the online project database explorer
Version 3.5.6.0
  • Extreme Picture Finder was integrated with Extreme Thumbnail Generator to let users create beautiful online image galleries using downloaded pictures with just a couple of mouse clicks.
Version 3.5.5.0
  • We added a new feature that allows to specify whether to send 'Referer' with every HTTP request or not (turning it off helps for some password-protected sites).
  • Built-in Google image search was fixed.
Version 3.5.4.8
  • We improved HTML page pasing in this version. Now more links are extracted from the the page even if the page has errors in the HTML code.
Version 3.5.4.7
  • The default Internet browser is now opened correctly
Version 3.5.4.6
  • Fixed the problem with unwanted video files downloading while downloading images from Regular or TGP site.
Version 3.5.4.5
  • Fixed the problem with Ask.com image search.
Version 3.5.4.4
  • The Alt key fix for Windows Vista. It doesn't hide the buttons anymore.
Version 3.5.4.1
  • Several small bugs fixed including the one with updates check.
Version 3.5.4
  • Users can now save the default settings for all projects and searches
  • The trial limit of downloaded files increased to 200000
Version 3.5.3
  • Added the possibility to name the saved files using the title of the page where the files were found plus the original file extension.
  • Fixed Google.com and Ask.com image searches.
Version 3.5.1
  • Improvement to the download process for some password-protected websites that do not require manual login.
  • Minor tweaks.
Version 3.5
  • Integration with Extreme URL Generator. Now you can generate a list of URLs in Extreme URL Generator and start downloading the entire list in Extreme Picture Finder with a couple of mouse clicks.
  • Added possibility to save all target files with a custom extension.
  • Added automatic check for updates.
  • Improved manual login for website with HTML forms, like forums.
  • A lot of problems with site downloading fixed.
Version 3.4
  • Manual login to websites with HTML forms
  • Starting addresses list import / export
  • Added a possibility to request to add a new category to the Online Projects Database
Version 3.3.1
  • Minor improvements and bugfixes
Version 3.3.0
  • Improved Web Picture Search. Added two more search modes allowing users to find and download full-size and related images without downloading the thumbnails
  • Another improvement of TGP support
Version 3.2.0
  • Improved Online Project Database Explorer. Now users can download multiply projects automatically and track which projects were downloaded earlier
  • Improved TGP support
  • Faster page parsing algorithm
  • Minor bugs fixed
Version 3.1.0 (release)
  • Added the built-in Online Project Database Explorer
  • Thumbnail viewer re-implemented
  • Fixed several major bugs
Version 3.0 (beta)

The beta version of Extreme Picture Finder major update, version 3.0, released. We re-implemented every feature from the all previous versions and added a lot of new things! This brand-new software can find much more files on TGP and regular sites than any previous version.

Version 2.3.5
  • Fixed the web picture search function
Version 2.3.4
  • Several small bugs fixed.
Version 2.3.3
  • Cookie support.
Version 2.3.1
  • Several small bugs fixed.
  • Improved multilingual support. It works much faster now.
Version 2.3
  • Download pictures from Thumbnail Gallery Post (TGP) sites or pages
  • Create new site wizard.
  • Download log is now available when downloading pictures from picture categories.
Version 2.2
  • Tip of the Day! We've got some great tips for getting the most out of Extreme Picture Finder.
  • Show / Hide tabs (Categories, Search or My Sites) on the main window.
  • Improved the Slide Show. Now users can change the order (Forward, Reverse, Random) in which pictures are shown.
  • Added new keyboard shortcuts to the internal viewer.
  • Now all pictures and folders are deleted to the Recycle Bin by default.
  • Improved uninstaller. Now all files can be deleted during the uninstall process.
  • Improved and changed a little the multilingual support.
Version 2.1.2
  • Added "Download pictures from external hosts" option on "My Site properties" page to let users download pictures from outside the main host of My Site.
Version 2.1.1
  • Now users can set a Desktop wallpaper walpapper right from Extreme Picture Finder
  • Added Chinese Simplified and Traditional interface translations
Version 2.1
  • Added the new "Search" tab. Now users can search the web for pictures using their own search queries
  • Improved download log. Now it has not only URLs but also download status (OK, error, etc.)
  • Better Internet errors detection
  • When creating a new "My Site", URL is taken from the clipboard
  • Added Finnish, Romanian, and Spanish interface translations
Version 2.0 (release)

We have fixed several small bugs, re-implemented some cool features from older (1.x) version of Extreme Picture Finder, and added documentation into the installation package.

Version 2.0 (beta)

It's a brand new software! It looks new, it feels new it works new! We have re-implemented each and every piece of code in this program. It's multilingual. We have a new internal viewer, that supports almost all picture formats, you can download pictures from the site you want (My Sites tab on the main window) and limit the size of pictures to be downloaded. Picture category library now can contain any kind of pictures. The library is rather small, as for now, but we plan to give users free registrations for building it, so we expect the library to grow very fast.

Version 1.4.4
  • 1 new picture category
  • Several small bugs fixed
Version 1.4.3
  • "Never stop on Internet errors" option for LAN and DSL users
  • 3 new picture categories. We have 30 picture categories now!
Version 1.4
  • Increased startup speed
  • Reworked thumbnail view
  • Re-download folder
  • 2 new picture categories
  • Download queue
Version 1.3
  • Thumbnail view
  • Sort collection by gallery name (revised) and download date
  • Slide show
  • When starting in minimized mode - tray icon shows the progress
  • Preview picture rendering works faster now
  • Some reported bugs fixed
Version 1.2
  • 2 new picture categories
  • Modifications to download history with an option to restore history from backup
  • Users can change the location of picture collection.
  • Sort collection view by gallery name
  • Rename locally stored picture galleries
  • Tray icon with possibility to hide the program from taskbar
  • Send picture by email using the build-in email client. An address book is also implemented
  • Extreme Picture Finder can now start with Windows in minimized mode (without showing the splash screen)
  • Browser always opens in a new window now
  • After the trial period is over the program does not just stop working. It reduces the list of available categories by one category each day.
Version 1.1
  • 9 new picture categories
  • Download history, which shows all URLs used by Extreme Picture Finder to get pictures
  • Copy image gallery to another folder
  • Copy a single image to another folder
  • Copy image to clipboard
  • Fixed a bug with invalid image format
  • Fixed several smaller bugs